In recent years extensive flooding around the world has increased causing catastrophic damage in many countries. Excessive pumping of groundwater the building dams the added weight of huge buildings all contribute to the looming disaster as sea levels rise a number of coastal cities sink becoming more vulnerable to flooding. More than a third of the big urban centers located by the sea are endangered threatening the Living Conditions of millions of people. Measuring the stakes in economic and human terms scientists agree that action must be taken quickly but what should be done in a huge city and its inhabitants be protected from flooding. Walls enough or should we reinvent the city for the twenty First Century and beyond this is an urgent question for engineers architects and urban planners or laboring to come up with solutions to reconcile man with nature. In thailand bangkok is a striking example of an urban center regularly subjected to floods which imposed terrible consequences on
Haiti though it never was a war was fascinating series of coup detats and revolutions and so on. And then the iraq war which itself was kind of several different wars, so i dont know what that number would be, three, four. Depending what you consider wars and whatnot. And another question, what is your attitude about war . Mark well, from my last book which was called stripping bear the body, i based that title on a quotation by a haitian politician, fascinating man, who said Political Violence is like stripping bear the body, the better to remove the clothing to place the stethoscope directly on the skin. Nerd, Political Violence including war is a way, it seems to me to see a society with clarity, to strip away the outside layers and see the various constituents of a society struggling with one another. So ive always found it a fascinating phenomenon. I mean, on the one hand, theres the sheer excitement of it, the adrenaline pumping excitement of following a violent series of events,
Haiti though it never was a war was fascinating series of coup detats and revolutions and so on. And then the iraq war which itself was kind of several different wars, so i dont know what that number would be, three, four. Depending what you consider wars and whatnot. And another question, what is your attitude about war . Mark well, from my last book which was called stripping bear the body, i based that title on a quotation by a haitian politician, fascinating man, who said Political Violence is like stripping bear the body, the better to remove the clothing to place the stethoscope directly on the skin. Nerd, Political Violence including war is a way, it seems to me to see a society with clarity, to strip away the outside layers and see the various constituents of a society struggling with one another. So ive always found it a fascinating phenomenon. I mean, on the one hand, theres the sheer excitement of it, the adrenaline pumping excitement of following a violent series of events,
Haiti though it never was a war was fascinating series of coup detats and revolutions and so on. And then the iraq war which itself was kind of several different wars, so i dont know what that number would be, three, four. Depending what you consider wars and whatnot. And another question, what is your attitude about war . Mark well, from my last book which was called stripping bear the body, i based that title on a quotation by a haitian politician, fascinating man, who said Political Violence is like stripping bear the body, the better to remove the clothing to place the stethoscope directly on the skin. Nerd, Political Violence including war is a way, it seems to me to see a society with clarity, to strip away the outside layers and see the various constituents of a society struggling with one another. So ive always found it a fascinating phenomenon. I mean, on the one hand, theres the sheer excitement of it, the adrenaline pumping excitement of following a violent series of events,
Here, but there are far bigger fish to fry. Reporter like russias influence during the leakedz. General flynns connections to russia, and why the president waited weeks to act after being notified flynn could be subject to blackmail. While Vice President pence was left in the dark. Top democrats are demanding a full timeline from the white house, and they want attorney general Jeff Sessions off the case. If this trail leads to the oval office, the person investigating that trail should not be the same person who helped put President Trump there. Reporter intelligence and other congressional panels are investigating, but democrats worry the republicanled committees wont dig deep enough. And thats why they want this independent investigation, and interestingly, today, wendy, Senate Democrats were calling on the Trump Administration to hold on to the paperwork, so to speak, any documents, or records, phone logs, transcripts that might help out in that investigation. Wendy . Ll more now on