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The Beauty and Education Offered by Cemeteries Commentary Since my adolescence I have loved churchyards and cemeteries. I still find entry to them as irresistibly tempting as to bookshops. Cemeteries are a spur to the imagination; they are an education in the tragic dimension of life and hence are a consolation. They instill gratitude and a sense of proportion. They are often beautiful; they are peaceful havens in even the busiest or most frantic of towns or cities. They are reserves of wildlif...

Crocodylus siamensis), and Cambodia’s largest concentration of Asian elephants ( Elephas maximus). Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) are critically endangered. Image by Frendi Apen Irawan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SS 2.0). The first biodiversity survey of the Cardamom Mountains in 2000 found that although they cover just 6% of Cambodia’s land mass, they account for most of Cambodia’s large mammal species and half of Cambodia’s known bird, reptile and amphibian species. On the coast, t...

O alvorecer da poesia Alex Medeiros  alexmedeiros1959@gmail.com Não são poucos os leitores que me abordam, pessoal ou virtualmente, indagando se eu ainda tenho o caderno azul que tantas vezes já citei nos contos da época adolescente que vivi entre os bairros das Quintas e da Candelária. Eu tinha o caderno, da marca Caderflex, repleto de quadrinhas, sextilhas, decassílabos, alexandrinos, versos pé-quebrado e alguns arremedos de sonetos que eu fazia lendo os livros parnasianos da bibliote...

Wilma “Sandy” Brown Peveler, 73, of Port Orange, Fla., passed away on Friday, May 21, 2021, at her home.

Cambodia’s Botum Sakor National Park is already riddled with concessions. Now officials are building an industrial zone and coal power plant

Ann W. Gray, an educator who headed the preschool at Garrison Forest School, has died at 88.

150 Years Ago Thingummy found: A thingummy is the after-part of a fashionable lady’s outfit, and which Charley Cavanaugh calls a “lady’s back-action.” It is constructed of brown merino, lined with black, has a gathered du-flipper overhanging the upper portion and is surmounted by a bow of the former material. Its caliber is exactly twenty-six inches from hook to eye. 140 Years Ago All sorts: The ladies of the Episcopal Church will hold their strawberry festival at the Opera House. Mr. Y...

12th May 2021 Fresh frozen pasta brand Beroni has secured its second major listing after Ocado confirmed it will be stocking the product with immediate effect. The online grocer will sell all three varieties of the pasta – penne, fusilli and macaroni – in recyclable 1kg bags (RRP: £3). It follows the brand’s first multiple listing with Waitrose in January. Beroni fresh frozen pasta is described as a “restaurant quality al dente pasta” that can be made at home, with no preservatives o...

by James Fair Since the late 1990s, the Cambodian government has granted at least nine private companies Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) within the park for commercial crop plantations such as acacia and sugar cane, ecotourism and general infrastructure developments. Botum Sakor National Park in southern Cambodia has lost at least 30,000 hectares of forest over the past three decades. Decades of environmental degradation go back to the late 1990s when the Cambodian government began handing out...

A-Z Home Health Boosts     HayMax anti-allergy balm (£6.99 from Boots) is a natural beeswax that’s applied around the rim of the nostrils to prevent pollen, dander and dust mites from entering the body.     Eaten something too hot? Pop an ice cube in your mouth to soothe and alleviate the damage. Then dab the affected area with a cooled, wet, black tea bag. The tannin released has a pain-relieving effect (and helps heal cold sores too).     Trials show home remedies are more effective ...