#CIFF38: Silence your phones during the movie, and don’t tweet from the bathroom.

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• March 19th, 2014
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@CIFF @wallywaterdrop gr8 partnerships yield gr8 results (& dry phones) Ty @neorsd for sponsoring gr8est film fest pic.twitter.com/v7VvJwSDL5 — joecimperman (@joecimperman) April 11, 2013 The Cleveland International Film Festival returns today, and with 93,000+ admissions last year, we know all sorts of eyes will be focused on our city—and...

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VIDEO: And you thought you’d never be interested in how a pump station works.

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• March 18th, 2014
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For most people, wastewater treatment just happens. It’s not something many think about. One thing we’ve enjoyed on our social media channels is the ability to bring the real-world work behind cleaning dirty water right in front of people’s eyes. Sure, we’re biased, but we think it’s amazing, and...

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WORLD WATER DAY: The value of clean water, made personal.

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• March 18th, 2014
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A young resident of Maslakh camp (Afghanistan) takes a drink of water. UN Photo/E. Debebe Flush. Don’t think twice about it. Turn the tap. No big deal. Start the laundry, fill your tub, wash you hands, whatever. It’s just water. The simple fact that we can consider a precious...

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GREEN: St. Patrick’s Day and 5 stories of green with Cuyahoga River connections

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• March 16th, 2014
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Our mighty Cuyahoga has never received the full Chicago River green-dye treatment, but it has some green tales to tell. Here are five interesting stories you may not have heard. 5. The Cuyahoga River was dyed green in 2008. Mysteriously. In January of that year, the City of Akron...

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QUIZ: Which tunnel boring machine are you?

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• March 14th, 2014
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So Buzzfeed won’t create our buzzquiz ideas. No biggie. We made our own. Just scroll down and click “Let’s Play!” to get started.

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HEROES: Could these superheroes’ alter egos have found better career options?

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• March 12th, 2014
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As Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” release date edges closer and closer—an event in which we hold particular interest—we’ve got superheroes on the brain. Of course, Captain America’s alter ego was Steve Rogers, whose comic book origins state he was a fine arts student and budding illustrator....

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LIST: 8 BuzzFeed quizzes you’ll probably never see

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• March 8th, 2014
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I can’t believe how these things have taken off. BuzzFeed quizzes. Which Willy Wonka character are you? Which bagel are you? What should your college major actually be? BuzzFeed quizzes are all the rage. But while their topics really do run the gamut, we came up with eight you’ll...

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PHOTO: Safety first, top hats are a priority.

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• March 6th, 2014
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Quite dapper for a sewer tunnel tour, no? These gents were friends of English civil engineer Joseph Bazalgette attending a tour of the main drainage works of his new London Sewage System in 1862. Tours of anything similar today are accompanied by hard hats rather than top hats, but...

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier included scenes filmed at our Southerly plant, Lakeview Dam

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• March 1st, 2014
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Hollywood and the stars of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” left their mark in Cleveland in 2012. At our facilities, they left their marks right on the walls. Yes, two Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District facilities served as shooting locations in May of 2012 for Marvel’s Captain America: The...

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VIDEO: Watch how a toilet works in outer space. Because science.

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• February 28th, 2014
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ABC Entertainment News | ABC Business News If you’ve ever wondered how astronauts go potty in space, here’s a video. But don’t worry, it’s totally SFW. This NASA clip featured on ABC News shows astronaut Cady Coleman playing with food in a very educational way to help answer one...

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