Charcoal

...shopping centre. New Asia Bar and Club is in the glass tip of a 97-metre-high pyramid but this is no ancient wonder. Decked out with sleek charcoal tiles, it attracts a youngish crowd when guest DJs perform. As recently as late 2008...

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...recent years thanks to initiatives such as erecting suicide barriers on tall buildings and putting helpline labels on packets of charcoal. Burning charcoal in a confined space to produce carbon monoxide is a common suicide method in Hong Kong.

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...and walking and cycling more. Other proposals studied were more concrete and achievable, such as eliminating cook stoves that burn dung, charcoal and other polluting fuels in the developing world. And cutting carbon dioxide emissions also...

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...and reduced meat consumption. Other proposals studied are more concrete and achievable, such as eliminating cook stoves that burn dung, charcoal, wood and other polluting fuels in India and the rest of the developing world. All are part of a...

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...knee pants leaning forward and taking a flamboyant bite from an apple each time someone says the word "ripe." It's as cartoonish as the charcoal lines of the set's sketched-in walls and floor. The eccentric "Lulu" lures productions toward...

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Make a smoking can from a 16- to 30-ounce can. Punch three 1-inch holes into the sides near the bottom of the can. Hold one piece of charcoal in a pair of tongs and place it over a flaming burning until it is white-hot. Then place the...

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...the portobello caps in the wine solution for at least 4 hours, covered. 6. Smoke the mushrooms. If you have a charcoal grill, light it with the soaked apple chips. Take the portobello caps out of the red wine marinade. Brush with olive...

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"The spores [and other materials] settle out into the lake mud and get buried over time." She and her team simply counted the pollen, charcoal and Sporormiella in these layers of mud, tracking the timescale of ancient environmental...

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...University of Kiel, "disagree with the hypothesis of a major rat impact" to explain Easter Island's demise. In their study, they look at the charcoal remains from fires, evidence of the spread of slash and burn agriculture from the island's...

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