Word: waterings
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...Shulamis” tells the story of a young girl, the opera’s namesake, as she wanders lost and alone in the desert. Thirsty and desperate, Shulamis lets herself down an empty well in search of water. Trapped underground, she is saved by Avsholem, a handsome and courageous young man. Though Avsholem must continue his journey to Jerusalem with his servant Tsigitang, the young hero promises to marry Shulamis upon his return. While Avsholem disregards his vow and establishes a comfortable life in Jerusalem, Shulamis clings to the memory of her beloved and fakes madness in order...
...Mechanism (CDM) administered by the U.N. under the Kyoto Protocol. But while the steel plant's efforts to reduce its emissions may in a very small way be helping the earth's atmosphere, villagers complain any benefits are lost on them. "Since the plant has come, the village's water supply is polluted, and the air is polluted from the dust and smoke," says KSL Swamy, the Toranagallu representative in the state legislature. "Salaries at the plant are very good," he says, "but the pollution is very bad. We feel it." (See pictures 25 years after India's Bhopal industrial...
...such problem: residents in Japan became bothered by the mini-sonic booms created by the bullet train as it exited tunnels near residential areas. Benyus said that the solution was found by turning to a bird called the Kingfisher, which catches its prey by dive-bombing into bodies of water without creating a single ripple thanks to certain properties of its tapering beak. Design firm JR West solved the noise issue by adapting the nose of the train to mimic the Kingfisher’s beak, increasing the train’s speed by 10 percent and reducing energy consumption...
Indeed. Like dumping water on that priceless book you're reading...
...early 20th century planned garden neighborhood where local élite, like the late Suharto's clan, reside. For them Jakarta again is a town of joy, booming with steel, glass and shining retail spaces. But Tales of Djakarta, in which the poor bathe in the canal's toxic "yellowish water" and Japanese officers fill Menteng's villas with comfort women, obstructs those pretty views. Though not void of hope, Jakarta for Pram was a town of tough and busy griefs. The bakso sellers in and around Merdeka Square might still agree...