Swedish Nursery school. Note please that you see no plastic, nor any electronic devices.
Inside a handful of public kindergartens in Sweden, toys are never divided into traditional gender camps. Dolls and baby strollers mingle freely with cars and wooden blocks. In posters, dump trucks haul around beaded jewelry, a bionic robot wears a tutu, and it’s not a female or male Barbie who does the dishes—that’s left to a skeleton.
These are Sweden’s gender-neutral kindergartens, administered by Lotta Rajalin, who shared photos of the toyscapes and posters described above in a recent Tedx Talk. She also explained that at her schools, children can dabble in all kinds of activities, and are encouraged to explore their full range of emotions. Girls are not expected to suppress anger, and boys are not pressured to swallow their tears. All students are welcome to be as messy or tidy, rowdy, or passive as suits them.
Inside a handful of public kindergartens in Sweden, toys are never divided into traditional gender camps. Dolls […]
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According to a report in the Washington Post, President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would slash funding for programs that provide shelter for the poor but would leave in place housing subsidies paid to landlords.
The report notes that Trump would continue to be the beneficiary of such subsidies after receiving millions of dollars as a part-owner of Starrett City, the nation’s largest subsidized housing complex. According to Trump’s most recent financial disclosure, his 4 percent ownership stake in the complex garnered him at least $5 million between January of last year and April 15
According to a spokesperson for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the partnership that owns the complex has received more than $490 million in subsidies since May 2013 – $38 million of which has come since Trump took office.
Starrett City is a complex of 46 brick towers west of New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, and Trump once lauded it as “one of the best investments I ever made.”
The report notes that […]
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Innovation is a key development tool that could boost economies and provide a way out of the growing squeeze on the world’s food resources – one of the major challenges of the 21st century – according to a new United Nations report.
“Innovation is the engine of economic growth in an increasingly knowledge-based global economy, but more investment is needed to help boost human creativity and economic output,” said Francis Gurry, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and co-author of the 10th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII): Innovation feeding the World.
With an eye on how creativity in agriculture and the food sector is helping to feed the world – one of the major challenges of the 21st century – WIPO points out that innovation is key to sustaining the productivity growth required to meet the rising demand and to helping enhance the networks that integrate the sustainable food production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste management known as food systems.
According to the UN agency, […]
Love it or hate it, Swedish scientists have found another reason for you to load up on broccoli, or at least finish what’s on your plate. As it turns out, sulforaphane, a powerhouse antioxidant found in the vegetable, could be Nature’s secret weapon against type 2 diabetes, offering obese patients a way to slash their blood glucose levels and fight the disease.
This is not the first time sulforaphane has been in the health spotlight. Found in cruciferous greens such as broccoli and cabbage (though if you want to get the most bang for your bite, broccoli sprouts are the way to go), the compound is known for its cancer-fighting and anti-inflammation properties. However hardly anything was known about its effect on type 2 diabetes until now.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body isn’t able to make enough insulin or to use the hormone to regulate blood glucose levels. This causes a build-up of sugar in the blood and for obese patients, their excess body fat makes it harder for the liver and muscle tissue to absorb this excess blood […]
- 38% of Americans less willing to attend large events due to terrorism
- Previous high was 32% in 2002
- 46% less willing to travel overseas due to terrorism concerns
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-eight percent of U.S. adults say the threat of terrorism makes them less willing to attend events where there are thousands of people. This is up from 27% in July 2011, the last time Gallup asked the question. It is also the highest level recorded since Gallup began asking the question after 9/11.
These most recent data come from Gallup’s latest survey conducted June 7-11.The record-high percentage of Americans avoiding large events comes on the heels of the May 22 terrorist attack on concertgoers in Manchester, England, and the June 3 attack at a crowded bridge and restaurants in London.
Immediately after 9/11, 30% of Americans expressed reluctance to attend crowded events. That level of concern persisted throughout the first year after those attacks but dipped in polls conducted five years and 10 years later — to 23% and 27%, respectively. But with the recent events in England fresh in people’s minds, concern about attending crowded events is at a new high. Memories of other terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, including the […]
Remote Viewing the Year 2060
