December 19, 2013

0 Comments

NBA Milwaukee Bucks: Herb Kohl’s plan for new arena

NBA Milwaukee Bucks: Herb Kohl’s plan for new arena Associated Press MILWAUKEE- Bucks owner Herb Kohl wants to add to the team’s ownership group in hopes of building a new arena that he said would cement the team’s long-term future in Milwaukee. Kohl said Monday he hired a firm to help in the search for […]

Continue reading...

December 17, 2013

0 Comments

Levi’s Stadium- December 2013 views of the new 49ers NFL stadium

Levi’s Stadium- December 2013 views of the new 49ers NFL stadium Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA is the future home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers. Levi’s Stadium is also the host of Super Bowl 50 in 2016. All 2014 home NFL games will be played on Sundays. The 49ers won’t play any Monday […]

Continue reading...

December 17, 2013

0 Comments

Shanghai Tower-China’s tallest building construction progress

Shanghai Tower -China’s tallest building construction progress Bloomberg News When completed in 2015, the Shanghai Tower will be China’s tallest building. The 632-meter (2,074-feet) skyscraper will also deepen a glut of offices in the city, putting pressure on rents. The project, in the Lujiazui financial district, will add 220,000 square meters (2.4 million square feet) […]

Continue reading...

December 17, 2013

0 Comments

New Zealand: Fiordland monorail

New Zealand: Fiordland monorail A plan to build the world’s longest single-track monorail through the pristine forests of New Zealand’s Fiordland is pitting growth developers against environmentalists. TVNZ One News The developer planning to build a monorail in Fiordland claims the project will bring over $80 million into the New Zealand economy each year. Riverstone […]

Continue reading...

December 15, 2013

0 Comments

China’s moon rover, lander photograph each other

China’s moon rover, lander photograph each other Xinhua BEIJING- China’s first moon rover and lander took photos of each other on the moon’s surface Sunday night, a move that marks a complete success of the country’s Chang’e-3 lunar probe mission. Ma Xingrui, chief commander of China’s lunar program, announced that Chang’e-3 mission was a “complete […]

Continue reading...

December 13, 2013

0 Comments

Remember Yesteryear: Enslavement of Africans and the University of North Carolina’s commencement address of 1832

Enslavement of Africans and the University of North Carolina’s commencement address of 1832 William Gaston was a prominent North Carolina attorney, judge, and University of North Carolina trustee From its beginnings, the university community debated the nature of slavery. As early as 1807, the Dialectic Society argued the question: “Ought slavery to be abolished in […]

Continue reading...

December 13, 2013

0 Comments

Bermuda: Parliament approved changes to Human Rights Act 1981

Bermuda: Parliament approved changes to Human Rights Act 1981 Scope of civil rights expanded By John Patton The Royal Gazette The Bermuda Parliament approved a number of changes to the Human Rights Act 1981 (the Act) in August, the most notable being the addition of sexual orientation to the list of defined characteristics protected from […]

Continue reading...

December 12, 2013

0 Comments

Uruguay becomes first nation to legalize marijuana

Uruguay becomes first nation to legalize marijuana Xinhua MONTEVIDEO- Uruguay has become the first national marketplace for legal marijuana after the Senate approved a law on Tuesday, putting the government in charge of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of the drug. The law, conceived in an attempt to tackle the illegal drugs trade, was approved […]

Continue reading...

December 10, 2013

0 Comments

Nigeria on track to become Africa’s largest economy

Nigeria on track to become Africa’s largest economy By Kelechi Deca The Guardian When the World Economic Forum on Africa 2013 came to a close May this year at Cape Town, South Africa, with the theme “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”, which had three integrated pillars – accelerating economic growth; boosting strategic infrastructure; and unlocking Africa’s […]

Continue reading...

December 10, 2013

0 Comments

2013 Blackface Christmas gift giving season concludes again in the Netherlands

2013 Blackface Christmas holiday concludes again the Netherlands The annual feast of St. Nicholas Eve is celebrated on December 5 (Sinterklaasavond) in the Netherlands and on December 6 in Belgium. The Dutch Sinterklaas travels by steamboat instead of sleigh and from Spain. Instead of elves, he has characters played by white people in blackface known […]

Continue reading...