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Sitting on a stool polishing shoes for 2 yuan (32 cents) a pair in front of her apartment block in Chongqing, central China, Wang Yunqing says she has reason to thank Bo Xilai, the disgraced former leader of the city.
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Bo Ouster Undermines Model Crafted to Bridge China’s Wealth Gap
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- When the commuter trains rumble toward San Francisco, they pass through some of the most liberal cities ...
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Liberal Communities Join Libertarians in Firing at the Bullet Train
(Barry Chin / Globe file)In 2009, Bruins forward Shawn Thornton takes down another hockey enforcer and former teammate - the...
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A new study has shown that playing health-related video games on a mobile device can help adults learn to live more healthfully by making smart diet choices.
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Mobile phone game trains players to make healthier diet selections
Acoustic specialists have developed a computer model which allows them to calculate noise levels along the entire Swiss rail network. The program describes how much sound is radiated and how it is attenuated. The results will one day show in high precision where residents are particularly exposed to noise and what abatement measures will be most effective in protecting them.
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Computer model to calculate noise levels along the Swiss rail network
Futuristic ideas for the use of superconductors, materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, are myriad: long-distance, low-voltage electric grids with no transmission loss; fast, magnetically levitated trains; ultra-high-speed supercomputers; superefficient motors and generators; inexhaustible fusion energy - and many others, some in the experimental or demonstration stages.
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Superconductors face the future
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viridity Energy and SEPTA awarded $900,000 from the State of Pennsylvania for innovative project to recycle energy produced by electric public transit.
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Obama's political strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan
The problem goes beyond the fact that people dont care about the fact that wasting energy and using it inefficiently accounts for a good chunk of the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause global warming. Despite the millions of words that have been written on how to save energy and use it more efficiently, people basically have no idea what to do. Energy - Newsweek - Global warming - Environment ...
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Not everyone can drive to work in their own vehicle. Planners must find ways to blend individual vehicles with hte needs of mass transportation. Building train stations or subways is highly capital intensive and involves years of construction and related dealys due ot construction. Adding buses adds to traffic. Furthermore mass transist needs to be safe, clean and inexpensive. The straddling bus ...
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