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Submission + - Developing Databases in Developing Countries (fromthehorizon.com)

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Michael

on Tuesday August 28, 2007 @04:15AM

Michael writes: "Developing Databases for Disasters in Developing Countries is a paper presented at the ISCRAM China Workshop based on my experiences developing and implementing databases for International Non Government Organizations (INGOs) in Indonesia after the 2004 Tsunami, Pakistan after the 2005 Earthquake and in Uganda. It discusses a number of observations and issues regarding wider information systems, data entry models, stakeholder participation and Head Office involvement."

Submission + - Space pioneers wanted for 520-day Mars experiment (yahoo.com)

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FromTheHorizon

on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @06:35AM

FromTheHorizon writes: "

"The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday called for applications for one of the most demanding human experiments in space history: a simulated trip to Mars in which six "astronauts" will spend 17 months in an isolation tank on Earth."

"Communications with the simulated mission control and loved-ones will take up to 40 minutes, the time that a radio signal takes to cross the void between Earth and a spaceship on Mars. Food will comprise mainly the packaged stuff of the kind eaten aboard the International Space Station (ISS). "

"Men and women who think they have the right stuff can download the application form on (http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/CallforCandidates) ."

Unfortunately you must be European and under 185cm, which rules me out on both accounts."

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