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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
"More than a million animals, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes and a rare type of stork, have been unexpectedly seen living and migrating across Southern Sudan," where 25 years of war caused conservationists to believe no wildlife remained. Certain animals even appeared to be thriving more than before — "the numbers of Mongalla gazelle, for example, sky-rocketed." (LiveScience) |
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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The Islamic Development Bank launched a multi-billion-dollar Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development, which aims at combatting poverty and its causes in member Islamic countries around the world and in Africa. |
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Read more... [Islamic Development Bank Launches $10 Billion Poverty Fund]
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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Presenting a guide to the greenest companies in the UK and the world. On the top ten lists are Danish and Dutch companies (wind and banking), Swedish and Australian (paper and banking), Japanese and British (electronics, retail and telcom), but, alas, none from America. (The Independent) |
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Posted by Michael Little
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
In this world of ever expanding electronic devices, paper would seem to be passé. It isn't as cool as an MP3 player or an e-Book reader. But if the researchers at Mid Sweden University have their way we'll soon see paper products that store digital information and play audio tracks with the touch of a finger. Imagine a newspaper or magazine that will read a news story, play music, or, most certainly, provide advertising jingles. The Swedish professors are calling it the fourth generation of paper products. Beyond printing paper and packaging paper and hygiene paper, comes "Paper IV"... |
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Read more... [Digital Paper Can Read Aloud for You]
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
Like many people's relationship with their father, mine has never been very close. Yet, if he died today I would be very sorry I didn't ask him more questions. That's why I am glad to have met Stuart Gustafson, who co-wrote the new book, Questions to Bring You Closer to Dad. I met him at the National Publicity Summit in New York in March. After looking at his book, I telephoned my father last week. We talked happily for an hour, or more, about his time in the U.S. Marines and what it was like for him to visit his childhood home, and we engaged in small talk, which turns out to be the glue that holds the important stuff together... |
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Read more... [How to Get Closer to Your Dad (Book Review)]
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