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Dr. Rebecca Shadowen, Expert in Infectious Diseases, Dies at 62

Dr. Shadowen, ill with the coronavirus, continued to attend working group meetings. She eventually died of Covid-19.

Can democracies stand up to Facebook? Ireland may have the answer | John Naughton

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Governments struggle to tackle the might of the tech giants when it comes to protecting users’ data

Last month, the Irish data protection commissioner (DPC) sent Facebook a preliminary order ordering it to stop sending the data of its European users to the US. This was a big deal, because in order to comply with the ruling, Facebook would have to embark on a comprehensive re-engineering of its European operations, or to shut down those operations entirely, at least for a time.

Such a shutdown would of course be traumatic for the poor souls who are addicted to Facebook and Instagram, but it would be even worse for the company – for two reasons. The first is that it makes more money from European users’ data – an average of $13.21 (£10.19) per user in 2019 – than from any other territory except the US (where it earns $41.41 per user); the second is that failure to comply could land it with a fine of up to 4% of its global revenue, which in Facebook’s case would come to about $3bn. Given the scale of its revenues, that’s not a showstopper, but it would nevertheless be annoying.

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Texas residents warned of tap water tainted with brain-eating microbe

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  • Communities around Houston are potentially contaminated
  • Naegleria fowleri enters body through nose, travels to brain

Texas officials have warned residents of some communities near Houston to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality warned the Brazosport Water Authority late on Friday of the potential contamination of its water supply by naegleria fowleri.

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The Wind Farm and its Benefits

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In Jamaica there is a wind farm that is supplying the grid

And its shares are being sold so the people can bid

When it continues to grow we will see smaller bills

More persons will work there and improve their skills

Reducing the energy bill is a great thing to do

Economic growth is a great thing to look forward to

Reduced cost of electricity will have a great impact on the poor

They will be able to use the money they save to do a lot more

Supporting Wind Farms is a great thing to do

I hope you are doing the same thing in your country too

I like to see renewable energy projects they are what we need

They are designed to help many persons to succeed

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Did you see the project for the children and the environment?

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Trashing our Home. 95% of Wetlands destroyed.. Save that Marsh! Save that Pond! — The Free

Since 1970 84% of freshwater species have been lost. But over 90% had already vanished in the previous century. The WWF is an establishment fund that doesn’t even touch the root problem of predator capitalism. But at least they have compiled some reports that illustrate what’s happening. Read the WWF Living Planet Report 2020 Global […]

Trashing our Home. 95% of Wetlands destroyed.. Save that Marsh! Save that Pond! — The Free

PROLONGATION – EXPOSITION “Pas de Cartier !” – Les Yanomami et les arbres – Extraction d’or et articles de luxe en or / COVID-19 propagé par les mineurs d’or…jusqu’au 12 novembre… | Barbara Crane Navarro

EXTENSION – EXHIBITION “Pas de Cartier!” – The Yanomami and the trees – Gold mining and luxury gold items / COVID-19 spread by gold miners … until November 12 …

Source: PROLONGATION – EXPOSITION “Pas de Cartier !” – Les Yanomami et les arbres – Extraction d’or et articles de luxe en or / COVID-19 propagé par les mineurs d’or…jusqu’au 12 novembre… | Barbara Crane Navarro