Beijing's Bird's Nest, the wonder of the world in 2008, is underused, goggled at by day-trippers and the odd concert-goer.
Tomorrow, thousands of athletes will march into the city's main stadium, known as the Bird's Nest.
The six-foot-long nose, with a bird's nest swaying at the end of it, was somebody else's thought.
Also known as the 'bird's nest', it will be the focal point of the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.
He said it was "good news" the officers had controlled the fire before it could reach the bird's nest.
Despite a smoggy start to the day, visibility at the Bird's Nest improved in the hours before the event began.
The Chinese artist, activist, and architect who designed the Olympic "Bird's Nest" stadium, is one of the leaders behind the cyber battle.
Ms. Crenn said she then spied a bird's nest in a tree.
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Historically, all the expensive and most sought-after food ingredients have been those with purported health benefits - consider bird's nest soup or sea cucumber.
It struck her that a dish, titled "Birth, " using the remnants of her foie gras supply combined with a bird's nest, would represent a new beginning.
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They say they can keep rain from falling on the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony - the stadium has no roof - but scientists elsewhere are dubious about that kind of technology.
Among Palawan's deep trove of wildlife, the most precious to the local economy, Gustillo explains, is the swiftlet, a small darting bird whose nests, built largely of its own spittle, are the essential ingredient in bird's nest soup.
On China's Internet, blogs, bulletin boards and news sites carry photos of automobiles jerry-rigged to run on railroad tracks ("shanzhai trains"), fluffy dogs trimmed and dyed to look like the national mascot ("shanzhai pandas") and models of the Beijing Olympic Games' National Stadium made out of sticks ("shanzhai Bird's Nest").
Suntech will be supplying solar power to Beijing's Bird Nest Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Its greatest exponent is Yasuki Hiramatsu, born into a family of metalsmiths, who, through an annealing process, can twist a single length of gold or silver into a ring or necklace enchantingly resembling a minimalist bird's-nest.
It even includes more esoteric bar items like a bird's-nest double strainer used to remove small shards of ice from a shaken drink (to keep the cocktail from getting too diluted) and an ice pick, should you be interested in mastering the art of carving huge globes of ice for your Scotch.
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I've one hen left that has a nest inside the bird room and she's now got no mate so she's left the eggs.
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