Heifer International does so much more than put food in the mouths of hungry people. Heifer helps people feed themselves.
The goal of every Heifer project is sustainability – project partners achieving self-reliance.
And year after year, as partner families “pass on the gift” of knowledge and one or more of their animals’ offspring to others in need, they become links in a network of hope, dignity and self-reliance that helps hundreds of others care for themselves.
Get an insider’s view of our non-profit organization, which has offered tangible, effective and long-lasting ways to make a real difference for almost 60 years.
http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.201473/
Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in eight of us.
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We use 100% of public donations to directly fund sustainable water solutions in areas of greatest need. Just $20 can give one person clean water for 20 years.
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By: Zach Epstein | Jan 25th, 2011 at 02:20PM View Comments Filed Under: Services
Last week we reported that Google had finally begun rolling out support for incoming number ports to its Google Voice service. Lack of the feature, as any Google Voice user will likely attest to, has been a sore spot for Google’s telephony product since the company first acquired GrandCentral in 2007. Today, Google has announced that the new feature is now available to all current Google Voice users. Number portability allows users to transfer their cell phone or landline telephone numbers between service providers. Google V
via Google Voice number portability now available to all | BGR | Boy Genius Report.
Two Teens Found Dead with Empty Can of Four Loko Two teenagers in California were found dead in a vacant apartment with an empty can of Four Loko, the banned alcohol and caffeine concoction, and other evidence of drug use. There goes any hope of a brand revival. Send an email to Brian Moylan, the author of this post, at brian@gawker.com.
by Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011,
Bloomberg citing an analyst citing “engineers who are working on hardware for the Apple project” reports that Apple will be including NFC (Near-Field Communications) technology in their upcoming iPad 2 and iPhone 5 product revisions, along with the killer iTunes Store transactional system to back it up. The main goal for Apple would be to get a piece of the $6.2 trillion Americans spend each year on goods and services, Crone said. Today, the company pays credit-card processing fees on every purchase from iTunes. By encouraging consumers to use cheaper methods — such as tapping their bank accounts directly, which is how many purchases are made via PayPal — Apple could cut its own costs and those of retailers selling Apple products.NFC is an RFID-related technology that allows for secure, close range data transfer including but not limited to payment information. Google has already begun including NFC in their Nexus S Android handset though they lack an iTunes-like infrastructure with millions of active,%
via iPad 2, iPhone 5 to include NFC, Apple to become massive money machine? | TiPb.
By: Zach Epstein | Jan 25th, 2011 at 12:10PM View Comments Filed Under: Mobile
Earlier this month, we exclusively reported that Apple’s new Personal Hotspot feature is coming to all iPhones with iOS 4.3. The feature, which was popularized by Android phones like the HTC EVO 4G, will allow devices to share an iPhone’s 3G data connection via Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, more cautious carriers like AT&T are likely to take their sweet time enabling the service for subscribers. Jailbreakers can purchase one of several apps that enable Wi-Fi tet…
via You don’t have to wait to turn your iPhone into a mobile hotspot | BGR | Boy Genius Report.
Two physicists recently announced they had figured out the secrets of cold fusion, which is a low energy nuclear reaction that, if it exists, could solve the worlds energy problems. But to call their story fishy is a massive understatement. Cold fusion is sort of like the alchemy of the modern world – yes, there might be a trickle of real science behind it, but the idea that it could provide free, limitless energy is almost certainly a pipe dream. Cold fusion became infamous in the late 1980s with the extremely controversial and largely rejected findings of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, and since then cold fusion has largely gone from legitimate line of inquiry to the domain of cranks, laughingstocks, and hoaxers. For more background on cold fusion, check out this post from last year.That more or less brings us to today, as physicists Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi of Italys University of Bologna have unveiled their supposed massive breakthrough. They dont just claim to have figured out how to make a cold fusion reactor, the actually say that they have built one and already tested it, with lots of new reactors ready to ship within the next few months.Before you get out your checkbook, lets examine whats going on here. The scientists claim that a reactor has been running a factory for the last two years, but nobody knows what theyre
Philanthroper is a great idea for donations, one even a cheap person like me can appreciate. The base concept is this: You donate $1, they make sure 99% of that gets to the charity, not into their pockets.Disclosure: Philanthroper is run by Mark Wilson, who is also a Gizmodo Contributor.Every day Philanthroper chooses a new non-profit for a donation target. You can donate $1—and only $1—to the non-profit, through Philanthroper. Their payment transfer partner takes only 1 cent for fees, leaving the other 99 cents to go to the endpoint. None of it ends up with Philanthroper.Todays charity is Computer Aid International. They take used computers from businesses and refurbish them into working condition, and distribute them to places around the world. Your Philanthroper donation will go to 250 computers being given to schools in Kenya.Also a cool upcoming feature in a couple weeks! This stats page reminiscent of Nike+, which shows you what youve donated to in the past and the distribution of your donations to various areas. This dude really likes animals, but hates the environment. Animals need the environment, man!There was a study that said giving actually makes you feel as good if not better about yourself than receiving, meaning this is a cheap way to make yourself feel good. [Philanthroper]
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