This limits growth. When automobile manufacturing was a cutting-edge industry, not only did the entrepreneurs get rich and the workers earn a decent salary, but whole regions boomed. Between 1900 and 1930, 1.3 million people moved to Detroit, quintupling its population. By contrast, the combined populations of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties in Silicon Valley have grown by only about one-third during the 30-year computer boom. The pace of growth is even slowing down and has been below the national average for the past 20 years. There’s nowhere for extra people to go. Ironically, the pioneers of high technology have forgotten some of the basic technologies that make modern prosperity possible—detached homes with small yards, single family homes that share connecting walls, elevators that ... Continue reading →
The climbing season runs from late March to the first week in June but this season's first clear conditions for reaching the peak were on Friday, two weeks later than usual. The window had closed by Saturday afternoon due to high winds, Shrestha told AFP, leading to a rush of climbers attempting the summit. "The climbers have to rely on a single rope and the traffic jam there will delay the ascents for hours," he said by telephone from base camp. "Some Sherpas who returned have told me that they had to wait for up to three hours. Not moving means that your hands or feet will be frostbitten. "Then, there is the issue of oxygen ... high up, you tend to use more." Zimba ... Continue reading →
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