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Though admittedly hard to believe, some people on campus have dared to express concern at the use of the word “holocaust” in such a context. “Being of Jewish descent,” said one student speaking on condition of anonymity, “I find it somewhat offensive that he would use such a public forum to wrestle with the history of a word like holocaust since it conjures up so many painful images and even memories for so many people...
...work is about much more than pretty pictures. The Parisbased photographer has assigned himself "the toughest project" - the open-ended task of recording the earth's environment as a benchmark for the future and accompanying his photos with words and statistics that place his images in a decidedly environmentalist context. "My job is to do a very strong picture that will give an emotional response," he says. "And the text is very, very important. My picture is nothing without it. The message is important." The message is sustainable development, and respecting people and nature alike by changing production and consumption...
...drama of the holocaust, these two-volume works have many noticeable parallels. Both use the plight of a stricken family member to fuel a story that goes back and forth in time, examining the repercussions on the author. Both have a deeply-informed sense of personal history within the context of world events and culture, making sense of the relationship between the two. Lastly, both use the medium of comics to further the meaning of the work, creating a unique and lasting contribution to the art form...
STRESS-HORMONE BOOST Responding to signals from the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, the adrenal glands pump out high levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Too much cortisol shortcircuits the cells in the hippocampus, making it difficult to organize the memory of a trauma or stressful experience. Memories lose their context and become fragmented...
...subcontinental context, that kind of statement is a license for the killings to continue. According to diplomatic sources, the burden of the crisis made Vajpayee unwell. Adds Vinod Mehta, editor-in-chief of the Indian weekly Outlook magazine, Advani and his supporters used the illness to gather the party's hard-line core and read him the riot act. "The party basically gave him no room to maneuver," says Mehta. "He knew he could have lost his job and he had neither the spirit nor the physical strength to fight back. So he just gave up his moderate stance...