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...India has set aside 100 million acres for jatropha and expects the oil to account for 20% of its diesel consumption by 2011. Australia, China, Brazil and Kenya have also embraced it. In December, a Boeing 747 was successfully test-flown by Air New Zealand using a 50-50 blend of jatropha and aviation fuel. (Watch TIME's video about biofuel tree farmers in action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Big Biofuel? | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...combination of these two elements is said to define a person's personality. For example, 2009 is the year of the earth ox, but the ox's fixed element is water; the mix of the two elements, earth and water, is believed by some to be a destructive blend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chinese Zodiac | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...tracks, or sound collages, on Retrochine blend movie music with lashings of trip-hop, electronica and funk. Some use movie samples as their starting point: "Riding at the Speed of Sound" jazzes up the pathos-imbued vocals of 1960s starlet Carrie Ku Mei with rock riffs and a break-beat exuberance worthy of Basement Jaxx. Others are simply inspired by the movies, like the cheeky "(21st Century) Char Siu Bao," which features present-day siren Gloria Tang singing in Mandarin to the tune of "Mambo Italiano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaw Thing | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...menu got an upgrade too. Obscene "super-size" choices were phased out (tub of soda, anyone?), and healthier options like apples and salads were added. The company changed its coffee blend; coffee sales have soared 70% over the past two years. Chicken McNuggets now consist solely of white meat, which has less fat and fewer calories than the darker-meat mix of old. When she first started taking her son to McDonald's, Angelica Orzco, a security guard in New York City, wouldn't touch the stuff herself. But these days she's a regular burger eater. "The beef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Lean Times, McDonald's Only Gets Fatter | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

...during the gringo interventionist days of the Cold War, condemned the White House's early backing of the 2002 Venezuela coup. Likewise, good relations with leaders like Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, perhaps Latin America's most respected head of state today for his smart blend of capitalism and socialism, make a more positive impression in Europe, Asia and Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America Looks for a Fresh Start with Obama | 1/18/2009 | See Source »

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