charlotte turner
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Convert Auth tokens to OAuth Access Tokens
We just added a new method to the API that allows you to convert your old auth tokens to OAuth Access tokens. When you call this method, the old auth token will be permanently deleted, so don
When did Vilde Frang make her orchestral debut? Where did Vilde study? Where is she performing next? Discover the answers to these questions, and so much more, on Vilde
A London monument to animals in war on Park Lane is worse than sentimental kitsch. It is just one of a number of examples of dodgy public art.
Environmental Impact of Population Growth
A lot of focus has been placed on the socio-economic consequences of a world population reaching 7 billion by month’s end. The ecological impact on our environment, however, may be equally important as we contemplate the sustainability of our planet.
Robert Engelman, president of the Worldwatch Institute, discusses the realities of our rapidly changing environment. In the Yale Environment 360 blog, Engelman writes,
“There’s little scientific dispute that the world is heading toward a warmer and harsher climate, less dependable water and energy supplies, less intact ecosystems with fewer species, more acidic oceans, and less naturally productive soils. Are we so smart and inventive that not one of these trends will have any impact on the number of human beings the planet sustains?”
