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Hire for What You Really Want

TEDxBYU

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t1BrvQ-Y5x8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Academic success and past job experience are not strong indicators of job performance, but it generally opens doors for individuals to acquire job interviews. Through the difficulties of life, individuals learn traits such as perseverance, creative thinking, communication and other critical skills that are difficult to indicate on a …

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Moms Around The World Teach Their Kids A Lot Of Cool Rules

NPR

Don't hit your sister! Veggies are good for you. No, we can't watch Frozen every night. No matter where you live around the globe, moms pretty much teach their children the same lessons. But in honor of Mother's Day, we wanted to track down a few of the world's more distinctive rules and customs. We asked four Aspen …

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Op-Ed

African farmers need the tools and technology to adapt to a changing climate

LA Times

imate change has condensed the cycles of devastating drought, and agriculture across Africa and the world is feeling the heat. Lack of rain in southern Africa delayed this year’s planting season by up to two months. Planted areas have shrunk, crops have wilted and food production in South Africa is already down 25%. Meanwhile, far to the …

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Helping Africa’s Youth Find Opportunity Changing Climate

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Growing up in a rural farm in the Kenyan Coast, I would run barefoot to the riverbank to watch my green cabbage grow. Back then, the rains were predictable, the heat was mild, and the soil was healthy. With each day, I grew more excited about farming and agriculture. I looked forward to a future …

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South Africa’s topless protesters are fighting shame on their own terms

The Guardian

On a cold and wet morning, a large group of protesters – many of them bare- breasted – gathered to protest on the Rhodes university campus in Grahamstown, South Africa. Clad in jeans and head-wraps, some had written “Enough!” across their chests. They marched defiantly, having just published a controversial list naming alleged campus rapists in order to …

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