An iron cobweb not only linked the sprawling urban conurbations of the Central Belt, but also extended northward across the southern and western highlands. The lines ran east-west, from Crieff through beautiful Strathearn to the little towns of Comrie, St Fillans and Lochearnhead; and south-north, from Buchanan Street Station in Glasgow through the gentle Teith valley to Callander and up through pretty Strathyre, Lochearnhead and the awesome Glen Ogle to Killin, Crianlarich and on to Oban....

When Carmichael Lynch landed Subaru of America's $150 million media and creative account last month, the Twin Cities advertising community collectively embraced the news as fresh validation for a creative community that has had bouts of self-doubt in recent years. Advertising: Confidence crisis AD111207 Home. When Carmichael Lynch landed Subaru of America's $150 million media and creative account last month, the Twin Cities advertising community collectively embraced the news as fresh...

Chocoholics can assuage any guilt they may feel after a new process was developed that turns the by-products of making chocolate into a biofuel meaning you can eat your chocolate and be eco-friendly. North western English firm Ecotec has taken waste from the chocolate manufacturing process, turned it into bio-ethanol and mixed it with vegetable oil to produce biodiesel. Some biofuels have come under fire for either diverting much-needed food crops or leading to massive deforestation as...

Not surprisingly, the researchers uncovered the United States a top grower of soybeans and Brazil, currently a major biodiesel producer, as major players in the field. But they wanted to identify developing countries that already export significant amounts of vegetable oils but have not considered turning the oil into biodiesel. Biodiesel a promising renewable fuel that could become an alternative to fossil fuel is made through a chemical reaction of alcohol and vegetable oil or animal...

But using a series of historical data and generally accepted practices, they predict that the senior population will more than triple, the combined Anchorage and Matanuska Valley region will continue to grow and the Southeast region will continue to decline. The largest age group will be seniors, they added. But using a series of historical data and generally accepted practices, they predict that the senior population will more than triple, the combined Anchorage and Matanuska Valley...

Many studies have been conducted on logging roads' negative effects, but no long-term scientific studies have been completed on what happens when they are removed. The spider web of roads was built starting in the 1950s when timber cutting started to boom here, but many of the rutted pathways are long overgrown and causing a host of problems, from landslides to invasive weeds. Some parts of the Clearwater Forest are packed with more than 60 miles of old logging roads per square mile, but...