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...chef Dan Barber, whose second Blue Hill restaurant is located on the grounds of Stone Barns and who serves as the center's creative director, was determined to find out. He persuaded the center's farmers to dedicate part of their pasture to geese and to feed them the highest quality organic corn. There was only one problem: in his enthusiasm, Barber had somehow missed the importance of letting the birds forage for their own food. Accustomed to a steady supply of grain, Stone Barns' trial geese had no need to gorge themselves once the weather turned chilly. "They were...
...country built on a system of checks and balances, it's intriguing to have an award that allows the President to reveal some personal preferences. Since February 1963, when John F. Kennedy's Executive Order made bestowing the Medal of Freedom a presidential privilege, the highest civilian honor in the nation has offered unique insight into the élite group of people who inspire our Commanders in Chief. Officially, the award, which President Obama is scheduled to present to 16 people on Aug. 12, is for those who have contributed "to the security or national interests of the United States...
...global airline industry this year - even though it carries just 0.35% of global traffic. Air India is suffering from an aging fleet and a bloated staff roster of 31,000 permanent employees and 20,000 contract staff; its labor costs amount to 18% of its total operating expense, the highest ratio in the world, according to Patel. (Read "Altitude Sickness...
...says the nightmare scenario would involve the pandemic appearance of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. With a mortality rate of more than 60%, the virus is so dangerous to humans that his team can work with it only in biosecurity Level 4 laboratories, the highest level of biological containment available. So far, H5N1 is passed to humans only from birds and is not transmissible between humans. But if it were to swap genes with another influenza virus, possibly H1N1 (through, for example, a patient who contracts the two illnesses simultaneously), a new, more lethal pandemic strain could emerge with...
...Britain's Jewish community, has stepped in to act as an official adviser. According to spokesman Mark Frazer, the board's aim will be to make sure the court's ruling is right for even the most orthodox of Britain's Jews. "The board must cater for the highest watermark of religious observance in order to safeguard the rights of the entire community," he says. "The orthodox definition of who is Jewish, taking into account someone's parentage or lineage, is not a racist one, it is a religious...