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• harvesting — UK US /ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ/ noun [U] ► COMMERCE the process of continuing to make as much profit as possible from a product or business while spending as little as possible on it: »Companies may pursue a harvesting strategy when they have cash flow… …   Financial and business terms

• Reports of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China — In March 2006, Falun Gong affiliated media The Epoch Times published a number of articles alleging that the Chinese government and its agencies, including the People s Liberation Army, were conducting widespread and systematic organ harvesting of …   Wikipedia

• Rainwater harvesting — is the gathering, or accumulating and storing, of rainwater. [ [http://www.harvesth2o.com/faq.shtml Definition of rainwater harvesting] ] Traditionally, rainwater harvesting has been practiced in arid and semi arid areas, and has provided… …   Wikipedia

• Energy harvesting — (also known as Power harvesting or energy scavenging ) is the process by which energy is captured and stored. Frequently this term is applied when speaking about small autonomous devices, like those used in sensor networks. A variety of different …   Wikipedia

• Daylight harvesting — is the term used in sustainable architecture and the building controls and active daylighting industries for a control system that reduces the use of artificial lighting with electric lamps in building interiors when natural daylight is available …   Wikipedia

• Organ harvesting — Intervention MeSH D020858 Organ harvesting refers to the removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living. Though mired in ethical debate and… …   Wikipedia

• Web harvesting — is an implementation of a Web crawler that uses human expertise or machine guidance to direct the crawler to URLs which compose a specialized collection or set of knowledge. Web harvesting can be thought of as focused or directed Web… …   Wikipedia

• E-mail address harvesting — E mail harvesting is the process of obtaining lists of e mail addresses using various methods for use in bulk e mail or other purposes usually grouped as spam.MethodsThe simplest method involves spammers purchasing or trading lists of e mail… …   Wikipedia

• Organ harvesting in the People's Republic of China — refers to the practice of removing human organs and tissue to be used in transplants for Chinese and other recipients.HistoryIn 1992, the Laogai Foundation, set up by Chinese dissident Harry Wu, was instrumental in proving (using court files,… …   Wikipedia

• Custom harvesting — In agriculture, custom harvesting or custom combining is the business of harvesting of crops for others. Custom harvesters usually own their own combines and work for the same farms every harvest season. Custom harvesting relieves farmers from… …   Wikipedia

• green harvesting — /grin ˈhavəstɪŋ/ (say green hahvuhsting) noun 1. the harvesting of fruit and vegetables when they are green so that they ripen as they are transported to the marketplace. 2. the harvesting of mature sugar cane without first burning off the leaves …