LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Two Lubbock authors have their first books sitting on the shelf at Wild Lark Books this week, both published with the goal of helping others.Sydney Crane wrote a children’s book about a family she met while working at the Hospice of Lubbock. She never thought her job title there, bereavement counselor, would turn her into an author.“What I was finding when I was having conversations with families who had children on service is there wasn’t really a resource to help facilitate conversations about what a terminal illness is and what different hospice workers roles might look…
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Africa has the potential to become the proptech hub of the world, a report by Estate Intel stated. The report titled, ‘Net zero, focus on niche specific sectors and technology innovation are the key trends affecting African real estate’, noted that this was disclosed at the 13th Annual Africa Property Investment Summit in Johannesburg. According to the report, globally real estate has been slow to adopt tech despite being the largest asset class. It, however, stated that across Africa, the sector was gaining momentum. It said, “While tech may sound complicated, it is really about the benefits it brings in…
An undeniable fact is that Africa’s G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) and Central African Republic (CAR) have bartered their natural resources for Soviet-era and Russian military weapons and equipment. The G5 Heads of State are currently struggling against growing terrorism in the region and needed support from external countries. Moscow is broadening its geography of military diplomacy covering poor African countries and especially fragile States that need Russia’s military assistance. As part of its foreign policy, the authorities have been strengthening military-technical cooperation. These often include officer training and the sale of military equipment, though the…
This is a story about a lot of things. It’s a story about Duolingo. Obviously. That’s in the headline. But it’s really a story about doing things for all the wrong reasons. It’s also a story about how quickly gamification can transform one thing into another thing. And it’s most certainly a story about how I am a complete idiot. That I have no idea what I’m talking about, or doing, and that no one should listen to my advice about anything ever.But let’s start with the Duolingo part.At the end of October, I decided to start studying Spanish on Duolingo. That…
DUBLIN, Jan. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The “Travel and Tourism, Travel Agencies, Tour Operators and Related Services Industry in South Africa 2022” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report on travel and tourism, travel agencies, tour operators and related services industry in South Africa focuses on the state of tourism and travel and its effect on the industry including travel and tourism statistics, the major players, corporate actions and developments, key trends and influencing factors. South Africa’s struggling tourism industry is slowly recovering from the pandemic, where border closures, flight cancellations, and onerous entry requirements cut nearly 500,000…
A heap of garbage found at Rajaji Children’s Park in Madurai. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY A walk into the Rajaji Children’s park near Gandhi Memorial Museum is not all pleasant, complain its users, though the park is one of the few recreational spots in the city that hosts steady inflow of visitors week after week. Families, mostly with toddlers and children, who hope to have a leisure time at the play area amidst a thick green cover are often disappointed. “Most slides are rusty and some have screws poking out. How can it be safe for children? If they…
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka appeared Tuesday on “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which is taped in New York. Topics included her HBO comedy special, “The Intruder,” and her viral drop challenge, which was inspired by Beyonce’s “Partition.” A video clip included scenes shot in Little Tokyo with her grandmother. The interview can be seen here .Okatsuka is on a national tour that includes sold-out shows in San Francisco, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle. Info: www.atsukocomedy.com (CBS) Source link
Spring may still be several weeks away but that isn’t stopping the Flat Rock Model Train Depot and Museum from kicking off its spring schedule in early February, with the announcement of a fan favorite. Thomas the model train, along with his friends, will chug their way to the depot, beginning at 1 p.m. on Feb. 4. “The Flat Rock Train Club members promise the new Thomas exhibit will be the best one yet,” said Pat Simeck, who oversees the exhibit. “They have purchased an extensive collection of Thomas memorabilia for the occasion.” Thomas & Friends (originally known as Thomas…
A young woman has died just four days after getting engaged on a romantic holiday in South Africa after using the wrong spoon to stir her tea.Jess Prinsloo, 24, is thought to have died as a result of her acute dairy allergy just days after her partner Craig McKinnon, also 24, proposed at the God’s Window viewpoint in Mpumalanga on December 27.After saying yes, marketing executive Jess, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, celebrated with her fiancé for several days before travelling to her mother’s house in Johannesburg on December 30.But after coming into contact with dairy, she went into anaphylaxis, an allergic reaction in which…
South Africa 141 for 5 (Kapp 52, Luus 30, Connell 2-17) beat West Indies 97 for 8 (Matthews 23, Klaas 4-21, Mlaba 1-10) by 44 runsWest Indies’ batting woes continued as they went down to South Africa by 44 runs in the second match of the women’s T20I tri-series in East London. After Marizanne Kapp’s fifty propelled South Africa to 141, Masabata Klaas’ four-wicket haul helped them bounce back from the opening game defeat to India.Kapp lifts South AfricaA spin-heavy West Indies restricted South Africa to a competitive total on a slow and sluggish surface at Buffalo Park. After being…