The modern basics: Water, root canals and WiFi
After spending nearly 20 years as a Silicon Valley executive and entrepreneur, when Tom Hogan decided to start a charity, he knew one thing for sure: he wanted to run it like a business.
CNN Money,
Wed Nov 25 02:34:31 PST 2009
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City hesitant to OK suburbs' sewer tie-ins
LOWELL -- When the canals that made Lowell the hub of the Industrial Revolution were dug in the 1820s, so was the city's sewer system. Lowell's suburbs, meanwhile, remained largely rural un...
Lowell Sun,
Thu Nov 26 04:25:04 PST 2009
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Many chose Millyard canals as watery grave
There are a lot of old-timers (like me) who wish the canals that once ran through the heart of Manchester's mills had been preserved -- they were filled in during an outbreak of urban renew...
New Hampshire Union Leader,
Sun Nov 22 21:19:34 PST 2009
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Wm. Hamilton Merritt Day celebration Thursday
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Welland Tribune,
Wed Nov 25 23:57:47 PST 2009
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Top 10 ancient towns and villages in China (8)
&$ &$8. Tongli in east China's Jiangsu Province&$ &$ &$ &$ Tongli is an ancient water town in east China's Jiangsu Provinceb. A short drive from Suzhou, Tongli offers a step back in time. C...
People's Daily,
Wed Nov 25 20:22:20 PST 2009
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Venice's resident population keeps sinking
Venice - Is Venice, the lagoon city of canals and gondolas, in danger of becoming an open-air museum teeming with foreign tourists and devoid of Venetians? The fear may seem exaggerated, bu...
EARTHtimes.org,
Wed Nov 25 19:12:00 PST 2009
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Aquatic herbicide offers promise
TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Pond weed has been the bane of canal systems since irrigation came to the West. It slows water in the canals and reduces the amount of water available for delivery, and ...
AG Weekly,
Wed Nov 25 10:24:46 PST 2009
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Work to expand canals
A DIVERSION canal which overflowed last Thursday and flooded parts of Bukit Timah Road will be expanded over two phases in the next three years, said the national water agency on Tuesday. T...
Straits Times,
Tue Nov 24 14:46:03 PST 2009
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Surface Water Coalition, Clear Springs Foods Donate Water For Aquifer Recharge Eff...
More than 3,600 acre-feet of donated Snake River water intended to recharge the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer has begun flowing through Magic Valley canals thanks to Clear Springs Foods...
AG Weekly,
Wed Nov 25 10:23:16 PST 2009
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Fighting Afghan Taliban with Islamic credit unions
After the Taliban made nine threatening phone calls and fired a Kalashnikov outside his house, Shah Mohammad Mir left his hometown for months before returning with a new car and a new telep...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Wed Nov 25 16:23:40 PST 2009
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REGIONAL : No Concrete Action, No Emission Reduction
The government needs to close the peat canals opened in a previous project to reduce carbon emission
Kompas,
Tue Nov 24 19:10:25 PST 2009
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We're All Ears
Because they sit just inside the ends of your ear canals to block out a decent amount of external noise, a set of canalphones makes the ideal replacement for the...
PC World,
Tue Nov 24 08:52:12 PST 2009
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Floating grocery store
In Kerala, a part of India known as the Venice of the East, a network of canals has become home to a huge floating grocery store.
The Globe and Mail,
Wed Nov 25 06:23:40 PST 2009
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Gas-leak accident hospitalizes Minieh residents
Some 25 people suffered from health complications in Minieh in north Lebanon, Tuesday, after workers at the local water company accidentally caused a gas leak. Workers at the water company ...
The Daily Star Lebanon,
Tue Nov 24 13:55:15 PST 2009
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PETER GADDY: Hometown Democracy starting to look good
Each year, Collier County Commissioners are required to make an annual update and inventory report to determine the status of public facilities and provide a financially feasible plan to fu...
Naples Daily News,
Tue Nov 24 13:41:00 PST 2009
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South Florida fishing report
Captain Bob LeMay of Fort Lauderdale reported that snook and redfish are in a transition period because of unseasonal weather patterns.
Miami Herald,
Wed Nov 25 21:40:33 PST 2009
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We're All Ears
Because they sit just inside the ends of your ear canals to block out a decent amount of external noise, a set of canalphones makes the ideal replacement for the earbuds that come included ...
Network World,
Tue Nov 24 10:27:57 PST 2009
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Recession, fear fuel drop in crossings
EL PASO -- Fewer people and vehicles came across the border at El Paso international crossings in fiscal year 2009 than in the previous fiscal year, Customs and Border Protection statistics...
El Paso Times,
Wed Nov 25 23:07:47 PST 2009
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Rupees 10 project sanctioned for revival of 'Saraswati' river
Chandigarh, Nov 26 : The Haryana government has sanctioned Rupees 10.05 crore for the project of revival of 'Saraswati Nadi' (river).
New Kerala,
Thu Nov 26 02:40:04 PST 2009
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