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Dec 11, 2024 | 
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Kampala, Uganda — Dr. Zakir Naik, a globally acclaimed Islamic scholar and dynamic orator on Islam and Comparative Religion, is set to deliver a series of public lectures in Kampala, Uganda, this week. The lectures, scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday at the Pearl of Africa Hotel, promise to draw significant attention from audiences eager to engage with his teachings on peace, spirituality, and interfaith dialogue.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
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A bitter clash is raging in Uganda’s music industry between musicians Bebe Cool, ace producer Daddy Andre and Eddy Kenzo, the president of the Uganda Musicians Federation (UMF), who is also the Presidential Advisor on Artistes Affairs. Our Snoops reveal that it all started when Daddy Andre appeared in interviews on various TV stations this week lambasting Kenzo by asserting that he is not fit to head the UMF because he lacks the requisite qualifications to hold such a position.
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May 13, 2024 | 
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PE-22-28, a synthetic derivative of the naturally occurring peptide spadin, is garnering significant attention in research studies.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
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Mountain gorillas in the Great Lakes region are usually known not to be heavy consumers of water during their lifetime. Now studies indicate that the frequency of their consumption has increased. Mountain gorillas are the only great apes that live in high mountains and their population is less than 1,000 in the whole world. They live in volcanic areas in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
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Stanbic bank Uganda, CEO Anne Juuko has been removed from her job for redeployment, this publication can further report. We are told bosses are sending her to Standard Bank’s East African regional office in Nairobi for a yet-to-be-created regional role. Standard Bank Group East Africa region—which owns 80% of Stanbic Bank—covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
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Oct 22, 2023 | 
resilience.org | Kurt Cobb |Mariana Villegas-Mendoza |Mohammed Elnaiem |Red Pepper
The substance that constitutes a pencil lead and an important component of electric vehicle batteries is suddenly less available. China, the world’s top producer of graphite, will now require permits for shipments abroad. The country is the world’s top producer and plays a special role by refining 90 percent of the graphite used in electric vehicle batteries.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
resilience.org | John Mulrow |Jason Hickel |Emmanuelle Andrews |Red Pepper
This week John Mulrow explores the importance of focusing on the proverbial forest of ecological change rather than the trees of individual actions. —If I show you this symbol, what do you think of?
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
resilience.org | Tom Murphy |Emmanuelle Andrews |Red Pepper |James Martin
In Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, one of the dialogs I especially enjoyed was in Chapter 11 when the pupil expressed his anxiety around pre-civilization life. The mental image he shared was of a man running along a ridge in deepening twilight, hungry and following tracks on the hunt, while tooth and claw pursued not far behind. The man is “forever one step behind his prey and one step ahead of his enemies.” Ishmael, role-playing a hunter-gatherer, laughed off the concerns as being wildly off the mark.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
resilience.org | Emmanuelle Andrews |Red Pepper |James Martin |Chris Smaje
Emmanuelle Andrews argues that yes, AI is scary, but these systems can and must be regulated to provide greater public security and purposeIn case you missed it: artificial intelligence (AI) will make teachers redundant, become sentient, and soon, wipe out humanity as we know it. From Elon Musk, to the godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, to Rishi Sunak’s AI advisor, industry leaders and experts everywhere are warning about AI’s mortal threat to our existence as a species.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
resilience.org | James Martin |Emmanuelle Andrews |Red Pepper |Chris Smaje
By way of entry into the topic contained in the title for this article, let me share with you what ChatGPT said in response to my questions to it about definitions. But first, please understand that I do not regard ChatGTP as some sort of ultimate authority on anything, any more than I regard Wikipedia (or anyone, anything) as such an ultimate authority. Is it a bit lazy of me to lean on ChatGPT here? Probably.
