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Turkish Daily - Found Oct. 20, 2008
... during her visit to the windmills. "I don't want to bring those tourists back without showing them the eight historical windmills located in...
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"Windmills in the sky" will tackle global warming
Going Green - Found Oct. 17, 2008
Other ideas being considered include flying windmills, which look like tethered lightweight helicopters.” What is a LadderMill?
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Windmills leases can be cancelled on zero progress: minister
Business Recorder - Found Oct. 15, 2008
... informed him during a recent briefing on wind power at Governor House that land of those projects will be given to other interested windmills.
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Windmills get painted for IAF security
Asian Age - Found Oct. 7, 2008
Oct. 7: Windmills along the Gujarat coast are being painted a bright fluorescent orange in order to prevent any danger to Indian Air Force fighter
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Dakshidin Corporation Announces That It Has Shipped Two Restec Mark ...
TradingMarkets - Found Oct. 3, 2008
YKS will install the Restec Mark 10 Windmills in identified targeted areas and will work closely with the Yunnan Government.
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Windmills offshore
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Found Oct. 3, 2008
Windmills would certainly be a more reliable and ecologically friendly way than oil rigs to harness energy off the Virginia coast.It would be less of ...
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Tilting toward windmills
Journal-Gazette - Found Oct. 12, 2008
... between giant, utility-run wind farms with scores of $20 million wind turbines and tiny backyard windmills holds great potential here, he says.
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Windmills on the horizon
Deseret Morning News - Found Oct. 12, 2008
They are no longer the 'windmills of your mind.' They're the windmills of reality. And last week Gov.
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Duiven councillor receives death threats: Nico Verlaan says he ...
Expatica Netherlands - Found Sep. 26, 2008
Nico Verlaan says he received death threats from people opposed to his plans to build windmills.
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46 more windmills power up in Thumb
Michigan Live - Found Sep. 25, 2008
... blade into position to form one of the 46 new windmills at the Noble Thumb I Windpark near Ubly. The first of 46 windmills was erected Saturday...
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