Researchers develop better membranes for water treatment, drug delivery Nov 30, 2007
The highly permeable and selective membranes are based on the incorporation of the functional water channel protein Aquaporin Z into a novel A-B-A triblock copolymer. The experimental membranes, currently in the form of vesicles, show significantly higher water transport than existing reverse-osmosis membranes used in water purification and desalination. (EurekAlert!)
Polar bear population on thin ice Nov 27, 2007
"A lead (water channel) like this is a magnet for bears because this is where you tend to get a lot of seals hauling out," explains Stirling from the front seat of our helicopter. "So there's no surprise that our guy has gone for a swim. The challenge is figuring out where he resurfaced.". (Toronto Star)
Water park planned for Arizona desert Nov 21, 2007
Step this way to the largest man-made white water channel in the world. Surfing your thing. (Guardian Unlimited)
Residents can take a guided tour of restored wetlands Nov 11, 2007
Another surprise work of nature occurred when the main water channel that flows through the wetlands widened considerably on its own. "We will have designated trails and walkways with viewing platforms (soon)," Mahkewa said. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Larger world cause for 'Small World' redo Nov 9, 2007
Disneyland plans to add an inch of depth to the water channel and design more-buoyant boats, Lutz said. Perhaps in an effort to protect visitors' egos, the park insists that fat tourists aren't to blame. (AZCentral)
Automakers going green Oct 19, 2007
Airborne paint is pulled by a downdraft system into a water channel beneath the floor that collects the particles. The resulting smelly gray soup gets channeled into the collection pit and pumped into tanks. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Appeal against Lowes rejected Oct 4, 2007
Nevertheless, Harriman and members of advocacy groups, say Paynter's project contains a remnant of the ancient water channel ... Councilwoman Marcie Buford, who made a motion to deny the appeal, said the City Council is jaded with Harriman and the Mattoses, who have challenged just about every development proposed west of 12th Avenue by raising a barrage of issues such as the protection of prime farmland, lack of clean water supply, traffic congestion and -- most recently -- preservation of the... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Appeal on Lowes set for Tuesday Oct 2, 2007
Nevertheless, Harriman, as well as members of advocacy groups, insist Paynter's project contains a remnant of Mussel Slough, an ancient water channel. They say the site has historic and ecological values that are to be protected under the city's own land-use policy. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Parker on Wine: Resplendent Rieslings Sep 29, 2007
From a sweet spot where slate cliffs and pooled water channel the sun's energy into the grapes, this wine smells alluringly of vanilla, nut oil, baking spices, and flowers. Creamy and rich with nougat and maple syrup notes, it also has invigorating apple and lime flavors. (BusinessWeek)
Group makes expected appeal on Lowes project Sep 20, 2007
Nevertheless, Richard Harriman, the attorney who represents the opposition groups, insists Paynter's project does contain a remnant of Mussel Slough, an ancient water channel with historic and ecological values that are to be protected under the city's own land-use policy ... Impacts on what they say is a remnant of Mussel Slough, an ancient water channel. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Continue reading Sep 15, 2007
He is one of many growers who depend on the water delivered through the water channel. A recent federal court ruling to protect endangered fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta could cut into the state water supply. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Catch Charlotte's whitewater wave Aug 30, 2007
Of the two channels, the Competition Channel is shorter but more difficult than the longer, oval Big Water Channel ... and the Big Water Channel to the lower Ocoee. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- From Salmon to Service - the Top 10 Aug 30, 2007
Its location on the Guemes deep water channel with open access to the Pacific Ocean provides easy access to their facilities, which includes a Syncrolift and drydock. Whats ahead: DCI plans to be close to 250 employees by the end of the year with new construction jobs coming in, said Lynn Voorhees, human resources. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
Hiker creates a unique adventure Aug 6, 2007
Vig could hear another water channel somewhere in the mist, but he pushed on for the summit. On the descent, however, Vig again heard the sound of water. (Anchorage Daily News)
Senegal: Dakar Water Channel Poses Potential Health Hazard Jul 24, 2007
A water channel running through the centre of the bustling Senegalese capital, Dakar, may have been intended as a public recreation area and amenity, but the reality is different ... "This is what happens in big cities where sanitation is not widely understood. People throw their rubbish over the edge with no concern for the ramifications," Ibrahim Coundoul, chief architect for Canal 4's reconstruction, told IRIN. "The water channel was not designed as a waste dump, and water cannot flow when it... (allAfrica.com)
Anger and despairFlood victims face uncertain future in Balochistan Jun 30, 2007
In one village there is a wide storm water channel with a sandy bed scarred by ditches and uprooted rocks as speeding waters tore through it. "Until Tuesday morning, it was a football ground belonging to the school that you can see there," says Ubaid Shad, a Turbat resident. (BBC News)
King's Pointe Preview Jun 13, 2007
Much remains only in concrete outlines, but the structure is in place for a small water channel to walk against the current or float with it, a circular relaxation tub with water jets, and a sprayground with electronically-timed jets of cascading water for children to play in ... A meandering water channel around the structure is the 440-foot Lazy River, into which all five of the major thrill slides empty. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Wayward whales on the move, headed back toward the ocean May 22, 2007
A West Sacramento Police boat slowly pushes two injured humpback whales down the Deep Water Channel towards Rio Vista on Sunday. (AP Photo/Sacramento Bee, Kevin German). (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
California: Wayward whales stall in journey west May 22, 2007
Associated Press A West Sacramento Police boat slowly pushes two injured humpback whales down the Deep Water Channel towards Rio Vista on Sunday. RIO VISTA The 90-mile journey of two wayward whales back to sea stalled Monday after raising hopes that the pair were returning to the Pacific Ocean more than a week after taking a wrong turn and swimming up the Sacramento River. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Wayward whales make a splash in California May 19, 2007
The whales briefly seemed to get the right idea by themselves on Friday morning, when they headed 200 yards into the deep water channel leading to the Sacramento River, which eventually empties into San Francisco Bay. But then they turned around. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Whale charmers try to coax humpbacks May 18, 2007
They have since set an inland travel record for humpbacks, traveling more than 70 miles up the delta and the Sacramento River Deep Water Channel to the outskirts of the capital city. Both whales were wounded by a ship propeller, either in the open ocean or shortly after entering the bay, Folkens said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Time Warner Finds Men’s Outdoors & Recreation May 9, 2007
TMG, formerly known as Turner Media Group, provides interactive-TV advertising, direct-response programming and transactional TV networks, including Men's Outdoors & Recreation, Beauty & Fashion Channel, Healthy Living Channel, Resort and Residence, The Men's Channel, iDrive, iShop TV, America s Preview Channel and The Water Channel. TMG reaches an aggregate of more than 100 million homes nationwide through DirecTV and EchoStar Communications Dish Network direct-broadcast satellite and in select... (Multichannel News)
* Bat `massacre' discovered in Meinung water channel Apr 6, 2007
Bat `massacre' discovered in Meinung water channel ... A dead bat lies in an empty water channel in Meinung Township, where thousands of bats were recently found burned to death outside a cave ... Thousands of bats were found burned to death recently in a secret water channel in Meinung Township (@), Kaohsiung County, the Bat Association of Taiwan (BAT) said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Want To Monitor Climate Change? P-p-p-pick Up A Penguin! Apr 5, 2007
Dr Halsey and co-workers measured the heart rate and energy expenditure of king penguins whilst walking on a treadmill and whilst swimming in a long water channel, and obtained relationships between these two variables. They then implanted heart rate loggers in penguins going to sea such that they could infer the energy expended by these birds from the recorded heart rate. (Science Daily)
Regional Roundup Mar 20, 2007
Caltrans will close various lanes on southbound Interstate 5 between March Lane and the Stockton Deep Water Channel all week, beginning Monday ... The final phase will be from Monte Diablo Avenue to the Deep Water Channel. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Full Story... Feb 28, 2007
At 9:20 a.m., a Butte County Sheriff's Department helicopter crew one of two dispatched less than a half-hour earlier spotted the 19-year-old college student's Honda CR-V sport-utility vehicle upside-down in the water channel off the Midway (also known as Nelson Road) about four miles outside Richvale, according to Lt. Brian Cook of the Gridley-Biggs Police Department. The vehicle was submerged in 4 to 5 feet of water, authorities said later at a news conference in Gridley. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Detention pond is final phase Nov 23, 2006
t has a low water channel in it, so it doesn't hold water continually. It just backs water when you have the peak flow, Giffin said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Baillieu attacks Vic Govt on Bendigo water management Nov 22, 2006
Mr Baillieu has reiterated the Liberal Party's plan to cover the Coliban and Goulburn Murray open water channel by 2010, and source ground water to boost storages. A spokesman for the Water Minister, John Thwaites, says only a re-elected Labor government will supply water through a super pipe to Bendigo by next summer. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Politics)
View Results ") }}newsys_poll_checkCookie()[poll::left]--> Staff photo-Danyrae LockwoodValley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center won a Community Support Initiative (CSI) grant awarding $1,500 that purchased a new rescue saw for the St. Marys Fire Department and presented it Tuesday. The saw is better apt to cut through building materials like metal and nails to allow more time for firefighters to reach victims and extinguish fires. ABOVE: (L to R) Firefighter Doug Ayers, Valley Director of Sales and Marketing Stacie Powell, Safety Service Director Tom Hitchcock, former firefighter and Valley resident Leo Sealscott, Van Wert Fire Equipment representative Ed Mosier, Fire Chief Ken Cline, Mayor Greg Freewalt holding the rescue saw and Valley Executive Director George Miu. NEWS Reopening unveils new mysteries Nov 16, 2006
It also might have been a water channel used to exit water into the canal that was used to power the former mill the Sandborn maps also depict a water flue entering the building from the east ... The fact that the structure was comprised of bricks and constructed in a circle lends credence to water channel theory since it would be a strong structure capable of carrying water ... A smaller water channel entered the eastern foundation of the Cotton Mill property and once powered a machine shop... (St. Marys Evening Leader, OH)
KING, KOMO and KIRO veterans dive into the Water Channel Oct 9, 2006
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Rex Hunt set for US debut Sep 25, 2006
Hunt's fishing program will be broadcast on America's The Water Channel on the Time Warner networks from October 6. AAP. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
One protein, two channels: Scientists explain mechanism in aquaporins Sep 24, 2006
In work funded by the National Institutes of Health, Tajkhorshid and co-workers show that the same protein can be used as a water channel or an ion channel depending on the signaling pathway activated in the cell. The scientists report their findings in the September issue of the journal Structure. (EurekAlert!)
From humble storm drain to linear park Sep 8, 2006
The new water channel has a bio-filter designed and built upstream. Water plants have been planted intermittently amongst the river rocks and stones to give the stream a natural look. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
India troops 'shoot Kashmir boys' Aug 16, 2006
A spokesman said the two young men were shovelling sand from a water channel, about 400m inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir, when they were fired upon. The Indian army has denied any firing, saying that the ceasefire is intact. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Rare canal coin comes home Aug 16, 2006
By MARY ANN BRAGG STAFF WRITERYARMOUTHPORT - A jazz band leader who cruises the Cape Cod Canal every Sunday bought a rare bronze medallion commemorating that water channel on eBay yesterday. The medallion likely was minted to mark the opening of the canal in 1914, according to the Cape Cod Times' archive. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Sri Lanka troops advance on Tigers, jets strike Jul 31, 2006
More than 800 people have been killed so far this year, and the rebels' closing of a water channel from an eastern rebel-held area to goverment-held farms prompted a surge in violence in recent days including air and artillery strikes. Ground forces were sent on Sunday to secure the channel that irrigates farms in the area, south of the northeastern port of Trincomalee, most of them owned by ethnic majority Sinhalese. (AlertNet)
We're glad you're here Jul 10, 2006
Keep away from ant mounds, and by all means avoid strolling down to the water channel where alligators have been spotted. Yes, they attack people, and too much lingering can turn a day spent in Paradise into one spent at the morgue. (Orlando Sentinel -- Opinion)
Convicts escape Salemba prison Jul 4, 2006
The convicts, Arifin Ibrahim, 37, and Muhammad Rizki, 29, allegedly broke out of the prison through a water channel passing through the fence. "They probably used a saw to cut bars blocking the water channel," Eddy said. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Advanced Technologies Give Jeep(R) Compass Excellent Durability, Ride and Handling, and Body Stiffness, While Reducing Noise, Vibration and Harshness Jun 16, 2006
Compass' windshield water channel and radio antenna were refined in the Chrysler Group's state-of-the-art AeroAcoustic wind tunnel to minimize wind noise. A lip on the trailing edge of the hood directs airflow over the wipers, reducing wind noise inside the vehicle. (PR Newswire)
Tomb Raider: Legend May 16, 2006
Go into the door it opens and follow the corridor out to a water channel ... D. Now use the lever you find in this water channel to raise the gate and then climb up onto the coffin near the gate. (IGN Xbox)
Fishing Line Apr 27, 2006
Bankies caught stripers in the Port of Sacramento, and trollers scored downstream in the Deep Water Channel. OROVILLE RESERVOIR - No change from the good bass bite reported last week. (Sacramento Bee -- Lifestyle)
Training the river dog Feb 26, 2006
Using a ditch with water, a creek or a water channel, toss a large white bumper to the far bank, preferably a bank with little dense cover. We want the bumper obvious. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
