All posts in August 2019

Charlie Chaplin once said to Albert Einstein: They cheer me because they all understand me, and they cheer you, because no one understands you.” Alamy Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking were both brilliant physicists, and they were also self-marketing geniuses. In today’s world, via the media and internet, people are bombarded with more information than…

The proximate trigger is climate change – Jakarta is sinking into the sea. President Joko Widodo is planning a giant wall to keep big waves out, but global warming presents a clear danger to low-lying cities. After analyzing cyclone-vulnerable coastal cities in countries, World Bank economists have concluded that % of the damage from storm-surge catastrophes would fall on three Asian cities…

Despite down years in Tahoe’s two gaming markets, Nevada closed out the fiscal year with an .%, $ million increase in total gambling win. Meanwhile, the $. billion in win recorded for June ended a streak of five consecutive decreases to start the calendar year and set an all-time record for the month of June,…