Israel heats homes with rooftop solar heaters
About 20 percent of Israelis use solar water heaters after engineers introduced a rooftop system priced around 325 that ends monthly bills for many. Some 60 solar heating companies operate in Israel with strong exports to the United States Greece Turkey Portugal France Norway Denmark and Britain.
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Israel
Greece
Turkey
Portugal
France
Norway
Denmark
Britain
South Carolina
Plain English proposed for U.S. Constitution law
A third year law student argues in a Washington Post letter that all laws be written in plain English. The author condemns obfuscation and calls for common sense in court language while acknowledging the proposal is unlikely to pass.
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Washington Post
Autumn Beauty On Aiken Countryside Roads
A civic note praises aging appreciation of nature seen along the Windsor bound routes in Aiken County. The author highlights blackjack oak and wild cherry hues on the Gregg Highway and Hitchcock Parkway, stressing their lasting splendor beyond mountain autumns and noting their practical use in barbecue.
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Windsor
Aiken-Eureka Road
Gregg Highway
Hitchcock Parkway
Doonesbury censorship and school funding debate letters
A reader denounces Doonesbury censorship while another letter analyzes a local school bond vote. The editor notes they saved the Doonesbury sequence and offers copies on request. The second letter argues voters approved more schools but not teaching, urging cost cuts and stronger support for education.
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Board of Education
About Letters at The Lihen Standard
The Lihen Standard invites letters to the editor to be signed in the writer’s handwriting and include a mailing address. Anonymous letters are rejected. Letters should be legible, preferably typewritten, and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. Word limit is 200 words with editors’ discretion.
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Thuy
Action Needed To Protect Global Environment
Senator urges international negotiations for an environmental impact statement on projects harming other nations or oceans. He backs a treaty banning environmental modification techniques and warns costly cross border effects from dams, waste disposal, and jungle clearing unless global safeguards are adopted.
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Europe
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Greenland
Jacob Wrestles with God and Receives Blessing
Billy Graham explains Genesis 32 in which Jacob wrestles with an angel believed to be the Lord. The struggle ends with Jacob crippled in the thigh, a sign of renewed commitment and his name change to Israel, illustrating that one cannot flee God and that He blesses those who seek Him.
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Mrs. F
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Israel
Organized Crime War Falters In GAO Report
A GAO study criticizes federal strike forces against organized crime as faltering and mismanaged. It cites low morale, poor Washingtonfield communication, and possible disbanding as Thornburgh reshuffles leadership while noting arrests of top mob bosses and calls for better direction.
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New Orleans
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Lynch
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Mountain Battle On the Ridge Fought 200 Years Ago
Gen Isaac Shelby and Campbell forces engage Ferguson's Rangers on a mountain ridge with rifle fire and bayonet charges. Shelby's and Campbell's brigades press the attack ten minutes before wings align. Ferguson's position on the bare summit proves exposed to rifle fire. Ensign Robert Campbell leads a small party to dislodge rocky ramparts and succeeds.
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Isaac Shelby
Ferguson
Campbell
Shelby
Col
Harry Lee
Robert Campbell
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