The Reading and Leeds Festivals 2011

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, in Reading and Leeds in England. The...

Millworkers ordered to stay on MacKenzie job to avoid gas spill

Emergency Environmental Legislation has been invoked at the MacKenzie pulp mill in BC, meaning staff and workers have to stay on the job and cannot go on strike, otherwise a potentially deadly leak of 15 tonnes of...

TURNING WASTE MATERIAL INTO ETHANOL: Nanoscale catalysts could tap syngas as...

"AMES, Iowa –Say the word “biofuels” and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel.  But there’s another, older technology called gasification that’s getting a new look from researchers at...

Uma Thurman Sues Lancome for $15 Million

If Uma was actually concerned about her image and reputation, perhaps she should consider making better movie choices. "Actress Uma Thurman sued Lancome on Friday, seeking $15 million from the French cosmetics...

Indonesian pulp output hit by logging curbs

"Indonesia has 84 integrated pulp and paper mills, with a total capacity of 6.5 million tonnes, according to data from the association.The country exports about half of its production to Asia, including China and South Korea.Indah Kiat is a unit of Asia Pulp and Paper, part...

Indonesia`s pulp and paper exports may slightly increase in 2007

"he biggest producer of wood and pulp is the United States with an installed production capacity of 60.445 tons (32 percent) and Canada in second place with 27, 679 million tons, or 15 percent of the world...

Pulp Price Continues Steady Rise

In a North American lumber market going from bad to worse with each passing day, the one bright economic light is NBSK (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) pulp. Currently the US price for this international commodity stands at US$830 per tonne (European price US$800). SOURCE...

Rabid Religious Fervor

Flagellant contracts rabies, shares blade.Flagellation, self-mutilation and crucifixion re-enactments are widely practiced around the world, but such activities carry risks beyond the obvious: rabies is transmitted though blood infection. The frightening element here is the...

Outrage as US Baby Wig Craze Hits Britain

NowPublic first brought this story to you in September.  And what a story it was!  " It's never too long before the latest craze to sweep America makes its way to the UK but most would wish this one...

Scientists skeptical of banking baby teeth - Yahoo! News

There's a new high-tech version of the tooth fairy, but some scientists aren't ready to bite. Austin-based startup company BioEden Inc. has opened the nation's first baby tooth bank, which harvests and freezes stem cells from a tooth's pulp. The hope is that the cells may...

The BIG SLIPPERY THIN ICE EDEN PROJECT QUIZ

   Have a go! : http://www.eden-project-insight.tk/ (Be prepared for surprises !) This also gives good reason to pause for thought: http://chrissie-wildwood.com/TEMPTATION-IN-EDEN aS dOES...

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