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...Unique dishes have been a Singaporean trademark ever since the city-state became a spice-trade hub in the 19th century. This month, gourmets are flocking to the island to taste the multicultural results at the 10th annual Singapore Food Festival, a month-long, mango-themed culinary fair (see www.singaporefoodfestival.com.sg). Singapore's food-obsessed can simultaneously enjoy the World Gourmet Summit, where some of the world's top chefs gather to discuss dining trends and to gossip about who's in and out in the cliquish world of foie gras and shark's fin soup (go to worldgourmetsummit.com...
...Dune tells of the rise to power of Paul Atreides (Alec Newman), a young noble and psychic who is adopted by the Fremen, a nomadic warrior people, as their messiah. The Fremen have been exploited for centuries because their desert planet (Arrakis, or Dune) is the sole source of "spice," a substance that makes hyperspace travel possible, expands consciousness and extends life--it's oil, LSD and Botox all in one. (Spice is an excretion of Dune's giant sandworms, but people ingested weirder stuff for less benefit in the '60s.) Harnessing his powers and the Fremen's fanaticism, Paul...
...Children, Paul--now both Emperor and god--realizes that the revolution he unleashed is out of his control, and he sets about trying to dismantle his own legacy. These themes and the environmental focus (the Fremen's new prosperity threatens the ecosystem on which their culture and spice depend) attracted co-star Susan Sarandon: "The idea of raping the environment for the profit of the few," she says, "and the idea of justifying a war in the name of some...
...crocodile bags and gloves. But her coats were made of men's fabrics and her gloves were oversized and fit for gardening - forcing everyone to rethink what ladylike means. Stella McCartney tried the same idea at her Paris show, but with all of the sugar and none of the spice. Futurism At Lagerfeld's Fendi show in Milan, he offered a futuristic look that might have been too much for Barbarella herself. Thigh-high boots and hot pants in slick, shiny fabrics were good for a giggle, but nothing a grown woman would actually wear. But in Paris, the touches...
...Indeed, the undergraduate dating scene has just reached an all time low, and the student body’s desperation an all time high. In an attempt to increase dating among our commitment-shy student body, the Undergraduate Council has recently created an actual task force determined to spice up our love lives...