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October 30, 2007 Tuesday
Military Experiments Target the Van Allen Belts
IEEE Spectrum - New York,NY,USA
Schoenberg says that DSX's particular specialty will be the regions between the inner and outer Van Allen belts. The compact inner belt (discovered by a ...
Ten ways to thwart Big Brother
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Here, an 'off-grid' expert offers an insider's guide We live in the most watched-over society in Europe. Exposure, especially in The Observer, ...
Kansas couple to be wed underground
NTV - Kearney,NE,USA
AP - October 23, 2007 12:54 PM ET A Hutchinson couple plans to to tie the knot 650 feet below the earth's surface in the Kansas Underground Salt Museum ...
Super subway spurs underground love
China Internet Information Center| - China
Subway is more than just a means of transportation; it has improved the quality of life of many locals. While many regard the clean and spacious subway ...
Students explore underground world
ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
by LILES NEAL As fall fades to winter and the whitewater paddling and climbing seasons draw to an end, Appalachian State University’s Outdoor Programs looks ...
Iran steps up preparations for US war
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... of congressional funding to modify B2 stealth bombers to carry a 30000lb bunker-buster bomb, capable of damaging Iran's underground nuclear facilities. ...
Scrappers, cave dwellers clash
Batesville Daily Guard (subscription) - Batesville,AR,USA
He said apparently the men and a woman were living in a cave which he described as "bunker like." "It'sa weird scene over there," he said. "Total weirdos
Hidden city
China Daily - China
Constructed between 1969 and 1979, the bomb shelter, known as the Underground City, was part of military strategy, dating from the Sino-Soviet border ...
New cave in Moravian Karst area opens to public
Prague Daily Monitor - Prague,Czech Republic
The anti-nuclear shelter is situated some 50 metres underground. It is 200m long and has capacity of 250 people. Its equipment enabled the communist ...
New housing uses old technique
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA
By Dhyana Levey / Merced Sun-Star And she's put this mantra into action, building what she says is the first straw-bale house in Merced County. ...
A home made of straw?
Times Online - UK
To help with the work, Carol found volunteers through Amazonails, a West Yorkshire consultancy that runs straw-bale building courses. ...
'Dome Show' builds interest
Waxahachie Daily Light - Waxahachie,TX,USA
Monolithic Construction held a "Dome Show" Saturday, opening its facilities — with many of the residents who live in nearby Dome Park Place also opening ...
China and the environment: The US could learn a lot from China
EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Portland,ME,USA
In addition, by the end of 2004 China had produced 200000 off-grid wind turbine generators (usually rural single family generators), and was ranked number
Plan ahead to keep fires from becoming catastrophes
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... A fire-rated roofing materials such as concrete and stucco, and to consider using tile, concrete or rammed earth instead of combustible wooden decks. ...
7000-year-old Dara ruins host historical mosaics of ancient times
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
Ancient mosaics resembling the Zeugma mosaics that were found in Gaziantep province have been discovered in the 7000-year-old ruins located in the village ...
Mediterranean cruise becomes a group trip, and there's something ...
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
Ephesus, one of the best-preserved ancient ruins in the world, features remnants from the city such as the Odeon (concert hall), the baths, the restored ...
Rules fail to bring down tree-house tradition
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
Now the tree-house is making a comeback in gardens across Sussex. But the fairy tale dream of a magical lookout perched high above the rooftops is not as ...
The Gems Of Autumn
Seattle Times - United States
The trick is to plant enough berrying plants so you can enjoy them along with the foraging birds. Since plant fever grips us in springtime, that's mostly
Time spent in the outdoors the best part of hunting
Savannah Morning News - Savannah,GA,USA
Even the feral hogs, foraging their way in and out of the swamp, may become part of it all. Yes, I would like to take deer, but to have the opportunity to ...
October 23, 2007 Tuesday
Calif. Fires Destroy Hundreds Of Homes
Guardian Unlimited -
From AP By ALLISON HOFFMAN and GILLIAN FLACCUS AP Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) - Walls of wind-whipped flames consumed hundreds of homes across tinder-dry Southern California on Tuesday, raising the number of people forced to flee the flames into the ...
Victorian refrigerator unearthed by builders
www.acr-news.com - London,UK
An underground igloo has been uncovered by builders working at on an extension in a Newbury house. The workmen uncovered, what is believed to be,
Foodie at Large: Rich pickings
Times Online - UK
“An essential part of foraging is having a connection with nature,” he says. “It’s important not to destroy what you are harvesting. ...
SolCool One, LLC Ships First Millennia Solar Air Conditioner to India
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
The Millennia unlocks the gate to affordable off grid and on-site generated power lifestyles. The systems also feather in well to the grid with its ...
Winds, hot temperatures continue to fuel Southern California fires
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 3 hours ago
As dawn broke on the third day of the fires, the toll mounted as authorities issued new evacuations in San Diego County. One of those, on the La Jolla ...
Tunnels across the bowels of the earth in Long Phuoc
Saigon Times Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The campaign to dig the underground hideouts started in a home of a man called Nam Hoi in 1948. Subsequently the local people dug groups of tunnels in all
1st underground five-star hotel to open in Shanghai
China Internet Information Center| - China
Shanghai plans to build the country's first underground five-star hotel in southeastern Songjiang District. The hotel will be located in a 100-meter-deep
Vietnam Memorial Center Design Approved
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A design panel gave its blessing Thursday to an underground visitor center and exhibit space to accompany the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on ...
EASIER ON THE WALLET -- AND THE ENVIRONMENT
CityLimits.org - USA
Up on the green roof are actor - and Enterprise trustee - Edward Norton, Enterprise vice president Abby Sigal, and John Reilly and Pat Logan of Fordham ...
October 16, 2007 Tuesday
More Than Just a Hillside Hole
Realty Times - TX,USA
That cave house is starting to look even better. It's a cabin I've been dreaming of, now that I've become a disciple of the late Richard Proenneke, ..
•Off the grid
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - Syracuse,NY,USA
His little house in St. Lawrence County, built in 1920 to run without electricity, is off the power grid once more. Bartlett is not the only person to leave ...
Leoti schools proposing dome model for new school
Garden City Telegram - Garden City,KS,USA
According to the Monolithic Dome Institute, a dome is "a super-insulated, steel-reinforced concrete structure that can be designed for virtually any use. ...
Civil Defense Researcher Finds What's Old Is New Again
Newswise (press release) - USA
... the nation's most ambitious fallout shelter plan, including the conversion of an abandoned mine that could provide underground protection for 20000. ...
7 (More!) Underground Wonders of the World: Lost Caverns and ...
By WebUrbanist
The world is full of wonders, from abandoned towns and deserted settlements to underwater cities and underground architecture. Humans burrow into the Earth out of anything from necessity to superstition, driven by coincidence or coerced ...
Vatican archives reveals secrets of the Knights Templar
Independent Catholic News - London,UK
Together, the two collections of books, manuscripts, and letters cover tens of kilometres of shelf space, much of it underground for security reasons and to
Factory behind first atomic bomb aims to be listed
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The massive underground tunnels that shoot off the site were last used to store food surpluses from the EC, but for years its secret military function ...
Indians develop new iron using ancient technology
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
And his passionate quest to unravel the mystery that began in 1990s has now culminated in phosphoric irons. The test samples developed by the IIT team ...
Extending the growing season
Herald & Review - Decatur,IL,USA
... of a wooden frame topped with a rigid plastic or glass roof, hinged on one side for access and ventilation. But what about bringing the garden indoors? ...
Silent Woods
Canadian Architect - Toronto,Canada
A framed view of the walled vegetable garden offers a tantalizing glimpse beyond of the vast expanse of this rural property.
Healthy Homes & Home Designs for Homeowners
Realty Times - TX,USA
"You need not set up housekeeping in a monolithic dome or an earth-sheltered dwelling to live in harmony with nature," she said. "Even the most traditional ...
Fall brings nature's morsels of goodness to the table
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
But you don't really have to go foraging this time of year to go nuts. Walnuts, pecans, hickories, butternuts and chestnuts are abundant, ...
Giant Wave Experiment Reveals Poorly Understood Behavior Of Tsunamis
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Tsunamis can also cause landslides and the formation of gigantic potholes called "scours," which can force underground oil pipelines to pop, resulting in ...
Deal with the dirt
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
... which involves capturing the carbon and storing it underground. Australia is at the forefront of research and development in the area of carbon capture
October 9, 2007 Tuesday
Tours Venture Into Forbidden, or Merely Hidden, Territory
New York Times - United States
They learned about affinage, the art of aging cheese to pungent perfection, and toured underground cheese caves at Murray's Cheese in Greenwich Village. ...
Natural Gas Hidden Under Hillsides
WOWK - Huntington,WV,USA
And what may look like a typical hillside instead stores a hidden natural secret underground ready and waiting to be used this winter. ...
The secret's out
Ynetnews - Israel
In the '60s and '70s, when the US felt threatened by Soviet spy satellites, it invested $15 billion in hiding its ballistic missile arsenal underground. ...
Couple's earthen cottage is born from a desire to simplify life
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... the professional builder who erected the Bucks' cob home. "It's doing the same thing straw bale did 10 or 15 years ago," Boreen said. ...
Solar homes save energy, environment
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
That, combined with straw-bale insulation (about double the effectiveness of standard insulation) and clay-and- lime stucco finish keeps the house cool even ...
Photos: Tree house living
Crave - London,UK
Tree houses aren't just for kids anymore. They are used increasingly as primary residences, vacation getaways and meditation retreats. ...
Treehouse gets planning thumbs-up
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich,England,UK
A unique tree house threatened with demolition is likely to be allowed to stay after winning support from planning officers. Youth worker Adam Jackson, 22, ...
Destination Missouri: Recreation heads underground in the Cave State
BONNE TERRE, Mo. - Rather than head outside for a recreational adventure, athletes in Missouri can head underground - to scuba dive, play tennis and, if one man has his way, even try their hand at subterranean ice skating or kayaking.
Climate Change Likely To Help With Groundwater Recharge
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Now a scientist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is taking a closer look at what could happen underground. ARS scientists Mike Murphy (left) and ...
October 2, 2007 Tuesday
Dome Homes Provide Safety, Savings
Voice of America - USA
This is a monolithic dome design, in that the basic dome structure is all of one piece. Such houses use anywhere from 50 to 75 percent less energy for ...
Farm Bureau to break ground on new headquarters with underground ...
Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA
... is only a tornado or terrorist attack away, which is why the Farm Bureau's new $8.5 million conference center will be built partially underground. ...
Iran denies opposition group's claim over secret underground nuke site
Xinhua - China
28 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Friday denied a claim by the country's main opposition organization which had accused Tehran of constructing secret underground ...
City building bunker for 20000 people
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
The project evokes memories of the Cold War shelter built in West Virginia for members of Congress. CNN said it featured 18 underground dorms. AP
John Baer | A beaut of a job for Rep. Bob Brady
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
It's a fancy bomb shelter for members of Congress. Oh, everyone denies that. It's really for the comfort of tourists. Does away with long lines to get into ...
Tokyo Eyes Readiness for Big Quake
The Associated Press -
And when it does hit, officials say, there is one other thing that is a near certainty — hundreds of thousands of people will be in need of shelter that the ...
Fertilizers at Fault in Mysterious Frog Deformities
Wired News - USA
Ponds with high fertilizer runoff saw their snail populations boom. So what can you do if you want to give kids a chance to catch frogs that don't have legs ...
Scientist urges underground CO2 storage
Science Daily (press release) - USA
25 (UPI) -- A US scientist says storing carbon dioxide underground is a feasible option for the oil industry, involving off-the-shelf technology. .
Borneo Ice Cores In Underground Caves Give Clues To Climate Change
By News Account
Growing inside the caves of the tropical Pacific island of Borneo are some of the keys to understanding how the Earth's climate suddenly changed - several times - over the last 25000 years. By analyzing stalagmites, the pilar-like rock
A 76-year-old woman's story has brought the issue of survival ...
Chanticleer (subscription) - Jacksonville,AL,USA
The class centers on the basics: finding water, foraging food, creating a shelter and building a fire. Mize uses episodes of Survivorman and a military ...
Secret Nuclear Bunker (Kelvedon Hatch, nr Brentwood)
ic Essex.co.uk - Essex,UK
At first glance the small farmhouse, hidden amongst dense trees, makes you wonder if you have actually come to the right place. This, coupled with repeated ...
Mosquito Coast faces hunger and disease
Guardian Unlimited - UK
It was category five, a monster storm, and a cataclysm seemed inevitable. But the hurricane changed course and missed big population centres. ...
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