Health on a Shoestring
Photo by Paula Pant
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- In this six-building, 100-bed hospital in a busy section of this city, all the florescent light bulbs have been removed to save energy costs. Latex gloves are used sparingly, pap smear swabs are sterilized for re-use, and medical files are stored on paper.
"I'm thinking of rigging the phones to automatically cut out after three minutes," says executive chairman Gupta Shrestha, 50. The city's provider charges by the minute.
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"I'm thinking of rigging the phones to automatically cut out after three minutes," says executive chairman Gupta Shrestha, 50. The city's provider charges by the minute.
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Cat Scat Coffee
Photo by Paula Pant
HANOI, Vietnam -- I am in the land of suspicious foods, and I am hungry. But it takes a stomach of real courage to brave the culinary scene in Vietnam.
Bizzare animal cuisine blankets the streets of Hanoi, from the fried crickets and grasshoppers sold by sidewalk vendors to the plump hogs tethered upside-down to motorcycle fendors. Dogs in double-decker cages can be spotted in pickup trucks, destined for local restaurants.
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Bizzare animal cuisine blankets the streets of Hanoi, from the fried crickets and grasshoppers sold by sidewalk vendors to the plump hogs tethered upside-down to motorcycle fendors. Dogs in double-decker cages can be spotted in pickup trucks, destined for local restaurants.
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Frozen Fantasies
Cover Story: An Examination of Today's Smoothie Market
Nothing satisfies the trifecta of customer demands -- quick, healthy and delicious -- quite like a smoothie ... It's no wonder, then, that smoothie sales are booming.
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Nothing satisfies the trifecta of customer demands -- quick, healthy and delicious -- quite like a smoothie ... It's no wonder, then, that smoothie sales are booming.
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