When I graduated from university and started my job at Shell Canada as an interpreter, I was trained on the basics of the petroleum system. To clarify, an “interpreter” in this context does not mean that I was hired to translate Greek to English. I do speak Seismic quite fluently, though, and my role as an interpreter was to translate sounds of a different type – the mysterious sound waves contained in seismic data...
In an article published last month (https://big-media.ca/pipe-problems-a-detailed-examination-of-what-lies-beneath-us/), I outlined issues with municipal infrastructure and focused on city pipes. In my Canadian home city of Calgary, things had improved since the break in a major water main curtailed water use in the city for most of June:
The water main break was repaired
Five additional spots on the same main line were pre-emptively replaced
Water restrictions were gradually relaxed as volumes ramped up to near-normal...
Do you remember the terrible feeling in your gut when Russia started amassing troops along its border with Ukraine?
Well, I have that same pit in my stomach as I look at China and its position regarding Taiwan.
And if China decides to assert control over Taiwan, we could be in for some painful lessons linked to western civilization's over-reliance on an island across the Taiwan Strait from China for computer chips.
Roughly two-thirds of the world's computer chips...
Sometimes when one dives into the data, there are assumptions about anticipated findings that are completely overturned by the raw numbers. On other occasions – as is the case on this project – the data confirms the original assumptions, but provides clarification and deeper understanding.
It is unlikely to surprise anyone to learn that house prices in larger cities are typically more expensive than in smaller cities. It is widely known that your average homebuyer...
As much of the western world anxiously awaits the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8, political rhetoric and irresponsible media coverage are amping up.
While ill-informed (or ill-intentioned) media reporters and editors continue to use phrasing such as "baseless", "bogus" and "false claims" – and perhaps the favourite: "conspiracy theories" – to describe any insinuation that it is possible that a U.S. election could be tampered with significantly, sensible humans are simply hoping for a fair...
