People in Schenectady County should be thankful for what they have. Others are thankful for a lot less.
South Africa's i-Shacks offer hope Using eco-friendly technologies, student's idea promises to improve living conditions in country's shanty towns.
Andreas Keller, a master's student in South Africa, wanted to find an environmentally friendly way to improve people's living conditions in the country's shanty towns.
The idea he came up with is the eco-friendly i-Shack - insulated with cardboard, complete with a rainwater harvesting system and solar-powered electricity.
Thanks to a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, there are plans to build 100 more i-Shacks.
Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Enkanini in Western Cape, South Africa.
Thanks to a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, there are plans to build 100 more i-Shacks.
another 1%'er rich bastard.......tax the sh!t out of them!!! only 100 more homes? Damn, they could afford to build thousands more!! they could be rebuilding all the homes lost in hurricane sandy. they could repair all of nys and nj's failed infrastructure.
just another rich bastard not paying their fair share!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
another 1%'er rich bastard.......tax the sh!t out of them!!! only 100 more homes? Damn, they could afford to build thousands more!! they could be rebuilding all the homes lost in hurricane sandy. they could repair all of nys and nj's failed infrastructure.
just another rich bastard not paying their fair share!!
Flaunting your ignorance again I see. Gates has given BILLIONS to charity, and plans to give away every last penny he has, (except for a couple of million for his kids) before he dies.
He successfully eradicated a lot of diseases in a lot of countries, and has a goal of erradicating polio world wide by 2018.
Flaunting your ignorance again I see. Gates has given BILLIONS to charity, and plans to give away every last penny he has, (except for a couple of million for his kids) before he dies.
He successfully eradicated a lot of diseases in a lot of countries, and has a goal of erradicating polio world wide by 2018.
no one eradicates diseases....we just muffle them for a while
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Flaunting your ignorance again I see. Gates has given BILLIONS to charity, and plans to give away every last penny he has, (except for a couple of million for his kids) before he dies.
He successfully eradicated a lot of diseases in a lot of countries, and has a goal of erradicating polio world wide by 2018.
You sure your not talking about Warren Buffett?
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
If you look for it there is something funny, something worth while or something amusing every day... but you have to be open to it to even see it. Most people miss it.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Flaunting your ignorance again I see. Gates has given BILLIONS to charity, and plans to give away every last penny he has, (except for a couple of million for his kids) before he dies.
He successfully eradicated a lot of diseases in a lot of countries, and has a goal of erradicating polio world wide by 2018.
Tommy,
Your sarcasm detector is obviously turned off
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
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