"It was very frustrating, " Hambrecht says of the efforts to sell his system in the Silicon Valley territory he knows well.

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Some of the factories are now closed part of the year and the government is looking into the possibility of a metro system in the Kathmandu Valley.

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Suddenly a lone inventor rides in from what comes to be known as Copper Valley with a stunning new connection system that's easy to use, highly dependable and an order of magnitude cheaper than existing methods.

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Such was the situation four years ago at Citrus Valley Health Partners, a nonprofit community hospital system based in Covina, Calif.

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We have a weak levy system in California, in Sacramento River Valley, and we've got the potential of a major earthquake in northern California.

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Though Valley people pay high city taxes, the costly subway system barely reaches them, and most money for the schools, they feel, is sucked up before they see it.

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As U.S. citizens begin to opt out of the food system en masse, garden supply companies like Peaceful Valley are also in position to benefit.

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Valley folk point out that Judge Jackson thinks that a computer operating system and Internet browsing software should be separate.

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The title reflects their belief that you have to see the Valley and the relationships it requires as a living environment, not an economic system.

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