Category Archives: General

Afro-betization and education: Teaching children the beauty of blackness and African culture

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“Why did it the main character have to be a girl?” and other tough questions about modern cinema

Originally posted on we hunted the mammoth:
ScarJo as Lucy: Apparently, if you’re really really smart, you can grow another hand So the other night I watched Lucy, a highly entertaining movie with an incredibly silly premise: Scarlett Johansson develops…

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Gaza Rebuild Effort Could Take 100 Years: Oxfam | Common Dreams

Originally posted on digger666:
via Gaza Rebuild Effort Could Take 100 Years: Oxfam | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Friday, February 27, 2015 by Common Dreams ‘Only an end to the blockade of Gaza will…

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Rainforest destruction

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
Photo credit: Google To save the rainforest, let the locals take control by Fred Pearce Global intervention in tropical forests to combat climate change could sideline their most effective guardians SATELLITE images of the Amazon rainforest…

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DevoManc, DevoMancHealth and the perils of techno-fixes.

Originally posted on Uncommontater:
? ? ? ? ? This week’s big news in Manchester is that the devolution of direct responsibility for significant areas public spending to the city-region will now be augmented by the devolution of the entire…

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How we think complex cells evolved Imagine you swallowed a small…

Originally posted on Scientiflix:
How we think complex cells evolved Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history…

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Artist Profile: Leonard Nimoy (1931 — 2015)

Originally posted on Through the Shattered Lens:
“I became enamored with photography when I was about 13 or 14 years old. I’ve been at it ever since. I studied seriously in the ’70s” — Leonard Nimoy Today, the world was…

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“DevoManc” NHS chaos

Originally posted on mancunianspring:
It started with a leak, led to blind panic in the BBC news studio and now interest in “DevoManc” is hitting new levels as folk discover that the nationally cherished NHS is no longer national. The…

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Salvi’s Cucina, Manchester

Originally posted on Neil On Meals:
I have recently been fortunate enough to be invited (along with a few other very talented people) to be an official blogger for the Italian Food Awards, therefore I thought it would be as good…

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//Ziferblat; “a treehouse for grown-up’s”

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