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(10th October 2008)
Gino Federici, a Las Vegas-based singer, has set up a rather unusual website. Singing for toilets or sanitation is rare but not unheard of: The Mozambican singer Feliciano dos Santos, who sings regularly about water and sanitation, was recently awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts. One of his early songs promoted UNICEF latrine slabs and included these lines: "Mothers, listen to ...
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(6th October 2008)
Who would be a wastewater treatment manager? Not me. As well as having to efficiently and safely remove all manner of bacteria, viruses, hormones, medical residues, and whatever other crap apart from crap that we put down our toilets and drains, they also have to do this without offending their neighbours. Sewage treatment people spend millions on odour removal, even though as one acerbic American ...
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(24th September 2008)
I heard two comments today. The first was from a woman in Hackney parking shop, a place where you go in a usually vain attempt to get out of paying parking fines or to pay for the privilege of parking on your street. In short, a place where tempers are short. She was irate about something or other, and began a rant which ended, "Hackney ...
(15th September 2008)
An interview with me and Library Journal, the American journal for librarians (obviously).