Bovine burden

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The 1.28 billion beef cattle raised world wide are a wasteful use of land, grain and water resources, consuming food and water that could be used to feed some of the 40 million people dying from starvation each year. The impact of beef cattle on agriculture can be traced to the dominance of English culture in the 19th century and their appetite for grain fed beef. The impact on the environment in desertification, increased greenhouse gasses from cattle exhaust and deforestation, and water consumption are examined.

United Kingdom, Environmental aspects, Food and nutrition, Beef cattle

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When animals attack, cars crash and stunts go bad: in all its guises, the shockumentary has become the sure-fire hit of prime-time television, and Mike Darnell is its auteur

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Fox Television Studio and Mike Darnell have managed to target a TV audience that thrives on reality television programming. These TV shows isolate a gruesome aspect of human and animal activity. They find events, acccidents and incidents that sensationalize brutal interaction, out-of-control environmental disasters, or animal violence. Darnell knows that these programs generate high TV ratings that help Fox corner TV audiences that other cable or network producers want or need.

Marketing, Television programs, Television direction, Television production, Television, Sensationalism, Sensationalism in television, Darnell, Mike, Fox Television Studios

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Why you're still voting on paper: electronic ballots are costly, hackable, and error-prone

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Paper based voting machines will be replaced with ATM-like gadgets called direct-recording electronics. A hard copy backup called a voter-verifiable paper trial is a solution in case the new system won't work,

Usage, Technology application, Ballot, Asynchronous communications, Asynchronous transfer mode, ATM

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