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...kitchen". The open ground between the bunkers and their sleeping quarters has been turned into a veritable apres-combat lounge. Faux leather car seats, taken out of a van that was turned into an ambulance, are lashed to empty missile containers. A coffee table made from a slab of concrete balanced on artillery boxes is appointed with an i-Pod and speakers. A parachute, rescued from an airdrop of food supplies and stretched over a frame of scavenged bamboo provides welcome shade in the 42-degree centigrade heat. Perched on a ledge overlooking a curve in the Helmand River, Lance...
...says her father was being treated in the hospital when the May 12 quake hit, and his wife and her cousins were visiting. Seven family members are now trapped under the rubble of the hospital. A lone rescue worker wields a long metal pole, futilely trying to move a slab of concrete. The woman says that public buildings like the hospital and schools are poorly built, and that is why they caved in during the quake. She points to the surrounding residential buildings, which despite damage to their facades didn't suffer catastrophic failure like the hospital...
...purest state, immediately lends itself to this approach. Astatke’s Ethio-Jazz perfectly illustrates the cultural syntheses that have defined the Diaspora of the second generation.In one composition, entitled “Derashe/Asosa/Dewel,” Astatke captures the sound of the dewel, a stone slab used to call devotees to prayer in rural Ethiopia, in a resonant vibraphone melody. Recontextualized in a jazz setting, the spiritual significance of these melodies transcends religious and ethnic boundaries and reaches a truly international audience. Astatke does not seek to establish an isolated, strictly Ethiopian niche within the arts community, focusing...
...HUDS give more consideration to students on specialized diets—specifically, vegetarians. Often, HUDS seems to focus most on an entrée with meat or theme night, only adding a hot vegetarian entrée has an afterthought. Replacing a piece of meat with a slab of tofu does not, however, a tasty dish make. (Ask anyone who has ever tried the tofu parmesan.) Instead, a hot and healthy vegetarian entree should take its rightful place alongside each main course. Second, we hope that HUDS does not lose sight of its commendable goal of sustainability. We understand that...
...secret to being an action star: it's to somehow make people watch you when your body's at rest. Studying this actor doing nothing is a rewarding experience. It's not that he suggests reservoirs of cogitation and calculation behind his eyes; he's too stolid, monolithic, slab-like for that. Reeves, on-screen, is not a thinking animal, but he's a strong, wounded, wary one. You feel both fascinated and apprehensive, guessing with good reason that he's about to claw, bite or maul some other creature in his way. Armed or not, Reeves is the weapon...