At the Rain Centre, Mr Sekhar, a physics professor, demonstrates that rain falling on a typical Chennai flat roof can be gathered for use by the household in the kitchen and bathroom, and the rest channelled into wells where it can be used or go to replenish the water table.

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Richey: That's the other half of what we see as a root cause of the past decade of flat or negative returns for the typical U.S.-based equity investor: they've been seriously under-exposed to International stocks over the past decade.

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The typical pitch of a vuvuzela is said to be B flat below middle C.

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He also believed Mr Reeve could have been alive injured for at least 24 hours and said his flat in Corton Road had been ransacked, suggesting a "typical chaotic search".

BBC: Barry Reeve

In an interview with Forbes this morning, Seagate CEO Steve Luczo said the company is expecting the total addressable market for the disk-drive sector in the June quarter to be flat to down slightly from the March period, which he says is typical for the period.

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