In the course of less than 4 years, the Kymer Rouge exterminated more than 3,000,000 of its 7,700,000 fellow Cambodians. It did so with a determination and brutality rarely matched in living memory. Further, it did so with the cynical support of the United States, the United Kingdom and other western nations that have suffered the wrath of world wars on their own soil. Even neighboring Thailand found ways to benefit from this systematic extermination.
Einsiedeln Abbey Church: Baroque Survivor of the Reformation
This heavily decorated church is a rare survivor of the iconoclasm of Huldrych Zwingli’s Swiss Reformation.
Science: More Fascinating than Fantasy!
What’s new in science? Syeda Sumayya Tariq takes us on a brief tour of some of the decade’s most exciting scientific discoveries, including a potential new Earth!
Last of the Headhunters
We sit with the last of the headhunters. Deep in the mountain jungles of Sarawak in north Borneo, one hour upstream from the nearest township, darkness has fallen and we have just witnessed a warrior dancing demonstration on grass mats inside the Iban tribe’s traditional longhouse which holds 20 families – about 200 people.
Jessica’s Head
Sure the specimen had been nibbled by a few rodents and one or two bug larvae had migrated their way across the face…but considering how old it was the head looked surprisingly good.
Algae: Turning Pollution to Power
Algae’s ability to both capture and convert the energy of the sun makes it one of the most promising biofuel solutions in sight. Simultaneously producing natural oils while consuming the pollutants in waste-water, algae is one of the “greenest” ways to fuel the future.
The Story Behind The Story
Eyes glazing over, I stare at the library stacks. 940.5318. Two shelves stuffed full of books about the Holocaust and accounts of Allied soldiers. The cruelties inflicted upon human beings are heartbreaking. I denounce the evils of Hitler and his followers, but the shelves do not easily reveal this other story that I am seeking—an explanation of what my father’s family went through.
Cheaper Cremations Increase Art Glass Production in Canada
Tied to the earliest religions, the act of burying their dead is how many people make sense of life. The body that ‘returns to dust’ completes the cycle and allows sufficient room for mysticism and hope for the soul’s eternal salvation.
Healing Two Wounded Souls: A Review of “The Prince of Tides”
Barbra Streisand directed and stars in this compelling tale of an encounter between two wounded souls that leads to healing.
Edge of Reality: In Reverie on Steven Van
Vestiges repetition the modern clashing even resisting the next, inevitable stage. Language for the eyes but what is that language conveying?
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