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...Five months on, Wang's son has yet to be buried. His elm coffin, carefully sealed with tar to contain the stench, rests inside the family's house. "We won't bury him until the police acknowledge their mistakes and compensate us," says Wang. And that's a macabre form of defiance that has become something of a movement in Lanshan county, an agricultural backwater in Hunan province that is anything but bucolically peaceful. Locals say there are more than 20 victims of fatally violent crimes who remain unburied as a gesture of protest. Their coffins are displayed in homes...
...Noodle: The new place on campus to get some good, cheap Chinese food. Sit-down or take-out. $5-$6. M-Sat 11am-2am; Sun 12pm-11pm. 316 Elm...
...behind the counter at this small, diner-like joint for good and cheap fried food. Says one student, everything on the menu comes with a healthy dollop of butter. Locals recommend the Doodleburgers and fried doughnuts. $1-$5. M-F 5am-11:30pm; Sat-Sun 5am-3pm. 258 Elm...
...Sony PlayStation. A black-and-white security monitor shows who's at the door. Band coordinator, art director and guitarist Prodip's many action figures, which are still in their packages, hang from the walls: Jason from Friday the 13th, Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street. In a section dedicated to Kiss paraphernalia the tag on one Gene Simmons doll reads: "Costume replicas of those worn during the Destroyer...
...planks for the sides, which need to run the entire 11.5-m length of the gondola. The builders go to the lumberyard and choose the trees as they come in. Oak is both strong and rot-resistant, and is also used on the bottom of the boat. Elm is employed in some sections because it's strong and won't split. The breasthooks, two big solid pieces at both ends of the boat, are made from basswood, since it's easy to carve. The decks are cut from mahogany...