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A recent Belco estimate projected that Bermuda might rely on renewable energy for a fifth of its electricity by 2020. For many, this might call to mind visions of wind farms and vast blocks of solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels. Yet these large-scale ren...
DATE: Jun 24, 2010
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I saw the red and blue lights flashing before I heard the sirens. I was running down the streets of Harvard Square before I knew what I was doing. I had lost my friends.
"Andrew?!" He ducked into a building's shadow. He was being followed by an overz...
DATE: Jun 22, 2010
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The BP oil spill in the Gulf is all over the news these days. It is tough to not turn on the television and flick through stations that depict the ecological devastation and destruction.
Sadly it is likely to take years for this unmitigated disaster ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2010
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Today is Friday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2010. There are 203 days left in the year.
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On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain...
DATE: Jun 11, 2010
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Today is Monday, June 7, the 158th day of 2010. There are 207 days left in the year.
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On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for American independence fro...
DATE: Jun 07, 2010
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Today is Friday, June 4, the 155th day of 2010. There are 210 days left in the year.
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In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers first publicly demonstrated their hot-air balloon, which did not carry any passengers, over Annonay, France.
1913 — Br...
DATE: Jun 04, 2010
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PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) – Euro zone financial markets weakened yesterday amid rising concern about banks' bad debts and doubts about the pace of economic recovery.
France reaffirmed a longstanding call for a formal economic government of the 16-natio...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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Today is Tuesday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2010. There are 213 days left in the year.
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In 1533, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned as Queen Consort of England.
In 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the US fr...
DATE: Jun 01, 2010
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SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – World No Tobacco Day kicked off yesterday aimed at women and girl smokers with posters warning "Chic? No, throat cancer", as health officials said tobacco firms were targetting young women as they became affluent.
The Worl...
DATE: Jun 01, 2010
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Whether it is a question of those in power being out of touch or the populace wanting action faster, grassroots activism is here to stay.
Within days of the launch of anti-violence group Rise Above, Bermuda, its Facebook site had more than 2,000 memb...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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