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August
TRIA Renewal #3: No Cake Walk
The debate over whether the Act should be extended a third time is likely to be acrimonious given partisan divides over financial legislation…
July
Diving into Flood Risk
Central Europe is still recovering from the massive flooding that followed one of the wettest months of May in recorded history for this…
Saving Lives with a Cat Model
On July 18 and 19, I was part of a two-day workshop in New York organized by UN agencies, and involving international NGOs and government aid…
May
Ultra-liquefaction
The February 22, 2011 earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand was notable for the severity of liquefaction in the Eastern part of the city. So…
April
Arguing Over the Slab
The production of slab has accelerated over the last decade. I visited coastal slab in Grand Cayman after Ivan, wandered through whole…
March
The Beach
I tried explaining to the boss of the car company that I wanted a driver for the afternoon to take me to the coast southeast of Bangkok,…
