Word: householder
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...been singing my whole life,” she says. “I grew up in a musical household. I was always doing shows, choir, everything I possibly could… In high school half of my schedule was music. I played in the String Ensemble, the Orchestra, I sang in the Choir and took composition and theory classes, was in all the musicals...
...sustainable economic growth. Micropower is far less of an imposition on the landscape, though, than big wind farms and solar arrays, and it's also part of a growing trend toward local production of goods and services, including energy. "Mini-wind turbines and solar arrays should become familiar household fixtures," according to Joanna Collins, author of the British environmental think-tank Green Alliance's A Microgeneration Manifesto. "These new technologies cut greenhouse-gas emissions [and] provide reliable energy supplies...
...South Bank, the WEEE Man has risen. The creation of designer Paul Bonomini, the 7-m-tall humanoid figure - which looks like a menacing mechanical skeleton escaped from some Tim Burton movie - weighs 3 tons and is made of 553 pieces of electrical and electronic waste, including 95 small household appliances (such as vacuum cleaners, toasters and irons), 55 larger consumer items (TVs, video and DVD players, camcorders), 35 pieces of computer and mobile-phone equipment, 12 washing machines, 10 refrigerators and six microwave ovens...
Inflation is back. It's official, and you can blame costlier gasoline and other fuels. But make no mistake: the tab for common services like a hotel stay and garbage removal are jumping too, as is the sticker price on packaged foods and many other household items. Companies are finding that they can pass on part of their soaring raw-material costs...
...underappreciated development: folks have gone so much deeper into hock that even the lowest interest rates in a generation haven't cut their average monthly household debt payments, which are at an all-time high and increasing. As rates rise, that will get worse...