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The secret world of power generation, and the arrival of Earth-spanning super grids

2014-07-30 18:37:30| Extremetech

A long, long time ago -- well, the middle of the 1800s to be exact -- electricity was an intriguing but mostly useless thing. Some factories and residences toyed with early electric lights and motors powered by on-site generators, but most of the world used piped steam and natural gas to heat their homes and drive their machines for decades after electrification began. That would all change, however, with Nikola Tesla's invention of three-phase high-voltage power distribution at the end of the 1800s and the creation of the world's first synchronized national electricity grid in Great Britain in 1938.

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World Cup ads boost ITV profits

2014-07-30 11:39:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The World Cup and a revival in advertising revenues boost profits at the broadcaster ITV.

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Texas A&M Joins Forces with FAO to Tackle World Hunger

2014-07-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - The Texas A&M University System and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed to work together to combat world hunger by building capacity for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in developing countries.

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COMMENT: The current state of play in world garment exports

2014-07-29 18:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Data from major garment exporting countries to the EU and US shows who's winning and losing so far in 2014. David Birnbaum looks at the trends.

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MLS All-Star game puts Portland on world stage

2014-07-29 17:28:58| PortlandOnline

Eric Heartquist in KGW News, July 28, 2014

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