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Civil War 150th a lifetime event for re-enactors
FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. (AP) — For thousands of Civil War re–enactors, the next four years are a chance to capitalize on the public’s curiosity about a century–old hobby that demands such attention to detail that the fights seem almost real.The die–hards converging soon at the site where the War Between the States began … Continue reading
The case for a neoproterozoic oxygenation event
ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2011) — he Cambrian “explosion” of multicellular animal life is one of the most significant evolutionary events in Earth’s history. But what was it that jolted Earth system enough to prompt the evolution of animals? While we take the presence of oxygen in our atmosphere for granted, it was not always this … Continue reading
World’s biggest extinction event: Massive volcanic eruption, burning coal and accelerated greenhouse gas choked out life
ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2011) — About 250 million years about 95 per cent of life was wiped out in the sea and 70 per cent on land. Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive volcanic eruptions burnt significant volumes of coal, producing ash clouds that had broad impact … Continue reading
Global LTE Interoperability Event Uses JDSU for Testing
By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet Contributor Evolved Packet Core (EPC) elements of leading network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) were recently tested in the LTE interoperability trials conducted by the MultiService Forum (News – Alert) (MSF). Signaling Analyzer Real Time (SART) from JDSU was used for validating the results. JDSU was the only passive test vendor invited for the … Continue reading
Ecological change in the abyss: The Amperima event
ScienceDaily (June 24, 2010) Even in the dark abyss of the deep ocean animal communities can undergo rapid, widespread and radical changes. Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre are at the forefront of monitoring these changes and understanding the mechanisms responsible. Their latest research is published in a special issue of the journal Deep … Continue reading
Event: Energy Efficiency – Why is the Low Hanging Fruit so High?
Everyone who has ever read a book on renewable energy knows that the best investment, and what should be done first is energy efficiency. Business owners know it, property owners knows it, and the state governments know it. Massachusetts is putting more then $600 million into energy efficiency in the short terms, that more then … Continue reading
Energy efficiency event to be held in Wakefield
Latest news 04 June 2010 A country park in Wakefield is to host demonstrations to show people the practicalities of energy efficiency and climate change. Organised by Wakefield Council, the Green Living Day will be held in Anglers Country Park on June 13th. Wakefield Council’s cabinet assistant for carbon reduction, Clive Hudson, commented: “As the … Continue reading
ASES Event Kicks Off
Published: 2010-05-17 Arizona, United States –Pick your favorite solar topic: Solar Thermal. PV Manufacturing. Monitoring Standards. Policy. Storage. Training. The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) will be covering it all at its annual conference this week View the Original article
Local event to benefit from recycling
Latest news 14 May 2010 This weekend’s (May 16th) Bupa Great Manchester Run is set to benefit from the environmental effort of a team of boy scouts. The group of 50 volunteers have opted to collect the plastic water bottles thrown away by the contestants. Around 330,000 runners will be taking part, meaning the boy … Continue reading