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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 On a recent trip to Vietnam, I’m pretty sure I found one key to a happy and harmonious urban life. During the drippy, languid hours of mid-day heat in Ho Chi Minh City, which many also call Saigon, I frequently ducked into every hẻm, or alleyway, that I saw for a little bit of shade. They quickly became my favorite places in the city. Lined with homes and storefronts that opened up directly into the street, these alleyways were filled with scooter parking, lush potted trees, craft workshops, shrines wafting with incense smoke, and baskets of various things for sale. Cars, still a rarity in this city, occasionally snagged parking at alley entrances when they could. In these alleyways, where the vast majority of residents live, the division between one’s own property and the street is more of a suggestion rather than a rule. Life spills out of the home and onto the streets, where … [Read more...] about What Vietnam’s alleyways can teach the Bay Area about bureaucracy and community

It’s difficult to fathom how the Colorado River could possibly carve the mile-deep chasm that is the Grand Canyon. But if one thinks of the river as a flume of liquid sandpaper rubbing the land over millions of years, it begins to make sense. “The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools,” Henry David Thoreau wrote, “but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.” In 1963, humans stopped time, when the brand new Glen Canyon Dam on the Utah-Arizona border cut off the reddish sediment that naturally eroded the Grand Canyon. Today the river runs vodka clear from the base of the dam. A map showing how Lake Powell has shrunk since 2000. North 5 miles Colorado River Glen Canyon Dam Page Lake Powell’s current level Water level in 2000 Lake Powell Arizona Utah Calif. Nev. Utah Colo. Lake Powell Navajo Mountain N.M. Ariz. San … [Read more...] about Giant Mud Glaciers Are on the Move

Many national food conglomerates in the U.S. tout stories of humble beginnings. Shipley Do-Nuts , known here simply as Shipley's, is a Houston success story that went from mom-and-pop to ubiquitous chain across the American South. Here's how it started, and how it's going. How it started As the saying goes: "Behind every great man is a great woman." In the case of Lawrence Shipley, Sr., the woman was his wife Lillie, whose family owned a doughnut shop in Dallas, where he honed his leavened fried dough chops. The business-minded Shipley Sr. learned what he could of the doughnut trade, opening and then selling his own shop in Dallas—reportedly for $350. He moved to Houston, where he worked tirelessly to develop a recipe for a quality doughnut that would withstand the city's sticky climate. The resulting treat held its glaze perfectly, and would eventually become the catalyst for his nearly century-old doughnut empire. The craving for a Shipley's doughnut wasn't so easy to … [Read more...] about Behind the rise of Shipley’s Do-Nuts from mom-and-pop to national chain

After Apple discovered in June that certain MacBook laptops could overheat, posing a fire hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission quickly issued a warning, along with information about consumer burns and smoke inhalation. But after Apple learned that its FaceTime video chat app was enabling consumers to listen in on the conversations of people they called — even when the recipients did not answer their phones — there was no designated federal protection agency to warn Americans or collect reports of privacy invasions. After Fitbit wristbands began causing people to develop skin rashes and blisters a few years ago, the consumer safety agency announced a recall of about one million of the fitness-tracking devices. But after Strava, a popular fitness-tracking app, posted a granular map of its users’ workout routines last year, exposing their locations — including for personnel on remote military bases in Iraq — there was no agency to alert people to the risks or stop … [Read more...] about The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data?

Imagine walking into a party where you know almost no one (pathetic) — a party at which I, a stranger to you (probably), have arrived well before you (sorry). Should this occur in real life, it is inevitable that shortly after your entrance, as you are tentatively probing the scene in search of safe ingress into social traffic, I will yank you, abruptly, into the middle of a conversation. I will turn to you and start talking as if you’d been involved in the discussion for an hour. I will lob questions at you that are tailored so that any answer you give can be right. Soon, you will forget I dragged you into this interaction; your easy popularity will seem, in retrospect, inevitable. You will most likely feel at least vaguely friendly toward me, because I so clearly want to be your friend. And the whole time I am doing this — because, despite your rewritten recollections, I am the one doing all of this — I will be thinking: Oh, my God, I’m doing it again. I hate this. I hate this. Why … [Read more...] about 13 Women, 30 Activities and One Goal: Make Friends

Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened recently: The metal’s price has fallen, helping to make electric vehicles more affordable . Since January, the price of lithium has dropped by nearly 20 percent, according to Benchmark Minerals, even as sales of electric vehicles have soared. Cobalt, another important battery material, has fallen by more than half. Copper, essential to electric motors and batteries, has slipped by about 18 percent, even though U.S. mines and copper-rich countries like Peru are struggling to increase production. The sharp moves have confounded many analysts who predicted that prices would stay high, or even climb higher, slowing the transition to cleaner forms of transportation, an essential component of efforts to limit climate change. Instead, the drop in commodity prices has made it easier for carmakers to cut prices for electric … [Read more...] about Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable

Lineworkers fix electrical posts of San Fernando Electric Light and Power Company (Sfelapco) in this photo taken on Sept. 25, 2022. Sfelapco was recently ordered by the Energy Regulatory Commission to immediately refund the “unauthorized” charges it imposed on its customers from 2013 to 2022 amounting to P654,397,381. (SFELAPCO FACEBOOK PAGE) MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga–The San Fernando Electric Light and Power Company Inc. (Sfelapco) said it would appeal the decision of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that ordered the power firm to pay P21.6 million in fines and refund its consumers P654 million in “unauthorized” charges. Irwin Nucum, Sfelapco’s corporate communications officer, told the Inquirer in a text message recently that the power firm is entitled to seek legal remedies to present their side and as part of due process. “While we fully respect the decision of the [ERC], we shall also explore all avenues and options available to us,” he added. On March 3, the ERC … [Read more...] about Pampanga power firm to appeal penalty, refund order of ERC

In January, I fell in love with someone. It was the last thing I’d expect and caught me completely off guard. He has sandy blond hair with flecks of gray and gorgeous, sad eyes. He loves to go on walks and cuddle. His name is Herbie. He is just over eight pounds and is a mutt of some terrier variety. My affection for Herbie came as a surprise because I have never been much of a pet person. I don’t want to sound like Cruella de Vil. My go-to line when asked if I had a pet was that I didn’t but that I loved my friends’ pets. But if I’m honest, there’s a little more to it than that. When I was in my early 20s, at a conference on global inequality, I saw a video that interspersed photos of people in intense poverty and famine with news clips reporting on the epidemic of overweight dogs in the United States. The video was direct and didactic. It affected me, even more so after I spent time in East Africa and saw grinding poverty up close. I didn’t think it was wrong to have a … [Read more...] about On Pets, Moral Logic and Love

Nonprofit hospitals are required to show they spend money on “community benefit,” but a bill in the Colorado legislature would require them to invest more and focus on different priorities. The Internal Revenue Service doesn’t require hospitals to spend a specific amount on community benefit, though it does verify whether they met related requirements, like conducting a community needs assessment every three years. Community benefit is loosely defined, and can include free and discounted care; the difference between the cost of care and what Medicare or Medicaid pays; medical research; classes to help patients manage their chronic conditions; staff training; and spending to help meet patients’ social needs, like food and housing. Colorado House Bill 23-1243 would set that each nonprofit hospital spend at least 3% of its revenue from treating patients on community benefit, unless its federal and state tax exemptions are worth less than that. The target would rise gradually to 5% … [Read more...] about Colorado’s nonprofit hospitals would be required to spend more on “community benefit” under new bill

Using baking soda to remove mould from the bottom of a window SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Mould is a symptom of excess moisture and poor ventilation, which is most noticeable on walls and soft furnishings within the home . Mould, which is a type of fungi, will form on a surface when its moisture content is too high. If left untreated, mould can cause damage to both health and home. It thrives in warm conditions and spreads through the air as mould spores. Humidity inside homes may also be higher this year from drying washing naturally to avoid using a costly tumble dryer. With warmer temperatures on the way this springtime, it’s important to treat and prevent mould before it turns into an infestation, urged Chris … [Read more...] about Two ‘home remedies’ to ‘break down’ mould spores – ‘important’ way to ‘stop mould growing’