It's not just e-waste. As this piece notes, the toxic byproducts of manufacturing are being dumped as raw materials too: The Global Village's Septic Tank
People are Obese regarless of Income or Geography
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Here's an interesting report from FP Magazine on obesity as a global epidemic. Interesting to note that obesity seems to occur independent of the financial factors that you would assume cause obesity.
Report is a PDF download.
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Here's a great interview with an airforce dude on why space weapons are the must-have accessory for all modern militaries. Oh, and here's the article that he was responeding to, arguing that they're unnecessary...
Still, some economists argue that China isn't growing nearly as quickly as it could. How could that be?
One probable cause is that infrastructure for research and development has a long way to go in many developing Asian countries, especially China. Having some history behind your scientific community has its benefits. Thats why, even with our moral and ethical hurdles in the way, we're still winning the "great stem cell race." For now.
(enjoy the plugs for great articles in my favorite magazine)
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"We have a duty and responsibility to cast our electoral votes behind the president if he wins West Virginia," Capehart said. "Because that's what the Republican Party expected when they chose us."
This is a telling statement. Shouldn't Capehart be more concerned about this guy representing the popular vote, in other words, the voice of the majority of people of West Virginia...instead of standing "behind the president?"
For nearly every country we collected prices from at least 10 cafes. We eliminated the most expensive and least expensvie cafes, based on the assumption that these prices reflected tourist-type locations. (note that many "back-alley" or "grey market" cafes probably didn't make our study. These locations often have lower prices) At this point, we found it would be innacurate to take an average of the remaining prices. (the averages were too often different from the most common price, since even the prices left varied widely. So, we used the most common value or mode.
The $1 figure is from the United Nations Millenium Development Goals Indicators database.
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This is excellent additional perspective -would you be willing to add this to the comments in the article?
Thanks for sharing this. really fascinating.
anyone who can dismantle supertankers with their bare hands deserves some respect.
It's not just e-waste. As this piece notes, the toxic byproducts of manufacturing are being dumped as raw materials too: The Global Village's Septic Tank
Here's an interesting report from FP Magazine on obesity as a global epidemic. Interesting to note that obesity seems to occur independent of the financial factors that you would assume cause obesity. Report is a PDF download. tcd004
This is very simliar to this piece from Foreign Policy Magazine in September of 2004 "The World's Most Dangerous Ideas" tcd004
I can think of a few. Cellphone spam, Sony DRM, the EU trying to take over the internet, T.O. What else?
And of course Small Town Misfit (plug for my website)
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Sorry, i forgot to note it.
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Gaming nirvana. Everything just fits together perfectly.
MDK2 wasn't bad either.
Glad you enjoyed it!
tcd004
Still, some economists argue that China isn't growing nearly as quickly as it could. How could that be?
One probable cause is that infrastructure for research and development has a long way to go in many developing Asian countries, especially China. Having some history behind your scientific community has its benefits. Thats why, even with our moral and ethical hurdles in the way, we're still winning the "great stem cell race." For now.
(enjoy the plugs for great articles in my favorite magazine)
tcd004
There's a decent liqour store right around the corner.
Theatre of Magic
AMAZING!!!
Remember in days of yore when you bought a printer and it didn't even come with the necessary print cable?
Does that mean they were stepping away from computers entirely?
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Best segway campaign ever.
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Yeah, thanks. Sloppy typing. I meant "SUBVERT"
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Don't miss this bit on how the EU is planning to use Quantum Crypto to subert and avoid the U.S.'s rampant digital espionage.
tcd004
This is a telling statement. Shouldn't Capehart be more concerned about this guy representing the popular vote, in other words, the voice of the majority of people of West Virginia...instead of standing "behind the president?"
tcd004
Danila, my apologies.
danila works for this company and is promoting the software.
The default setting in IE will be to block popups.
This pretty much means that the popup window will be officially dead in a year's time.
tcd004
we need to take out the Sun as soon as possible!
That menace!
I'm impressed that a simple listing of internet cafe rates has incited such passion in so many people!
I will reevaluate the Argentina number.
Another factor that is likely to skew this sampling are the cafes who:
1. publish contact information
2. or publish rate information online
3. or who speak english or will respond in english
I concur that these limits on our abilty to collect data mean it is likely that we were speaking to more "upscale" cafes.
Also, it's impossible to collect data from of these establishments due to their "fly by night" business practices.
tcd004
For nearly every country we collected prices from at least 10 cafes. We eliminated the most expensive and least expensvie cafes, based on the assumption that these prices reflected tourist-type locations. (note that many "back-alley" or "grey market" cafes probably didn't make our study. These locations often have lower prices) At this point, we found it would be innacurate to take an average of the remaining prices. (the averages were too often different from the most common price, since even the prices left varied widely. So, we used the most common value or mode.
The $1 figure is from the United Nations Millenium Development Goals Indicators database.