Brisbane Cleans Up

Credit where it is due, all branches of government have responded with admirable swiftness to the storm damage in The Gap and other parts of south ... further payments … in circumstances of significant damage,” Mr Rudd said. He also pledged the assistance of more Australian Army Troops, who were yesterday deployed to distribute emergency drinking water [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 20:21:53

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open wounds and love and flies

if any one person on this earth is responsible for pulling me out of my “dark” years and encouraging me to get back into my faith, it was kristi. you’ll read a little bit about her in mad church disease. she was the first person that ever held me accountable to anything in my life. she was my coffee date. my late-night movie friend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:33:05

Easy Upholstery Cleaning Tips To Live By

by Chris Channing The upholstery one owns usually isn’t the target of a cleaning regimen- but sometimes even furniture gets dirty enough that a real solution must be found to clean it. From your average dust to annoying stains or spills ... can cause damage or mold if it is left too long on upholstery. Be careful not to administer too much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:07:23

Dear Making Memories customer,   I just want to take the opportunity to tell you how grateful we at Making Memories are for the opportunity we ... the winds had died down, it caused wide-spread flooding and massive property damage. My boys and I volunteered with a church group to help the flood victims clean out their homes and recover anything [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 16:58:25

Saving Money With Glass Washers

Author : Anna Stenning Every bar or pub goes through a lot of glasses which is why it is imperative for them to own glass washers to save time in ... on cleaning leaving more time for you to serve the customers and stock them up accordingly Weekends ... it is important to get to know the setting of your washer to avoid problems of damage and chipping The [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:04:09

Fiji Floods: ‘The Village Drowned'

The rains in Fiji began falling Wednesday, January 7 and didn't let up for more than a week ... rains = no good for my area. Concerning my house…My host mom called to tell me reluctantly that “Emi ... my house. So, in what I imagine to be a ridiculous caper, my family members broke my windows to unlock [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:19:12

Lord of the Rings: Battlefront

Lord of the Rings is known for its epic battles and Pandemic brings the Star Wars: ... is to have the mage throw up a shield while allied archers fire arrows through it and are protected ... taking minimal long distance damage. The scout has pretty low life, however, he can hold his own [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:53:25

Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster Dwarfs Exxon Spill

One of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory has unfolded over the last week in Kingston, Tennessee, ... , contained the waste until a wall breached last Monday, sending the sludge downhill to damage 15 ... is still under investigation. TVA has vowed to clean up the mess but says it could take months [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 12:00:33

Home Inspection Basics

Home Inspection Basics January 19, 2009 on 4:53 pm | In General | No Comments Before purchasing a new Boise home it is always a great idea to have ... has a fireplace check to see if the chimney and flue are clean, safe, and working. Foundation – cracks in the foundation may indicate a foundation shift or leakage into the crawlspace or basement. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:53:28

Tutorial: Wigging

In response to several inquiries on how to apply mohair to the head of a doll, I’ve created a step by step tutorial sharing the process I use. Here I’ll share with my visitors a few techniques and tips helping to make it a clean and simple ... the possibility damage to her fingers during the wigging process. Her legs are attached [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:28:50

Cynthia McKinney: Update from Gaza/Lebanon trip

H/T Kimberly Wilder Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was the Green Party candidate for President in 2008. Ms ... to clean it up and yesterday, it was beautiful. And the way the sunlight hit the sea, I remember ... of the water and due to our exquisite captain. There were no other ships or boats around us and night [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 21:03:56

Keep Your Garment Steamer Happy

by Martha Serensford This article will describe the best maintenance procedures for your garment steamer–these tips will maintain your steamers ... months depending on your water supply. In most instances, a steamer that is severely clogged ... repair center or a steamer service technician best performs this disassembling process. 1. Remove [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:53:58

The Weekly Carboholic: Distributed nuclear a cheaper nuclear solution?

Distributed nuclear “batteries” a solution for expensive nuclear? A brief TVA sludge spill update New definition of seawater to improve ocean modeling UK MET expects warmer 2009, likely record 2010 Food pests expected to thrive in warmer climate Climate to impact port of New Orleans It’s been just over a year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:37

Don’t worry about Apple, Playboy needs a succession plan: 82-year-old Hugh Hefner should be allowed to retire with what’s left of his dignity

Steve Jobs has Apple investors nervous. The CEO returned to Apple in 1997 after over a decade long hiatus from the company he co-founded. He has since turned the company into a technology powerhouse. The iPod and iPhone make everything in its class look clunky, and the company has an operating system that actually works, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:10:03

NIC “Global Trends 2025″ Report: World to See Economic Growth At the Cost of Environment and Human Life

Read more of this story » Campaign politics dominated the headlines in 2008, making it a banner year for the armchair pundit and the politically uninitiated alike. 2008 was also a year that issues like energy use, climate change and carbon footprints came to the forefront of popular culture and political reality. And that’s where we came in [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:16:34

Pocket Watches

Click The Below Links To Expand And Collapse Articles: Pocket Watches - Easy-To-Carry Groomsmen Gifts By Janet Verra Pocket watches are a favored accessory of men many years ago but are not seen today as often as it was before. Pocket watches are a kind of jewelry that is appealingly sophisticated and functional [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:09:15

RV Insurance Coverage for Common Claims

You must have RV insurance coverage because it is the law and also because it will give you a peace of mind that your investment will be protected ... is damage from pests like mice and squirrels. Seal up any holes that they might enter and clean out any food ... misjudge clearance and hit obstacles. RV insurance coverage will help you to have the damage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:32:18

Easy Upholstery Cleaning Tips To Live By

by Chris Channing Upholstery, like your average suit that needs to make a trip to the dry cleaner, ... , since there are specific things an owner should and shouldn’t do in trying to clean upholstery ... damage or mold if it is left too long on upholstery. Be careful not to administer too much cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:03:05

Keeping a Healthy Smile After Teeth Whitening ? Dos and Don?ts

Are you ready for your smile makeover? Whether you’re undergoing the BriteSmile procedure or a standard tooth whitening treatment at the dentist’s ... those teeth looking clean and shiny for weeks after treatment. Don’t drink red wine or coffee ... can be fairly powerful, and you don’t want to damage your teeth with bleaching agents. Use only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:20:54

Self Defense by Fox Urine

This is a (slight?) derivation from the normal set of topics; being physically "secure" (free of care or worry) ... water, he sprayed the hooligans so that they would stink. One student physically assaulted ... teenagers with a squirt gun filled with water and fox urine — wants the community to change [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:02:00

The Advantages Of Using Bamboo Wood Flooring

by Tariq Khan Bamboo flooring provides an excellent alternative to traditional hardwood flooring ... not suffer from water damage like hardwood, they do need some time to adjust to the new environment ... and can be harvested repeatedly without permanent damage. In fact, the bamboo plant is considered a grass [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:23:39

week-long holiday smear campaign orchestrated by these very operatives against conservatives and Republicans over a year-old parody song created for the Rush Limbaugh Show, the accusations are rich indeed. Let's get this straight: when activists to the left of Obama ( [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:26:54

“Clean” Coal Front Group Hucks “Frosty the Coal Man” and Other Brazen Assaults on Christmas Spirit

Cross-posted from WattHead - Energy News and Commentary… When you peddle a product that blows the tops off of whole mountains, ... behind the coal lobby’s new “Clean Coal Carolers” web page, (and FaceBook group) where - I’ ... “clean coal” the industry is peddling these days. “Silent Night” is now “Clean Coal Night” and “ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:58:30

Of star, light and houses

Of firesides and cease fires…As the time of light draws nearer; I find myself once more star-gazing in the Christmas cupboard.Being of secular bent, I should, I’m sure, think of it as the solstice store, yule cabinet or midwinter walk-in, but there are two reasons that I do not [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:59:15

What Antioxidants REALLY Do (and easy ways to get enough)!

Everybody has heard of antioxidants, ... and should not try to prevent them. But we do need to ensure we are consuming enough antioxidants to clean ... the damage that they have done. Brilliant. Where Can I Get Some? Thankfully antioxidants are found in tasty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:39:19

Key West Real Estate

The Florida Keys have been a popular destination for decades ... with many neighboring islands in the Lower Florida Keys. It left our community with a lot of clean ... of the hurricane damage that will be repaired but because of county ordinances on land, permits, building [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:06:44

Fiji Flooding: “The economic costs will be massive”

The sun peeked from behind the mass of clouds in parts of the Fiji island group Thursday morning, ... damage to highways, bridges and businesses. The government estimated the destruction to cost ... separate times in the previous week, told a local radio station economic damage to business and individual [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:12:26

Tips To Maintaining Your Garment Steamer

by Martha Serensford The cleaning procedure below is recommended as a regular maintenance measure to help your steamer maintain its maximum steaming ... outlet. Allow the water and cleaning solution to remain in the steamer for 2-3 hours. Make sure nt to steam the unit with the solution in it as damage will occur. 6. Pour the cleaning solution [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:46:21

Steamed Fish @ Lan Je, Rawang, Selangor

eat me pleaseeeee!!! Holidays always seem to be great times to catch up with family and friends ... my uncle and aunt has yet to savour their fantastic sang har (water prawns) noodles. Once we got ... took a long time to clean up the place since it was laden with bones and fish remnants all over [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:37:57

Swiss Army Watches

Click The Below Links To Expand And Collapse Articles: Victorinox Swiss Army Watches - A Buyers Guide By Stephen Richardson Since the Swiss Army first made their famous Swiss Army Knives more than a century ago, they have gained a worldwide reputation for unsurpassed quality, design and precision [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:53:41

Fixing Monopolistic Utilities

from AguanomicsFixing Monopolistic Utilities[This is an important post ... has a post on the TVA fuckup (a retaining wall collapsed, letting loose a huge flood of flyash ... to do that is to prohibit self-insurance against environmental damage. Instead have independent companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:00:00

9 Israeli HR groups call for urgent humanitarian action in Gaza

At a press conference held Wednesday in Jerusalem, a coalition of nine mainstream Israeli human rights groups presented a dramatic call to the Government of Israel to act immediately to end further violations of the Law of War in Gaza and relieve the humanitarian crisis in the territory [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:39:38

Food, Future, Famine?

Read more of this story » A new report prepared by the National Intelligence Council has projected that the world would be witnessing severe water and food shortages by 2025 and the changing climate would further strain the already fast depleting natural resources [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:55:02

Sauna Suits Have Many Advantages

by Gerald Beatty Why do people use sauna suits? Some people like them because they’re so efficient at ridding your body of excess water weight ... to temporary weight loss because you’re losing your water stores. Some people think they’ll lose ... , only water weight. It’s important to drink lots of water when you work out in a sauna suit because [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:52:26

Water Damage at Anderson Ivy Tech Campus

The Anderson campus of Ivy Tech Community College suffered water damage yesterday from a possible water line break.  Maintenance crews discovered the damage Monday morning, but a repair crew was called in shortly ... offices will be closed as staff help to clean up and repair damages.  Students should enter through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:14:12

It Was A Very Good Year

Hello, it’s Joni – the face behind Cote de Texas.  I thought I‘d introduce myself for once – all professionally photoshopped, with 54 year old wrinkles and jowls miraculously removed and my image stretched vertically to make me look less……horizontal!    Thank God for photoshop! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 05:03:00

A Clean Coal Reality Check

clean-coal-1.jpg This past Sunday I saw a very interesting commercial about clean coal. A group called, Thisisreality.org ran the spot during Meet The Press. Essentially, the ad calls out the coal industry for touting clean coal technology – which doesn't actually exist in the U.S. Here's a link to the clip [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 10:39:39

How to clean hairbrushes

How to clean hairbrushes 19 January 2009 – 7:46 pm Hairbrushes and combs need to be properly cleaned to help you maintain healthy hair ... it will damage the brush) ·        Place the brush in the water and soak for about fifteen minutes ... produced by the scalp. The first step in cleaning a hairbrush is to use a comb and gently comb through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:46:01

Jesse Jackson, 1988 Democratic National Convention Speech

Rev. Jesse Jackson has disappointed me thus far in the 21st century. The mistakes he made in his personal life. His inability to stay silent during the recent election on domestic or foreign affairs troubled me.Personally, I think that Rev. Jackson was the 'emissary' mentioned in the federal indictment. Rev [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 17:00:00

How to Take Care of Leather Jackets

Leather jackets are such clothes that can assure you of providing good warmth in the cold days ... or not. If you use water for cleaning the unfinished leather then it will create spots. So, for cleaning ... being infected by germs. So, you should know various methods of cleaning and caring for the leather [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:00:20

How to take a bath: the sharingtime way

How to take a bath: the sharingtime way Turn on faucet. Pour a cold glass of water, place on edge of tub. Undress. Wait. *pause* Slower. Yeah ... water flow into the tub. Ignore the suspicion that enjoying watching a tub fill up with water might mean your IQ hovers around 65-70. Slide into tub. Realize there is no water in the tub. Close [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:26:28

What To Do When In Doubt Of Cleaning Upholstery Correctly

What To Do When In Doubt Of Cleaning Upholstery Correctly Posted By Chris Channing on @ 1: ... - but sometimes even furniture gets dirty enough that a real solution must be found to clean ... damage or mold if it is left too long on upholstery. Be careful not to administer too much cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:02:20

Garment Steamer Maintenance Tips

Garment Steamer Maintenance Tips Posted by Martha Serensford by Martha Serensford The cleaning procedure below is recommended as a regular ... the switch off and unplug the steamer from the power outlet. Let the water and cleaning solution remain ... as damage is certain to occur. 6. Pour the cleaning solution out of the steamer. Do this by tipping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:12:06

Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008

Scientists had plenty of reasons to celebrate in 2008 ... was causing lots of collateral damage. By switching to a different kind of virus, scientists ... water into fuel Companies like Nanosolar and Solyndra slashed the cost of solar energy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 22:32:47

Settling

Stone the Jack found her cell, second from the end, ground, first, second level, there ... the floor. The astonishingly clean, gleaming bamboo floor, immaculate even by Abby standards. Leaving ... on the roads, water tainted with ancient pesticides [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:38:00

Coal waste dumps: ticking toxic time bombs

Tom Yulsman of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado ran the following post on the toxic nature of coal combustion ... , and that they have been steadily cleaning up their act. So in the aftermath of the spill from the TVA’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 08:00:14

Cleaning Glucose cholestechs

Cleaning Glucose cholestechs Cleaning. Some cholestechs need regular cleaning to be accurate. Clean your cholestech with soap cholestech water, using only a dampened soft cloth to avoid damage to sensitive parts. Do not use alcohol (unless recommended in the instructions), cleansers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:15:17

Open Letter on Biofuels

Now is the time when everyone is writing letters to the new Obama administration. It seems like it might be worthwhile discussing a letter written by a group of organizations warning of the dangers of biofuels. The letter can be found at the site of the Global Justice Ecology Project [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:33:51

Kingston, TN sings “Auld Lang Sludge” (Updated)

] Update: Appalachian Voices’ Frontporch blog is reporting that the independent water samples taken from the Emory River last week show that “oncentrations of eight toxic chemicals range from twice to 300 times higher than drinking water limits [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 06:30:10

TVA Spill Update: Worried Residents and More Coal Spills

Over three weeks after the December 22nd TVA coal ash spill in Harriman, Tennessee, residents of the affected area wait for answers – is their drinking water safe? Where ... a leaking pipe for the calcium sulfate spill and dismissed concerns about whether drinking water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:00:19

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