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...behind the vast majority of carbon emissions - rain forests are not just cut down for logging but also burned to make room for new farms and pastureland. As more people need more food - and biofuels as well - there's a risk that we could see many of our remaining virgin rain forests wiped out completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Farmland Grows, the Trees Fight Back | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...change all that. By putting a greater carbon value on trees planted on farmland through a cap-and-trade program that would give companies a carbon credit for growing and maintaining trees, we could encourage the growth of agroforestry. It's not a perfect compensation for continued deforestation - whole, virgin rain forests have an enormous ecological value that can't be replicated by agroforestry - but it's a realistic fallback. "This is a win-win investment opportunity for the world," says Garrity. It's also a rare bit of green good news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Farmland Grows, the Trees Fight Back | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...doppelgänger of Steve Carell's 40-year-old virgin with glasses, Mr. James is a character invented by Japanese advertising behemoth Dentsu and McDonald's Japan for its new burger line - the "Nippon All Stars" - campaign. The purpose of the campaign, running Aug. 10 to Nov. 5, is to promote four burgers available only in Japan. On his blog, found on the McDonald's Japan website, Mr. James describes himself as a 43-year-old Japanophile born in Ohio with a penchant for travel, who, when particularly excited, generously treats people he doesn't even know. (That seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Everyone Is Lovin' Japan's New McDonald's Mascot | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

Lampoon: 1. A semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. 2. Gang of emaciated white males who amuse themselves writing penis jokes and starting fires inside their castle. 3. Campus virgin support center...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard student, there’s a 69 percent chance you were your high school’s valedictorian. But there’s also a 90 percent chance you’re still a virgin...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Guide to ‘Top-Down’ Dating | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

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