THE PRETTY AND THE PERILOUS
– Mother Nature at Crossroads "Nature is a tale of two sequels. It could be alluring one season and alarming the next. We could care about nature for our own good or disregard it at…
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CHEAPEST UK CITY TO OWN PROPERTY
– Bradford in Yorkshire is UK’s Cheapest City to Own property. London’s the most expensive. Pedro Goncalves·Finance Reporter, Yahoo Finance UK There is a town in the UK where the average monthly mortgage payment on…
NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING AT WORK
– Outcome of Brooklyn Neighborhood Policing Self for Five Days Maria Cramer, New York Times, SunT NEW YORK — It had been a quiet April afternoon until about a dozen teenagers began running up Pitkin…
WHAT’S YOUR GENERATION?
– Classification of “generations” by birth year GENERATION NAMEBIRTHS STARTBIRTHS ENDYOUNGEST AGE TODAYOLDEST, IF STILL ALIVEThe Lost Generation -The Generation of 191418901915101126The Interbellum Generation19011913103115The Greatest Generation1910192591106The Silent Generation192319447293Baby Boomer Generation194519645271Generation X196119813555Millennials197519952141Generation Z19952015121IMAGE: African children NOTE:…
GLOBAL WARMING: SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR AFRICA
– Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a path toward unacceptable warming, with serious implications for development prospects in Africa. By Dan Shepard – Africa Renewal “Limiting warming to 1.5° C…
BACK TO THE ROOTS
– This man is the descendant of one of the 1st people enslaved in the U.S. He shares details of his 'emotional' trip to ancestral home in Angola. By Kaitlin Reilly and Jacquie Cosgrove –…
GEOGRAPHICAL AFRICA
– Vast continent with many contrasts Culled from Africa Facts Population: 1 billion, two and half times the number of people living in South America. Land Area: 30,343,580 square kilometres (11,715,720 square miles) which is…
FACTS ABOUT AFRICA
– Culled from Africa Facts Africa is the second-largest continent in the world both in size and population (after Asia.) As of 2009, about 14.7 percent of the world’s population resides in Africa. Africa is…
GLOBAL WARMING: THE LOOMING CATASTROPHE
– Claims Made by Climate Change Skeptics—and How to Respond Culled from Rainforest Alliance It’s hard to believe, but apparently more than a few climate change deniers still roam our ever-heating planet. According to a…
IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A THREAT?
ByMike Thomas, Built-In The tech community has long debated the threats posed by artificial intelligence. Automation of jobs, the spread of fake news and a dangerous arms race of AI-powered weaponry have been mentioned as…