A SINGLE WORD TAKEN TO HYSTERICAL PROPORTIONS

The United States, having English as its most commonly spoken language, is a country founded by immigrants who appreciate freedom and come from all parts of the world looking to pave their way to the American dream. They all bring various languages and cultural traditions that
slowly weave into our communities and become part of our culture and heritage.

21ST CENTURY MEGA-CITIES

The world's mega-cities are merging to form vast mega-regions, which may stretch hundreds of kilometers and be home to more than 100 million people. The good part is that these cities create wealth.  The bad part is that it comes with significant income inequality as well as enormous congestion problems that cause constraints on the economy and GDP.

FRESH WATER GENERATES GDP

Clean water sustains life and provides prosperous economic development. I believe, as many agree, that access to clean and safe potable water is a basic human right.

About 60% of the human body is made up of water. Equally as important is that water covers 70% of the Earth's surface, and is vital for all known forms of life. Oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes and ponds 0.6%. Therefore, less than 1% of water on our planet is fresh water that is available for human consumption, irrigation and industrial application.

Independece Day!

June 6 is a very important day for Europeans. It is the day that marks the greatest invasion of all time. On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Western Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in an effort to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation. It became known as D-Day, the day when parts of France were liberated, leading to the eventual liberation of Europe.