The document discusses disaster preparedness, response, and management in the Philippines. It notes that the Philippines is the third most disaster-prone country in the world. It highlights issues with information sharing, decision making, and response to major emergencies over the last five years due to poor data collection and evaluation. It proposes developing tools and services to help guide people in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and emergencies. This includes providing access to timely information, communication abilities, and maps showing event locations and evacuation centers.
Cascao Hydropolitics TWM Lake Victoria 2009 (II)Ana Cascao
The document discusses water conflicts and cooperation in transboundary river basins. It provides examples of both conflict and cooperation around the Jordan River Basin and Senegal River Basin. It then discusses various cooperative initiatives across northeast Africa, including the Niger Basin Authority, Lake Chad Basin Commission, Nubian Aquifer System Project, Nile Basin Initiative, and Lake Victoria Basin Commission. It considers whether investing in the Lake Victoria or Nile Basin initiatives, and suggests the benefits approach to cooperation may be more effective than the water-sharing approach. Cooperation is recognized as a complex political process with many stakeholders.
BRANDZ is an in-depth study of over 50,000 global and local brands that evaluates brand strength. It is based on Millward Brown's BrandDynamics system and uses over 1,000,000 consumer interviews. BRANDZ covers major markets and provides analysis across 250+ categories. It measures brands on awareness, relevance, performance, advantage/bonding, and voltage to understand strengths/weaknesses versus competitors and predict likely changes in market share.
This document provides an introduction to the Perl programming language. It discusses the history and creation of Perl in 1987 by Larry Wall. It also covers the differences between Perl 5 and Perl 6, and provides information about Barcelona.pm which is a local Perl user group that teaches Perl courses on topics like data and operators, data structures, files and directories, regular expressions, and object-oriented programming. Wi-Fi connection details are also listed for attending their events.
The document summarizes land and water deals between the Ethiopian government and foreign investors from Saudi Arabia and India in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government is offering access to large tracts of fertile land and water resources in exchange for foreign investment and political support. However, the deals risk establishing asymmetric power relations that could impact hydro-politics in the Nile River basin.
The document discusses disaster preparedness, response, and management in the Philippines. It notes that the Philippines is the third most disaster-prone country in the world. It highlights issues with information sharing, decision making, and response to major emergencies over the last five years due to poor data collection and evaluation. It proposes developing tools and services to help guide people in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and emergencies. This includes providing access to timely information, communication abilities, and maps showing event locations and evacuation centers.
Cascao Hydropolitics TWM Lake Victoria 2009 (II)Ana Cascao
The document discusses water conflicts and cooperation in transboundary river basins. It provides examples of both conflict and cooperation around the Jordan River Basin and Senegal River Basin. It then discusses various cooperative initiatives across northeast Africa, including the Niger Basin Authority, Lake Chad Basin Commission, Nubian Aquifer System Project, Nile Basin Initiative, and Lake Victoria Basin Commission. It considers whether investing in the Lake Victoria or Nile Basin initiatives, and suggests the benefits approach to cooperation may be more effective than the water-sharing approach. Cooperation is recognized as a complex political process with many stakeholders.
BRANDZ is an in-depth study of over 50,000 global and local brands that evaluates brand strength. It is based on Millward Brown's BrandDynamics system and uses over 1,000,000 consumer interviews. BRANDZ covers major markets and provides analysis across 250+ categories. It measures brands on awareness, relevance, performance, advantage/bonding, and voltage to understand strengths/weaknesses versus competitors and predict likely changes in market share.
This document provides an introduction to the Perl programming language. It discusses the history and creation of Perl in 1987 by Larry Wall. It also covers the differences between Perl 5 and Perl 6, and provides information about Barcelona.pm which is a local Perl user group that teaches Perl courses on topics like data and operators, data structures, files and directories, regular expressions, and object-oriented programming. Wi-Fi connection details are also listed for attending their events.
The document summarizes land and water deals between the Ethiopian government and foreign investors from Saudi Arabia and India in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government is offering access to large tracts of fertile land and water resources in exchange for foreign investment and political support. However, the deals risk establishing asymmetric power relations that could impact hydro-politics in the Nile River basin.
Cascao London Resistance Counter-hegemony Transboundary BasinsAna Cascao
This document discusses resistance and counter-hegemony in transboundary river basins. It defines hegemony as the attainment and maintenance of the status quo through both coercion and consent, while counter-hegemony opposes the existing status quo and its legitimacy. The document presents an abstract model of the relationship between hegemony and counter-hegemony as a dynamic continuum, not a binary relationship. It also discusses various mechanisms of resistance and counter-hegemony, from more confrontational to more legitimized, and analyzes what could constitute a moment of counter hydro-hegemony.
The document is an automated salary review that asks the employee three times if they are happy with their current salary. It instructs them to click their answer and then states their salary will remain the same for next year before abruptly ending.
This document contains the calls for a game of bingo with random numbers being called out. Numbers from 1 to 12 are called in a seemingly random order with some numbers being called multiple times. Basic math equations are provided at the end to test the reader's addition, subtraction and multiplication skills.
The document discusses research into developing assistive technologies for people with cognitive disabilities. It describes early projects from the 1990s that used sensors and artificial intelligence to understand users' activities and provide reminders and assistance. While promising, scaling these systems outside controlled laboratory settings remained a challenge. The research aimed to support independent living through technologies that can sense human activities and contexts.
Land 'Grabbing' in the Nile Basin and implications for the regional water sec...Ana Cascao
The document discusses land acquisitions in the Nile Basin region by foreign investors from Gulf countries, India, China, the US, and EU, as well as national investors. These land deals involve long-term leases of large plots of agricultural land, often over 100,000 hectares, with cheap rental rates and access to water resources. Two major deals are highlighted involving Saudi and Indian companies in Ethiopia. There are concerns that these land acquisitions could impact the regional water security and balance of power between Nile Basin countries by changing water flow regimes and agricultural production upstream.
Heavy rains caused flooding in parts of southern France and Italy over the past week, resulting in at least seven deaths between the two countries. Several hundred people were evacuated in France, with more than 700 evacuated from the Alpes-Maritime region since Saturday alone. Many roads had to be closed due to flooding from the heavy rains.
This document contains 13 phrases of advice on living and relationships from Gabriel García Márquez. The phrases counsel embracing who you are with loved ones, not crying over those who don't value you, accepting that not all love will be returned but still feeling loved, cherishing true friends, smiling even when sad to attract love, being someone's whole world, avoiding spending time with those who don't value your time, trusting after hurts but remaining cautious, knowing yourself before new relationships, and allowing the best things to happen unexpectedly. The document encourages sharing these phrases with friends regardless of contact frequency, as everything happens for a reason.
This document discusses the importance of friendship and true friends. It provides short quotes and sayings about how friends leave footprints in our hearts, how to handle people using heart over head, how losing faith loses all, and how beautiful old people are works of art. The document encourages sharing with friends to show you care during National Friendship Week and completing a circle of friends by sending it to others.
This document discusses different methods of assessment, including traditional paper tests, computer-based tests, and online tools. It covers topics like item banking, computer-adaptive tests, web-based tests, and their advantages like being flexible, easy to program, and providing immediate feedback. However, it also notes potential disadvantages like limitations, validation issues, and the risk of cheating. Different online tools are also presented for assessing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?Ed Wong
Ed Wong gives a presentation at Agile Singapore 2013 about understanding and motivation. He discusses how understanding between groups and customers is important for agile practices. He talks about how people are motivated more by autonomy, mastery and purpose rather than external rewards. Wong also discusses how understanding within organizations and of users can be improved through techniques like personas and journey mapping. He advocates for collaborative approaches to change rather than top-down directives. The presentation concludes with a game to help participants understand each other better.
The document lists and describes various types of computer hardware, software, and devices. It mentions input devices like mice and keyboards, output devices like computer monitors and speakers, processing units from Intel and AMD, memory from G.SKILL, storage devices like portable memory and network storage. It also lists application software from Microsoft including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access along with personal finance software. Various system software are listed like operating systems from Microsoft and Apple, data recovery software, and The Excalibur system. Computer types mentioned include personal computers, workstations, video game consoles, servers, mainframe computers, supercomputers, handheld computers, PDAs, smartphones, and portable media players. Microcontrollers are also listed.
The pencil maker tells a pencil that it will experience painful sharpening to improve, can correct mistakes, and its most important part is the inside. The pencil must continue writing no matter the situation. Its purpose is to leave a clear mark for its maker. Similarly, people experience problems to strengthen themselves, can learn from mistakes, and their character is most important. They must continue serving God in all situations and were created by God for a unique purpose.
Cascao Addis Ababa Knowledge For Water Equity Nile Basin 2006Ana Cascao
1. There is a knowledge gap between upstream and downstream countries in the Nile River Basin regarding water expertise, learning, and decision making which can impact negotiations.
2. Countries have accumulated water knowledge over time through higher education, research, and international organizations, but there are differences in levels of expertise between countries like Egypt and Ethiopia.
3. Water knowledge and numbers are important for negotiations and bargaining power over water allocations, but knowledge also needs to be integrated across disciplines and include social and environmental perspectives to work towards more equitable outcomes.
Cascao Greece Ambiguity Law Nile Basin AgreementAna Cascao
The document discusses ambiguity in transboundary river basin agreements and negotiations, using the Nile River Basin as a case study. It notes that ambiguity can both increase flexibility in negotiations but also lead to divergent interpretations later. Specifically in the Nile River Basin, older agreements between upstream and downstream states led to a legal deadlock, and the 2007 Cooperative Framework Agreement sought to resolve this through ambiguous language around water security that allowed an illusion of consensus without changing the status quo.
What Is So Great about Ross and the University of Michigan?Scott Moore
I used this presentation in March 2009 at an event at the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan that we put on for prospective preferred admit students and their parents.
Cascao London Resistance Counter-hegemony Transboundary BasinsAna Cascao
This document discusses resistance and counter-hegemony in transboundary river basins. It defines hegemony as the attainment and maintenance of the status quo through both coercion and consent, while counter-hegemony opposes the existing status quo and its legitimacy. The document presents an abstract model of the relationship between hegemony and counter-hegemony as a dynamic continuum, not a binary relationship. It also discusses various mechanisms of resistance and counter-hegemony, from more confrontational to more legitimized, and analyzes what could constitute a moment of counter hydro-hegemony.
The document is an automated salary review that asks the employee three times if they are happy with their current salary. It instructs them to click their answer and then states their salary will remain the same for next year before abruptly ending.
This document contains the calls for a game of bingo with random numbers being called out. Numbers from 1 to 12 are called in a seemingly random order with some numbers being called multiple times. Basic math equations are provided at the end to test the reader's addition, subtraction and multiplication skills.
The document discusses research into developing assistive technologies for people with cognitive disabilities. It describes early projects from the 1990s that used sensors and artificial intelligence to understand users' activities and provide reminders and assistance. While promising, scaling these systems outside controlled laboratory settings remained a challenge. The research aimed to support independent living through technologies that can sense human activities and contexts.
Land 'Grabbing' in the Nile Basin and implications for the regional water sec...Ana Cascao
The document discusses land acquisitions in the Nile Basin region by foreign investors from Gulf countries, India, China, the US, and EU, as well as national investors. These land deals involve long-term leases of large plots of agricultural land, often over 100,000 hectares, with cheap rental rates and access to water resources. Two major deals are highlighted involving Saudi and Indian companies in Ethiopia. There are concerns that these land acquisitions could impact the regional water security and balance of power between Nile Basin countries by changing water flow regimes and agricultural production upstream.
Heavy rains caused flooding in parts of southern France and Italy over the past week, resulting in at least seven deaths between the two countries. Several hundred people were evacuated in France, with more than 700 evacuated from the Alpes-Maritime region since Saturday alone. Many roads had to be closed due to flooding from the heavy rains.
This document contains 13 phrases of advice on living and relationships from Gabriel García Márquez. The phrases counsel embracing who you are with loved ones, not crying over those who don't value you, accepting that not all love will be returned but still feeling loved, cherishing true friends, smiling even when sad to attract love, being someone's whole world, avoiding spending time with those who don't value your time, trusting after hurts but remaining cautious, knowing yourself before new relationships, and allowing the best things to happen unexpectedly. The document encourages sharing these phrases with friends regardless of contact frequency, as everything happens for a reason.
This document discusses the importance of friendship and true friends. It provides short quotes and sayings about how friends leave footprints in our hearts, how to handle people using heart over head, how losing faith loses all, and how beautiful old people are works of art. The document encourages sharing with friends to show you care during National Friendship Week and completing a circle of friends by sending it to others.
This document discusses different methods of assessment, including traditional paper tests, computer-based tests, and online tools. It covers topics like item banking, computer-adaptive tests, web-based tests, and their advantages like being flexible, easy to program, and providing immediate feedback. However, it also notes potential disadvantages like limitations, validation issues, and the risk of cheating. Different online tools are also presented for assessing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?Ed Wong
Ed Wong gives a presentation at Agile Singapore 2013 about understanding and motivation. He discusses how understanding between groups and customers is important for agile practices. He talks about how people are motivated more by autonomy, mastery and purpose rather than external rewards. Wong also discusses how understanding within organizations and of users can be improved through techniques like personas and journey mapping. He advocates for collaborative approaches to change rather than top-down directives. The presentation concludes with a game to help participants understand each other better.
The document lists and describes various types of computer hardware, software, and devices. It mentions input devices like mice and keyboards, output devices like computer monitors and speakers, processing units from Intel and AMD, memory from G.SKILL, storage devices like portable memory and network storage. It also lists application software from Microsoft including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access along with personal finance software. Various system software are listed like operating systems from Microsoft and Apple, data recovery software, and The Excalibur system. Computer types mentioned include personal computers, workstations, video game consoles, servers, mainframe computers, supercomputers, handheld computers, PDAs, smartphones, and portable media players. Microcontrollers are also listed.
The pencil maker tells a pencil that it will experience painful sharpening to improve, can correct mistakes, and its most important part is the inside. The pencil must continue writing no matter the situation. Its purpose is to leave a clear mark for its maker. Similarly, people experience problems to strengthen themselves, can learn from mistakes, and their character is most important. They must continue serving God in all situations and were created by God for a unique purpose.
Cascao Addis Ababa Knowledge For Water Equity Nile Basin 2006Ana Cascao
1. There is a knowledge gap between upstream and downstream countries in the Nile River Basin regarding water expertise, learning, and decision making which can impact negotiations.
2. Countries have accumulated water knowledge over time through higher education, research, and international organizations, but there are differences in levels of expertise between countries like Egypt and Ethiopia.
3. Water knowledge and numbers are important for negotiations and bargaining power over water allocations, but knowledge also needs to be integrated across disciplines and include social and environmental perspectives to work towards more equitable outcomes.
Cascao Greece Ambiguity Law Nile Basin AgreementAna Cascao
The document discusses ambiguity in transboundary river basin agreements and negotiations, using the Nile River Basin as a case study. It notes that ambiguity can both increase flexibility in negotiations but also lead to divergent interpretations later. Specifically in the Nile River Basin, older agreements between upstream and downstream states led to a legal deadlock, and the 2007 Cooperative Framework Agreement sought to resolve this through ambiguous language around water security that allowed an illusion of consensus without changing the status quo.
What Is So Great about Ross and the University of Michigan?Scott Moore
I used this presentation in March 2009 at an event at the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan that we put on for prospective preferred admit students and their parents.