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Human Composting Is Disrupting the Death Industry

Democratic Underground 19 Apr 2021

When I arrived at the nondescript warehouse in Auburn, a team of construction workers was transforming the wide, empty space into a way station between this life and the next. This place was Return Home, the world's second-ever human composting facility. Once Return Home opens later this month, it will also be the largest. In 2019, Gov ... .

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Dismal River canoe launch will stay, but construction will block access this summer

Omaha World-Herald 18 Apr 2021

ROGER HOLSINGER, WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE. The Willow Island Pony Express station sits in a city park in Cozad, Nebraska. First used as a trading post, the station also served as a stage coach stop for the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company ... DAVID HENDEE, THE WORLD-HERALD ... DAVID HENDEE, THE WORLD-HERALD.

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Stockton and Darlington Railway: What's so special about a 200-year-old railway?

BBC News 18 Apr 2021

According to its supporters, it is the railway that changed the world, but what makes it so significant and how much of it still exists? ... "The steam railway world is full of pedants," Niall Hammond says with a laugh ... "We would argue that it's the railway that got the world on track.".

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‘That Chemistry Show’ to hit MixC World

Shenzhen Daily 18 Apr 2021

Clear fluids changing colors, giant plumes of fire, liquid becoming clouds of smoke, glow-in-the-dark champagne glasses and much more, “That Chemistry Show” showcases some of the incredible things you can do when you understand the world around you.

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Reunited: Family visits West Metro Fire crew that delivered baby on front lawn

Fox31 Denver 18 Apr 2021

(KDVR) -- On March 7, Wren Reilly made her entrance to the world in an unexpected way ... The family stopped by Station 15 on Saturday for a visit with the crew who brought Wren into the world ... .

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BILL CRAWFORD — Mississippi needs quantum leap in STEM knowledge

Mississippi Business Journal 18 Apr 2021

“If you understand the behavior of electrons and the behavior of photons (light) then you understand everything that matters in the everyday world, except gravity and nuclear power stations.” ... Indeed, we now live in a world heavily dependent upon scientific complexity that we little understand.

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Back in the day, April 18, 1952: Around-the-clock battle holds back Mighty Mo in Omaha area

Omaha World-Herald 18 Apr 2021

SHERITHA JONES ... The long, flat 30.25-foot record crest took eight hours to pass ... Subscribe to The World-Herald ... Murrow ... THE WORLD-HERALD ... THE WORLD-HERALD ... THE WORLD-HERALD ... THE WORLD-HERALD ... THE WORLD-HERALD ... THE WORLD-HERALD ... THE WORLD-HERALD. A sandbagged pumping station in the Omaha area during April 1952. THE WORLD-HERALD ... PHIL JOHNSON, THE WORLD-HERALD. .

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Leon: Billionaire Issa brothers buy fast food chain

BBC News 18 Apr 2021

The deal includes 42 company-owned restaurants, as well as 29 franchise sites which are mainly found in airports and train stations ... As part of it, Asda's 323 petrol stations will be sold for £750m to EG Group, adding to the portfolio of more than 6,000 around the world.

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Queen Elizabeth Stands Alone as Philip is Laid to Rest

Hamodia 18 Apr 2021

... the world’s most prominent royal family ... As the service ended, buglers from the Royal Marines sounded the “Last Post” and then “Action Stations” to honor the late duke’s World War Two naval service, before choir sang the national anthem.

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Life aboard the International Space Station

CBS News 18 Apr 2021

One of the most out-of-this-world travel destinations is the International Space ...

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Residents of Dubai urged to accept and include children on autism spectrum

The National 18 Apr 2021

The inclusivity campaign is featured on 5,300 screens across the Roads and Transport Authority’s metro, tram and bus network, and on billboards in Enoc petrol stations and malls in the emirate. April is traditionally Autism Awareness Month, which is celebrated around the world.

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Residents of Dubai urged to accept and include autistic children

The National 18 Apr 2021

The inclusivity campaign is featured on 5,300 screens across the Roads and Transport Authority’s metro, tram and bus network, as well as in billboards in Enoc petrol stations and malls in the emirate. April is traditionally Autism Awareness Month, which is celebrated around the world.

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UK aid and Unilever reach one billion people with global hygiene campaign to tackle Covid-19

Reliefweb 18 Apr 2021

The world’s largest hygiene campaign aimed at tackling the spread of Covid-19 has reached one billion people ... Installed over 500,000 handwashing stations around the world, including in Bangladesh, as well as health care facilities in Iraq ... health systems around the world.

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Remember when?: Noon siren a UVFD tradition since World War II

Uvalde Leader News 18 Apr 2021

Noon siren a UVFD tradition since World War II – It’s a sound that many of us hear everyday but probably don’t even take note of, especially if you’ve spent any significant amount of time here – the long wail of the noontime siren issuing from the Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department’s downtown station.

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The unforgettable events of April 18

Dothan Eagle 18 Apr 2021

Then-Staff Sergeant Dick Adams, stationed near St. Louis in the waning months of World War II, may have been in the Sportsman Park crowd on this date in 1945, when outfielder Pete Gray made his debut with the St ... “And there were usually World War I veterans nearby who’d buy them and cold beers for guys in uniform.”.