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Online nowParvez: Parvez is a 33 year old single guy from Bangalore, KA, India.; Likes 29,589 pages, 48 videos, 96 photos • 525 fans • Received 53 reviews; Member since Mar 31, 2004

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Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: May 12, 8:21pm 1 review business, poverty, water, world, development
http://www.feow.org/; From the page: "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World, (FEOW) provides a new global biogeographic regionalization of the Earth's freshwater biodiversity. Covering virtually all freshwater habitats on Earth, this first-ever ecoregion map, together with associated species data, is a useful tool for underpinning global and regional conservation planning efforts, particularly to identify outstanding and imperiled freshwater systems; for serving as a logical framework for large-scale conservation strategies; and for providing a global-scale knowledge base for increasing freshwater biogeographic literacy.
". This is interesting information!

AFMS - Transportation Intelligence is our Business: May 12, 8:11pm 1 review business, usa, world, shipping, freight
http://www.afms.com/; My friends save on shipping to USA and from USA

SVTC: TV Fact Sheet 2008: May 12, 7:54pm 1 review tv, usa, world, tech, recycling
http://www.etoxics.org/site/PageServer?pagename=svtc_tvsheetfull; The coming TV crisis in USA and developed world

Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group: May 12, 7:52pm 1 review india, poverty, children, development, slums
http://www.chintan-india.org/; From the page: "According to some projections, by 2030, not only will 50% of India be urbanized, but along with China, it will also cradle 50% of the worldā€s slums. A special characteristic of the urban Indian dynamic is the work of hundreds of thousands of informal sector waste-recyclers : waste pickers, waste buyers and waste reprocessors. They bear the brunt of a cityā€s consumption and offer it critical recycling services. Given that one of the biggest environmental problems in Indian cities is that of waste and toxics, Chintan approaches these issues as entry points to address concerns of environmental and social justice and environmental governance. Our work is informed by several other ongoing dialogues - the Millennium Development Goals, several international conventions, such as the Stockholm Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Rio Declaration of 1992, which we re-envision in our specific context."
A lot more must be done!

FOXNews.com - Massive Sinkhole Widening in Southeast Texas Town - Local News | N…: May 12, 7:32pm 3 reviews bizarre, usa, world, texas, scary
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354501,00.html; Scary - the land beneath your feet vanishing suddenly
May Allah (the Almighty) have mercy on all of us-Aameen!

Raze The Roof: May 12, 7:30pm 1 review usa, world, forum
http://www.razetheroof.us/; The forum has an attitude - lots of interesting stuff here!

mysticw621s profile - StumbleUpon: May 12, 7:27pm 2 reviews stumblers, usa, freedom, forum, issues
http://mysticw621.stumbleupon.com/; A bold experiment in my opinion - think about it!

Microsoft tries to put a ceiling on ultra-low-cost PC power - Boing Boing: May 12, 7:25pm 1 review business, computers, usa, microsoft, world
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/12/microsoft-tries-to-p.html; From the page: "Microsoft is trying to distort the market for cheap, tiny laptops by setting up artificial incentives to manufacturers to limit the power and capability of their lowest-cost units -- even if a vendor can figure out how to put more storage, a bigger screen, or a touchscreen into its machines, Microsoft doesn't want it there, and they'll punish any vendor that tries by refusing to license XP Home Edition on the same preferential terms that lower-spec machines get.

The key term here ls "Ultra Low Cost" -- note that this is not the same as "Ultra Low Spec. The primary market for these super-cheap machines are kids and poor people, and they'll be the collateral damage in Microsoft's crusade. If Microsoft wants to set up a licensing program for low cost machines, then cost should be the limiting factor, not power."
I hope Microsoft understands the issues involved here better

The New York Times & Log In: May 12, 7:18pm 1 review business, internet, usa, world, realestate
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/technology/12ecom.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnl...; There is a lot of money on the net to be made by the real estate sector globally-this will continue to increase only!

A restaurant for the destitute on Kolkatas rail tracks @ NewKerala.Com News, Ind…: May 12, 7:14pm 3 reviews india, poverty, food, homeless
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=58657; From the page: "One chapatti for 50 paisa, a plate of rice for Re.1, a bowlful of curry for Re.1...So reads the menu card of a "restaurant" on railway tracks that has been running here for the last 51 years. In times of high inflation, it is a godsend for the poor."

Running this hotel for 51 years at such low costs is truly amazing and wonderful - poor people are getting food to eat at affordable rates!

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