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Our Responsibility to Acai
–When it comes to the acai berry, are we being rapacious or just thoughtless?—We do our best to eat right. We also factor in the environment, and participate in the eat local movement, or slow food one whichever better suits our sensibilities. Accordingly, we try to limit the carbon footprint we leave upon the environment.…
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Seeing Through Honorary Degrees
–There is nothing noteworthy about receiving an honorary degree–It is the time of the year when just about everyone who gives a commencement address is honored with an honorary degree from the institution they are addressing. Why not? It is a nice gesture. But what does it mean? Surely it makes the recipient feel good.…
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The Price of Poverty
–In New Delhi private garbage collection is squeezing out those living off what they collect from it–New Delhi is hosting the Commonwealth Games next year and is trying to modernize and clean up the city. In an effort to improve the cleanliness of streets strewn with garbage, private companies have been awarded waste collection contracts…
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