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...Topography of Terror.” It was The Wall. But the true identity of the place is not taught in history or German courses. I will leave with a host of completely different engravings in my mind, a feeling for the essence of the place and a lighter heart. Despite the past, this is a city with a definite future and a tangible beauty in the mixture of the somber old and the ambitious...
With the military under orders to get lighter and faster, several companies that make gear for outdoor-adventure athletes are booking sales to special-forces units assigned everywhere from Afghanistan's Tora Bora mountains to the Philippine jungles. "Private companies are leading in the R. and D. of this stuff," says Colonel Tom Blume, director of procurement for U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in Tampa, Fla. "We love off-the-shelf items because we don't have to put R. and D. into them...
...core customers for extreme-sports gear--climbers, adventure racers, trekkers, mountain bikers--torture their clothing and equipment and constantly tell firms how to improve it, demanding tighter seams, tougher fibers, better fit and lighter weight. As the gear has improved, the commandos have latched on. The North Face recently added a camouflage fly to one of its expedition tents in the hope of making more military sales. In every other way, says Jill Pagliaro, a spokeswoman for North Face, "the design for Alpine athletes and military usage is similar...
...operate under their own rules that always remain true to themselves. Woodring's Frank universe has a much darker set of rules. Danger lurks everywhere, with bizarre, often disguised creatures seeking to devour each other. It's a world mostly about karma. Marc Bell's creation has a much lighter tone, but no less intelligence. Enlightenment, prophesy and divinity are all themes played with by Bell, giving the Shrimpy-verse a greater depth than mere random nonsense...
Barnes also recounted lighter incidents from his time in Iraq, including the sense of camaraderie that developed between reporters and soldiers both on and off the battlefield...