Word: cowing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...next day, I join Tinka and a group of other Masai on a drive out of the protected reserve into Masai communal grazing lands. The only sign that we've crossed over is a line of cow tracks. Zebra and topi antelope graze under acacia. Tinka points out branches stripped of bark. "They have been cleared by elephants," he says. A few more bends in the road and we've arrived at the Koiyaki Guide School, where Tinka is one of 26 students being trained for work in the reserve...
...Another concern about panic is declining sales in industries associated with the outbreak. For instance, U.S. hog markets have been hurt recently as consumers scared about the flu are avoiding pig products. This behavior is irrational: Unlike mad cow disease, which involves prions that can stick around after death, viruses need their host to be alive and cannot survive cooking, so there’s no danger in eating cooked meat of a pig that was sick before it died. The Feds have tried to explain this to Americans and have even started calling the virus “H1N1?...
...This Week with George Stephanopoulos, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had this to say about carbon emissions: “The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you’ve got more carbon dioxide...
...figure at 11.75 million metric tons per year - higher than the 9 million metric tons estimated in 1994. This amount is likely to increase as higher incomes and consumption rates put pressure on the country's dairy industry to become even more productive. (See pictures of China's cow town...
...compounds from various easily-available sources like tea leaves. We're also studying prebiotic and probiotic feed supplements," says K.T. Sampath, director of NIANP. Other institutes, like the New Delhi-based Energy Research Institute (TERI), are working on methane-capture strategies. One long-running project has been biogas production - cow dung utilized to make biogas for use in kitchens, and even compressed biogas for use in vehicles. "Biogas plants have been very successful," says R.K. Rajeshwari, a fellow at TERI. "Farmers are able to use biogas in their kitchens, to light lamps and to even drive vehicles." Such projects...