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December 31, 2006 Sunday
Solar World: A sunny 2006 for solar
United Press International - USA
... Solar technology also saw several important developments, such as increased interest in ultra-thin photovoltaic material through nanotechnology, and new ...
2006: Year of chaos and transition
Calgary Sun - Canada
... US President George W. Bush admits the US operated secret prisons for ... 9 North Korea says it's conducted an underground nuclear weapons test, alarming the ...
Iraq split over fate of dictator's body
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... bones, the source of endless morbid fascination, were buried in secret, dug up ... after US troops found the deposed Iraqi dictator in an underground hideout in 2003 ...(I believe God showed me Saddam was one of the toes of the Book Daniel and he represents a clay toe)
Green Building Blogs - We Are Not Alone!
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... For starters you can view the new "Experimental House" in Japan made entirely of rammed earth or the "Handmade School" in Bangledesh made from straw and loam
December 29, 2006 Friday
City follows the green brick road
Chicago Tribune - United States
... sites are across the street from the Chicago Center for Green Technology at Franklin ... The shelters' lights will be powered by solar cells sitting on top of the ...
SOLAR TUBE
Inhabitat - USA
... Thats why we love Solartube - a smart technology which takes skylights one step further by refracting, reflecting and concentrating solar light into a small ...
Going underground to see the light
Durango Herald - Durango,CO,USA
... We ride in the back of a pickup truck, knees to our chins, sucking in the diesel exhaust. It is uncomfortably warm underground. ...
Some flowers can bring color even in winter; amaryllis can rebloom
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA
... and if it's outside, turn the pot on its side so it won't collect rainwater. ... I'm so glad I planted Euonymus fortunei or wintercreeper in my golden garden a few ...
Solar panels energize learning
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... What is intriguing about energy from the sun is that it is environmentally beneficial. The problem is that solar technology is still expensive.". ...
Sasol and the Liquid Coal Revolution
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
... focus and their budgets towards power sources such as wind, solar, hydrogen, ethanol ... Enter an old technology that has been gaining plenty of new steam lately ...
Schwarzenegger seeks funding boost for technology research
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... Helios Project," which supports research on super-efficient solar panels and ... a private-public partnership focused on information technology, biomedical and ...
December 26, 2006
Tuesday Boxing Day
Unravel mystery of Star of Bethlehem
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
... To solve this mystery astronomers have turned to historical records to identify ... Other theories speculate that ancient sky watchers might have seen an exploding ...
Old missile silo eyed as space site
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
By AP. CHUGWATER - This missile silo is a bastion of the Cold War, half-buried and hunkered down on the eastern Wyoming prairie, ready for the worst. ...
Jinn palaces
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... from the beautifully restored rock and cellar rooms of the Cappadocia Cave Suites to the cheaper but similarly subterranean Local Cave House hotel and the ...
What's the story behind MYSTERY BUNKER?
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore... But he has never noticed or even heard about the hidden World War II bunker that is located less than 30m from the Seah Im Road carpark (see map on facing page ...
Old mines still threat to homes
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA... It's no secret that large sections of land in Chesterfield County were once fertile ... needs to do more to protect people from such unforeseen underground hazards
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: A localvore Christmas
Bolton Common - Harvard,MA,USA... Root cellars can help preserve the harvest for fresh winter sustenance. Canning and freezing can keep foods available all year long
Whatever happened to ... those buried prairie dogs?
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... The dig uncovered four dead prairie dogs, but they had not been killed by tunnel collapses. They were sealed up in underground burial chambers by the colony ..
’Inside Ojukwus bunker in Umuahia
Nigerian Tribune - Ibadan,Nigeria
... An underground escape route was also built inside the house when it became the ... very important visitors, for air shelter, relaxation and for secret meetings.
Underground work underway: Homestake shaftf filmed
Black Hills Pioneer - Spearfish,SD,USA
... The Homestake site is vying for designation by the National Science Foundation as the location of a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL
Exploring underbelly of 12 cities
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... Moscow's secret underground chambers built by paranoid 15th-century Russian emperors and even more paranoid 20th-century Communist Party leaders. ...
Indian Air Force capable of neutralizing Pakistani nuclear missile ...
India Daily - Whitehouse Station,NJ,USA
It is an achievement of DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization) in India that ... Pakistani nuclear and missile installation are deep underground.
New research prompts rethink on eruptions
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
... But in the case of a supervolcano, the underground magma chamber bursts out in ... Last year, other research at Taupo – on the more recent Taupo supervolcano of ...
Research proves palm trees water content varies according to age ...
Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait
KUWAIT, Dec 25 (KUNA) -- A scientist has proved after completion of research that the palm trees ... The palm tree's roots go as far as 70 meters underground. ...
Energy efficiency builds a new clientele
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... In response to the growing consumer demand for green homes, the Home Builders Association of Maryland (www.homebuilders.org) has created green ...
December 22, 2006 Friday
The War of the Christmas Trees
ABC News - USA
... Daniel Houghton each year trekked through acres of conifers with his family to saw down the perfect Christmas tree for its solar-heated, earth-sheltered home. ...
'Earthquake swarm' strikes Mid-Del area
Midwest City Sun - Midwest City,OK,USA
According to Jim Lawson of the Oklahoma State Geological Survey, a number of people heard and felt what he referred to as the “earthquake swarm” but no ...
Homeowners focus increasingly on sustainable energy, renewable ...
Union Sentinel - Blairsville,GA,USA
... Alternative building methods including rammed earth, straw bale, and flying concrete construction feature thick walls, often over a foot thick, which conserve ...
As climber's body is airlifted, search continues for friends
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
... Even as the search narrowed to the 2,500-foot slope, the mystery intensified. ... The two climbers dropped down to the top of an ancient glacier, dug a shelter in ...
A Conversation on Energy Issues
By The Oil Drum(The Oil Drum)
He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Group for Colorado Springs Utilities which is tasked with looking at renewables and demand-side management. He lives in a solar rammed earth tire house (pictures can be seen here) in the ...
Explosion disrupts Taiwan solar cell material plant
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
An explosion at a plant operated by Taiwan's Green Energy Technology Inc., a maker of solar cell raw materials, has left two dead, and disrupted some of the ...
Govt Finds Silver Lining in Hurricane Stormclouds
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
... His presentation featured a "complete earth home" using compressed earth brick walls, complete with solar oven and electricity, rainwater collection ...
Solar power reviewed
Burbank Leader - CA, United States
... representatives from facilities services and the architect for the modernization projects have looked into alternative methods of providing solar technology. ...
December 19, 2006 Tuesday
’Christmas at Cratchits non-traditional, enjoyable
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... The root cellar is filled with the little dears. And Christmas is the worst time, what with Tiny Tim hobbling about smiling all the time. Mrs. C has had it. ...
Mary Jackopich: I don't feel like 100
Mesabi Daily News - Virginia,MN,USA
... flour. There was a canning to be done, wild berries to pick and potatoes, rutabaga, cabbage and carrots to store in the root cellar.
A backwoods Christmas in the UP
Escanaba Daily Press - Escanaba,MI,USA
... every bit as good, along with Mama’s special stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn pudding, a veggie from the root cellar (rutabagas or ...
Christmas classic by Charles Dickens celebrated, mocked
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
... That life, it seems, is filled with a husband who brings so many stray children home that at least 20 of them live in the root cellar. ...
A sustainable life Low-impact crusader speaks at GMC
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
... By building a root cellar Merkel could have whole foods to eat year round and by building a composting toilet he could use the humanure to fertilize the garden ...
County dispatchers to move above ground
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA
... The older bunker, hidden in the ground underneath, was built when the biggest threat of attack came from Cold War Soviet bomber aircraft that could spot
’Yellowstones caldera domes rising
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
... and puffing” of the Yellowstone caldera, the huge collapsed volcano that stretches ... In recent years, the possibility of a large volcanic eruption has been a ...
Dominica: The Caribbean "Nature Island"
Geotimes - Alexandria,VA,USA
... falls, visitors can see a thick volcanic deposit called the "Roseau ash," created during the most recent large-scale explosive eruption of a Dominican volcano. ...
Menlo Park leads the way for a green future Menlo Park leads the ...
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
... Craig Lewis, an investor in solar and electric vehicle technology, echoed those sentiments. "We need to start at every level we can," he said
China, US Partner To Advance Clean Energy Technology
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
... accord with the United States on advancing clean energy technology will enhance ... Protocol, which renews US-Chinese cooperation in advancing solar, wind, biomass ...
Earth's balances breaks down
Sabah - Turkey
... In Russia, bears refuse to hibernate due to record breaking weather temperature. Capital city Moscow is paved with daisies and violets
Seoul to Boost Defense Against N.Korean Nukes, Missiles
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
... a ballistic-missile early warning system to respond to the nuclear and missile ... W7.5 billion, improved high altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) protection for ...
Day of the Event: Timeline to Deception
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA... the first publicized unusual animal death case, waves of cattle "mutilations," bigfoot encounters, "alien abductions," rumors of secret underground bases and ...
Pacific NW winds kill four, leave 500,000 powerless
L'express.mu - Mauritius
... search for three missing hikers on Mount Hood but stormy weather expected overnight ... a week for the Pacific Northwest, which also had record-breaking rains in ...
Catch the Next Wave
Motley Fool - USA
... Last week, I discussed Nanosolar's new thin-film solar technology and explained how it could challenge a number of solar companies, including SunPower (NASDAQ ..
First solar-powered poultry house set for 2007
UDaily - Newark,DE,USA
... From this research, we will gain valuable information on the benefits of solar technology for the agriculture industry and for us all.”.
~Solar group at odds with The City
Examiner.com - USA
... The complaint is ironic, given that San Francisco’s government publicly and systemically supports solar power. Newsom named green technology as one of his ...
The Great Green Leap Forward: Energy-Hungry China and India ...
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA... In the model city of Huangbaiyu, McDonough takes his design cues from the local landscape by constructing low, earth-bermed buildings with roof gardens and ...
December 13, 2006 Wednesday
Tune for cleanup of U-233 changes
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... There also is an "underground ventilated bunker" that contains about 4,000 gallons of thorium nitrate solution that's contaminated with U-233.
Salt Museum Nears Completion
KBSD - Dodge City,KS,USA
The Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson is still a few months from opening to the public. ... The salt mines in Hutchinson stretch 65 miles underground. ...
Locust plague cancels race meet
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... track. The locust plague eating its way through south-western WA reached the wine growing town of Mount Barker two days ago. Mount ...
Silicon Valley Solar to Supply Pacific Power Management with 10MW ...
American Digital Networks (press release) - Annapolis,MD,USA
... SV Solar has developed a unique solar module technology utilizing an advanced internal concentrator, marketed under the Sol-X(TM) brand. ...
The Electro-pulse of Doom that threatens America
Register - London,England,UK
... "The worse news is that EMP weapons don't require a nuclear detonation - there are other ways to achieve the same effect.". What other ways? Not important. ...
A new kind of life
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... But he said the new research answers a key question: What do subsurface ... But deep underground, both ingredients - the hydrogen and the sulfate - are replenished ...
C&A Floorcoverings Uses Renewable Energy Source as Fuel
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... leaks, the risk of groundwater contamination from underground gasoline storage ... Tandus Technologies, the company’s research and development group, continues ...
False bid grounds sky-high Velvet Underground auction
CBC News - Canada
A rare Velvet Underground recording owned by a Montreal music collector has failed to sell, after the winning bid in a highly anticipated auction turned out to ...
Heat regenerator promises cheaper, cleaner energy
ABC Online - Australia
... which allows the production of low cost electricity with no greenhouse emissions. Associate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi says one geothermal power plant could ...
Man:made tremor shakes Basel
NZZ Online - Zurich,Switzerland
... plan to build a geothermal power plant. It is supposed to recover heat by pumping water deep into the Earth's crust and use it to generate electricity
December 11, 2006 Monday
Film of secret WWII weapons site
BBC News - UK... The site remained top secret for a long time, and the film's screening on ... people their first opportunity to find out exactly what went on underground 60 years ...
How Nuke Secrets Left Los Alamos
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
... Underground nuclear weapons tests were conducted in the US for decades in utmost secrecy ... The lab gave her top-secret security clearance when she was just 18. ...
Patrick, Murray take aim at new energy projects
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA
... On the solar front, he said, it is one of the few places in the country that has companies that are “actually developing photovoltaic technology and ...
ēUnder the shadow of Lakegala 6. Of Their Hen Cultivation
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand... a low bund on the lower side with an opening for the rainwater to pass ... the economic Trinity of this village, namely the paddy field, hena and the home garden.
Compressed earth 12/10
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA
... said even after experiencing the benefits he says are offered by earth-based construction there will be people who are resistant to living in an earth house.
Southern Nevada's New Natural History Preserve
By The Backyard Traveler
Building that resemble rock are actually rammed earth and solar panels will generate heat and power. Workers have also been planting an 8-acre Botanical Gardens to showcase native, drought-tolerant species of plants that can be used in ...
Ancient climate change may portend toasty future
Carnegie Institution - Washington,DC,USA
... The source of this ancient carbon is still a mystery. It might have come from massive fires burning coal and other ancient plant ...
A white Christmas and your money back
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Though it means they could be giving away some company profits, Jennifer Cummings is actually praying for a record-breaking weather event due to the Santa ...
Spain capitalizes on new solar technology
InTech - NC,USA
... The plant employs a technology called concentrating solar power (CSP), which represents a sort of Holy Grail for the energy industry: An attempt to produce ...
Abandoned mobile homes plague North Carolina
The Independent Weekly - Durham,NC,USA
BY LISA SORG. The abandoned trailers on Lots 166 and 167 at Stony Brook North Mobile Home Park in Raleigh sit as still as empty locust shells.
December 6, 2006 Wednesday
Wealth, Class And Style In Rome
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
... These workmen are making a new top for one of the hidden mysteries of Villa ... Deep under the ornate rooms he had an austere bunker — a bolt hole from modern ...
What's the deal with... ...the restricted area near the Mount ...
The George Washington University The GW Hatchet - Washington,DC,USA... These contradicting findings make one wonder what exactly is being hidden on this ... under this land is an unused (or perhaps still functioning) bunker for times ...
German Cold War bunker set to reopen as a museum
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada... and hidden among the leafy vines, it was the ultimate "undisclosed location." Except that with the end of the Cold War, the secrets of this government bunker ...
Updated Tree House
BobVila.com - Boston,MA,USA
Here’sa siding option that is starting to make a comeback—tree bark. Proponents of this exterior cladding applaud the way it ...
Phipps Opens Tropical Forest: Thailand...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA... a canopy overlook, Healer's Hut, rapid streams, calm pools, hidden grottos, and ... passive ventilation system -- including 1,800 feet of underground earth tubes ...
Egyptian Pyramids Used Some of the Earliest Concrete Cast by any ...
Azom.com - USA In partially solving a mystery that has baffled archeologists for centuries, a Drexel ... The ancient builders cast the blocks of the outer and inner casings and
Nokia phones may use smell, solar power
Reuters India - Mumbai,India... It's not so much a technology issue but a usability problem," he said. "Then there's solar energy, but I don't think it will fly until it's integrated into the ...
New World Record Achieved in Solar Cell Technology
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA... Attaining a 40 percent efficient concentrating solar cell means having another technology pathway for producing cost-effective solar electricity.
Local Citizen Group Engages Cutting-Edge Solar Company: Forecast ...
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA... The alternative energy company's needs include nearly 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space to produce its solar photovoltaic technology and modules. ...
Living in Green Houses
News-Times - Forest Grove,OR,USA... practices by 2010. And, thanks to one builder, Forest Grove has become a hot-spot in the booming eco-home business. Summerfield Homes
Eternal City: 'Underground Memories'
Tiscali Europe - UK A grain and olive oil depository is now a showcase for Rome's finest archaeological discoveries of the past 25 years. The 'Olearie ...
New vehicles take a pass on gas
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA... van models. DaimlerChrysler is also working with Audi AG and Volkswagen AG on the Bluetec diesel project. • Ford unveiled its redesigned 2008 Escape hybrid,
How alternative fuels are being used in today's fleet
Accountancy Age - London,UK... will work alongside the new Ford department in Sweden, which will develop hybrid powertrains for ... is being refined and used in place of diesel on its van fleet.
Furnace service demand heats up
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA... before — winter's chill strikes. Each company offers energy-saving advice and information on gas-appliance safety on their Web site.
The Art of Bee Keeping
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA On that fateful day, Nawa says his dog angered the swarm of bees when it disturbed them while trying to cool off in some water. ...
December 4, 2006 Monday
The Art of Survival: Positioning Landscape Architecture in The New ...
咸?槍?政?府?网?站? - Xianyang,China... In the legend, the place, the source of the stream, was hidden behind a hill ... Simultaneously, the major rivers run dry and polluted, the underground water table ...
TEABAGS IN THE URANIUM PIT A Peak Inside Australia's Largest ...
Spiegel Online - Berlin,Germany... Work enough 12-hour shifts in Australia's largest underground mine, and you'll be ... The scope of the treasures hidden in the granite isn't immediately apparent ...
Waking up to winter
Columbia Missourian - Columbia,MO,USA... The storm’s dry, wintry conditions and potentially record-breaking snowfall are due to an unusual combination of contrasting weather patterns, said Anthony
Autumn was warmest on record
Reuters.uk - UK "If you look at 2006 as a whole and look at the record-breaking autumn, the record-breaking July and September, the warmest ever May-to-September period --
Energy costs popularize green homes
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA... These techniques don't use high technology, just solar savvy. Trombe walls, which store heat from the sun and release it after dark, are one technique he uses.
Wall of volcanic mud swamps Philippine villages, leaving 198 dead ...
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Safety violations including use of an open-flame torch near a leaky methane seal sparked a deadly underground explosion at an eastern
Nepali gov't to distribute 60,000 solar lamps in western remote ...
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China... for identifying the houses from mid December that would install solar lamps," the ... Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) under the Ministry of Science and Technology. ...
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