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    Lehmann seeking reelection to another district clerk term  Nov 22, 2009
    Most court records are public information and it is my duty as district clerk to manage records so they are easily retrievable, preserved for permanent storage in archives and maintained as set forth by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. said Lehmann. (Brenham Banner, TX)

    New Pricing Makes Permanent Storage Cranberry DiamonDisc Writers and Discs More Accessible  Nov 17, 2009
    Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 -- The was recently launched providing the first medium that allows permanent storage of digital files ... Dubbed the 1,000-year DVD, the Cranberry DiamonDisc is the only environmentally inert and permanent storage solution on the market ... "Permanent is permanent," argues McInnis, "In reality, our goal is to provide the best permanent storage solution until another acceptable medium is available. We think this is it.". (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

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    New Pricing Makes Permanent Storage Cranberry DiamonDisc Writers and Discs More Accessible - Yahoo ... New Pricing Makes Permanent Storage Cranberry DiamonDisc Writers and Discs More Accessible ... Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 -- The was recently launched providing the first medium that allows permanent storage of digital files. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Church celebrates ending with a beginning  Nov 15, 2009
    The new building will provide a permanent storage area and distribution site for the Big Spring Area Food Bank, beginning in January. The food bank is an ecumenical ministry of the Big Spring Inter-Church Council, and serves more than 200 area families each month. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    To Make Memories, New Neurons Must Erase Older Ones  Nov 14, 2009
    They propose that the birth of new neurons promotes the gradual loss of memory traces from the hippocampus as those memories are transferred elsewhere in the brain for permanent storage. Although they examined this process only in the context of fear memory, Inokuchi says he "thinks all memories that are initially stored in the hippocampus are influenced by this process.". (Science Daily)

    Different disposal plan may be needed  Nov 10, 2009
    "The Federal government has broken faith with communities across the nation. It has violated its promise to provide permanent storage of nuclear waste. As a result, we must come to terms with our own lingering -- perhaps permanent -- role as caretaker for a large part of the nation's highly radioactive defense waste." ... - One potential alternative to permanent storage is reprocessing, which extracts reusable materials from spent fuels. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    First Look at Carbon Capture and Storage in a West Virginia Coal-Fired Power Plant [Slide Show]  Nov 7, 2009
    CARBON CAPTURE: A relatively small unit in the shadow of the smokestack at the Mountaineer Power Plant in West Virginia has begun capturing carbon dioxide from the plant's flue gas and injecting it underground for permanent storage. David Biello. (Scientific American)

    Running Y lodge to close for winter (727)  Nov 3, 2009
    PW wrote on Nov 1, 2009 12:52 PM:" to RY Resident, I dont blame you, you're the victims here. That lodge was never intended to make money. The county required JW to build it if they wanted to build houses. I worked there one winter and the only guests were JW employees. Some of the guests rooms are used for permanent storage of holiday decorations. As soon as they're done building for good, that lodge will be closed year round. I don't know whatever happened to Measure 37 which would let them... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

    E.ON, Endesa, Vattenfall May Split $1.56 Billion EU Carbon-Capture Subsidy  Oct 17, 2009
    CCS strips out carbon dioxide emissions from electricity production and pumps them underground for permanent storage. The EU is developing the technology so that fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas can remain part of the energy mix without contributing to global warming. (Bloomberg -- Germany)

    Gold-Eagle Co-op unveils fertilizer building in Wesley  Oct 2, 2009
    Permanent storage is now over 16 million bushels and when added to the temporary storage capacity, Gold-Eagle has nearly 24 million bushels of total storage capacity. But storing grain isn't Gold-Eagle Cooperative's ultimate goal. (Forest City Summit, IO)

    Burying Climate Change: Efforts Begin to Sequester Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants  Sep 23, 2009
    West Virginia hosts the world's first power plant to inject some of its CO2 emissions underground for permanent storage. By. (Scientific American)

    Germany Investigates Nuclear Waste Storage Report  Sep 12, 2009
    Merkel's government has backed the plans to build a permanent storage site in Gorleben, where treated nuclear waste is currently stored in a specially constructed hall. The 1983 letter, however, could add more doubt to the long-disputed plans, Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said. (CBS News -- World)

    Mining waste removal slated for Durant  Sep 5, 2009
    That waste will be loaded onto rail cars and taken for permanent storage to the Atlantic Richfield waste repository near Opportunity, Chavez said. In addition to the remediation, approximately 750,000 will pay for restoration of the creek to enhance fish and wildlife habitat. (Montana Standard, MT)

    LETTER: Approach FutureGen with more caution  Sep 1, 2009
    INVICTA wrote on Aug 31, 2009 8:24 AM:" FROM FUTUREGEN'S OWN WEB PAGE.....FutureGen is described as a near-zero emissions plant. What will the actual emissions be? The first-of-its-kind FutureGen plant will integrate advanced technologies for coal gasification, electricity production, emissions control, CO2 capture and permanent storage, and hydrogen production at a commercial scale. During normal operations, emissions will be as low as, if not lower than virtually any other coal plant in the... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Breaking campaign: Panasonic promotes storage with big screen birth  Jul 24, 2009
    The SD card can be used across Panasonic s range of LUMIX cameras or camcorders and can inserted directly into its range of VIERA TVs, DVD and Blu-ray recorders for playback or permanent storage. In the ad, called Big Screen Birth, a couple with a young baby visit the store to buy a big screen TV. An overly-helpful assistant puts their SD card from their camera into a plasma TV, with the result of a video of the mother giving birth making its way onto the TV and all the others in the store. (Multichannel News)

    Oxygen pump to help Thurmond Lake fishing  Jul 23, 2009
    The site off Gilchrist Road near Modoc, S.C., will also have a permanent storage facility and cryogenic oxygen plant. The above-ground portion is the project's second phase, followed by the final phase that includes the submerged distribution system. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Trash or treasure? Families and their beloved possessions  Jul 21, 2009
    A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research helps explain why some possessions wind up in permanent storage or get tossed away, while others are kept for generations. Amber M. Epp (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Linda L. Price (University of Arizona, Tucson) conducted a two-year case study that tracked the origins, movements, and placement of one family's objects. (EurekAlert!)

    Countries betting tech can clean up coal  Jul 15, 2009
    The gases then would be pumped deep into the ground for permanent storage ... There also have been questions raised about the long-term safety of pumping carbon dioxide into the Earth for supposedly permanent storage. (CNN -- Tech)

    Musings on Hot Air  Jul 11, 2009
    And there are significant liabilities associated with the permanent storage of huge amounts of CO2. I suggest we consider an alternative and more affordable way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. (Energy Pulse, CO)

    Contractor takes over SRS cleanup  Jul 1, 2009
    One waste product is sludge, which is vitrified into a solid glass form and encased in stainless steel cylinders for permanent storage. "Just as with a bottle of wine there is a sediment that drops to the bottom; that's where sludge comes from," he said. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Nightclub proposal for auditorium falls flat  Jun 23, 2009
    Commissioner Richard Jarvinen suggested the building, listed on the National Historic Register, could become a permanent storage facility if the nightclub concept never materializes. After the meeting, Majerowicz said he intends to seek other locations for a nightclub in Winona. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    Can Captured Carbon Save Coal-Fired Power?  Jun 23, 2009
    After all, since 1996, the Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro has been stripping CO2 out of natural gas from the Sleipner field in the North Sea and rather than venting it to the atmosphere has been -pumping it back into the field 1,000 meters deep for permanent storage. The basics of carbon dioxide storage are simple: the same Utsira sandstone formation that has stored the natural gas for millions of years can serve to trap the CO2, explains Olav Kaarstad, CCS adviser at Statoil. (Scientific American)

    Chandler police lose 685 crime scene photos  Jun 5, 2009
    Police officials say manual processes to move photos to permanent storage were not being consistently followed. The 685 photos were snapped at crime scenes in March 2007 by officers for use as evidence in investigations and potential prosecutions. (AZCentral)

    Penny-Wise And Megawatt Foolish  May 13, 2009
    Yet the budget cuts recently announced cut off almost all funding for creating a permanent storage site for a large portion of the spent fuel in the Nevada desert. The administration plans to cut some $90 million from the 2010 budget for Yucca Mountain, reducing funding only to the level needed to field questions from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is still considering an application for the project submitted by the Bush administration. (Investors Business Daily)

    Bigger penalties key to tackling 'dirty oil': study  May 13, 2009
    Using gasification technology to utilize coal and petroleum coke to produce heat and steam, and then capture the CO{-2} and pipe it to sites where it can be injected underground for permanent storage. and/or. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

    Epcor spinning off power generation business  May 9, 2009
    Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice recently promised new regulations that would essentially prohibit the building of new coal-fired power plants unless they include expensive and untried technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions and inject them underground for permanent storage. However, the proposed federal rules would not force companies to shut existing plants, as Ontario plans to do with its coal-fired facilities. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

    Amazon Defense Coalition: 60 Minutes To Air Segment On Chevron's "Amazon Chernobyl" In Ecuador's Rainforest  May 2, 2009
    In Ecuador, Texaco used the pits for permanent storage and most have been on the ground for almost four decades and will be there for centuries unless cleaned up, according to experts. The remediation agreement, often cited by Chevron in its defense, did not release third-party private claims of the type being pressed in the lawsuit (it only released Chevron from government claims). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    EMC Sues to Stop HP From Hiring Storage Exec  Apr 30, 2009
    Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Brian Babineau said he thinks EMC will look inside the company for a permanent storage chief. "EMC has some insiders that know the storage business very well," Babineau said. (EnterpriseStorageForum)

    Beyond Fossil Fuels: William Johnson on Nuclear Power  Apr 29, 2009
    One of the more contentious issues is the permanent storage of used fuel. The much-studied and long-planned national storage facility for high-level radioactive material at Yucca Mountain, Nev. (Scientific American)

    Pima County is stepping up enforcement of sign ordinances in response to complaints about signage on public property. Many businesses may not be aware of the problem because the ordinance was not routinely enforced in the past. Photo by Jaime Richardson/Green Valley News  Apr 11, 2009
    A sign on a permanent storage tank (except signs necessary to warn of danger). 21. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Storing the Carbon in Fossil Fuels Where It Came from: Deep Underground  Apr 9, 2009
    CO2 STORAGE: Captured carbon dioxide can be pumped deep underground for permanent storage, as has been done with CO2 extracted from natural gas at the Sleipner field in the North Sea. The artist's rendering here depicts the extraction well for the natural gas as well as the injection pipe for CO2. (Scientific American)

    Group Seeks To Harness Hydrogen Power Near Tupman  Mar 18, 2009
    The hydrogen is used to generate electricty, while the carbon dioxide is compressed and piped underground beneath an impervious seal for permanent storage. Once underground, the CO2 stimulates hard-to-reach oil reserves and extends the life of the neighboring oil fields. (KERO 23, CA)

    Scientists map U.S. rocks that soak up CO2  Mar 7, 2009
    But if it works, it could reduce the need for an emerging sequestration industry that aims to capture carbon dioxide from such facilities as coal-fired power plants for injection deep underground for permanent storage. The world is looking to limit emissions of greenhouse gases like CO2 as climate scientists warn that their elevated global levels could lead to higher temperatures, causing deadly floods, droughts, heat waves and stronger storms. (Scientific American)

    Yucca plan dumped, Big Rock waste to stay in Charlevoix  Mar 7, 2009
    If the nation continues to stall on construction and use of a permanent storage facility, the potential exists for a real catastrophe. " TimeRanger wrote on Mar 6, 2009 2:49 PM:" The problems with Yucca - 1) It is a volcano. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)

    BREAKING: Child abuser will serve 10 years  Feb 27, 2009
    Officers destroyed the original copy after trying to transfer the recording to a permanent storage device. However, the recording didnt transfer. (Gillette News-Record, WY)

    Senate approves nuclear power proposal  Feb 13, 2009
    That requirement has essentially served as a moratorium on nuclear power in the state because there is currently no permanent storage site in the country. Sen. (FOX19.com, OH)



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