David Holmgren - to align with. It was published in five languages, but is now out of print and of mainly historical value, having been superseded and refined in later works. While Bill Mollison travelled the world teaching and promoting permaculture, Holmgren was more circumspect about the potential of permaculture to live up to the promises sometimes made about it. He concentrated his efforts on testing and refining his brainchild, first on his mother's property in southern New South Wales (Permaculture in the Bush, 1985; 1993), then at his own property in central Victoria, which he developed with his partner, Su Dennett (Melliodora, Hepburn Permaculture Gardens - Ten Years of Sustainable Living, 1996a; Payne, 2003). Starting in 1993, Holmgren has taught permaculture design courses at his Hepburn home, and has also acted through his.
Manhattan Project - Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was an effort during World War II in the United States to develop the first nuclear weapon. It was directed by American physicist Dr. Julius Robert Oppenheimer. The industrial problem was centered around the production of sufficient fissile material, of sufficient purity. This effort was two-fold, and is represented in the two bombs that were dropped. The Hiroshima bomb, Little Boy, was uranium-235, a minor isotope of uranium that has to be physically separated from more prevalent uranium-238, which is not suitable for use in an explosive device. The separation was effected mostly by gaseous diffusion of uranium hexafluoride (UF6), but also by other techniques. The bulk of this separation work was done at Oak Ridge. The Nagasaki bomb, Fat Man, in.
Government of the United States - head of the judicial branch. The legal system of the United States is based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Legislative branch 2 Executive branch 2.1 The Executive Departments 2.1.1 Department of Agriculture 2.1.2 Department of Commerce 2.1.3 Department of Defense 2.1.4 Department of Education 2.1.5 Department of Energy 2.1.6 Department of Health and Human Services 2.1.7 Department of Homeland Security 2.1.8 Department of Housing and Urban Development 2.1.9 Department of the Interior 2.1.10 Department of Justice 2.1.11 Department of Labor 2.1.12 Department of State 2.1.13 Department of Transportation 2.1.14 Department of the Treasury 2.1.15 Department of Veterans Affairs 3 Judicial branch 3.2 The Federal Court System 4 Related Articles 4.2.16 Executive Office of the President 5.
Chicago, Illinois - to the Mississippi River and so to the Gulf of Mexico. The first rail line to Chicago, the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad was completed the same year. Chicago would go on to become the transportation hub of the United States with it road, rail, water and later air connections. Chicago also became home to nationwide retailers offering catalog shopping utilizing these connections like Montgomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck and Company. A simulated-color image of Chicago, taken by Landsat 7 In 1855 the level of the city was raised 4 to 7 feet with individual buildings jacked up and fill brought in to raise streets above the swamp. The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated home state candidate Abraham Lincoln. In 1871, most of the city burned in the Great.
Remediation - Safety Induction 1.9 Impacts of Funding Remediation by Higher Use Rezoning 2 Example of a Major Contamination, Rezoning, Remediation & Redevelopment Project involving Land and Sediments and a Mix of Final Uses including Open Sspace, High and Low Rise Apartments, Retail Centre and Office Space 3 External Links 3.10 Remediation Standards, PRG's 3.11 Remediation Technologies 3.12 Legislation about remediation 3.13 Environmental Groups with Information 3.14 Environmental Protection Agencies 3.15 Major Remediation Projects Remediation Remediation is a term used to describe the removal of pollution or contaminants from land (including sediments) for the general protection of the environment or, quite commonly, from a brownfield site so that it can be reused. The reuse of brownfield sites is part of the urban consolidation movement and allows the regeneration of decaying former industrial areas,.
Economy of Belize - barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, numerous islands, excellent fishing, safe waters for boating, jungle wildlife, and Maya ruins--support the thriving tourist industry. Development costs are high, but the Government of Belize has designated tourism as its second development priority after agriculture. In 2000, tourist arrivals totaled 189,634 (more than 110,000 from the U.S.) and tourist receipts amounted to $113.3 million. Belize's investment policy is codified in the Belize Investment Guide, which sets out the development priorities for the country. The "Country Commercial Guide" for Belize is available on the Web at http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/2001/wha/index.html Infrastructure A major constraint on the economic development of Belize continues to be the scarcity of infrastructure investments. Although electricity, telephone, and water utilities are all relatively good, Belize has the most expensive electricity in the region. Large.
December 2003 - that it will close the deal by early January for $31 million dollars. [1] Sudanese authorities close the Khartoum office of the Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera and detain its bureau chief for questioning. [1] December 17, 2003 Linux kernel 2.6.0 is released by Linus Torvalds. Capture of Saddam Hussein: Mowaffaq al-Rubaie says that Saddam Hussein will be tried in Iraq by an Iraqi court. Mowaffaq, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, denies reports that the prisoner has been taken out of Baghdad. [1] United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld confirms that Saddam Hussein will not be treated as a prisoner of war subject to the Geneva Conventions. [1] Stephen Kenny, the first civilian lawyer to visit any of the former Afghan war suspects in Guantanamo Bay, describes it as.
Riduan Isamuddin - Islamic high school, Al-I’anah. He travelled to Afghanistan in the 1983 to fight the Soviet Union during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Over his three year course of being a mujahideen, which lasted from 1987 to 1990, he fought the Soviets and met Osama Bin Laden. Most of his friends and family back home did not know what he was doing. Diving into JI He returned to Cianjur for one week, before going to Malaysia, in 1991. In Malaysia, he met the two co-founders of JI, Abdullah Sungkar and Abubakar Ba'asyir, who fled Indonesia in 1985. Nurjaman internationalized the terrorist groups' activities. Nurjaman then took a new name in his permanent residence permit. He now was Riduan Isamuddin. The three of them were in a housing compound in Kampung Sungai Manggis,.
Phelsuma - novorum ab ill. Dr. Christ Rutenberg in insula Madagascar collectorum. Zool. Anz. Leipzig 4: 46-48. Boettger, O. (1881 b). Reliquiae Rutenbergiana II: Reptilien und Amphibien. Abl. bremer naturwiss. Ver. Bremen 7: 177-190. Boettger, O. (1881 c) Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagaskar. Dritten Nachtrag Abh. senck. naturfors. Gesellschaft 12: 435-558. Boettger, O. (1893). Katalog der Reptilien Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil Frankfurt a/M.Gesellschaft 12: 435-558. Boettger, O. (1894). Diagnose eines Geckos und Chameleons aus Südmadagascar. Zool. Anzeiger (Leipzig) 17: 137-140. Boettger, O. (1913). Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagaskar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas (Sammlung Voeltzkow 1889-1895 und 1903-1905) in: Voeltzkow, A. 1908-1917, Reise in Ostafrika. Stuttgart 3: 269-375. Böhme, W. & Meier, H. (1981) Eine neue form der madagascariensis-Gruppe der Gattung Phelsuma.
Miami Beach, Florida - As of the census of 2000, there are 87,933 people, 46,194 households, and 18,339 families residing in the city. The population density is 4,829.5/km² (12,502.1/mi²). There are 59,723 housing units at an average density of 3,280.1/km² (8,491.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 86.74% White, 4.03% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.37% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.05% from other races, and 3.53% from two or more races. 53.45% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 46,194 households out of which 14.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.4% are married couples living together, 8.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 60.3% are non-families. 48.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.8% have someone living alone.
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Kai Tak International Airport - the city, and people on the plane could see the flicker of televisions in apartment windows. The pilots used a checkerboard on a hillside to guide them to the ground. As well as the difficult and potentially dangerous landing, Hong Kong's growth stretched the airport's capacity. Moreover, the clearance requirements for aircraft takeoffs and landings enforced a limit on the height of the buildings that could be built on expensive Kowloon real estate. As a result, Hong Kong International Airport, also known as "Chek Lap Kok International Airport" was built near Lantau Island. All of the supplies were transported to Chek Lap Kok in a massive move, and planes stopped landing at Kai Tak. Its IATA Airport Code was given to Chek Lap Kok airport. History The story of Kai Tak.
Model railway - engines instead; and steam or clockwork driven engines are still sought by collectors. The size of the engines depends on the scale being used. The four major scales used in the English-speaking world are: G-scale, O, HO (or OO), and N, although there is growing interest in Z. Somewhat different scales are used in Continental Europe. Engine sizes can vary from around 20 cm tall for the largest scales, down to slightly bigger than a matchbox for the smallest ones. These models are normally powered by electricity, but live steam is readily available in G-scale and can be found in O-scale. Some very dedicated modellers have also hand-built live steam models in HO and N-gauge, and there is even one in Z-gauge in Australia. G-scale because of its larger size is.
Homeschooling - adequate military service. Proponents of homeschooling argue that since parents are responsible for their children's education (not critics), attempts to "deprive" children of their parents' world-view cripples the authority that parents require to responsibly educate their children. That is, a parent's responsibility is to teach the truth as they understand it. Critics lack this responsibility, and thus should lack the authority to enforce their beliefs. Homeschooling parents are often very concerned about their children's ability and citizenship, which is usually why they took the responsibility of their children's education into their own hands. How to do it A family interested in homeschooling should first decide what their educational goals are, and then research options and resources through the Internet and the public library. It can be helpful to attend homeschooling events.
Eden Project, Cornwall - Eden Project, Cornwall The Eden Project is a collection of biomes (giant domed greenhouses), housing plant species from around the world in an environmentaly friendly setting. The project took six years to construct. It is located about 8km from St. Austell, Cornwall, in South West England. It is the brainchild of Tim Smit, the man who 'rediscovered' The Lost Gardens of Heligan. The project is ongoing, and part of its purpose it to see how the different biomes develop over time. The project is constructed in a disused quarry. Visitors approach along roads to car parks at the top of the quarry and walk or bus to the entrance area, half way down a gently sloping side. The entrance area includes the usual restaurant and gift shop,.
Thor (rocket) - in the U.K The initial design studies were headed by Cmdr. Robert Truax (US. Navy) and Dr. Adolph K. Thiel (Ramo-Wooldridge Corp, formerly Redstone Arsenal). They refined the specs to an IRBM with: A 1750 mile range 8' diameter, 65' long (so it could be carried by Douglas C-124 Globemaster) A gross takeoff weight of 110,000 lbs Propulsion provided by half of the Navaho-derived Atlas booster engine (due, largely, to the lack of any alternatives at this early date) 10,000 mph maximum speed during warhead reentry AC Spark Plug inertial guidence system with radio backup (for low susceptability to enemy disruption) On November 30, 1955 three companies were given one week to bid on the project: Douglas, Lockheed, and North American Avation. They were asked to create "a management team that.
Timeline of ornithology - the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to campaign against the plumage trade 1889 - Ludwig Koch makes the first sound recording of birdsong, that of a captive Common Sharma 1899 - Christian Mortensen of Viborg, Denmark is the first ornithologist to undertake systematic large-scale ringing. He uses numbered aluminium rings to mark 165 Starlings caught in nestboxes 1901 - Johanness Thienemann establishes "Vogelwarte Rossitten" (now Rybachy), the world's first bird observatory 1901 - The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union established 1905 - Foundation of the National Audubon Society 1907 - The monthly journal British Birds begins publication 1909 - First organised ringing schemes in the UK 1909 - A bird observatory is established at Heligoland by Hugo Weigold. Birds are collected in specially designed wire-netting traps, still known today as.
Info-ZIP - Info-ZIP Info-ZIP is an open source version of Phil Katz's "deflate" and "inflate" routines used in his popular file compression program, PKZIP. The free code released by the Info-ZIP project spawned a horde of PKZIP imitators (WinZip, Power Archiver, Turbozip, PowerZip and many more), establishing the PKZIP file format as a de facto industry standard. The first version of what would become Info-ZIP was published by Samuel Smith in March 1989, complete with the source code in both Pascal and C forms. In September he released 2.0, including support for the new "implode" method that had been added to PKZIP 1.01. A port to Unix was released by Carl Mascott and John Cowan in December. In March 1990 a number of interested parties set up a.
History of Internet encyclopedia projects - to the late 1980s when it was suggested as part of several "Millennium Projects" including the United Nations University Millennium Project. Various names were suggested including "Encyclopedia Gaia", "Encyclopedia Terra", and although these projects did not proceed very far they kept the idea alive through the early 1990s, where they began to converge with Ted Nelson's ideas about hypertext and similar proposals from K. Eric Drexler. In 1993, a project called Interpedia was being discussed; it was planned as an encyclopedia on the Internet to which everyone could contribute materials. The project never left the planning stage and it was overtaken by the explosion of the World Wide Web and the emergence of high-quality search engines. The most profound output of these might be the early proposals, especially from the UNU.
Guide Rock, Nebraska - Guide Rock, Nebraska Guide Rock is a village located in Webster County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 245. Geography \nGuide Rock is located at 40°4'23" North, 98°19'51" West (40.073032, -98.330931)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 245 people, 133 households, and 69 families residing in the village. The population density is 189.2/km² (485.7/mi²). There are 162 housing units at an average density of 125.1/km² (321.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.78% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00%.
