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May 27, 2008 Tuesday
Celestial irony between Mars and Stuhlinger
The Huntsville Times - al.com - Huntsville,AL,USA "Because of Ernst making that connection, they found the Van Allen Radiation Belts around Earth." Though the space program today is being buffeted by budget
Junked food
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
On his first morning, he was ordered to dump 23 kilograms of fruit and vegetables – much of it packaged with "sell-by" dates for that day
Vanishing stars in Manobo skies
Inquirer.net - Philippines
The study, “Mga Naglalahong Bituin sa Langit: Ang Pamiteun ng mga Matigsalug Manobo (The Vanishing Stars in the Sky: The Pamiteun of the Matigsalug Manobos)
Mysterious fish kill plagues Mableton pond
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By SA REID Authorities are working to unravel a Memorial Day weekend mystery about what killed hundreds of fish in private lake in Mableton
“”Scientists begin hunt for mysterious God particle
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Washington, May 25 (ANI): Scientists are hoping that the Atlas detector, which is one of six particle physics experiments part of the Large Hadron Collider, ...
Caving offers a new view of your 'back yard'
New River Valley Current - Christiansburg,VA,USA
I never fully regained my footing because maneuvering in the cave felt like scrambling over an endless muddy rock pile with a roof over top. ..
’Traversing Palawans untainted shores
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
... that makes the cave feel so much darker. The light that seems to shine on every other part of the country is obviously absent here, underground. ...
“”Earthquake handling shows a changing mentality: China expert
Macau Daily Times - Macau
Although aid has long since been accepted from the outside world, opening the border to international assistance teams is unusual in the country. ...
When Dirt Is a Good Thing
Library Journal - New York,NY,USA
The rammed earth method chosen by Carney is called SIREWALL® (stabilized insulated rammed earth), formulated by Meror Krayenhoff of Terra Firma Builders
Burning Fork residence recognized as official backyard habitat
Appalachian News-Express - Pikeville,KY,USA
Other trees that can be found on the property including the hillside acreage are ash beech, birch black walnut, hickory, maple, mulberry, oak, pawpaw, pine,
Plan to draw 1 million tourists into the woods might have tough ...
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA
Under a bill introduced to the US House, the land would be acquired from property owners who are willing to sell or donate the acreage. ..
Go underground to see the hidden side of Shenandoah, VA
SmarterTravel.com - USA
But just as many treasures lie underground, too. Consider spending a hot summer's day in the cool subterranean playgrounds of Luray Caverns, about an hour ...
'Hay bale gardening' takes root
Hudson Hub-Times - Hudson,Ohio,USA
Although commonly referred to as hay bale gardening, wheat or oat straw bales typically are used, as they are less likely to contain weeds than hay.
'Bush man' found dead in forest
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
A man is believed to have died when he set some bushes afire in a bid to escape a swarm of killer bees. The body of Rasheed Mohammed was found by relatives ...
May 20, 2008 Tuesday
University of Chicago receives $25 million gift from Morningstar ...
PressZoom (press release) - Amsterdam,Netherlands
On May 8, the Board of Trustees approved Jahn’s designs, which will include an underground facility 50 feet deep, topped by an elliptical glass dome 35 feet
Run your home on energy that won't cost the earth
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
... with complicated heating and energy efficiency has led him to complete training courses on everything from solar panels and geothermal heating to heat ...
Fonterra joins fight for Dairy Farmers
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The co-operative, with 2300 farmer shareholders, formally put itself up for sale in March. The list of further potential bidders includes the Italian dairy
Earthquake Reaction And Overreaction
Forbes - NY,USA
It is like the difference between a Tex-Mex place in Los Angeles and authentic south-of-the-border food in the heart of Mexico. A lot of foreign-sourced ...
Rescuers fear 40000 buried in epicentre
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
CHINA accelerated its rescue effort in the earthquake-hit south-west yesterday, where more than 40000 people lay dead or buried under rubble and time was ...
China bloggers cook up quake conspiracies
Times Online - UK
The province shares a border with Chongqing Municipality, which was devastated by the earthquake on Monday. On May 10, a Sichuan-based newspaper, ...
231 TONS DUG OUT OF CELLAR BY FRITZL
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
Yet he spent six years building his underground labyrinth without apparently attracting suspicion. Monster Fritzl has been linked to a number of unsolved ...
The land of faceless dreams
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Like the Lotus Eaters in the Odyssey, they live in dreamy contentment, deep underground. Only the especially privileged are allowed access to this paradise ...
Building the future
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
There are choices on green building materials, earth-sheltered architecture, passive solar heating and cooling, sustainable approaches to water and waste, ...
GREENHOUSE GOES GREENER
WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States
Over the summer, owner William H. Wheat plans to convert fuel-oil furnaces on six greenhouses so they can burn used cooking oil and other waste oil. ...
3 Co-operative Financial Services
Times Online - UK
... largest solar power installation), and last year it put 19 micro-wind turbines on the roof of its 13-storey Portland Street building in the same city.
May 13, 2008 Tuesday
Experience the wild side of Orange County
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
This innovative, earth-sheltered building is tucked into the ground, hidden from view at street level. Its energy-saving construction and operation is a ...
Grocery sticker shock
Baltimore Sun - United States
But Karen Leedahl, a pastor who lives in Latrobe, Pa., said she always bought store brands and shopped for sale goods. Two weeks ago, she started walking
Turkish quake fault line getting more active, expert warns
NTV MSNBC - Turkey
The massive earthquake fault line running beneath Turkey’s inland Sea of Marmara is showing heightened levels of activity, according to a leading seismic ...
Disaster may loosen junta's grip in Burma (Myanmar)
Sedona.biz - Sedona,AZ,USA
But following Pakistan's deadly earthquake in 2005, an influx of foreign aid workers dramatically improved perceptions of the West and strengthened ties ...
Myanmar's death toll could increase 15-fold, warns Oxfam
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
Citing evidence from previous experiences in disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Pakistan earthquake in 2005, Oxfam said that without an
Conservationists make most of real estate crisis
USA Today - USA
Land prices are dropping and there is more land for sale when developers halt plans to build. "You can call it a green lining in the cloud of real estate ...
Kathy Van Mullekom | Diggin' In
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Start with a bale of wheat straw. Bales sitting in the weather give you a head start, because they need to rot before you plant. Put them in sun.
Ingenuity and hard work saves Hythe farmer thousands on energy bill
Peace Country Sun - Grande Prairie,Alberta,Canada
Stickney grows creeping red fescue, which he bales up and burns in the straw burner. The Hythe farmer calculated that each bale holds approximately $100 in ...
Delving Into The Unknown
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
Professor and naturalist Pete Rossi led the students on an underground tour, pointing out past plant life now imprinted in the cave walls.
Amid soaring food prices, urban farms are sprouting across the city
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
It has been a working farm since the mid-1800s. The current owners grow enough for themselves and for sale on 1 acre. ...
Listening In on a Bat Cave
NPR - USA
Biologists from New York's Ulster County go underground as they try to work out what is killing the region's bats. by Brian Mann Hibernating Indiana bats,
May 6, 2008 Tuesday
The tops in green homes
Globe and Mail - Canada
The geothermal system draws on heat from the rock deep under the house for heating and cooling. It regulates the house's temperature year-round. ...
Energy that doesn't cost the earth
Derry Today - Derry,Northern Ireland,UK
The idea for Nutherm came when he installed a geothermal heating system in his own house on Inch Island, and from there became distributor for Ireland for ...
'Energy raiser' helps environment
Laconia Citizen - Laconia,NH,USA
Volunteer and member Peter Adams says it is far cheaper than geothermal heating. The difference comes by way of electricity costs. Where a geothermal system ...
‘’Scientists to recreate sun in hunt for energy
Times Online - UK
Then, researchers detonated an atomic bomb in an underground bunker to generate the x-rays needed to start a fusion reaction. Professor Mike Dunne, director ...
China builds secret underground nuclear submarine base: report
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
The Daily Telegraph reported that military analysts believed China's substantial build up of its forces was gaining pace but has remained hidden from the ...
Controversial property pegged for funeral home now up for sale
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
"Farm Credit will sell to a funeral home." The pitch for changing development guidelines to allow limited commercial development on the property was that it ...
The Green Maven - Sustainability
Auburn - Auburn,CA,USA
As our numbers increased, we had to stay put, increasing our yields naturally at first with manure and now with chemical fertilizers. ...
Poultry in motion: Chickens adopting urban lifestyle
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
She worries about contaminants in food and about factory-farm production and the resulting runoff from manure. She uses her chicken manure as a resource, ...
Inside Josef Fritzl's cellar dungeon
BBC News - UK
The secret location was so well hidden that when the police searched the property they failed to find it until Mr Fritzl showed them where it was. ...
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