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Posted by ERIC KELDERMAN, Stateline.org
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Friday, 16 March 2007 |
 In a sci-fi approach to providing clean energy, a consortium of Iowa power companies is planning to fill a big underground hole with pressurized air which would then be released to generate electricity. Two other air-storage caverns already exist in Alabama and Germany, demonstrating that the technology is not far-fetched. But the Iowa wind hole would be roughly twice as large and the only one to use wind power to pump air under the earth... |
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Posted by JULIAN BLOCK
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
 Here is the second part in a GNN series designed to help you with your US taxes — especially beneficial to folks like me who haven't done them yet! Today, Julian Block, an expert on tax issues related to freelance artists, writers and photographers, will answer some common questions about how to report income on 1099's (when some include reductions for expenses, and others do not) and if we can take deductions for articles donated to non-profit groups... |
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
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"Scientists have created a device that can make human teeth grow back. The tiny ultrasound machine fits into a patient's mouth and gently massages gums stimulating dental growth from the root. It should be available to the public within 2 years." (Scotsman) |
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
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An armed robber held up a barbecue dinner party with a gun asking for money. Then, a quick-thinking guest offered him a glass of wine, which changed his attitude. He asked for a hug instead. (AP/Ananova) |
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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008 |
 Farmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas have worked with the USDA to plant switchgrass and measure the native plant's ability to deliver Ethanol more efficiently than corn. The results are dramatic. Switchgrass delivers 540 percent of the energy used to produce
it, compared with just roughly 25 percent returned by
traditional corn-based ethanol.
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