SPC receives technology award
Source: Fiji Times
Nabua :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-25 16:10:49 -0700 | technology-news
According to the SPC, the images enhanced using this technique will assist Pacific island nations in climate change adaptation measures, food security programs and improve forestry and land management analysis. SPC also said the image enhancement took the special conditions...
Ernst: Manasota Key scores win on setback issue
Source: Herald Tribune
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 16:05:33 -0700 | technology-news
Residents on Manasota Key in Englewood earned a quiet victory last week when the Charlotte County Commission instructed its staff to honor restrictions on setbacks and pile-driving. Everyone thought the setback issue had been resolved in 2005, when the county...
Fort Lauderdale prepares to nearly double downtown population
Source: Sun Sentinel
Miami :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 16:04:50 -0700 | technology-news
Right now, the approved projects alone could almost double the downtown population. "As a young professional who is trying to save as much as possible, I'm interested in new affordable housing in the downtown area," said Adriana Fazzano, a 27-year-old...
West Coast can see bugs on Cicada Cam
Source: The Herald
Monterey :: TN :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:52:05 -0700 | technology-news
Los Angeles Times Here on the West Coast, we are going to miss the once-every-17-year cicada invasion, but thanks to the Science Channel and its Cicada Cam, we can at least get a glimpse of the bugs about to overwhelm...
Syria opposition says kidnapped bishops 'in good health'
Source: The Daily Star
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-25 15:50:30 -0700 | technology-news
Two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria last month are "in good health," though there is no news on their whereabouts, an opposition official told reporters Saturday in Istanbul. "Two or three days ago, a doctor visited the two bishops. They...
Before the Swiss Army Knife, Victorian women wore ornate multitools
Source: io9
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:46:14 -0700 | technology-news
Here's a device to add to your steampunk fiction: the chatelaine, a popular accessory from the 19th century. Part practicality, part fashion accessory, the chatelaine was the perfect way for women on the go to carry all of their tools....
Health: Maura Lerner on raw milk debate
Source: Star Tribune
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-25 15:43:11 -0700 | technology-news
Please enter recipient valid email address. Dr. Nicole Neeser grew up on a farm and admits that, as a kid, she occasionally drank raw milk...Not given her experience as assistant director of dairy and food inspection for the...
Donate cell phones for soldiers
Source: Herald Tribune
Sarasota :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:33:11 -0700 | technology-news
Southwest Florida residents can help hook up U.S. troops deployed overseas with their families through the Cell Phones for Soldiers program...Tamiami Trail, Venice Faith Lutheran Church, 7750 Beneva Road, Sarasota Legacy Golf Club, 8255 Legacy Blvd., Lakewood Ranch Living Lord...
An internet memorial
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:32:10 -0700 | technology-news
This week, to celebrate Memorial Day, we look back at some of internet pioneers who worked on this amazing effort but have since passed away. They may not have fallen in the course of a military conflict but their efforts...
PrairieLand builds up corporate site
Source: The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:25:53 -0700 | technology-news
PrairieLand Partners, a large Hutchinson-based John Deere product dealer serving south central Kansas, is developing plans for new corporate offices in the former Mega Manufacturing plant on East Fourth Avenue. The Hutchinson City Council last week approved a final plat...
Weather tried to quell Qdoba open, but plan still on
Source: The Hutchinson News
Topeka :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:25:51 -0700 | technology-news
Franchise owner Eric Estes, however, still expects the restaurant to open by mid- to late June. "We couldn't do anything on the rooftop or any large mechanical," Estes said. "We just started doing that about three weeks ago...They didn't run...
Red Hook Ferry A Welcome Connection, Residents Say
Source: NY1
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:23:15 -0700 | technology-news
Red Hook residents on Saturday celebrated the launch of a new free ferry service between the Brooklyn neighborhood and Lower Manhattan. The ferries run between Pier 11 in Manhattan to a new stop right behind Fairway Market on Van Brunt...
Living blind: How Causeway Cannibal victim and others forge on
Source: Sun Sentinel
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:22:43 -0700 | technology-news
In a briefing on the medical condition of Causeway Cannibal victim Ronald Poppo, doctors and therapists last week expressed confidence that the longtime homeless man blinded in a vicious assault could once again lead an independent life. But in the...
3D printers may soon be used to print food, spaceship parts or even complete spaceships, says NASA!
Posted by: Avaline
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 15:24:52 -0700 | technology-news
NASA has funded a project to convert the 3D printing technology into a space kitchen which may one day be used by astronauts to prepare their food layer by layer! NASA has given $125,000 to the Austin, Texas-based company Systems...
Fitness Challenge: Hop in to try lindy swing
Source: New Zealand Herald
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-25 15:09:58 -0700 | technology-news
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown Lindy hop What is it? The lindy hop, also known as the jitterbug, is an Afro-Euro-American swing partner dance that originated in Harlem in the 1930s...Deodorant and...
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