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,...
Jim bought a pack of Hot Cross buns. It was reduced to clear and looked stale. When he was about to eat one. "You can toast and then butter it," Becky suggested. "I have never tried that," Jim said "You cut the bun into half, and toast it. I saw my teacher do it in school." Becky explained, "She said it's delicious, I haven't tried it though." So Jim thought it might be a good idea to toast a hot cross bun. It turns out quite delicious. Hot Cross Bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins, marked with a cross on the top, and traditionally eaten on Good Friday.