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...Rio de Janeiro suffering from a severe ear infection accidentally received a vasectomy in August when he responded to the wrong doctors call in the waiting room of a local clinic. The patient wasnt alerted to the mix-up even by the nature and location of the procedure because he simply assumed that the infection had deep roots...
Another food category in which high-octane flavors can be everything is Latino cuisine. Americans raised on the pasty fare of gentrified Mexican restaurants may know little about the fine and fiery food available south of the Rio Grande, but flavorists do--particularly when it comes to chile peppers. The spiciness in food is measured in Scoville units. A typical fast-food taco may reach 150 on the Scoville scale. IFF flavorists have developed chile essences that climb to 1 million. One drop, the scientists boast, can heat a giant pot--perfect when you're marketing to an audience unafraid...
...negative aspects of the event; we feel obliged to point out what was good about it. Our goal was to use the Carnival to promote Samui during the low season, and we were successful in that regard. We wanted a Carnival theme, and what better benchmark than using Rio in a Thai style? The floats used in the parade were made from the heart by the local people of Samui, including children from more than 20 schools. Although they did not match the quality of Rio's floats, we were very proud of them. Because unemployment was up and hotel...
Though iPods are still the gold standard for MP3 players, at nearly 6 oz. they can be a chore to jog with. Flash memory players are often smaller, but they can hold only a fraction of the 10-GB iPod's 2,500 song capacity. Enter the Rio Nitrus Mini Jukebox ($299), a 1.5-GB MP3 player with a slim profile that can still hold 400 titles. Nitrus gets 16 hours of battery life--twice the iPod's--and the included Sennheiser earbuds give great sound...
...Indeed, since mentioning the R-word, Bangkok Airways have been backpedaling fast. "We don't expect people to compare us to Rio, we're just Koh Samui," says M.L. Nandhika Varavarn, the airline's senior director of corporate communications. She proclaimed the carnival a success, claiming a first-day crowd of 10,000, full hotels and extra flights scheduled from Bangkok. "The idea was to give the island a boost in the low season, and we achieved that...