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Such concerns have not deterred the Brazilian government from its decision to pave over those 435 miles, the last unfinished portion of a highway called BR-163. That will create a 1,080-mile chain of asphalt going past the Tapajos National Forest and linking the Amazon River with southern Brazil. As has happened throughout the Amazon basin, the completion of the highway will open the forest to settlers, and they will undoubtedly set fires to clear land near the road. This area, however is regularly hit by drought and is perhaps the most vulnerable part of the forest. Fires...
...course, even with such straightforward guidelines, portion control is still critical. To get maximum benefit from any dietary regimen, you need to limit what you take in and make sure you don't consume more than your body can burn. Indeed, it's so hard to lose weight and keep it off that the A.H.A., also for the first time, has made obesity prevention one of its top priorities. Fortunately, there's an easy way to keep your caloric intake balanced with your metabolic output: just step on the bathroom scale and see if you're gaining weight. Provided...
...hold on to their careers--and at least a portion of their salaries--many women cut back to part time. In some cases, though, the compromise gives them not the best of everything but the worst. Tara Fisher, 35, a mechanical engineer who lives in Phoenix, tells a common horror story. From the time her first child was six weeks old, Fisher "dragged her to day care every single day crying and screaming." Fisher tried to go part time but found that staff meetings were invariably scheduled on her days off. She switched jobs and went back to working full...
...CHECKING Looking to open a new checking account? Forget the local Citibank; the best deals are online. Thanks to lower overhead costs, online banks are clamoring for customers. They offer better rates, lower minimum balances and rock-bottom service fees. The bonus: most will reimburse a portion of monthly ATM withdrawal fees...
...groggy market, meVC shares closed at $12.88 last week, down 36% from their initial price of $20. Since VC bets are notoriously risky, many critics think small-time investors shouldn't be fooling around with this business. Freudenthal counters that as long as you're betting only a small portion of your portfolio, 2% to 4%, "a professionally managed, diversified venture-capital fund is less risky than any single NASDAQ stock." And now, for the first time, it's a risk anyone can take...