China Daily
07 Mar 2013
Ensuring air quality and river cleanliness is priority, He Na, Wu Wencong and Tang Yue report in Liaoning and Beijing ... Mere mention of the Liaohe River in Liaoning province will prompt a barrage of stories as Cao becomes animated. Having spent three decades working at the river's hydrology station, Cao watched the water deteriorate from clean in the 1980s to turbid and fetid in the 1990s....(size: 3.1Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
07 Mar 2013
A mission to map Earth's water from space starts with a small passenger plane flying over California's Sacramento River ... While surface height doesn't say how much water is stored in reservoirs, the AirSWOT tests are designed to help scientists develop software for the satellite to calculate river flow rates and to monitor coastal ocean currents, among other jobs ... [The World's Longest Rivers]. Sacramento River snapshot....(size: 3.7Kb)
Stuff
07 Mar 2013
So, if you've been anywhere near the internet this week, you will be aware that Adam Hills is the new king of the GIF set jungle after his The Last Leg screed about Joan Rivers went viral ... At the outset I should note that I didn't think Rivers' jokes about Adele were funny; Rivers operates on a rapid fire basis and plenty of her gags fall flat or swing closer to just plain old insult than comedy....(size: 6.3Kb)
Business Wire
07 Mar 2013
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital River, Inc ... Digital River will be at the event, which is being held at the Le Parker Meridien in New York, NY, on Mar ... A live webcast of Digital River’s session will be accessible online through the Investor Relations page of the corporate website ... About Digital River ... Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America....(size: 4.9Kb)
Business Wire
07 Mar 2013
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital River, Inc ... DRIV), the revenue growth experts in global cloud commerce, announced it is hosting a complimentary webinar entitled, “Getting Started in Payments Toolkit – The Basics You Need to Drive Online Sales in North America.” The webinar, which is part of Digital River’s monthly E-Commerce Webinar Series, is scheduled for March 12, 2013, at 11 a.m ... About Digital River, Inc ... Digital River, Inc....(size: 7.9Kb)
noodls
07 Mar 2013
Shaw River Manganese Limited) MARCH 7, 2013 ... Following its December 2012 resource upgrade (17Mt @ 22.5%Mn), and noting that manganese prices have been increasing in recent months, Shaw River has been progressing a number of strategic initiatives and is optimising the operating plans and cost parameters outlined in the Otjozondu Manganese Project (Otjo Project) Scoping Study which was released in April 2011....(size: 11.4Kb)
Boston Herald
07 Mar 2013
Medeiros of Fall River, a veteran and retired truck driver, died Monday ... Medeiros was born in Fall River and lived there for most of his life ... He was a communicant of Holy Trinity Church, Fall River ... Saturday at Good Shepherd Church, Fall River....(size: 1.2Kb)
Business Day
07 Mar 2013
THE Chinese government has unveiled plans to build large new dams on major rivers flowing to other countries ... China has shifted the focus of its dam-building programme from dam-saturated internal rivers to international rivers after having already built more large dams than the rest of the world combined ... river waters before they cross its frontiers....(size: 4.4Kb)
Stuff
07 Mar 2013
Community and Public Health lifted the warning at the Black Hole on the Waihao River yesterday after it found that the amount of algae covering the area is now below levels of concern. However, Canterbury medical officer of health Dr Daniel Williams said Environment Canterbury would continue to sample the river throughout the coming months....(size: 1.8Kb)
New Straits/Business Times
07 Mar 2013
IN conjunction with World Water Day this March 22, Salcon Bhd recently took 30 Year Six pupils from SK Putra Perdana, Puchong for a river and water awareness programme at Lembah Kiara Recreation Park in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. All the 12-year-olds not only learnt about water pollution and conservation in theory, but also about so many things first-hand by getting into the shallow river here....(size: 2.8Kb)
North Jersey
07 Mar 2013
– During Hurricane Irene, waters from the River backed up into the storm-water sewer system and flooded the lower borough ... Workers in Totowa install check valves at the ends sewer pipes that drain into the Passaic River....(size: 1.1Kb)
Chicago Tribune
07 Mar 2013
Authorities say an off-duty Evanston police officer — previously commended for rescuing a co-worker from a burning car wreck — pulled a 7-year-old boy to safety Tuesday after the child jumped into the Des Plaines River. Officer Sean O'Brien said he and his girlfriend were in their car at Miner Street and River Road in Des Plaines at about 3.30 p.m....(size: 2.5Kb)
Austin American Statesman
07 Mar 2013
On clear, sunny, spring-like days, when the redbuds are blooming and the turkeys are just beginning to talk, a virtual army of anglers heads for lakes and rivers and creeks to chase white bass ... The persistent drought has reduced flow in many rivers and streams leaving many white bass with no where to run ... The best known such area in Central Texas probably is Lemon’s Camp on the Colorado River above Lake Buchanan....(size: 4.5Kb)
