Flow Meter Facts News Saginaw City Council to decide on software, meter replacement (The Saginaw News) Saginaw's City Council will kick off the new year with a light agenda that features two proposals. 2008: Year in Review (The Woodlands Villager) Editors note: The following is a month-by-month recap of some of the top newsmaking events of 2008. Natural gas leaks an expensive, dangerous enemy (The Celina Record) As a home inspector, Mark Elliott is accustomed to detecting natural gas leaks, but its where he finds most of them that may be most surprising. Low Temperature System (Rubber World) For rubber materials, there are said to be three important standardized test methods for low temperatures, including the Gehman test (relative stiffness), the TR test (temperature retraction) and the brittleness test. The company's instrument can combine all three methods. Super Regions (Philippine News Agency) A year and a half after the President formed and introduced the Super Regions and the priority infrastructure projects that will help realize the development thrusts of each Super Region, much has been accomplished. Major southern bridges, highways to be completed this year (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge - Several infrastructure projects in the southern region are set for completion this year and work has been expedited on construction sites to ensure they adhere to the schedule. Oberlin sets up more ways to show how resources are used (The Elyria Chronicl... OBERLIN Raphael Spiro brushes his teeth every morning before class. He takes a shower, downs a glass of water and heads out the door. Right now, the Oberlin College freshman has no idea how wasteful hes being. It would be helpful to know how much water I use, he said. That ... On New Year's Eve, cabbie learns to go with the flow (Lancaster Online) It's 10 o'clock and the night, New Year's Eve, is going benignly enough for J.D. Williams, a veteran Yellow Cab taxi driver."Anybody vacant" the dispatcher for the Friendly Transportation Yellow cab service wants to know.Williams, a 52-year-old lifelong city resident, takes the call and... Nano 'Tractor Beam' Traps DNA (Science Daily) Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and nanoparticles in their tracks. By holding the nanoscale material steady while the fluid around it flows freely, the trap may allow researchers to boost the accuracy of biological sensors and create a range of new 'lab on a chip' diagnostic tools. Monongah takes action over disputed sewer bills (The Times West Virginian) The Town of Monongah took official action last week against the City of Fairmont over a series of disputed sewer bills.Last Tuesday, the town filed a complaint with the West Virginia Public Service Commission against the amount charged by the city for sewage treatment over the past year to a year and a half. |
