But if media reports were true -- festering corpses, raging violence, filth, and no food or water -- Askew feared her son didn't stand a chance.
That's not to say that celery sticks - along with other high fibre, water-heavy fruits and vegetables - have no value as weight-loss aids.
"There is almost no regulation concerning water or power use, no minimum standards for water-consuming appliances ... and very few energy requirements for buildings, " he laments.
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The idea is simple: propel yourself down two narrow 120-metre-long bog water-filled trenches using only your feet (no swimming strokes allowed) and the first to past the peaty post is the winner.
The homes of ordinary residents are one-story, mud-brick structures with no running water.
Breeders and scientists will continue to develop more water-efficient plants and agricultural technologies, such as no-till production.
And when I got there, I found that even though there was no clean water and no electricity and day-long lines for gas at the pump, that people were really relieved that Saddam Hussein was gone.
Despite the predictions by the dowsers - who use pointers to find underground water or minerals - there are no obvious signs that the fields at Greasley Castle Farm were home to a village.
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Every organization focused on addressing the water and sanitation crisis has a mission statement that suggests they want to create a world where all people have access to water, or where no child dies from a water- or sanitation-related disease.
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In Port-au-Prince, there is no water and almost no electricity for those who cannot afford generators.
Urara, a town of about 50, 000 inhabitants on the Transamazon highway, is a typical frontier town with no running water, no sewerage and no airport - apart from small, clandestine landing strips, which some people say are used for drug trafficking.
Cholera thrives in areas without clean water and proper sanitation, and the United Nations has said 6 million people in Zimbabwe -- more than half the population -- have limited or no access to safe water and sanitation in rural and urban areas.
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At the head office building there was no water in our 18-storey building and the toilets were in a mess.
Of course if he ever wanted to start fresh with a new management company, there would be no high-water mark.
What this means is that there is no disambiguating the energy-water-food nexus if we want to have a thriving civilization going forward.
There is a similar set up of no electricity and cold-water showers (not a problem in the jungle heat) at Otorongo Lodge.
Credit card issuers could no longer lure co-eds with BPA-free water bottles or sleeveless t-shirts and card seekers under 21 needed a parental co-sign.
Many farmers using these seeds have even been able to implement a "no-till" system, which offers tremendous environmental benefits by preventing soil erosion, keeping farm water and chemical run-off out of local watersheds and releasing less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The Ben-my-Chree suffered damage approximately four metres above its water line but no passengers were injured.
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All they seemed to need was water or juice -- no booze -- and music.
On the contrary, it seems as though the results no contaminants found in the drinking-water wells have justified the fracking movement.
The old station tracks took in only 3 to 4 feet of water, but there was no long-term component damage.
While with effort the water can be pushed out of its puddles, when the external force is no longer applied, the water will re-puddle exactly as before.
Although swimmers and sprinters face no resistance beyond water and air, peak-performance feats in other sports must face strong defenses, which only improve as each sport gains sophistication.
According to NPR, because the researchers only analyzed the samples for genetic signatures of different pathogens, they couldn't determine whether the bugs were alive, and potentially reproducing in the water, but there were no pool-related diseases reported in Atlanta during the summer the samples were gathered.
The Xperia advance's sleek and stylish design means durable and water-resistant smartphones no longer have to look bulky and rugged.
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Next, she was to pour cold water over my face-still no success.
"The Tory-led government is out of touch with the pressures facing families - the fact that it has postponed its long-awaited Water Bill means that there will be no action to tackle unsustainable water usage or to help households facing rising water bills for at least another two years, " she said.
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But no large, well-designed studies have found that anything but time -- and drinking water to treat dehydration -- can ease the aftermath of too much alcohol consumption.
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