Dung

Turning dung into fertilizer

Rigotnomics (Free subscription) | yesterday

... resources. This is a perverse reversal to the Pavlovian response. I call this, for short, ‘turning dung into fertilizer.’

BIDV ensures credits for crude oil imports for Dung Quat refinery

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

The Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam on November 29 signed an agreement to provide credits to ensure crude oil imports and petrol consumption with the PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOil) and Binh Son One-member Petrochemical Company Limited that managed the Dung Quat Oil Refinery.

Sheep dung blamed for 161 falling ill at mountain bike event

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Wales: Mud contaminated with sheep faeces was the most likely cause of 161 competitors in a mountain biking event falling ill with sickness and diarrhoea.

Sheep dung blamed for 161 falling ill at mountain bike event

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday

Wales: Mud contaminated with sheep faeces was the most likely cause of 161 competitors in a mountain biking event falling ill with sickness and diarrhoea.

• Sheep dung blamed for 161 falling ill at mountain bike event - Edinburgh Evening News

Zoo sells reindeer dung tree ornaments

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008

BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The Christmas ornaments handcrafted out of reindeer dung come with a certificate of authenticity from the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Ill., the zoo says. The ornaments sold at the zoo gift shop for $5 are made of dried chunks collected by zoo employees and then clear-coated or rolled in glitter. Each one is unique. They are each a work of art, Marketing...

PM Dung sets huge target for national coal supplier

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008

The Government leader said the coal industry should dig and sell out 35-36 million tonnes of coal by 2009 and secure jobs for almost 100,000 workers during his visit to the coal-mining province of Quang Ninh on November 29.To reach that end, Dung urged the province and industry to speed up administrative reforms and intensify investments in key projects while ensuring social welfare for locals,...

Today in Blachisms: Mice Turds and Elephant Dung

D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008

Elephant dung. Roarrrrrgh! (By John McDonnell - TWP) Special Wednesday treat: in honor of tomorrow's holiday, Greg Blache's weekly media availability was moved up a day. If you were hoping to hear the d-coordinator expound on animal droppings, well, today's your lucky day. (More normal Blachisms over here.) On London Fletcher's availability: I have no clue. Honestly, years ago I used to say...

Strong waves cause oil spill at new Vietnam's Dung Quat refinery

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008

... inundations to low-lying areas.The Vietnam Communist Party-run Nhan Dan (People) newspaper quoted Dung Quat operators as saying they were striving to fix the hose to resume taking 52,500 tonnes of diesel from Singaporean tanker Eagle Milwaukee before November 30.The diesel will be used for Dung Quat's test-run operation before using real crude oil. (Reuters)

Al Franken… Ludacris… Jim Martin… Douchebags

Democrat=Socialist (Free subscription) | yesterday

We already knew this guy was a sack of chimpanzee dung set on stealing a senate seat… But who knew Jim Martin appealed to Ludacris? I wonder if Ludacris is aware of the democrat parties history when it comes to black folk?

Charlotte Appleyard: The Turner Prize: Is it Relevant?

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Since we're all quite used to pickled sharks, video installations and elephant dung the press can no longer ask; "is it art?" so the question becomes "is it good art?"

1 billion USD to shore up national economy

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday

These needs include addressing a number of issues arising from the implementation of measures to prevent an economic recession.PM Dung gave his consent at a regular Government meeting in Hanoi on Dec. 1-2, where cabinet members discussed measures to bolster the national economy, which has been suffering from the effects of the global financial crisis since October this year.The PM agreed with...

Cách làm chao trắng đơn giản

Nau an chay (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008

Chao là món không thể thiếu trong thực đơn chay. Đôi khi người ta dùng chao như một loại gia vị, có khi lại dùng như nước chấm, lại có lúc chao dùng như một loại thức ăn bình dị mà không kém phần hấp... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sign of the times

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

The guides to this special tour can relate to their clients – they are hearing impaired themselves.Huynh Quang Dung, Dinh Tuyet Mai, Ho Hai Dang Khoa and Ton Tuan Anh are Viet Nam’s first deaf tour guides.They learned their new profession through a free training course offered by Thi. The course taught them international sign language, tour guide skills and information on Viet Nam’s history,...

Crazies on the Left: Confused and Conflicted

illinoisreview (Free subscription) | yesterday

... including her co-star on the show "Men in Trees", James Tupper? Would it be OK to throw elephant dung on a portrait of Barack Obama? Click here for a related story. Liberals thought it was A-OK for an "artist" to put elephant dung on a painting of the Madonna (no, not the Material Girl, I'm talking about the "Madonna" that actually earned the title). Since Barack Obama was viewed...

Vietnam’s first refinery gets crude for test run

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008

Present at the event, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Huynh Ngoc Son expressed his belief that the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, the Dung Quat oil refinery project management board and relevant sectors will work to put the refinery into operation on schedule to ensure energy security for the country.According to the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group’s plan, the Dung Quat oil refinery will...