Jammu,March 06 (Scoop News) – On receiving report regarding stranded people in Chadder route towards Zanskar, a rescue team headed by Sub-Division Magistrate, Zanskar, Ghulam Mohu-ud-Din Wani comprising of Police party, medical team, army and locals from Zangla/Padum village rushed to the spot with all the necessaries on 2nd March.. According to offical spokesperson,the […]
Solar Waste Recycling: Can the industry stay green?
This piece is made possible by the reporter Erica Gies, the editing of the SF Public Press and funding from Spot.Us. This piece is free to be republished but must give credit to all parties. Clean-tech firms seek to reuse a variety of rare, potentially toxic materials. New businesses emerge as manufacturers prepare for […]
Messages From One Rice Farmer to Another
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. Some 80 percent of the world’s rice production is grown by smallholder farmers in developing countries, according to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). From Bangladesh to Benin, these farmers continue to develop different solutions to improve the process of rice production. These methods include using […]
A Conversation with Norman Uphoff, Advisor to Nourishing the Planet
In this regular series we profile advisors of the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Norman Uphoff, professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University. Name: Norman Uphoff Affiliation: Cornell University Location: Ithaca, United States Bio: Norman Uphoff is a professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University and former director […]
Custom Paintball Guns
Did you know that players of paintball also call their guns ‘paintball markers’? You see, the paintballs which are loaded in the gun are used to mark opponents and hence the term ‘paintball markers’. For those who have specific requirements when it comes to their paintball guns, you need to get the custom made […]
Heard By a Bird in Phonecia, New York
"It’s much easier to be a bad artist than a bad mathematician." – William G. Holzberger Did you see the cloud resembling a five-armed coat over Chichester last Saturday? A Letter Dear Sparrow: Yesterday I went walking in the new-fallen snow, and I found two sets of tracks: a deer’s and a man’s. The deer […]