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...Until the festival in 2002, we thought there are perhaps two or three other bands like us in Tehran," says Payman Mazaheri, singer of the now-dissolved band Fara, whose song "Mosquito" won first place. "All of a sudden we realized that kids across Tehran were all hard at work making rock music. It was motivating," he adds nostalgically. Unable to receive permits, Fara ultimately dissolved as band members had to go about making a living. The only top-ranking band from the 2002 contest that has survived financially is 127, and it has done so in part by touring...
...life," says Private Matt Collins, as he fries a fresh batch in an empty artillery can. The makeshift stove is fueled with wood salvaged from packing crates. Bread rolls stuffed with canned cheese and chilies are laid out on a stretcher to rise. The flour is sifted through a mosquito net. Once the doughnuts are done the bread rolls will be next; they are closed in a metal box that once held illumination rounds and placed over the smoldering embers...
Teams will work to prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, as well as diarrhea and other outbreaks that can spread quickly in the wake of natural disasters because of a lack of clean water and sanitation...
...Have you ever had a role in which your views are the opposite of the character you portray? -Peg Wimberly, Victorville, calif.In The Mosquito Coast I played a role only called Mother. She was always in the kitchen and supporting her husband, never arguing. The way I got my head around it was that I had recently played Morgana in Excalibur, who was the male fantasy of the evil, sexually voracious witch woman. So I thought, Cool, I can play the two sides of the coin of male fantasy about women...
...been less than 10 years since this land was nothing but farms and mosquito-infested swamps. The truth is, there are days even now when it still feels a little lonely. Tens of thousands of square feet of retail space have already gone up, about half of which sit empty, at least for now. On most days this past summer there was so little traffic on the streets in town that drivers didn't pay attention to the traffic lights - except, that is, the student drivers from the Li Zhong Driving School, who creep slowly down the town's wide...