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Philippine breeding programme brings eagles back from the brink
MOUNT APO, Philippines AFP — Chick Number 22 chirps in delight as a feeder thrusts a talon-shaped puppet through a hole in a blind and offers it a full-grown mashed quail complete with bones and feathers. Still in its birthday suit of fluffy white down the 44-day-old Philippine eagle...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, eagle, FINANCE, Investment, kilogram, NETWORKING, slope
Research articles 2008-03-06
Skiing: Gruber wins men's World Cup super-G
WHISTLER, Canada, Feb 21, 2008 AFP — Austria's Christoph Gruber won the men's World Cup super-G here Thursday, ahead of compatriot Hannes Reichelt and Slovenia's Ales Gorza. Gruber, 31, clocked 1min 26.60sec to finish three-hundredths of a second ahead of Reichelt, with Gorza 11-hundredths back. American Bode Miller,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Leadership, slope
Research articles 2008-02-21
Fanchini wins Whistler downhill alpine ski training run
WHISTLER AFP — Italian dynamo Nadia Fanchini took full advantage of the No. 1 starting position, flashing down the slope to win Wednesday's ladies training run for the Alpine Whistler World Cup downhill. Fanchini swept down the 2,879-metre slope in one minute, 46.65 seconds, finishing ahead of Swiss runner-up...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, slope, training
Research articles 2008-02-20
Dashing Through The Snow
Forget that old Flexible Flyer hanging in the garage, or even the handcrafted wooden toboggan. Like vehicles of all sorts, sleds are now being made from a variety of lightweight, high-tech materials, drastically speeding them up in the process. For sheer speed, the Airboard Classic 130-X is a sleek, aerodynamic,...
Tags: carmaker, Games, garage, Porsche AG, slope
Research articles 2008-01-21
Swiss skiers face radar monitors to curb speed
GENEVA AFP — Swiss skiers are being tracked by radar monitors as part of an insurance company's bid to raise awareness of the dangers of taking to the slopes too fast. Insurance company Suva said it has set up the radar devices at the Andermatt ski station in the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Insurance, Manufacturing, monitor, radar, slope
Research articles 2008-01-10
Post-fire assessments, methodology, and equations for directly determining wood's residual flexural properties.(Statistical table)
Abstract Currently, because field-ready approaches are not available, individual wood members used in light-frame construction are typically replaced when fire reduces the total dimension of a member by approximately 1/4 inch or more in depth. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to...
Tags: elasticity, Engineering, inertia, slope, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin
Research articles 2008-01-01
Speed queen Goetschl opens downhill season
LAKE LOUISE, Canada AFP — World Cup speed queen Renate Goetschl is used to pointing her skies straight ahead and charging down the slope with reckless abandon. But after two off-season knee surgeries, the reigning Alpine Ski World Cup downhill champion isn't about to do anything haste. "I...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, slope, surgery, women
Research articles 2007-11-29
Indonesia volcano eruption imminent despite false alarm: scientist
BLITAR, Indonesia AFP — A day after a false alarm on Indonesia's Mount Kelut led to panic among residents on its slopes, the volcano is showing signs of an imminent eruption, a scientist said Sunday. "An eruption is now very, very much possible, although so far it has not...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Indonesia, scientist, slope
Research articles 2007-11-04
Indonesia's Mount Kelut erupts: volcanologist
BLITAR, Indonesia AFP — Indonesia's Mount Kelut erupted on Saturday, a volcanologist said, causing panic among residents living in the area, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the fertile slopes of the historically deadly volcano, but an unknown...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Indonesia, slope, TVs
Research articles 2007-11-03
Groups Unite to Save Belleayre Mountain and Catskill Park from Inappropriate Development
To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORSContact: John Carney, +1-212-477-0472, mediajmpr@aol.com; or Julie McQuain, +1-845-586-4425, jmprmedia@aol.com, both for Save the Mountain HIGHMOUNT, N.Y., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Save the Mountain is a new coalition of groups and individuals formed to oppose the Agreement in Principle and the very large Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park....
Tags: agreement, Sierra Club, slope
Research articles 2007-10-31
Indonesian volcano eruption imminent: scientist
BLITAR, Indonesia AFP — A scientist warned on Wednesday that all indications pointed to the imminent eruption of a volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, despite few obvious signs of activity. Mount Kelut, a 1,731-metre (5,712-foot) volcano with a history of deadly eruptions, was put on high alert...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Indonesia, Java, slope
Research articles 2007-10-24
Indonesians ignore warnings of imminent volcano eruption
BLITAR, Indonesia AFP — Scores of evacuated villagers ignored mounting warnings of an imminent eruption and returned to their homes on the slopes of an active volcano on Indonesia's Java island Wednesday. Others refused to leave their homes despite the alert status of Mount Kelut in East Java province...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Indonesia, Java, slope
Research articles 2007-10-17
Indonesians return to rumbling volcano
JAKARTA AFP — Hundreds of Indonesians evacuated from the slopes of a volcano began returning to work there Tuesday despite warnings it could still erupt, police and scientists said. Mount Karangetang has been spewing lava and smoke since Friday, and authorities have said that searing clouds of debris could...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, slope
Research articles 2007-08-21
Rumbling Indonesian volcano spews more lava, smoke
JAKARTA AFP — A rumbling volcano on a northern Indonesian island spewed lava and smoke Monday, as authorities warned that searing clouds of debris could rush down its slopes at any time. Mount Karangetang, on the sparsely-populated island of Siau off North Sulawesi, was put on its highest alert...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, debris, INTERNET, slope
Research articles 2007-08-19
More than 500 evacuated as Indonesian volcano spews lava
JAKARTA AFP — More than 500 people have been evacuated from the slopes of Mount Karangetang which has been spewing lava and hot clouds on the northern Indonesian island of Siau, a report said Sunday. The conditions have forced authorities to raise the area's alert status by one rung,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, INTERNET, slope
Research articles 2007-08-12
Indonesian volcano alert lowered
JAKARTA AFP — Thousands of people who fled their homes around the slopes of a smouldering volcano in Indonesia were Monday told it was safe to return after authorities downgraded the alert status. Mount Gamkonora on the northeastern island of Halmahera was put on top alert last Tuesday, meaning...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Indonesia, INTERNET, Litigation, slope, smoke
Research articles 2007-07-15
More Indonesians desert slopes of smouldering volcano
JAKARTA AFP — Hundreds more Indonesians deserted the slopes of a smouldering Indonesian volcano as it coughed smoke and ash for the third consecutive day, police and residents said Wednesday. Volcanologists warned on Tuesday that an eruption of Mount Gamkonora, located on the island of Halmahera, some 2,700 kilometres...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Java, slope
Research articles 2007-07-10
Thousands flee Indonesian volcano as top alert declared
JAKARTA AFP — Some 8,500 people have fled the slopes of an Indonesian volcano after it spewed ash, smoke and debris, as the volcanology office raised its warning to the highest level. The office said volcanic activity at Mount Gamkonora, about 2,700 kilometres (1,600 miles) northeast of Jakarta, prompted...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, INTERNET, slope
Research articles 2007-07-10
Land use change and gully erosion in the Piedmont region of South Carolina.
Land use change played an important role in the formation of gullies present today in the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States. Forested areas that were once cleared to cultivate cotton and consequently gullied are now, once again, covered with forest vegetation. Despite this forest cover, gullies are still considered...
Tags: Ireland, MARKETING, photograph, slope, Soil, survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2007-05-01
G-string models promote Lebanon ski resorts
BEIRUT AFP — Models in G-strings and lacy bras shivered from the cold as they strutted the catwalk at the foot of snow-covered slopes in Lebanon to promote the conservative Middle East's largest ski resort. The fashion extravaganza aimed to lure visitors to the country's six winter resorts whose...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Lebanon, MARKETING, resort, slope
Research articles 2007-03-16
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