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The Avnon World Series: In Loving Memory of Lester Harold Young, 1921-2004
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Tuesday, May 1, 2007. In Loving Memory of Lester Harold Young, 1921-2004. Breast cancer in men is a rare disease. Less than 1% of all breast cancers occur in men. In 2005, when 211,400 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States, 1,690 men were diagnosed with the disease. You may be thinking: Men don't have breasts, so how can they get breast cancer? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Chinese P...
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Thinking on thinking: An experiment with Vagrant and Neo4J
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Welcome to my blog on thinking, software, design and intuition. I am collecting some thoughts here on thoughts I like. Monday, December 10, 2012. An experiment with Vagrant and Neo4J. The RuPy conference 2012 in Brno was very inspiring! Especially, there were some interesting talks on databases and scalable approaches to web development:. First, the ArangoDB team from Cologne set the tone why #nosql matters (see http:/ www.arangodb.org/. So, ok, coming home to Munich with all these interesting thoughts i...
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The Avnon World Series: The Dinka of Southern Sudan
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Tuesday, May 1, 2007. The Dinka of Southern Sudan. Now that 21 years of war in South Sudan is over, the government is starting to provide social services, such as education. This school, the first of its kind in its region, is a private school and now has more than 100 pupils. But getting basic supplies in a region with very few roads is a huge challenge. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Http:/ www.thegre...
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The Avnon World Series: Green Children
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Thursday, February 22, 2007. Milla Sunde and Tom Bevan established The Green Children Foundation. To support microcredit, education and healthcare. Last year, The Green Children shot a music video in Bangladesh to celebrate the work of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit and founder of The Grameen Bank. The Norwegian 'Hear Me Now' campaign has been a great success, raising $314,000 so far. As we ...
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The Avnon World Series: May 2007
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Monday, May 21, 2007. Microlending gives hope to the HIV positive. A microcredit program created by Thailand's 'Mr. Condom' allows the HIV positive to start businesses and earn a living. By Robert Horn, Fortune. May 21 2007: 6:03 AM EDT. Banking on third-world small businesses. Ironically, the program is gaining recognition just as a battle has erupted between Thailand and Big Pharma over the country's decision ...
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The Avnon World Series: SPAIN: Power station harnesses Sun's rays
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Friday, May 4, 2007. SPAIN: Power station harnesses Sun's rays. Science correspondent, BBC News, Seville. There is a scene in one of the Austin Powers films where Dr Evil unleashes a giant "tractor beam" of energy at Earth in order to extract a massive payment. Is it true that this power is three times more expensive than power from conventional sources? HOW THE SOLAR TOWER WORKS. 2 The receiver converts concent...
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The Avnon World Series: India pledges to abolish poverty
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Tuesday, May 1, 2007. India pledges to abolish poverty. Economics reporter, BBC News. India's finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, has pledged to end poverty in India within two generations. Mr Chidambaram, who became finance minister in 2004 after the Congress Party unexpectedly won the general election, has presided over an Indian economy which is currently growing at 9% per year, almost as fast as China.
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The Avnon World Series: Microlending gives hope to the HIV positive
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Monday, May 21, 2007. Microlending gives hope to the HIV positive. A microcredit program created by Thailand's 'Mr. Condom' allows the HIV positive to start businesses and earn a living. By Robert Horn, Fortune. May 21 2007: 6:03 AM EDT. Banking on third-world small businesses. Ironically, the program is gaining recognition just as a battle has erupted between Thailand and Big Pharma over the country's decision ...
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The Avnon World Series: February 2007
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The Avnon World Series. Defining the future through personal optimism and a desire for peace. Thursday, February 22, 2007. Milla Sunde and Tom Bevan established The Green Children Foundation. To support microcredit, education and healthcare. Last year, The Green Children shot a music video in Bangladesh to celebrate the work of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit and founder of The Grameen Bank. The Norwegian 'Hear Me Now' campaign has been a great success, raising $314,000 so far. India'...