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...place to begin comparison shopping. Data encryption is crucial. Customer service can be maddening. And although there have been horror stories--one storage site abruptly folded last year, leaving customers with little time to get their data--using the cloud is still a smart way to add an extra layer of security...
...hundred dollars in gold coins. When informed that I had to pay cash, I left and never made it back. Dumb move, I know, but indicative of the less-than-investor-friendly ways of the business. One could buy stock in gold-mining companies, but that added a layer of volatility and risk. Since 2004, however, it's been possible - through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) - to effectively own gold without the hassle of actually owning it. Gold is now something you can hold in a portfolio, like any financial asset. Lots of investors have chosen to do so. The SPDR...
...signing of the Antarctic Treaty dedicated the continent entirely to research, from which have come a slew of discoveries about our planet. British scientists discovered the gaping, man-made hole in the ozone layer in the 1980s, while studies of Antarctic ice have contributed to our understanding of climate change - and increased concerns over catastrophically high sea levels if the continent's thick glaciers were to melt. One of the most integral aspects of Antarctic scientific study remains, surprisingly, meteorites: the continent is a collecting ground for them, preserved well because they naturally bury into the ice for thousands...
Atitlan is indeed breathtaking, but nowadays it is leaving many visitors gasping for breath. A thick brown sludge is tarnishing its once blue waters. It is the result of decades of ecological imbalance, brought on by economic and demographic pressures. The unsightly and smelly layer, more than 100 feet deep in some areas, is chasing tourists away from Mayan towns in the area and posing huge cleanup expenses to a government already strapped for cash. Worse, the results of a University of California, Davis, analysis found that the bacteria is toxic. Scientists are urging residents to avoid cooking with, bathing...
Even so, apprehension about backing up files online has led many customers like Vitale to take a belt-and-suspenders approach, using the cloud as a smart way to add an extra layer of security while still relying on traditional backups like external hard drives, thumb drives and archival DVDs...