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...productivity and promote conservation tillage that reduces erosion and sequesters carbon. Substantial progress continues in all these areas and was not sufficiently addressed. Last year alone our agencies invested more than $1 billion in research, development and demonstration of next-generation-biofuels production from nonfood feedstocks, which remains the core U.S. strategy. Our government is committed to advancing technological solutions to promote and increase the use of clean, secure, abundant, affordable and domestic alternative solutions. Ed Schafer, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary, and Samuel W. Bodman, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary WASHINGTON...
...design mix is a good metaphor for Telenor's successful business strategy. At its core, the firm is undeniably Norwegian. It's the leading fixed-line and cell-phone operator in the country where it started more than 150 years ago; the government is still the largest shareholder. But Telenor's influence extends well beyond the borders of Norway, a country of less than 5 million people. It's a big player in the telecom markets in Sweden and Denmark, and has quietly built up cell-phone operations in five Central and East European countries. More surprising, though, Telenor...
With the approval of four new courses for General Education credit last week, more half the classes in the Gen Ed curriculum now come from the current Core. On April 17, The General Education Standing Committee approved the additional courses—including Historical Studies A-13: “China, Tradition and Transformation”; Historical Studies B-40: “Pursuits of Happiness”; and Quantitative Reasoning 48: “Bits”—according to committee member Alexander “Zander” N. Li ’08. In February...
...parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company announced this week its flagship plane, the A380, will cost five million dollars more starting next month, for it has always been quoted in American currency. In short, a strong euro reduces European exports, which are at the core of many continental economies like France’s and Italy?...
...difference between the Core and the General Education curriculum as planned is that the Core focuses on narrow disciplinary approaches to knowledge, whereas the General Education curriculum is focused on practical and relevant topics of interest, including ethics and social behavior,” said John M. Sheffield II ’09, a student on the General Education Standing Committee...