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...many cases, people didn't wait for the army. Thousands of volunteers headed into the mountains, carrying shovels, pickaxes and iron rods to dig for survivors. Down in the main cities, well-wishers donated tents, blankets, food and even cloth for burial shrouds. Among the first responders were militant Islamic groups, who seized on the catastrophe to blame Musharraf's alliance with the U.S. in the war on terrorism for incurring Allah's wrath. In Chehla Bandi village, members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an outlawed group sympathetic to al-Qaeda, cooked food, helped bury the dead and shoveled through...
Unable to support herself and her children on a meager hairdresser’s salary, Josie begins working at Pearson Taconite, the iron mine of Northern Minnesota. The work is hard, the men are merciless—they call the female employees “cunts”—and the women are expected “to take it like...
...somber plaintive country music with lingering lyrics, including “Don’t want to shoot nobody, don’t want to get shot” provides the perfect soundscape for vast overhead shots of the iron mine’s barren snow-covered setting. The cinematography and soundtrack crystallize to form a tangible oppression, convincing the audience why this woman made these historic choices...
...Only on the second day after the quake, as news of Balakot's catastrophe spread down the valley, thousands of men from surrounding areas converged on the town carrying hammers, shovels, iron rods and axes after walking for miles and miles. The volunteers also helped clear the road into Balakot, making it possible for hundreds of pickups and cars to wend their way into the devastated town bringing food, blankets and tents. All were donations from Pakistanis who had seen photos of Balakot's disaster taken from army helicopters. The relief trucks were mobbed by hungry and cold people, prompting...
...addition, take a daily multivitamin-multimineral supplement that provides at least 400 mcg of folic acid and at least 1,000 IUs of vitamin D. It should contain no iron and no preformed vitamin A (retinol...