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House Decorations of the Basotho Women
The Basotho women’s art of house decoration: Litema “The word Litema (pronounced as “di-the-ma”) is derived from the word “ho lema” which means to cultivate, and “tema”, which denotes a ploughed field. The geometric patterns appeared initially on the inside of dwellings and it was only in the 19th century that it appeared on the outside…
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Sunday Prayer
New Songs The afternoon says: “I’m thirsty for shadow!” And the moon: “I want stars.” The crystal fountain asks for lips, the wind, for sighs. I’m thirsty for scents and for laughter. Thirsty for new songs without irises or moons, without dead loves. A morning song that can shiver quiet backwaters of the future and…
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Invisibility Cloak Fast Becoming a Reality
In The Mail Online, James Rush provides fascinating information on an invisibility cloak, designed by scientists, that is big enough to hide a human or a satellite orbiting earth. Can the search for Planet Q’onoS be far behind? Over the last ten years scientists have investigated two main ways of creating invisibility cloaks, according to the MIT Technology…
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“Is There At the Heart of Spirituality a Powerful, Redemptive, and Transformative Idea?”
In his recent article “Think Spirituality Is Easy? Think Again…” Roger Gottlieb asks “Is there at the heart of spirituality a powerful, redemptive, and transformative idea?” He believes there is: “… one that is simply expressed but often excruciatingly hard to put into practice. The idea is this: our lives will be far happier, in an…
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New Flu Vaccines Contain Genetically Modified Protiens
A new vaccine for influenza has hit the market, and it is the first ever to contain genetically-modified (GM) proteins derived from insect cells. According to reports, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the vaccine, known as Flublok, which contains recombinant DNA technology and an insect virus known as baculovirus that is purported…
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Tupelo Press Launches New Literary Magazine and Poetry Contest
For all the poets who visit: The North Adams, Massachusetts–based Tupelo Press has announced the launch of a new online literary magazine, Tupelo Quarterly, and with it an inaugural poetry contest. The winner will receive one thousand dollars and publication in the first issue of Tupelo Quarterly. The prize is currently open for submissions. Using the online submission manager,…
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Pliosaurus Kevani
It’s the most fearsome creature that ever lived and could have devoured a Tyranosaurus-Rex for breakfast… and it is called Kevan. The Pliosaurus kevani, to give it its proper name, ruled the oceans 150million years ago. Equipped with a massive jaw studded with 12in teeth, the ‘sea rex’ had the biggest bite in history. The…
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Agroecology – A Potentially World-Saving Concept
In his recent article “How to Feed the World” on the World Policy Blog, Alvaro Rodriguez notes that our current industrial food system is failing to feed the world. Today roughly 15 percent of the world’s population, some 1 billion people, goes hungry. At the same time, fertilizer overuse remains a major cause of environmental…
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