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CBS News The construction of the Erie Canal was a gargantuan undertaking for a nation just 41 years old. The canal would be dug by hand, every inch of it -- 40 feet wide, 4 feet deep -- for 363 miles.
104 months ago
NPR Is it worth subsidizing the Erie Canal now that it’s no longer a major commercial waterway?
Piece Of The Past, Price In The Present: Paying For The Erie Canal
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The Erie Canal was once one of the country's most important trade routes.
114 months ago
Mother Nature Network A camera, a microscope and a lot of patience results in these surprisingly beautiful images.
Where you see a bug, Levon Biss sees a portrait
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Incredible bug photos by Levon Biss are not only beautiful, they allow entomologists to see insects in a new way.
114 months ago
Los Angeles Times Among the findings at the bottom of the canal: Cell phones, bicycles, and at least one boom box.
When a Paris canal is drained
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A Paris canal is being drained this week for cleaning, first into a puddle and then into a dry ditch. Canal Saint-Martin, popular with Parisians and visitors alike for its arched bridges, locks and trendy surrounding neighborhood, was emptied for the Read more ... first time in 14 years beginning Monday. The...
123 months ago
People.com It's the first time the canal has undergone a cleaning since 2001.
Paris Drained 3 Miles of Canal for the First Time in 15 Years and Already Found a Gun
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The last time the city cleaned the stretch of canal, they discovered 40 tons of junk
123 months ago
Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedi When was the last time you saw a boom box? At least one was found when a Paris canal was drained.
When a Paris canal is drained
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A Paris canal is being drained this week for cleaning, first into a puddle and then into a dry ditch. Canal Saint-Martin, popular with Parisians and visitors alike for its arched bridges, locks and trendy surrounding neighborhood, was emptied for the Read more ... first time in 14 years beginning Monday. The...
123 months ago
Daily Mail Cruise the Suez canal on an aircraft carrier
Timelapse shows USS Theodore Roosevelt sailing through New Suez Canal
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The Nimitz-class carrier is currently on deployment in the Middle East and was recorded passing through the New Suez Canal, an extension of the old canal which opened last week.
127 months ago
The New York Times The prospect of Nicaragua’s canal perhaps provides the best reason to visit the country now.
In Paradisiacal Nicaragua, Contemplating a Canal
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The largest freshwater lake in Central America and Ometepe, its main island, could be altered forever plans for a canal to accommodate larger ships.
131 months ago
Graywolf Press “'Our fears are dear to us,' writes Eula Biss in her powerful and important book, ON IMMUNITY. Biss notes that a lot of the parents who are skeptical of vaccinations, like we were, are the same people who worry about hormones in meat and pesticides Read more ... on vegetables. We’ve been told by our industry-cozy government that these things aren’t toxic, but we suspect that’s not right. We seek out farm-to-table food and even organic baby wipes as a prudent expression of that caution and care."
The Daily Beast explores vaccinations below!
I Didn’t Vaccinate My Child—And I Regret It
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How I finally discovered that vaccinating your kids is the right thing to do.
134 months ago
Salon "Fear is celebrated and used as a justification for all types of violent actions..."
“We seem to be more frightened than we’ve ever been”: Eula Biss on anti-vaxxers, white privilege and
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The essayist Eula Biss tells Salon how she got to know the anti-vaccine crowd -- and how she learned real empathy
134 months ago