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...From an altitude of only 200 feet, it's possible to pick out the military bases and settlements slated for evacuation in the coming weeks as Israel begins its historic withdrawal from Gaza. From above, you can draw a map of a high-stakes game that will be played out between Israeli soldiers, police and settlers - and, perhaps, the militants of Hamas and other Palestinian factions and the security forces of the Palestinian Authority. Here's how the opening positions look on the game board...
...while they wait for their new homes to be built, settlers are to be moved to temporary locations. As we rise again to 250 feet, we fly above some of these "caravillas." They're two- or three-bedroom temporary structures with roofs that are sometimes slate-gray, sometimes red. Laid out in neat cul-de-sacs, the government is putting down turf for the gardens. The government doesn't want the settlers to feel disregarded, like the new immigrants who came from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union during the 1990s, who were initially housed in rotten caravans like those...
...shell-shocked Nancy, and the characters are well realized almost down the line. (The exceptions are her egregiously stereotyped black pot suppliers.) Creator-writer Jenji Kohan gives Weeds an arch yet dreamy tone that improves on its two obvious influences. It's Desperate Housewives with nuance, Six Feet Under without the self-seriousness, a pot comedy worth the buzz...
When first erected, Oak Ridge was the fourth largest telescope in the world, with a mirror five feet in diameter. Today, most telescope mirrors have grown to more than 30 feet in diameter...
...couple of weeks ago, I was sipping a watermelon martini at Bungalow 8 when it donned on me that Jessica Simpson, who was standing only feet away from me, was much more than her seemingly petite 5’1’’ frame. As she gyrated to Beyoncé (faux pas?) closely guarded by her security detail, my mind wandered to her recent GQ cover, her TV show (is this chicken or fish?), her numerous front-row sightings, and of course, her rocky marriage with former boyband star, Nick Lachey...