Experience the power of Fiverr for yourself. CLICK HERE to get work done for you for just $ 5.00. How Two Freelance Writers Networked Their Way to Success: A couple of years ago, two well-established design editors decided to take a risk. Jesse Bratter and Cara Gibbs left the security of their magazine jobs to …
Rwanda’s gorillas have figured out where to find their sodium fix. But it’s dangerous: The gorilla population in Rwanda remains fragile. Shutterstock Mountain Gorilla conservation in Rwanda is a great success story. A number of extreme conservation measures – like daily monitoring and protection, veterinary interventions and controlled ecotourism – have enabled the population to …
How states rocked by conflict could harness funds from their diasporas: Diaspora remittances support men and women trying to make a living. EPA/George Esiri In times of conflict, many economies flounder. Investors and the private sector tend to be averse to risk, and will avoid putting money into countries where peace and security are not …
Why people with anxiety and other mood disorders struggle to manage their emotions: Struggling to be positive. Mangostar/Shutterstock Regulating our emotions is something we all do, every day of our lives. This psychological process means that we can manage how we feel and express emotions in the face of whatever situation may arise. But some …
PMAC Jazz Lecture Series: Taylor O’Donnell “They Make the Song Their Own” – a Music interest event taking place on 2019-02-10 15:00:00 in United States At its very core, jazz started out as a vocal tradition. Leading from field hollers and cries, spirituals, and the blues, the beginnings of this American art form developed through …
From volcanoes on Mars to scarps on Mercury – how places on other worlds get their names: The solar system's largest volcano Olympus Mons on Mars, seen by Viking 1. NASA/JPL The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto in 2015, is set to fly by “Ultima Thule”, the object in the Kuiper belt of …
Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game: A woman draws water from a hand pumped well in northern Ghana. Axel Fassio/CIFOR/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND When you think of a country’s water resources, you may not realise that there are many kinds. Some is surface water, such as dams and rivers. There’s also groundwater, …
People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years: While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock People are now living longer in sub-Saharan Africa than they did two decades ago. This is an achievement, given that life …
Experience the power of Fiverr for yourself. CLICK HERE to get work done for you for just $ 5.00. Name Game: How 8 Entrepreneurs Named Their Companies: Naming your company can make starting your own business feel official. This is the fun part, right? But the pressure to think of a word or phrase that conveys …
‘Hostile environment’ in Britain hasn’t put off irregular immigrants – but it’s increased their suffering: The British government’s “hostile environment” policy, which aimed at making life so difficult for irregular immigrants in the UK that they would leave, has been widely criticised in recent months, particularly after members of the Windrush generation were caught up …
‘Killer Clowns’ leave teens TERRIFIED as their car comes under attack …: Skyler Rocco, 17, and his friend Joey Slu, 16, were driving late at night in Pennsylvania, US, when they came across the ” Killer Clowns “. Video footage shows the moment they spotted two balloons floating in the middle of the street last …
How the apartheid regime burnt books — in their tens of thousands: The Railway Depot furnace at Kaserne, Johannesburg in 1971. Banned and confiscated books and magazines were burnt weekly. Wits Student On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s …
Questions academics can ask to decolonise their classrooms: Asking questions can create new ways of teaching and learning. StepanPopov/Shutterstock The curriculum is not just the “stuff” that students must learn to be knowledgeable and skilled in a particular discipline. It’s about more than just content. Sociologists of education argue that “curriculum” is a highly ideological …
Experience the power of Fiverr for yourself. CLICK HERE to get work done for you for just $ 5.00. 6 Times Freelancers Need to Sharpen Their Skills: You’ve taken the leap and become a freelancer or an entrepreneur. You know its risks and rewards, you know it’s not for everyone. You also know it always …
A cool Miss South Africa image: Image from page 239 of “Plants and their ways in South Africa” (1915) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: plantstheirway00ston Title: Plants and their ways in South Africa Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Stoneman, Bertha, 1866- Subjects: Plants Publisher: London, Longmans, Green Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, …
“The First Morning of Their Freedom” Lecture – a Culture interest event taking place on 2018-10-18 00:00:00 in United States Missouri State Parks is proud to announce a public lecture given by Diane Mutti-Burke, Ph.D., entitled “The First Morning of Their Freedom: Black Missourian’s Role in Ending Slavery, Ensuring Union Victory and Redefining US Citizenship.” …
City Lodge Hotel group improves their employees training experience with aNewSpring: Paul Hanly, Co-Founder of New Leaf Technologies City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has 57 properties under five brands located throughout SA with an aggressive expansion plan into East and West Africa as well as the SADC region. CLHG is committed to service excellence and …
Mystery of the cargo ships that sink when their cargo suddenly liquefies: Shutterstock Think of a dangerous cargo and toxic waste or explosives might come to mind. But granular cargoes such as crushed ore and mineral sands are responsible for the loss of numerous ships every year. On average, ten “solid bulk cargo” carriers have …