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Russian Icon: CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO RISE like a giant steel and glass Christmas tree from a peninsula along the Moscow River, Crystal Island, if built, would be the world's biggest building as measured in floor space-four times the size of the mammoth Pentagon. Foster + Partners, the British firm that...; Tags: apartment, buffer, Moscow, Pentagon, prosperity, steel; Research articles 2008-07-01
OSM Proposes Changes on Stream Buffer Zone Rules: Federal agencies that oversee surface mining are considering revamping the rules surrounding stream buffer zones to make it so the rules do not apply to intermittent and perennial streams that may be affected by huge surface mining operations in West Virginia.The federal Office of Surface Mining recently unveiled proposed rule...; Tags: buffer, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-09-07
Over 70 injured as Paris train hits buffer: PARIS AFP — More than 70 people were injured on Thursday when a train carrying hundreds of rush-hour commuters hit the rail buffer of a Paris station, firefighters said. The driver was held for questioning by police after the nine-carriage train carrying 600 passengers struck the buffer as it...; Tags: accident, Agence France-Presse, buffer, firefighter, Paris, train; Research articles 2007-04-05
An approach for using soil surveys to guide the placement of water quality buffers.: Vegetative buffers may function better for filtering agricultural runoff in some locations than in others because of intrinsic characteristics of the land on which they are placed. The objective of this study was to develop a method based on soil survey attributes that can be used to compare soil map...; Tags: buffer, Clay, Conservation, Environmental, Gold, MARKETING, slope, Soil, survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2006-11-01
Comparing ratings of the southern phosphorus indices.(RESEARCH): The use of site assessment indices to guide agricultural phosphorus P nutrient management has been widely adopted in the United States. This study compares P-index ratings from 12 southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas) on fields representing...; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, buffer, Buffer, conservation, Conservation, Drain, Florida, Georgia, HARDWARE, indice, Kentucky, Louisiana, Microsoft Corp., Mississippi, Oklahoma, pasture, Soil, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Yes; Research articles 2006-11-01

Water quality in relation to vegetative buffers around sinkholes in karst terrain.: There are approximately 8,340 mapped sinkholes in karst terrain of southeast Minnesota. Most sinkholes are adjacent to row crops that likely contribute pollutants to surface waters and aquifers. Vegetated buffers can improve water quality by reducing sediment, fertilizers, pesticides, and other potential contaminants from runoff, and may benefit water quality...; Tags: buffer, Cannon, Conservation, Environmental, M., Minnesota, quality, Quality, River, Robinson, Soil, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2006-11-01
Establishing conservation buffers using precision information.: Conservation buffers, such as filter strips and riparian forest buffers, are widely prescribed to improve and protect water quality in agricultural landscapes. These buffers intercept field runoff and retain some of its pollutant load before it reaches a waterway. A buffer typically is designed to have uniform width along a...; Tags: analysis, buffer, conservation, Conservation, Environmental, GIS, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2005-11-01
Conservation Now: Turning Swine Waste Into Fertilizer In a year-long, on-farm study, a combination of technologies developed by companies in the U.S., Spain and Japan successfully turned swine waste into clean water and beneficial fertilizer products. The technologies were combined into a system by USDA- Agricultural Research Service ARS soil...; Tags: buffer, FINANCE, Iowa State University, payment, scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2005-09-02
Background briefings on W with the White House hacks: THEY may well ask me in years to come: what did you do in the Gleneagles G8 summit, Grandpa? I will have to tell them I mostly watched events from my sofa. Not that this vantage point was without hazard. When news came through that George W Bush...; Tags: Africa, Buffer, London, MARKETING, president, summit, White House; Research articles 2005-07-10
Design and simulation of an input queuing packet switch: Abstract: Many Architectures of Internet routers, ATM and Ethernet switches have been proposed and analysed in literature. Theoretically reliable and valid solutions have been developed to achieve high performances, but a lot of them are not feasible in practice for commercial and technological reasons. Few papers develop the implementation and...; Tags: algorithm, buffer, cell, Engineering, IEEE, network, performance, queue; Research articles 2005-07-01
Wishful drinking: We celebrated the demise of Dubya at a White House: WHAT a good time the Buffer had celebrating the demise of President Bush. And right on George W's own doorstep, too. Normally, we would wait for the American TV networks to call the presidential election. But this time it was Brian, the barman in the Old Ebbitt Grill, the nearest...; Tags: Buffer, Bush, Democrat, Glasgow, Kerry, Manufacturing, president, Republican, TVs, Washington, White House; Research articles 2004-11-07
Henrik the great will hit Buffon buffers, says Italy keeper: BELEM, Portugal AFP ? Henrik Larsson is currently in the exalted company of Zinedine Zidane as joint top scorer at Euro 2004, but the Swedish striker's train is about to hit the buffers, Italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon warned. Larsson's brace of goals - the first a flying header -...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, buffer, Italy; Research articles 2004-06-15
Court of Appeals Backs No-Spray Buffers for Salmon Waterways in Northwest.: By Joe Harwood, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 6--A ban on the use of some pesticides along thousands of miles of salmon-bearing waterways in Oregon and elsewhere on the West Coast remains in place following a federal appeals...; Tags: buffer, Oregon, Seattle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2004-05-06
No Rhyme Or Reason For Joyti's Bankers; Disgusted from Bellarmine: Anger and disgust were the main emotions in the Buffer Zone at the details of the case last week in which a woman at Goldman Sachs stole pounds 4.3 million from various executives at the merchant bank,. The executives were raking in so much cash they did not notice that...; Tags: bank, banker, Buffer, Glasgow, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., trader; Research articles 2004-04-25
Schumacher wins another Australian racing title: MELBOURNE, Australia -- Michael Schumacher is off to a fast start in his bid for a seventh Formula One championship. Schumacher won his fourth Australian Grand Prix title, leading teammate Rubens Barrichello in a 1-2 finish Sunday for Ferraris in the season-opening Formula One race. Schumacher...; Tags: buffer, car, Ferrari, Melbourne, Renault; Research articles 2004-03-08
Software Aids NASA With Project Scheduling Challenges: Concerto softwareRealization TechnologiesSan Jose, CA408-271-1712www.realization.comNASA's Systems Analysis Branch conducts multidisciplinary studies and analyses of advanced vehicles and integrated air traffic systems. Their goals include identifying high-potential future concepts, carrying out analyses in support of major research programs and program planning, providing assessment of aerospace technology enterprise pillars, and developing advanced...; Tags: buffer, Manufacturing, NASA, software, Strategy; Research articles 2004-02-01
Lean by design and by necessity: GM's newest vehicle assembly plant is "shrink-wrapped" around the processIf you were building a greenfield automotive assembly plant, you might look for sites of anywhere from 200 to 300 acres in size.So imagine the constraints faced by General Motors in planning its Grand River Assembly Plant (Lansing, MI). The facility...; Tags: buffer, General Motors Corp., Quality, team; Research articles 2003-09-01
Federal Judge in Seattle Orders Pesticide Buffers to Protect Salmon.: By Scott Maben, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 21--A federal judge in Seattle will impose temporary streamside buffers on pesticide spraying to protect endangered salmon and steelhead in Oregon, Washington and California. The buffers would...; Tags: buffer, Government, Oregon, Seattle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2003-07-21
Judge orders pesticide buffers to protect salmon: Byline: Scott Maben The Register-Guard A federal judge in Seattle will impose temporary streamside buffers on pesticide spraying to protect endangered salmon and steelhead in Oregon, Washington and California. The buffers would remain in place until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopts guidelines ensuring that...; Tags: buffer, Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2003-07-18
Factoids (as of December 31, 2002).(environmental buffers)(Brief Article): * The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Conservation Buffer Initiative has reached 69 percent of its 2 million-mile goal. * A total of 1,374,670 miles of buffers have been installed. * More than 4.9 million acres are covered in buffers. ...; Tags: buffer, INTERNET, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2003-01-01