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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) supports South-South cooperation to accelerate country-led progress towards the achievement of Zero Hunger by mobilizing and sharing effective, locally tested innovations and solutions that exist in developing countries. Under this Zero Hunger window you will find innovative South-South solutions promoted by WFP that support progress towards the achievement on SDG2 on zero hunger, food security and nutrition improvement.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) supports South-South cooperation to accelerate country-led progress towards the achievement of Zero Hunger by mobilizing and sharing effective, locally tested innovations and solutions that exist in developing countries. Under this Zero Hunger window you will find innovative South-South solutions promoted by WFP that support progress towards the achievement on SDG2 on zero hunger, food security and nutrition improvement.
More than 60% of WFP's Country offices are currently engaged in South-South cooperation activities in areas such as: (1) Social protection and safety nets (including school meals); (2) Empowering small-holder farmers and connecting them to markets; (3) Nutrition; (4) Vulnerability analysis and food security and nutrition monitoring; (5) Emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction; (6) Resilience and climate adaptation; and (7) Food security analysis.
No Poverty
Eradicate extreme poverty
Reduce by half those living in poverty
Implement national social protection systems for the poor
Equal rights to resources, technology, land, microfinance
Build resilience of vulnerable to climate disasters
Mobilize resources for poverty programmes and policies
Create policy frameworks to accelerate poverty investments
Zero Hunger
Empower smallholder farmers; connect them to markets
End hunger, especially of poor, vulnerable, infants
End malnutrition, especially in children, women, elders
Ensure sustainable, climate-resilient food systems
Maintain genetic diversity and biocultural knowledge
Increase investment in agricultural research, rural infrastructure
Correct and prevent trade restrictions, distortions
Ensure proper functioning of food commodity markets
Safety nets for food security and nutrition
Good Health and Well-Being
Reduce maternal mortality
End preventable newborn and child deaths
End AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, other communicable diseases
Reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases
Prevent and treat substance abuse
Halve global deaths, injuries from traffic accidents
Ensure sexual and reproductive health-care access
Achieve universal health coverage
Reduce deaths, illnesses from pollution and contamination
Strengthen WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Support research, development of vaccines and medicines
Increase health workforce in developing countries
Strengthen capacity to manage global health risks
Quality Education
Ensure free, quality primary and secondary education
Ensure access to early childhood education, care
Ensure access to technical, vocational, tertiary education
Increase technical, vocational skills of youth, adults
Eliminate gender disparities, ensure equal educational access
Ensure achievement of literacy and numeracy
Ensure education, skills to promote sustainable development
Build, upgrade educational facilities
Expand scholarships for developing countries
Increase supply of qualified teachers
Gender Equality
End discrimination against women and girls
Eliminate violence against women, girls
Eliminate early, forced marriage, female genital mutilation
Value unpaid domestic work through social policies
Ensure women's participation, equal leadership opportunities
Ensure access to sexual, reproductive health, rights
Ensure women's equal rights to resources, inheritance
Enhance technology to promote women's empowerment
Adopt, strengthen gender equality policies and legislation
Clean Water and Sanitation
Achieve access to safe, affordable drinking water
Achieve universal access to adequate sanitation, hygiene
Reduce water pollution, minimizing hazardous chemical releases
Increase water-use efficiency, sustainable water withdrawals
Implement integrated water resources management
Protect, restore water-related ecosystems
Support developing countries on water-related technologies
Strengthen community participation in water, sanitation
Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
Increase share of global renewable energy
Double global rate energy efficiency improvement
Enhance cooperation for clean energy research, technology
Expand developing country energy infrastructure, upgrade technology
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Sustain economic growth, and 7% in LDCs
Promote diversification, technological upgrading and innovation
Promote job-creation, entrepreneurial policies
Improve resource efficiency, decouple growth and degradation
Achieve employment, decent equitable work for all
Substantially reduce youth unemployment
Eradicate forced labour, slavery, human trafficking
Protect labour rights, promote safe working environments
Devise, implement policies to promote sustainable tourism
Strengthen capacity to expand banking access
Support Aid for Trade for developing countries
Operationalize global youth employment strategy
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Develop quality, reliable, sustainable, resilient infrastructure
Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization
Increase small-scale industrial enterprise access to financial services
Upgrade infrastructure, retrofit industries for sustainability
Enhance scientific research, upgrade technological industrial capabilities
Facilitate sustainable, resilient infrastructure development
Support technology development, research in developing countries
Increase access to information and communications technology
Reduced Inequalities
Achieve, sustain income growth of bottom 40%
Empower, promote the inclusion of all
Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities
Adopt policies to progressively achieve greater equality
Improve regulation, monitoring of global financial markets
Ensure developing country representation in global decision-making
Facilitate orderly, safe, regular, responsible migration
Implement special, differential treatment for developing countries
Encourage ODA to States where need is greatest
Reduce migrant remittance transaction costs to under 3%
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Ensure access to adequate, safe, affordable housing, services
Provide safe, affordable, accessible, sustainable transport systems
Enhance capacity for participatory, sustainable human settlement
Protect, safeguard the world's cultural, natural heritage
Reduce deaths, decrease losses caused by disasters
Reduce adverse environmental impact of cities
Provide universal access to green, public spaces
Strengthen national and regional development planning
Implement Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Support LDCs in sustainable and resilient buildings
Responsible Consumption and Production
Implement 10-year framework on sustainable consumption, production
Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources
Halve per capita global food waste
Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
Reduce waste generation through reduction, recycling, reuse
Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices, reporting
Promote sustainable public procurement practices
Ensure global access to sustainable development information
Build developing country capacity on sustainable consumption, production
Monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism
Remove inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies, market distortions
Climate Action
Strengthen resilience, adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
Improve learning, capacity on climate change measures
Mobilize $100 billion annually for UNFCCC goal
Build capacity for climate change planning, management
Life below Water
Prevent, reduce marine pollution, including debris, nutrients
Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
Address impacts of ocean acidification
Regulate harvesting, overfishing, illegal fishing
Conserve at least 10% coastal, marine areas
Prohibit and avoid harmful, perverse fisheries subsidies
Increase economic benefits of marine resources to SIDS
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity
Provide resource, market access for small-scale fishers
Implement international law as reflected in UNCLOS
Life on Land
Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems
Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
Conserve mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity
Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
End wildlife poaching, illegal species trafficking
Prevent, mitigate, eradicate invasive alien species
Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
Increase local capacity to combat species poaching
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Significantly reduce all forms of violence, deaths
End child abuse, exploitation, trafficking, violence, exploitation
Promote rule of law; equal justice access
Reduce illicit finance, arms flows; organized crime
Substantially reduce corruption and bribery
Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions
Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory, representative decision-making
Strengthen developing country participation in global governance
Provide legal identity for all
Ensure public information access, protect fundamental freedoms
Strengthen national capacity on violence, terrorism, crime
Enforce non-discriminatory laws, policies for sustainable development
Partnerships for the Goals
Strengthen domestic resource mobilization
Developed countries fully implement ODA commitments
Mobilize multiple financial resources for developing countries
Help developing countries attain long-term debt sustainability
Implement investment promotion regimes for LDCs
Enhance cooperation on science, technology, innovation
Promote learning on environmentally sound technologies
Operationalize mechanism on technology, innovation, capacity-building
Build capacity to support national plans
Promote effective multilateral trading system under WTO
Increase developing countries' exports
Implement duty-free, quota-free market access
Enhance global macroeconomic stability
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
Respect national policy space, leadership for implementation
Enhance global sustainable development partnerships
Encourage, promote public, private, civil society partnerships
Support increase of high-quality, timely data
Support sustainable development progress measures, statistical capacity
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This project sought to strengthen the assessment and inventory capacities of Zimbabwe's ministry in charge of lands, to support the effective implementation of the national land-reform programme initiated in 2000.
Promouvoir le développement durable et inclusif de l'industrie des ressources minérales dans les pays ACP.
The Oasis Game is a gamified process tool that is based on a 7-step philosophy developed in Brazilian favelas and replicated in over 50 countries worldwide. It is an engaging format that aims to realize the dream of a community by bringing them together in a 6 to 10 day intervention to co-dream, co-design and co-create that a project in urban space based on their common aspirations with their own resources, hands and hearts. The process involves a lot of interactive playful tools make it attractive for everybody to join hands in creating a better world together, starting in their own community, starting now.
The Oasis Game is available in Portuguese, English and shortly in Spanish.
The Konbit platform is a living and breathing tool to promote constructive and creative learning opportunities and exchange of ideas to assist in the building of a truly Haitian-led development pathway.
By providing access to markets, networks, and information - this platform supports Konbit achieving its goal. By bringing together experts to address, discuss, and solve relevant development issues, we Haitian stakeholders can directly participate in and influence our country's development.
The Association of Corporate and Family Foundations (AFE) in Colombia was created on March 2008 by 9 family and corporate foundations. Today, AFE gathers 74 of the most relevant corporate and family foundations in Colombia.
AFE acts as the ambassador of its members, promoting and encouraging the coordination, cooperation, social innovation, transparency and the sharing of good practices and knowledge among members and, government and other civil society actors. AFE aims to achieve greater impact through the social interventions of its members to contribute to social equity and a sustainable peace development in Colombia.
AFE developed an online geo-referenced database MAP, powered by Google Technology that consolidates complete information of AFE Foundations, promoting knowledge management among peers and other key social players. <br />
The UN Development Programme's Small Grants Programme (SGP) supported the Placencia Producers Cooperative Society Limited (PPCSL) in Belize, specifically to implement a seaweed cultivation project. The project was a local success with replication and upscaling occurring nationally and regionally.
In 2015, for example, PPCSL hosted six fishermen from Colombia who were interested in visiting the farms in Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve in Belize to learn about seaweed cultivation. In 2017, PPCSL hosted a delegation from Cuba, where seaweed farming is also being replicated as a sustainable nature-based solution.
The objective of the exchange between Jamaica and Barbados was to implement a national organic inspection and certification system in Barbados, based on the Jamaica Organic Association Movement (JOAM) experience. JOAM reached out to connect the Barbadian NGO with the International Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA), which provides training to organic inspectors, and promotes consistency and integrity in the organic certification process.
JOAM also put Organic Growers and Consumers Association (OGCA) in touch with the Grenada Organic Agriculture Movement (GOAM) which extended the South-South cooperation to Grenada, and members from GOAM were able to participate in the training of future inspectors in Barbados, with support from UNDP's GEF Small Grants Program (SGP).
Community-driven micro hydropower systems have proven to be a very effective solution in addressing basic needs of vulnerable groups, while contributing to climate change mitigation and environmental protection.
The Dominican Republic has experience in installing 46 community micro-hydropower systems. Due to the adaptability and replicability of the model, and based on local empowerment and multi-stakeholder cooperation, the project has great potential to be scaled through South-South cooperation. In fact, this experience has encouraged Haitian communities and institutions to start similar processes in their country.
The Whales of Guerrero Research Project is a successful and replicable project that collaborates with local communities to promote marine conservation through research, educational outreach and capacity-building activities.


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Founded 30 years ago by brothers who came to America from the mountainous region of northern Lebanon, Neomonde has a spirit all its own. That's because the Saleh brothers Samir ("Sam"), Joseph ("Joe"), Mounir, and DeGaulle decided long ago that anything they sell must be good enough to serve their own family. They consider it their responsibility as ambassadors of their country and their culture to provide nothing less than the best.
Their dedication to excellence and authenticity began when the brothers were just boys, growing up in Lebanon. They tended the family's wheat fields, harvesting grain and taking it to be ground at the town mill. They watched their mother, Cecilia, mix dough and bake bread in the communal kiln. In the evening, when the family gathered together to eat, the texture and delicious taste of bread was satisfying as well as symbolic. In a village that could remember times of famine, bread meant celebration. Pita, this native bread, is much more than a culinary or even cultural tradition. It is health. It is passion. It is life itself.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Europe's economy. They represent 99% of all businesses in the EU. In the past five years, they have created around 85% of new jobs and provided two-thirds of the total private sector employment in the EU. The European Commission considers SMEs and entrepreneurship as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the EU.
See the SME definition.
Creates a business friendly environment
At the centre of the Commission's action is the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) that provides a comprehensive SME policy for the EU and EU countries. The SBA promotes the 'Think Small First' principle and promotes entrepreneurial spirit among European citizens. More on a business friendly environment.
Promotes entrepreneurship
The Commission promotes entrepreneurship through the Entrepreneurship Action Plan, supports entrepreneurship education, and provides support tools for aspiring entrepreneurs. More on promoting entrepreneurship.
Improves access to new markets and internationalisation
The Commission's priority is to ensure that enterprises can rely on a business friendly environment and make the most out of cross border activities, both within the EU Single Market and outside the EU. More on SME internationalisation.
Facilitates access to finance
Access to finance is the most pressing issue for many small enterprises. The Commission works on improving the financing environment for SMEs and provides information on funding. The Late Payment Directive strengthens businesses' rights to prompt payment. More on access to finance.
Supports SME Competitiveness and Innovation
Promoting competitiveness and innovation are key aspects of EU policy in relation to industry and enterprise, in particular for SMEs.
Provides key support networks and information for SMEs
Supports start-ups and scale-ups in particular
The Commission's 'Start-up and scale-up initiative' aims to give Europe's many innovative entrepreneurs every opportunity to become world leading companies. It brings together all the possibilities that the EU already offers and adds a new focus on venture capital investment, insolvency law, taxation and more. See our media package for more details.


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Financial Standards and the Big Data Enterprise
A collaborated effort by the faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology and Columbia University has won a prestigious grant from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Institute (SWIFT). Dr. Steve Yang, assistant professor, School of Systems & Enterprises (SSE) at Stevens, and Dr. Suzanne Morsefield, director of Research, Columbia Business School Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis (CEASA) have secured a perfect score on their research proposal on financial standards and big data analysis.
SWIFT is a landmark institution, providing a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment.
SWIFT Institute is an offshoot of the SWIFT organization, fostering independent research to understand practices, and future needs in global financial services. The Institute acts as a catalyst in bringing the SWIFT community, and academics together to explore ideas, share knowledge and extend mutual understanding.
"It is an honor and a privilege to receive the prominent grant from SWIFT - the acknowledged leader in international standards-setting for the financial industry," said Dr. Yang. "The grant is an endorsement of SWIFT's commitment to enhance and develop financial standards that will facilitate a better infrastructure for using data tools and designs, and augment the understanding of the financial universe."
Post the economic crisis, standardization has become an essential need in the financial sector, and in an effort to enable more transparency and efficient business processes there is a great push to develop collaborations among standards across the financial universe.
Additionally, big data, a term historically used in the realm of information technology, has in recent years, become a ubiquitous phrase in the banking and financial markets across the world. With the technology influx, financial institutions have gained access to a gamut of data that can transform their business productivity, and growth, if used accurately. But, the challenge is analyzing the voluminous data sets, and extracting value that can serve the financial industry in a swift manner.
As the financial industry evolves to deal with increasing regulatory pressure, new technology and new competition, the standards and processes on which it depends need to evolve too. Dr. Yang and Dr. Morsefield's research proposes to analyze fixed data standards and the swap data repository to understand and design systems solutions that can help financial centers make better decisions, and solve data analysis problems. "The goal is to do case-studies that will tease out effective solutions and connect the dots between the different sources of data in the future, and create a repository that will serve the community in a better way," said Dr. Yang.
"At Stevens, we look at building solutions from a technological and a systems perspective – an example is our work on developing an eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) infrastructure system which applies various analytic techniques, such as statistics and data mining, to publicly available financial disclosure information. The system will provide a platform for investors to use meaningful analytic results for better-informed decision-making, and for the academic community to conduct financial disclosure-related research," Dr. Yang said.
Dr. Yang and Dr. Morsefield will present their research findings at the SWIFT conference on 'The future of financial standards', hosted in London, on March 25, 2014.


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June 28, 2011
In comments betraying a new found freedom to express his real opinions once again, Keith Olbermann of all people is leading a charge to have TSA head John Pistole fired in the wake of a series of shocking incidents culminating in an elderly cancer sufferer being forced to remove an adult diaper by agents as part of security check.
Naming John Pistole his "worst person in the world", on his Monday Countdown show on Current, Olbermann relayed his thoughts on the incident:
"She is in a wheelchair and after the TSA agents pat Ms. Reppert down and insist her daughter remove her mother's adult diaper, which was used, the mother is stoic and cooperative." Olbermann stated.
"The daughter bursts into tears. So now the TSA agents have to frisk her, too, because her conduct is now deemed unusual. The daughter misses the flight and her 95-year-old mother has to travel alone."
"The TSA's response? 'We're terribly sorry we went too far?'" Olbermann retorted. "Uh-uh. 'In no instance would our officers ask a passenger to remove an adult diaper.' The daughter says that's a lie. The TSA still is refusing to acknowledge it did anything wrong. 'We have reviewed the circumstances involved in the screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure."
"Translation: Screw you, public, we can do whatever the hell we want," Olbermann continued.
"That attitude has only been growing in the last year since the feel-ups began at the airports and if it's not going to change – the agency is really going to defend abusing 95-year-old leukemia patients on the incomprehensible premise that they might be suicide bombers, then this John Pistole, head of the TSA – he needs to be fired and we need to get a human being in there to do his job." Olbermann concluded.
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After it had defended the actions of the agents involved, noting that wheelchairs often spur pat-downs, the TSA subsequently claimed that security personnel "did not require this passenger to remove an adult diaper." According to the Boston Globe, the TSA said this was something not made clear in the initial statement provided to CNN on Sunday.
Mrs Weber maintains that the agents did indeed forced her to remove her mother's adult diaper, noting that they "said they found something suspicious."
In further comments to the media, Mrs Weber stated:
"If this is your procedure — which I do understand — I also feel that your procedure needs to be changed… My mother is very ill, she has a form of leukemia. She had a blood transfusion the week before, just to bolster up her strength for this travel."
"It's something I couldn't imagine happening on American soil," Weber said. "Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this."
Welcome to America, where everyone is a potential terrorist bomber, especially if they are wearing a diaper.
Florida state Rep. Ritch Workman has vowed to look into the incident after state's-rights group The Florida 10th Amendment Center brought it to his attention.
Workman, who sponsored a 10th Amendment resolution at the 2010 Legislature, said, "I see the need for federal agencies to control access to interstate air traffic, although the TSA seems to have expanded its role without authorization."
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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New Turkish manufacturing plant for Novartis?
The news came last week in a meeting held by Turkey's Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat Ergun.
During the visit, Novartis board member Alexandre Jetzer-Chung announced that the Swiss firm would look at Turkey as a "regional base" which would provide a foothold on markets in Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
He said plans for the area include a new manufacturing facility for products in Africa and Asia.
Jetzer-Chung also said Novartis' new facility in Turkey could act as a replacement for its failed attempts to establish Egypt as a health centre for Eastern territories, which fell down following the country's recent unrest.
"Turkey may become the health centre of North Africa in the future," he told the press.
However contrary to Jetzer-Chung, a spokesperson for the firm contacted in-PharmaTechnologist to say no solid plans have yet been laid for a new facility, and that it all hangs on the firm's success in a "challenging environment".
"Current market conditions and dynamics in Turkey create a challenging environment for major investments by Novartis," said the spokesperson.
"No commitments have been made by Novartis to date to expand the current manufacturing capacity in Turkey. If current conditions improve, Novartis will evaluate expansion of its collaborations around R&D and manufacturing in Turkey."
The Turkey race
When in-PharmaTechnologist contacted Novartis to ask why Turkey is the decided hub for Asia, Africa and the Middle East the firm was unavailable for comment.
However during the meeting, the chief of the Swiss federal department of economic affairs, Johann Schneider-Ammann, earmarked the Turkish market as one of the most promising, saying: "We have come here to boost ties with Turkey". He added the market is also an important "door to others".
According to Business Monitor International the Turkish pharmaceutical market is expected to hit $10.3bn (€7.7bn) in 2012, although data from IMS Health suggests it hit this value back in 2009.
"It was not a coincidence for over 600 Swiss companies to operate in Turkey. Turkish market offers diverse opportunities and Turkey's geographical position offers an option to enter regional markets," he told a World Bulletin reporter.
Ergun added that Novartis investment is "crucial" for Turkey, and hopes more companies will follow suit.
He said that although the benefits of investment in the country may be in the long-term, companies should consider the Turkish pharma market as a "strategic investment".
He added: "The new incentive system to be announced soon will bring incentives for the medical sector as well".


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New Hampshire Immigration
This entry was originally written by George F. Sanborn Jr., FASG, and Alice Eichholz, Ph.D, CG for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
New Hampshire was not a significant port of immigration, even though thirty-two of its miles are on the Atlantic coast. In addition to a sizable French-Canadian and Atlantic-Canadian migration from the north, many of Massachusetts' immigrants found their way to New Hampshire for work in manufacturing in the late nineteenth century. The collections of the American-Canadian Genealogical Society Library, New Hampshire Historical Society, and New Hampshire State Library are excellent sources for research.


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Posh's new hair won't smile
The Beckhams were courtside at the Laker game the other night. As you can see, Posh is trying out some soft waves on her growing bob. Looks good. Really good. She was very pretty that night. Would have been prettier if she'd let herself smile. But of course not. There were too many cameras around. Full Story
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Last week the new Beckham Armani ads were released. Husband and Wife PoseHard in their underwear with a giant rope. Needless to say, Victoria isn't smiling. But now a behind-the-scenes video is available – thanks Lynzi! And Posh giggles…twice! As we always say she is so much cuter when she does. Full Story


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A series of discoveries and inventions from the 1950s to the 1990s led to the genesis of today's holographic sight technology. Here's how it happened.
Scientists Invent Synthetic Radar
In the late 1950s, researchers at the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) invented synthetic radar (SAR).
How SAR Works
- An observation plane flies by the target scene
- The plane directs a reference wave at the target scene
- The plane synthetically builds a large radar aperture to increase image resolution
- Equipment records the reflected microwave
SAR vastly improved imaging radar, because it can detect targets in dark or cloudy conditions.
Researchers Discover the Link Between SAR and Holography
ERIM researchers then realized that the physics principles of SAR were identical to the holography method published by Dennis Gabor in the 1950s. Gabor later received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics for that work.
How Holography Works
Holography is an optical process. It is the reconstruction of the wavefront created by a three-dimensional object. The wavefront is reconstructed by recording the patterns of how the object interferes with light.
Laser Invention Makes Holography Theory a Reality
In the early 1960s, the helium-neon gas laser was invented. It was the coherent, stable light source needed to put hologram theory into practice.
Two researchers, Emmett N. Leith and Juris Upatnieks, used the laser and the principles of SAR technology to reconstruct a waveform of a three-dimensional object, creating a hologram.
The Idea of Holographic Sights is Developed
Researchers working in the late 1970s under contracts with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army developed the concept of holographic sights for use on helicopter gunships and anti-aircraft batteries.
At that time, though, the prototypes were too bulky to use on small arms platforms. And component costs were too high for production to be feasible.
Holographic Heads Up Displays Are Deployed
In the early 1980s, the holographic heads-up display (HUD) for advanced fighter aircraft was perfected and successfully deployed.
These HUDs were very high-quality reflection holograms. Fighter pilots used them effectively for target acquisition, gauge reading and weapon system verification.
New Production Technology Emerges
In the 1990s, there was a change in the availability and cost of high-tech production methods and materials:
- Production technology was created to manufacture low-cost, compact, solid-state visible laser diodes, like those in laser pointers and optical readers
- As a result of sustained large volumes of production, component costs plummeted
With these changes, the time was right to assess feasibility of commercially producing a compact holographic gun sight.
EOTech is Formed, Commercially Launches Holographic Sights
In 1995, ERIM created a subsidiary, EOTech, Inc., to assess the commercial potential of holographic sighting technology.
EOTech successfully miniaturized the system into a compact, rugged package for use on small arms. In January 1996, EOTech introduced the first-generation holographic sight to the commercial market. And in January 2000, the company released the second-generation HoloSight to the consumer market.


text: Kotakuite Daniel Novais sent me an email this past week, asking me to take a look at his "little short artsy game" called Estamos Pensando (Portuguese for 'We Are Thinking'). Inspired in part by Jason Rohrer's Passage, Estamos Pensando is a sweet, sad, and polished little game. Daniel said that he's now trying to work on something a little happier, since one comment on Rohrer's Gravitation noted that these 'artsy' games are usually depressing. There are Portuguese and English versions of the game, and gameplay is quite simple. The game has apparently gotten some nice initial reviews since its submission to the Brazilian symposium SBGames 2008 festival, and it's worth a little bit of your time. Estamos Pensando [We Are Thinking] [wall jump explained]


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Pussycat Dolls (abbreviated to PCD) are an American pop/R&B girl group and dance ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a burlesque troupe based in Los Angeles. After attracting national attention, Antin eventually negotiated a record deal with Interscope Records in 2003 turning the group into a music franchise, comprising Nicole Scherzinger alongside Carmit Bachar, Melody Thornton, Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt. Since then the group has developed a global image and commercial brand overseen by Antin, Interscope and various partners. They have diversified into reality television programs, a Las Vegas act and product endorsements amongst other things.
Success as a music group came in 2005 with their first album PCD which debuted at number five in the US producing three successful singles "Don't Cha", "Buttons", and "Stickwitu"; the latter earned the group a Grammy Award nomination. Following the departure of Carmit Bachar in February 2008, the group continued as a quintet and in September of that year they released their second album, Doll Domination, spawning singles "When I Grow Up", "I Hate This Part" and "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)".
Throughout their rise to fame, the group has been criticized for its overtly sexual image and explicit dance routines. The group has also been scrutinized for the over-emphasis on lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, who sings all lead vocals in the group. In late 2009/early 2010 the group went on hiatus to record their third album and prepare their next world tour. It has since been confirmed that Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt, Ashley Roberts, and Melody Thornton have left the group in pursuit of solo careers. As it stands Scherzinger's position and the future of the group remain unknown.


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Welcome to May! Especially after cold winters like the past one, we're excited to WELCOME SPRINGTIME!! May is a month full of holidays, so The Empress staff wants wish all of you the best as you celebrate Mother's Day, as well as Cinco de Mayo and most of all remember our nation's service men and women on this Memorial Day.
Looking for the Best things to do with Mom on this Mother's Day? The Empress is once again hosting Mother's Day Grand High Tea. Step her back in time to the Victorian Era where beautiful big hats & gloves were the norm. Or book her one of our beautiful Spa Suites and let us arrange for her hour long relaxing message with Leslie.
History buffs, this one's for you. Located in downtown Little Rock, the Quapaw Quarter Spring Tour of Homes May 10 & 11th, The tour contains Little Rock's most historic homes and mansions, some predating the Civil War and many on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wanting to celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Visit South Main Street restaurants for your Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Travel Rally Day! Tuesday, May 6th from 2:00-2:30 The Bernice Garden, South Main District (SoMa) 1401 S. Main St. National Travel & Tourism Week (May 3-11)
Riverfest Weekend in the Rock! Music lineup includes: Chicago, Cello Green, Hank Williams Jr, The Fray, Three Days Grace, Lee Brice, Buckcherry, Easton Corbin, Robert Randolph, Jamey Johnson & The Wallflowers. The Family Zone will offer free entertainment for families! In the Family Zone, you will find tons of activities and entertainment including the Family Stage, the Super Retriever Crown Championship Series, the Weenie Dog Derby, the K-9 Friz-B-Crew, Ruff on the River Pooch Parade, the Rock 'N Ride Poker Run, the Rock 'N Stroll Fun Run 5K, Arkansas Renewable Energy, International Village activities, a Baggo Tournament and much more. Or you may choose to visit part of history at The Clinton Center while at Riverfest! End your weekend with the Fireworks Show on Sunday, May 25 at 9:00 p.m. Music will be simulcast throughout Riverfront Park and broadcast on The Point 94.1. You don't want to miss Arkansas' most spectacular show!
Mark your calendars now to enjoy Springtime in May with us at The Empress, call Lisa and book your reservation now.
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It's not often that I get to make direct connections between an exhibition in the galleries and the collection of public art that we have on permanent display around the campus. The opportunity is probably there more often than I'm aware, but during my tenure anyway, the times when the similarities have been palpable have been rare. This spring, with Environment and Object • Recent African Art on view in several of our galleries there's a theme that's begging to be explored both inside and out. And it's totally rubbish. Continue reading
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In 2011, Volkswagen Group invited consumers in China, its largest and most important market, to help the company develop new versions of the "people's car." Participants were given a tool to help them easily design their new vehicle, and they were able to post their designs for others to view and to pick their favorites. The results were tracked on leaderboards so contestants and the general public could see how the competing designs were faring.
Within 10 weeks, the online crowd-sourcing campaign had received more than 50,000 ideas. By the end of the campaign's first year, at least 33 million people had visited the site, and the general public had chosen three winning concepts. One of them, a two-seater, zero-emissions vehicle that hovers over electromagnetic road networks, was turned into an online video that swiftly became a viral hit on YouTube. Small wonder that VW, acknowledging its long-term importance for the company's future product development strategy, has announced that the project will continue indefinitely.
The People's Car Project owes its success to VW's recognition that participation in a popular business initiative needs to be not only enticing and rewarding but also engaging and fun—more than a bit, in fact, like playing a game. Indeed, the name of the elimination section of the design contest—P.K., which stands for "player kill"—was borrowed directly from the sort of multiplayer, online games that millions now play worldwide.
The application of such game-like elements to the sort of business challenge that VW faced is known as "gamification"—and it's catching on fast. Gartner research projects that by 2014, more than 70 percent of Forbes Global 2000 organizations will have at least one games-based application, and that by 2015, half of all companies that manage innovation processes will have "gamified" them.


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Although Ferrari may be the only automaker we've found so far offering a "Cyber Monday" deal for consumers, don't expect a discount on a car. Sadly, it's just for their online store - where they're offering 50 Euros off every 250 Euros you spend. Here's what you can get. UPDATE: Porsche is offering a deal too — details below.
If you're in the massive Ferrari retailer arm's database they'll send you an email for everything you'd want that isn't actually a car at 20% off. As close as you'll get to a wheeled ride is the mini Ferrari California 12V electric kid cart for $363 before shipping (normally $453).
For the more discerning watch collector there's the Scuderia Cronograph 45 mm for a $1,374.60 discount of $5,498.40.
I got this in an email with a special code, which may mean you have to be a selected shopper (although, I've never once purchased anything from Ferrari.com). Just in case here's the code to use until it no longer lets you: 6G2S484RVE1EN2H58ETVMVBT04.
UPDATE: Commenters have pointed out that Porsche also has a "Cyber Monday" deal — on Porsche Design clothes, toys and books. It's not quite as good as the Ferrari deal, but check it out here. The lamest deal so far may be the McLaren Cyber Monday, which lets you dress like a second place team for 50% off.


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July is UV safety month. As many of you who are fair-skinned already know, exposure to ultraviolet light outside the home can cause cell damage to your skin and eyes, so it is important to wear sunscreen and sunglasses to protect yourself from harmful UV rays while outdoors. However, UV light inside the home can provide a safe source of water and air for you and your family.
UV light renders microorganisms sterile – unable to reproduce – thus eliminating the risk for disease. As water and air are exposed to UV light, any living organisms inside the source become inactive. A UV water filter is an ideal option for rural water supplies, or any water source that has not been chemically treated. This method disinfects water without the addition of harmful chemicals like chlorine. Similarly, a UV air treatment system prevents bacteria, mold and viruses from growing inside your HVAC system as it cleans the air, lessening the need for chemical cleaners, many of which also contain toxic pollutants. Moreover, because UV light is unable to pass through the metal or glass enclosing your system, these methods pose little risk of UV damage to the eyes or skin.
This summer, UV light is both your friend and your foe. Who knew?.


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