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...young engineers constructed their own drilling rig with materials from a local hardware shop in Constanza. They used a novel drilling technique developed by Terry Waller, a missionary working with Water For All International, a non-governmental organization based in Texas...
Well, sort of. It's also about getting fat and driving a big rig. And manicures. And blogging. The man who wrote "Ohio" - one of the most biting protest songs rock 'n' roll has ever offered - whose emotive tenor voice helped thousands of young baby boomers struggling to understand their country, is now writing lyrics about his flat-screen TV. "Got it repo'd now," he sings in a video he posted to the Huffington Post. "Missed the Raiders game...
Hotel for Dogs takes full advantage of this ick-free wholesomeness. The children rig together such amenities as an old-shoe vending machine, a herding room and an open-car-window simulator. There's even groom service. They give the dogs the home the children can't find for themselves. For those who feel a little powerless--like kids or a nation in the middle of a crippling economic crisis--dogs represent something singular: a being even they can help...
...hard as northwestern Colorado. New drilling technology and rising energy prices caused exploration to flourish in the region in the past few years. The Piceance Basin alone drew dozens of exploration firms, including large companies like Chevron. Now those firms are pulling back. Harpole expects the number of rigs in the Piceance Basin, which energy experts say is one of the largest natural-gas reserves in North America, to drop 40% in the coming months. "There is a systematic change in thinking among energy companies that you could not have guessed just six months ago," says Harpole. "The places with...
...Next, residents are given marking kits, paid for either by the company or out of government funds. Windows and street furniture in the area are then plastered with the SmartWater logo and the local media are roped in to help wage psychological warfare on local villains - typically, police will rig out a bait car with a spray to secure a headline conviction and make it known they will routinely scan suspects arrested for any reason. Last December, police in Peterborough sent greeting cards to convicted thieves to let them know that their next crime could leave them "glowing like...