 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Charting the skies — the ancient Greek way
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OREM -- After 20 years of teaching astronomy, Paul Mills at last
knows -- with certainty -- the locations of constellations that were
identified by the ancient Greeks.
Mills, who teaches at Utah Valley State College, and Brigham Young
University linguist Roger Macfarlane are polishing their translation
of "A Commentary on the 'Phaenomena' of Aratus and Eudoxus," written
by astronomer Hipparchus in 130 B.C.
It is the first English translation of the book, originally
written in Hel...
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Utah County should update voting methods
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; Austerity is a virtue, especially where public funds are concerned. But there is a point at which austerity can turn to stinginess. Utah County is dancing awfully close to that line when it comes to updating its voting equipment. State officials will spend the next several weeks trying to decide
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Transit time in Utah County
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Utah County residents want the chance to pay higher taxes so they can have commuter rail and other transit alternatives. Well, of course they do. That much should have been clear to Utah County commissioners back in 2000, as it was to leaders in Salt Lake, Weber and Davis counties. They all voted
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 "Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT)")
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Utah County is getting prescription drug cards.
Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT)
; ... the newspaper, go to http://www.sltrib.com. Copyright (c) 2006, The Salt Lake Tribune Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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Growth changing face of Utah County
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; PROVO -- No, they don't have a 3-year-old or a 10-year-old. Yes, they go to church, just not the one their neighbors go to. And they live in Utah County -- Eagle Mountain, to be specific. To be sure, George and Sue Hillicker aren't part of the "old" Utah County demographic. The couple is retirement
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Did Utah County 'fumble' at Capitol?
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Think of it as a fumble in football. With minutes remaining in the 2005 Legislative session, Utah County leaders figuratively "dropped the ball" on legislation to benefit the county's commuters. They also received no funding for a distance learning center at Utah Valley State College -- and
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