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Global Markets Drop After U.S. Meltdown See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/c8XYeb
Many on Wall Street say they'd never seen anything like it. One money
manager says he literally fell off his chair. Another says he thought a
nuclear bomb had gone off.
For a market already rattled by
Europe's
growing debt woes, the combination of apparent human error and
high-frequency trading run… Continue
manager says he literally fell off his chair. Another says he thought a
nuclear bomb had gone off.
For a market already rattled by
Europe's
growing debt woes, the combination of apparent human error and
high-frequency trading run… Continue
Added by sunnydupree on May 7, 2010 at 3:13pm — No Comments
Learn 7 Ushahidi Project and what it is and Disasters most likely to happen in my area.
The Ushahidi project is a platform which allows users to report important information by utilizing their smartphones. They can use video, pictures or text message to report the problems that are occuring in realtime. Ushahidi uses a filter so that they can plow through all the messages and find out what is really going on instead of having to go through the massive amounts of data that is transmitted on Ushahidi.
- What are the most likely natural disasters, food shortages, power…
Added by sunnydupree on April 30, 2010 at 8:20pm — 3 Comments
Learn-6 (Story from Women Watch and Pakistan relevence)
Empowering Women – Learn 6 (Story from Women Watch)
I am happy to be part of Women Watch now. I have taken one story “…
ContinueAdded by NANGAR SOOMRO on April 23, 2010 at 2:58pm — 1 Comment
Hijab: why Muslim women wear the veil (burqa)
The recent controversy of the banning of the head scarf has led to much debate. Many people say that by wearing such attire Muslims are looking to maintain an identity that will prevent them from socializing and integrating with other members of society. The following interview of a French Muslim lady shows her opinions on why should wear a burqa.
She has been wearing a burka in public for around 12 years. She is French-born, has five children, and is married to an Algerian. She is a… Continue
She has been wearing a burka in public for around 12 years. She is French-born, has five children, and is married to an Algerian. She is a… Continue
Added by Faheem Moosa on April 12, 2010 at 7:33pm — No Comments
ACT1
I found Aviva Presser Aiden online and discovered the work she is doing on getting electricity from dirt using fuel cells. http://www.lebone.org/
This is fascinating technology and I'm very interested in anything that produces power in an unconventional way.
While Lebone is focused on providing this technology to isolated communities in Africa, I would hope that research is also being done to bring this technology… Continue
This is fascinating technology and I'm very interested in anything that produces power in an unconventional way.
While Lebone is focused on providing this technology to isolated communities in Africa, I would hope that research is also being done to bring this technology… Continue
Added by Robert Vaughn on April 9, 2010 at 5:11am — No Comments
Learn 3 New forms of sustainable energy
Hello Fellow Evokeians!
I wish to share a story about a person who in their final days used their illness to create a new source of energy as well as a experimental cure for cancer. I speak of non other than John Kanzius. (March 1, 1944 – February 18, 2009) He was an american inventor who was an TV engineer. He invented a method to treat cancer that uses acombination of either gold or carbon nanoparticles… Continue
I wish to share a story about a person who in their final days used their illness to create a new source of energy as well as a experimental cure for cancer. I speak of non other than John Kanzius. (March 1, 1944 – February 18, 2009) He was an american inventor who was an TV engineer. He invented a method to treat cancer that uses acombination of either gold or carbon nanoparticles… Continue
Added by sunnydupree on April 7, 2010 at 11:20pm — 1 Comment
Can we agree on a first commandment?
As a newbie I can say that I find value in all of the 33 secrets/tips shared in exhibit A. To be a social innovator is to constantly be innovating and reaching beyond your immediate resources and initial ideas. There were 3 secrets presented each under a different source that to me could all be combined and turned into perhaps the first of commandments for social innovators and people working in the development sector.
(The commandment title is not necessary but in the Easter spirit I will… Continue
(The commandment title is not necessary but in the Easter spirit I will… Continue
Added by Valerie Matron on April 4, 2010 at 4:25pm — 2 Comments
Learn - 4 (Animals and Humans drink water from same pond)
In Pakistan over 40% of population has no access to safe drinking water. The population who have access to water is also dealing with challenge of poor quality of drinking water with bacterial contamination, arsenic, flouride and nitrate. In adequate and non sustaianblity of water provision has impact on the health and hygiene of the population and thus restults in health diseases in Pakistan. It has been estimated in Pakistan that the water, sanitation related disearses cost Pakistan…
ContinueAdded by NANGAR SOOMRO on March 29, 2010 at 5:37am — 6 Comments
Ten years from today . . .
Ten years from today I am not just watching yutube videos about the us of sustanable technology, I am helping people to use sustanable technology on a daily basis. I would be, in an ideal world, giving instruction and cla**** in the constructin of wood gas stoves for cooking, making solar energy solutions at home from waste products and showing everyone that green fuel is not just a pipe dream, but a reality for everyone. I will be able to allow people the luxury of being able to dream harder… Continue
Describe the biggest challenge to food security in your own local community or country -- and an innovative solution that is already underway.
In my country, many people are cultivators, I advise them to do a system called closing the loop.
Let me explain "Closing the loop" here: In Ecological Sanitation, when people talk about "closing the loop", they mean closing the loop between sanitation and agriculture (chiefly with respect to returning nutrients and organic matter contained in excreta back to the soil).…
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Added by Iyamuremye Jean de Dieu on March 17, 2010 at 10:00pm — 15 Comments
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