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...within four months, the markets were open again. Now, two years after SARS, the wildlife trade is back in full swing, albeit more discreetly than before. Take the Guangzhou Snake Bird Animal Fair Market, the largest animal market in southern China. While many of the market's sellers appeared to be idling away their time one recent day, playing mahjong or smoking, their mobiles rang regularly as restaurants or familiar customers placed orders. "Now deals are usually carried out at dawn or dusk to avoid government inspectors," says Lao Xu, who sells hunting tridents and fermenting jars at the market...
...course, the competition also fosters some camaraderie, albeit tense...
...ULTIMATE Ripon, Britain If you're a glutton for punishment, you'll enjoy the Ultimate, one of the world's longest coasters. Built in 1991, it offers a 6-min. ride (epic by coaster standards) through 2.27 km of countryside, albeit at a relatively genteel top speed of 80 km/h...
...replicas operating in the U.S., Europe and Japan. The Ultimate Ripon, England If you're a glutton for punishment, you'll enjoy the Ultimate, one of the world's longest coasters. Built in 1991, it offers a 6-min. ride (epic by coaster standards) through 2.27 km of countryside, albeit at a relatively genteel top speed of 80 km/h. SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES; COASTER CULTURE Can't get enough of coasters, or think you can do better than the engineers? Then try Atari's Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (rollercoastertycoon.com), a computer game that lets you simulate your own thrill rides...
...case about the constitutionality of gay marriage will probably be heard by the California Supreme Court next year; similar lawsuits are pending in New Jersey, New York and Washington. With several states having amended their constitutions to ban gay marriage--and Massachusetts the only one to have legalized it, albeit by court order--many observers say the issue will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ah, yet another question for Chief Justice nominee John Roberts. --By Terry McCarthy. With reporting by Eli Sanders