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...authorities must have decided to give the people what they want. A side ladder on a convenient dumpster (holds 12) allows access to a three-star view of the pyre. Two amiable cops pose for pictures with tourist group after tourist group. ?No, this way,? says one picture-taker, steering his subjects around so the death site is behind them. The cops oblige and smile. CLICK...
...screen. One thing led to another, and now Greneker is trying to smooth out the final kinks in his Radar Flashlight, a device that looks like an oversize hair dryer but can penetrate 8-in.-thick nonmetal doors and walls. When radar waves encounter moving objects, like a hostage taker's nervous pacing or heaving diaphragm, the motions are translated into a bar of LED lights in which the height of the bar corresponds with the amount of movement in the room. In more sophisticated radar detectors, like the prototype made by Time Domain Corporation of Huntsville, Ala., the crude...
...role is a giver and a taker, and nothing comes cheap," Probst said, his eyes flickering fire. He scolded them a while for burning through their rations, and then he asked for their shelter - "the tarps and that big ol' Texas flag" - for a fresh supply of rice. The tribe held out for 25 fishing hooks. The deal was done. And suddenly the little piggies were eating fish, and building their second house, this one made of sticks. Spirits were high again...
...happens to deserve all of those adjectives. Hermenaut recently released its newest effort, Issue #16, entitled “The Stockholm Syndrome Issue.” The Stockholm Syndrome is named for a hostage situation in a Swedish bank in which the hostages became great friends with their hostage-taker. But in the hands of Hermenaut, the Stockholm Syndrome becomes a larger statement of how “it’s possible to internalize the values of someone who is oppressing you,” as Glenn puts it. This issue features essays related to that theme, and includes...
...course, this is all speculation. The tournament championship and the lone NCAA berth are both up for grabs this weekend, and any of the five teams could be the taker. Certainly there are favorites heading in to the tournament, but as Vermont clearly proved last Sunday, nobody is safe...