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27
Aug
2008
Water Footprint: Accounting for Virtual Water Use

3 days ago by waterplanning

A new report published by WWF in the UK highlights the impact of ‘virtual water’ use on diminishing global water supply, using the concept of a ‘Water Footprint’. According to the authors’ approach, a water footprint is a measure of the total water used to produce goods and services that a particula ...

Collaborative Water Planning - waterplanning.wordpress.com

26
Aug
2008
Build a Million Dollar Business? Yes You Can!

3 days ago by admin

We have been building successful businesses for nearly 30 years, turning business concepts and ideas into profit machines. Between us, we have built more than 18 companies, 12 of which have been multimillion dollar ones. As a result, we have a deep understanding of what it takes for you to build a m ...

Our Wealth! - aurwealth.com · Rank: 1,303 · 1 reference

25
Aug
2008
Economic fallacies II

5 days ago by LaBlogga

Fallacy #3: The singularity is a great investment opportunity A technological revolution like that brought about by the PC or the Internet is a great investment opportunity. Current possibilities for this kind of compound growth in technology-driven financial returns include alternative energy, geno ...

Broader Perspective - futurememes.blogspot.com · Rank: 178,083 · 31 references

24
Aug
2008
Social Scarcity? “City of Ember” book intrigues

5 days ago by ravoltev

My son whispered that we had a (paper) copy of J Duprau’s City of Ember when we saw the movie preview last week. It’s impossible for me to resist a post-apocalyptic novel about people completely dependent on machines they don’t understand. It’s a youth book, but I was not disappointed - this was a f ...

TribalGrid: ... - tribalgrid.wordpress.com · Rank: 194,476 · 2 references

23
Aug
2008
Confidence game - The Boston Globe

7 days ago by admin

Con men have a term, ‘taking off the touch,’ for the point in the con when they take the mark’s money.”

Marlow's Listener - richard-careaga.com

22
Aug
2008
Improving community health worker use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in ...

8 days ago by admin

Background: Introduction of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) has boosted interest in parasite-based malaria diagnosis, leading to increased use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), particularly in rural settings where microscopy is limited. With donor support, national malaria control programmes a ...

AquaRead.com - aquaread.com

21
Aug
2008
West Banks acute water crisis

8 days ago by Meister

Video youtube video

The Middle East is in the grip of a drought. In Israel, it's just beginning to have an impact, but just a few miles away in the occupied West Bank, the crisis is much more acute. Nour Odeh examines the situation in the village of Saffarin, near Tulkarem.

SmallShop---Video News - videonews.smallshop.com · 1 reference

Homage to Hank

9 days ago by admin

Marlow's Listener - richard-careaga.com

20
Aug
2008
Interview: Mary Ann Rodman pt. 2

9 days ago by Meagan

Check out the rest of our interview with Mary Ann! Can you describe “Jimmy’s Stars” for our readers? In one very short sentence….what do you do when someone you love and trust makes a promise that is not within their power to keep? Did you model any of the characters after yourself or others who are ...

By The Book Reviews - teenscenemag.com/bythebook · Rank: 12,570 · 20 references

19
Aug
2008
The Great Unbundling: A Reprise

10 days ago by Joshua Young

This piece by Nick Carr, the author of the recently popular “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” in the Atlantic, is fantastic. My summary: A print newspaper or magazine provides an array of content in one bundle. People buy the bundle, and advertisers pay to catch readers’ eyes as they thumb through the p ...

Network(ed)News - networkednews.wordpress.com · 2 references

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