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...That scene has been repeated countless times throughout Southeast Asia, where bird flu has become entrenched, but in Chart Charoen there was a critical difference. Instead of protesting the destruction of their flocks or hiding their poultry, as owners often do in other bird-flu areas, the villagers were quick to help. "Everyone cooperated, because we understand the health risks," says Rampai Gansa, a local housewife and health volunteer. Thanks to a determined government control program that has reached even the most remote communities, virtually every Thai knows the danger bird flu presents - and how it can be fought...
...critters in question are favorites of scientists studying climate change. Quick and polychromatic, the frogs spend their days near stream banks, where their constant motion and vibrant hues make it easy for researchers to count them. Previous studies have shown that it's not heat alone that kills harlequins but also a pathogen--the chytrid fungus--that attacks their skin. The chytrid is actually a cool-weather organism, doing best at temperatures from 63°F to 77°F. Paradoxically, an effect of global warming is to increase cloud cover in the tropical forests, lowering daytime temperatures and making the frogs...
...measure. The French would only favor sanctions that did not hurt the population as a whole, and the current regime in Tehran is apparently less sensitive to this kind of threat than its predecessors. Bruno Tertrais, a former arms control strategist with the French Defense Ministry, warns against expecting quick action from the Security Council: "When this gets to New York, people won't be calling for a strong motion," he says. "They'll just recall the international agreements Iran has made. It will be some time before we see real arm-twisting...
...plane descended to a veritable horde of emergency vehicles, lights flashing in anxious anticipation, I realized what the whole world except for the passengers on board flight 210 knew: the plane—and our lives—had been in serious danger the whole time. Following a quick tow to the deserted gate, Midwest graciously wined and dined its inconvenienced passengers, put us up in the airport Hilton, and offered us two “unrestricted” round trip ticket vouchers to anywhere Midwest Airlines flies. Which, by the way, is not just the mid-west...
...emphasized a more concerted and aggressive fundraising effort, which they said would raise an extra $15–$19 million in 2010. Increased financial support from the University, in the realm of $18–$23 million, would also help pay for the deficit.At the meeting, top administrators were quick to tie the budget deficits—which could exhaust the Faculty’s reserves by 2008, according to the committee report—to a period of rapid expansion for FAS. Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby referred to recent years as “a time...