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...INDICTED. HIDEAKI ASADA, 41, president of Asada Nosan, a Japanese poultry producer, on charges of covering up a February outbreak of avian influenza at a company farm; in Kyoto. Prosecutors say Asada failed to warn authorities about the deaths of thousands of birds, and the farm allegedly sent some of the surviving chickens to processing plants. Asada faces up to a year in prison. His father, who was Asada Nosan's chairman, and his mother committed suicide after the outbreak was discovered...
...retail rate of electricity of roughly five to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour. This simple calculation yields some huge insight—if the University were to supply all its electricity using renewable energy, it would have to either purchase TRCs or invest in a wind farm of its own. Quincy’s Wind Project combines both TRCs and wind energy, giving a nudge to the University in just the right direction...
...Martin's; 341 pages), is the proud possessor of a Ph.D. in English, an illustrious achievement that has earned him a job as an office temp at the General Services Division of the Texas Department of General Services. TxDoGS, as its denizens call it, is a dreary cubicle farm consecrated to obscure bureaucratic functions. When a co-worker dies at his desk while working overtime on a pointless assignment, Paul's low-level anomie turns to panic at the prospect of "an eternity of meaningless work in an empty office in an eternal twilight...
...Butts E.U. farm ministers agreed to phase out production-linked subsidies for the region's tobacco growers - located largely in Greece and Italy - by 2010. The deal for so-called Mediterranean crops will also slash subsidies to cotton and olive producers...
...real difference in Massachusetts would be to turn our attention to the larger, statewide issues of energy security and climate change. Proponents of renewable energy in the Commonwealth are fighting an uphill battle to capture even a negligible portion of the market share for renewables. A large offshore wind farm has been proposed for Cape Cod, for instance. The proposal could generate large amounts of renewable energy at competitive prices, if only local residents could stand the sight of windmills in their ocean views. We strongly support the development of wind power in Cape Cod and sincerely hope that...