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February 24, 2005
Selling bunker mentality to IT shops
Computerworld Australia - Australia
The knowledge comes from reclaiming a 1960s-era Atlas E Missile Silo and converting it into home sweet home - and eventually, they hope, a modern-day computer ... (Note-We have this listing here on Earth House. Take a look at our missile silo listing. Very cool)
Futuristic p-pod to amaze drinkers
BBC News - E,UK
A futuristic toilet in the heart of a prime Belfast nightlife area may provide part of the answer to the problem of street urination. ...
Going underground in Loudoun County
Loudoun Times-Mirror - Leesburg,VA,USA
... Involvement in the underground was a topic that was never discussed, or advertised ... that opened into the dining room fireplace -- which was hidden by wainscoting
Making power plays on the fuel technology of the future
Fuel Cell Works - USA
... solar panels in glass. If solar power takes off, so should Romag. Shares were already up at 73.5p last week from 43p in December. ...
'Renewable energy' is, alas, tilting at windmills
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
... Neither solar power nor wind turbines are currently close to economic (two to three times the cost of fossil or nuclear). Thus large ...
'Green' option for school is expensive
Souderton Independent - Souderton,PA,USA
The Operations Committee of the Souderton Area School Board will not recommend using a ground source geothermal heating/cooling system when the new high school ...
Greenhouse Grower: Turning to new inventions
... "I am at the point now where I need to find out if a market exists for my invention,"
he says. "That's why I asked Greenhouse Grower to do an article on it ...
Factor in energy when buying appliances
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... To assist consumers with appliance buying, the FTC recently announced the creation of an appliance energy data website (available online at www.ftc.gov ...
Tortured Chinese House Church Leader Testifies Openly in US
ChristianToday - London,UK
According to a new release from the China Aid Association, a member of an underground house church in China openly testified about her experiences of torture .
Biomass plan for region
Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail - Bridgetown,Western Australia,Australia
... "We will be promoting small scale local electricity generators using wind and solar energy," he said. Mr Chapman said any biomass generator should be co ...
Blanchard Wood Sculpture Elevates Tree Houses to an Art Form
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... Though only one tree house is currently for sale - a one-and-a-half-story charmer with a wraparound deck and a family of bears nestled among the front steps ...
Solar Tower of Power Finds Home
Wired News - USA
The huge alternative energy project isn't driven by manure, but by a 1-kilometer-high thermal power station called the Solar Tower. ...
Solar-powered bus garages opened
BBC News - E,UK
London's latest bus garages - both using environmentally-friendly solar power - will be opened by London mayor Ken Livingstone on Thursday. ...
February 28, 2005
Iran's earthquake toll tops 612
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami says the powerful earthquake which struck the southeast of the country this week has killed 612 people and injured nearly ...
San Francisco revises death toll for 1906 earthquake
Boston Globe - USA
SAN FRANCISCO -- In 1906, a great earthquake rumbled through this city, toppling buildings and spawning fires that devoured entire neighborhoods. ...
Major Tokyo Quake Could Cause $1 Trillion Damage-Panel
Planet Ark - New York,NY,USA
TOKYO - If a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tokyo the economic damage could total $1.0 trillion, a government disaster prevention panel said on Friday. ...
NZ upgrades tsunami warning system
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia
Officials in the earthquake-prone country said that coastal regions may not get enough warning of a tsunami generated from seas around Antarctica or in the ...
Volcano in Aleutian Islands erupts, spews ash and steam
San Diego Union Tribune - USA
... The eruption, however, produced tremors recorded by the Alaska Earthquake Information Center. The observatory responded by upgrading the volcano's color code ...
Avalanche hit Halsidar copes with devastation
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
As each day passes, the full extent of the impact of the heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir is becoming clear. More than 200 people ...
Tsunami devastation shocks City delegation
The Asian News - UK
MANCHESTER'S Deputy Lord Mayor, Afzal Khan has spoke of his shock at seeing first hand the devastation caused by the Asian tsunami in Sri Lanka. ...
Pipe the volcano has a mountainous task
Scotsman - UK
THERE is a volcano down in the West Country. ... It is venerable rather than ancient but is still prone to the odd spectacular eruption. ...
'Hawaiian activity' studied at Italian volcano
Hawaiinews.com - HI,USA
... Lava fountains are sometimes called "Hawaiian explosive activity," named after the type locality for this sort of eruption--that is, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i. ...
Second quake shakes outskirts of Lali in south of Iran
Payvand - Iran
Tehran, Feb 27, IRNA -- An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the open-ended Richter scale jolted suburbs of the town of Lali in Khuzestan province, south of Iran ...
February 24, 2005
Bush fires plague Singapore
新??浪??网?? - Beijing,China
Singapore is suffering its worst dry spell in 29 years, sparking rare bush fires and cranking the country's ubiquitous air conditioners into overdrive. ...
The Congo plague outbreak - how did it happen?
On Line opinion - Australia
The current outbreak of pneumonic plague around an open pit diamond mine at Zobia in the Ituri district, Orientale province of the northern Congo, is a highly ...
Nature puts SoCal on notice
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
Floods rush through. Mud slides. Holes rip open, terrible wounds to the earth. Homes fall down, roads change to rivers, lawns become pools. ...
Witness to Sumatra's devastation
Times Online - UK
... smells. Wherever you go there is total devastation. Displaced people are living in tents provided by international aid agencies. ...
AID COUPLE TELL OF DEVASTATION
Isle of Wight County Press - Newport,England,UK
THE devastation caused by the Boxing Day tsunami was witnessed first hand by an Island couple who travelled to Sri Lanka to deliver thousands of pounds in aid. ...
Rain doesn't faze canoe marathon organisers
Independent Online - South Africa
A massive storm hit the Southern Berg on Sunday night, forcing the Umzimkulu to rise rapidly, and in some cases to submerge bridges that cross the river. ...
Clay fire officials monitoring drought conditions
Bradford County Telegraph - Starke,FL,USA
As of Monday, the drought index for Clay County was averaged at 492 on a scale of 700. ... Updates will be provided as the drought and/or fire conditions warrant.
February 23, 2005
Iran earthquake: Your reaction
BBC News - E,UK
At least 500 people have been killed in south-eastern Iran after a large earthquake hit villages in the region. The quake was centred ...
February 22, 2005
Southern California Storms Cause Mudslides and Evacuations
KXTV - Sacramento,CA,USA
... Also in Long Beach, the Red Cross has opened an emergency shelter at a local high ... sized hail and there was even an unconfirmed report of a tornado in Fallbrook ...
Massive Storm Hits California
KGMB9 - Honolulu,HI,USA
A sheriff says two others were trapped but managed to escape. Ski resorts in the area reported as much as 20 inches of snow from a weekend storm. ...
How well do other states prepare for devastating hurricanes?
Houston Chronicle - USA
... Those who left later became snarled in massive traffic jams. ... The storm turned, hitting Gulf Shores, Ala., with 130-mph winds and spreading coastal destruction ...
Mild quake sows panic in Indonesia's Sulawesi island
Channel News Asia - Singapore
JAKARTA : An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook the tremor-prone Indonesian town of Palu on the island of Sulawesi Monday, causing panic but ...
February 21, 2005
Tornado whips through Temecula neighborhood
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
There were no reports of injuries from the massive storm. Torrential downpours and gusting winds caused thousands in damage to some ...
Models show 'massive devastation' in Houston
Houston Chronicle - USA
... "Unfortunately, we're looking at massive devastation," said ... It concluded that a large Category 4 or Category 5 -- a storm only moderately larger than the four ...
Pinpointing devastation if Seattle Fault ruptures
Seattle Times - USA
... computer model and the collective expertise of dozens of local engineers, scientists and emergency managers to forecast the devastation that would be wrought ...
February 20, 2005
Bush declares emergency for Nevada storm relief
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
... has signed an emergency declaration for Nevada, allowing the state and local governments to apply for federal aide for damage relief from massive winter storms ...
Earthquake Measuring 6.9 Shakes Indonesia
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
By Anadolu News Agency (aa). An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale occurred in the Sulawesi region in eastern Indonesia. ...
A Manufacturing Plant Rebuilds After a Tornado
WHOI - Peoria,IL,USA
... Employees found shelter inside the bathrooms during the tornado. Still, damage from the storm remains on walls and in the hearts of employees. ...
February 18, 2005
Ready to roll just five weeks after floods devastation
News & Star - Carlisle,Cumbria,UK
THE devastating floods which engulfed Carlisle last month threatened to put an end to indoor bowling in the city until the new season in September. ...
3 islands of American Samoa,
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
... The weather service said the storm generated destructive waves of 30 to 40 ... Samoa was spared most of the massive cyclone's destructive power when it suddenly ...
Earthquake centered near Milligan Ridge
Northeast Arkansas Town Crier - Manila,AR,USA
An earthquake last Thursday morning got the attention of residents across the Buffalo Island area. ... "Then I knew it was an earthquake. ...
February 17, 2005
Earthquake shakes up east Honshu, injures 27
The Japan Times - Japan
A predawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted Tokyo and other parts of eastern Japan early Wednesday, injuring at least 27 people and ...
Earthquake destroyed homes of 900 households of Xinjiang Corps
Xinhua - China
... 2 division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps confirmed Wednesday night that Tuesday's earthquake in Wushi County of northwest China's Uygur ...
Asia: Earthquake and Tsunamis - Appeal No. 28/2004 Operations ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... The Preliminary Appeal was originally launched titled "Bay of Bengal: Earthquake and Tsunamis". The title was subsequently changed ...
Tsunami's ruin depicted on video
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Liberty Township resident Sri Mirle experienced the devastation left by the December tsunami that destroyed parts of the southeastern coast of India. ...
February 16, 2005
Earthquake jolts Indonesia's Kepulauan Talaud
Xinhua - China
HONG KONG, Feb. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia, at 10:47 pm Hong Kong time Tuesday. ...
Earthquake rocks region
Shropshire Star - Telford,England,UK
Wales was rocked by an earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter Scale - sending shockwaves for more than 50 miles. The epicentre ...
Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Hits Japan, 22 People Hurt (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck an area of eastern Japan, including Tokyo where residents were jolted out of bed, the US ...
February 11, 2005
Tampa retiree helps build base station in tsunami devastation
Florida Baptist Witness - Jacksonville,FL,USA
By CAROLYN NICHOLS. SOUTH ASIA (FBW)--Ernest Buchanan, a member of Idlewild Baptist Church, Tampa, traveled to South Asia with a ...
Malepatis fulfilling physicians' true mission
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
We know from reading and watching news reports that the devastation was widespread, killing thousands and injuring thousands more, destroying millions of ...
No damage sustained from today's earthquake
WREG - Memphis,TN,USA
Although the Memphis area experienced the effects of mild earthquake this morning that was centered near Caraway, Arkansas, no damage was sustained by any MLGW ...
February 10, 2005
British navy releases first images of Indian Ocean earthquake ...
Channel News Asia - Singapore
LONDON : A British Navy survey ship released the first images of the seabed at the epicenter of last year's killer earthquake and tsunami that reveal the ...
Mile-long rocks were swept away at 100mph by earthquake that set ...
Times Online - UK
SLABS of rock more than a mile long were dislodged and swept up to seven miles in a series of underwater landslides set off by the earthquake that caused the ...
February 9, 2005
I am moved by tsunami devastation, says Warne
Daily Times - Pakistan
COLOMBO: Australian leg spinner and the world's top Test wicket taker Shane Warne said Tuesday that he was moved by the tsunami devastation and wanted to ...
Removed from the devastation, students cope with the unknown in ...
Silver Chips Online - Silver Spring,MD,USA
... best friend. All she could think about as she watched TV was the extreme devastation of Tamil Nadu, her birthplace. Raised there ...
Strong earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale took place off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) early on Tuesday, with no reports of injures or property ...
Asia: Earthquake and Tsunamis - Appeal No. 28/2004 Operations ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... The Preliminary Appeal was originally launched titled "Bay of Bengal: Earthquake and Tsunamis". - The title was subsequently ...
Tsunami Earthquake Three Times Larger Than First Thought
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA
A new analysis of the December earthquake that caused disastrous tsunami waves to strike Asia and Africa finds it was three times larger than earlier ...
February 7, 2005
Central Philippine region hit by middle-scale earthquake
Xinhua - Beijing,China
6 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit the island of Samar in central Philippines Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of ...
An earthquake in the Philippines sparks Tsunami fears in Malaysia.
Radio Australia - Australia
... in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island fled coastal areas for higher ground when officials warned of a possible tsunami after a strong earthquake hit the ...
February 3, 2005
Witness to the devastation
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
By ALLISON PRIES. OAKLAND - When Ira Belsky saw the devastation of the December tsunamis on television , he had to do something. "As ...
Sumatra earthquake shakes up Alaska volcano
SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA
by Ned Rozell. Mount Wrangell experienced "a small flurry of events" about one hour after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra on Dec. ...
Freak storms lash eastern Australia, at least two dead
Channel News Asia - Singapore
... But within hours temperatures plunged to record lows and skies went dark as massive storm clouds dumped rain, hail and even snow across vast areas. ...
Freak storms cause havoc in eastern states
ABC Online - Australia
... The low's whipped up a dust storm that's carried away the equivalent of 100,000 semi ... interview in 2000, I would have said on the basis of the record over the ...
Aceh devastation stuns PM
Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
PRIME Minister John Howard was stunned by the scenes of devastation as he inspected the aid effort in tsunami-hit Aceh today. Mr ...
Recovering from the Tsunami
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
... seen. Flying over the coastline in a helicopter, we saw an unending scene of devastation. ... years. But the devastation offers a few lessons. ...
Qld medical team arrives home from Indonesia
ABC Online - Australia
... team of emergency workers that has just returned from tsunami-torn Indonesia says nothing could have prepared them for the pain and devastation they witnessed. ...
The Tsunami Devastation - Indonesia Takes The Challenge | by ...
Hospitality Net
... goes on to recover from the aftermath of the biggest earthquake ever seen where there can be no underestimating the scale of the human devastation wrought by ...
Weatherwave Launches Service for Outdoor Enthusiasts
OUTDOORNEWSWIRE - Seattle,WA,USA
... reduces casualties caused by people being stuck away from shelter when severe ... warning, severe thunderstorm warning, winter weather warning and tornado warning. ...
Earthquake and tsunami teach us valuable lessons
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
... 26, a 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, caused a rippling of waves moving 500 mph that destroyed everything in sight -- "one of the deadliest ...
Coldest day on record
Ballarat Courier - Ballarat,Victoria,Australia
... Central Highlands Water marketing manager Phil Anstis said yesterday's rainfall was not expected to change water storage levels. ...
Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka: Earthquake and Tsunami OCHA ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... provided a medical tent, general medical supplies, hygiene kits as well as a generator. ... Many NGOs are using small fishing boats to access coastal communities. ...
February 1, 2005
TSUNAMI DEVASTATION IN A&N
People's Democracy
... relief and rehabilitation work. If we look at the devastation, the Nicobar group of islands is the worst affected. The Great Nicobar ...
February 21, 2005
Big cities must address risks of underground expansion, UN ... UN News Centre
17 February 2005 -- With growing population pressures on land in big urban centres, city managers find opportunities in using underground space for ...
Boy Scout for life
McMinnville News-Register - McMinnville,OR,USA
... Upon returning from military service in Africa, he discovered boys were reading a manual he had written about wilderness survival. ...
Fort Smith Schools Hold Tornado Drills
HomeTown channel.com - Fort Smith,AR,USA
... Fort Smith Public Schools' "Severe Weather Awareness Week" -- including Sunnymede Elementary School students, who were rushed into a brand new tornado shelter. ...
Hidden trail on Highway 1 is well worth the slide
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
... Slide Ranch with tons of farm animals, and then a descent to a hidden beach with a ... In addition, some old bunker-like military stations can be explored here. ...
Above-Average 2005 Hurricane Forecast Prompts Home Owners to ..ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO ,USA ... that they can only generate enough power to run small appliances. According to DiSalvo, if you wait for the next major storm to purchase a generator, you may ...
I Never Thought it Would Happen to Me...
TheHorse.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... other "four-legged family members." Disaster planning information for small animals can ... an electric pump, I have purchased an adequately sized generator to use ...
His height was his fate
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... Instead, he was supposed to crank the generator on a two-man radio. But the island was too small and the struggle too fierce for any man to entirely escape ...
Tiny lights add up to huge potential at LED firm Cotco
The Standard - Hong Kong
... new equipment to function, although some developers are experimenting with LED-powered light bulbs that could plug into conventional lamps and lighting fixtures ...
Source of Underground Fires Determined
WMTV - Madison,WI,USA
The two underground fires and power outages in downtown Madison have been traced to a contractor working at a substation. The state ...
Underground Transpower Line Says NZ First
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
... spokesperson Brent Catchpole says Transpower's proposed electricity line across Waikato and South Auckland should be placed underground through residential ...
Familiar downtown sights could go underground with SCE project
Santa Paula Times - Santa Paula,CA,USA
Familiar sights in the downtown area could be going underground after the City Council asked that staff pursue a program for burying unsightly utility poles. ...
February 17, 2005
Venezuela: Angels Don't Play This HAARP
CMAQ - Québec,Canada
... Of course, ever since HAARP, we need not blame the heavenly fathers for all these fateful contradictions. The self-appointed Arch ...
Cave house for sale in Spain
Cave house for sale. 3 bedroom, hilltop village property with exceptional
views of the Sierra Nevada, Granada. Mosaic bath, large .
FEMA: Mt. Weather Emergency Operations Center
... Mt. Weather with northern Shenandoah Valley in background The Mount Weather Emergency
Assistance Center (MWEAC) is located in Virginia high in the Blue Ridge ...
Dinner in my cave or yours?
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
... the Saumur of wine and goat cheese fame -- Rochemenier was built entirely underground, beginning in ... When you are home, you'll want to recreate the experience. ...
Millionaire's Green Mansions
Forbes - USA
Solar power is cheaper than ever for homes, American families are using geothermal heating and cooling systems, and efficient wind turbines make it a breeze to ...
Top 20 Homesteading Tools
Mother Earth News - USA
... generator to power the house and barn if the power lines go down in a storm, or a pump to fill a pond or empty the cellar after a flood. A modern, small diesel ...
The terror next time
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... vulnerable to EMP attack because we largely stopped worrying about it 13 years ago. In 1992, the United States adopted a moratorium on nuclear testing, thus ...
School Drops RFID Tag Program
Wired News - USA
The grade school that required students to wear radio frequency identification badges has ended the program because the company that developed the technology ...
INVENTOR DEVELOPS THE MOST EFFECTIVE LEAD ACID BATTERY ENHANCEMENT ...
Earthtoys (press release) - USA
Green Builders and Solar/Wind Power users can improve the life of their battery banks. Build up of sulfate crystals is the main cause of battery failures
Space-age building material plant employs 60
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
By Pamela G. Dempsey. PAGE, Ariz. -- From a long pipe, a mixture of fly ash and cement pour out slowly into a mold that looks like a giant bread pan. ...
Green mansions of the millionaires
MSNBC - USA
... is distributed around the house. And since it's hidden underground, there are no air conditioning units cluttering up the land. ...
Army unveils top secret shelter
TVNZ - New Zealand
Serbia-Montenegro's army today opened up its top secret underground shelter in Belgrade, for years rumoured to be a hideout for war crimes suspects. ...
The dirty state we're in
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Renewable energy options such as wind and solar power can't guarantee constant supply, for obvious reasons: the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't ...
Oregon businesses plug into state's solar incentives
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
... By combining the various incentives, businesses can considerably lower the cost of installing solar power, sometimes as much as 60 percent or more. ...
HOW WE FOUND OUR MINNESOTA HOMESTEAD
Mother Earth News - USA
... After hashing over the pro's and con's of homesteading in each region, we agreed to take a closer look at Minnesota and Wisconsin and--once again--turned to ...
February 10, 2005
Tortured China House Church Member to Testify in DC
Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
A member of an underground house church in China will recount her experience of torture, abuse and arbitrary imprisonment by Chinese police on Thursday, Feb.
Outback's solar tower will reach for the sky
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
MELBOURNE - The firm behind a plan to build a power-generating solar tower - touted as the world's tallest structure - in Outback New South Wales is to sign an
The Revolution That Wasn't--Yet
Forbes - USA
... kerosene and the methane given off by landfills and sewage-treatment plants ... GE - news - people ) also purchased important air-bearing technology from Honeywell ...
Wal-Mart Finds It's Not Easy Being Green
Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA
... preparing to build a $30 million prototype store in Vancouver, British Columbia that is environmentally correct -- with windmills, geothermal heating and 250 ...
Majority Of European Consumers Worry RFID Threatens Their Privacy ...
Information Week - USA
Consumers surveyed see privacy-protection laws as way to make them feel more comfortable with buying RFID-enabled merchandise. By Laurie Sullivan. ...
Ellen MacArthur Sails Home in Triumph
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... guided her 75-foot boat into port through a turquoise bay with small planes and ... She was forced to fix a generator and a watermaker, survived 65 mph wind, and ..
Appliance energy comparisons becoming easier
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
... Also use the yellow energy label to compare refrigerator/freezer and clothes washer efficiency. Visit the Association of Appliance and Equipment Association ...
Ford unveils its second hybrid SUV
MSNBC - USA
Summer 2005: Highlander SUV, no mpg estimate but Toyota says it will travel 600 miles on tank of gas.
Alberta High School becomes Solar Pioneer
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
Feb 9, 2005 - Cochrane, AB SPS Energy Solutions, one of North America's leading solar energy companies, is pleased to announce that they have provided a ...
New Churchill Museum Available For Hire
Londonlaunch - London,UK
... unseen material charting the public and private life of one of Britain's most important and influential leaders, this once secret, underground war-time ...
Petzl Myo 5 Headlamp Review By the Everest GearGal
Everest News - Nepal
... Petzl Myo 5 headlight combines the best features found in hands free lighting. Manufactured with a high intensity Xenon bulb on top of 5 white LED bulbs, all .
Safe Drinking Water Saves Lives in Tsunami-Swept Maldives
Red Cross - USA
... done.". New water storage tanks, water pumps, desludging equipment and chemicals have been purchased and are being shipped. Initially ...
Rumsfeld to visit China, eyes hot line for defense
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... China has not responded to repeated requests to allow US military officials to see China's Western Hills Command Center, a secret underground facility that is February 7, 2005
Generators tap power of nature
Durango Herald - Durango,CO,USA
... kinetic energy of falling water into mechanical energy; a generator connected to ... dam sites constructed for irrigation, electrical output is small because most ...
Israeli device eases the burden of sleep apnea sufferers
Israel 21C - Cupertino,CA,USA
... more severe cases, the company offers the AICOT device connected to a small, battery-operated air compressor, the FPAP, (Free positive Air Pressure generator). ...
New lighting device that is low on cost and power
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore
... The LED can last for up to 80,000 hours but its durability as a lighting device has been restricted by the accompanying power converter. ...
Storm shelters are best defense
Gainesville Times - Gainesville,GA,USA
... beautiful mansion in Gainesville's historic district. The ceiling in the basement is reinforced with steel, making it a tornado shelter. ...
The New Sailing Machines
Cruising World - Palm coast,FL,USA
... Under the two-step companionway are switches for the DC panel, the generator, and the hydraulics. ... Just why so many people plan to go to sea in small boats is a ...
Trial by fire
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
... Cronenwett, who lives in Dillon, learned many of his primitive living and wilderness skills at one of the toughest survival schools out there - the Boulder ...
Russia : Europe's largest underground mall -- InCity
Fibre 2 Fashion - India
The largest underground mall of Europe -- InCity, will open this month at Moscow's ... There is no secret that the designer selected to create this most important ...
How To Survive The Dirty Bomb Chaos
Macon Area Online - Macon,GA,USA
... You should also keep in your home a disaster supply kit with food, water and ... Weapons Convention and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. ...
Scottsdale firm works on terrorism defense
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
... to prevent cells from dying after exposure to large doses of radiation -- simulating what might happen in the event of a biological or nuclear disaster. ...
Modern Technology Corp Acquires $1.5 million in New Assets
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... DeMarco is engaged in the marketing of its patented geothermal water-air heating/cooling systems, energy audits, energy related equipment, and the sales and ... February 2, 2005
India to develop underground NG storage
Sify - Delhi,India
New Delhi: India will develop underground natural gas storage facilities as an insurance against disruption and supply shortfall. ...
Disturbing history, in a peaceful setting
Joongang Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
... The underground cells for women were buried under concrete by the Japanese at the end ... A secret tunnel leads from the gallows to the public cemetery outside the ...
Cal-Earth eco_domes and vaulted earth homes
... Also, for cold climates, Cal-Earth homes can be made passive-solar structures by
use of south-facing windows, as the earth-bag walls are great for high thermal ...
Internationally Known Outdoor Writer, GL Benton, Releases New ...
Eworldwire (press release) - Succasunna,NJ,USA
... may need for a trip. However, please keep in mind, wilderness survival is a very dangerous situation. And, as such, your decisions ..
Enough crisis talk: Micro-hydro power plants light the way
INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines
... In fact, a small spring -- as the Inquirer saw in Barangay Buneg, Conner town ... town, La Union province -- has enough power to run a generator for household ...
Lost And Found
Thunder Bay's Source - Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada
... to life and death dimensions, but here in Northwestern Ontario every season is equally unforgiving to those who don't know the basics of wilderness survival. ...
Pilot finally tells his epic tale of survival
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... You seemed to have a lot of survival skills already ... that situation, you see what I'm going through, you see that I'm out in the middle of the wilderness with 16 ...
Oregon may lead develop of wave energy
Bend.com - Bend,OR,USA
... magnet rack and pinion gearbox, and a contactless direct drive generator buoy. ... "Small systems could even be used with individual boats at anchor to generate ...
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February 2005
Leaks plague Fort Pitt Tunnel
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Joe Grata, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Water leaks that have sprung in the Fort Pitt Tunnel for the second year in a row are a short ...
Snowbird skiers to travel via tunnel
Salt Lake City Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Snowbird announced plans last month to drill a 400-foot tunnel through a mountain for the purpose of moving skiers from ski run to ski run. ...
Underground Railroad teaches lessons
Times-Mail - Bedford,IN,USA
... A key piece of black history is the Underground Railroad and the pursuit of freedom by those who were forced into slavery strictly on the basis of their skin
Decision makers go underground to ride the route of new rail link
Guardian - UK
If they have a secret passion for dust, rubble and off-road motoring, members of the ... Inside the underground tube, vast extractor fans suck clouds of dust. .
Minnesota neutrino project to get under way this month
USA Today - USA
... mass for neutrinos could account for at least some of that hidden matter, helping ... it was built 2,341 feet beneath the surface at Soudan Underground Mine State ...
Proposal hoped to end Underground strikes
Scotland Today - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A proposal has been drawn up which could bring an end to a series of strikes on the Glasgow underground. Union members walked out
Al-Queda planning to use underground secret tunnels from Mexico toIndia Daily - Whitehouse Station,NJ,USA
The tunnel is an underground concrete drainage pipe, 80 feet long and five feet ... that Al-Queda is looking for entering the America using the secret paths used ...
In a 17-mile tunnel deep beneath the Earth, the search for the God ...
Guardian - UK
At the bottom of the shaft is a well lit tunnel that stretches as far as the eye can see, until its barely perceptible curve takes it around a distant corner. ...
[Analysis] The current world economic system perpetuates poverty ...㧜??䘸??㢌??䶌??㵜?? - South Korea
... Aquaculture corporations responded by forming the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) to ... and quantity of drinking water and decimated the natural fish species on ...
Mussel farm world class says Minister
Thursday Magnet - Eden,New South Wales,Australia
... "This is part of the Government's plan to develop aquaculture along the NSW, as a vital means of easing the pressure on fish stocks," Mr Macdonald said. ...
Tobacco alternatives yield mixed results
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... Joey Green believes fish will play a ... and other tobacco farmers in far Western Kentucky dug ponds and established the Purchase Area Aquaculture Cooperative five ...
'Win-win' tie-up sets sights on sustainable seafood stocks
The Japan Times - Japan
... and Agriculture Organization report, "The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture," released in 2002. "Twenty-five percent of the major marine fish stocks or ...
UK Aquaculture Conference To Give Major Boost To The Scottish ...
Fishupdate.com - UK
... Dr Dickson, the aquaculture editor for leading professional magazines Fish Farmer and Fish Farming Today, added: "This is an inaugural conference and we aim ...
Joe Borg in Italy: working together towards sustainable fisheries ...
Fishupdate.com - UK
... two aquaculture plants in Valle Morosina and Valle Figheri, where he underlined the importance of aquaculture as a source of both quality fish products and jobs ...
Vanuatu's Aquaculture requires proper advice
Vanuatu Online - Port Vila,Vanuatu
... developed nations. Despite being a young industry, aquaculture production today account for 30% of the worlds food fish supply. China is ...
Local chefs fall for Greek farmed fish
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
... are fed. Branzino, like salmon, is a carnivorous fish. In large aquaculture operations, small fish are caught and made into feed. ...
$5M organic fish plant breaks ground in Taylor
Austin Business Journal - Austin,TX,USA
... The fish will not be exposed to chemicals or the environmental stresses of living in lakes or oceans. US Aquaculture will initially create 20 to 30 jobs, with ...
Key minister announced as latest signing for premier Euro-aqua ...
Fishupdate.com - UK
... conference will bring together aquaculture professionals from across Scotland and beyond. Scottish Ministers recognise the importance of the fish farming and ...