The international market has become incredibly competitive. We look at India as diversifying. You can't put all your eggs in one basket.

We've had hints of it all through the year.

If you have a massive number of cases, and fairly obvious exposures, then it is easier to pin down a possible (environmental) association. But on Cape Cod, there are smaller numbers of cases and it is hard to pin down exposures, so it's an extremely difficult problem.

A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that.

I've always been a bad flyer, but I don't let it get in the way of travelling. I love stepping off the plane and feeling the heat and the foreign smell of being somewhere different.

We spoke no German, nor ate any German foods.