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...poor nations convert from two wheels to four. John Rogers, a consultant for the Asian Development Bank, estimates the number of cars in India will increase from 6.2 million in 2005 to 41.6 million by 2025. Putting millions of new vehicles on roads will increase pollution and put further strain on overtaxed transportation networks. "We cannot afford this type of congestion," says Anumita Roychowdhury, associate director of the New Delhi-based nongovernmental group Center for Science and Environment. "It's defeating the reason people buy cars: for mobility." Roychowdhury and other environmentalists argue that developing countries should avoid the mistakes...
High-profile, time-consuming coaching jobs can also strain marital relationships. "It takes a remarkable man in this day and age to be married to a successful female coach," says University of Georgia gymnastics coach Suzanne Yoculan, whose championship drive (she has won eight national titles) contributed to a divorce. "The expectations are so much higher for women now," she says. "We wanted this. You have to watch what you wish...
...While quarantine has improved, prevention has not. How did the cows catch the virus in the first place? A government investigation is focusing on two biological research labs at the Pirbright complex, 3 miles (4.8 km) from where this outbreak first appeared. The same strain of FMD found in Surrey's infected cattle is used by the state-run Institute for Animal Health and by the private firm Merial for research and vaccine making...
This is a curious form of reassurance. Instead of sporadic attacks by a loosely organized enemy, we face a systematic threat well distributed across the nation. The strain on our foundations can cut Americans off from their jobs, their families and emergency services, sometimes just for short periods that don't make the news and sometimes permanently. While it's always nice to know there was no malice aforethought, infrastructure failures suggest a homeland that is less than secure...
...report this afternoon into biosecurity at a vaccine laboratory suspected of being at the center of the cases was inconclusive. Health officials believe the nearby Pirbright research lab - home to a government research center and a company that makes FMD vaccines - is the source because the strain of the virus identified in the sickened cattle currently exists only in research centers...