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A river runs through it

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The Republic of South Korea has installed a turbine and plans to order thousands more from a manufacturer in New Jersey. The turbines are designed to help fish navigate the country's locks. This helical turbine introduced by professor Alexander Gorlov's is a device that resembles an oversized beater from an old hand-held mixer. The turbine can harness kinetic energy from any body of moving water, including canals, open oceans, and rivers.

Author: Ford, Alyssa
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2005
South Korea, Strategy & planning, Turbines and turbine generator sets, Turbines, Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing, Planning, Usage, Natural resources, Fishery conservation, Company business planning, Marine resources conservation

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Awake-over guys

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Guru2Go is a yoga-themed reality show on FitTV where instructors Bill Donnelly and Jeff Bader teach yoga to car washers, jockeys, cooks, surfers and anyone else who crosses their path. The yogis teach two types of lessons, personalized yoga routines called awake-overs and five-minute yoga lessons to unsuspecting pedestrians or yoga minis.

Author: Ford, Alyssa
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2005
Methods, Evaluation, Yoga, Reality television programs

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Humanity: The remix

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New drugs and medical advances have made it easier to make changes in the bodies and minds of people, but this is a meter of concern as to where the trend could take them. This concern has created some political alliances as many critics are warning about the day when the modern passion for self-improvement reaches into their cells.

Author: Ford, Alyssa
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2005
Analysis, Technology and civilization, Technology and society, Humanity, Transhumanism

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