A unique Jefferson County home (http://www.woodhenge.org), celebrated for its eco-friendly design, was damaged by fire Sunday afternoon.

No one was home at the residence of Jim and Krista Juczak at 14910 Fuller Road in the Town of Adams when the fire was reported to Jefferson County Emergency Dispatch at 1:26 p.m.

The round-shaped home, constructed of concrete and face logs is one of the more famous abodes in the area, having been the subject of various broadcast and print reports as well as host to tours for educational groups.

Mr. Juczak said he believed the blaze originated as a chimney fire and that most of the damage probably resulted from smoke and water. The structure is insured.

Firefighters from Adams, Adams Center and Town of Watertown were at the scene.

Do you have a small cabin, camp, or just want to be a bit more self sufficient? Here’s what we are playing with. The military used to use these tent heaters. They can heat a small space, and be used for cooking. What makes them particularly neat, is that they are multi fuel. They will burn wood or coal, plus they can burn liquid fuels from diesel and kerosene, to gasoline and alcohol. Here’s the best news, THEY WILL BURN USED FRYER OIL. Yes, the waste vegetable oil that your Italian or Chinese restaurant throws away after frying your food, is a fuel source. We even use it in our diesel engines. Imagine producing your own electricity in a fryer fueled generator. We do this here at Green-Trust. Learn more about these stoves at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/m1941/.

Much Ado About Almost Nothing

A History of Electricity and Electronics

2007, Hans Camenzind

This is the story of the electron. 3,000 years ago the tiny particle caused nothing but fear and superstition whenever it appeared. Its perception by man changed slowly as a few heretics dared to investigate. Then man discovered the "Leyden Jar", a gadget which produced a vicious electrical shock, to the amusement of the experimenters and kings. Discover a new side of Benjamin Franklin as an unlikely scientist in an unlikely place, who stunned the European establishment by discovering fundamental principles and thus opened the field to other people. People like Luigi Galvani (who drew the wrong conclusions), Alessandro Volta (who corrected him and ruined his life), André Ampere, an emotional mathematician, and Georg Ohm, who discovered the basic law of electricity but presented it so badly that he was ignored. Read more at: http://www.historyofelectronics.com/

Question:  Can I take alcohol with me for consumption during the flight?

Answer: 3-1-1 means 3 ounces or less of any liquid, gel, aerosol or cream are allowed in carry-on baggage in one ziptop quart bag and one bag per passenger.  This rule applies for any security checkpoint at any airport.  You can purchase alcohol after going through security of you wish, however, if you go through another checkpoint, the 3-1-1 rule applies.

Question: In a few weeks my family will fly from NY to Hawaii. Can I take food onboard (also through security check) for us to snack/eat during the flight?

Answer: Congratulations on taking a Hawaiian vacation. I am from the island of Kaua’i. I lived there for 5 years.

If you have not gone through airport security–Remember your 3-1-1 rule for liquids which include food items that are liquid, gel or cream products. 3-1-1 means: 3 ounces or less, 1 plastic zip-top bag and 1 bag per passenger. One bag means one bag per passenger, whether it’s liquid food or non-food items.

You can take items like trail-mix, chips, anything that is not liquid, gel or cream base through airport security.

Before going through airport security an example of items that would be required to fit into 3 ounce bottles would be: beverages, canned or jarred goods, cheese in pressurized containers, duty free alcohol, gel based sports supplements, jell-o, pudding, whipped cream, yogurt or other gel like food products.

It’s really not worth taking the above food items that are required to be in 3 ounce bottles. You could purchase beverages, liquids and gel like food items after you pass through security.

Have a safe and happy flight!

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We just added 1000 worms to a new worm bin. One hour after spreading them on top of the litter, they disappeared into the bedding to munch away happily on our kitchen scraps. We are thrilled that we are able to keep up our composting indoors, even when it's below 0 (F) outdoors. There is no smell other than an earthy dirt smell right near the bins. We cover all submissions with coconut fiber as we add it. No ants, flies, or smells. This picture was taken as we were adding some old stale tortilla shells and a fresh batch of worms. We can send you 1 lb. of worms, 1 bale of coconut fiber, and a manual on worm composting for $99, delivered. You supply a $8 plastic tote (12 - 15 gallon) and you are in the indoor worm composting business. Just drop us a line at sspence@green-trust.org.

After the huge Server Upgrades here at HomeBrewPower we have finally got around to recompiling our CD Rom that was previously available only in hard copy for $20.00 + P&P.

The Entire contents have been recompiled, tweaked and buffered and made available for download for what we think is a VERY fair price of $5.00.

To purchase the package just visit our homepage http://www.homebrewpower.co.uk and click on the purchase link. Your personal download link will be emailed to you soon as funds have landed. (Usually within 10 minutes!)

I know there were quite a few wanting the CD Rom in the past, well now I think you can finally have one.

Kind regards

Andy Mahoney

Home Brew Power

(Off-Grid Power Installer – UK)

www.homebrewpower.co.uk