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    Genetically modified cows produce 'human' milk

    Scientists have created genetically modified cattle that produce "human" milk in a bid to make cows' milk more nutritious. The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk. Human milk contains high...
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    Russia: NATO 'one step' from land war in Libya

    SINGAPORE – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says NATO is "one step" from sending troops into Libya in a bid to help rebels remove Moammar Gadhafi from power. Ivanov said Sunday at an Asian security conference in Singapore that Russia didn't know that a United Nations resolution it...
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    World Bank to suggest CO2 levy (TAX) on jet, shipping fuel

    I suggest the World Bank take a 'flying ****" at a rolling dougnut. Since when do banks vote? (Reuters) - The World Bank will suggest a global levy (TAX) on jet and shipping fuel in recommendations to G20 governments later this year on raising climate finance, a senior official said on...
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    Hooray...an even more worthless US Dollar and higher prices!

    Prepare for More Money Printing: Analyst Investors should prepare themselves for a third round of quantitative easing, Simon Maughn, co-head of European equities at MF Global, told CNBC Wednesday. “The bond market is going in one direction which is up-falling yields which is telling you...
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    Uranium Stocks Under Siege as Fukushima Continues Spewing Radiation

    by James West on May 30, 2011 By James West MidasLetter.com May 30, 2011 As shares in uranium exploration companies continued to shed value, Japan’s nuclear nightmare is still getting worse. News this weekend that the hope of ‘stabilizing’ the leakage of radiation by steam into the atmospohere...
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    Homeland security deploys mind-reading hardware

    The US Department of Homeland Security has begun field testing new technology which it thinks can identify people who intend to commit a terrorist act, just by looking at them. According to the magazine Nature, which we get for the spot the Schroedinger's cat competition, the US spooks have...
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    Crop report may 17 to 23, 2011

    Fifty-four per cent of the 2011 crop has been seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report. The five year (2006-2010) average for this time of year is approximately 72 per cent seeded. Significant seeding progress was made in western and northern regions during the past...
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    Student at Ottawa high school explosion regains pulse-student now deceased

    An 18-year-old student who was seriously injured in an Ottawa high school autoshop explosion and lost his vital signs was later revived in hospital. Paramedics called to the school late Thursday morning had originally confirmed the male died at the shop at Ottawa's Mother Teresa Catholic High...
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    UK Paediatrician and MSBP Expert Knew Babies Suffered Breathing Problems and Died

    Mod naked (showing balls) and relieve the pressure of underpants Ron.
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    Wheat Board monopoly to end in 2012

    The Conservative government will use its majority in the House of Commons to end the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on marketing wheat and barley, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Wednesday. The government will likely introduce legislation this fall, Ritz said, with the changes expected to...
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    China to expedite 50 JF-17 kits for Pakistan

    China will expedite the delivery of 50 Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17 Thunder aircraft production kits to Pakistan, part of Islamabad's 150 firm orders for the single-engined fighter. The Pakistan air force has confirmed the expedited delivery but declined to comment on the...
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    Saskatchewan approves carbon-capture project

    Mudslinging would be Clean Coal. We haven't gotten there yet.
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    Saskatchewan approves carbon-capture project

    Yup. It's called the CO-OP Heavy Oil Upgrader. It the ideal system for scrubbing sulphur from light crude injected with H2S/CO2. It works wonders for the heavy oil. CCRL is one of North America's higher value-added petroleum refining facilities. The Hydro Desulphurization Unit Reactor is the...
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    Saskatchewan approves carbon-capture project

    Ah ha! At least one person knows the value of sulphur. I tell you what. You give me cheap AB sour gas and I'll give you sulphur back from the capture process. Good deal?
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    Saskatchewan approves carbon-capture project

    How about a big sac of sulphur?
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    Saskatchewan approves carbon-capture project

    Want to buy some taxpayer funded carbon? It's tainted with H2S because it's far far far cheaper to make electricty with sour gas. You can use it to extract more oil from old fields.
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    Kite Surfing On Flooded Farmland

    I had to take a drive up to the Coteau along the way I saw 6 people kite surfing on a flooded farmfield at the city's edge. I have a feeling there will be pics on the paper in morning. I'll look for and hopefully post any photos. It looked like they were having a blast, it was very windy today...
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    Saskatchewan approves carbon-capture project

    Is the mesosphere still ridiculously chilly?
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    Some of my photos

    Looking good.
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    Libya rebels (Good al Qaeda) seek funds in White House meeting

    Libyan rebels will meet senior White House officials in Washington Friday, seeking both cash and diplomatic legitimacy in their war to topple Muammar Gaddafi. The head of the rebel National Transitional Council's executive bureau, Mahmoud Jebril, will meet President Barack Obama's national...