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Uruguay: Two Plebiscites Fail to Pass

Posted by Mario Blanco on 29/10/2009

On the same day as the Presidential elections in Uruguay, voters did not pass two plebiscites that would have given Uruguayans abroad the right to vote and the annulment of the Law of Expiration.

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Breakfast Event, Internet Salvation and Project Leader Honored

Posted by Alison on 29/10/2009

Earlier this month, I was invited to the Center for Nonprofit Advancement’s Annual Meeting and 30th Anniversary Celebration, which was held this morning. I was invited through YNPNdc, not as an attendee or an honoree - but to Tweet the event. The Center has been making progress to reach more p ...

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China's Dark Satanic Mills

Posted by Robert Woo on 28/10/2009

On Oct. 14th, Chinese photographer Lu Guang won this year's $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his photos on Chinas environment. The Funds website posts the following paragraph describing Lu Guangs project:Lu Guang has been documenting the ecological disasters in China r ...

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DOE Shows Commercial Builders How to Achieve 50% Energy Savings

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/10/2009

Building owners in four key commercial building sectors will now be able to achieve a 50-percent energy savings with the help of new technical documents that show how to achieve higher levels of performance.New technical support documents from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the DOE natio ...

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Disaster Management and the role of ICTs

Posted by Aparna Ray on 27/10/2009

In a first post of the series, we explore the role of ICTs in Disaster Management and the paradigm shift in Disaster Management strategies that came about post the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004.

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