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...this end, last Friday’s “Harvard for Haiti Benefit” was framed by speeches on the tragic recent events. Sebastian Velez, Assistant Resident Dean of Kirkland House, closed his speech with a quote from photographer Sebastiao Salgado: “How can we claim ‘compassion fatigue’ when we show no sign of consumption fatigue?” he said. The sentiment that we who are lucky should share our good fortune ran through the event. One particularly resonant image from the PIH slide show featured at the concert...
Similarly, Greece and Spain are pushing back against speculators who want to short the euro or use it in carry trades, further depressing the already soft currency. Just this week Spain's Finance Minister, Elena Salgado, flew to London to assure bondholders that her country remains solvent and unveil a proposal to cut Spain's budget deficit...
...increase in American forces there are still areas where 1-15 has trouble maintaining a constant presence. But Block said there was no comparison between Fallujah in 2004 and his current assignment. "This one's a lot quieter," he said. "Our area of operation is much more secure." Sgt. Salgado agrees. On his last deployment, in volatile Diyala province, Salgado said his unit "got hit with IEDs [improvised explosive devices, that is, roadside bombs] on a daily basis." Since returning to Iraq in April the unit has found a couple of roadside bombs before they went off, and suffered...
...previous trips. Air-conditioned trailers shared between two roommates have given way to tents where the AC often can't compete with 120-degree heat. Cavernous dining halls serving ice cream and made-to-order sandwiches have been replaced by reheated meals eaten outside under camouflage netting. Sgt. Raymond Salgado, 22, said that the bases on his first two deployments had "swimming pools and Burger Kings." He was often too busy to use them, but, he joked, "It was good seeing 'em when we got back from missions...
...spike in the number of site visitors slowed down HSPH’s Web site until site administrators temporarily took down Your Disease Risk. Your Disease Risk started out as a cancer risk index site in 2000 and expanded in 2004 to include other diseases, according to Michelle Samplin-Salgado, a HSPH spokeswoman. The site, which asks visitors to complete brief surveys about their lifestyles, has generated consistent traffic for years, generally averaging 2,000 different visitors a day, according to Eastwood. This traffic forced the Web site to be taken down five or six times in the past...