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January 2005
Krakow a symbol of old Europe
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
... reign as Europe's big tourist destination, but there is one hidden jewel left ... Children of all ages still have fun poking around the underground maze of caves
No light at end of Tunnel as airlines take toll
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
EUROTUNNEL, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, said low-cost airlines were continuing to turn the screw on its already struggling business. ...
The Guardian: Progress in plan to build a tunnel linking Spain and ...
Arabic News - Middle East
Talks between Morocco and Spain have given a new impetus to a plan to build a tunnel between the two countries, as the minister of Equipment and Transports ...
Despite dangers, miners still getting caught smoking underground
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
... gas explosion. Despite the danger, coal companies have recently been finding miners smoking underground, which is illegal. Most ...
Planners Ferret Out Urban Risks
Wired News - USA
... One of cities' hidden vulnerabilities is their extensive underground subways, malls, parking facilities and public utilities, said Srikantha Herath of United ...
Cape Creek Tunnel project nearing completion
Newport News Times - Newport,OR,USA
Work on the historic Cape Creek Tunnel near Heceta Head Lighthouse south of Yachats should be completed by the middle of next month. ...
Beijing subway poured in 9 million yuan for coping with ...
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... also noted that they were conducting a comprehensive round of safety improvement over the hidden troubles that currently exist in the underground system. ...
Radar Reveals Archaeological Finds at Battlefield Park
WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
... had to make sure they didn't build on top of any hidden artifacts, and ... Local historians hoped the underground snapshot would paint a precise picture of what ...
Earth's core modeled in underground experiment
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA
In an underground bunker that brushes up against a Wisconsin barnyard on one side ... But some scientists think there is a hidden toroidal or donut-shaped magnetic ... January 31, 2005
Earthquake again hits devastated Bam in Iran
IranMania News - Iran
LONDON, Jan 30 (IranMania) - An earthquake measuring 4 on the open-ended Richter scale jolted the southeastern city of Bam and its surrounding vicinity at noon ...
Earthquake strikes eastern Mediterranean off Turkey, no damage ...
Turkish Press - Turkey
ANKARA, Jan 30 (AFP) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck the Mediterranean sea on Sunday some 50 kilometers south of Turkey's ...
My tsunami nightmares
News & Star - Carlisle,Cumbria,UK
... Carlisle but to be perfectly honest it was impossible to think about what was happening anywhere else in the world because of the 360-degree devastation that I ...
January 27, 2005
Earthquake risk in Bangladesh: Facing the reality
The Daily Star - Bangladesh
Adeveloper in Dhaka may claim that his building can withstand a Magnitude 8 (Richter scale) earthquake. This statement can be misleading ...
Another 5.6 Richter earthquake in Nicobar Island -- something ...
India Daily - Whitehouse Station,NJ,USA
According to PTI, another earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit India's Nicobar Islands today, the Hong Kong Observatory said The earthquake was ...
Devastation 'beyond imagination,' pastor says
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By JOSH BERNSTEIN. WILLINGBORO - Touring Indonesian neighborhoods devastated by the Dec. 26 tsunami was like living through a nightmare, the Rev. ...
Record blizzard drops two feet of snow
Martha's Vineyard Times - Vineyard Haven,MA,USA
... Islanders expect snow in January, just not this much, not in record amounts that create ... The storm system that caused the blizzard was large and powerful. ...
1-month snowfall a 113-year high
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... to another furious onslaught of snow that fell from Falmouth to Provincetown, as Massachusetts endured a winter storm that helped set a record for the highest ...
Russia's Far East suffers 2nd earthquake in 48 hours
Xinhua - Beijing,China
26 (Xinhuanet) -- Russia's Far East suffered a 5.9-magnitude earthquake Tuesday night, less than two days after several tremors measuring up to 4 on the ...
January 25, 2005
Emerging Hope from Heaps of Devastation
Navhind Times - Panjim,India
... Tsunami? Will a new horizon of hope and promise emerge from the heaps of devastation caused by the natural disaster? Let us hope so. ...
Indonesian death toll from earthquake, tsunami hits 173,981
Channel News Asia - Singapore
JAKARTA : The Indonesian death toll from last month's earthquake and tsunami disaster has risen more than 7,000 to 173,981, the health ministry said Sunday. ...
The Recent Earthquake Tragedies
The Conservative Voice - USA
The December earthquake in Asia has shocked the world. ... There can be other tragedies resulting from this earthquake, and tsunami. ...
January 23, 2005
Massive storm could blanket state by tonight
Bristol Press - Bristol,CT,USA
... Snow will be heavy at times. The counter-clockwise storm will be pulling Atlantic moisture into frigid air over land, yielding massive amounts of snow. ...
Powerful earthquake rocks Taiwan
Channel News Asia - Singapore
TAIPEI: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Taiwan Friday night, rattling buildings across the island, the Seismology Centre said. ...
Earthquake jolts Kiwi capital:-
Webindia123 - India
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the open-ended Richter Scale jolted New Zealand's capital early on Friday, setting off security alarms and frightening many ...
Mild earthquake 'like explosion'
BBC News - London,England,UK
The epicentre of the tremor was five kilometres north west of Killin, north of Stirling. Several householders called Central Scotland ...
Moderate earthquake jolts Andaman and Nicobar
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
New Delhi, January 21: An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted parts of Andaman and Nicobar islands in the wee hours of Friday. ...
SMS.ac Working to Create Mobile-Based Tsunami, Earthquake and ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
SMS.ac contends that a mobile communication-based alert system could potentially save thousands of lives in the wake of a future tsunami, earthquake, fire, or ...
Five die in flood devastation
Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A FLOOD flood in Guyana has left five people dead as relief supplies trickle into thousands of affected villages in the South American nation. ...
Another tremor jolts Wellington region
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... Today's earthquake and yesterday's follow a flurry of seismic activity in the lower North Island on Tuesday when 10 earthquakes were recorded over a 10-hour ...
Myanmar, Chinese experts to study earthquake belt
Xinhua - Beijing,China
22 (Xinhuanet) -- Myanmar and Chinese experts will conduct a joint study in April of the detailed nature of the earthquake belt and igneous rocks lying in ...
January 21, 2005
UNEP urges early-warning systems for all types of disasters
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... technical hazards such as chemical accidents and nuclear meltdowns, which are not on the agenda at this week's World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe ...
A Proactive Response to the Tsunami Disaster
Betterhumans - Canada
... This is ongoing disaster-state is basically the situation we are currently in ... These risks include nuclear holocaust, the creation and release of genetically ...
Indonesian Churches Continue to Face Persecution After Devastation
Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
26 quake-tsunami devastation, local Christians continue to face persecution in the predominantly Muslim nation, a persecution watchdog group reported Thursday. ...
No need for concern for earthquake swarm in New Zealand ...
Xinhua - Beijing,China
... 50km. "The deeper earthquake Tuesday afternoon west of Porirua, we know occurred in the top of the Pacific plate," Reyners said. ...
Viet Nam is ready to support earthquake and tsunami-hit countries
Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam
New York (VNA) -- The Vietnamese Government and people will continue, together with the international community, to support earthquake and tsunami-hit countries ...
Governor of Indonesia's Aceh released on bail to see devastation
Channel News Asia - Singapore
... tsunami-ravaged Aceh province, who is in jail while on trial for corruption, was granted bail to allow him to visit the region to witness the devastation. ...
'In their grief and devastation, they thought of me'
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
... "It was just so overwhelming," Ms. Beach recalls. "In their grief and devastation, they thought of me.". Ms. Beach has had Brandon's kidney for two months. ...
January 20, 2005
Eye Witness Describes Banda Aceh Tsunami Devastation As " ...
American Daily - Stow,OH,USA
The humanitarian aid organization World Vision is continuing its vital relief work in areas devastated by the recent tsunami. But ...
Disaster close to home
Texas Tech Daily Net - Lubbock,TX,USA
... shelter. An interior hallway or an auditorium would be safe places to seek shelter in the event of a tornado, he said. "When warnings ...
Clearer Picture Emerges of Tsunami Devastation
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A clearer picture was emerging of the staggering devastation wrought by Asia's tsunami, with fatality rates in some areas topping 75%, according to the UN. ...
January 14, 2005
Tornadoes Strike Laurens County
Carolina Channel.com - Greenville,SC,USA
... filled sky from the TNT Logistics facility near Laurens after a tornado struck the ... A shelter was opened for displaced residents at the YMCA on Anderson Street. ...
Rained-Out Westerners Straggle Home
FOX News - USA
... or early Thursday by a violent storm that local officials said was apparently a tornado. ... brought his recliner and an oxygen tank with him to a local shelter. ...
Winds batter Bentonville homes
Benton County Daily Record - Bentonville,AR,USA
... The Red Cross provided shelter for the other family, he added. ... Okla., reported that neither Bentonville nor Benton County was hit by a tornado Wednesday night. ...
Snow depths varied widely
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
... "These are on small tap lines, from half a dozen residents to one individual," he said. ... "We've got oil lamps, a little generator -- it really wasn'ta ...
Nasty weather becomes a boon for Geneva
Decatur Daily Democrat - Decatur,IN,USA
... He said that he had been heating his home with lanterns, and small lights. "My brother drove all the way to Monticello to purchase a generator," said Green. ...
PRESS NOTE: TSUNAMI IMPACT-- RELIEF, RESPONSE AND REHABILITATIONPress Information Bureau (press release) - India
... Approximately 680 tones of relief supply (like tents, generator sets, desalination plants ... 300 small DG sets were installed in Car Nicobar (119),Kamorta (55 ...
Winter of 2004/05 may break records
Auburn Journal - Auburn,CA,USA
... The county Office of Emergency Services also bases its record storm total from that 1982 snowfall, but uses a 186.6-inch measurement recorded at Donner Summit. ...
Torrential Storm Tears Up Western States
ABC News - USA
... was one of five on a cul-de-sac devoured by the record floodwaters that ... As the storm moved east, it triggered blizzard or near-blizzard conditions in North ...
Tahoe stormsoverrated
Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe,CA,USA
... The storm that began on Dec. 28 and ended Jan. 3 brought 55 inches, or nearly 4.6 feet. The record for a single storm was Jan. 10 to Jan. ...
Residents Assess Damages as Storms Move On
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
A record-setting series of storms faded into the region's familiar sunshine ... In some places, receding water revealed potholes punched by the powerful storm. ...
Moscow Melts in Record Warm Spell
Moscow Times (subscription) - Moscow,Russia
... in more than a century, but the temperature never reached the record high of ... Warm air traveled to Russia with the same Atlantic storm that brought gale-force ...
Gold Coast vet returns from Aceh devastation
ABC Online - Australia
... The Gold Coaster, whose parents run tourism resorts in Indonesia, returned home on Wednesday. He says there is hope, despite the devastation. ...
Clark shocked by tsunami devastation in Sri Lanka
Daily News - Columbo,Sri Lanka
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said she was shocked at the devastation the tsunami had caused in Sri Lanka. "It is with ...
Amid devastation, signs of life return
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
By John Murphy. MEULABOH, Indonesia -- Amid the haunting reminders of loss here along the coast of north Sumatra, reminders of life are reappearing too. ...
Devastation: Residents begin the clean up
Carlisle News - Carlisle,England,UK
By Julian Whittle. HOUSE Buyers are already pulling out of sales of flood-affected homes in Carlisle -- one investor cancelled three ...
January 13, 2005
High tides plague Andaman islands
CNN International - USA
(CNN) -- High tides have swamped parts of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands for a second night, sending hundreds of residents onto higher ground. ...
Venezuela's Delta Amacuro State Hit by Earthquake (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
12 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake rocked Venezuela's eastern state of Delta Amacuro, causing no major damage or injuries, according to a preliminary report by ...
Tsunami Earthquake Location Included In Forecast
Science Daily (press release) - USA
26 earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami across the Indian Ocean was identified in a 10-year forecast of likely earthquake sites worldwide made ...
Tsunami-Causing Earthquake Trimmed Bulge off Earth's Middle
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA
The Dec. 26 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia was the fourth largest in one hundred years. Scientists have determined that this ...
January 12, 2005
Rebels struggle to be heard amid the devastation
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Apocalypse ... Indonesian soldiers on the outskirts of Banda Aceh search for some of the thousands of bodies still waiting to be ...
Flood Warning Review Ordered after Storms Devastation
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
By Trevor Mason and Vivienne Morgan, PA Political Staff. A review of the flood warning system was announced today by Environment ...
Northern Iran rattled by strong earthquake
Turkish Press - Turkey
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook northern Iran late Monday, the state news agency IRNA reported without saying ...
Germany seeks lead role in earthquake warning system
Expatica - Netherlands
BERLIN - Germany aims to seek a leading role in efforts to improve the globe's international earthquake early warning system, with the geophysical research ...
Earthquake in Indian Ocean jolts Aceh
Xinhua - Beijing,China
10 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale was felt in the Indonesian province of Aceh at 05:12 am local time Monday (22:12 GMT Sunday ...
January 10, 2005
Powell moved by devastation seen on tour
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - Not even wartime combat could prepare him for the shock of the tsunami devastation, Secretary of State Colin Powell said after ...
US official astounded by extent of devastation
London Free Press - London,Ontario,Canada
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA -- World leaders got first-hand looks yesterday at the apocalyptic landscapes carved out by last week's tsunami ahead of a crucial aid ...
150,000 at extreme risk, says UN: Tsunami devastation
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
By Our Correspondent. UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6: With aid pledges for the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami already nearing $4 billion ...
CNN.com - American who survived tsunami tells of devastation - Dec ...
A celebrity interior decorator vacationing in Sri Lanka said Monday that all he
could see was "utter devastation" in the wake of a deadly tsunami that slammed ...
Five dead as storms leave trail of flooded devastation
The Times - UK
By Laura Peek. FIVE people were feared to have been killed by floods and gales that wreaked havoc across the country. More wet weather ...
Hope amidst devastation in Great Nicobar
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
For the victims of the tsunami, life has come a full circle. Stories of devastation abound, but among them are some tales of amazing survival. ...
Presses run amid tsunami devastation
ABC Online - Australia
Though it carries the same horrific photos and headlines as other newspapers around the world, the readers of Serambi can be forgiven for being unmoved by what ...
'It is like the scene of a world war'
BBC News - London,England,UK
... Despite the devastation, Mr Badenoch has been amazed by the determination of the victims. "The devastation stuck with me but this ...
Iraq: The Devastation
Published on Friday, January 7, 2005 by TomDispatch.com. Iraq: The Devastation.
by Dahr Jamail. The devastation of Iraq? Where do I start? ...
Feeling Powerless
Scranton Times - Scranton,PA,USA
... in Luzerne and Carbon counties, although power is still being restored in small sections of ... Mr. Garbacik is fortunate -- he has a generator to run his furnace ...
Tornado Hits Jackson Neighborhood
WLBT-TV - Jackson,MS,USA
... As Larry Haggard surveys the damage to his home inflicted by a fast-moving tornado, you wouldn't think he'd find ... He found shelter in a bathroom and wasn't hurt ...
2004 goes down as year of tornadoes in Illinois
Lincoln Courier - Lincoln,IL,USA
... The April tornado in Utica killed eight people seeking shelter inside a tavern. Also, the death of a stillborn baby was later attributed ...
Indonesia's Northern Sumatra Hit by Magnitude-6.2 Earthquake
Bloomberg - USA
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia's northern Sumatra region was hit by a magnitude-6.2 earthquake today, the US Geological Survey reported. ...
Earthquake hits Ingushetia
Interfax - Moscow,Russia
Jan 9 (Interfax-South) - An earthquake measuring 3.5 points on the Richter scale has hit Ingushetia. ... The earthquake struck at about 8:37 pm on Saturday. ...
Philippines to set up national earthquake monitoring stations
Xinhua - Beijing,China
... The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is planning to set up a "real-time" link-up of all its earthquake monitoring stations ...
M4.4 earthquake rattles central Japan
Japan Today - Tokyo,Japan
TOKYO -- A magnitude 4.4 earthquake jolted central Japan on Sunday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no ...
January 9, 2005
Vibrations still being recorded after Indian Ocean earthquake
ABC Online - Australia
Scientists in Canberra say they are continuing to record unusual vibrations two weeks after the earthquake that shook the Indian Ocean and triggered the ...
UN Chief Tours Sri Lanka Devastation
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Stunned by the devastation wrought by the Asian tsunami, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan toured a Sri Lankan town today where hundreds of shoppers at an ...
Scots moved to donate by scale of devastation
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... But even for someone as apathetic as me, the tsunami disaster is different. Who could see those pictures of devastation and not feel moved to help? ...
Earthquake occurs in Chechnya
Interfax - Moscow,Russia
ROSTOV-ON-DON. Jan 8 (Interfax-South) - An earthquake occurred in Chechnya on Saturday. Neither loss of life, nor destruction was reported. ...
Sarwidi designs earthquake-resistant buildings
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
In the wake of the apocalyptic tsunami that hit major parts of Aceh and North Sumatra, people living in earthquake-prone areas throughout the country must be
January 6, 2005
Storm survivor is happy to be alive
Penn Live - Harrisburg,PA,USA
Jody Lenington took shelter in her powder room, holding her dog's collar with her ... It's been more than five months since a tornado destroyed her Country Squire ...
Ameren prepares residents for ice storms
Monmouth Daily Review Atlas - Monmouth,IL,USA
... Because most major outages are caused by bad weather, start by developing shelter plans for severe storm and tornado conditions. ...
Devastation in Aceh described as apocalyptic
ABC Online - Australia
... could have handled this? From aerial videos, we finally saw the devastation of the west coast. It was inconceivable. Those who shot ...
Worst-hit Indonesia mobilizes nation to tackle aftermath of ...
Xinhua - Beijing,China
... its greatest toll with a confirmed death toll of over90,000 so far, is mobilizing the nation to deal with the aftermathof the devastating earthquake and tsunami ...
Earthquake in Assam unlikely: Study
Newindpress - Chennai,India
... from the Department Applied Geology of Madras University have said that the US Meteorological department's prediction, that a major earthquake might happen ...
Australian earthquake detection system limited
ABC Online - Australia
And its pleas have been given more urgency today, after admitting to major limitations with its earthquake detection system, failures that prevented it from ...
Subduction Zone, Shallow Depth Make For Lethal Mix In Earthquake ...
AScribe - USA
5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The location of the recent earthquake that triggered a deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean came as no surprise to geologists, says Anne ...
Earthquake rumour creates panic
Chennai Online - India
Coimbatore, Jan 5: Rumours that an earthquake would possibly rock the city, created panic among the residents of Race Course area in the city and majority of ...
January 2, 2005
Tsunami Devastation Reveals Shortcomings of Monitoring System
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: Scientists monitoring the worldwide network of seismic detectors knew within minutes that something was happening under the Indian Ocean. ...
India's last active volcano erupts in Andaman Islands
Aljazeera.com - London,UK
... Indian Ocean. 1996 was the last eruption of Barren 1 volcano, located 135km north-east of the capital Port Blair. The volcano runs ...
Tsunami risk lower in Atlantic
Royal Gazette - Bermuda
... Scientists have warned that an eruption of the remaining active volcano on Las Palmas in the Canary Islands could trigger a "mega-tsunami". ...
Australian surfer's Krakatoa omen came true
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... The disturbingly similar carnage wrought by waves thrown up by the volcano in an 1883 eruption has been documented in a recent bestseller - Krakatoa: The Day ...
Massive Sumatra earthquake moves New Mexico
Los Alamos Monitor - Los Alamos,NM,USA
"Although this earthquake was nearly 10,000 miles from Socorro, it still moved the surface of the earth here by over a centimeter," said Research Geophysicist ...
January 1, 2005
[NEWS IMPRESSION] -- Scenes of Devastation
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
Chennai, the capital of the Indian province of Tamil Nadu is the place worst affected by the calamity. The number of deaths in India ...
Civil war hampers aid for devastated Sri Lanka
CNN International - USA
... As the scope of the devastation became clearer, parents who lost children; children who lost parents; and friends and neighbors who saw entire families wiped ...
The undersea earthquake carried off more then 85000 lives
Pravda - Moscow,Russia
... Organization Wednesday warned that disease in the aftermath of the disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves caused by an undersea earthquake. ...
US Agency Scientists Release Timeline of Earthquake Response
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
... Administration (NOAA) Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii went to work within minutes of getting a seismic signal that an earthquake occurred off the west ...
University Takes National Lead On Earthquake Study
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... National Network To Change The Shape Of Earthquake Engineering Research (February 12, 2001) -- Researchers and engineers from New York to California are ...
Iran's Bam Earthquake Revisited
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: Last year at this time, another natural disaster was in the news: a powerful earthquake leveled the city of Bam, Iran. ...
January 27, 2005
China to build world's first wave power station
Xinhua - Beijing,China
... the world's first wave power station, which can supply a small coastal village ... The generator produced about six kilowatts, better than diesel generators with ...
London's First Green Built Skyscraper
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
... The tower embodies a highly progressive environmental strategy, with its aerodynamic shape maximizing the amount of natural lighting and ventilation to ...
Summer peak power savings from tubular skylight
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
... the household dollar is the use of skylights and natural ventilation systems ... When tested by the NATA-approved laboratory, Lighting Sciences Australasia, Solatube
A Few Simple Facts About Gas And Electric Heating Systems
Brockton News - Brockton,MA,USA
... Most geothermal heating systems operate at close to 400 percent energy efficiency! Wow! That's five times the efficiency of the 80 percent gas furnace. ...
Students at home in West wing
Iowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA
... addition. The new wing uses a geothermal heating and cooling system, allowing the temperature to remain more constant in the classrooms. ...
Board approves design for CF Lincoln Elementary
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
... preparation. The rest is earmarked for design costs, contingency accounts and installation of a geothermal heating and cooling system. ...
New solar cell spray is capable of harnessing the sun's energy ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
Now you don't have to be MacGyver to charge a battery using nothing but a t-shirt. Scientists have invented a way to harvest solar power through plastic cells ...
New Type Of Home
KXAN-TV - Austin,TX,USA
... It won't burn, it won't mold, it's actually a tornado shelter that we've developed into a full size house," Bama Brown with DURATHERM Homes said. ...
Australia's First Dedicated LED Lighting Business Opens for ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... The business grew out of sheer need, The LED Shop team live in a remote ... to town at night is the sheer brightness and amount of unnecessary lighting being used ...
Biosphere Industries New Biobased Packaging Certified by the ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) announced its approval of Biosphere Industries' unique starch based packaging technology-PPM100. ...
Extra funds ensure power lines will go underground
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Additional money has been put forward to ensure power lines in the west Pilbara town of Roebourne are put underground. Premier Geoff ...
Fire investigators lead probe of underground explosions
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
By Stuart A. Hirsch. Indianapolis Power & Light Co. crews on Sunday began inspecting underground electrical lines, hoping to prevent more Downtown explosions. ...
State study finds underground lines too costly
Loudoun Times-Mirror - Leesburg,VA,USA
Replacing overhead utility distribution lines with underground lines is so costly, a statewide effort is unreasonable, according to a State Corporation ...
Power lines: To bury or not to bury
Barrie Advance - Barrie,Ontario,Canada
... with a very real, but hidden cost.". Recently, the residents along the street offered to pay the cost of placing the power line underground - estimated at ...
Third explosion in ten days injuries three
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
The explosions occurred underground on West Market Street where it meets Capitol Avenue, and sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries. ...
Fire Causes Underground Explosions, Outage
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
(Indianapolis-January 5, 2005) - Power was still out Wednesday afternoon in parts of downtown Indianapolis after several morning underground explosions. ...
Going underground
Newport News Times - Newport,OR,USA
... 21st Street and moving south to between Northwest 13th and 12th Streets, had chiseled out the sidewalk and dug the trench for the underground wires to the ...
Underground power lines could cost $1b
Record-Journal - Meriden,CT,USA
... However, adding more reliable power cable to be placed underground, upgrading voltage control devices called surge arresters and the delay in beginning ...
Underground power lines gain support
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA
... For years he has pushed to get the island's lines buried, saying underground lines are more reliable and would expedite island power restoration following a ...
Kite-power on the move as potential replacement for expensive ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... The slowly-turning cable drives a power generator in the Laddermill base ... wing would be automatically controlled by changing shape or using small propellers to ...
When Rome's Religious Houses Saved Jews
Zenit News Agency - Rome,Italy
... In several cases, however, Jews were hidden in wine cellars, underground shelters, hidden ... of Rome for this period as well as the Vatican Secret Archives, where ...
Generator spews poison into home
San Mateo County Times - San Mateo,CA,USA
... The man contacted authorities and put the generator outside, Kustin said. ... Eight residents of a small add-on housing unit and motorhome located on the same ...
Firm Seeks New Partner for Thin-Film Solar Project
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
... The key to Helianthos is its thin film deposition technology, which uses an extremely thin film as part of the manufacturing process. ...
Tiny power adapters make for big energy waste
Scripps Howard News Service - USA
... In response to the problem, the EPA launched a voluntary program this month - part of the agency's "Energy Star" appliance efficiency program - aimed at ...
January 21, 2005
Dr. Hydrogen
Pitch Weekly - Kansas City,MO,USA
... They lead the way into the underground complex, past an aquaponics lab where a few young men in lab coats tinker with bubbling vats containing aquatic plants ...
AEC Takes Delivery of First E8 Fuel Cell Generator From Astris ...
PESN - Ephraim,Utah,USA
Plans underway to couple Astris' E8 Generator with AEC's low-cost, small-scale, proprietary, portable Hydrogen technology that produces fuel cell pure hydrogen ...
UK's First Fuel Cell Powered Home.
Green Building Press - Carmarthenshire,Wakes,UK
The Black Country Housing and Community Services Group, led by Richard Baines, has built the UK's first fuel cell powered home, which is also the worlds ...
EU gives green light to car safety radar
MSNBC - USA
... DaimlerChrysler, part of a consortium that had lobbied for a car radar frequency, said it aimed to be first manufacturer to roll out the technology on its ...
Underground living is a good hobbit to get into
ic Birmingham.co.uk - Birmingham,UK
John Talbot, founder of Midland-based Earth Homes, is passionate about the designs of Swiss architect Peter Vetsch, a master of the partially subterranean ... (Note: Peter is truly one of the best architects today in Earth Homes)
Indian engineer builds house around mango tree
Channel News Asia - Singapore
... PK Singh, Designer and Resident, Tree House, said: "Mangos were there, definitely the birds and other living things are also participating with us in living in ...
Home, sweet lawful home
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Vlahovich said. The county remains receptive to alternative construction, including the use of straw bales and rammed earth. It ...
Lighting up their homes, not by moon or stars
Business Line - Chennai,India
... point of rural households relied on the moon and the stars for lighting up their ... For India as a whole, electricity led the field with 107 million users (55.8 ...
Cleaning with green tea
ComputerWorld - USA
... NEC Japan announced last fall that it planned to make the cases for 10% of its laptop line out of corn-based, biodegradeable materials by the year 2010.
Battery a boost to renewable energy
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Up to $1 million is being invested in a battery that could help solve the problem of the unreliable supply of solar power and other renewable energy. ...
Organic and natural food lovers now have two new options in Oswego
Oswego County Business Magazine - Oswego,NY,USA
... contains full-spectrum lighting, artificial lighting that best mimics the sun. The Mustard Seed's staff boasts long careers in retail grocery and natural food. ...
Biosphere 2 tour includes sales pitch
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
ORACLE - The tour guide launched into a brief history of Biosphere 2 before making his half -hearted sales pitch. Lynn Brooks chronicled ...
Area official 'vigilant'
Taunton Gazette - Taunton,MA,USA
... In fact, he was scheduled for a meeting this morning unrelated to the present situation at MEMA's underground bunker in Framingham, the state operations center
Out of this world
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... many years was difficult to get into. But in 1954 miners cut a 120m long tunnel to provide easy access from close to Cave House. ...
Tornado safety tips
Express Newsline - Mohali,India
... When a tornado watch is issued, find shelter. ... If you find yourself outdoors during a tornado and are unable to seek shelter, find the lowest area. ...
January 16, 2005
For Sale: One Biosphere, Gently Used
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: NPR's Ted Robbins reports that the 3-acre terrarium known as Biosphere 2 is up for sale. Billionaire Ed Bass funded ...
Unprecedented Security Planned for Inauguration
ABC News - USA
... of security for this inauguration have been enhanced," said US Secret Service Special ... Underground is covered, too -- manhole covers will be welded shut and ...
The Hidden Vulnerability of Mega-cities To Natural Disasters ...
ScienceBlog.com - USA
The rapid and extensive underground expansion of mega-cities -- for subways, malls, parking and public utilities -- takes place often with too little knowledge ...
New image sensor will show what the eyes see, and a camera cannot
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... The researchers hope the new technology will yield high-quality image data, despite natural lighting, and ultimately improve the reliability of machine-vision ...
Japan Researchers Unveil Quake Simulator
ABC News - USA
A group of invitees watch a two-story model house being shook by a huge amount of jolt created by a three-dimensional full-scale earthquake testing facility at ...
Are you prepared to die?
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield,OH,USA
... flying in airplanes, working in dangerous environments all come with hidden hazards. Even if we could hide in the most secure nuclear bunker to avoid ...
'Gentler' religion on rise
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... In China, underground "house churches" are proliferating so quickly that neither the authorities nor Christian leaders can keep reliable count. ...
January 13, 2005
Underground caves, historic village cover lots of history
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
Tucked away on a dirt road just south of Corydon, the first state capital of Indiana, is Squire Boone Village and Caverns, an underground cave and restored ... (Note: I love exploring caves like this one. Put me on the list of future visitors.)
Lighting up Gene Expression in Plants
Agricultural Research - Beltsville,MD,USA
... The technique has already led the Ithaca researchers to significant findings regarding alpine pennycress, Thlaspi caerulescens, an important plant that ...
Seeing The Light
Jamaica Observer - Jamaica
... You just set and forget. Incidentally the LED's in all fixtures available at Solar Lighting and More are guaranteed for 15 years. ...
Ford Motor Expands Lineup of Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Vehicles
Bloomberg - USA
... and trucks presents a ``business opportunity.'' The chief executive, great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, also pushed for a ``living roof'' with trees ...
Taylor students compete to launch satellite into space
Marion Chronicle Tribune - Marion,IN,USA
... Small and very powerful could also be used to describe the impression Taylor students have ... the group spent time in the lab with only a generator for electricity ...
Fuel Cell Duel
Popular Mechanics - USA
... Within hours of each other, Toyota and Honda held separate press conferences in Southern California, announcing they would deliver the first fuel cell cars for ...
Winston Churchill Museum Is Set to Open in London War Rooms
Bloomberg - USA
... Web site. The opening at the once-secret underground headquarters will mark the 40th anniversary of Sir Winston's death, it said. ...
Is 'Super Volcano' About To Blow?
Free Internet Press - New York,NY,USA
... Others close to the story are convinced that a massive eruption is imminent. ... people are not being told that the explosion of this 'super volcano' could happen ...
January 8, 2005
˜North Korea plans total mobilisation within 24 hours'
Daily Times - Pakistan
... leaders in underground bunkers, a South Korean newspaper said on Wednesday. The Kyunghyang Shinmun daily quoted what it said was leader Kim Jong-il's secret ...
Electromagnetic Pulse: An Avoidable Disaster
ChronWatch - Alamo,CA,USA
... cyber attacks and surface-burst nuclear weaponry are other significant threats. Those types of attacks would be the more deadly when combined with an EMP attack ...
From a Wisconsin cornfield, Earth's dynamo recreated
University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications - Madison,WI,USA
In an underground bunker that brushes up against a Wisconsin barnyard on one side ... But some scientists think there is a hidden toroidal or donut-shaped magnetic ...
January 3, 2005
Keeping Your Home Safe From Electrical Fires
WSAV-TV - Savannah,GA,USA
... power strip may look like it can handle several plugs even one appliance can overload ... can easily exceed that 15 amps causing an extra draw of energy into power ...
Zigi's workshop prompts confessions from a wood-burning fool
Gulf Islands - Salt Spring Island,British Columbia,Canada
... smoke coming from my chimney were actually signs of wasted energy, unhealthy emissions and ... is designed to burn smoke before it leaves the appliance -- due to ...
Unearthed: bunker that hid Bosnia war crimes fugitive
The Times - UK
... Built during communist times near the town of Han Pijesak, as a last redoubt for Tito's military, this underground bunker is believed to have been used until ...
Farm implement goes 'underground' with patent
Sulphur Springs Country World News - Sulphur Springs,TX,USA
Dec. 30, 2004 - One day while Dan Moran, of Dan's Machine and Welding in Brady, was chatting with his friend, a bright idea was etched into his head. ...
January 1, 2005
Four-way stop
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... a large piece of thin, sturdy plastic - preferably a bright colored one that stands out - and 50 feet of utility cord is the first step in wilderness survival. ...
Alcohol fuel cell goes micro
Technology Research News - USA
Researchers from Saint Louis University, who earlier this year developed a fuel cell using enzymes to generate electricity from ethanol, have built a microchip ...
Hydroponic gardening's reputation is growing
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
In response to stepped-up demand, 2-year-old Casa Verde Garden Supply and Hydroponics has moved into new space at Ashby and Flores, just north of San Pedro ..
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January 2005
Proposed tax bill would change way acreages are assessed
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA
... land, he said. The measure also redefines agricultural property so that elk production and aquaculture (fish farms) are included.
Undercover farm has dinner plate covered
ABC Regional Online - Australia
... At the outset he was told a closed system wouldn't work but he says his reticulated aquaculture system is proof that fish can be farmed this way and water can ...
Windmills making comabck with aerators, water pumps
FarmWeek - Bloomington,IL,USA
An improved version of the traditional farm windmill powers pond and aquaculture aeration systems ... of Carlyle uses his windmill to aerate a 1.5-acre fish pond. ...
Tas scientists help NT understand jewfish
ABC Online - Australia
... It will involve tagging fish with devices that can be detected by receivers ... Dr Jason Semmens, from the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, says the ...
Innovation lights way for Utica startup company
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
... a knack for inventing have helped Tullio Dell Aquila launch Aquatic Research and Development, a company focused on finding innovative ways to use LED lighting. ...
Aquaculture to boost Arroyo's 10-pt agenda
Sun Star - Philippines
... Campeon said Yap emphasized that through aquaculture, "fish supply and prices have stabilized, incomes and employment rates have improved and the country's ...
Tsunami to hit shrimp exports hard
Economic Times - New Delhi,India
... Asked about the tsunami's impact on the marine biosphere, they said "we have to undertake a study on it. We expect some change.". ...