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Walmart's Project Impact: A Move to Crush Competition

Walmart came up with a new stradegy to bankrupt competition by being the world's largest retailer and their stradegy is called Project Impact. One of the goals are to have the stores less cluttery and more clean...

created by LarryDeezell | 11 wks ago
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No Impact Man

An inspiring look at the positive effect on all aspects of a small family's life, during and after taking a year off 'normal' urban consumption.How brilliant that the filmmakers got funding to make this movie, and what a fantastic story, from all perspectives - especially the...

created by Maireid Sullivan | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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Paschen

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The agricultural apocalypse and the upcoming food shortage.

By, Uwe Paschen. Climatology and Agriculture are by far not a simple science nor easily understood by simply reading a couple of articles or even books about it. Why it is so difficult to follow and make sense...

created by Paschen | 46 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago
1558 views | 69 recommendations | 20 comments

itslefty

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Quarter of state databases "should be scrapped"

" Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:29am GMT LONDON (Reuters) - A quarter of government databases in Britain should be scrapped or redesigned because they are fundamentally flawed and probably illegal, a report from a social...

created by itslefty | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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akjackwang

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Anything can happen

Can you believe that, it just happened in my life! My apartment-Cedar Grove which is located at 15288, 100Ave Surrey was burned down February 17, 2009. As I can recall, the fire alarm went off at around 4:15 am in...

created by akjackwang | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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scratchandsniff

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Australian study says divorce is bad for the environment

A new Australian study says that divorce is bad for the environment as single people live a much more wasteful existence than married people. Divorce is considered a 'resource-inefficient lifestyle' as couples that...

created by Amy Judd | 39 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
202 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments

xlordashx

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How green is the 2009 Oscars show?

The Oscars has made an effort for the past two years to incorporate some green measures into their show and they have never been shy of displaying this information on their website - however this year that section...

created by Amy Judd | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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Cleaner air means Americans live longer

The cleaner the air - the longer you will live - makes sense right? Well in over 51 US cities, reduced air pollution over a period of twenty years, has added five months to the average persons' life expectancy. ...

created by Amy Judd | 44 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
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SOLARLIFE

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French Worry About Mideast Violence's Domestic Impact

Police patrolling "bullet proofed" in the streets to avoid conflicts, during holday season 7000 army securites with machine guns. Well it is time to stop the violence for a Peace broker. We have to live and...

created by SOLARLIFE | 46 wks ago
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Artistes of hypocrisy in Sri Lanka

"The response by a critical mass of Sri Lanka’s artist community to the protests by South Indian artistes to the fighting in the North of Sri Lanka will be noted down as a shameful moment by future generations of creative Sri Lankans. While war lobbies have often recruited...

created by Sanjanah | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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New UK law to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women

The UK government has unveiled new laws for cracking down on men who pay for sex. The new laws will apply specifically to trafficked women, or women who are being controlled and pay money to a pimp."New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

created by shaileshk | 1 year ago
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txmohawk

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Are wind farms good for the economy?

Centrica, Britain's wind farm developer, are now reviewing the economic impact of wind farms throughout the country, as costs are soaring and money it tight."Centrica, which is raising 2.2 billion pounds ($3.26...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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cassy82

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B.C. Housing Plunges According To Report

According to a report released by the economics department of Central 1 Credit Union. B.C.'s housing market is definitely bleeding from the current world credit crisis. According to research done in the report,...

created by mazevedo | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Senator Kennedy encourages DEA to provide Medical Marijuana for research

" June 11, 2008, 10:53 am Medical Marijuana Links By John Tierney We’ve been discussing the presidential candidates’ positions on medical marijuana. Here are a couple of other interesting reports...

created by mabone | 1 year ago
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