Backyard

Showdown in Blackwater’s Backyard

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:19:45 +0000

Why the controversial private security company wants to run congressional candidate Marshall Adame, a retired United States Marine, “out of Dodge.”

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Flying Wind Turbines Could Power the Entire Planet!

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:19:22 +0000

We’ve seen wind turbines fit for backyards, balconies, even oceans - but now pioneering wind-power engineers are looking to take wind turbines to new heights
?15,000-30,000 feet in the air! Harvesting just 1% of the energy from jet-stream winds could produce enough power for everybody on the planet.

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Man Randomly Attacked By Police Dog, Beaten By Police For Defending Himself

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:19:09 +0000

Story about a guy sleeping in his backyard who is randomly attacked by a vicious police dog chasing a “suspect”. He naturally tries to defend himself and gets beaten by the police for it. The police justified this by saying the “suspect” they were after was riding a moped without a helmet or headlights on. And it only gets worse from there.

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Save $3966/year on electricity bills - annoy your neighbours in the process

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:18:48 +0000

A man on Long Beach Island has erected a windmill in his backyard to cut down on electricity bills (saving him $3966 a year). But in the process he has really pissed off his neighbours who are saying the sound, equivenlent to a noisy refrigerator, is too noisy and the structure itself is too big.

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Google may take tower in Microsoft’s backyard

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:18:29 +0000

Google continues to expand in Microsoft’s backyard. The Internet search giant, which opened a sales office in Fremont three months ago and a development center in Kirkland in 2004, is now taking a serious look at gobbling up nearly all of a 20-story office building under construction in downtown Bellevue.

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A Windmill for Your Backyard?

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:18:17 +0000

A small, affordable wind turbine available for the first time this September promises to help homeowners fight the rising cost of energy.

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Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:17:56 +0000

Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.His destination: Idaho, a mere 193 miles from the comfy confines of his backyard.

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Swimming Pool with 1000 gallons water stolen, without a drop spilled

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:17:27 +0000

Daisy Valdivia is annoyed that someone stole her backyard pool — and baffled at how they did it without leaving behind a splash, drip or trace of the 1,000 gallons of water it contained…

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Senator Kennedy Doesn’t Want Renewable Energy In His Backyard

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:17:08 +0000

“Momentum is building in Congress to buck Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s bid to block the proposed Cape Cod wind energy project, potentially reviving efforts to construct the sprawling windmill farm in Nantucket Sound.”

The rich don’t deserve preferential treatment just because they have mansions overlooking the sound.

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Company Designs and Maintains Organic Farm In Your Backyard

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:16:39 +0000

Most environmentally aware Americans would love a personal organic vegetable garden, but how many people actually have the time to cultivate one?. Thanks to a San Francisco-based company called MyFarm, Bay Area denizens can pay a weekly fee to have a backyard garden designed and maintained by professionals.

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