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Clear-up stems the tide
WORK by the Environment Agency to clear river blockages has helped prevent a major village flood. Following high river levels and flooding the Agency has been clearing waterways of debris including Baildon Dyke, Skelmanthorpe. But say Skelmanthorpe Action Group, residents near the dyke have been forced to spend...
Tags: Clear, debris, MARKETING, river
Research articles 2008-09-20
"Fishing for Energy" Comes to Rhode Island
Newport is the Latest New England Location to Join Efforts to Remove Abandoned Fishing Gear from Region's Waters NEWPORT, R.I. -- "Fishing for Energy," an innovative partnership to recycle fishing equipment into energy, has expanded to Newport, Rhode Island. The program was launched at the Town Pier in an...
Tags: debris, environment, FINANCE, Newport, NOAA
Research articles 2008-09-08
NOAA Addresses the Marine Debris Problem
Creating Partnerships and Innovative Solutions to an Ocean and Coastal Threat In 2005, the receding iloodwaters of Hurricane Katrina deposited tons of material offshore, creating a marine debris problem hazardous to fishing and boating activities. Thousands of mi les away i n the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, more than...
Tags: debris, FINANCE, Hawaiian, MARKETING, NOAA, survey
Research articles 2008-09-01
Fire caused collapse of World Trade Center 7: probe
NEW YORK AFP — A raging, long-burning fire caused the collapse of World Trade Center building number 7, which tumbled hours after hijacked jets hit the twin towers on September 11, 2001, investigators said Thursday. The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST found that the 47-story building, which...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, collapse, debris, MARKETING, NIST, tower, World Trade Center
Research articles 2008-08-21
Japan troops search mud as quake toll hits 10
KURIHARA, Japan AFP — Rescue workers hampered by giant mounds of mud pulled a man's body out of the remains of a devastated hot spring resort on Monday, bringing the death toll from Japan's earthquake to 10. As the critical first three days for finding survivors drew to a...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, debris, Japan, troop
Research articles 2008-06-16
Hopes dim for Japan quake survivors
KURIHARA, Japan AFP — Hopes were fading Monday of finding a dozen people missing after a powerful earthquake in Japan as fears of landslides hampered relief operations. Nine people have been confirmed dead after Saturday's earthquake, which at 7.2 on the Richter scale was the most powerful to rock...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, debris, Japan, troop, TVs
Research articles 2008-06-15
China declares quake-lake victory
CHENGDU, China -- Water churned through a drainage channel and engulfed empty towns Tuesday after Chinese soldiers blasted away the debris that kept an earthquake-formed lake threatening more than a million people downstream. Sichuan province's Communist Party chief, Liu Qibao, declared "decisive victory" after more than half the...
Tags: China, debris, Government, Xinhua News Agency
Research articles 2008-06-11
Science stats: the lowdown on space junk
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Debris litters the space around Earth. Dots represent pieces left when rockets and the things they carry explode, collide or weather over time.Total number of pieces China 2750...
Tags: debris, European Space Agency, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-05-24
Tornadoes tear through northern Oklahoma
WASHINGTON AFP — Supercell storms plowed across northern Oklahoma state Saturday spawning several tornadoes that crushed structures and sent debris flying miles away, US media reported. The National Weather Service NWS warned that the storms would drop "a few tornadoes near an outflow boundary where wind shear is very...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, debris, MARKETING, Oklahoma, TVs
Research articles 2008-05-24
Over 40,000 dead, missing or buried in China quake
DUJIANGYAN, China AFP — More than 40,000 people were dead, missing or buried under rubble in China's southwest, officials said Wednesday, as the full horror of its devastating earthquake began to emerge. Rescue teams who punched into the quake's stricken epicentre reported whole towns all but wiped off the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, debris, helicopter, Manufacturing, MARKETING
Research articles 2008-05-14
Rescuers scour debris of DR Congo plane crash which killed 40
GOMA, DR Congo AFP — A passenger plane that ploughed into a market in an eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town killed 40 people, the provincial governor said on Wednesday, as rescue workers scoured the debris. "The toll from this accident is now 40 dead and 111 injured," said...
Tags: accident, Agence France-Presse, aircraft, debris, Governor, HEALTHCARE, hospital, Manufacturing
Research articles 2008-04-16
Vibration Test System
The V875LS 3" Displacement Vibration Test System features a shaker with 8,000 Ibf force range and a 17" or 25" dia mounting table. System options include head expanders, thermal barriers to ensure compatibility with AGREE and CERT standard thermal chambers, and air-glide mobility. An armature center-positioning system eliminates the effects...
Tags: barrier, CERT, debris, mobility
Research articles 2008-04-01
NASA puzzles over mysterious debris that struck shuttle
WASHINGTON AFP — Endeavour astronauts inspected the space shuttle's heat shield Wednesday, while NASA puzzled over a mysterious piece of debris that may have struck the shuttle's nose just after launch. Officials at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas refused to speculate on the origin or even the...
Tags: debris, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle
Research articles 2008-03-12
State rules.
1 ARKANSAS--CHANGES SLATED FOR SOLID WASTE REGS Solid waste disposal costs are in for a hike in light of the Arkansas DEQ's proposal to amend the state's solid waste regulation (Regulation 22). Increased costs will primarily be associated with a new landfill prohibition...
Tags: Arkansas, C, debris, Government, landfill, Regulations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-03-01
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Tags: 401(k), Benefits, carrier, debris, FINANCE, Goldman, missile, NETWORKING, Pentagon, satellite, Taxes, U.S.
Research articles 2008-02-21
Navy missile shoots down spy satellite
WASHINGTON -- A Navy missile soaring 130 miles above the Pacific smashed a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite Wednesday and probably destroyed a tank carrying 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel, officials said. Officials had expressed cautious optimism that the missile would hit the satellite, which was...
Tags: debris, missile, NETWORKING, Pentagon, satellite
Research articles 2008-02-21
Navy missile hits dead satellite on 1st try
WASHINGTON -- A Navy missile soaring 130 miles above the Pacific smashed a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite Wednesday and probably destroyed a tank carrying 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel, officials said. Officials had expressed cautious optimism that the missile would hit the satellite, which...
Tags: debris, missile, NETWORKING, Pentagon, satellite
Research articles 2008-02-21
Missile strikes defunct satellite
WASHINGTON -- A Navy missile struck a dead spy satellite that was falling from orbit, although the final fate of the satellite was not immediately known, the Pentagon announced late Wednesday. It was unclear whether the missile achieved its primary mission: destruction of a fuel tank...
Tags: debris, missile, NETWORKING, Pentagon, satellite
Research articles 2008-02-21
Aerospace & Defense News - Defense
Feb 18, 2008 Space debris is a well-known and studied hazard, experts say. Every year, an estimated 200 pieces of debris are added to the inventory monitored by NASA and the military. NASA officials say they are currently tracking about 12,400 pieces of orbital debris. The International Space Station,...
Tags: aerospace, Construction, debris, E-mail, Manufacturing, NASA
Research articles 2008-02-18
Grim search for survivors after US sugar refinery blast
WASHINGTON AFP — Rescue workers searched for survivors Saturday in the ruins of a sugar refinery that exploded a day earlier in the southern state of Georgia, killing at least four people, officials said. Fires still smoldered in the teetering multi-level plant, as structural instability complicated firefighters' bid to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, debris, MARKETING, refinery
Research articles 2008-02-09