What is the Fleet?

For centuries, the River Fleet was one of the most important rivers flowing through London, yet today few people know of its historical significance.
The ancient course of the Fleet flowed south from its sources in Hampstead, joined just north of Camden, and then merged with the Thames at Blackfriars.

Abused for hundreds of years by humans, it had turned into an open sewer by the eighteenth century.  The Victorians attempted to clean it up, and when that failed, covered it up in the name of progress, in their terms, streets, and forced the Fleet to the confinements of their sewer system, where it remains almost in its entirety today.

It is our aim to make visible the invisible.  If we can shed light on this lost river, we believe we can impact future plans to prepare for potential flooding, water scarcity, and the changing climate. 

This will launch a multi-phase social initiative seeking to reunite the people of Camden with the river and provide the community with future opportunities for interaction. The key objectives of the project involve: 

1. Highlighting the river: 
a. Ground-level signage to mark the route of the underground river for walkers and cyclists 
b. A website and marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness. 

2. An educational program targeted at local KeyStage3 students. 

3. Installations and design responses along the course of the river, produced with the collaboration of local artists and school children. Initially, three sites are proposed. 

 

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Many of these kids live in the Bulls Eye area of Durham, an area characterized by high crime rates. Three percent of the population lives in this area while 30% of all gun related crimes occur here. Additionally, 25% of Durham’s youth are members of or affiliated with gangs, doubling that of any other location in North Carolina. Further exemplifying the need to help these teenagers is the high school graduation rate in Durham. The graduation rate across all of Durham is 85%, whereas in Northeast Central Durham it is merely 56%.

In integrating these three organizations and adding our own programming, the Ujamaa Project will give these teenagers the chance to live a better life. 

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PillSAFE, LLC is revolutionizing the way prescription pain-killers are distributed.  Currently, a bottle of 30-60 pills are given at a time, where only a few can start a person down a path of lifetime addiction.  And, given the enormous cost of pills in comparison to other drugs, one only temporarily abuses pills as a consequence of following a legitimate prescription; afterward, they generally turn to Heroin.  In fact, due to the addictive nature of prescription drugs, health insurance companies nationwide spend $72.5 billion in unneeded expenses; including $48 billion spent by Medicaid. 

State governments also pay a large price.  In the state of Texas, nearly 860,000 residents used prescription pain relievers for non-medical use in 2007.  If each of these residents were caught, tried, and sentenced, Texas would pay $15.5 billion each year in prison costs alone.

PillSAFE introduces the patent-pending PCA for Pills.  The PCA for Pills is a corollary technology to the PCA pumps currently used in hospitals, but is engineered to use pills as opposed to liquid morphine.  The PCA for Pills is hand-held, durable, and disperses medication with the press of a button – given that a specified time has elapsed.  The PCA for Pills is tamper-evident, and is linked to a central database.  This enables any Doctor, Pharmacist, or Police Officer to be alerted if someone is trying to receive duplicate prescriptions, or has returned damaged dispensers in the past.  In this way, PillSAFE is able to reduce the above-mentioned costs on society by as much as 80%, not to mention save thousands of lives.

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Piracy has become one of the hottest and most devastating issue concerning all the software, film, music and electronic game industries. All the efforts put in by these industries to curb piracy have proved futile up till now, resulting in lost sales and profits for them. What we propose is a practical and easy to implement solution. Piracy exists because people tend to buy the counterfeit software and DVDs which are as good as the original ones but available at a much cheaper price. We have come up with the idea of installing a DVD and software copy centre in the third world countries (where most of the piracy occurs) especially Pakistan ; which will manufacture and sell all the counterfeit software and DVDs having the same quality as the genuine copies but available at exactly the same price as the pirated versions. This DVD and software copy centre would be licensed and would pay royalty to the company for every DVD or software that is copied in return for the quality provision by them, so that these copies have exactly the same quality as that of the original ones. This concept can be understood, as we have paperback editions and low price editions of many books. So going on the same lines we can set up our DVD and software copying company that would produce the ‘low priced copies’. This would not only help eradicate the piracy that plagues these industries but also generate considerable revenue for them which were otherwise being lost to the pirates.

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East Africa has become a world hot spot on piracy and terrorism activities. In 1998, Kenya and Tanzania was bombed and specifically the American embassy in both countries.On september 11th, the pentagon was bombed. Also in the recent past several ships have been captured on the East African coast. it is against these background that i decided to involve my fellow students at the university, as part of my clinton Global Initiarive Commitment, to counter terrorism in communities in Kenya.

The initiative involves engaging youth from different areas in Kenya into constructive and economic rewarding activities. We are targeting youths from slums; youth in local and international terror gangs; unemployed youth and school drop outs. from a current research that was conducted in Kenya, these are the main target groups that involves n terror activities. With the current trend and change of tactics by international terrorist where they recruit vulnarable youth from developing countries such as Kenya to execute terror, we have become concerned. Not only for the image that it will potray of Kenyan youth but also on the risks to lives in our communities.

We engage the youth by training them and helping them start and run profitable small scale enterprises. we also solicit scholarships in learning institutions both locally and internationally for those youth who are interested in education. this keeps hem engaged and provent them from engaging or being lured into terror groups and gangs.  
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ABSTRACT

 

Title: Estimation of Concentration of Aqueous and Hydrocarbon Solutions Using Refraction.

Concept: A light ray passing from rarer to denser medium or from denser to rarer medium , deviates from its original path; moving either towards the normal, as in first case or away from the normal as in second case. This is known as refraction of light. This deviation in path depends upon the relative refractive index of the two media involved.

 

                  This concept has been demonstrated in the project in five systems. Viz-

 

1) NaCl + water

2) Ethanol + water

3) Glycerin + water

4) Ethanol + petrol

5) Kerosene + petrol

 

                    In these systems the variation in refractive index as a function of change in concentration is very small, which results in small deviation (change in angle) of the transmitted ray. In order to reduce enlarge this small angle, the transmitted beam leaving the cell is projected on a screen held far away from the screen.

 

                    The deviation of the beam as a function of concentration is standardized for each of the above systems. With the help of these graphs it is possible to estimate the concentration.

 

                     This is being visualized and demonstrated as a tool for detecting, primarily the purity (adulteration) of a given liquid.

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As a result of the alarming rate of poverty in Nigeria especially during this economic melt- down has made me to conceive an idea called THE SNOWBALL SKILLED ORGANIZATION (S.S.O). The organization is to train people on entrepreneurial skills like; catering, hat making, bead making, tailoring, trading, car repairs, electrical constructions and repairs, decoration, computer works, bakery, hair dressing, brick laying and lots more. The organization knowing that most of the people living in Nigeria have no house to live in, can hardly afford a meal per day and have no source of hope because of lack of resources will then provide accommodation and feeding scheme for those interested coming into the organization.

                The organization is to train people on their field of choice and teach them also on money and resources management for free. After the training, they are to work under the organization practicing their skills for a minimum of three (3) years. At this stage, the organization pays them monthly salary out of the income the organization gets from practicing their skills and they begin to provide for their feeding. The trained ones are then to train the up- coming ones behind them which imply that the students turns to become staff. Therefore, no staffs for training are needed after the first training stage. After the three years of practice, anyone who feel he/ she can stand alone can then start their own business which will be highly supported by the organization while others gets promoted after every two years and in accordance to the profit they bring to the company. This is to create competition among them in turn to encourage them and make them very serious and hardworking.                                                                                                                  Akachukwu Odera380.0

See if any onetells you that if you become a sucide bomber and you will go to paradise and he will take care of your family you should ask him that is he god because only god can promise some one heaven ther one thing you can do to secure heaven and that is to prevent innocient people from dieing so why dont we join hand and stop terriorism
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The problem parent have is they believe in force rather then dialog. If you want you son to do every thing you say you must always make him/her happy give your child to speak up and tell you what he/she feel and then the two of you will now adjust your view todraw a conclusion not every thing you say must be obeyed when he/she is not a slave  vicsrael50.0

I saw an internet meme once that was a job wanted ad, from an American man who had run a drug cartel and been arrested, served time and was now looking for a role that fitted his skills, international management and trade.

I also then happened upon a book by Dubner & Levitt called Freakanomics which also talks about the drug trade and the hierarchical system that flourishes within it.

That got me thinking, the jail system is overrun with uneducated people who can be taught real life management skills, who can be taught to utilize their own entrepreneurial talents for good and not evil.

Why not teach entrepreneurialism in the jail system using examples from their background, drugs, gambling and the like, to illustrate that they have the skills to make it in the real world, that they can do it and that they aren’t the bottom of the pile.

My idea is to design a program that can be taken into the jail system to teach convicts entrepreneurial skills utilizing the experience they gained that landed them there in the first place.

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I have always been so concerned about people living with hiv/aids which make me to came up with the ideal. Since hiv/aids can not be transmitted by mosquitos, i suppose they posses some anti-virus in their saliva , if this saliva is extracted and mixed with hiv/aids virus growth inibiting drug that are been produce today because of the ability of this drug to penetrate human cell i think this virus can be properly managed. Kunlexo150.0

I think we can get a cure for HIV AIDS quickly by using a amina that eats grass a lot. We just need capturing an animal that love to eat grass and infecting it by HIV AIDS and we will place some kind of device on it that can show the HIV status of any body automatically and a camera so we send the anima back in to the forest and monitoring it so if the anima mistaking eat a grass that can cure HIV AIDS we will be able to know that the HIV status of the anima has change and see the grass the anima ate then we will the grass get it and bring it to lab for test and get a cure.
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I envision my state with empty prisons cells and colleges filled to capacity.  I envision technological and medical advances and businesses competing to win a prized spot in South Carolina.  I am proposing a proactive program with goals of shifting the rising level of incarceration among youthful offenders to a rising level of college admittance, civic engagement and leadership skills in these young people.  Project SHIFT promotes positive future outcomes in kids being negatively influenced by providing a framework for lifelong self discipline and healthy relationships with key school officials, peer groups and community members and guiding them through a process of self identity and future planning.

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THE PROPOSED PEER EDUCATION FOR YOUTHS ,HIV/AIDS AND WAR VICTIMS WAS SUGGESTED DURING 30 SEPT.2009 STUDENTS CONFERENCE DUE TO CALL TO END THE VICE BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN MOYO DISTRICT OF NORTHERN UGANDA.
THIS IS BECAUSE WE REALISED THAT THERE IS HIGH RATE OF HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE,DRUG ABUSE,ALCOHOLISM,RAPE AND DEFILEMENT AMONG OVER 65% YOUTHS COUPLING WITH HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT RATE.
OUR OBJECTIVES THEREFORE ARE ADVOCATING AGAINST SCHOOL DROP OUT ,ALCOHOLISM,RAPE AND DEFILEMENT  AND DRUG ABUSE WHICH  HAS AFFECTED 45% OF OUR SCHOOL AGE YOUTHS TO GO MAD.
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Common practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Purchasing your exams and place at universities

Corruption is the main problem at Universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Students are giving money to professors so they can pass entrance exam and by doing that they are automatically taking the place of hard working student who cannot afford to buy entrance exam or any other exam (professor) that can only be bought.

Students believe that exams, services or loyalty of professors sometimes have to be bought. Corruption is deeply rooted in universities all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and  it exist because parents and students are trying to find the best, the easiest or the only way to finish collage. The corruption to some extent involves everyone, from students and parents, to teachers and leading faculty staff who accept corruption as inevitable and as a result of politics and favoritism. They accepted that corruption is part of life and they do not complain or seek a way to change anything.

The increasing number of students makes corruption and corrupted professor’s rich people because there is limited number of students that can be accepted in university every year. Meaning, if you really love and want to study particular subject you have to be willing to pay large amounts of money to be accepted.


This is the problem that has to be solving soon because young people are going abroad to study. Society where family ties help you signing into university or finding you a job is society who represents nation with no future. It represents nation that will soon loose young, smart, hard working people willing to learn and to accomplish something. It will lose possibility to improve and to be something that it used to be long time ago PROUD country in which you brain and knowledge could take you anywhere.

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The problem that I have decided to change is crime rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Over the last couple of years the crime rate has been steadily increasing which has caused all people to worry for their own safety. While people were used to crime, nobody expected that underage crime rate would increase this much over the last couple of years. In the last two years alone there have been more than 200 reports of underage crime. I would like to change this problem. My goal is to protect the people from crime, and decrease the crime rate in the process. I know that it will take time for this to happen but I believe that with strong determination I can help fix this problem. I cannot do it alone so I will need to gain as many supporters as possible by informing them more about the possible harms of crime.
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 The accessibility of law has never been easy for the common man, which is one of the major reasons leading to increase in crime throughout the world.

We plan to create a law enforcement reporting tool and setting up intelligence platforms over the net that allows the common man to reach the law, report to the police and seek justice any time and everywhere from his own computer. The website keeps track of the status of the complaint and  notifies the sender about its progress. It also gives an idea about the various laws that are applicable to a particular offence in that particular country. The website takes utmost care in keeping the name of the citizen a secret if they want it to be. The citizens can either launch their complaint directly to the concerned police department or the concerned police if they are familiar with them, or they can launch it into the website itself in which case the website administrator (a team of high ranked police personals) takes care of allocating the case to the concerned authorities. The citizens are also allowed to giving evidences and leads to the police over the net. The website will also have features for a court session where the jury can hear the arguments from both parties over the net and give their decisions on the spot. 

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The Speed Awareness Device will use GPS technology to tell you when you are over the speed limit, which is will dramatically reduce the number of traffic tickets in the US per year. vinnieb50.0

Hacking, Cybercrime are increasing drasticly. This idea is about setup an international network to fight against Cybercrime. Global Cybercrime Team consist of Cybersecurity Expert which analyze the risk and hacking and action team which work closely with Interpol(International Polic) to do legal action. It probably create new notice in Interpol to arrest Cybercriminals. Video conference will develop for better communication.

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“The Chitainment Juke Institute” is an innovative and groundbreaking initiative that seeks to use performing arts as a tool to inspire youth to perform better academically and ultimately prepare them to become productive citizens in today’s society.  Whether it’s through our partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and our Jukology Incentive Program (JIP), or the dance studio that I am eager to open, it has been Chitainment’s mission to utilize what has the youth’s attention and use it as a catalyst to motivate and inspire them.

            Chitainment’s JIP is an incentive based program that uses footwork as a resource to motivate students to perform well in school.  Through the JIP, we provide an after-school program that goes into majority under-performing and low-income schools and teaches students how to footwork.  This gives students who don’t necessarily play sports or participate in existing extracurricular activities, an opportunity to be acknowledged for a different type of talent that they may have and enjoy.

            “The JukeBox” will serve as a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose facility catering to performing arts through dance, specifically highlighting Juke & Footwork culture. We are targeting junior high and high school aged youth in the Chicagoland area.  This would give these youth a constructive way to express themselves using Juke culture and also reduce the amount of time that they are able to participate in negative activities outside.

Chicago youth engaged in the underground world of Juke & Footwork culture

After-school gang brawl near Chicago’s Fenger H.S. that resulted in the death of Derrion Albert – September 2009

 

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