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Consumers Won't Cut Media Spending - 12/8/2008 1:00:00 AM - Broadcasting & CableDespite the darkening economic forecast—and the official word last week that the United States is indeed in a recession—U.S. consumers have no plans to reduce spending on Internet, wireless, cable and satellite services. That's according to a new study from Amdocs, a customer experience consultancy.
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Africa joining the electric car craze, with Optimal Energy’s Joule » VentureBeatThe entire world hopes to start driving electric cars soon, and Africa, despite its reputation for poor economies, is no exception. Luckily, a South African company called Optimal Energy is working to release a vehicle in 2010.And unlike the many attempts to make electric cars as small and cheap ...
Flora Moon
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | IBM to build brain-like computersA collaboration in the US is aiming to create artificial brain circuits that mimic the structure and workings of neurons.Bobby Hardenbrook added 12 months ago
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Will a Nano-Fiber Elevator Launch the Future of Space Exploration? Japan Says 'Yes'Competition heating up between Japan and the US to build the world's first "space elevator". The technology required to create a physical link between Earth and outer space is getting closer to being a reality with Japan's announcement that it was researching plans to build a space elevator – a ...
Omar Fink
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Cloudworks: social networking for learning designThe paper argues that one of the key challenges in encouraging more innovative uses of technologies is getting teachers to share designs. We will report on empirical data gathered through interviews and workshops which provides a better understand of the design process, how designs are ...
Dolors Reig
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Artificial eyes see first picturesArtificial eyes see first pictures OPTICAL MATERIALS September 24, 2008The capability to perceive light was among the first senses to develop in animals and, many species use eyes as their primary sense organs. Blindness continues to be a severe handicap for which there is currently no cure. ...
Marcello Cividini
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Learning through E-networks and Related M&E IssuesThis paper aims to assess different types of learning that can be mediated by various E-network functions, in order to suggest ways forward for two latinamerican rural networks, Grupo Chorlaví and FIDAMERICA. The main question that we address in this paper is ‘How can regional E-mediated ...
Giorgio Bertini
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Accountability - A Guide to Budget Work for NGOs“What brings us together . . . is our belief that people have a right to influence the public choices that shape our lives. Public budgets are the chief instruments by which governments make these decisions, and civil society the greatest tool to ensure that people are part of that process .”
Giorgio Bertini
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Networks and partnershipsLike organisations, networks come in different shapes and sizes. At one extreme, they are informal, loosely structured communities of practice, with a shared leadership or none at all. At the other, they have a secretariat, a recognised leader and a clear agenda. The form of a network can evolve ...
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U.S. May Find Painful Parallels in Nordic Bailout - BloombergThe Nordic effort -- similar in speed and scope to what the U.S. is planning now, though smaller in size -- did manage to end the financial crisis. At the same time, it didn't prevent a deeper recession and surging unemployment in all three countries.``In the long term, there were benefits, but ...
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