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...amazed to discover that she's a hit in Malaysia, a place she says she can hardly envision. She was just as astonished to be contacted by an American scientist studying the effect of music on the brain who told her that when he played her music to Inuit fishermen, they registered thought patterns indicating overwhelming serenity. "Two years ago," she adds, "I was playing Houston, and this lady came up on stage and sang with me, as sometimes happens. She was crying. And I said, 'Are you hurt? What's wrong?' And she replied: 'I'm crying...
...hours north of Aberdeen, Rosehearty is one in a cluster of small Scottish fishing communities on the edge of the North Sea. Battered by the dark waters that have caused untold losses of boats and men, the people here have long accepted a cruel bargain: the ocean gives fishermen their livelihood but it also owns a claim - redeemable at any time - on their lives. Forced to be stoic, they came to believe that no man could be blamed for the sea's wrath...
...belief that the sea has its own rules which need obeying still holds sway in communities like Rosehearty. Fishermen shake their heads to learn that the Radiant was launched on a Friday the 13th. To locals inclined to this traditional way of thinking, the idea of litigating over an accident at sea is unimaginable. Beedie says he's been verbally attacked and told his lawsuit is "disgraceful." Alex Smith, a skipper from nearby Arbroath, says the case could spell the end of a time-honored code of conduct that requires fishermen to respect their skippers. "Suing because you are upset...
...love one of these." Chugh, 38, hopes to release a $30 model soon and even cheaper lights thereafter. With help from foundations, Cosmos Ignite has sold and distributed more than 4,000 Mightylights for earthquake relief in Pakistan and to the poor in Afghanistan, Guatemala and Kashmir. In India, fishermen and weavers are already using the lights to extend their work hours. Says Scott: "The exciting thing--more than just the light itself--is the model of using a sustainable approach to effect social change...
...JAPAN Fishermen and Russia's navy clash in a long conflict over control of Kurile Islands...