A stillness in the ricefields

Article Abstract:

Modern science and technology has wrought extensive changes in the countryside of West Milan, Italy. The once congenial environment, a haven for farmers and animals alike, have been reduced to a strange and desolate area where the only signs of human activity are the constant drone of modern farm equipments. The celebratory mood accompanying the arrival of mondines and the sounds of nature's gaiety have been noticeably absent. Frogs and birds have died due to chemicals used in the ricefields. This is the price of progress and industrialization - collapse of man's harmonious relationship with nature.

Social aspects, Italy, Progress

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Haroun Tazieff (1914-98)

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Haroun Tazieff, volcanologist, died on Feb 2, 1998, aged 83. Tazieff, born in 1914 in Warsaw, grew up in Belgium and served in the Belgian army and resistance during World War II. After the war, he worked as a mining engineer and geologist in the Belgian Congo where he wrote several scientific papers. He published his first book on volcanism in 1951 and went on to write 22 more books and six films. Tazieff advised on volcanic hazards around the world despite never being taken as a serious scientist by his colleagues.

Obituary, Volcanologists, Tazieff, Haroun

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Day of judgement

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The 23 Sep, 2001, elections in Hamburg, Germany, could see the Social Democrats ousted after 44 years, thanks to the draconian law and order policies of Judge Ronald Barnabas Schill. Schill has formed his own party and his votes could help the Christian Democrats form a coalition.

Political activity, Political aspects, Hamburg, Germany, Schill, Ronald Barnabas

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