(image via Ken Geiger/National Geographic)
"At least part of the mystery of Stonehenge may have now been solved: it was from the beginning a monument to the dead ... New radiocarbon dates from human cremation burials in and around brooding stones on Salisbury Plain in England indicate that the site was used as a cemetery from 3000 B. C. well into its zenith around 2500 B.C., British archaeologists reported on Thursday." (NYTimes)
"The World Security Institute's Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is a non-profit news organization founded in 1996 - at the cusp, serendipitously, of the internet era -- promoting under-reported international stories. Twelve years later we live in a world where coverage of celebrity gossip regularly competes with international news coverage on television and in the dwindling pages of newspapers. The Center's goal, especially today, is something we can all get behind, namely, 'to raise the standards of global affairs reporting, reach a diverse American public and broaden international news consumption.' Now, more than ever, as foreign newspaper bureaus are closing, and international news coverage is in decline, important stories are slipping through the grid." (RonMwangaguhunga/Kenneth Cole's AWEARNESS Blog)
"Last night, we found red-headed supermodel Karen Elson at an intimate dinner in the West Village celebrating the virtual launch of the House of Lavande, a high-end vintage couture jewelry line that started as founder Tracy Smith's personal collection. Ms. Elson was co-hosting with trapeze artist Sarah Sophie Flicker. (The two also perform together at The Citizens Band, a political cabaret troupe.)" (Observer)
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