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October 15, 2014

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The Risks of Cheap Water

By Eduardo Porter

Higher prices are essential to induce conservation and investment in water-saving technology and to steer water to where it is valued most.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 15, 2014, covering October 15, 2014.

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    Album cover for BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE by Blake Shelton

    BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE

    Blake Shelton

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    Album cover for 747 by Lady Antebellum

    747

    Lady Antebellum

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    Album cover for Partners by Barbra Streisand

    Partners

    Barbra Streisand

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    Album cover for Cheek To Cheek by Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    Cheek To Cheek

    Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

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    Album cover for ART OFFICIAL AGE by Prince

    ART OFFICIAL AGE

    Prince

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Notable Deaths

Giovanni Reale

2014Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (born 1931)[†]

Giovanni Reale was an Italian historian of philosophy.

2014Jiƙí Reynek, Czech poet and graphic designer (born 1929)[†]

Jiƙí Reynek was a Czech poet and graphic artist. A fluent French speaker, he translated the works of Henri Pourrat and Francis Jammes. He was the son of Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav Reynek. Photographer Daniel Reynek was his older brother. The family spent winters in Grenoble and summers in Petrkov, where Reynek spent most of his adult life. The family farm was seized by Germany during World War II, then came under state control after Czechoslovakia transitioned to communism in the 1948 coup d'Ă©tat.

Robert Tiernan

2014Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician (born 1929)[†]

Robert Owens Tiernan was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island. He served in the Rhode Island State Senate and was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

2014Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926)[†]

Norbert "Nobby" Wirkowski was an American and Canadian football player and coach. He is best known as quarterback of the Toronto Argonauts. The touchdown he engineered in the 1952 Grey Cup turned out to be the last offensive touchdown by the Argonauts in a Grey Cup for 30 years.

Historical Context for October 15, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]