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...Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel protests that biofuels had become a scapegoat. She said that the E.U. uses less than 1% of its cereal production to make ethanol, and while two-thirds of Europe's rapeseed crop is used for biodiesel, this accounts for only about 2% of global oilseed demand...
After a series of recordings with Sutherland, Pavarotti made a sensational Metropolitan Opera debut in La Bohème in 1968. Much in demand today, he is interested only in the bel canto composers and Verdi. "My dream is Il Trovatore," he says, "but it is so demanding that I will not try it for at least five years." Opera lovers will not have to wait that long to hear him at his best, however. His current singing season will reach a peak at the Met next month, when he sings in Donizetti's rarely performed The Daughter of the Regiment...
...received the junior faculty award. Julia S. Cavallaro ‘08, who presented Stewart’s plaque, said that the Music 51 professor is often cited as the reason students choose to concentrate in music. “He knows just when to encourage and when to demand more,†Cavallaro said. UC President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said in a brief speech that this banquet was one of the only chances the UC gets to celebrate positive aspects of the College. “Everyone in this room is an example...
...result of a drought in Australia as well as the accompanying use of corn for ethanol, which has reduced the amount available for feed for Japan's cows. The drought has also cut back on milk that would have been imported to supplement the Japanese market. Combined with competing demand for milk and milk products from emerging markets in China and Russia, the result is a collapse of the local butter production in Japan...
...secessionist agenda behind Sunday's autonomy referendum - which is not legally sanctioned by the National Electoral Court or recognized by the Organization of American States. But autonomy supporters say they're only seeking states' rights on questions such as taxation, police and public works. "This is a historic demand based on long-standing differences with a La Paz-based central government," says Edilberto Osinaga, managing director of the Chamber of Eastern Farmers...