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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...year, she had bronchitis, an ear infection, a urinary-tract infection and three or four colds," Mueller says. "This year she missed two days of school all winter." That's why Mueller joined the cow-share program, in which members pay quarterly fees of $100 to $200 for the upkeep of the animals and get raw milk in return. As an owner, her family receives its raw milk as dividends. No state or federal authority can prevent you from drinking milk from a cow you own, right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raw Milk Straight from the Cow | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...people about how uncomfortable they are,” Davis said. Several residents referred to Meyers’ death when expressing their general concerns about pedestrian safety during the public comment session of the meeting. They attributed the danger associated with crossing the street to the poor design and upkeep of intersections, especially during inclement weather, Councillor Craig A. Kelley also said that the city could take more actions to ensure pedestrian safety. “We’re not taking traffic management as seriously as we should,” he said. Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City Council Looks Into Pedestrian Safety | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...even though its owners do not. The house - which has eight bedrooms and six bathrooms spread over six floors, an elevator and a garden - belongs to a Swiss family who, according to Tom Tangney, estate agent for realtor Knight Frank, make their money in finance. Tired of paying the upkeep on a place they hardly use, they've put it on the market for $18.5 million. And at that price, "I expect the buyer will also be non-British," says Tangney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ritzy Business | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...currently pending bill, congressional leaders set on Tuesday the provisional cap on indirect expenses—including administration, building upkeep, and utility costs—at 35 percent, marking an end to a nearly half-century-old tradition of negotiating these rates on an institution-by-institution basis, said Kevin Casey, Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scientists Confront Funding Shortages | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...attraction - but the government had naively promised to draw 12 million. Moreover, Britons largely considered its publicly-funded $1.22 billion price tag a waste of lottery and public money. That it took another three years to finally unload it - at a cost of around $60 million more for upkeep - only hardened negative attitudes toward the Dome. It's new owner is AEG, an American entertainment and sports conglomerate that also owns the Staples Center in Los Angeles and several sports teams, including the L.A. Kings hockey team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Revival of London's Millennium Dome | 10/26/2007 | See Source »

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