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Water-strapped Singapore already uses a similar process to augment its reservoirs, and water managers from around the globe have been visiting Orange County to study GRS. Especially in the drier parts of the world - such as the American Southwest, northern China amd the Middle East - water recycling could be a way to allow development without turning to even more expensive methods of water reclamation, like desalinization. But what we really need to do is treat water as the limited resource it is, first by limiting pollution, then by reusing it as much as possible. The U.N.'s Barlow - whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sewage That's Clean Enough to Drink | 12/16/2008 | See Source »

...network doesn't seem to weaken behavioral influences. That means that prevention and treatment programs for health-related behaviors such as quitting smoking, losing weight and exercising could become more efficient by taking advantage of the network effect. "The wonderful property of social networks is that they augment what you seed them with, so if you can seed a network with a smoking cessation program, you will get multiplicative power in getting results." When it comes to getting healthier as a nation, it may take a village after all - a well-connected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quitting Smoking Is Contagious | 5/21/2008 | See Source »

...Chenoweth, performances like these are simply an accumulation of the work put in on a daily basis during practice. However, his performance may serve to further augment an already potent Harvard line-up in the future...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chenoweth Makes a Dash to the Top | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...continues to provide him unfaltering support. However, Musharraf does not have any support in Pakistan, as evidenced by the strong anti-Musharraf vote in the Feb. 18 elections. If the U.S. continues to support Musharraf it will further alienate the people of Pakistan from the War on Terror and augment anti-U.S. sentiments. When the U.S, backed a highly unpopular dictator in Iran, it back-fired resulting in an extremist Islamic revolution. The world cannot afford a nuclear power like Pakistan to turn into another Iran. The U.S. must use all its capabilities to return Pakistan to the rule...

Author: By Samad Khurram | Title: The Failure in the War on Terror | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...Obama's surge of celebrity backing turns the tables on the Clintons, who have long enjoyed strong support from powerful Hollywood figures. Clinton isn't without her share of Hollywood fans who are working to augment her built-in name recognition ahead of Super Tuesday. Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ron Howard, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Fran Drescher, John Grisham and Magic Johnson have all campaigned on her behalf, helping out with phone banks and making the occasional personal appearance. At a Clinton rally in L.A. on Saturday, such boldface names as Sally Field, Bradley Whitford and Christine Lahti were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Celebrity Army | 2/4/2008 | See Source »

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