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...samples were distributed from exhibits. Kids played on huge inflatable slides or tried to hook a fish from a small pool while adults ogled 250-h.p. Yamaha engines and Ranger boats. A massive tank displayed fish from the region, including the guests of honor. Pro fishermen, swathed in a patchwork of their sponsors, signed autographs, gave demonstrations and chatted with fans. "The fishing pros are so nice. The other pros just sign and go," said Kim Davis, who had three kids in tow, one of whom longs to be a pro fisherman. More than 40,000 people visited over...
...collection, an evocative photo collage entitled “Terror of All Things Liquid.” After examining this work, turn around to find the Sharon Harper installation “Moon Study No. 4.” The assistant VES professor’s work, a dreamlike patchwork of the moon’s image as it traverses the sky, is largely static, but even as a still image, the atmosphere of the work (set behind dark curtains in its own chilly environment) is affecting. Another film installation at the center of the exhibit belongs to visiting professor...
...women separated from their children. We have no medicine. We need security. It's like fricking Baghdad here. You have got to take control of this." He is talking to the New Orleans emergency operations center but isn?t sure who has full command of the patchwork of rescue services operating in the area. Tarchick, commander of the Air Force Reserve 920th Rescue Wing, runs seven of the dozens of rescue helicopters hovering over New Orleans and bringing the stranded to dry land . He's sifting through conflicting information on where to go to help the most needy, or where...
Titan Rain presents a severe test for the patchwork of agencies digging into the problem. Both the cybercrime and counterintelligence divisions of the FBI are investigating, the law-enforcement source tells TIME. But while the FBI has a solid track record cajoling foreign governments into cooperating in catching garden-variety hackers, the source says that China is not cooperating with the U.S. on Titan Rain. The FBI would need high-level diplomatic and Department of Justice authorization to do what Carpenter did in sneaking into foreign computers. The military would have more flexibility in hacking back against the Chinese, says...
...sweeping decision to repeal the patchwork of influx laws comes after the country has endured 20 months of violent protest against apartheid in which nearly 1,500 people, most of them black, have been killed. Had the reform come earlier, it might have been hailed more widely as an attempt at peacefully easing the country's racial difficulties. Indeed, the proposed changes fall far short of now clamorous black demands for full political representation. Nor do they threaten the legally enshrined principles of racial segregation, which include separate schools and residential areas for different racial groups. All this prompted some...