Stuck in neutral? Hardly! Nov 12, 2009
edumacation wrote on Nov 8, 2009 5:51 PM:" Sam- Here is a science project for you.Take I5 South to 8 mile road turn West on 8 mile. Take 8 mile road west to the levee. Before you cross the bridge to King Island, turn right on North Rio Blanco Rd. Follow this road North. Follow the road until you see fishermen in boats. That big building you see to the East next to the "water" is the Lodi poop plant. Now walk into the area and tell the anglers what the plant is---there are no signs.How long have... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Renewable energy in fund boost Nov 7, 2009
3 million to demonstrate integration of solar, wind and storage to provide baseload and peak power to the King Island grid. The Government grants come from the Renewable Energy Demonstration Program funded in the 2008-09 budget. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Geodynamics, Petratherm tap into $235m more aid Nov 6, 2009
280 million for its King Island renewable energy integration project. The project will integrate wind, solar and energy storage with a bio-diesel generator to provide baseload and peak power for the King Island mini grid system, which uses diesel generators for its primary energy supply. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Inupiaq poet wins prestigious national award Oct 29, 2009
Kane's poetry is inspired, in part, by what she calls her "ancestral landscapes" on the Seward Peninsula and King Island ... She'd also like to take her children and her mother to King Island, an expensive and difficult proposition ... King Islanders retain a strong sense of identity with the place, though members of the younger generation -- including Kane herself -- have never been there. (Anchorage Daily News)
Diversified Renewables -- Florida Looks to Mine Ocean Energy Aug 27, 2009
The channel cross section changes by a factor of over 100 to 1 as the Southern Current approaches the shallow waters around King Island in the Bass Strait off Southern Australia and bya factor over 70 to 1 as it approaches the shallow waters of Foveaux Strait off southern New Zealand. There may be a way of installing some kind of barrier along sections of the Florida Keys to suficiently accelerate a section of the Gulf Stream to allow for viable operation of hydrokinetic turbines in at region. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Racine Recreation Schedule for August 2-7 Aug 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009 10:06 PM CDT. GOLD (Lincoln) Spinacores vs. Buckets Pub, 5 p.m.; All Sports vs. Wells Bros. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Play shakes up Anchorage May 30, 2009
A significant collection of work by carver Rick Seeganna, originally from King Island, is featured at Aurora Fine Arts, 737 W. Fifth Ave. Seeganna, a former first place winner in the Earth, Fire and Fibre statewide juried art show, creates soapstone sculptures representing people, animals and Inupiaq mythology. theater. (Anchorage Daily News)
King Island abattoir given govt lifeline Apr 6, 2009
The Tasmanian government has stepped in with $500,000 to prop up the King Island abattoir and keep 100 people in work while the facility's owner completes a performance review. Swift Australia, part of the worldwide conglomerate JBS Swift ny, two weeks ago announced it would suspend operations at its King Island abattoir, pending a review ... King Island beef farmers are devastated by the decision, worried the closure will sink their prestige brand. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Climate trouble for whale Apr 2, 2009
It was the second mass stranding in March, and took the total number of cetaceans to beach in southern Australia in the past four months beyond 500, including a single stranding of almost 200 on King Island. Researchers tracking the beaching of whales in the region since 1920 said strandings tended to occur in 12-year cycles which coincided with cooler, nutrient-rich ocean currents moving from the south and swelling fish stocks. (India Times, India)
* World News Quick Take Mar 5, 2009
The animals became stranded on Sunday evening on Tasmania states King Island. Volunteers helped wildlife experts refloat 53 surviving whales and five dolphins on Monday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Rescuers attempt to save stranded whales, dolphins Mar 3, 2009
The 194 pilot whales and half a dozen bottlenose dolphins became stranded on Naracoopa Beach on Tasmania states King Island on Sunday evening X the fourth beaching incident in recent months in Tasmania. Strandings happen periodically in Tasmania as whales go by during their migration to and from Antarctic waters, but scientists do not know why. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
200 whales stranded on Australian island Mar 3, 2009
Rescuers said only 54 of the 194 pilot whales who stranded themselves on King Island, between Tasmania and the Australian mainland, late Sunday were still alive ... "Families, children, mums and dads, grandparents all here helping out doing their bit under the guidance of a local parks ranger," King Island Council General Manager Andrew Wardlaw told local radio. (India Times, India)
Dozens of beached whales, dolphins rescued Mar 3, 2009
Tasmanian Department of Primary Industriesvia AFP-Getty ImagesSome of thewhales and dolphins stranded Monday onKing Island off southern Australia are treated withwet towels and buckets of water to keep them cool ... The 194 pilot whales and half a dozen bottlenose dolphins became stranded on Naracoopa Beach on Tasmania state's King Island on Sunday evening the fourth beaching incident in recent months in Tasmania ... By late Monday, 48 animals had been returned to the sea by... (MSNBC -- Environment)
Mass stranding of whales, dolphins in Australia Mar 2, 2009
Some of the stranded pilot whales on a King Island beach are seen in this handout obtained March 2, 2009 ... According to Arthur, about 194 pilot whales and six or seven bottlenose dolphins began to strand on Tasmania's King Island from7 ... Some of the stranded pilot whales on a King Island beach are seen in this handout obtained March 2, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Nearly 200 whales stranded on Australian beach Mar 2, 2009
Rescuers were headed Monday to Naracoopa Beach on Tasmania's King Island to try to save some of the 194 pilot whales and half a dozen bottlenose dolphins that began beaching themselves on Sunday evening. Some had died by Monday morning, said Chris Arthur from Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service. (USA Today -- News)
Mass whale stranding in Tasmania Mar 2, 2009
The mammals have stranded themselves on King Island, in the Bass Strait between the mainland and the southern state of Tasmania ... The 194 pilot whales and half a dozen bottlenose dolphins became stranded on Naracoopa Beach on King Island on Sunday evening ... More than 100 King Island residents have volunteered to help the efforts. (BBC News)
Health expert warns of 'psychological instability' as climate heats up... Feb 22, 2009
" Very real evidence of climate change across Tasmania's water supply was already playing itself out, he said. "We are seeing the impact of climate change on our water supply with increased and longer algal blooms," he said. "At Ross the population has had to seek alternative water supplies because of an ongoing blue-green algae outbreak, and on King Island blooms are appearing in the water catchment dams. "There are marine coastal blooms in the Huon and Statewide they are extending and lasting... (The Drudge Report)
Horrific, but not the worst we've suffered Feb 11, 2009
It struck a reef on the west coast of King Island, off north-western Tasmania, during a heavy squall on the morning of August 4, 1845. There may, too, have been greater natural disasters - though, because distant, their details and numbers are sketchy, especially when "hidden killers" such as heatwave, which accounted for 147 lives in 1920 alone, are concerned. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
