Electing the New Pope The Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome began Friday‚ the secret election‚ or conclave‚ to elect a new pope next Tuesday afternoon‚ the Vatican said the 115 cardinal-electors taking part in the conclave will enter the closed-door process after a morning Mass. Only cardinals younger than 80 are eligible to vote. Some cardinals took to the Internet to make comments before Friday afternoon’s meeting that set the conclave date. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana‚ viewed as one of
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implemented some new energy-efficiency standards in an effort to help improve the city as a whole. Take a look at some of these groundbreaking efforts. New Building Codes The City of Denver has recently adopted some new building codes that were initiated by the International Code Council (ICC). These codes are designed to make buildings safer and more energy-efficient. They will affect both new buildings as well as older ones that are being renovated. Energy-Efficiency The new codes will ensure
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read and think about the news? As more and more people‚ especially young people‚ turn to the Internet for news about world and local events‚ we find that newspapers‚ television‚ and radio news have been losing their audience or even going out of business. Some people are concerned about this shift because newspapers provide important in-depth coverage of events‚ while some Internet news sites only report opinions or repeat what is already in the newspapers. However‚ the new media offer so many advantages
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Jill Lepore’s New York Burning is a novel about the 1741 slave conspiracy in New York City. When ten fires blazed through Manhattan‚ more and more evidence surfaced that it was slaves that set those fires and that they planned to set many more. Trials began and thirty slaves were either burned at the stake or hanged and over one hundred black men and women were thrown in jail. The question is‚ was there really a plot? Or were dozens of innocent people persecuted due to mass hysteria? After reading
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Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The new year begins on the first day of the Chinese calendar‚ which usually falls in February‚ and the festivities continue for 15 days. At Chinese New Year celebrations‚ people wear red clothes‚ give children “lucky money” in red envelopes and set off firecrackers. Red symbolizes fire‚ which the Chinese believe drives away bad luck. Family members gather at each other’s homes for extravagant
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New Belgium Brewing: Environmental and Social Responsibilities New Belgium Brewing Company’s (NBB) mission statement is “to operate a profitable brewery which is socially‚ ethically and environmentally responsible‚ that produces high quality beer true to Belgian brewing styles.” Does New Belgium’s mission statement make an ethical stance for the business? Does it even have any bearing on the products and their beliefs? It seems to when it comes to operating a profitable business and the “green”
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A New Life Hopefully everyone can relate to a significant event in their life. Something that might have created a big deal of emotions‚ perhaps sad or happy. For example; forever bonding with a partner by legally marrying‚ or maybe the joy of knowing that after all those hard sleepless nights you’re being rewarded a lot more of those not by one‚ but two little twins‚ or maybe‚ “just maybe” you might have been one of those lucky lottery players that has the chance to spend the rest of your life
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Breakthrough for the Brave New World “No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches‚” said Milan Kundera. This quote states that even the slightest mockery can destroy the best of any advancement. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ the philosophy of Brave New World makes a mockery of scientific and technological advancement. The theme of progress is one fundamental basis of the new culture. The people of London
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Disease in the News – Tuberculosis HCS/245 June 25‚ 2013 Tynan Weed Tuberculosis Tuberculosis‚ TB (tubercle bacillus) or MTB (mycobacterium tuberculosis) is a widespread‚ and in numerous cases fatal‚ communicable disease produced by a variety of forms of mycobacteria. The disease is distributed within the air when individuals who are infected with active TB infection sneeze‚ cough‚ or pass on breathing fluids throughout the air. Generally infections are asymptomatic‚ meaning they feel
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A New Focus for McKinsey Rajat Gupta‚ a 20-year veteran committed to decide to put emphasis on knowledge development‚ launched a four-pronged attack to help McKinsey to build up their long tern capital. First‚ he capitalized the firm’s long tern investment by creating come new channels and forums for knowledge development and organizational learning. Second‚ he created a Practice Olympic to encourage regional offices to extend ideas that grew out of client engagement. Third‚ he assigned senior
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