I find movie soundtracks a great way to discover new music. Others have taken the time to digg crates, music libraries and own collections. Using their skills and expertise they have handpicked music, that otherwise would have remained unknown to me. All I have to do is lean back, listen and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

On that note, The Narrows is a great movie (go watch it, seriously!) and features some great songs. But I was unable to find the song listing anywhere online, so I copied it out.

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Song listing for The Narrows (2008)

“Have Mercy On Me”
Written by Junior Kimbrough
Preformed by The Black Keys
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records

“T.R.B”
Written by Ryan Moys
Preformed by Autopoilot
Courtesy of INgrooves

“The Lengths”
Written by Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney
Preformed by The Black Keys
Courtesy of  Fat Possum Records

“Home Is Where Hatred Is”
Written by Gill Scott-Herson
Preformed by Esther Phillips
Courtesy ofColumbia Records
By arrangement with SONY/BMG and King Record Co., Ltd.

“Busted”
Written by Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney
Preformed by The Black Keys
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records

“Adore”
Written by Nicolas Chaix
Preformed by I:Cube
Courtesy of Versatile Records

“Girl Is On My Mind”
Written by Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney
Preformed by The Black Keys
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records

“Woman”
Written by Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey and Jonnathan Sharp
Preformed by Neneh Cherry
Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

“Big Lake” & “Tenderness Games”
Written by Rob Simonsen
Courtesy of KAP Music, LLC

“The Desperate Man”
Written by Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney
Preformed by The Black Keys
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records

“Delta Blue”
Written and preformed by Brian Tarquin-Browne
Courtesy of MasterSource

“Am I Black Enough”
Written by David Hadland, Scoot Schoot and Victor Williams
Preformed by Turntable Bay
Courtesy of Lazy Bones Recordings

“Don’t Look”
Written by Ryan Poulson
Courtesy of KAP Music, LLC

“Scene Of The Crime”
Written by Gleen Morrissette
Courtesy of KAP Music, LLC

“The Reunion” & “Creepy Guitar Build”
Written by Jonathan D. Krupp
Courtesy of KAP Music, LLC

“Meet Me In the City”
Written by Junior Kimbrough
Preformed by The Black Keys
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records

“Hayksad”
Written by Andrea Centazzo
Courtesy of KAP Music, LLC

“Two Paychecks From The Street”
Written by John Reed Kekar
Preformed by Steve Parrish
Courtesy of MasterScouce

“Hidden Path”
Written by Dana DiAnda
Courtesy of KAP Music, LLC

“Life In Reverse”
Written by Russ Horward III
Courtesy of KAP Music, LLC

“Blue Over You”
Written by Marc Ferrari, Michael Muholand & Danny Gill
Preformed by Medicine Wheel
Courtesy of MasterSource

“She Has No Time”
Written by Tim Rice-Owley, Tom Chapcaim, Richard Hughes And James Sanger
Preformed by Keane
Courtesy of Island Records Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“Poor Leno”
Written by Svein Berge, Torbjørn Brundtland, Erlend Øye
Preformed by Röyksopp
Courtesy of EMI Music France / Astralwerks
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

“All Hands Against His Own”
Written by Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney
Preformed by The Black Keys
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records

Why exactly does Google want to own this technology?

… many of the CAPTCHAs provided by reCAPTCHA come from scanned archival newspapers and old books. Computers find it hard to recognize these words because the ink and paper have degraded over time, but by typing them in as a CAPTCHA, crowds teach computers to read the scanned text.”

… those 100,000+ captcha forms are now Google-powered, with the data being used to improve Google’s ability to digitize old books and newspapers to make them Web searchable. It makes a lot of sense, and gives Google yet another strategic advantage over would-be competitors.

A similar water purifier-system was recently demoed at TEDGlobal, by Michael Pritchard. The Lifesaver; which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. As seen in the video below.

Honestly I am not certain what the difference is between the Lifesaver and the LifeStraw. But they seem to use similar techniques and more importantly for this post, none of them seem to have a determined plan for distributing their wonderful technology to the previously mentioned one billion people – that is the entire one billion.

Jurying from their website, Lifesaver seems to target soldiers and participants of various outdoor activities. Hence the Lifesaver can be bought online and has distributers in the US and UK. While you can’t discredit Michael Pritchard & co, because the invention can in fact be a life saver, it is highly unlikely that these to groups are include in the category “without access to clean drinking water”. So how does the Lifesaver get in the hands of the one billion in actual need for it? The LifeStraw has taken a more tradition donation approach. You’re not able to buy the LifeStraw on their website, but you can donate one. But with a $6 prices tag per person per year (their own calculations based on data from the World Health Organization) that still amounts to 6 billion dollars a year if you want clean drinking water for all.

Michael Pritchard has calculated that his Lifesaver Bottle can supply clean water for three years to a family of four for 1/2 cent a day. That is 152,1 million a year for clean drinking water for all – a number much easier to grasp. But does that include the distribution cost? Michael Pritchard still need to come up with a viable solution on how families without access to clean drinking water, will get access to the Lifesaver Bottle. Are they supposed to go online with their credit cards, order and wait for a package in the post, like the outdoor athletes? Or how will one billion people get their hands on the Lifesaver/LifeStraw technology?