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...social and financial reform - including the kind of judicial modernization that tends to spook drug lords more than soldiers do. Last week, for example, the legislature in Chihuahua state (which includes Juárez) passed an asset-seizure law, similar to U.S. RICO statutes, that if enforced could seriously drain the cartels of the cash and property that lets them buy their guns and launder their profits. (See pictures of the fence between the U.S. and Mexico...
...maple farm itself was a model of sustainability, and its owner Richard Forbes a man on a mission as he illuminated the secrets behind the syrup. Followed closely by the women of Harvard science, Forbes explained the intricate assembly of taps and tubes that drain the sweet sap from the trees. Back in the rustic wooden shed that doubled as a gift shop, he demonstrated the hydraulic system that slowly boils 40 gallons of sap down to one gallon of delicious maple syrup...
...views of the Charles and Boston. Sure, the walls are concrete and you’ll never get to pace the same floorboards as John Quincy Adams or decorate your very own non-functional hearth, but you’ll also never discover roaches crawling out of your shower drain (summer in Dunster: a bad idea...
...different experience than eating a steaming hot eggplant parmesan sandwich. We are paying a hefty fee for our meal plan, with an individual dinner for a guest costing fifteen dollars without tax. We should be able to get the most out of this price. It makes little sense to drain our limited BoardPlus, or spend actual cash, on cooked food when there is a good, “free” alternative. (Thus, stealing is in some ways a compliment to the taste quality of HUDS cooking.) Additionally, the food presented in a buffet style seems to be begging...
...treat HIV/AIDS produced mixed results. Some of these findings call into question whether Gates’ initiatives create even a net-positive impact. The negative effects include an epiphenomenal dearth of qualified clinicians in other parts of Africa like Lesotho or Rwanda, also known as “brain drain,” the weakening of local systems of health due to a shift in focus, and a diversion of attention and personnel from other health-related issues, such as basic care...