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- China to bring home Olympic torch amid Tibet tension
- BEIJING AFP — China braced against further protests on Sunday as it prepared for the arrival of the Olympic torch amid reports of fresh disturbances in the riot-torn Tibetan capital Lhasa. Beijing tightened security in Tiananmen Square, where the Olympic torch will be officially welcomed to the country on...
- Research articles 2008-03-29
- Nuclear Plants Are Designed to Respond Safely to Electrical Grid Disturbances
- To: STATE EDITORS Contact: media relations of the Nuclear Energy Institute, +1-202- 739-8000, after hours and weekends: +1-703-644-8805 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the result of a disturbance in off-site power that led to an electricity outage throughout much of Florida, the two reactors at the Turkey Point...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- Differential effects of understory and overstory gaps on tree regeneration1
- BECKAGE, B. (Department of Plant Biology, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Science Building, Burlington, VT, USA 05405), B. D. KLOEPPEL (Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, 3160 Coweeta Lab Road, Otto, North Carolina USA 28763), J. A. YEAKLEY (Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, Portland,...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- UN ships disrupt Israeli satellite TV
- JERUSALEM AFP — Signal disruptions that have plagued Israeli satellite television channels for over a month are believed to be caused by UN ships patrolling off the coast of Lebanon, officials said on Wednesday. Clients of Yes, Israel's sole satellite television provider, have had to put up with frozen...
- Research articles 2007-10-10
- Palestinians pray for Ramadan amid tight Israel security
- JERUSALEM AFP — Tens of thousands of Palestinians attended the first major prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday under a heavy Israeli police presence in Jerusalem to guard against disturbances. Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Waqf, the Islamic trust, said 50,000 people attended the prayers...
- Research articles 2007-09-14
- Reducing the impacts of mechanical thinning in a southwestern forest.(TECH TRANSFER BRIEFING)(Report)
- Ecological challenges in western forests continue to place a significant burden on land management practitioners. Increased tree densities since European settlement is arguably the greatest ecological challenge faced by land managers in terms of mitigating severe wildland fire behavior, particularly in the once fire-adapted forests of...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Mechanical thinning impacts on runoff, infiltration, and sediment yield following fuel reduction treatments in a southwestern dry mixed conifer forest.(Report)
- Increasing tree densities experienced since the early 1900s throughout forests in the western United States are associated with numerous ecological problems (Dieterich 1983; Covington and Moore 1994a; Covington and Moore 1994b; Kolb et al. 1994). These problems include, but are not limited to conversion from high-frequency,...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Jordan fires warden after prison disturbances
- AMMAN AFP — Jordan has fired a prison warden after inmates at his desert jail caused disturbances during a visit by a rights group to probe torture allegations, officials said on Wednesday. Majed Rawashdeh was replaced at the Suwaqa prison by Colonel Abed Okaili following Sunday's incidents, police spokesman...
- Research articles 2007-08-29
- ELECTRICITY NETWORKS : SUMMER MONITORING OF NETWORKS SEEKS TO REDUCE RISK OF BLACKOUTS.
- Fearing a repeat of extreme summer weather conditions, Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs proposed a specialised electricity network monitoring cell within the European Commission. The proposal was made at the Electricity Cross-Border Committee on 10 July. The committee, which brings together EU energy ministries and regulators, had...
- Research articles 2007-07-25
- Lille and Manchester United fined by UEFA
- PARIS AFP — European football's governing body UEFA have fined French side Lille and English club Manchester United following the incidents that marred their Champions League last 16 encounter in February. Lille were fined 61,734 euros for security violations and incorrect behaviour by the Lille players, who left the...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- Trendy snow sports imperil alpine wildlife
- PARIS AFP — Off-piste skiing, snowboarding and snow trekking, which are the boom activities in European winter sports, may devastate rare alpine species, scientists warn on Wednesday. Swiss ornithologists looked into the effect of winter disturbances on a declining species, the black grouse, which lives in semi-open habitat between...
- Research articles 2007-03-07
- Copenhagen squatter building demolished after riots
- COPENHAGEN AFP — Demolition crews under police protection began tearing down a Copenhagen youth centre on Monday after three days of rioting sparked by the eviction of squatters from the building. Almost 650 people have been arrested during the disturbances that rocked the Danish capital. Police feared the...
- Research articles 2007-03-05
- Bangladesh man finds perfect happiness up a palm tree
- DHAKA AFP — Tired of trying to get a bit of peace and quiet in one of the world's most densely populated countries, a Bangladeshi man with a head for heights has hit on the perfect solution. Each day carpenter and aspiring writer Salim Hossen Gaus, aged 25, winches...
- Research articles 2007-03-05
- An update on flicker
- Standards for measuring the annoyance of dimming lights, difficult as it is to quantify, are now going international TO MOST OF US, "POWER QUALITY" MEANS harmonics or transient voltage spikes, which disrupt processes, sabotage controls, or damage equipment. More than a century before those concerns arose, however, engineers...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- ENERGY : UCTE REPORT BLAMES E.ON FOR NOVEMBER POWER CUT.
- The Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity UCTE issued its final report and recommendations on the electricity supply disturbances in Europe in early November 2006. A high voltage line, switched off so a ship could pass, led to overload in the north German E.ON...
- Research articles 2007-02-07
- Feyenoord thrown out of UEFA Cup
- NYON, Switzerland AFP — Dutch side Feyenoord were thrown out of the UEFA Cup following the violent scenes which marred their group stage match against French club Nancy in November, the sport's governing body in Europe announced. Up to 600 Dutch fans ransacked parts of the eastern French city before...
- Research articles 2007-01-19
- Two arrested after shots hit dwelling
- The Capital-Journal Two men were arrested following a disturbance involving gunfire that started late Wednesday in southeast Topeka. Taken into custody early Thursday were Daniel Forbes, 44, 925 S.E. Pinecrest, on suspicion of assault, criminal trespass and criminal damage to property, and Jacob Forbes, 25, 922...
- Research articles 2006-11-10
- Two arrested after shots hit dwelling
- The Capital-Journal Two men were arrested following a disturbance involving gunfire that started late Wednesday in southeast Topeka. Taken into custody early Thursday were Daniel Forbes, 44, 925 S.E. Pinecrest, on suspicion of assault, criminal trespass and criminal damage to property, and Jacob Forbes, 25, 922...
- Research articles 2006-11-10
- Tens of thousands pray at Jerusalem mosque
- JERUSALEM AFP — Tens of thousands of Muslims were praying at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan amid a heavy Israeli police presence to prevent any disturbances. In his sermon, preacher Yussef Abu Sneineh called on Palestinians to stand united...
- Research articles 2006-10-20
- Design and Modeling of a Two-Stage Towed Sensor Platform
- A Passively and Actively Stabilized Towfish for Experimental Ocean Science Advances in sensor technology have enabled new measurement techniques for ocean science. It has been proposed, for example, that a specially constructed, five-beam acoustic Doppler current profiler VADCP could be used to search for and measure small-scale ocean...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
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