Restricting the volume of high-emitting vehicles roaming city streets carries many benefits, from clearing the air to quieting the urban din and beyond. Recognition of this simple fact has led to the proliferation of clean air zones, designated regions within a city where vehicles must meet strict pollution standards or pay a fee to operate […]
Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts.
Via GTANSW & ACT
Desde el inicio con el paso de los primeros cazadores-recolectores hasta las sociedades tecnológicas, la humanidad ha competido por los recursos, la guerra es el medio más común y el agua es probablemente el bien más preciado para la vida.
The median age is a single indicator of the age distribution of a population, useful for policy planning for the world’s oldest and youngest countries.
The map above shows why a One State solution for Israel and Palestine might prove problematic. It was created by the United States State Department presentation on Israel and Palestine, prepared in 2015 and updated in 2016, which you can read here. The map titled "WEST BANK: What a On
Four years after the Great Remote-Work Experiment began, the public debate has boiled down to: Bosses hate it and workers love it. But is that all there is to it? Who really benefits from remote work—and who doesn’t? And why is it that women with more job experience suffer the most?
Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Natalia Emanuel, a labor economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who co-authored a paper looking at the effects of remote work. Do people understand the tradeoffs they’re making when they choose to work from home? What’s the impact on the team if even one person is remote? And does remote work benefit older workers at the expense of younger ones?
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A food historian has kicked up controversy after claiming that there is ‘no such thing’ as Italian cuisine, sparking debate over the origins and ownership of food. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes’, suggests Hannah Twiggs
This is a great everyday example that shows how cultural patterns and processes change and why they matter. Places and cultures are proud of what they see as their accomplishments that are foundational to their heritage. Interestingly though, many communities jealously guard what they see as their contributions as dislike hearing that their other communities may have had a hand in that contribution.
In an analogous example, Mexicans are very proud of their cuisine, but nothing is created in isolation. Street tacos made with meat cooked on a rotating spit (al pastor) came to Mexican after WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Migrant from what are now the countries of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Turkey brought the Middle Eastern traditional manner of cooking meat and it became a new thing when it can to Mexico. So, is it “authentically” Mexican? IMHO, of course it’s still authentic, but there is a tendency among many to judge something to be less authentic when the origins are more diffused. I think we should resist the temptation though, to judge the value of a culture or a cultural trait based on it’s perceived “authenticity” or “purity.” Cultures are delightfully intermixed, and the diffusion of cultural practices is what leads to continual human progress that shapes our modern world.
Individualized education programs combine special occupation, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and counseling. Once the condition of an individual has been ascertained, a personalized program is developed to help the child with all of their daily and academic concerns. This can be even more beneficial as these executive functioning skills have several everyday life examples. The ... Read more
“Shipping produces about 3% of global emissions, just behind aviation and more than all US coal plants. But while these sectors get regularly denounced, shipping has escaped scrutiny. How did they do it? ”
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Population density has been monitored for more than 200 years in the U.S. During this time, the number of people living in the U.S. per square mile has grown from 4.5 in 1790 to 87.4 in 2010. Nowadays, the population density in the United States is 87 per square mile.
Map from OpenrailwaymapThis map shows the railway lines in the Middle East and Africa. Here are some key observations: Coverage in Africa: The railway network is most developed in Southern Africa, particularly in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Namibia. East Africa also has a notabl
Mr. Parker demonstrates an easy, graphical way to learn the three forms of government power distribution.
This topic applies broadly to the study of political science, but also specifically covers to the following Georgia Performance Standards: SS6CG1, SS6CG4, SS7CG1, SS7CG4, SS7CG6
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.
Slavery was an ever-present feature of the Roman world. Slaves served in households, agriculture, mines, the military, workshops, construction and many services. As many as 1 in 3 of th
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