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...Kahuitara Point on Pitt Island in this Pacific Ocean chain is the first populated place on the planet to see the sun rise. You could do worse. The Chathams are known for their excellent fishing, wild scenery and easygoing lifestyle. They are also home to about 40 plant, 18 bird and 150 insect species found nowhere else on earth...
...aren't dependent on the chicken [eggs, for culturing]. In a bird-flu pandemic, the chicken would be done. You are also faster and cleaner in production...
...Audubon's 107th bird census Get your binoculars ready. More than 50,000 observers will fan out across the Americas on Dec. 14, following specified routes and counting every bird they see or hear...
...World events can also play a role; avian flu, if it begins to spread from human to human on a large scale, instead of from bird to human, could cause upwards of 1 million deaths according to some estimates - and that's getting the attention of life insurance companies, Graham says. "That's the biggest event we're watching, much more than terrorism...
Last Friday, while bargain hunters nationwide trampled each other to get their hands on early-bird sales, Harvard Square greeted a much calmer “Black Friday.” From Maine to California, customers fought to get their hands on door buster deals for the latest gadgets, according to Joel Corbett, a manager at the RadioShack in Harvard Square. Some retailers even had to limit the number of shoppers entering a store at one time, he added. But in Harvard Square, the void of students with their parents’ credit cards and lack of adequate parking spaces...