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| Bioplastic Production in Switchgrass Plants | | 2008-08-15 21:31:01 | | Metabolix, Inc. has recently announced that in recently-completed greenhouse trials, switchgrass plants engineered using Metabolix multi-gene expression technology produced significant amounts of PHA bioplastics in leaf tissues. This result is the first expression of a new functional multi-gene pathway in switchgrass, and demonstrates the capabilities for maximizing the potential of biomass crops for both bioplastics [...]
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| | Hydropower Plants | | 2008-07-18 23:36:14 | | There is also power found in water and that process is referred to as hydropower. It can create much more energy at one time than either solar power or wind power. This is due to the fact that water is so dense.
Therefore it only takes a little bit of water to create some power. [...]... | | By: Car Keys | | |
| | Over Populated Deer with Too Many Deer Might change Forests Plants, more Diseases, the Future | | 2008-07-18 10:26:25 | | I am in a state we are over populated by deer with too many. I was talking to a guy today telling me the reason the forest are having a hard time growing back is because of too many deer. That the reason is that they eat all the baby trees then they never get a chance to grow again. Along with trees disappearing with being cut down then not being planted back all over again. With the increased deer herd in the forest that it is also killing off wild ginseng as well as other plant species. I wond... | | By: My Outlook on Everything Blog | | |
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| HCM City to invest in high-yield plants, animal for export | | 2008-07-16 02:39:00 | | Ho Chi Minh City will set up areas specialising in producing plant hybrids and animals for breeding, according to the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
HCM City , which has several agriculture research institutes and schools and a large number of agricultural scientists, is considered a good site for plant hybrid research and production.
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| Northern Viet Nam to have more 12 thermoelectric plants by 2015 | | 2008-06-20 06:20:00 | | Under electric development plans for provinces in the North’s major economic zone, an additional ten to twelve thermoelectric plants with a total capacity of 6,300-7,000 MW will be built from now to 2015.
After 2015, one or two thermoelectric plants with total capacity of 600-1,200 MW will be set up to meet the electricity demand in the region.
At present, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce... | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | Guidelines for Clinical Evaluation of Herbal Remedies and Medicinal Plants | | 2008-06-19 16:09:03 | | For the herbal remedies and medicinal plants that are to be clinically evaluated for use in the Allopathic System and which may later be used in allopathic hospitals, the procedures laid down by the office of the Drugs Controller General of India for allopathic drugs should be followed. This does not pertain to guidelines issued for clinical evaluation of Ayurveda, Siddha or Unani drugs by experts in hospitals and clinics. All the general principles of clinical trials pertain also to herbal remedies. However, when clinical trials of herbal drugs used in recognized Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy are to be undertaken in Allopathic Hospitals, association of physicians from the concerned system as co-investigators/collaborators/members of the expert group is desirable for designing and evaluating the study.Important Points:The herbal products can belong to either of the three categories given belowA lot is known about the use of a plant or its extract in the ancient Ayurveda, Si... | | By: Complete Health Blog | | |
| | Honda to suspend car output at more China plants | | 2008-06-11 03:18:00 | | Japan's No.2 automaker had suspended production at two major car factories and an engine plant in the southern city of Guangzhou due to flooding from heavy rains. It said last week the factory held with Dongfeng in the central Chinese city of Wuhan could also be suspended in the event of a supply bottleneck. [ID:nT251332] The engine factory in Guangzhou, also owned jointly with Dongfeng, supplies some engine parts to the Wuhan factory, which builds CR-V sport utility vehicles and Civic sedan models. Honda said it was unclear how much damage, if any, the facilities in Guangzhou suffered from the flooding. The engine factory and one of the car factories were suspended for four days last week. The other car plant was undamaged but shuttered for two days since engine supply was disrupted. The two car factories, run jointly with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co, build the Accord, Odyssey, Fit and City models and have a combined annual production capacity of 360,000 vehicl... | | By: Honda Cars News | | |
| | Chrysler ties Toyota for most productive plants in North America | | 2008-06-06 17:04:00 | | The Harbour Report released today reveals that the Big 3 gained major ground in closing the productivity gap with Japanese automakers building vehicles in North America last year. The report found that Chrysler had actually improved enough to tie Toyota as the most productive multi-plant manufacturer on the continent, with both automakers spending an average of 30.37 hours to build a vehicle. The most productive single plant in North America also belongs to Chrysler, as the once experimental Toledo Supplier Park takes just 13.57 labor hours to build a Jeep. For their parts, General Motors plants averaged 32.29 hours per vehicle and Ford plants averaged 33.88 hours per vehicle, both an improvement over last year's numbers.The news was not all good, however, as the report found that despite improving their productivity, the Big 3 are still unable to match the Japanese in profit made per vehicle. While Honda and Nissan earned $1,641 per vehicle built in North American last year and Toyot... | | By: Car News | | |
| | Toyota and Matsushita building new battery plants in Japan | | 2008-05-28 13:06:00 | | If Toyota has any chance of meeting its stated goal of selling a million hybrids per year within the next decade, it's going to need lots and lots of batteries. Along with its partner, Matsushita, Toyota already has plants in operation to build the necessary nickel metal hydride battery packs, and one of those plants will be enlarged in order to meet capacity requirements. Two additional plants will also be built in Japan, one of which will begin production of the newer lithium ion batteries which are likely to be installed in future Lexus hybrids and Prius sedans. Toyota's full investment in these three battery plants is said to be roughly 20 billion yen, which is equal to 192 million dollars.Toyota's dominance in the hybrid vehicle market is going to be challenged as fuel prices continue to rise. Recently, along with its partner NEC, Nissan announced that it was building a new plant to build advanced lithium ion packs for electric vehicles and hybrids. Additionally, General Motors i... | | By: Car News | | |
| | | Plants/Manufacturing, GM, GMC, UAW/Unions | | 2008-05-24 08:56:00 | | With closure to the American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings strike in sight, General Motors is pushing forward to resume production at the idled and slowed plants -- assuming UAW members approve a tentative contract later this week. As of Monday, the following plants were back in operation:Bay City, Mich. (engines, transmissions, components)Flint, Mich., North and South (engines, components)Livonia, Mich. (engines, components)Parma, Ohio (components)Romulus, Mich. (engines)Saginaw, Mich. (metal casting)Silao, Mexico (engines)St. Catharines, Ontario (engines, components)Tonawanda, N.Y. (engines)Willow Run, Mich. (transmissions)Each week the strike has dragged out, GM has lost significant production (29,925 vehicles were lost in the week ending April 26 alone). If GM cannot boost additional manufacturing output, by the end of this week the total number of lost units could be as high as 285,503. Even if the American Axle strike is settled, the UAW is still striking at GM's Fairfax asse... | | By: Car News | | |
| | Floating pond plants | | 2008-05-20 04:16:00 | | No matter how enchanting they may look, even the most captivating floating plants are prone to invasive proportions. Luckily, I don't have that problem as my two ponds actually hardly fit into pond proportions, and the second one is more of a puddle. I have envisioned a proper pond in the back yard as a thing to do sometime in the future but so far it has merely remained a vision.Apart from the miniature water lilies, a few types of horsetail, marsh marigolds, marsh spurge and sweet flag, I also keep a few floating plants. And having in mind that floating plants are often not winter hardy and are in need of great amounts of light and warm temperature, not many survive (some say that they are not even worth all the bother of trying to overwinter them; I never thought of it like that, but keeping them in the basement tanks with low light, only a few lucky ones survive).While rummaging through the nursery yesterday, I've noticed a new arrival of water plants from Holland. It was time to... | | By: Lady Greenthumb's garden | | |
| | Boost for bio-based plastics from plants (CSIRO - Australia) | | 2008-05-17 19:21:41 | | Australian researchers are a step closer to turning plants into ‘biofactories’ capable of producing oils which can be used to replace petrochemicals used to manufacture a range of products.
Scientists working within the joint CSIRO/Grains Research and Development Corporation, Crop Biofactories Initiative (CBI), have achieved a major advance by accumulating 30 per cent of an [...]... | | By: Bio-Polym Blog | | |
| | Plants that Boost Indoor Air Quality | | 2008-05-13 22:34:00 | | 25 Top PlantsThese plants have been shown to be effective in removing common pollutants from indoor air including formaldehyde, benzene and carbon monoxide.Common Name.....Scientific Name1. Anthurium..... Anthurium andraeanum2. Areca palm..... Chrysalidocarpus lutescens3. Benjamin Weeping Fig.... Ficus benjamina4. Boston fern.... Nephrolepis exaltata5. Chinese Evergreen.....Aglaonema modestum6. Corn Plant..... Dracaena massangeana7. Croton..... Codiaeum variegatum8. Date palm..... Phoenix roebelenii9. Dieffenbachia..... Dieffenbachia bowmannii10. English Ivy..... Hedera helix11. Fig ‘Alii’..... Ficus macleilandii ‘Alii’12. Gerbera Daisy......Gerbera jamesonii13. Golden pothos..... Epipremnum aureum14. Janet Craig ....Dracaena "Janet Craig"15. Marginata..... Dracaena marginata16. Norfolk Island Pine..... Araucaria Hetrophylla17. Peace Lily..... Spathiphyllum "Mauna Loa"18. Potted Mum..... Chrysantheium morifolium19. Ponytail palm..... Beaucarnea recurvata20. Prayer plant (Calath... | | By: Just a List | | |
| | Three more hydro-power plants built in Binh Dinh | | 2008-05-09 15:53:00 | | Three hydropower plants, Vinh Son III, Vinh Son IV and Vinh Son V, are under construction in Vinh Son commune, Vinh Thach mountainous district, Binh Dinh province by Vinh Son-Song Hinh Hydro-power Joint Stock Company and Vinh Son Investment Joint Stock Company.
Construction sites are located on the Kon River. They will be built at a cost of VND 660 billion, VND 400 billion, and VND 600 billion... | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | Viet Nam to build two nuclear power plants | | 2008-05-09 04:34:00 | | Viet Nam will build its first nuclear power plants, with a design capacity of 4,000 MW, at Phuoc Dinh and Vinh Hai in the southcentral province of Ninh Thuan from 2012-2014, said Vuong Huu Tan, Head of the Viet Nam Atomic Energy Commission.
At an international seminar in Hanoi on May 8, Mr Tan said that the investment reports for these projects will be completed in 2008 and then submitted to the... | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | [Video] Cleve Backster - Plants Can Sense Human Intention | | 2008-05-08 11:35:06 | | There is a video at youtube with the title "Cleve Baxter - Plants can sense human intention". The info of the video states:This is a video of Cleve Baxter, a polygraph scientist who did the controversial experiment with plants and animal cells. In the 60s, he decided on impulse to attach his polygraph electrodes to the now-famous dracaena in his office, then water the plant and see if the leaves responded (p. 4). Finding that the plant indeed reacted to this event, he decided to see what would happen if he threatened it, and formed in his mind the idea of lighting a match to the leaf where the electrodes were attached.And that was when something happened that forever changed Baxter's life and ours. For the plant didn't wait for him to light the match. It reacted to his thoughts!Through further research, Baxter found that it was his intent, and not merely the thought itself, that brought about this reaction.He also discovered that plants were aware of each other, mourned the death of an... | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
| | SILK FOLIAGE PLANTS | | 2008-05-07 15:31:00 | | It's that time of year again where the sun is coming down, and people like to buy plants as they will be in their prime.I personally don't! I am really into silk foliage plants. I have quite a few all around the house.As well as the fact that you don't have to water them, you don't have to worry about loads of insects being attracted to them, and even living there! Yuk!These are especially good too as i suffer alot in the summer with allergies, so there is no chance of that happening with a silk foliage plant is there!?The great thing as well is that they look just like the real thing. You really cant tell.I want some more plants & flowers actually. I was looking on Artificialplantsandtrees.com silk plants today and they offer a variety of silk plants, trees and flowers to suit any occasion.They would be great as a gift as well, especially with Mother's day coming up.At least they would last you forever, and i stress you don't have to keep watering them.I say stress because you... | | By: Mummy Diaries | | |
| | Martha Stewart Flowers & Plants at 1800 Flowers dot com! | | 2008-04-29 11:20:06 | | I was browsing the Web for something different this time – martha stewart flowers and martha stewart plants. I have always been fascinated with Martha Stewart flowers and Martha Stewart plants for quite a while and I guess now is the perfect time to find more about them. My search on Martha Stewart flowers and Martha Stewart plants brought me to www.1800flowers.com, which currently offers a ton of new Martha Stewart products. A quick check on the website shows that 1-800-Flowers.Com has been in business since 1976, when in opened its first retail store! www.1800flowers.com, aka Your Florist of Choice, currently maintains strategic online relationships with a number of online services, e.g., Microsoft Network, America Online, and Yahoo! It offers customers with the freshest flowers and the finest selection of plants, gift baskets, gourmet foods, confections and plush stuffed animals perfect for every occasion. Not only that, www.1800flowers.com has exquisite, florist-designed arrangem... | | By: The AnitoKid Chronikos | | |
| | Vinaconex to sell stakes in cement plants to foreign investors | | 2008-04-28 23:48:57 | | Viet Nam Construction and Import-Export Corp., a state-owned construction company, plans to sell an additional 20% stake in two cement plants to overseas investors to help fund expansion.
The company will sell the stake “to foreign strategic partners who commit to retaining the stake for at least three years and...
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| | | EVN to invest in four hydro-power plants in Laos | | 2008-04-17 02:18:00 | | Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung has approved the proposal of the Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) group to invest in four hydro-power plant projects in Laos.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment and Vice Chairman of the Vietnam-Lao Cooperation Subcommittee Truong Van Doan has contacted the Lao government requesting favorable conditions for the EVN to construct the Nậmét 1, Nậmét 2, Nậmét 2 and... | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | 10 additional hydro-electric plants built in Central provinces and highlands | | 2008-04-11 10:46:00 | | Up to April 10, 10 hydro-electronic plants in Central and Highlands provinces have been developing with total power of 384.6 MW, said the Electricity Company 3 (PC3).
Of these, five plants including H'Chan, Ðray - H'linh 2, Ea Krong Rau, Khe Dien and Binh Dinh are operating with total capacity of 71.6 MW. The other five including A Luoi, Krong H'nang, Tranh River, Ðak Rong 1 and Ðak Pone are... | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | AeroGarden - Grow Herbs and Flowering Plants in Your Kitchen or Office! | | 2008-04-06 22:49:44 | | Aerogarden, the name must not be unfamiliar to many of you who may have seen these cute-looking miniature garden units that boast of growing plenty of varieties or herbs and plants without much maintenance! For those of you who may not have heard of these, Aerogardens literally bring your garden into your office, kitchen or any other space you want to make green. Last year, they had introduced their first edition mainly for herbs and greens, but at a price label of $150, it was still out of...
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| | Spring Summer Outdoors Shopping Stores, Patio, Lawn, Garden, Patio Furniture, Grills, Plants | | 2008-04-04 14:11:45 | | Spring Summer Outdoors Shopping and Stores Patio, Lawn, Garden, Patio Furniture, Grills, Plants, Flags, Lawn Mowers, and Hammocks. Garden Benches, Gazebos. Bird Houses, Backyard Birding, Birdbaths, and Bird Feeders. Gardening and Lawn Tools. Cooking Barbecue Tools, Grills, Doormats. Mailboxes, Wind Chimes, Yard Art. Decor Patio Furniture Chairs. Hammocks Patio Furniture, Patio. Camping, Hiking and much more. Shopping... | | By: My Outlook on Everything Blog | | |
| | | Plants and Seeds for Trade | | 2008-03-27 07:27:35 | | Plants for Trade
Irises, Yellow with Rust Colored Throat (corms)
Irises, Yellow (corms)
Irises, Traditional Lilac color (corms)
Seeds for Trade
(for number of seeds per trade please download the list - Seed Trade List for SASBE)
The Excel formatted list not only has information on number of trades available and seeds per each, but also contains information on plant size, [...]... | | By: 'Dig' The Earth. We are Sowing Seeds of Love for M | | |
| | Decorative Plants | | 2008-03-24 06:26:50 | | Being closer to nature had always been my dream. I always wanted to live in a house which is surrounded by nature of all kind. Be it a farm, a beach house or a house with a nice garden. A home with plants alway look good and its very soothing. Plants actually help in keeping the climate of the house under control and they give out positive vibrations to your home or office.Plantation in and around house with Indoor Planters and Outdoor Planters give a unique look to your house. The use of planters help you to easily manage the plants and let them grow inside your home. Use of High End Planters give your homes a classy look if combined with some ehtnic artifacts and effective lightings. I gives a new dimension to your home. Decorative Planters inside office space and homes give a royal and modern look to your living area or waiting lounge in office. So plant more trees in planters so that they not only make your home or office look good but also keep then environment clean.... | | By: IBIBO | | |
| | Medicinal Plants in Thailand.(Khee-lek) | | 2008-03-20 09:29:00 | | Medicinal Plants in Thailand.Cassia siamea Lamk.FABACEAECassod Tree, Thai Copper PodThai name : Khee-lek Tree, 10-15 m high. Leaves even-pinnate, alternate; leaflets oblong, about 1.5 cm wide, 4 cm long, young leaves covered with greenish brown hair. Inflorescence in terminal panicle; flowers yellow. Pod flat, long and thick. Heartwood: tranquilizer, antipyretic. Leaf: laxative, diuretic. Dose: 2-3 handfuls of young leaf, boil with 1-1.5 glasses of water and a little salt, drink once a day before breakfast. Flower: antihypertensive, tranquilizer, laxative. Young leaves and wood contain anthraquinone glycosides. Extracts of young leaves and blooming flowers depress central nervous system. TRADITIONAL USE: Heartwood;tranquilizer, antipyretic,treatment of venerveal diseasesLeaf : laxative, treatment of leucorrhea, diureticFlower : antihypertensive, tranquilizer By: Medicinal Plants in Thailand Volume 1 ... | | By: Herbs for Health | | |
| | Work starts on two cement plants in Quang Binh | | 2008-03-16 23:38:00 | | The Truong Thinh Construction Company will build two cement plants in central Quang Binh province with total investment capital of 3 trillion VND (187.5 million USD).
The two plants will be located in Tuyen Hoa district’s Chau Hoa commune and Bac Trach commune in Bo Trach district.
In the first phase, the investor will build a clinker producing factory with a daily capacity of 5,000 tonnes and... | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | RI to build four nuclear power plants until 2025 | | 2008-03-16 20:54:38 | | RI to build four nuclear power plants until 2025
Solo, Central Java - The Indonesian government is planning to build four nuclear power plants (PLTNs) until 2025 to meet domestic demand for electricity, Research and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman said here Wednesday.
“If one PLTN has a capacity to produce 1,200 MW, we will be needing four [...]... | | By: Indonesia First | | |
| | Economic Operation of Power Plants | | 2008-02-05 11:12:51 | | The factors influencing power generation at minimum cost are operating efficiencies of generators, fuel cost, and transmission losses. The most efficient generator in the system does not guarantee minimum cost as it may be located in an area where fuel cost is high. Also, if the plant is located far from the load centre, transmission [...]
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| | Economic Distribution of Loads between Plants | | 2008-02-05 11:11:12 | | When transmission distances are very small and load density is very high, transmission losses may be neglected and the optimal dispatch of generation is achieved with all plants operating at equal incremental production cost.
However, in a large interconnected network where power is transmitted over long distances with low load density areas, transmission losses are a [...]
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| | Transgenic Plants Are Going To Reshape Agriculture | | 2008-01-18 04:30:00 | | A transgenic plant contains a gene or genes which have been artificially inserted in the plant instead of pollination. The inserted gene sequence may come from another distinct plant, or from a completely different species for example, transgenic Bt corn, which produces its own insecticide, contains a gene from a bacterium.Transgenic plant technology enables plant breeders to generate more useful and productive crop varieties containing new combinations of genes. With the help of this technology plant breeders have been able to generate disease resistant, high yielding and climatic change tolerant plantsTransgenic plant technology is surely going to revolutionize the agricultural sector.The National Institute of Science and Media has wide-range of books on biotechnology and other branches of science.Joel Ball, the lead author on the various titles published under the NISM name is a renowned figure in the scientific and publishing circle.... | | By: The National Institute Of Science Media | | |
| | One generation plants the trees, in their shade another generation rests | | 2008-01-08 12:38:46 | | On the way to the ward, I saw an interesting quote. Apparently there were 2 people who planted some bamboo at the old Toa Payoh hospital. These bamboo trees were then transplanted into the Changi General Hospital and a quote was put up.It read, " We should each plant a tree in our lifetime even if we may not have a chance to sit under it. One generation plants the trees, in their shade another generation rests. 前人栽树, 后人乘凉".It was not difficult to locate the bed in the ward. Grandma's moaning attracted our attention. In most of the beds, the aged patients were accompanied by maids. Ours too. It must be tough to for these underpaid maids to stay by the patients round the clock to attend to them, especially so for my maid, Wati. She had been with Grandma for 2 years. Ironically, she spent more time with Grandma than most of Grandma's descendants. Now, Grandma only responds to Wati and my Aunt. Wati had very much wanted to return to her Indonesia hometown, but lamented that she couldn't bear to leave Grandma.Do values erode over time? Or is reality cruel?One of my Uncle wept when he saw Grandma bedridden. He got a lecture from Wati. All this while when he visited Grandma, he would send Wati to buy him coffee and not paying her. Furthermore, he practises sophisticated magic tricks -- vanishing when money is needed for Grandma's healthcare. It hurts when one can't rise up from one's generation to yell at the senior generation. Something hurts more at the moment.Grandma couldn't recognise me anymore. Grandma couldn't recognise the grandson that she doted and cared for for more than 17 years. Her eosophagus was infected and she could not take in food and water. The doctor's response was to add more antibiotics. Seems like the concentration of antibiotics never reach a peak. I hope it never would.Soon came more visitors -- my Paternal Aunt's daughter-in-law with her 2 daughters. The 2 girls brought some colours to the eitherwise dull and gloom hosp... | | By: My Encounters, My Life | | |
| | IRAN: 22 synthatic cycle power plants to be built nationwide | | 2007-12-25 04:12:47 | | Some 22 synthetic cycle power plants will be built nationwide by the end of the Iranian year 1391 (to start on March 21, 2013), said an official here Monday.The official in charge of implementing the Synthetic Cycle Power Plants' Projects at Iran Power Development Organization Ali Bani-Hashemi said Monday that once the power plants are established, more than 3,500 megawatts will be added to the country's power generation capacity.Bani-Hashemi said that the 12,000 megawatt gas power plants have been either operational or are in the stage of construction. If they are turned into synthetic cycle power plants, 6,000 megawatts will be added to the country's power generation capacity, he added.Via: Islamic Republic News Agency
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| | REPLANTING OF BANANA PLANTS | | 2007-12-14 20:45:00 | | This operation consists of planting seeds in open spaces in an established plantation, to maintain a uniform and well distributed population and to bring back normal population level. This operation is also done in adjusting plant distribution.Seedling Selection:Meristem seedlings are ideal for replanting as these were carefully chosen from healthy plant and usually disease free. In the absence of tissue cultured seedlings, only Vigorous sword suckers and fresh bullhead (Columbian planting) at least one (1) week old should be used for faster growth.Recommended sucker size and height for replanting:Sword Sucker1.Giant Cavendish – 1.75 meter2.Umalag/dwarf – 1.5 meterBull Head1.Giant Cavendish – 1.75 tall2.Umalag/dwarf – 1.5 tallFrequency of Operation:Under normal conditions, replanting is done twice a year or more. Schedule is determined in every farm.Materials and Equipment Requirement:1.Bolo2.Spade or shovel3.Meter stick4.Desuckering bar5.Furadan 3G6.Calibrating cup (30 grams)7... | | By: Banana Industry Tour | | |
| | What are the advantages of Tissue Cultured in Banana Plants? | | 2007-11-25 20:32:00 | | The plants are selected from high yielding clones.The plants are micropropagated under optimal condition – uniform superior planting materials.The plants are absolutely free from diseases and pest.The plants are stable with well-developed root system and their observation and growing capacity is very high.The tissue culture plants enable flexibility in accordance with the palnting season and marketing demand.The fruit bunches are dense and compact having well shape fingers for better marketability.The optimum yields are ensured every season following requisite culture practices.The integration of 3 crops (including two rations) from tissue culture with advance growth ensures highly profitable plantation.The large quantities of plants could be supplied at a time.The quality plant command premium in the market.The production of high yielding quality planting material which are uniformity healthy, disease free and having accelerated growth reducing the crop cycle.The true type (identifi... | | By: Banana Industry Tour | | |
| | Drowning plants | | 2007-11-22 09:53:02 | | A couple months ago I took another logical step in my hobby of fiddling with aquariums, in what could loosely be referred to as my ’spare’ time… Well, technically you really couldn’t call it a LOGICAL step, because I have actually killed a rubber tree in my shameful past… And them sonsabitches is HARD to [...]... | | By: Trouble's Island | | |
| | A Gardener Plants Seeds for the Future | | 2007-11-20 20:45:00 | | There is a man by the name of Catalino Tapia of Redwood City, California, who came to the United States, from Mexico, at age 20 with $6 in his pocket. Over the past 43 years, he has worked as a baker and a machine operator. His education never went beyond 6th grade. However, through hard work he eventually built a successful gardening business. He married and raised two children. One son graduated from Boalt School of Law at UC Berkeley and is now an attorney in Los Angeles. This story is not about this young immigrant’s rise to success, although it easily could have been. It is about a man who sees the inimitable value of education and his philanthropic vision. Mr. Tapia, with his son’s legal help, founded The Bay Area Gardener’s Foundation. It’s purpose: to give college scholarships to low-income students from the Bay area. He is a man of modest means, and from what I gleaned from an interview I recently listened to, of modest personality, as well. He believes “it is his duty to pass along the prosperity he has earned, to draw community members together for a shared goal and to be accountable for the well-being of the next generation.” Hmmm.His Board consists of a dozen other immigrant gardeners and other community members who see the value in helping struggling students take the edge off some of their financial responsibilities by offering funds for books, transportation and other incidental expenses -- costs that may not amount to a lot for some, but for others it is the difference of working an extra job to raise these funds. Any student who has at least 2.5 GPA is eligible, even if he/she is an undocumented alien. Everyone on the Board agrees that, “"no matter what, they're going to have their education. So even though they don't have their papers and even though they might not be able to get a job with their Social Security number, no one will be able to take away their education."The main group that the Foundation has reached so far has been ... | | By: Minivan Diaries | | |
| | First Chrysler plants reject and accept contract | | 2007-10-19 18:15:26 | |
Workers at the last of the Chrysler plants won’t vote on the tentative agreement between the UAW and the company until this coming Wednesday. But, the outcome of the first voting on Thursday was mixed, with workers at Kenosha, Wisconsin accepting the contract by a big margin and workers at the Fenton, Missouri plant rejecting it, also by a big margin. Workers at the Chrysler pick-up truck plant in Fenton, which is near St. Louis, rejected the contract on Thursday. When the vote was tallied late Thursday night, two-thirds of the employees had voted and of that number, 80% voted against it. The president of the Fenton local plant indicated that the contract failed by a larger margin than he had expected, suggesting that a vote against the contract was anticipated, at least by the local leaders. Things went better for the deal in Kenosha, south of Milwaukee. 78% of the vote in Kenosha was in favor of ratification. That plant, however, employs only 800 workers, vs. the 2,100 employed at Fenton. There are a total of 45,000 UAW members at Chrysler. But the Fenton vote may be an ominous sign for the remaining votes. The Fenton plant is one of the six plants which is guaranteed production during the life of the contract, in its case getting the new Dodge Ram pick-up truck to replace its production of the current version of that vehicle. In all, the contract provides for closure of only five current plants, one at least of which is to be replaced with a new facility and two of which are not assembly plants, but are a parts distribution center and test facility. For the contract to be ratified, it must get a majority vote of the total number of UAW members voting. A local rejecting the contract has no significance, by itself. Four locals voted against the recently ratified GM contract. Nonetheless, the Chrysler pact has been the target of a serious campaign against ratification led by none other than the leader of the UAW team that negotiated it. Claiming that the contract fails to provide sufficient job security guarantees, opponents of the contract have also criticized health care benefit give-backs contained in the contract, as well as the VEBA negotiated between the union and UAW and the two-tier wage structure for new hires in non-core positions. Job security concerns among Chrysler workers are likely to be heightened by rumors surfacing yesterday that the company is about to terminate as many as five models currently in production. The rumors apparently started after remarks made by Chrysler officials to a meeting of dealers in Las Vegas. Hence, the information is seen as credible, and the expectation is that slower-selling models are likely to be quickly discontinued. That could mean job losses in the immediate future at Chrysler, which may make some workers particularly receptive to another criticism of the proposed contract: no priority is given to current workers for future job openings. UAW officials had hoped to have voting on the contract completed by Sunday, but local unions did not follow through. Partly, this was a question of logistics: five Chrysler plants are currently in the middle of a two-week shut down to trim inventory, so it is not as easy to arrange for all workers to vote as it would be if they were all coming to work. Getting the Chrysler contract ratified is critical to the UAW’s ability to begin formal negotiations at Ford, which are currently on hold. In the even that the contract at Chrysler were to be rejected, it is not clear whether the union would then proceed to negotiate the Ford contract, or whether it would instead reenter negotiations with Chrysler.... | | By: Auto News: Car Reviews, Car News, Car Shows | | |
| | | Pollution from U.S. coal-fired power plants | | 2007-08-09 23:32:00 | | Ontario has launched a second official complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying rule changes for American coal-fired power plants will spew even more harmful pollution across the border. The province filed comments Tuesday arguing the U.S. plans will only relax the rules, allowing out-dated plants to operate longer hours without installing modern pollution controls. “Air pollution from the U.S. coal-fired power plants continues to harm the health, environment and economy of Ontario,” said Environment Minister Laurel Broten.
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| | Bohol plants 18,000 seedlings in an hour for “Trees for Life” | | 2007-07-22 18:01:30 | | by Rey Anthony Chiu
Tagbilaran City — SIMULTANEOUS tree planting activities in Bohol turned in at least 18,939 seedlings of narra and mahogany planted in military reservations, open public lands in an hour as the government launched the Trees for Life with 2 million trees all over the country by 2010.
The Bohol figure was reported by at least two military units who joined President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, representatives from government and non-government organizations and volunteers in affirming the commitment to protect the environment through the Trees for Life (TFL) project Wednesday, July 18. (more…)
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| | AMERICA: Nuclear Energy, Big operator of plants working on a federal application | | 2007-07-02 04:58:00 | | Exelon Nuclear has selected two sites in southeastern Texas as possible locations for a new nuclear plant. Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear, which operates the largest number of nuclear plants in the nation, said it is preparing a federal application that would allow construction and operation of a plant should the company decide to build one. The primary prospective site is a tract about 10 miles south of Collegeport in Matagorda County. A secondary site is about 20 miles south of Victoria in Victoria County. Two potential nuclear sites chosenExelon said it expects to submit the application to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission in November 2008. It expects the application process to cost about $23 million. For the next 18 months, the company will work through an extensive process with the regulatory commission before the application is submitted, Exelon Nuclear spokesman Craig Nesbit said Thursday. After that, the NRC will take three to four years to evaluate the application. ... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | | | Nissan Install Solar Panels on Spanish Plants to Save CO2 | | 2007-06-11 19:09:00 | | In an effort to both save some euros off the electricity bill and some CO2 from hitting the environment, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, will install 606 solar panels at its Barcelona (Spain) vehicle plant by the end of this summer. which will cover a surface of 3,000 square-metres and generate 308,000 kWh of electricity per year, which helps them reduce CO2 emissions by 110 tons.Nissan is also installed a similar layout on its other plant in Spain, in Ávila this summer, 732 solar panels resulting in savings of 267 tons of CO2 emissions every year. But not only Spain is getting renewable energy to power the plants, Nissan is also using renewable energy at its Sunderland vehicle plant in the UK, where it has erected six wind turbines good for 5 percent of the plant's electricity which cuts CO2 emissions by 3,300 tons a year.These interventions are being held under Nissan's Green Program 2010, which expectations are to lower CO2 emissions 7 percent from 2005 levels.Recent Posts:+ Ford C-MAX Sp... | | By: Autos Space | | |
| | RUSSIA: Sun Group ties up with Russian firm for power plants | | 2007-06-10 17:46:00 | | Indian company Sun Group on Sunday signed a framework agreement with Russia's HydroOGK for the construction of a string of midget and mini hydro-electric power plants in India and Nepal. HydroOGK is Russia's largest hydroelectric company and has a rich expertise in building mini and midget power plants in the Caucasus Mountains. Announcing the signing of the deal between the Indian group owned by the Khemkas and the Russian company at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia's Economy and Trade Minister German Gref said the agreement was of key importance for Russian Electricity Monopoly Unified Energy System (UES), which controls HydroOGK. The two companies would set up a managing company on a parity basis before the end of the year, HydroOGK CEO Vyacheslav Sinyugin said. Sun Group, which initially invested in Russia's beer industry, is currently involved in joint projects with Itera, Russia's largest independent natural gas producer. Suntera, the joint venture of ... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | Pitcher plants, new dollar opportunity for Filipinos | | 2007-05-28 14:55:21 | | Tacloban City (May 27) — The pitcher plant which locals call “pitsel-pitsel” and which scientist call as nephentes promises to be the new source of dollar opportunity for the Filipinos and for the Philippines.
The pitcher plant has drawn and heightened the interests of many plant hobbyist, researchers and collectors from all over the world, due [...]... | | By: Philippines Travel Blog | | |
| | UK: Blair commits to nuclear future as plans for five new power plants are revealed | | 2007-05-25 00:35:00 | | by Colin BrownRead more | Digg story A blueprint for a new generation of power stations was revealed yesterday as Tony Blair committed Britain to a nuclear component in energy supply. The Government announced a five-month consultation exercise on its plans for new nuclear plants by the private sector but a private consultants' report for the Department of Trade and Industry raised suspicions that the consultation is a sham. Critics called the consultation a "farce" and nuclear power would be a "dangerous, dirty white elephant". The report says new nuclear plants should be built predominantly in the South-east where the main demand for energy exists. Many of the plants are on the coast, and could be at risk of flooding as a result of climate change causing a catastrophic rise in sea levels. But the report by Jackson Consulting says higher defences could be built to avoid coastal sites being ruled out. The engineers... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | Choosing Plants that are Healthy-NEW Gardening Tips | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | When you are buying or receiving plants from someone there are a few things that you need to look at before deciding to plant them in your garden.
You will generally get a better quality plant from a garden center and it will be less likely to have disease or other problems that could spread to [...]... | | By: Article Announcer | | |
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