How children, teens die in America: Study reveals widespread, persistent role of firearms
ANN ARBOR — America lost 20,360 children and teens in 2016—60 percent of them to preventable injuries, a new study shows. (more…)
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Beauty & Politics: „The Beauty of Politics“
The Beauty of Politics: Ivanka Trump, who will make the first female President of the United States of America (more…)
„Make America Great Again!“ – Congratulations Mr. President!!!
It’s a victory of people, People of America against corporate corruptions, against Bank misplaying, against media bias. Donald Trump won a spectacular presidency in 2016.
Congratulations Mr. President!!! (more…)
Top 5 Cities for Going Solar
The eco-friendly lifestyle is no longer just a trend. Cities across the country have incorporated greener methods into construction, travel, production, and business strategy. We at Modernize know how important it is to conserve energy and rely on renewable resources. If you’re looking to make some positive lifestyle changes for the environment, check out these top five solar cities in America for inspiration. (more…)
Quiet ‘epidemic’ of drugs, alcohol and suicide has killed half a million middle-aged white Americans
Despite advances in health care and quality of life, white middle-aged Americans have seen overall mortality rates increase over the past 15 years, representing an overlooked “epidemic” with deaths comparable to the number of Americans who have died of AIDS, according to new Princeton University research. (more…)
Hollywood failing to keep up with rapidly increasing diversity, UCLA study warns
When it comes to influential positions in the entertainment industry, minorities and women are represented at rates far below what would be expected given their percentage of the general population, according to a new study done at UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.
In fact, the report shows, the proportion of female and minority actors, writers, directors and producers in films and TV ranges from just one-twelfth to one-half of their actual population percentage. (more…)
New mayor reflects on ‘exciting and innovative’ New Haven
Toni Nathaniel Harp ’78 M.Env.D., first came to New Haven — a place known as America’s first planned city — in 1976, to study environmental and physical planning at the Yale School of Architecture. She remained in the city after graduation, making a career in community services and serving as a New Haven alderman and Connecticut state senator.
She won election to the ultimate New Haven planning job — mayor — on Nov. 5, 2013, and was sworn in as the city’s 50th mayor on Jan. 1, becoming the first woman to be the city’s chief executive and the first Yale graduate in the mayor’s office in 33 years. (more…)
We are sorry to see this
While U.S President Barack Obama blames House Speaker John Boehner for the Federal Government Shutdown, it already started to hit at the cores of scientific developments in America. Today we noticed that the website of USGS (U.S Geological Survey) whose logo says ‘Science for a changing World’ is unavailable.
It reads ‘Due to the Federal government shutdown, usgs.gov and most associated web sites are unavailable.’ (more…)