Author Archives: Tito

Pesticides, health, organic farming

Well, well, well. I tend to watch at environmentalism (the Italian one, at least) with some healthy suspicion, but in this case: honours to Legambiente! An association (here briefly described in English) that can proudly claim to be the “mother” … Continue reading

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Venetian plains hydraulic security

Again, a link for italophon engineers: my 56k modem doesn’t allow me to read the pdf’s, but if you can download them more easily than me, and if you can read italian as I do, you’ll probably find something interesting … Continue reading

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Italian excellence in disaster forecast and management

This post was inpired by the reading of a website, this one: http://www.protezionecivile.fvg.it/ (in italian) that is, according to me, a very good communication initiative for a very well organized public service. I can’t judge but from the material presented … Continue reading

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be free, be open

Who doesn’t know (and use) Matlab? Personally, I used to take great advantage of its powerful toolboxes to achieve my hydraulics-related tasks. But in France I made an interesting discovery. I’ve been using this open-source Matlab alternative during the past … Continue reading

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