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City of the future |
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Technology
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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 The city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is now the scene of a massive construction project to build a city that will be home to 50,000 people and house 1,500 businesses but use very little energy. Whatever energy it does use will come from renewable sources.
This project is expected to cost $22 billion and will implement a wide range of technologies, including thin-film solar panels that serve as the facades and roofing materials for buildings. There will be sensors everywhere for monitoring energy use, and driverless vehicles powered by batteries that make cars redundant.
The construction of this city is a part of a $15 billion government-funded investment program called the Masdar Initiative. The purpose of this city is to ensure that the UAE's prosperity won't be linked exclusively to its oil. Its leaders say that the project will give the country a leadership position in renewable energy. According to Sultan al Jaber, Masdar's CEO, if it's successful "we'll be sitting on top of the world."
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About 2 million more HIV positive in SA |
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International
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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 According to statistics released by the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), more than 7.6 million South Africans are HIV-positive - 2.2 million more than the department of health's figures for 2007 state.
Of these, about 6.1 million are the economically active people between the ages of 20 and 64, who could contribute to the country's economy.
What makes these statistics more alarming is the fact that the data on which they are based are probably more reliable than the department of health's because they were collected at grassroots level and not based on estimates.
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Funny, I Don't Look Jamaican |
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Opinions/Editorials
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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 Foreigners are often startled when they hear me talk. The unmistakable lilt brands me as Jamaican, but my appearance does not fit their racial profile.
"Where are you from?" is nearly always followed by, "You don't look Jamaican."
So what does a Jamaican look like?
True, most Jamaicans have dark brown complexions, a combination of a West African heritage and the island's sunny climate. And that brings us to one myth: people with dark skins tan, just like people with lighter pigmentation. You should see how much paler some of my friends became after living in Toronto for a while.
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