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Ongoing through Feb. 27. Willo von Moltke: Architect, Urban Designer and Teacher. Open Mon.-Thu., 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Gund Hall Gallery, Graduate School of Design. Free...
...Alex Krieger, Professor in Practice of Urban Design...
...from the bombings, intense fighting has erupted in the mountainous south between the military and Abu Sayyaf rebels, who have joined with renegades of the Moro National Liberation Front (M.N.L.F.), a Muslim guerrilla group that once agitated for an independent state. Abu Sayyaf, moreover, has promised further attacks in urban areas. "We will find ways and means to inflict more harm," Sulaiman told the radio host...
...Buddha brought consolation to many people as he traveled around North India in the 6th century B.C. This was a time when the old tribal societies were cracking up, a new urban civilization was emerging, along with fast-expanding human desires, and rulers dreaming of empire were waging destructive wars. The Buddha was one of the many new agnostic thinkers in North India who responded to the suffering of people uprooted from their tradition-bound worlds. But he didn't diagnose this suffering in sociological abstractions, as a consequence of social and economic injustice, widening racial or class gaps...
...call them trend chasers. For the first time in 22 years, the U.S. Army is updating its wardrobe. To better disguise soldiers hustling among desert, forest and urban environments, as they must do in Iraq, the Army is spending $3.4 billion on new multipurpose fatigues. The revamped uniform of muted camouflage shades, below, replaces the standard green, above, as well as desert and cold-weather fatigues. The new duds substitute Velcro and zippers for buttons, which used to snag on gear. Those are just some of the 22 changes the Army has made. The soldiers' favorite updates...