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Where sports meet STEM: Honolulu International Esports Tournament
“By connecting global institutions with our students, we’re opening doors to college programs, internships, and exciting careers in cybersecurity, software development, and digital media. At the same time, we’re shining a spotlight on the incredible talent at Farrington High School, expanding our Kalihi keiki’s reach beyond Oʻahu and putting our students on the global stage.”
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Evacuation orders remain in place for Waialua, Haleʻiwa
On Saturday, March 21, at 2:13 a.m., an HNL Alert from the Oahu Department of Emergency Management provided an evacuation update for the North Shore.
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Last: Biodynamic wines – worth it or hocus pocus?
Biodynamic agriculture has been around for a long time, since 1924, when it was created by Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner. He presented a series of lectures in Germany known as the “agricultural course”, effectively a response to farmers’ concerns about chemical use in their fields. To say Steiner was ahead of his time would be…
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Penner: Revelstoke Mountain Resort gives new meaning to snow days
Right around the time when the leg-burn kicked in on my second run — and somewhere in the snow-plastered trees lining Revy’s Ripper Chair — I caught an edge and went airborne. Skis, poles, gloves, goggles, limbs, everything flying and flailing in a chaotic extravaganza of ineptitude. (Perhaps my visit to The Village Idiot, the…
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Think-tank member Meaghon Reid: The next million depends on mental health, but not the way we think
Calgary is on a fast track to two million people. We are appropriately spending a lot of time talking about housing, transit, and infrastructure in light of this population growth, but there is a quieter question to ask with the same urgency: What does this growth mean for our collective mental health, and are we…
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Think tank member Karen Young: A city of two million needs a strong social foundation
Calgary is on the path to two million people. That milestone will test more than our skyline. Read More
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Think-tank member David Ross: Building a dynamic workforce for the future
Calgary is on track to reach two million residents within the next decade. That milestone will reshape our neighbourhoods, economy and expectations for what this city can be. Read More
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Opinion: Two million people chose Calgary: Now let’s make sure the city chooses them back
Two million people. Let that number breathe for a moment. Read More
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AI is not that smart
I was comforted by an article I’d recently read that laid out the shortfalls of artificial intelligence (AI). In it, the authors push back on the claim that AI has now met the level of “general human intelligence” — what AI proponents call Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Read More
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Varcoe: As April 1 deadline on Alberta-Ottawa energy pact looms, deal on methane reduction nears
Chris Varcoe is a Calgary Herald columnist. Read More