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...subjects in Gaza-Sderot remain blissfully unaware of the looming disaster; there is little talk of politics at all. Instead, people go about their humdrum lives: a slender young man frets over his mediocre boxing skills in a Sderot sports club; friends in Gaza play music around a wood fire; a woman shops for dinner in the Sderot market; a group of Gazan girls chat after a volleyball game about power outages. Says one girl: "We'll be living on solar power next year...
First, Naples had heaping piles of trash stacked so high that the only way to make way for more trash was to light the piles on fire. Now, with the American release of “Gomorrah,” the international spotlight is on the city’s drug trafficking and gang violence. Naples has had no shortage of negative publicity in the international press, but there is one benefit: people are finally becoming aware of the Camorra. “Gomorrah”—the latest film from Italian director Matteo Garrone—observes...
...Cambridge Center for Adult Education on Brattle Street -- familiar host to many a sketchy Harvard party -- has reportedly been slapped with a cease and desist order from the friendly neighborhood fire department. That means yet another rare Harvard Square party venue is rendered effectively dead, and as a result, Harvard groups that hoped to plan parties in the popular space are out of luck...
...attorney for the Cambridge License Commission informed us this morning, by decree of the Fire Department of the City of Cambridge, the Cambridge Center for Adult Education must cease and desist renting their space...
...determining a fire's cause: Police bribery aside, the authors note several ways that forensic and medical experts can distinguish fire-related accidents, suicides and homicides: "Autopsy reports often note kerosene smells and prior removal of jewelry, and experiments showed that flames always travel upwards through a victim's garments." Detailed interviews with survivors, kin and the neighbors of the victim can also determine the nature of the fire's cause, as well as "insights into the bottlenecks in health care, such as delays in treatment due to fears of meeting the police, traffic conditions, and inabilities...