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That sentiment, or something like it, can be heard a lot these days in Africa, where Chinese investment is building roads and railways, opening textile factories and digging oil wells. You hear it on the farms of Brazil, where Chinese appetite for soy and beef has led to a booming export trade. And you hear it in Chiang Saen, a town on the Mekong River in northern Thailand, where locals used to subsist on whatever they could make from farming and smuggling--until Chinese engineers began blasting the rapids and reefs on the upper Mekong so that large boats could...
...Another way to conserve electricity: burn candles. But toss the old ones-they could have lead wicks, which are toxic when burned and were banned in the U.S. only as recently as October 2003 (visit cpsc.gov for details). And choose soy, vegetable wax or beeswax-all renewable and biodegradable materials-over paraffin wax candles, which are petroleum based. Big Dipper Wax Works' 100% beeswax candles run $10 to $24 at 3Rliving.com...
...wannabe musician: an hour lesson with the man who plays the erhu in the Square, $13.75. 10) For the image-conscious Hist and Lit concentrator: a Starbucks paper cup to compliment her Uggs and Burberry scarf, $0.20. 11) For your vegan blockmate: 11 Optimum Energy Blueberry Flax Soy meal replacement bars from the Vitamin Shoppe, $14.66. 12) For your boyfriend: a pair of earrings from Zinnia (for when he forgets to buy you a gift), $6.99. 13) Make your own model kit for molecular bio (marshmallows and toothpicks from CVS), $2.50. 14) For your friend at Yale: a Harvard static...
...strict diet of pomegranate juice, flaxseed oil, soy products and legumes...
...Know your ingredients. Be sure that you and whoever is serving food know the ingredients-all of them-of what's being served. They're not always obvious - milk can be hiding in veggie dogs and soy is contained in many prepared foods. if you're serving catered foods, be especially vigilant about ingredients...