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...April and two others are less than a third full. Outdoor water use is banned, and since 2002, residents have halved their personal consumption to 150 liters a day. New bores, a $A1 million-a-week cartage scheme and an emergency pipeline have all been readied, but Mayor Paul Stephenson says recycling has to top the long-term list: "The only way we can really be sure that we never go through this again is to reuse water in one form or another." A public consultation process is about to begin on his plan to send treated wastewater through...
...Time's idea of influence shows a Western perspective and includes mostly people from the U.S. The world is much bigger than that. A list of the top 100 influential people on each continent would give a better picture of who really influences world events. Paul van Wijgerden Almere, the Netherlands...
There's no doubting Crane & Co.'s experience or its patriotic heritage. In 1775 Stephen Crane sold paper to engraver Paul Revere to print the colonies' first paper money. (A national currency did not exist until 1862.) In 1806 Stephen Crane's son Zenas began producing notes for a local bank. It's an art that the company has perfected; its "tree-free" paper lasts longer than any other paper currency in the world...
...clearly better for digital cameras and other gadgets that slurp up a lot of energy in pulses, it is less effective for things that consume low amounts of energy at a constant rate, like radios and smoke alarms. "Our preliminary tests show that Oxyride is a good cell," says Paul Klatt, a quality-assurance engineer for Batteries Plus, a retail chain specializing in batteries. "But its niche is really higher-drain devices...
...somewhat more human process may eventually grant John Paul another notable title: The Great. He was already endowed with the title "Magnus" by Rome's La Sapienza University in 2003, while top Vatican Cardinals and even Benedict himself have repeatedly referred to him as "Il Grande" Pope John Paul II. There is no official Vatican procedure for bestowing the title, explained Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican correspondent for Il Giornale daily. "It's something that becomes invested over time," he said. So for the most impassioned followers of the Polish pontiff, there is nothing holding you back from calling him John...