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Call for Information and Participation: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Gender Based Violence

21 February, 2013 - 22:24
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Sanitation updates
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http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/call-for-information-and-parti...

WaterAid is creating a practitioner’s best practice resource to help reduce gender based violence (GBV) related to sanitation, hygiene and water (WASH) in development, humanitarian and transitional contexts. The team is interested to be in contact with any organisation or individual who has material or experience to contribute to the resource; and/or may be interested to co-publish the outputs. The research is being funded by the SHARE Consortium.

SHARE – Request for proposals: The effects of poor sanitation on girls and women in India

21 February, 2013 - 18:08
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Sanitation updates
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http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/share-request-for-proposals-th...

Feb 21, 2013 – The SHARE Research Consortium is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for research into the effects of poor sanitation on girls and women in India. Proposals must be led or co-led by an Indian research institution and must address at least one of the following questions:

Criss-Crossing Contrails

21 February, 2013 - 06:02
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Earthzine
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80476&src=eorss-iotd

NASA Earth ObservatoryOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - When viewed from space, clusters of airplane contrails make distinctive geometrical patterns.

‘Space LHC’ to release first results

19 February, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21495800#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_sou...

Originally Published by BBC News

– The scientist leading the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, one of the most expensive experiments ever put into space, says the project is ready to come forward with its first results.

After Assault From the Heavens, Russians Search for Clues and Count Blessings

17 February, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80435&src=eorss-iotd

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory

– Russians are still coming to terms with what NASA scientists say was a 7,000-ton chunk of space rock that hurtled out of the sky at 40,000 miles an hour, exploding over the Ural Mountains, spraying debris for miles around and, amazingly, killing no one.

AID POLICY: Communication technologies transform relief and development

15 February, 2013 - 14:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97070/AID-POLICY-Communication-technologies-trans...
NAIROBI 18 December 2012 (IRIN) - Since Africa's first mobile phone network went live in 1994, mobile phone penetration has shot up to 65 percent; access to the internet is also increasing rapidly. Today, information and communications technology (ICT) plays a central role in promoting development and humanitarian assistance.

Safe at Home: Historic Datasets Illuminate Animal Navigation

15 February, 2013 - 02:55
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/MOToxC09Fp0/safe-at-home-historic-da...

Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum

– Two groups of researchers have recently delved into historical datasets to illuminate the tools used by two prodigies of long-range navigation, Pacific salmon and homing pigeons.

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