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Cultural Competence: A Game Changer in The 21st Century
Cultural intelligence is one of the key soft skills necessary to get along with people from diverse cultures. This soft skill is very vital to succeed in the 21st Century if you live, work, and do business with people from different cultures. With the opportunity to meet, interact, and work with diverse people comes the …
Ukraine aerial video shows massive Russian shelling: “What the largest and most horrific war of the 21st century looks like”
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense on Thursday posted aerial video of what it said was Russian rockets hitting Ukrainian positions in the eastern part of the country as the 3-month-old war rages on. The ministry said the video shows a series of rocket blasts hitting targets near Novomykhailivka, in the Donetsk region, triggering shockwaves and large …
New Century Technology High School grad, Air Force Academy commit gets haircut for good cause
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Freshmen at U.S. military colleges must often cut their hair upon the start of their education. For one recent graduate of New Century Technology High School, this college-prep-step was about more than just a trip to the barber. Kieran Moise has only gotten a handful of haircuts in his entire life, but …
Artificial Intelligence is the Most Disruptive Technology of the Century
Artificial intelligence seems to be the next big thing in many industries today. The technology is infiltrating every sector and transforming the tasks that computers perform into a lot of hype. Starting from fitness-focused smartphone apps that adapt to women’s menstrual cycle to autonomous vehicles that use sensors and software to dodge at stray animals, …
Century Technology Group leans on tech acquisitions to drive growth
ADA — Century Technology Group LLC looks to reload by pursuing acquisitions of technology companies that it can grow. The Ada-based company — a family office for Grand Rapids businessman and entrepreneur Keith Harrold — made two acquisitions in 2020 and is “getting close” on two more, one of which is under a letter of …
Professor uses 21st century technology to teach the classics amid pandemic
For more than five decades, Professor Emeritus Charles Krohn has nourished the soul of his students, teaching the classics at the University of St. Thomas in Houston — and he wasn’t about to let the coronavirus get in the way. “They couldn’t run me off, so I just stayed around when the pandemic hit,” said …
Climate change: UK could hit 40C ‘regularly’ by end of this century
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Temperatures up to 40C would most likely occur in the South East of England Sweltering temperatures of up to 40C could be a regular occurrence in the UK by 2100 if carbon emissions stay very high says the Met Office. The current record stands at 38.7C, set in Cambridge …
First Viking ship excavation in a century begins in Norway
Image copyright AFP Image caption The excavation was launched by Norway’s climate and environment minister on Friday Archaeologists in Norway have begun the first excavation of a Viking ship in more than a century. The vessel was discovered in a burial site in Gjellestad in the south-east of the country two years ago. Although it …
County purchasing 21st century technology | Local News
Earlier this month, the Washington County Commissioners voted to replace 40 flip-phones assigned to employees in the Adult Probation Department with iPhones. This week they are poised to replace analog security cameras at the jail that are obsolete because they are not compatible with modern digital technology. The iPhones, made available at no charge but …
After more than a century, did the Philippines finally break free from the United States?
But will this decision actually mark a significant break from the United States and its military? The answer is unclear, and even if it does, it may not mean the Philippines is free from having a foreign overlord. No other country, except perhaps Spain, is as linked to the Philippines as the United States. For …
