Wood fires and breathing problems
The smoke from wood fires can affect air quality and may affect people's health. Wood smoke is generated from wood heaters, incinerators, open air burning and bushfires. People most affected by wood smoke include those with heart or breathing ... [... more]
Better Health |
Tenryuji Temple Gardens, Japan
Tenryuji is one of the major temples of the Rinzai school of Zen. It was built in the 1300s by shogun Ashikaga Takauji to appease the spirit of Emperor Godaigo. Through the centuries it was destroyed by fires and warfare and rebuilt on a number ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Trauma - after effects
Powerful physical and emotional reactions are a normal response to distress and trauma. Distress reactions can occur hours, days, weeks or even months after such events. Distressing or frightening events such as car accidents, bush fires, floods, ... [... more]
Better Health |
Fire in the Australian Landscape
Over the last 15 million years, Australia has become increasingly drier. As a result, fires have become a more frequent and important part of Australia's natural landscape. Over the last 15 million years, Australia has become increasingly drier. ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Traci Lords
Traci Elizabeth Lords has starred in dozens of films and television shows, including Cry-Baby, Stephen King's The Tommyknockers, Melrose Place, and First Wave. Her groundbreaking album 1,000 Fires was a critical and dance club hit. She lives in ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Grass Trees
It is hard to imagine a plant more Australian than the Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea preissii). They have evolved over many years to be incredibly hardy, they can handle droughts and extreme temperatures from bush fires that burn the trunk black. ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Takashi Matsuoka
In the year 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman sits by the window, watching as enemies gather below and fires spread through the night. As she calmly awaits her fate, she begins to write, carefully setting ... [... more]
Random House |
Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert was born in Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Great Fires: Poems 1982-1992; Monolithos, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Views of Jeopardy, the 1962 winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize. He has also published a ... [... more]
Random House |
HortNews - Frost-Fighter Fires Up For Farm Expo
A hot solution for cold and frosty mornings on orchards will go on display at the innovations site at the national Fieldays at Mystery Creek this month. TAURANGA 7/06/2004 - A hot solution for cold and frosty mornings on orchards will go on ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Rebuilding Canberra
After fires ripped through the Canberra suburbs of Duffy and Chapman in January, 2003, victims faced the agonising decision about whether to rebuild on their burnt-out blocks or sell up and move on. For many, the thought of rebuilding was either ... [... more]
Location Location |
Alex Irvine
Gotham's never been so scorching, the Joker's never been more despicable, and Batman's never been in such grave danger. With more than thirty fires raging out of control across the city, Gotham is indeed a hell on earth. But torching the ... [... more]
Random House |
Charles Sheffield
It's 2026, and catastrophe has struck from an unexpected source. The Alpha Centauri supernova has risen like a second sun, rushing Earth toward its last summer. Floods, fires, starvation, and disease paralyze the planet. In a blue aurora flash of ... [... more]
Random House |
