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...Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen arrived in New Orleans four months ago to take over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Now he's back in Washington, D.C., telling federal officials what he's learned. His assignment ends this month. TIME's Amanda Ripley met with Allen at the Department of Homeland Security for an exit interview...
...While you were home for the holidays, what did you tell your relatives about what's happening on the Gulf Coast...
...said when you were down there that you were a long way from the Coast Guard Academy...
...short drive up the Thai coast from the resort island of Phuket lies a pristine, rain-forest-covered headland overlooking the Andaman Sea. This 11-hectare expanse is designated to be the site of a memorial to the victims of the tsunami, which killed as many as 8,000 people in Thailand and nearly 300,000 around the region a year ago. The memorial's design is being chosen through an international competition whose key mandates are harmony with nature, and subtlety: abstract references to the disaster are preferred to literal representations. "We didn't want any design involving waves...
...Somoza Jimenez: This Spanish architect proposes a cluster of steel-monuments inspired by the towering rock formations along Thailand's southern coast. The towers, whose tapering, segmented shapes recall pagodas or temples, would house a museum and other functional spaces...