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March 6, 2015
East Asia Regional Council of Schools
Woohoo! I’m going to Bangkok in October to speak at EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Schools conference), and plan to be working/writing in Asia for November/December (it was way to cold in Cleveland this winter–and winter hasn’t ended). If anyone out there in FB-Asia-sphere are in need of a visiting speaker on Cambodia, writing, activism–feel free to contact me. Peace & thank you!
Holocaust Survivor Band
BY Joshua Z. Weinstein | Mar. 3, 2015 | 4:54
This short documentary profiles two elderly Holocaust survivors in Florida who recently formed their own klezmer band.
February 25, 2015
Cambodian architect’s legacy the focus of a new documentary
By Bo Hill
pdated Sat at 6:42amSat 21 Feb 2015, 6:42am
It would be difficult to walk around the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, without coming across an example of the magic of Vann Molyvann.
February 5, 2015
Why the Tonle Sap River Is Unlike Any Other River in the World
Conde Nast Traveler: 2/2/2015
In this week’s Maphead column, Ken Jennings explains how one river in Cambodia ends up changing direction a few times every year–the only river in the world that flows both way!
February 3, 2015
Why Cambodians Never Get ‘Depressed’
NPR, FEB 2, 2015
People in Cambodia experience what we Americans call depression. But there’s no direct translation for the word “depression” in the Cambodian Khmer language. Instead, people may say thelea tdeuk ceut, which literally means “the water in my heart has fallen.”
February 2, 2015
Happy Monday!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.…
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
~Dr. Seuss
Girl Rising Now Streaming on Netflix!
Hey All! For those of you who’ve written to ask about this, fyi, Girl Rising can now be streamed on Netflix! 
http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Girl-Rising/70271594
Cambodia’s Healing Fields
Land mines once crippled a war-ravaged Cambodia. Today the nation is a model for how to recover from this scourge.
By Mark Jenkins
Phototograph by Lynn Johnson
Delicately brushing away the soil with his fingers, Aki Ra uncovers a dark green land mine buried two inches beneath the overgrown dirt road. The size of a large soup can, the mine was planted by the Khmer Rouge about 15 years ago on this ox track in northwestern Cambodia—the most densely mined region of one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.
January 16, 2015
New Species of Legless Amphibian Found in Cambodia
A new species of legless amphibian resembling a giant earthworm or a snake has been discovered in a remote but threatened area of Cambodian rainforest, conservationists said on Friday.
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