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15 global challenges that cannot be addressed by any government acting alone

  The 15 Global Challenges  from t he Millennium Project, a global participatory think tank. 1. How can sustainable development be achieved for all while addressing global climate change? 2. How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict? 3. How can population growth and resources be brought into balance? 4. How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes? 5. How can decisionmaking be enhanced by integrating improved global foresight during unprecedented accelerating change? 6. How can the global convergence of information and communications technologies work for everyone? 7. How can ethical market economies be encouraged to help reduce the gap between rich and poor? 8. How can the threat of new and reemerging diseases and immune micro-organisms be reduced? 9. How can education make humanity more intelligent, knowledgeable, and wise enough to address its global challenges? 10. How can shared values and new security strategies reduce ethnic conflicts, terroris

Focus Newsletter: Cllr posed beside a pile of dog mess

In this edition of Focus Newsletters (produced and delivered by Lib Dems), Cllr Derrick Tuplin posed beside a pile of dog mess in Humbleton Drive, showing that he "has noticed an increased amount of dog mess on pavements and verges"; he also examined "a damaged bin in Pimlico", which give "responsible dog owners", I think,  an excellent excuse not to clear up after their dogs, because they "have been frustrated by vandals burning out the bin". Good news from Neighbourhood Forum in Mackworth, the local police were pleased to announce the lowest crime figures for 10 years. According to Wikipedia , "there are some gangs still around this area, namely CLF, the Mackworth Manz and Mackworth Mafia". I didn't know this before I move to this area, and shocked by my finding. Mackworth Forum meets in the community Centre, Prince Charles Avenue at 7 pm 21 April, 16 June, 18 August, 20 October, and 8 December.

Small Dingy Slum Community called "China"

Miss Calder's Children, A Social History of Belper. Biography and Critique on Mondern Education, by Narvel S. Annable, Belper, 1997. In this book (page 35) Narvel Annable sympathetically and vividly describes a "notorious yet celebrated small dingy slum community called 'China'. This slum community was not far from where little Narvel lived, it was "directly over the road", near the railway line. These foul poverty stricken cottages was removed in the late 1930's to make way for the construction of the oil refinery. As a Chinese, I am quite sensitive to anything about 'China'. It's quite interesting that people in Belper called their city slum community 'China'. Narvel Annable recorded several stories from this 'China'. In that time, people from different social classes seemed never to mix up, you might find the ugly faces of snobbery everywhere. [A girl lived] at the family business in King Street, S.T, Clay Milliners and Drap