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Local REALTOR ranked #71 in the Nation by Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends

2013-07-01 01:00:45| Real Estate - Topix.net

Blair Myers, of EXIT Success Realty , was named one of the top real estate agents in the United States, in a nationwide survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends.

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Fracking the nation: the dash for gas beneath rural Britain

2013-06-28 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Compton Martin is not the most obvious place to have a conversation about drilling for gas, and what's already happening in US states such as Texas, Oklahoma and Ohio. It sits on the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, in the famously picturesque Chew Valley. It may say something about the place that it still has a functioning village water pump. At a bus stop, I meet two local mums: Chloe Mann, 35, and Sarah Kirwan, 39. "It's quiet little village," says Mann, a mother of two who works part-time...

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Every nation must shift to sustainable growth - debate

2013-06-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Thomson Reuters Foundation: The pressing need to limit damage from climate change means that all countries must start running their economies in a way that shares the world's resources more fairly, experts told an online debate hosted by Thomson Reuters Foundation and CARE International on Thursday. "Addressing climate change requires addressing the unsustainable consumption and production patterns of rich countries," wrote Amina Mohammed, special advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General on post-2015 development planning. For...

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