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...peak called Merapi, which literally means "fire mountain." For centuries villagers living on its slopes and base have pledged their fate to Merapi, not just because it's an active volcano but because it provides fertile soil for them to grow food and raise cattle, and sand and stone for them to build their homes. Every year they bring Merapi gifts of food, tobacco and clothing, both to appease it and to seek its protection. The volcano even has a caretaker, appointed by a former sultan of the nearby royal city of Yogyakarta, to ensure that offerings are made...
...University. Now 15 to 20 students each year, about 7% of the senior class, choose to enroll in a variety of institutions, including a culinary school and several technical academies. For Ferszt, who plans to transfer to Florida International University in Miami in August, the move was "a stepping stone," she says. "I wasn't ready to go away to college, but I was ready for more freedom...
...built iron globes and trellises for the Emperor--astronomical instruments that at the time were considered cutting-edge technology. That approach didn't work: a later Emperor banned all Christian missionary activity, sending the clerics packing. He kept the Vatican's gifts, however, on a tower overlooking the thick stone walls that once protected the city from unwelcome outsiders...
Several new stores will soon open in Harvard Square, including a Cold Stone Creamery and Little Caesar’s Pizza...
...addition to Cold Stone and Little Caesar’s, the shopping center will house a Mexican restaurant, a hair salon, a Cingular Wireless Store, and a branch of a local bank...