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...Danube used to be surrounded by 26,000 sq km of meadows that acted as a buffer for flooding waters. Now only 6,000 sq km of meadows remain, the rest having been turned into farmland or housing developments. Last week the Danube rose 6 m above its normal levels in some places. With about half of Europe's population already living along rivers, it's doubtful that large tracts will be restored to grassland. More and better river management may be the only option. But Tockner says "those measures give people a false sense of security." He argues that...
...born HIV-positive, was mistreated. "Parents wanted him to have his own isolated seat on the school bus, and even his own bathroom at school," recalls Willenson. He made it his mission to create a summer camp that would offer the Nile Sandeens of the world a week of "normal childhood" during which they could experience fun like ordinary kids before they died. "I predicted I'd lose them all, one by one," says Willenson, whom campers call "Noodles...
...loved my Dad as a family friend and called him Baba, but I didn't really know who he was in relation to me. Everything came all at once - the father, the music. Partly it was just fun. When you're that young, you take whatever happens as normal...
...Murakami's After the Quake, a collection of six stories set in Japan immediately following the 1995 earthquake that ravaged the city of Kobe and gave a psychic jolt to the entire nation. In Murakami's novels, including A Wild Sheep Chase and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, a normal guy often experiences a life-changing event, usually with the help of some fantastical device. Ultimately, his struggle is psychological, and so it is in these short stories. Katagiri, for instance, needs giant insects to help him realize he must battle his personal frustrations before they destroy...
While we are being partially compensated for the changes to our sublet arrangement (our rent has been cut in half—making the cost ridiculously low relative to normal rates in Washington), my roommate and I certainly would have never agreed in advance to this cramped and undesirable living arrangement, no matter the price. My roommate does note, however, that the savings do significantly augment our beer budget...