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...since the '20s, when White Zombie came out, and in the 1960s, with the Romero movies, zombies have always been an easy metaphor for whatever ills society finds itself up against. They've been used to represent everything from rampant consumerism to the spread of communism. We live in an age when it's very easy to be afraid of everything that's going on in the world. There are these large groups of faceless people somewhere in the world, who mean to do us harm, and cannot be reasoned with. Zombies are sort of familiar territory...
...transforming a desert sand dune, airport departure lounge or city pavement into a sacred space simply by stopping to pray. The first mosque was Muhammad's mud-brick house in Medina, where a portico of palm-tree branches provided shade for prayer and theological discussion. As the young religion spread, Arabs - and later Asians and Africans - developed their own ideas of what made a building a mosque. But that innovative spirit has slowed in recent decades, leaving most Islamic skylines dominated by the dome-and-minaret design that first appeared centuries...
...loading dock and showed interest in the project. “It’s a place where all the elements come together,” she said. Robert V. Fitzsimmons ’10, the Pforzheimer House Food Literacy Project representative, hosted a special brain break to spread composting awareness on March 20. “We’ve noticed in the past that people aren’t aware of what HUDS is doing as far as sustainability goes,” he said. “Pfoho has been behind, but we’re going...
...glut of investment led to what economists call an "underpricing of risk," as lending standards were weakened and leverage grew. Economists now widely agree that the systemic sloshing about of capital was a recipe for disaster. If a lack of regulation allowed the fire to spread quickly, the global trade imbalance provided the dry kindling to start...
...said Green. “I took the opportunity to cause an uproar and focus on the evidence.” Citing several studies published in peer-reviewed journals since 2004, Green said that empirical data does not support the idea that condoms are successful in decreasing the spread of HIV. “The Pope may be right,” Green said. “The marketing and distribution of condoms won’t solve the problem. Partner fidelity has a much better chance.” “Risk compensation” or the idea...