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Jose EWSIS

Mobiles give Africa's farmers the chance to set out their stall | Katine | The Observer - 0 views

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EWSIS Evoke Africa Mobile Farmers

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  • Jose EWSIS on 16 Mar 10
     
    "A phone can be used to call for help in a medical emergency, find information about crop prices, enable cashless transactions and banking services, or simply save someone from making a long journey when the only option is to visit in person. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, a leading development economist and director of the Earth Institute, has said: "The cellphone is the single most transformative technology for development." This is interesting. I know that smart phones help give so much information now a days; its like having a laptop fit your pocket. Just pull it out and have information given to you by simply looking up what you need to know. This would seem great for farmers to have but given the prices of owning a cellphone and paying the rate plan is kind of expensive. Especially for farmers who are poor. In Africa, times are very tough and there is a lot of poverty over there. "Matthew Elesu, 27, wearing an Arsenal shirt, explains that he buys a car battery from the town of Soroti for 150,000 shillings (£48). The journey there and back costs 4,000 shillings (£1.28), four times what it was only a couple of years ago. Elesu then charges 400 shillings (13p) to charge a phone, which usually takes four hours. The margins are slight. "I make money, but only enough to buy some bread," he says." This shows how even cheap technology affects the money farmers could make. Its a cool idea to help farmers but in the end it does little to no effect in my opinion.
Daniel T

Guerrilla warfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Colombia Guerilla War Rebel

shared by Daniel T on 26 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Guerrilla warfare is the irregular warfare and combat in which a small group of combatants use mobile military tactics in the form of ambushes and raids to combat a larger and less mobile formal army.
  • Guerrilla (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡeˈriʎa]) is the diminutive of the Spanish word guerra "war". It derives from the Old High German word Werra or from the middle Dutch word warre; adopted by the Visigoths in A.D. 5th century Hispania.
  • Daniel T on 26 Mar 10
     
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Houin EWSIS

United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009.
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important,because it shows the country where the conferer is,and the days of the conferer start and the end.
  • European Union To cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 if an international agreement is reached committing other developed countries and the more advanced developing nations to comparable emission reductions. To cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 unconditionally
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This makes me wonder about the contry. Is that all of the country in european union will follow what they accept to do?
  • At this international conference, 250 high-ranking representatives from industry, science, politics and non-government organizations discussed solutions for future road transportation under the motto of "Sustainable Mobility– United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009|the Post-2012 CO2 Agenda"
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important,because it show that why the country in the world need to have a conference,because they need to discuss some thing that will affect the world.
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  • Potential focus areas for TAPs include early warning systems, expansion of salinity-tolerant crops, electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, efficient energy grid systems, and other technologies.[30]
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it show the potenial focus area for TAPs include early warning system, and the expansion of salinity-tolerant crop and some other technologies.
  • A leaked document known as "The Danish Text" has started an argument between Developed and Developing Nations. The document was subtitled as "The Copenhagen Agreement", proposes measures to keep average global temperature rises to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      I have a question about that 2 document.What is the document ''The Danish Text'' that argu about between the develop and develop nations?
JackeyQ EWSIS

2010 Haiti earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Strong shaking with intensity VII–IX on the Modified Mercalli scale (MM) was recorded in Port-au-Prince and its suburbs. It was also felt in several surrounding countries and regions, including Cuba (MM III in Guantánamo), Jamaica (MM II in Kingston), Venezuela (MM II in Caracas), Puerto Rico (MM II–III in San Juan), and the bordering country of Dominican Republic (MM III in Santo Domingo).
  • As one of the poorest nations in the world, Haiti's construction standards are remarkably low, and engineers have stated that it is unlikely many buildings would have stood through any kind of disaster.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 14 Jan 10
       
      I wonder would they reconstructed new buildings and learn from what happened here.
  • The top executive of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, The Reverend Dr Sam Dixon is in Haiti with two others from UMCOR. There has been no word on their location or safety. [86] Also, one student and two faculty members from a 13-person student group from Lynn University in Florida are still missing.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 14 Jan 10
       
      http://www.lynn.edu/alert I check this at this site.
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  • The Argentine Air Force field mobile hospital, already deployed at Port-au-Prince, was the only medical facility still open [95] while Argentine helicopters from UN flight are helping evacuate the "gravely injured" people to Santo Domingo
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 14 Jan 10
       
      This is basically saying tat argentina deployed their helicopters to help save the people who are trapped inside the earthquake hit region.
  • All hospitals were destroyed or so badly damaged that they have been abandoned.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 14 Jan 10
       
      This is important since you need hospitals to help cure and heal people as well as helping them.
Daniel T

Guerrilla movements in Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Colombia Guerilla War Rebellion Rebel

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  • Guerrillas in Colombia have been formed by a body of fighters engaging in mobile asymmetric irregular warfare, also known as guerrilla warfare, usually in opposition to the Government of Colombia or any other established authority. The oldest and largest currently operational is the FARC-EP. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Colombiana
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