In the first of its kind, Met police and South London youths sat down together to openly discuss the complicated subject of stops and searches. Shakara West-Khan, 17, Shauna Thompson, 17, Jhemar Jonas, 19, and Abdoul Lelo Ndambi, 23, spoke about their past encounters with the police as Ch Insp Annmarie Cowley, PS Gario Marsh […]
Karlton Johnson Chairman of the Board of Governors of the NSS, ranked among the most influential black corporate directors of 2021 All of humanity is fortunate to have a thought leader like Karlton Johnson, who has a vision for a human future in space that not only embraces, but actively promotes, diversity. . “ – […]
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Almighty Allah (SWT) endowed man with intellect and gave him the power to establish a system where other living creatures besides humans could also be part of this system. Man is an intelligent being to whom Allah Almighty (SWT) has given the abilities to manage the world order; and these abilities are directly related to […]
On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web became publicly available. Six years later, Loyolan published this article examining the dangers and benefits of the Internet as it was first explored. We are republishing it here as part of the Loyolan Centennial. Internet Refdeal with the problems of society Flight. 78, No. 5, September 22, […]
The Handel and Haydn Society has received a transformative donation of $ 10 million in honor of artistic director Harry Christophers. The money has been donated directly and anonymously and will help establish the Harry Christophers Fund for Artistic Excellence. The donation was announced ahead of Friday’s performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at Symphony Hall in […]
Royal Life Saving Society – Australia is seeking to appoint two independent directors to join its board of directors in order to contribute to the effective and strategic governance of the national organization. Royal Life Saving is a leading national drowning prevention and water safety organization, with over 125 years of service to the Australian […]
Urging those who do good to do good, Sarvodaya Development Finance (SDF) President Channa De Silva called on all those who are able to help build a smart economy by empowering rural youth to be technology entrepreneurs global, to do so. “It’s time to implement the end of the talks if this country is to […]
November 24, 2021 There was a lot of gossip, but no provocative sanctions resulted – just a decision by Mount Airy officials to purchase a second grapple truck to help with sanitation collections while abandoning an earlier proposal for brush carts. Shirley Brinkley, a former city commissioner, also weighed in on a new automated garbage […]
The Kansas Society of CPAs hosted its 2021 KSCPA Awards Luncheon at the Lake Quivira Country Club last week, announcing the recipients and nominees of its 2021-2022 Women to Watch Awards. The event is part of the crown corporation’s annual KSCPA Membership Value Day. The Women to Watch Awards are organized in partnership with the […]
While Lebanon’s dysfunctional political configuration has resisted change, many wonder whether the elections slated for 2021 will finally provide an alternative to the long-established political class. In 2018, Lebanon went to the polls. It was the first parliamentary election in nine years and many observers wondered whether this was politics as usual, or would growing […]
KENTLAND – The Newton County Historical Society is preparing to dedicate the completed mural detailing the county’s history on December 3 with a ribbon cut. After months of planning that began in October 2020, work on the actual mural began in June 2021. The mural was paid for and sponsored by the Newton County Historical […]
While Lebanon’s dysfunctional political configuration has resisted change, many wonder whether the elections slated for 2021 will finally provide an alternative to the long-established political class. In 2018, Lebanon went to the polls. It was the first parliamentary election in nine years and many observers wondered whether this was politics as usual, or would the […]
The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany.Credit: Vladimir Bulgar/Alamy A group of 145 leading women scientists from around the world have signed an open letter to Germany’s Max Planck Society (MPS), expressing concern over “high-profile dismissals, demotions and disputes involving female directors of the Max Planck Institutes”. The MPS […]
Desmond Edwards was a small child when he heard about typhoid fever. Fortunately, he didn’t have the disease. He was watching a cartoon public health announcement. The cartoon, produced by the Pan American Health Organization, was designed to educate people in his home country of Jamaica about the importance of vaccination against diseases like typhoid. […]
While the story was often referred to as the real hero, the writer was still an anonymous entity in the world of Bengali television soap operas. Then Leena Gangopadhyay entered the scene. Today she has five soap operas on the air while Hindi remakes of some of her work are on TRPs. Indrani Halder, who […]
Compared to most other advanced capitalist countries, the United States is a mess. Our archaic 18th century constitution guarantees legislative deadlock and allows small minorities to block democratic will. Our health care system leaves tens of thousands of people dying every year because they cannot afford treatment, while millions more forego needed care because of […]
Genieve Figgis, “Irish House” (2021), acrylic on canvas (image courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech Gallery, photo by Dan Bradica) In 2017, Rob Colvin wrote in these pages about the phenomenon of “Like Art” – an emerging genre of very engaging painting that promotes “easy acceptance by serving the culture of the touch screen”. […]
The Allahabad High Court observed on Thursday that consent from family or community or clan or state or executive is not required, once two adults agree to enter into a marriage that is legal and legal. Their consent must be piously given primacy, with grace and dignity. Hearing a batch of petitions filed by interfaith […]
THE WOMEN OF CAPOTEA true story of love, betrayal and a swan song for an eraBy Laurence Leamer There is a poem by Thomas Hardy, “The Convergence of the Twain”, which chronicles the construction of the Titanic, in all its opulence, and the simultaneous formation of its “sinister companion” – the iceberg that is about […]
The future is attitude and it’s electric … Join us in celebrating progress with Audi’s podcast on the future on 702. The Future is an Attitude podcast series presented by Audi features inspiring South Africans who think differently about the future and challenge the status quo by advancing the fields of design, digitalization, performance and […]
Like many professional organizations, the CPCU Society has been challenged in recent years by a dwindling membership base. The president-elect of the Society’s Board of Directors has some ideas on how to reverse this trend. In November, Risk & Insurance® met with Chris Hampshire, President-Elect of the CPCU Society Board of Directors. Here are his […]
America is at a crossroads. Following the profound economic and social disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has the opportunity to adopt policies that produce more racial and economic parity. Or, there is nothing we can do, which would exacerbate already existing inequalities, warns Adia Harvey Wingfield, Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of […]
The New-York Historical Society presents Art for change: the artist and the collaboration of the homeless, an exhibition that examines the history of modern homelessness in New York City through the lens of Artist & Homeless Collaborative (A&HC), a public art project founded in 1990 by multidisciplinary artist Hope Sandrow. The program, which connected women […]
Philip Haggard of Trinity was recently inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the country’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary academic honor society. Haggard was initiated at Mississippi State University. Haggard is one of more than 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni who are introduced to Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is […]
The President of the Law Society of England & Wales, I. Stephanie Boyce, has called on law firms to stop treating diversity challenges like tick boxes or public relations exercises, after many people be concerned about tokenism in the UK commercial legal industry. The Law.com International investigation told the story of a variety of black […]
Consultant Lindsey Jackson joined New Day NW to explore how racism and fear of otherness contributes to a social foundation of perpetual inequity. #newdaynw Here’s an issue that reached a boiling point in the summer of 2020 due to social unrest: racism. As human beings, there is a fear of “the other”. When we walk […]
Following its cross-border payment agreement with Singapore, the Philippine central bank plans to sign cross-border payment agreements with Thailand and Malaysia to enable integration of their real-time and QR payment systems. This month, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) signed two agreements to integrate InstaPay from the Philippines […]
November 19, 2021 Almost five years ago, on January 5, 2017, Myra and Nathan Edwards’ life changed forever. Their son, Bentley, was born, a bouncy little boy. At least that’s what they thought. Two days later, as the young couple prepared to leave the hospital and bring their son home, an alert nurse noticed that […]
Note-taking app Notability has announced that it will move from a single paid app to a freemium model on November 1, with the current one-time fee of $ 9.99 moving to an annual subscription of $ 14.99. Users who do not wish to pay for the subscription will be able to use the app for […]
By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press Misinformation puts efforts to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges at risk, be it climate change, COVID-19 or political polarization, new report from the Aspen Institute says through prominent voices in media and cybersecurity. Recommendations from the 80-page analysis, released Monday, call for new regulations on social media platforms; tougher […]
Yes, younger generations have lower levels of financial literacy, but the results of a new study suggest the overall levels and implications may not be what you think. According to the report from the TIAA Institute and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) at the George Washington University School of Business, financial literacy is […]
Like so many countries in the world where poverty, disease, and ignorance are the norm, it is always difficult to adapt or reform based on a new technology or invention. Every product or service is received with chronic skepticism and colonial paranoia of “The white man wants to kill us!” No wonder my Nigerian government […]
HOUSTON, November 14, 2021 – The Asia Society Texas (ASTX) welcomed over 7,000 guests for the 2021 Night Market presented by American First National Bank on Friday, November 12, to enjoy an evening of food, shopping, activities for all ages and novelties. characteristics. The free festival, in its eighth annual edition after a year-long hiatus […]
Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mabarak Al Nahayan. Addressing all genders, faiths and backgrounds, and creating opportunities for determined people and marginalized communities are among the goals of Expo 2020 Dubai Tolerance and Inclusion Week as it seeks to create a society for all. Taking place from November 14 to 20 and organized in association with the […]
Technology rules the world. Today, with machine learning and robotics setting new standards and the smart device revolution influencing everyone, therefore, when we imagine a future city, it’s nothing less than a close-up. VFX from a sci-fi movie. Whether the imagination becomes fruitful or not is a question, but the predominant concept that needs to […]
TORONTO, November 12, 2021 / CNW / – Almost two years after the start of a pandemic that saw millions of Canadians working from home, employers are increasingly recognizing the effects of isolation and are stepping up efforts to focus on human interaction in the workplace. This is the message of this year’s winners of […]
LONDON, Nov. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Achilles Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: ACHL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops precision T-cell therapies to treat solid tumors, today presented two posters at The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting Demonstrating the Ability to Detect, Quantify, and Track Patient-Specific Clonal Neoantigens (cNeT) Reactive T cells and […]
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is focused on empowering Hispanics and integrating them into STEM, including through the 2021 SHPE National Convention in Orlando, Florida. Interestingly, Tesla has a stand and is actively looking for engineers see you this week national convention (November 10-14). The theme of the convention is “The Most Magical Moment” […]
National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week is celebrated every year during the first full week of November, and this year more than ever, it’s a vital opportunity for people to learn about their shelters and local rescues and learn how they can help with their rescue work. This year, perhaps more than any other […]
The Boston Society’s inaugural meeting will focus on the role of epigenetics in aging and feature guest speaker David A. Sinclair, Ph.DAO and Full Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School SCOTTS VALLEY, California, November 10, 2021– (BUSINESS WIRE) – Dovetail Genomics, the industry leader in advanced genomic proximity ligation solutions, today announced the formation […]
Ryan Pitts (left) and Rich Barbato Please support local advertisers The people he relied on in literal life or death situations were black, white, and every shade in between. Atheists and super religious would argue for hours in their free time. But once the fights were over, “they didn’t care. They just liked to give […]
Here comes the metaverse, at least if some major players in the tech industry have their way. What is the Metaverse? According to the Fortune 500 company Nvidia’s website, the metaverse is a “three-dimensional shared virtual world or worlds that are interactive, immersive, and collaborative.” While the Metaverse may seem like a pie-in-the-sky idea, some […]
Hanging in the offices of the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center is an old letter from an alarmed listener. “The accordion is not a chamber musical instrument”, blows the letter, written in the wake of a concert with a Bach sonata transcribed for cello and accordion. “Please don’t impose this on your loyal audience […]
Here’s the metaverse, at least if some major players in the tech industry have what they want. What is the metaverse? According to Fortune 500 Nvidia’s website, the metaverse is a “three-dimensional, interactive, immersive, and collaborative virtual world or worlds.” While the Metaverse may seem like a cakewalk in the sky, some of the brightest […]
The American Cancer Society (ACS), along with four historically black medical schools, including Charles Drew Medical School, Howard University, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine, have announced a groundbreaking diversity program in the cancer research (DICR) to help improve diversity, equity and inclusion in cancer research. The inaugural initiatives of the global program […]
WALTHAM, Mass., November 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – TScan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of T cell therapies modified by the T cell receptor (TCR) (TCR-T ) for the treatment of cancer patients, today announced that two abstracts related to its leading liquid tumor candidates TSC-100 and TSC-101 have […]
Spotlight on Asiatown is a celebration of Houston’s vibrant and diverse Asian and Asian American communities. Created as a gateway to explore the concentrated areas of AAPI-owned businesses and neighborhoods, the Asia Society Texas project shines a light on the stories of small business owners, delves into Houston’s cultural history, and enables ‘easy to try […]
By Ray Curry, President, UAW Before I get into what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) stands for – and ameant – to workers in this nation, I want to start by quoting some data because I think it tells a real story. Right now, 68% of Americans approve of unions. This number is at […]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Vorn Pao was shocked when an employee of his association was arrested in May this year while collecting the names of families living along the Thai-Cambodian border facing food shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The association wanted to ensure that hungry families received the support they needed, but the authorities […]
View full picture Michelle Schmitter, Mike Drews and Lou Ann Speulda-Drews to discuss “Historic Window Rehabilitation”. Event date: November 11, 2021 – 7:30 p.m. David Bugli, Sec., Carson City Historical Society The Carson City Historical Society is proud to host a conference / presentation on the preservation and restoration of wooden windows on Thursday, November […]
HANCEVILLE, ALA. –Sallie Brandon, a Tennessee Children’s Home Society survivor, is scheduled to speak at Wallace State Community College on Wednesday, November 3 at 11 a.m. at the Betty Leeth Haynes Theater inside the Gudger Student Center. Brandon was one of 5,000 children to pass through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, a devious orphanage run […]
Idisregarding the law is not a valid excuse for wrongdoing. This widely accepted principle highlights the importance of providing legal education to the public, especially in democratic societies where the rule of law is the main pillar that sustains the system. The awareness of citizens of their rights and responsibilities to a large extent determines […]
The first new BSA Scouts Program Youth Merit Badge since 2017 is officially launched today. Called Citizenship in society, it offers Scouts opportunities to learn more about our world by encouraging them to explore information about diversity, equity, inclusion and ethical leadership – and to discover why these qualities are important in society and in […]