Author: J. Michael Dennis
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Stealing from the poor
Wasting food is like stealing from the poor, says pope ROME – Pope Francis denounces what he calls a “culture of waste” in an increasingly consumerist world: “Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.” Around 1.43 billion tons of food, or one third of what is…
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Our survival may well be in jeopardy
Mankind is now engaging in the biggest battle ever seen ALJAZEERA – Climate change and poor planning are worsening the toll in lives and money that natural disasters wreak worldwide. We are in a really delicate situation now where even our survival may be in jeopardy. The list of problems facing our planet is growing…
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World’s cost of living 2013
Tokyo, the most expensive city of the world TOKYO – After currency swings pushed Zurich to the top of the ranking last year, Tokyo has resumed its place as the world’s most expensive city. Despite Japanese deflation, a weaker yen and rising prices throughout the world, Tokyo has resumed its position as the world’s most…
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The Minimum Wage: Does It Matter?
Increase in minimum wage WORLD – Since minimum wages are not indexed to inflation, they do not systematically increase in proportion to changes in the costs of living. Those in favor of increasing the minimum wage will argue that such an increase would lift people out of poverty, helps low-income families make ends meet and…
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One quarter of world’s children struggling to learn because of malnutrition
Three hungry kids – One in every four in the world! The Food for Thought report by Save the Children – One in every four children in the world is suffering from chronic malnutrition that is affecting their ability to learn, according The Food for Thought report by Save the Children. The study also revealed…
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New U.N. “Low” Population Projection for 2050
United Nations Population Division UNITED NATIONS – In a report released a few weeks ago, the United Nations Population Division slightly increased the projection usually used to forecast the size of the human population, predicting a world with 9.2 billion people by mid-century, up from nearly 6.8 billion today. According to the report, in its…
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World’s Population will stop growing by 2050
Autonomous University of Madrid April 2013 — Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 have enabled a research team to predict that the number of people on Earth will stabilize around the middle of the century. The results, obtained with a model used by the physicists from the Spanish research team coincide…
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Dubai, an Empire entirely built on slavery
The Burj Khalifa DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A strike at Arabtec has ended after police entered labour camps and immigration services issued a series of deportation notices. Backed by security forces, bosses at Arabtec, a massive Dubai construction firm with massive interests across the oil-rich Gulf States, ended their construction workers strike, but the…
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The Preacher’s quest for progress
The Preacher “The Preacher does not celebrate any particular faith, spiritual belief, tradition, religion or notion of God.” The Preacher celebrates no particular faith tradition, religion or notion of God, but rather the quest for progress in humanity’s efforts to comprehend the many and diverse manifestations of the Divine. The Preacher is non denominational The…
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Italy: “A political horror show”
Marcello Di Finizio: “Stop this massacre! Help us Pope Francis” ROME – May 20, 2013, a man climb onto a ledge of the St-Peter’s Basilica to protest against austerity measures. May 2o 2013, Marcello Di Finizio climbs onto a ledge on the dome of St Peter’s Basilica and unfurls a banner protesting against a “political…
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