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September 23, 2008 Tuesday
After Ike, FEMA comes under fire again
Detroit Free Press - United States
Still, thousands of people have tried to return to Galveston and other areas, despite a shortage of food, water and ice needed for survival. ...
Paradise in Pulaski County
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
Vegetables and herbs are interplanted with flowers, and organic gardening is the way things are grown. Fall planting is still under way, but harvesting is ...
’—’Youre All Dead and Dont Even Know It
Intellectual Conservative - Phoenix,AZ,USA
by Phillip Ellis Jackson I’m not talking about your run-of-the-mill disaster that only kills a few million people, like an earthquake along the West Coast ...
Couple to wed in prehistoric cave
The Press Association
The 85 guests will be ferried to the caves complex by vintage bus before going underground for the ceremony. "There will be a civil wedding in one cave, ...
Dewstow - The secret garden
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
The secret gardens and grottoes at Dewstow which date back more than a hundred years had lain buried and hidden under tons of soil, brambles and weeds for
Radical moves led to big rebound for Dow Chemical
Detroit Free Press - United States
Dow is working on products that range from solar roof shingles to wind turbine blades. "I've got to give a lot of credit to our local union," says David ...
A man working all the angles
Country Messenger - Scandia,MN,USA
A self-taught woodworker, Slocum was also fascinated by the potential of a dwelling space known as a geodesic dome. “It was the late ‘60s and innovators
September 16, 2008 Tuesday
’Xeni Gwetin traditional village was many years in the making
Williams Lake Tribune - B.C., Canada
The underground house can comfortably fit 30 people. It will be used as a place to host cultural tourism events. Interpretative stories could be told there
Honeycomb room is more than a hole in the ground
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The earth-sheltered "Honeycomb" rooms at the Inn at Honey Run in Millersburg, Ohio, were dug out of a hillside ...
ARIZONA'S YAVAPAI COUNTY
Mother Earth News - Topeka,KS,USA
Much of the rest they preserve and store in a handsome root cellar they dug into a hillside near the site of their future earth-sheltered home. ...
The Cliffs organic farm offering tours
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA
The farm has five acres in production, about three in the “soil-building” phase, two large greenhouses and a micro-greenhouse. The farm makes fresh produce ...
Laura and George Bush's First Home for Sale
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Here's a great gift idea for the GOP die-hard in your family: The first home of President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush is on the market.
Underground Bunker is Safe Haven for Contintental Airlines in Texas
Cleveland Leader - Cleveland,OH,USA
Continental Airlines, however, seems to have been more prepared than most, having purchased rental space in an underground bunker where they can safely ...
Tennessee: Carbon footprints
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga,TN,USA Ms. Sexton believes the analysis will help determine whether it is economically viable for a small land trust to offer carbon credits for sale. ...
Some bamboo floors aren't quite as green
Seattle Times - United States
(You may recall its featured role in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.") A forest of bamboo is essentially one living organism all connected to the ...
’How low will it go? The mysterious water cycles of Virginias ...
The Keene Sentinel - Keene,NH,USA
If the lake drains completely, geologists could finally explore and map the underground features of the “big drain,” as it’s sometimes known. ...
he Case of the Vanishing Oaks
Science Magazine (subscription) - USA
By Virginia Morell When Lewis and Clark crossed America's heartland, they tramped through wide swaths of oak forests. But today, the oaks are in decline, ...
Monarchs vanishing from skies in Ontario
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
Even if you're not a butterfly expert, you'd probably recognize the distinctive black and orange monarch as it flutters about. ...
Whatever the reason, lakes are vanishing
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
By Dan DeWitt, Times Columnist I've heard them called mud puddles, which is what they look like during extreme drought. And glorified retention ponds, ...
Designer beef
VUE Weekly - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
Highmark Renewables, their very own Integrated Manure Utilization System, converts the manure accumulated from Spring Creek Ranch cattle into renewable, ...
Hunting season for antiques
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
Antiquing is a favorite pastime of Virginians, who roam the state searching for deals and steals: an ancient piece of handcrafted furniture, a rare book, ...
Closing a chapter on Iwo Jima
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
Crawford knew of Iwo Jima’s 16 miles of defensive tunnels and underground bunkers the Imperial military dug. He and Takashi Matsuda, the Japanese reporter ...
10 Incredible Underground Lakes and Rivers [pics]
Environmental Graffiti - London,England,UK
Reed Flute Cave in Guilin, China was discovered during the Tang Dynasty almost 1300 years ago. Image by Ian Sewell Far below the Earth’s surface
Contractor teaches rammed earth technique
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
The local contractor has co-ordinated a rammed earth construction training course to teach contractors, engineers and builders how to transform the clay,
September 2, 2008 Tuesday
First come, first served
Boston Globe - United States
But none of this has put an end to Boston's thriving underground free furniture industry. Sean Heary and Silas Lohrenz, 21-year-old Emerson College seniors,
A lifestyle of the future
Dispatch Online - South Africa
Built using a rammed earth technique common to north Africa and almost entirely from material either harvested from Gqunube Green, or waste building ...
Going for the Gold in Fall home decor
North Florida NewsDaily - Glen Saint Mary,FL,USA
Finishes with burlap, limed walls and straw bale walls will be popular, as will burlap-covered walls, Belgium linens, interesting high-end finishes on ..
Bale out could be the final straw
The Mercury - Tasmania,Australia
Lamb and wool farmer Stuart Hay received four 600kg bales of hay which are expected to keep his stock fed and his farm afloat for another month at most. ...
Mystery disease forces mass exodus from Uttar Pradesh villages
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Kanpur, Sep 1 (IANS) Villages around Kanpur, which have seen a mysterious fever claiming over 140 lives in the past four weeks, are now witnessing a mass ...
The Seedy Gardner: Packrat or recycler?
Conway Daily Sun (subscription) - Conway,NH,USA
I’m not sure what those hamsters were doing in the semi-privacy of their glass tanks, but it made for good growing. Manure is a recycling topic all on its ...
A home that heals
Chicago Tribune - United States
For the Jarskis, Howe solved the problem of what to do with their daughter long before the mysterious disability had the celebrity clout it does today. ...
China earthquake death toll rises
guardian.co.uk - UK
... close to Panzhihua town in Sichuan province, near the border with Yunnan and along the same fault line as a May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70000. ...
Tens of thousands flee New Orleans
CTV.ca - Canada
I guess the same could be said about earthquake zones, tornado zones, volcano zones...you get the comparison? People are going to live where they want, ...
QinetiQ North America Technology Solutions Group Appoints Former ...
MarketWatch - USA
At DARPA, Dr. Duckworth was responsible for programs addressing hidden and hardened underground facilities, developing specialized geolocation, navigation, ...
Australians fear return of winged cannibals
The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
It is not an easy task as the eggs are usually hidden underground and are difficult to spot. Juveniles are not easy to kill because they are so small and ...
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