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...water is expected to double by 2050. Climate change will also have a long-term effect on the amount of glacial water supplying India’s rivers, which are the source of water for many households. The Indian government is faced with a number of ways to quench the creeping threat of thirst. The country’s deficient plumbing system, the source of many of its problems, demands a massive overhaul, but the employment of simple techniques to capture rain over just one to two percent of the land would provide as many as 100 liters of water...
...grandeur was Barlow's famous spider-like "train shed" - at 243 feet, still the biggest single span of cast ironwork in the world. Beneath it lies the concourse, supported by nearly 1,000 cast-iron pillars in a vast basement. Once used as a warehouse for Northern bitters to quench Victorian London's insatiable thirst for beer - each pillar is said to stand two ale barrels apart - this muscular 19th century vision will be complimented with a 21st century sleekness: shops, bars, restaurants, a farmers' market and the longest champagne bar in Europe...
Like many 5-year-olds, California's Vycon corporation is going through a growth spurt. A developer of mechanical energy-storage devices (essentially batteries made of flywheels rather than chemicals), the firm is beefing up production of some of its gadgets tenfold this year to quench demand. To pay for such expansion, Vycon's executives decided to sell shares to the public. Too tiny to trade on New York City's NASDAQ, the company focused instead on another market catering to ambitious upstarts like Vycon. London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was a "global market for small companies," says Vycon...
...Maha is set in the 225-sq-km Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve - 5% of the emirate's total land area - and is designed to resemble a bedouin camp. Endangered Arabian oryx (al maha in Arabic), desert foxes and gazelle meander around the grounds and, if you're lucky, quench their thirst in your own private pool. The spa and airy suites have gorgeous views of the desert, and there are easels, paper and pastels for those who want to capture that exact shade of sand (golden, ocher or russet, depending on the time of day). A dedicated field guide...
...Breaking news: as I am writing this article, I just discovered the cure for cancer—BAWLS.In addition, BAWLS can function in many diverse ways. I drink BAWLS to 1) help me stay up and do homework, 2) have a jolly fun time with my closest friends, 3) quench my thirst, and 4) destroy justice, but then rediscover it anew, and make it a way more kickass version of justice.BAWLS can do so much. My friend told me that this one time, BAWLS killed Hitler.Speaking of BAWLS, I remember my first adventure with this sweet thirst-quencher. My friends...