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...Department of Agriculture and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln performed long-term, large-scale field studies on raising switchgrass as an energy crop. Farmers in 10 fields of 15 to 20 acres each in Nebraska and North and South Dakota grew switchgrass over five years, and kept track of how much fuel and fertilizer they used during the trials. Vogel and his colleagues showed that switchgrass yielded 540% more energy as a biofuel than the amount of energy used to grow, harvest and process it. (Corn ethanol yields just 25% more energy.) Greenhouse gas emissions from switchgrass fuel would...
...Huckabee, who had long fought problems with obesity, was diagnosed with Type II diabetes. Determined to take charge of his health, he shed 110 pounds over the course of the next two years. This effort culminated in his completion of four marathons. USA Track & Field, the national governing body for competitive track, even named Huckabee their “Athlete of the Week” in March 2005. What better model for a country fighting an obesity epidemic than a head of state who has conquered the problem himself...
...shadow. Perhaps Bhutto truly would have revived Pakistan’s democracy, which has been on life support under President Pervez Musharraf. And perhaps she would have been the best prime minister for both the Pakistani people and the interests of the United States. But given her track record, it is naïve to think that Bhutto would have quickly and single-handedly turned Pakistan around. Pakistan is a country in extremely dire straits, and given its tradition of corruption, nepotism, and violence—of which Bhutto’s assassination and the ascension of her 19-year...
...Their breath smells of banana beer, and they want money and news of Nairobi. Some of them check Preston's tribe. I congratulate myself for swapping my usual Kikuyu driver for Preston, a Luo, at the last minute. By now the road has deteriorated to a heavily potholed gravel track. "Look at this road," says Preston. "Look how bad it is around here. This is why they are fighting." At the next roadblock, a telegraph pole laid across the road, a man leans into the car and drunkenly slurs, "We do not like Kikuyu this side...
Harvard’s Asian American Association (AAA) has had a long and unsuccessful track record with advocating for the creation of an Asian American Studies concentration. The quest has, according to a Crimson news article in December, spanned twenty years and many hundreds of petition signatures. But before we respond with the politically appropriate gasp of moral indignation, let’s ask why success has not been forthcoming.A look at the history of Asian American studies reveals the contemporary—in fact, revolutionary—nature of the field. The program originated in academic settings...