Thanks to the BBC for posting a historical timeline of the historic events in Ukraine from the 9th Century up to 2020. Even with my Polish roots, I had no idea of the turbid history that Ukraine has been through. A Chronology of Key Events: 9th century – Founding of Kievan Rus, the first major Eastern…
The great Afrikaans poet and South African playwright NP Van Wyk Louw once wrote a sonnet that described how with his little chisel he had cracked a rock and succeeded in splitting the universe right open. To me that’s always been one of those pictures that sticks in the mind and somehow configures one’s whole…
Did you know there is such a person as a “removalist”? – and I don’t mean someone who helps you pack up your house and move on. No, a removalist is someone who specializes in cleaning up your internet presence. Your digital footprint can help or harm you in your career. According to some surveys,…
The gross blunder of President Ramaphosa in foreign policy – silencing those in ANC ranks who condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – is going to cost South Africa dearly. Although the US Ambassador to this country says we will reason friends it’s perfectly obvious that the majority of nations look askance at the South Africa…
This new advance enables a dramatic increase in energy-producing capacity for every square meter installed. by Nick Szymanowski MIT Scientists Discover New Way to Clean PV Panels Resources of every kind are in high demand. At the same time, numerous ecological overshoot issues cause climate chaos, in turn creating an economic tightening of flow. This…
By Nick Szymanowski As the global economy rebounded from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, increased use of coal caused carbon emissions to soar to the highest levels in history. An International Energy Agency (IEA) report states that emissions rose by 6% to an earth-shattering 36.3 billion tonnes. IEA Warning Cannot Be Ignored The International Energy…
by PA Quinton, MyPR March 15, 2022 Checkers Sitari and the entire Sitari Village Mall located close to Somerset West, Cape Town have become South Africa’s first premium supermarket and shopping centre to run entirely off renewable energy from wind and solar sources. This is part of Checkers’ ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability and comes…
A recent study shows that hyaluronic acid, an ingredient commonly found in beauty products and wellness supplements, acts as food to the cancer cells in pancreatic tumors. By PENNY SWIFT Hyaluronic Acid Fuels the Growth of Pancreatic Cancer Cells An army of 20 authors from the Universities of Michigan, California, and Texas contributed to a…
Image Credit: Electrek.co by Nick Szymanowski How Will Putin’s War with Ukraine Impact Fossil Fuel? The (Gas)-FREE World is not Russian! But can the European Union get off their Putin supply before winter? If there is anything that the Ukraine conflict has highlighted in its first week, it’s that Putin is the world’s leading fossil…
Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py-nk6e-fsi Transcript of the War in Ukraine YouTube report We continue to see support for Ukraine from some countries with recent traditions of staying out of international conflicts. In a rare move, Japan is sending bullet-proof vests and other military supplies to Ukraine. The country is not sending weapons because of a self-imposed ban, but…
