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Books and Media

	INTERVIEW-New book puts cost of saving planet at $190 bln 07 Mar 2008 10:19:00 GMT - Written by: Timothy Large What would it cost to wipe out world poverty, guarantee universal health care, stabilise population growth and roll back the ravages of global warming? About $190 billion a year, or the equivalent of a third of U.S. annual military expenditure, a prominent environmental economist says in a new book. "Once you accept that climate change, population growth, spreading water shortages, rising food prices etcetera are threats to our security, it changes your whole way of thinking about how you use public resources," Lester Brown told Reuters in an interview .
	Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it. We hope to provide you with the web's most comprehensive selection of premium programming across all genres and formats – television shows, feature films, clips, and more. Additionally, we want to give you more choices of when and where you can enjoy your favorite programming, while creating innovative experiences that let you watch and participate in online video in new and exciting ways.
	Mefeedia: Discover the Video WebTM Mefeedia is a service that helps you “Discover the Video WebTM“. Mefeedia aggregates web shows, video blogs, and video feeds from over 15,000 video websites and video sharing sites – making it simple, easy, and fast to find and enjoy what you want to watch. On Mefeedia.com, you can then create a “Personal Media Channel” that keeps track of your favorite video shows, recommends new shows based on your interests and your friends interests, and updates automatically when there is a new episode. You can then watch those videos on Mefeedia, on your mobile device, or wherever you want.
	Geneva Green Guide - Download The Geneva Environment Network's practical reference guide for Geneva-based organizations involved in environment and sustainable development issues. The handbook profiles each institution by distilling the nature of its work into short paragraph listings and offering detailed contact information. The Green Guide online is updated regularly; the print version is updated and published every two years.

	Scientific American's library of videos on current science news, updated daily.

	Documentary heritage in the digital age: interview with Abdelaziz Abid For the last fifteen years, the programme Memory of the World has focused on conservation and digitization of humanity’s documentary heritage. With UNESCO’s support, measures have been taken to preserve dozens of archive collections, thousands of meters of film, millions of pages of manuscripts, books and periodicals. A few years ago, the public responded very enthusiastically to the re-release of “Metropolis”, German film-maker Fritz Lang’s masterpiece, in its restored and digitized version. In 2001, it was included in the Memory of the World Register.
	ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
	De Zoutkrant heeft als doel bekendheid te geven aan de resultaten van het technische en wetenschappelijke werk van het Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee. Dit houdt in dat in de berichtgeving wordt gestreefd naar informatieve waarde en actualiteit; toetsing van de conclusies aan mogelijke consequenties voor het beleid of beheer heeft veelal nog niet plaatsgevonden. Het blad wordt verspreid binnen het Ministerie van V&W; aan externe geïnteresseerden wordt het op aanvraag gratis toegezonden.