| 
Results for societies. Search took 0.06 seconds.
Digital Britain on Filesharing
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
...t; notes The Register's Chris Williams . " UK Music , which represents labels, collecting societies, music managers and the Musicians' Union said it did not believe the package would r...
The problem with economists
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
...ived much of the blame for the financial bloodbath that's paralysed governments and transformed societies. But economists are just as much to blame. Possibly even more because so many of the finan...
Golden Arrow Opens First Living Green Roof in June
in Hidden Travel Gems, on July 12, 2008
...Travel Packages. It is only one of the six properties in North America to have received the Audubon Societies 4 Green Leaf Eco Rating for Hotels. The highest is 5 Leafs.
Visit www.golden-arrow.com...
Schock-Kongress an der Uni Witten-Herdecke
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on May 30, 2008
...mpus Köln den sechsten Congress der International Federation of Shock Societies (IFSS) aus, der zum ersten Mal nach Deutschland vergeben wurde. Gleichzeitig führt die amerikanische Schock-Gesellschaft...
Online Criminal Justice Degrees
in The Online Universities Weblog, on May 21, 2008
...forcement. The number of those choosing law enforcement is on the rise as populations increase and societies become more security-conscious. Meeting that demand requires the appropriate education. To ...
Pros and Cons of Social Networking Sites (Written by Professionals)
in Bizinformer, on May 16, 2008
...ts. And, with all due respect, I cannot get to all of the "clubs" and "professional societies" networking functions - assuming I am invited. I suspect working professional moms fee...
To Tell or Not to Tell?
in Latina Viva, on April 5, 2008
...guy that you're being harassed?
My hubby and I have an ongoing debate over two occasions when societies less valuable elements saw fit to harass me... and I didn't let him know.
On the fir...
Minors Gamble In Finland
in The Gambling Weblog, on January 22, 2008
...problems, but for the most part adults in the rest of the world, except for the most restrictive of societies, possess a live and let live attitude.
However, when dealing minors, very few societies k...
Phone companies and the surveillance state
in Sox First, on December 17, 2007
...me precisely the kind of surveillance state that we were always told was the hallmark of tyrannical societies, with literally no limits on the government's ability or willingness to spy on its own...
Corruption on the rise
in Sox First, on December 10, 2007
...arliament, the police and the judicial and legal systems are the most corrupt institutions in their societies and half of those interviewed expect expect corruption to increase in the next three years...
Old Fashioned Distance Learning
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 17, 2007
...ll it, his "Theater in a Suitcase." For the first time, moving images, whether of foreign societies in motion or step-by-step instructions for complex tasks, could be distributed to student ...
Sightseeing in Dubai
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 4, 2007
...e modern desert city in the United Arab Emirates boasts one of Arabian Peninsula's more liberal societies. The infrastructure and amenities are among the best in the world.
Dubai has a history a...
Alzheimer's Disease: Type 3 Diabetes?
in Daily Diabetic, on September 27, 2007
...d evidence on the said association.
Now, a new U.S study (published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal ) has claimed that the memory loss in Alzheimer's dis...
Interview with Thomas Homer-Dixon
in Sox First, on September 7, 2007
...g income gaps between rich and poor; differentials in population growth rates between rich and poor societies and from expansion of megacities in poor societies; worsening damage to land, water forest...
Simcity Societies announced for November
in PCGamers Blog, on June 13, 2007
...nning SimCity franchise will be released this holiday season as EA has officially announced SimCity Societies for the PC. Not only will aspiring urban planners be able to design their own citie...
SimCity 5 Societies - What has changed?
in PCGamers Blog, on June 8, 2007
...t pc gamers blog, the next iteration in the venerable Simcity series will indeed be called Simcity Societies . But there are many changes that may shock longtime players (like me):
Update: Inciden...
Simcity 5 to be announced soon
in PCGamers Blog, on June 7, 2007
... next Official Games for Windows Magazine. The fifth installment is allegedly called "Sim City Societies" which may mean more focus on the actual individuals that inhabit the city. I am a lo...
Un lien entre performances scolaires et date de conception ?
in Les Boutchous, on May 14, 2007
...uraient, selon les informatons présentées lors du congrès annuel de la Pediatric Academic Societies, plus de difficultés à apprendre les mathématiques et les langues étrangères que ceux conçus un autr...
Study Shows Chitins Cause Allergic Inflammation, Supports Hygiene Hypothesis
in Allergies, on April 26, 2007
...ther allergies have greatly increased in many industrial nations.
The hypothesis holds that modern societies have largely cleaned up living conditions so that people are exposed to far less dirt and ...
Natalie MacLean Decants
in Celebrate Wine, on April 18, 2007
...s a member of the National Capital Sommelier Guild, the Wine Writers Circle and several French wine societies with complicated and impressive names. Her unswerving goal in life is to intimidate those ...
I Will Pay Money To Make You Poorer
in Businesspundit, on April 12, 2007
...umans. FuturePundit has some excellent commentary on the issue.
To put it another way: Think of societies as having inequality budgets. A society has a fixed amount of inequality to spend. In my v...
EU Kartellverfahren hauptsächlich gegen die Majors
in Digital Listening, on April 8, 2007
Schon öfter sind wir auf die Klagen einiger Länder gegen iTunes bzw. Apple eingegangen, auch auf das kürzlich voran gestoßene Kartellverfahren, in welchem auch die Plattenfirmen zur brust genommen werden:
Golf in Thailand
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 31, 2007
...tors to the country (like business travelers, for example) are advised to join one of the many golf societies in Thailand.
Golf societies basically work like a Sams's Club or Costco of golf: they...
My take on America and immigration
in TJ's Weblog, on March 25, 2007
...opposite experience -
most attackers lived (or were born) in Europe. Whatever that says about
the societies - it has played a big role on how Europe and the US coped
with the new challenge. Judging...
Legislation To Ban Under 18's
in The Social Networking Weblog, on February 28, 2007
...orking sites can be a positive thing for teens. It helps them meet new people and learn about other societies, beliefs and ways of life. It keeps them from becoming sheltered and naive, which in my op...
Alcohol watch
in The Techwear Weblog, on February 12, 2007
...ety and individual and who is the one that has the control. We will see this question coming to our societies like a Tsunami...
Via The Picayune Item ...
International Development Week: Women key to successful and sustainable development
in Small Business Unplugged, on January 30, 2007
...UN and World Bank, gender inequality directly inhibits the economic growth and development of whole societies. When women are held back, so is a society's standard of living.
Educating these wome...
Ethnic Food Can Be Good for You
in Latina Viva, on January 30, 2007
...hy diet, the people who follow it wouldn't still be around. True, food cultures are embedded in societies and economies and ecologies, and some of them travel better than others: Inuit not so well...
Flavor of the Month
in Businesspundit, on January 28, 2007
...ing of the book, which is that fads are a product of our belief that change can make things better. Societies that don't embrace new ideas don't have fads. Our belief in improvement makes us w...
The 2007 State of the Union Address
in IfEnergy, on January 25, 2007
...o get onto airplanes and to come and kill us. What every terrorist fears most is human freedom
-- societies where men and women make their own choices, answer to their own conscience, and live by th...
Looking too far ahead?
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 18, 2007
...o four decades climate change could cause irremediable harm to the habitats upon which human societies depend for survival." (hat tip on the Hughes quote to Nanowerk .)...
Excess all areas on Wall Street
in Sox First, on December 25, 2006
... tide has failed to lift most boats. Both history and modern experience tell us that highly unequal societies also tend to be highly corrupt. There's an arrow of causation that runs from diverging...
First Book's Kyle Zimmer Named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in U.S.
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 21, 2006
...try, regional and global levels that highlight social entrepreneurship as a key element to advance societies and address social problems in an innovative and effective manner. The Foundation conducts ...
Interview with Al Gore
in Sox First, on November 17, 2006
Al Gore was in Australia this week and I got the chance to catch up with him. He granted the interview on the strict condition that I was not to ask him the obvious question about his plans for 2008. But with only 15 minutes interview time, I didn't get much of a chance to get that one in a...
Bunny Paw Pendant
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 30, 2006
... Easter holiday. Every year, unwanted, former Easter rabbits fill local rabbit rescues and humane societies. For more information about the National House Rabbit Society you can find their website at ...
Environment and Development: Can the Balance Be Found?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on August 23, 2006
...ted to marginalising the environment within the broader development agenda.
The survival of human societies depends upon the preservation of healthy ecosystems and the sustainable use of these resou...
Chromium Picolinate + Diabetes Drug = Low Sugar Level + Low Weight Gain in Diabetics
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 14, 2006
...te, fat and protein.
Last April, in a study presented at a meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in San Diego, suggested that chromium picolinate is better absor...
Eating: Always in Moderation
in Do you like to cook?, on July 15, 2006
I looovvve seafood! I can live without meat as long as there's seafood. At any given time, I have frozen fish, ready to cook. I also stock up on shrimps, either the larger prawns which I can prepare simply steamed then dipped in lemon and a bit of fish sauce, or the smaller ones - fried to ...
Help for disoriented people
in The Techwear Weblog, on July 1, 2006
... Alzheimer is a serious problem in modern societies. In France there are 860.000 cases and 160.000 new patients every year. In 2008 every family will be effected from this desease.
Medical Mobile ...
Are we too clean for our own good?
in Allergies, on June 23, 2006
...s from getting sick. This observation correlates to the fact that people who live in industrialized societies tend to suffer more from allergies than those who live in less developed environments.
...
Hope for Africa?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 5, 2006
...ment in the Niger Delta.
*EPFL offers Master of Advanced Studies in Development, Technologies and Societies, 16 October 2006 - 27 April 2007, Burkina Faso .
*And finally, some microfinance institu...
In Focus: PowerSource
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 25, 2006
...cians promise they'll bring the grid to the village. It never comes. Building up strong village societies is another important part of the project, and seems to be a part of the PowerSource projec...
Lactoferrin And Lysozymes Production From Rice
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 15, 2006
... here ). Results of the clinical study conducted in Peru were presented at the Pediatric Academics Societies meeting in San Francisco, and showed that children hospitalized in Peru with serious diarr...
Microfinance, defined
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 4, 2006
...uation as a fact of life. When villagers can get off this, and I saw a few that have formed village societies that bank some resources themselves to act sort of like a rudimentary savings and loan, th...
New Glory of the Roman Empire Website
in PCGamers Blog, on April 18, 2006
... villagers age and mature under strong leadership, contributing to the development of more advanced societies and larger cities. The site contains a vast amount of information about the game, presente...
Broccoli Sprouts Against Hypertension And CardioVascular Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 5, 2006
...an mature broccoli.
The research, published on-line in the journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (doi:10.1096/fj.05-4889fje), used spontaneously hypertensive str...
Chocolate Is Good For You
in Philoneist, on January 23, 2006
...d to have healthy blood pressure levels at a significantly higher rate than people living in modern societies. This includes their direct descendants who live in suburban areas and drink a reduced amo...
Watch the dance of the pestles
in Do you like to cook?, on January 19, 2006
...takes to eat a cupful? Modern technology has eased some of the burden but now and then we encounter societies that still do it the traditional way - by choice or by force of circumstances.
Last Novem...
President Bush Seeks To Increase Overseas Enrollment
in The Universities Weblog, on January 10, 2006
...from more than 120 university presidents and representatives from higher education associations and societies, Mr Bush said it was "in our national interest" to create a balance between secu...
Accounting Deserves More Respect
in Businesspundit, on December 16, 2005
...p with it. They believe it might even be said to have enabled the evolution of economically complex societies in the first place. Everyone talks about accounting as the language of business, but the p...
Fun And Games
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 26, 2005
... wonder if it is possible to create good online learning communities, game designers create virtual societies with their own cultures, languages, political systems, and economies. While completion ra...
Your Mother Was Right - Winners Never Cheat
in Businesspundit, on July 7, 2005
...
rob_businessert Wright wrote an excellent book called "NonZero," about the evolution of societies. He asks why, if our genes program us to look out for our own best interest, should we eve...
Fast Food Degrees?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on April 10, 2005
...rnal Star out of Lincoln, Nebraska ...
The fast food philosophy, he said, has also changed other societies as America has exported it to places like Paris and Rome, where the culture has traditiona...
To a Single Card Solution
in The RFID Weblog, on September 27, 2004
...ed campuses where one entity controls the functions for which the card can be used, and possibly in societies like China where central-planning still has a firm grasp. In North American and European c...
nation building
in TJ's Weblog, on August 4, 2004
.... It shows that today's conflict between Islamic groups and the West, as well as within Islamic societies, can be viewed as one between "mobile" and "immobile" civilizations, w...
New Demographic Trends
in Businesspundit, on April 13, 2004
This piece from Fortune has some interesting facts about future demographic trends.
When asked how long it will take for the world's population to double, nearly half of all Americans say 20 years or less. That's hardly surprising, given the crowding many of us encounter in everyday li...
US Foreign Aid and Rawls' Duty of Assistance
in Businesspundit, on July 16, 2003
There is a nice little discussion going on over at Crooked Timber about John Rawls, Peter Singer, and US Foreign aid. I have read a bit of Rawls and Singer, but can't really say that I am familiar enought with either one to add anything to what has been said. However, this does remind me of ...
Capitalism
in Businesspundit, on July 6, 2003
...pend. That money goes to other people. This interchange is called "the economy," and rich societies are rich because they understand in their bones the centerpiece of Capitalist thinking: We...
Crime in Britain
in Businesspundit, on April 21, 2003
...r Hitchens traces the descent of Britain, in only a few decades, from being one of the best-ordered societies in the western world to being among the worst-ordered. Old people here nowadays live de fa...