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...Using spa cuisine as a foundation, and with the help of a nutritionist and a Chinese herbalist, Gamon has been blending hashima (the glands of snow frogs) with white chocolate, combining curried chicken drumsticks with reishi mushrooms and kelp, dressing butter-braised abalone with ginseng, and adding bird's nest to ice cream. These are not the normal pairings of tonic cuisine, but they are based on the same principles and Eu Yan Sang's conservative herbalists have gradually given their approval. "Now they ask me, 'Does it taste good?'" says Gamon with a laugh...
...wearing a tie and working at his day job in the financial sector, Roberto Ruiz spends his time the way a growing number of Nicaraguan men do: training roosters for razorblade battles to the death. It's like training a boxer, he says. A good program includes running the bird to build stamina (hooded sweatshirt optional), putting the bird in the sun to sweat out grease and develop plumage, and throwing the bird up in the air to build wing strength...
...Still, Heymann concedes, the Indonesians have a point. This nation of 245 million has suffered more fatalities from bird flu than any other country, with its 63rd victim dying Jan. 19. Yet, if a pandemic does arise, Indonesia might well be one of the last in line to receive a vaccine: most of the world's limited production capacity is already spoken for by wealthier nations. A recent article in the British medical journal the Lancet predicted that if the next pandemic were to be as deadly as the 1918 flu, 96% of its estimated 62 million victims would come...
Watching “Bird Flu,” the latest video from ineffable refugee-turned-pop-star, M.I.A., is a disorienting experience that leaves the viewer reeling and wondering when biological terrorism got to be so trendy. Named for its lethal drumbeat and infectious lyrics, the video for “Bird Flu” sends the native Sri Lankan back to her roots for a low-budget production that could double as the M.I.A edition of MTV’s ‘Cribs.’ While prancing in a tie-dyed shirt and policeman?...
...opera in a memorable portrayal of Cherubino, the Count’s page.Not only do the players act and sing well individually, but they also interact nicely to bring out the humor in the script. In one fast-paced exchange of wits, Kapusta, Onstad, Gerlach, Nip, and Matthew B. Bird ’10 (who plays the gardener Antonio) skillfully express the difficulty of deceiving each other on the spot, eliciting laughter from the audience. Instead of setting the opera in the 18th century, director Vincent chose to set this production of “Figaro?...