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Pet dogs produce a larger volume of tears when they are reunited with their owners than with acquaintances, possibly because of surging oxytocin levels--findings that could be the first evidence of emotional crying in nonhuman animals.
Mongolia is a land of stunning natural beauty, from sweeping grasslands to the Gobi desert, to canyons and ancient seabeds and snow-capped mountains…
The Allure of Antique Persian Camelhair Carpets (Part 2) Rugs woven from camelhair were produced in very limited quantities and are highly prized today by collectors of 19th century Persian. By Jan David Winitz, President & founder OAKLAND, CA .- In Part One, I introduced camelhair rugs, a little-known subgroup of antique Persian carpets that has always been extremely popular among my clients at Claremont Rug Company. I also covered at length the two villages accounting for the greatest number of these luxurious pieces, the Northwest Persian village of Bakshaish, the creator of magnificent, ...
Now streaming on: The film retains all of its power, in the story of a miners' strike in Kentucky where the company employed armed goons to escort scabs into the mines, and the most effective picketers were the miners' wives -- articulate, indominable, courageous. It contains a famous scene where guns are fired at the strikers in the darkness before dawn, and Kopple and her cameraman are knocked down and beaten. "I found out later that they planned to kill us that day," Kopple said later, in a discussion I chaired at the Filmmakers' Lodge. "They wanted to knock us out because they didn't want...
Byambasuren Davaa’s gorgeous-looking drama examines the rituals and traditions of Mongolia as their very existence comes under threat