As many as 800 farmers have got out of pig production in recent years, while many of those remaining are depending on extended credit from banks and feed companies.

BBC: N Ireland - a pig farmer's tale

Shaman converted the guinea pig data from relative humidity to absolute humidity and found the link between air moisture and flu spread got much stronger.

CNN: Study: Humidifiers may help fight flu

Think of the other disasters: Countrywide Financial, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, over which Citigroup is squealing like a stuck pig because it somehow wanted to buy Wachovia in a sweetheart deal just like JPMorgan CEO JamesDimonJamie Dimon, who got to bail out Bear Stearns at cents on the dollar with government guarantees.

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