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Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river by James Fair on 4 May 2021 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 economic land concessions for the development of commercial plantations and tourist infrastructure. NGOs in Cambodia are said to be unwilling to spe...

NETFLIX’S star-studded film The Dig highlights the exciting discovery of a great Saxon treasure at Sutton Hoo in 1939. A few years earlier in 1932 Winchester had its own moment of excitement when excavation at Olivers Battery unearthed one of Hampshires finest Dark Age treasures, the Winchester hanging bowl. For many years it was held by the British Museum, but is now in the City Museum, Winchester. The full story of its discovery by a local archaeologist can be googled and read in a Hamp...

The book that put Nat Turner on the cover of Newsweek magazine in the autumn of 1967 had its origins in the oral and written traditions of Tidewater Virginia. Styron traced his interest in the subject of slavery to the stories his grandmother—who had owned slaves—told him as a child growing up in Newport News. He first read about Nat Turner in a grammar school textbook in the mid-1930s. After reading the original “Confessions” late in the 1940s, Styron began to consider the possibiliti...

Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens head gardener and cemeteries manager Franzi Cheeseman (left) with Michael Portillo Memorial gardens in Bucks are set to feature in a popular BBC TV series. Presenter Michael Portillo’s visit to Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens, dubbed “Buckinghamshire’s hidden gem”, will be screened next week. The production team of Great British Railway Journeys visited the gardens while filming the 12th series, which focuses on Britain between the World Wars and the 1930...

If that chart alone doesn’t get your  “Spidey senses” tingling, I am not sure what will. However, I have a few more charts to share with you. Technical Deviations In the short term, fundamentals don’t matter. Such is because over a few days, weeks, or even months, what drives prices higher or lower is the psychology of investors. As such, we can look at technical deviations to determine how exuberant or not the market currently is. For moving averages to exist, prices must trade both ...

Why commerce is a job-oriented course? Check emerging trends, scope and other details Commerce is a job-oriented course and most of these jobs come with a high salary tag. Check career options available for commerce stream students. advertisement Explained: What are the career options available for commerce stream students? Commerce education is the bedrock of an economy today as it is closely linked to business, trade, and industry. It stresses developing people to make optimum utilization of ...

An Altoona-based nonprofit is looking to bring a military history and resource center to Bedford County. The Greater Pennsylvania Military Preservation Association has a storefront display set up on the corner of Juliana Street and Central Way promoting the proposed center that would serve as a tourist attraction for the community and a hub of information for area veterans. “If everything goes to plan, we can have a real nice facility here in Bedford County,” said Thomas Gray, a 20-ye...

Despite Correction, Investors Are Exuberant Despite the recent correction in the markets, leading to a hedge fund imploding, investors remain exuberant. The hopes for more stimulus, government spending, and Fed liquidity displace fears of a correction. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Before we get into the technical review of the markets, I thought Jason Zweig summed up the current environment well. “This isn’t a bull market or...

This weeks feature album is the debut release from Alex Albrecht Campfire Stories. The ten-track release features collaborations with label and production partner Sean LaBrooy, Allysha Joy (30/70), Thomas Gray, Ziggy Zeitgeist (ZFEX) and Carla Oliver (Badskin). Since 2014 Alex Albrecht has been working with Sean LaBrooy as Albrecht LaBrooy, releasing an array of material across various labels. Their music is deep, hypnotic and straddles the emotive side of house, techno and ambient.  On Camp...

In 1742, poet Thomas Gray wrote, “Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise”. But Gray did not mean what we have since assumed: that ignorance is literally bliss. Instead, he referred to being ignorant as a child and therefore being able to enjoy the wonders of life, without having to bear the considerable burden of adult responsibilities.