Water at Risk

By Carmen Roberts (May 7) The world needs fresh water to support its growing population and maintain economic development, but much of the world, especially the emerging economies, are under sever water stress. Inadequate water supplies may hinder growth as developing nations face growing demand for food and energy.

Water is a resource, and like oil and other important resources – it is not always where it is needed.

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Mid-Life Excuses: U.S. Poll | Carmen Roberts Reports

How do American women really feel about their men?

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Women answer survey about their men and mid-life crises.

It turns out temper is the number one thing women want to change about their guys, and most of the women surveyed feel a mid-life crisis is just an excuse to behave badly. Continue reading “Mid-Life Excuses: U.S. Poll | Carmen Roberts Reports”

Feng Shui for Business: Harmony or Weapon? | Carmen Roberts Reports

The ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui is used in the U.S. mostly to create harmony, but in China it is often used as a weapon to outperform rivals. In the United States and other western countries the Chinese art of Feng Shui is mostly thought of as a way to put one’s life and home in harmony.

Anna Marie Vlad from Greenwich, Connecticut says she’s aware of Feng Shui, “I’m an architechtural designer,”  she said. “And I do think about the way the placement of rooms, of entries, of furniture in rooms.”

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But in China this ancient art can be used as a strategic tool for power.

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Opinion: Young and Immortals Still Sunbathing

Amazingly many people still worship the sun.

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With mounting scientific evidence that tanning can cause cancer or at the very least make you look like a lizard one day, it seems more people would cover up. So, why does it seem everyone is so ambitious to get a tan? Continue reading “Opinion: Young and Immortals Still Sunbathing”

Opinion: No Tears or Cheers for Osama

Nearly 10 years after the attack on the World Trade Center jolted me awake in my nearby apartment, the United States finally found and killed the mastermind of the attack, Osama bin Laden.

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