10 Reasons Why Calgarians Love Nenshi (or, How to Be a Leader)

"I've heard it said that a person's true personality comes out in a crisis. If that's true, then thousands of people may well have fallen (further) in love with Calgary's own Mayor Nenshi these past few days........

Here are 10 Reasons Why Calgarians Love Mayor Nenshi (or, How To Be a Leader in Whatever You Do):"

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/leanne-shirtliffe/10-reasons-to-love-nenshi_b_3488230.html

Zapping mosquitoes and corruption

(Source: Guardian)

"In Lahore, Pakistan’s second-most populous city, there were 21,292 confirmed dengue patients in 2011, a particularly dire year. At least 350 of them died, victims of associated haemorrhages or shock....Lahore’s authorities last year looked for ways to use technology—in particular cheap, widely available smartphones—to help them put up a better fight against the mosquitoes..."

Read article at: http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578520-technology-and-government-how-clever-use-mobile-phones-helping-improve