February 26, 2006

IWCC looks to sell Harrison County land Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs,IA,USA
... originally was farm ground. In the 1950s it was purchased by the federal government and used for a missile silo base for a few years. ...

Sarasota shows interest in 'natural capitalism' Bradenton Herald - FL, United States... Simple steps like adding natural lighting in the workplace can have multiple results, including improved productivity and up to 38 percent savings in energy ...

Homeless man says he slept in 'snow cave' CBC Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan,Canada ... "I had another choice of breaking in a house, breaking in a car … or doing something considered as a crime," he said. Felix said the snow cave was just big ...

Wind pushes demand for renewable energy BusinessNorth.com - Duluth,MN,USA ... 20 megawatts of capacity - are not as small as people might think. Equipment being developed is on an increasingly larger scale. One generator being developed ...

Your garden this week: birch and fruit trees and greenhouse pests Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom... Keep an eye on the greenhouse. ... For example, too much potassium may lead to magnesium deficiency and an increased risk of bitter pit in apples.

Biotech Giant Monsanto Revises Pledge on 'Suicide Seeds' Greenpeace UK - UK
The threat of so-called 'suicide seeds' being used in commercial agriculture has become greater following a change of policy by Monsanto, the world's largest ...

February 23, 2006

Feds sued over approval of genetically engineered alfalfa
Truth about Trade & Technology - Des Moine,IA,USA
... comment on pending litigation. Some alfalfa farmers also are concerned that biotechnology behemoth Monsanto Co. will force them ...

Israel OK's 31 technology R&D projects
United Press International - USA
... The forum then acts as an adviser to the National Council for Research and Civil Development in green -lighting technology programs such as the ones approved ...

Ambitious Powerboat Launched In Auckland
newswire.co.nz - Havelock Nth,Hawkes Bay,New Zealand
A futuristic speedboat, built with the intention of it becoming the fastest vessel to circumnavigate the globe, has finally made it into the water

Seeds of dispute
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Tensions between Monsanto and Argentina are escalating as the US biotech company steps up its efforts to win back control over booming Latin American soy ...

Bee gardens going from niche to necessary
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA ... In the meantime, the pollinator decline is being noticed ---- especially in grower pocketbooks. ... "They've had to import bees from Texas, the Dakotas and farther ...

February 20 2006

Iran: Decisive Action Needed Now ChronWatch - Alamo,CA,USA ... Iran has also been working on an electromagnetic pulse weapon (EMP). A nuclear bomb detonated about 200 miles overhead would emit an electromagnetic energy ...

Could 'End Times' scenario involve an EMP attack?
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
... the effects of an electromagnetic pulse from a rogue or missing nuclear warhead detonated ... Within a several-hundred-mile radius of the detonation, EMP would not ...

Katrina Devastation "Unlike Anything I'd Seen Before," Wall Street ... DePauw University - Greencastle,Indiana,USA February 9, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - [Download Audio: "Amazing Stories" - 146kb] "There were a lot of amazing survival stories, not ...

Scene of devastation at Nigerian farm BBC News - UK Chickens in northern Nigeria have been dying for a month. As the deadly strain of bird flu is confirmed on three more farms, the .

Lone homestead inspires book
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA ... The homestead site included a fruit or possibly root cellar underground which had caved in, a two-room house, a barn with a tack room, an ice house, chicken ...

Stonehaven Relais & Spa close to divine Vancouver North Shore News - North Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada ... To warm up your core, there's a hammam (a traditional Middle Eastern steam bath) constructed in the estate's former root cellar as well as a Finnish sauna.

Underground tanks delay street project The Herald - Everett,WA,USA ... Ground-penetrating radar confirmed memories of long-forgotten gas stations downtown, discovering as many as 14 underground tanks along several blocks of ...

Alternative energies fuel innovation
Toronto Star - Canada
... New additions to the hybrid scene include the Lexus GS 400h luxury sedan, the Saturn Vue Green Line SUV and the Toyota Camry Hybrid family sedan. ...

An underground intrigue
Daily Cardinal - Madison,WI,USA
... concealment and almost ominous quality, Physical Plant director John Harrod claimed that most major campuses harbor similar underground tunnel systems. ...

[Multimedia] Tea Culture in Zhejiang
CRI - Beijing,China... Feng-He is a well-known scenic spot at the famous West Lake, and the tea-house there is ... The experience of sipping your tea at Yan-Xian Cave is equally wonderful

VGCC hopes to interest farmers, and consumers, in sustainable ...
Henderson Daily Dispatch - Henderson,NC,USA ... The crop production system, which is called aquaponics, is used on a much larger scale in poor countries where water is scarce and expensive, according to Dan ...

Established Peru business looks at alternative energy for new ... LaSalle News Tribune - LaSalle,IL,USA... Geothermal energy relies on the constant temperature of the earth. In many western states, it is used to produce electricity, but LKCS (formerly called ...

Rammed Earth Works-Facts
Stabilized earth construction, whether it is traditional rammed earth or the new PISÉ process, is still a made-by -hand product. As such, it exhibits all the ...

Somalis die of thirst in drought
BBC News - UK
People in Somalia are starting to die from thirst in the worst drought in over 40 years in some parts of the country , says aid agency Oxfam.

Kenyans struggling to survive deadly drought
CTV.ca - Canada A drought plaguing east Africa is wiping out livestock and draining food supplies, starving children who are too weak to survive.

Ethiopia drought 'alarming'
News24 - South Africa
... Autumn rains had failed and the situation was made worse by an influx of "large numbers" of livestock from drought-affected regions of Kenya and Somalia, the .

February 18, 2006

Shelter a dual-use facility
Tri-Valley Herald - Pleasanton,CA,USA... Each underground bunker was to have a two weeks supply of food and water, filtered ventilation systems, self-contained sanitation, bunks, medicine and surgery ...

Gansu shows off its Silk Road relics Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China... Some 1,200 ancient relics sites - mostly grottoes and earth houses and many under state protection - are dotted along the 4,000-kilometer Chinese section of ...

Three earth dwellings in Cheney spring from the ground
The Easterner - Cheney,WA,USA
... on energy bills. JRR Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins lived in one of the most luxurious hobbit holes in all of Hobbiton. But his dwelling ...

ALOS sends its first image
European Space Agency (ESA) - Paris,France Mt. Fuji -- Japan's highest mountain (3 776 metres) -- is a volcano that has been dormant since its last eruption in 1707. It ...

Fabric Saving Lives
Today's THV - Little Rock,AR,USA
... The Kevlar shelter was tested in a lab with an air gun and a 2x4 coming at it at 100 miles per hour, the equivalent of an F-5 tornado, and it withstood the test ...

Science and faith a TV regular on "Lost" Science & Theology News - Quincy,MA,USA
... the island always has something up its metaphorical sleeve -- be it a polar bear, a band of killers who live in the jungle, or a secret underground shelter. ...

Commercial photos show Chinese nuke buildup
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA ... Disclosure of the underground bases supports analyses of Pentagon and intelligence officials who say China is engaged in a secret military buildup that ...

By AINSLEE S. WITTIG/Arizona Range News
Range News - Wilcox,AZ,USA
... Liebsch said that using a 21-foot diameter by 21-foot deep grain silo filled with water, they tested a rubber closure that goes over a missile hatch on a ...

Power Restored In Two Chelsea Buildings After Underground ...NY1 - NY,USA
... says melting snow combined with road salt may have corroded some underground cables, causing ... The street is back open now, but earlier the explosion shut down a ...

"Alaska tough" test facility on the rise SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA... Under the living roof will be a materials testing lab, where companies may see if their products can earn an "Alaska Tested Tough" label.

February 14, 2006

Pictures OF AN UNDERGROUND HOUSE
The new Front Entrance to the underground house. The harvest kitchen addition is ... A few pictures of our underground house. View of the house in summer. ...

Hydroponics bylaw on hold in Chilliwack Globe and Mail - Canada ... privacy legislation. But he expressed some skepticism about what he called the hydroponics industry's "passion for privacy.". He ...

Earth House Planned For Pennines Green Building Press - Carmarthenshire,Wales,UK
Councillors will visit a site in the Pennine hills to decide on planning permission for an eco-friendly home. Ged Parker has submitted ...

pump gives free heat
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA... But even though electricity is expensive in the Bangor area, my heating costs ... Some drawbacks are the high installation cost and that geothermal heating is not ...

Five fantastic reasons not to stay indoors Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... margin is thinner in winter, so always carry the usual survival gear: a ... the lush and squishy Boulder River Trail in the Boulder River Wilderness near Darrington .

GM Keeps SUV Focus with New Two-Mode Hybrid System Consumer Affairs - USA
... Cadillac will get its first hybrid SUV in the fall of 2007 with the 2008 Escalade SUV. GM Chairman Rick Wagoner announced the new

RSU energy plan to save money, protect the environment
Claremore Daily Progress - Claremore,OK,USA
... of measures to save electricity, natural gas and water, and the conversion from outdated heating and air conditioning units to a geothermal energy system in ...

Response lukewarm to Bush renewable energy budget
Pahrump Valley Times - Pahrump,NV,USA... geothermal activity. With modest technological advancements, the state's subterranean reserves could generate 1,500 megawatts of energy, or enough electricity ...

Bee gardens going from niche to necessary San Mateo Daily Journal - San Mateo,CA,USA
... In the meantime, the pollinator decline is being noticed -- especially in grower pocketbooks. ... "They've had to import bees from Texas, the Dakotas and ...

Katrina Coast: Mile after mile of devastation
Oxford Press - Oxford,OH,USA
... A drive along the Gulf Coast almost five months after Katrina finds survivors suspended between two extremes: total devastation and the wish to come back. ...

UK construction company approved to build tidal energy electric ... Newstarget.com - Taichung,Taiwan ... flow rotors of 15m to 20m in diameter, each driving a generator via a ... pile clear above sea-level to permit access for maintenance from small service vessels. ...

Harvest Energy Technology, Inc. Fuels the Hydrogen Economy With ...
Fuel Cell Works - USA
... generator to be located at an industrial site in Italy. HET is a leading supplier of distributed hydrogen generators for hydrogen refueling stations and small ...

Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons
Center for Research on Globalization - Canada
... large area. Just how deep must an underground nuclear explosion be buried in order for the blast and fallout to be contained? The US ...

Firm developing new communication system for miners MSNBC - USA
... installed in mines can break in a fire or explosion, and tracking ... communications device that allows you to effectively communicate underground," Popovich said. ...

Environmental And Asthetical Alternatives Exist To MinimizeMortgageNewsDaily.com - Scottsdale,AZ ,USA... And, of course, we all know that there is nothing new under the sun, and so we have the rediscovery of the "green roof." Green roofs date back hundreds of ...

Hybrid Vehicles Are in Vogue, From Ethanol to Fuel Cells
New Age Media Concepts (press release) - USA ... Daimler Chrysler also includes medium-duty fuel cells in Dodge Sprinter vans, and over ... Honda Motors (NYSE: HMC) to launch their own brand of hybrid vehicles in

Jamison Energizer claims self-running ZPEnergy - USA
... the 200,000 mile car (Kudos and Thanks to Robert Nelson of Rex Research who recently ... "It produces more electricity than it uses and stores it in batteries. ...

Front Page
Blade Plus - Swainsbro,GA,USA
... her family sought shelter inside their home under the dining room table and then under a bed moved downstairs but soon they had an underground bunker in their ...

WiFi tracking aid in mining communication United Press International - USA... inversely as well, allowing management outside to alert those underground signaling caution. So far, Ekahau has implemented the system in a tunnel work site in ...

Ekahau Launches System to Track Location of Underground Miners in
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA... system installations. Ekahau has deployed its RTLS system in several underground tunnel and mining sites worldwide. "We have installed ...

Scientists pitch projects for old mine Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA... efforts to turn an abandoned Black Hills gold mine into an underground laboratory says ... access shafts and a 2,900-foot-long 13-by-15-foot tunnel that connects

February 10, 2006

A rolling home gathers no moss
Sheffield Today - UK
... solar power. Ged hopes the energy-efficient underground home will save him thousands of pounds a year in power bills. The site he ...

'Be Fair, Put It Underground':SCC Officer Hears Powerline ...
Leesburg Today - Leesburg,VA,USA... The town, Umstattd said, supported only the use of underground lines and opposes any use ... to $10 million, or between 12 percent to 20 percent in home values if ...

A home in a spin
San Diego Union Tribune - United States... He can enjoy a sweeping vista from the mountains to the sea from his living roof sofa while still dreaming up a way to turn on his lights with his cell phone. ...

Underground Railroad: Was Weston ice house a stop?
Weston Forum - Georgetown,CT,USA
... For many years, some have speculated that the remains of a root cellar known as the "ice house," was once a stop on the famous Underground Railroad, a ...

In wonderland, minus the Hobbits Manila Standard Today - Philippines By Rachel M. Sugay. Long before hobbits, elves, and wizards descended onto the country, New Zealand evoked images of sheep or the kiwi fruit. Well, no longer. ...

Hobbits dance to Rahman tune
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
2 (Reuters): Hard-working hobbits, elves and wizards take the battle of good and evil to a stage in downtown Toronto on Saturday when the curtain rises on the ...

What we did with our shelter
Tri-Valley Herald - Pleasanton,CA,USA ... fallout shelter (which most are in this Valley) is an underground chamber where people flee to avoid the radiation spread by a nuclear explosion some distance ...

Gridlock restarts talks on LA subway extension
USA Today - USA ... Congress imposed the ban at Waxman's urging after an underground explosion in 1985 that injured 24 people revealed dangerous methane gas in the tunnel's path. ...

Huge solar energy plant planned for Nevada
MSNBC - USA
LAS VEGAS - A pair of companies have announced plans to build the largest solar energy project of its kind in southern Nevada to sell electricity to the ...

DelSolar to double solar cell capacity by 2Q DigiTimes - Taiwan Delta Electronics subsidiary DelSolar plans to double its annual solar cell capacity by the beginning of the second quarter and the company may consider ...

Nuclear War against Iran
SF.Indymedia.org - San Francisco,CA,USA ... mini-nukes", with an explosive capacity of up to 6 times a Hiroshima bomb, are now considered "safe for civilians" because the explosion is underground. ...

Science Department Waits For Money KFVS - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA Porter, who died February 11th, 2004, left more $100,000 dollars for the science department, to build an Aquaponics Greenhouse.

Devices that track miners underground to be tested
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... The tags contain transmitters that send signals to receiver beacons underground, which in turn ... after 12 miners died and another was hurt after an explosion Jan ...

February 2, 2006

POWs' benefactor never wanted any thanks
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... tab. On Wednesday, the veterans, members of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor , finally got to thank William Blair. ...

Sharon Hull, This Week in the Garden: Houseplants gone wild
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA... course the falling rivers leave behind nutritious silt that enriches the garden soil, so ... wild or planted in higher spots near the palm-thatched roof dwellings. ...

Living the good life in Florida
Hernando Today - Brooksville,FL,USA
... And as devastating as hurricanes can be, I remember well sitting in my Michigan home and hearing the tornado siren go off, warning us to take shelter in the ...

A cataclysm as terror wins in the Middle East
Daily Mail - UK - UK
Truly, it is a cataclysmic event. Palestine's first genuinely democratic elections - endorsed by America and judged to be largely ...

H2O Goes Underground : Officials Approve $1,500 Fee for Water ... Shore Publishing - Madison,CT ,USA ... the town engineer, has asked that developers pay a $1,500-per home fee for ... limited (and not without their own set of challenges), the underground tanks, which ...

Hardened Ethernet cable goes underground
EDN.com - Newton,MA,USA
An application required the extension of Ethernet (IEEE 802.3u-1995) service from a home to a garage, a distance of approximately 300 ft. ...

Phu Quoc, peaceful island life at its best
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Johnston, who was dressed only in well-worn aloha board shorts, was responsible for the resort's "rammed-earth bungalows. In rammed ...

Beware hurricane-damaged cars: MPI CBC Manitoba - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
Manitoba Public Insurance is warning people to use extra caution when buying used cars to ensure they don't buy vehicles damaged during hurricane Katrina. ...

Eating local for the winter
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
... berries and vegetables, although he was dismayed to discover that his environmentally-friendly home could not, ironically, accommodate a root cellar because it ...

Pentagon Report Identifies Internet as Enemy
Hammer of Truth - USA
... systems, there is a hint of truth in the possibility of detonating EMP (electro-magnetic ... use of one is nearly the same thing as using a nuclear weapon: even if ...

Nevada renewable energy projects await word on tax credits Scripps Howard News Service - Washington,DC,USA
... Developers are pursuing projects on 11 of 63 potential Nevada sites for geothermal plants, which mine heat from deep underground to produce electricity. ...

Your Tech: Alienware's futuristic ALX PCs deliver performance for ...
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... Within its futuristic heart, the ALX beats with liquid coolant, which is needed because its components can give off as much heat as 10 100-watt light bulbs.

Movement afoot to save Maryland's historic barns
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
... Harvesting, and getting the crop in the barn, was the hardest part of all," she said sitting for a spell, enjoying ... I'd be out in this barn from daylight in the ...

Xenu Cleaned May 23 2006