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Inside the Sweet, Strange World of Cereal Box Collectors

2016-02-17 05:43:25| Agriculture - Topix.net

Duane Dimock once paid $450 for a box of cereal. But this wasn't the makings of a week of very expensive breakfasts: Rather, it was the box itself that he was after.

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Four Billion People Suffer From Severe Water Scarcity World Wide

2016-02-16 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Nearly 66 percent of the world's human population suffers from insufficient access to fresh water for at least one month out of the year. This estimate, which equates to about four billion people, is far greater than scientists thought. Previously it was believed that that between 1.7 and 3.1 billion people lived with moderate to severe water scarcity for at least one month of year. However, in the latest study, led by Dr. Arjen Hoekstra of the Netherlands' University of Twente, researchers used...

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Crossing Asia on my bike, I met countless others out to see the world on a bicycle

2016-02-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A new grant, launched by well-known adventurer Tom Allen last week, aims to get young people exploring the world but with a bicycle and a map, rather than a bus pass and a guidebook. And Im not surprised. If you ask me, the Janapar Grant formalises a quiet revolution that has been taking place in budget travel for some years. Maybe bike touring is the new backpacking, I remember thinking, as I sipped beers with a pair of Dutchmen in an Irish bar in Hong Kong back in 2012, reminiscing about...

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Dubai World Central records 45.2% drop in passenger traffic in 2015

2016-02-16 01:00:00| Airport Technology

Dubai's second largest airport Dubai World Central International Airport, had seen a 45.2% drop in passenger traffic in 2015 compared to the same period a year ago.

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US Apparel Imports in 2015: China vs. Rest of World (Statistical Report)

2016-02-15 15:07:23| EmergingTextiles.com

China's share has slightly declined on the US apparel import market in full 2015. The leading supplier has retained a very strong position, as the surge in Chinese labor costs has been overcome by lower material costs and quality requirements. Buyers have differently behaved depending on categories, as reflected by our statistical review covering the last four years and comparing US apparel imports from China with shipments from Rest of the World (RoW) for every category of products, in volume, value and unit value terms. Historical data are available for 2011-2015.

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