You Could Be Drinking Water That Once Passed Through a Dinosaur – And Other Interesting Facts: World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) is celebrated on 18 September each year. The South African Department of Water and Sanitation, under the slogan; “Enhancing accountability and sustainability for every drop!” says that World Water Monitoring Day is an international …
Tower of London’s Crown Jewels: colonial diamonds overshadow reopened exhibition’s most interesting objects: The Tower of London’s Crown Jewel exhibition, which reopened in May, is a turning point in the museum’s narrative. As British institutions have increasingly made moves to investigate their connections to slavery, there has been a gradual acceptance of the complicated nature …
Konica Minolta South Africa — Trends are interesting, but real business growth comes from consistently doing the basics well: By Mohammed Vachiat, Head of Sales, and Innovation: Konica Minolta South Africa The frenetic pace with which 2023 has started for the vast majority of companies shows that there is a real desire and urgency amongst …
7 interesting metrics about open source in sustainability: 7 interesting metrics about open source in sustainability Tobias Augspurger Wed, 01/11/2023 – 03:00 Open source culture has demonstrated how transparent and collaborative innovation can support modern digital services, data, and infrastructure. Yet, despite its transformative impact and use within an estimated 97% of digital products, the …
Africa in space: 5 interesting reads on the continent’s achievements and future: Gettyimages Sputnik 1 was launched by the former Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, marking the start of the space age. Since then space activity has delivered many benefits. For instance, satellite imagery can be used in agriculture to predict food shortages and …
‘Wine time Friday’ and invites for 200: five of the most interesting findings from Sue Gray’s partygate report: Boris Johnson takes questions from the press over partygate. Number 10/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA After months of delay and speculation, civil servant Sue Gray has published her report into Downing Street parties. It does not make for comfortable …
Elon Musk just made Twitter a much more interesting company – here’s why: The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is now Twitter’s largest shareholder after acquiring a 9.2% stake in the social media platform for just under US$ 3 billion (£2.3 billion). The announcement drove Twitter’s share price up 27%, and it continued to grow …
A cool Paternoster image: Image from page 11 of “Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals : selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: zoologicalillust02swai Title: Zoological illustrations, or, Original …
‘One China’ principle: what this interesting aspect of diplomacy means for China and Taiwan: Dilok Klaisataporn/Shutterstock The tense triangular relationship between the US, China and Taiwan has emerged once again amid escalating military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The status of the small, densely populated island off the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland is …
3 interesting ways to use the Linux cowsay command: Most of the time, a terminal is a productivity powerhouse. But there’s more to the terminal than commands and configurations. Among all the outstanding open source software out there, some of it has been written just for fun. I’ve written about fun commands before, but this article …
Check out this Port Elizabeth image: Least Interesting Image by Chris Bloom According to Flickr these are my least interesting pictures. Strangely there are a few in there that I really like :o) 1. East London Museum, 2. Jeffreys Bay, 3. Jeffreys Bay, 4. Jeffreys Bay, 5. Port Elizabeth, 6. Jeffreys Bay, 7. Jeffreys Bay, …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 7 of “The history of the ancient borough of Pontefract, containing an interesting account of its castle, and the three different sieges it sustained, during the civil war, with notes and pedigrees, of some of the most distinguished royalis Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: historyofancient00bootrich Title: …
Interesting indices: should you invest in tech?: Daniel Kibel Founder and Director CM Trading In 2020, big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, several big gaming companies and Facebook skyrocketed in value – largely due to COVID-19. Daniel Kibel, Founder and Director of CMTrading, discusses whether these players look to be maintaining momentum in 2021. …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 11 of “The history of the ancient borough of Pontefract, containing an interesting account of its castle, and the three different sieges it sustained, during the civil war, with notes and pedigrees, of some of the most distinguished royali Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: historyofancient00boot Title: …
South Africa in the news: ‘I had an interesting start to my life with Eddie. During the World Cup he publicly came out and slated me’: “He was always very honest with me. I never tried to muck me around. I remember he dropped me for one of the South Africa games and he said …
South Africa in the news: Klaasen after loss to Pakistan: ‘Interesting that Proteas are playing good cricket’: South Africa captain Heinrich Klaasen has said that they let themselves down by losing key wickets in the middle overs in their narrow and exciting three-run loss to Pakistan in the first T20 on …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: Global Starch Esters and Ethers Market Tendencies, Revenue Forecast and Interesting Opportunities from 2020 to 2025: The newly added research report entitled Global Starch Esters and Ethers Market 2020 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025 carries-out a multi-dimensional assessment …: “South Africa” – BingNews Jobs secured as …
A cool Paternoster image: Image from page 9 of “The history of the ancient borough of Pontefract, containing an interesting account of its castle, and the three different sieges it sustained, during the civil war, with notes and pedigrees, of some of the most distinguished royalis Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: historyofancie00boot Title: …