Word: rural
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...shopping takes place only in cities is outmoded, thanks to the Internet. And so when Lise Strathdee?who grew up in Italy and New Zealand and then worked in Milan with Romeo Gigli for many years before establishing her own design studio in London?stopped off at a tiny, rural community in New Zealand in search of a lunchtime snack during a vacation, she knew she'd found the perfect place to set up shop. Outpost Hokianga outposthokianga.com is a hip concept store that mixes fashion, books, art and fine food, and happens to be located in Rawene, a village...
...This is misplaced guilt. A volunteer armed with a pocket projector in rural Africa could project an educational video onto the wall of a house. OLEDs will help people cut their power consumption and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Even those who buy gadgets for their own enjoyment are helping to fund optics research and encourage technical experimentation. Improving our mastery of optics will improve our ability to communicate and light the path to the future we’ve all been waiting...
...lets you take as many courses as you can fit in a semester, which means some students are able to finish an undergraduate degree in as little as two years. "Before WGU, I would have had to drive almost two hours to Richmond," says Sandy Newsome, a teacher in rural Virginia who is getting her master's in math education. "Learning this all from home seems so much smarter." Sure does...
...Thomas Lennon showed an excerpt from his 2006 Oscar winning documentary “The Blood of Yingzhou District” at the dinner. The film, co-produced by Ruby Yang of the Chang Ai Media project, depicts the ostracism faced by children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in rural China. HCC intends to donate $1,000 of the proceeds from the evening to the communities Lennon worked with in the documentary, according to Geng. “Mr. Lennon’s work reminds us of a hopeful truth: in an increasingly globalized world, when we can be connected...
...farms in the Midwest and solar farms in the Southwest if they can be guaranteed that there will be a market for their products even if oil prices drop. • Construction of a new "smart" electric grid to deliver the power generated by wind, solar and geothermal plants in rural areas to the major population centers. This would be a down payment on the $400 billion over 10 years that Al Gore has estimated the new grid will ultimately cost - although, Gore says, the savings in energy efficiency could pay for the grid in three years. The new smart technology...