CertainTeed Gypsum Introduces GlasRoc(R) Tile Backer Using Patented Embedded Glass Reinforced Gypsum(TM) Technology.
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- With the introduction of GlasRoc(R) Tile Backer by CertainTeed Gypsum, building professionals can protect walls, ceilings and countertops in high-moisture areas with the highest level of mold-resistance for residential and commercial applications. GlasRoc Tile Backer features Embedded Glass Reinforced Gypsum...

Aklan provincial government embarks on P1.5-B projects.
KALIBO, Aklan -- Aklan Gov. Carlito Marquez said the provincial government will embark on a 5-year P1.525-billion high impact projects to soften the adverse effects of the global financial crisis in the province. He said the high-impact projects, to be financed by the national government, private sectors...

Praesidian Capital Investors Funds Acquisition of Bruce Seed Farm.
Leading Mezzanine Firm Partners with Marwit Capital Partners to Consummate Second Acquisition in the Land Reclamation, Native Seed and Erosion Control Industry NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Praesidian Capital Investors, a leading provider of mezzanine capital for small and mid-sized companies, has invested approximately $5 million...

Missiology in environmental context: tasks for an ecology of mission.
For a field focused on the most geographic practice of Christian faith--crossing from one terrain to another for the sake of Christ--missiology seems to manifest a strange absence of the terrestrial. (1) Missiology rarely discusses the significance of earthly context or ecological dynamics for mission theology. For all its...

How not to save a beach: beach nourishment in the age of big development.
Trying to save an eroding beach is not a new concept. Since the early twentieth century, the desire to live near the sea has driven multi-billion-dollar development and tourism. There were breakwaters built to eliminate wave action, sea walls to stop the creeping ocean rise and perpendicular groins that...

Rhodesian rump capital vs African liberation: Dr Tafataona Mahoso, head of Zimbabwe's Media Commission, on why "African managers" employed by Rhodesian rump capital should declare where they stand--with the people and true African liberation or with the saboteurs of Zimbabwe's economy.
It is no coincidence that since the beginning of the African land reclamation revolution in Zimbabwe, the US State Department propaganda against Zimbabwe has focused on discrediting the efforts of the government of President Mugabe to construct a Zimbabwean economy and a patriotic Zimbabwean business class out of the...

Arab economies at a tipping point.
The Arab world is experiencing an economic boom of historic proportions. The tiny Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai is emblematic. Boasting the world's only seven-star hotel, its massive land reclamation project, allegedly the only man-made structure visible from the moon, is whimsically creating parcels shaped like continents and palm...

Mushroom compost improves plant growth.
Mushroom compost (also referred to as "spent mushroom substrate" or "mushroom soil") has become a popular organic soil amendment for the establishment and maintenance of lawns and sports fields, gardens, agricultural and horticultural crops and with land reclamation projects. Here are some commonly asked questions and answers about mushroom...

Reclamation, Part I: the bare minimum; returning the land to nature is the least an aggregate producer can do--and by law must do--after a site has been mined out. (E&T Reclamation).
No matter where in the country an aggregate producer is operating, chances are the site is regulated by state and local laws governing reclamation. More than 20 years have passed since Congress instituted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in 1977. The act requires coal mining...

The operational features of pumping stations equiped with parallel-connected centrifugal pumps for land-reclamation.
Abstract: The required water supply of a pump could be provided by means of different combinations of pressure piping and pumping units at different operational costs. The basic indices describing the operational modes for the individual and group pumping units, including the values of the efficiency, are computed. The...