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...collective waste disposal and treatment on display was a network of low-water toilets that separated solids from liquids and assigned them to reservoirs shared by an apartment building or block of houses. Those resevoirs would then produce fertilizer, soil conditioner and energy producing methane - and dramatically cut the cost to the public of waste disposal...
...setup, with big teams depending on "massive handouts from their parent companies" and small independent teams relying on "the goodwill of rich individuals," is "unsustainable," according to a memo given to teams in October by the FIA, world motor sport's governing body. The FIA's answer: Slash the cost of competing...
...able to compete on a budget much closer to its share of those rights. That averaged around $40 million for each team this year. In a meeting with the FIA in Geneva last month, teams agreed to a number of measures aimed at reducing expenditure starting in 2009. The cost of engines supplied to independent teams by manufacturers was reduced from around $20 million to $13 million, and teams will save money by changing engines every three races, rather than every two. More talks on lowering the cost of chassis development - which can set a leading team back an estimated...
...fall last year, people like Lepik, who had grown accustomed to making 50% a year on their real estate investments, suddenly struggled to sell. As the banks that helped finance the boom clamped down on credit, dozens of companies went bust. Land on the outskirts of Tallinn that had cost $0.50 per square meter in 2000, and peaked at $90 per square meter in 2006, now fetches just...
...bureaucracy and constrained by the very instable power structures that exist in the region, that simple task is never simple. Without utilizing these traditional channels of bureaucrats, the U.S. could possibly violate the sovereignty claim of the Congolese government. However, as the stakes are demarcated in human lives, the cost of an international scandal should not stand in the way of any humanitarian aid that is deemed necessary for the subsistence of the Congolese refugees...