There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres.
http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/
CiarĂ¡n Quinn, Research Support Librarian & Librarian for the Research Institutes, Maynooth University. ciaran.quinn@mu.ie
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How to delete your Google Browsing History before new policy
"With just a week (article written on the 24th of Feb.)to go before Google changes to its new privacy policy that allows it to gather, store and use personal information, users have a last chance to delete their Google Browsing History, along with any damning information therein."
So writes John Thomas Didymus in the Digital Journal.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137#ixzz1nrPLNQmD
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