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...Weather isn't doing the job alone. As more and more people migrate to cities, they create additional opportunities for the mosquito to spread the virus. The problem is particularly acute in developing countries, where inadequate utilities mean residents must store water in jars and tanks - prime breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti. Increasing air travel is also a factor as infected fliers spread the disease quickly worldwide. "It's simplistic to suggest that the increasing outbreak is solely caused by climate change," says Simon Hales, a senior research fellow at New Zealand's University of Otago. "But those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vagabond Virus | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...multi-talented Mitchell might show a customer how a water filter he has patented works by folding up an 18th century map, or perhaps have the customer try on the emergency parachute that he keeps in the front of the store, but his life in the Square hasn’t been all fun and games. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...know, just broken,” Mitchell said. “How do you sell things without a license? I chose books because of the First Amendment.” Mitchell’s first big sale of a suitcase full of rare used books bought him his store...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...Most booksellers buy from each other. When nobody’s buying, [booksellers] buy. We give them the book to sell, and if they don’t sell it we take the book back,” Mitchell said. Similarly, store owners are happy to direct customers to other stores if they don’t have exactly what the customer is looking...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...Lord of the G-Strings,” “It’s a Cumderful Life,” “Lawrence of a Labia”—the back-room staples of your local video store have helped to fuel the booming business of pornography, providing hours of sticky satisfaction to everyone from your HistB TF (have fun in section) to your suitemate (a tie on the door doesn’t always mean there are visitors). But “Pornography and Relationships,” an address delivered last Thursday by Gail...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Porn Kills. | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

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