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  2. Themis programme - Wikipedia

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    Themis will be powered by the ESA's Prometheus rocket engine. [1] Two possible landing sites have been mentioned in discussions surrounding the project: [2] The former Diamant launch complex, which will be used for the flight testing phase; [3] The Ariane 5 launch complex, which will become available after the transition from the Ariane 5 to ...

  3. List of failed and overbudget custom software projects

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    A series of delays. over £412m (£742m) Outsourced Cancelled 2007 2010 Försäkringskassan SAP Dental health service system Sweden: Social Insurance Agency: Not fit for purpose, multiple delays, cost overrun. SEK 10bn ($1.18bn) [5] Outsourced, then insourced Cancelled [6] 2008 2013 Digital Media Initiative: Digital production, media asset ...

  4. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    A World Bank report acknowledged a delay in getting water access for the new village, but said the village’s water issues had been solved by late 2012. The villagers say that’s not true. They are still waiting, four years after they were forced to relocate, for local authorities to keep their promise to build a small pipeline to draw water ...

  5. The death of 2 homeless children in frigid Detroit raises ...

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    This week, two of Williams’ children — ages 2 and 9 — were found dead of apparent hypothermia in a van the family had been sleeping in for at least two months, Interim Police Chief Todd ...

  6. Tragedy of the commons - Wikipedia

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    The metaphor illustrates the argument that free access and unrestricted demand for a finite resource ultimately reduces the resource through over-exploitation, temporarily or permanently. This occurs because the benefits of exploitation accrue to individuals or groups, each of whom is motivated to maximize the use of the resource to the point ...

  7. THeMIS - Wikipedia

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    Their main purpose is to increase situational awareness, provide improved intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance over wide areas and battle damage assessment capability. The system can effectively enhance the work of dismounted infantry units, border guard and law enforcement agencies to collect and process raw information and decrease ...

  8. Feed the Children - Wikipedia

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    Through their work, they hope that: 1) All children will be properly nourished and developed by age five and continue to understand the importance of nutrition throughout their life; 2) All children will have access to safe and clean water, proper sanitation, and adequate hygiene resources that promote healthy immune systems and enable them to develop through adolescence and into adulthood; 3 ...

  9. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education - Wikipedia

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    Parents of these children lacked time and resources to effectively assist their children with remote learning. [168] As a result, this study concluded that children from lower socioeconomic status families were disproportionately affected, due to less access to learning resources as well as parental support during distance learning. [168]