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...Weaver had leading roles in 40 films, including Orson Welles' Touch of Evil and the 1971 highway thriller Duel, directed by an up-and-comer named Steven Spielberg. A committed environmentalist, Weaver spent the past 16 years living in an Earthship--a 10,000-sq.-ft. house made of tin cans and tires...
...bands had to create homemade amplification systems for their drums and “likembé” thumb pianos. They made microphones from old car parts, new electric guitars from cast-offs, and junk percussion from whatever they could find to keep the beat—hubcaps, tin cans, glass bottles. Last year, Konono No.1—a tradi-modern Congolese group—brought the makeshift sounds to a world audience when they released their “Congotronics” album. It quickly became required listening for every DJ and music collector on the block...
What would the most advanced, most forward-looking, most self-assured country in history do without its periodic crises of confidence? In 1957 the Soviets put a tin can into space, and the U.S. thought the sky was falling. In the 1980s we began crying into our soup because Sony was selling so many nifty Trinitrons. "American decline" was all the fashion until the vaunted Japanese model of tight organization and industrial planning took a nosedive and a bunch of twentysomething Americans tinkering in their garages created untold wealth and took over the world...
...money is needed to rebuild homes and schools and to provide medical care for the sick and injured. The weather has been relatively dry so far. But with temperatures in areas above 1,500 m now dipping to -8?C, shelter is an immediate concern. There aren't enough tin sheets, a construction staple, to go around. At higher elevations, only about 10% of residents have them, says Sardar Rafiq of the U.K.-based NGO Islamic Relief. Many do have tents?the Pakistani government has distributed more than 245,000 of them?but they will be "useless," says Rafiq...
...Kong waterfront. Don't miss it, or the stunning fireworks display scheduled for Jan. 30 at Victoria Harbour?the pyrotechnics draw an audience of half a million to the city's shoreline. Less chaotic are the Chinese New Year Races, held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Sha Tin track on Jan. 31. Local punters say that a win on this day will bring betting luck all year round. But even if your horse doesn't come in, the trackside buzz and the roar of the crowd will be enough to get tails wagging. For more information, visit discoverhongkong.com...