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Ruth Cuadra

The demand for food is expected to increase by 100 percent by 2025 - 0 views

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    Intensive farming methods should be used to meet this increased demand for food; however, most agricultural systems can be negatively affected by certain environmental conditions.
Ruth Cuadra

Digital talking head expresses human emotions on demand - 0 views

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    Here comes "face messaging"....a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand could herald a new era of human-computer interaction.
Lisa Eriksen

Scentee, A Smartphone Attachment That Releases Scent on Demand - 0 views

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    Could be a cool addition to cell phone tours.
Ruth Cuadra

Report describes the future of buildings in 2050 - 0 views

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    Arup's Foresight + Innovation team, foresees that structures will be fully integrated into the fabric of the city, responsive to changes in the external environment, and designed for continuous adaptability, according to real-time needs and demands of its users.
Ruth Cuadra

Should we stop worrying about peak oil? - 0 views

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    Demand for oil will reach its own peak and decline before humans deplete the Earth's supply of oi
Seenea Thronwe

Topmost Reasons That Make Bad Credit 12 Month Loans A Favorable Financial Choice! - 0 views

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    Bad credit 12 month loans are provide the small amount to the all mind of applicant in a hassle free way. Online lenders of these loans scheme don't demand to pledge any collateral from borrower side.
Seenea Thronwe

Beneficial Features That Create Demand For No Credit Check Payday Loans In The Money Ma... - 0 views

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    People who don't able to manage their finances often fall in big monetary trouble that gives them the blemished credit records.
Ruth Cuadra

Newfields Director Charles Venable on His Data-Driven (and Maybe Crazy) Quest to Save t... - 2 views

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    In an era of greater entertainment opportunities with on-demand availability, people had begun chiefly seeking out cultural experiences that are defined by "fun." Museums, as traditionally construed, had become boring. Venable embraced this as gospel, and rethought the IMA from ground up.
rahulsinghseo

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Dayne Bell

Quick Facts to Understand Before Deciding To Borrow Same Day Loans! - 0 views

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    Quick Facts to Understand Before Deciding To Borrow Same Day Loans! To have a happy life, it is important that you have the right cash flow that allows you to meet every demand of your loved ones.
Ariane Karakalos

The future museum and the future school at newlearningonline - 0 views

  • A team of researchers across Europe is conducting an experiment to bring the museum into the school using virtual reality technology.
  • CONNECT project
  • The CONNECT project team believes that by linking the classroom with science centres, museums, planetariums and observatories, it can marry the best elements of formal curricula with informal learning.
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  • Heads covered by virtual-reality visors,
  • link four science centres with participating classrooms in each country.
  • demanding technical challenges. A museum needs a series of access points around the various exhibits, for example, so students can really ‘visit’ the museum instead of watching a series of presentations. ‘In some museums that’s easy because there are high ceilings to fix the access points, in others it’s quite a challenge,’ explains Sotiriou …
  • In its software, CONNECT has produced a stunning virtual museum, featuring colourful, exciting graphics that allow a student to try experiments and then view the results. This advanced learning environment is called the CONNECT Virtual Science Thematic Park –
Elizabeth Merritt

Quitting is just half the story: the truth behind the 'Great Resignation' | US unemploy... - 1 views

  • “quits”, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls them, hit a high in September, with over 4.3 million people leaving their jobs, and was followed by a modest reduction of that trend in October and November.
  • n Tuesday the labor department said there were 10.6m job openings at the end of November and 6.9 million unemployed people – 1.5 jobs per unemployed person. The number of quits hit a new high of 4.5m.
  • The top reasons cited by experts continue to be lack of adequate childcare and health concerns about Covid
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  • many quit in search of better work opportunities, self employment, or, simply, higher pay.
  • The recent trend towards higher pay exists in the context of decades of low-wage growth, as until recently, wages in the US had stagnated.
  • The current competitiveness of the labor market – at least the proportion that is driven by gap between the high demand for workers and the supply of those searching for work – might be temporary.
  • in September and October of this year, there were 1.4 million fewer mothers actively engaged with the labor force than those same months in 2019.
  • Mothers with college degrees and telework-compatible jobs were more likely to exit the labor force and more likely to be on leave than women without children. She also found that teachers are most likely to leave the labor force as compared to their counterparts in other industries.
Elizabeth Merritt

A Texas superintendent ordered school librarians to remove LGBTQ books. Now the federal... - 0 views

  • The U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm has launched an investigation into a North Texas school district whose superintendent was secretly recorded ordering librarians to remove LGBTQ-themed library books.
  • accused the district of violating a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender. The ACLU complaint was based largely on an investigation published in March by NBC News, ProPublica and the Tribune that revealed that Granbury’s superintendent, Jeremy Glenn, instructed librarians to remove books dealing with sexual orientation and people who are transgender.
  • An Education Department spokesperson confirmed the investigation and said it was related to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, gender and sexual orientation.
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  • After a volunteer review committee voted to return all but a few of the titles, two disgruntled members of the committee filed a police report in May accusing district employees of providing “pornography” to children, triggering a monthslong criminal investigation by Hood County Constable Chad Jordan, which remained open as of August.
  • The ACLU of Texas made similar legal arguments in another civil rights complaint filed last month against the Keller Independent School District in North Texas in response to a policy banning any books that mention “gender fluidity.” The Education Department has yet to decide whether to open an investigation in Keller,
  • the nonprofit PEN America, which has tracked thousands of school book bans since last year,
  • If the Education Department finds Carroll students’ rights have been violated, experts said, the federal agency could require the district to implement the same types of diversity and inclusion training programs that conservative activists have fought to block in Southlake.
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