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GRAND GOSIER ISLANDS, LA  Environmental Protection Agency contractor conducting surface water sampling near Grand Gosier Islands, LA.  EPA has performed water and sediment sampling along the Louisiana coast since April 30 for oil related compounds and dispersants.  US EPA Photo. (965829) (   EPA Water Sampling )
Indian   Photos   Standards   Water   Wikipedia :EPA  
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
EPA approves tribe's bid to set water standards
Wed 5 Oct 2011
Federal regulators have approved a northern Wisconsin Indian tribe’s request to regulate water quality, a move that could influence the construction of an iron ore mine near Hurley. | The Bad Ri... (photo: US Coastguard)
Barbie dolls - Toys
Corporation   Deforestation   Mattel   Photos   Wikipedia :Barbie  
 Treehugger 
Barbie Gives Up Deforestation: Mattel to Stop Using Packaging Harvested from Threatened Rainforests
Wed 5 Oct 2011
Business & Politics | A few months back, Greenpeace staged a well-publicized stunt at the Mattel headquarters in Los Angeles to expose the corporation for using wood from threatened rainforests for to... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Woman - Health - Stress - Migraine  The Daily Telegraph  Wed 5 Oct 2011
Stress overtakes cancer as main cause of sickness absence
Stress has become the main cause of long-term sickness absence for the first time across the British workforce, overtaking acute illnesses like cancer, a survey showed today. | For office-based worker... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Disease   Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Stress (biology)  
Chief Executive of New Zealand dairy producer and trader, Fonterra, Andrew Ferrier addresses a press conference in Sydney Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, where he announced a 1.54 billion New Zealand dollar (US$1.1 billion; euro 867 million) takeover bid for the 82 percent of Australia's National Foods it does not already control. Fonterra, a cooperative owned by its 13,500 farmer shareholders, is the world's largest dairy exporter, operating in more than 80 countries. It accounts for 7 percent of the New Zealand economy's annual gross domestic production.  Scoop  Wed 5 Oct 2011
NZ dollar rally runs out of puff
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 5:20 pm | Article: BusinessDesk | NZ dollar rally runs out of puff | By Paul McBeth | Oct. 5 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar’s rally slowed in local af... (photo: AP / Mark Baker)
Debt   Dollar   New Zealand   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: New Zealand dollar  
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Apple CEO Tim Cook talk about iTouch, iPhone and iPad during announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. DNA India Wed 5 Oct 2011
New Apple iPhone fails to wow investors, fans
| Apple Inc's newest iPhone left Wall Street and fans wishing for more than a souped-up version of last year's device, at a time when rival smartphone makers are ... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma)
Apple   Iphone   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: IPhone 4S  
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev heads a meeting on transport security in the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Russian news agencies say President Dmitry Medvedev has fired a top official of the country's transport police in the wake of the bombing at Russia's busiest airport that killed 35 people. The New York Times Wed 5 Oct 2011
Russia Declares It Is Close to Joining the World Trade Organization
| MOSCOW — After high-level meetings in Washington, Russian officials said Tuesday that they were on the brink of a deal that would allow Russia to become a member ... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
Photos   Russia   Trade   WTO   Wikipedia: World Trade Organization  
Red Wine - Drinks NZ Herald Wed 5 Oct 2011
Wine drinkers may also be getting illicit drug
| Drinkers of wine, sherry and port may be unknowingly breaking the law and consuming small doses of the party drug fantasy, an illegal class B drug. | The revelation has... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Drinkers   Drug   Fantasy   Photos   Wikipedia :Wine  
Can Geoengineering Save The World? Rollingstone Tue 4 Oct 2011
Can Geoengineering Save The World?
| Last summer, an elite group of scientists, economists and government officials gathered at Snowmass ski resort near Aspen, Colorado, to contemplate the end of the world... (photo: WN / Agnieszka Dziubiska)
Climate   Economists   Photos   Scientists   Volcano   Wikipedia: Geoengineering  
SAN PEDRO, Calif. (July 2)--Mickey and Minnie Mouse were driven into San Pedro July 2, 2002 on board the small boat from the Coast Guard Cutter BLACKTIP.  The Disney characters were on hand to witness a donation by the Disney Corp. of a million books to First Book, a national nonprofit.  USCG photo by PA2 Dan Tremper (83354) ( MICKEY & MINNIE MOUSE ON BOARD CGC BLACKTIP (FOR RELEASE) ) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tue 4 Oct 2011
Mickey Mouse booked for Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival
It's not even Halloween and the Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival has already booked a guest star - Mickey Mouse. | The Mouse will meet and greet from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Nov.... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Dan Tremper)
Festival   Holiday   Milwaukee   Photos   Wikipedia :Mickey Mouse  


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