Some analysts say Putin is taking advantage of Obama's lame duck status to create "facts on the ground" in Syria.
Mr Blumenthal, who writes for the Guardian, said his bizarre-sounding dishes such as snail porridge, were part of The Fat Duck's bid to create food that was both delicious and fun.
Mussel options take up an entire page of the restaurant's menu, because Mr. Quain uses ingredients as diverse as brandy, chipotle peppers, duck and mango to create more than 20 gorgeously wrought broths and sauces with which mussels are served.
It took years of mismanagement and reckless budgeting for the Republican administration of Thomas Gulotta, Nassau County's lame-duck county executive, to create the county's current fiscal crisis.
This year, to mark the Olympics, BA asked Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck, Bray (01628 580333; thefatduck.co.uk), to create dishes inspired by onboard menus from 1948 when the last London Olympics were staged.
So as Andy Murray looks to break Britain's 75-year grand slam duck tomorrow, Li Na will attempt to create an even bigger piece of history for Chinese tennis today.
The spot was first cut off from the ocean in 1899 by members of a duck hunting club, who wanted to create ponds to make it easier to catch their prey, according to the Los Angeles Times.
In order to create the enlarged duck liver, animals have to be force fed multiple times a day, and the footage of farmers shoving a long metal tube down animals' throats isn't pretty.
You can use duck tape or a dressing screen to create a distinct border in the living space.
In 1891, the ceiling of the reception room in the second, 2,737-square-foot apartment was covered in oil-based paint and in gold leaf, then repainted with bronze powder in an acrylic medium to create gold and duck-blue panels.
