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...always in Asia, the broad-brush picture hides many fine details. Hong Kong and Singapore aren't seeing as strong a growth in consumer spending as elsewhere. In Hong Kong, especially, perceptions of household wealth have always been tied to the property market, and because property prices have been slumping since 1997--with no end in sight - people just don't feel rich. While I was visiting there last month, the unemployment rate rose to 7%, the highest since 1981. In many years of trips to Hong Kong, I can't remember a time when the economic sentiment of those...
...medication and want me to write a prescription. To them, I must sound like a stick in the mud. Unless the medication they're taking is not working, however, I'm generally reluctant to change. They assume that newer drugs are better; I assume the old ones are fine...
Purveyors of raw or "living" food follow strict culinary standards: fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds--preferably organic--are fine, but meat, chicken and dairy are forbidden. Some chefs ban all added heat, while others accept temperatures of 120[degrees] or less, just barely enough to warm. With no stoves, the tools of the trade include food processors, juicers and dehydrators--along with plenty of ingenuity. "It's like being in a maze and finding you're up against the wall," says committed carnivore Norman Van Aken of Miami's Norman's, who, for fun, concocted a series of raw recipes...
...jump-start a plan to remove plutonium from a federal facility there and ship it to South Carolina, starting this month. That's good politics for Allard--but bad for Representative Lindsey Graham, who is running for the Senate in South Carolina. When Graham asked Washington to pay a fine of $1 million for every day the plutonium remains unprocessed in the state after a specified date, White House budget chief Mitch Daniels refused to go along, sources tell TIME...
...fascinating snippets about the Golden Triangle's bloody, tumultuous past. At its heyday in the 13th century, Chiang Saen was one of the most important cities in the Lanna kingdom; it boasts plenty of sites of archaeological significance, some dating to the prehistoric era. The museum has a fine collection of Buddha images, stone inscriptions and ceramics, as well as a section on the area's rich hill-tribe culture. Chiang Saen is about 60 km from Chiang Rai, and the museum, at 702 Phahonyothin Road, is easy to find. Just hop in a tuk tuk or call...