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Pieces in the exhibit offer perspectives on pain, escape, truth, or humor. One print, Sandra Ramos’ “The Damned Circumstances of Water Everywhere,” depicts a near-naked woman lounging in a shape identical to the island nation. The piece depicts the close connection between the artists and their homeland as well as, the title implies, the isolation that some of the country’s artists might feel. Another of the exhibition’s pieces, Belkis Ayon’s “Resurrection,” shows a head with only...
...journey, but conflicted as to whether we want him to complete Theseus’ task—cheering for Cal to defeat the Minotaur within him yet not wanting him to rewind the string of his narrative to that first knot, where he would have to bring to a close this sweeping story...
...Alabama some 650 miles off Somalia. This time, however, the crew aboard the Maersk Alabama had a brand new line of defense: a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD). It's a $30,000 loudspeaker that is used to first verbally warn an approaching vessel that it is getting too close. If the intruder continues towards the ship, the LRAD can be cranked up, generating a painful high-pitched screech that can be aimed at the approaching vessel.(See photos of dramatic pirate-hostage rescues...
...forces on the ground is a recommendation to pay local fighters not to join the enemy. "The best weapons to counter insurgents don't shoot," said Newton. "In other words, use bags of gold in the short term to change the security dynamics." (See the war in Afghanistan up close...
...corruption, "but not nearly enough." Part of that reservation may have had something to do with Karzai's two Vice Presidents also being sworn in, Mohammad Qasim Fahim and Karim Khalili. Both have been accused by Afghan civil-society groups of egregious human-rights abuses, and one has been closely linked to Afghanistan's multibillion-dollar drug trade. In the audience was Karzai's close supporter, former warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum, who has been accused of massacring thousands of Taliban prisoners in 2001, soon after the U.S.'s arrival. Even if Karzai is committed to cracking down on corruption...