| Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces that Anousheh Ansari ...
SOUTHAMPTON, PA --March 26, 2007 --Environmental Tectonics Corporation (AMEX:ETC) (ETC or the Company) today announced that the world's first private female space explorer, Anousheh Ansari, has agreed to participate in the inaugural Space Launch Training program of the National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center in Southampton, PA. Scheduled for Oct. 2-4, the center's first training program will commence operations to train both passengers and pilots for spaceflight. NASTAR SM Center's new training programs include space launch simulations with realistic G forces, real-world visuals and authentic cockpit or cabin modeling. In addition to serving space launch customers, NASTAR Center will offer tactical flight training for military pilots, both U.S. and international; civilian pilot training in situational awareness and upset recovery; support to researchers in gravitational physiology, human factors, equipment validation, and other applications requiring a high-G environment; and serious entertainment.
Board says backyard shelter for ill woman must go
Trying to protect his wife from life-threatening allergies caused Craig Bowes to make a big mistake, one that antagonized his neighbors and has gotten him into trouble with South Whitehall Township.
Elizabeth Feudale, his wife, suffers severely from environmental illness, also known as multiple chemical sensitivity.
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Living in a lunchbox
“Living in a lunchbox" or “a tin can" are a few phrases tossed at those who chose to purchase a Lustron stainless steel pre-fab home in the immediate post WWII years from 1947 to 1950. Less than 3,000 were ever manufactured before Carl Strandlund's idea to solve the housing shortage for veterans ended in bankruptcy. Built in a former aircraft plant in Columbus, most of these homes ended up with home owners in the Midwest, including one in Delphos, two in Spencerville, three in Van Wert and several more in Lima. Strandlund was a manufacturer of porcelain-coated steel panels used in that era for facades of gas stations and fast-food restaurants. He had not originally intended to build homes. Wartime restrictions on steel were still in place in 1946, so he worked with two Chicago architects to sketch out plans for all-steel, prefabricated homes to solve the housing shortage.
Fire Destroys Family's Factory
A Tahunanui joinery factory was destroyed by a dramatic blaze last night causing an estimated $1 million in damage and ending a 50- year family legacy. Station officer Brian O'Donnell of the Nelson Fire Service said Tahunanui Lifestyle Kitchens was totally engulfed in flames when the fire service arrived about 11pm. Six firefighting crews, from Nelson, Richmond and Stoke, battled the blaze on Tahunanui Drive until about 5am today, he said. Crews were expected to be on site until about 10am to monitor hot spots concealed by large amounts of roofing iron . The cause of the fire was still unknown and the Fire Safety Service was investigating, he said. Flames were clearly visible from surrounding homes and the Tahunanui hills, sparking multiple emergency calls. Lifestyle Kitchens owner Robert Hart said this morning that the building had been the original one on the site.
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