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There are no trees more than 10 ft. tall on Easter Island. That's not its most famous mystery--there's the little matter of those giant brooding statues--but it is kind of weird. Easter Island is less forested than any other island in Polynesia. What happened to the trees? And what, for that matter, caused the islanders themselves to die off almost completely...
...This trend once alarmed China's Communist leadership. In 1993, the government banned public Christmas celebrations (as well as those for Easter and April Fools' Day). These days, the government has backed off and sees benefit in consumer-led economic growth. That translates into blinking lights and plastic wreaths for anyone who can afford them, and lots of waitresses dressed in Santa's red-and-whites that show a bit of leg. (Nativity scenes and other overtly religious displays are still forbidden by government decree.) Some restaurants in Beijing offer $300-a-plate Christmas dinners that newspapers deride as "money...
...breakfast," she writes in the introduction. "But Feast is not just about big-deal special occasions: it's about the way we use food to celebrate life." It is indeed; Lawson offers menus for holidays and rites of passage big and small, including Christmas, Thanksgiving, Eid, Hanukkah, Passover and Easter. The most fun is a Valentine's Day repast with options for a meal at the table...
...that drive-by shooting raid on a rival gang, or you can grab a car at random and simply explore the state of San Andreas. The designers at Rockstar have packed the cities of Los Santos and San Fiero (a.k.a. Los Angeles and San Francisco) with hundreds of Easter egg--like surprises for many happy days of hunting. You can get your head shaved at the barber's, pump up your muscles at a gym, grab a bucket of wings at the Clucking Bell drive-through and go watch the sun set over Verona Beach. How much crime you commit...
...world's oldest Christian communities, dating back 2,000 years. The population includes Chaldean Assyrians (Eastern-rite Catholics who recognize the Pope's authority); Assyrians, who form an independent church; Syrian Catholics; and Armenian Catholics. Under Saddam, Christians coexisted more or less amicably with the Muslim majority. Easter services were broadcast on state television, and Christians were allowed to own and operate liquor stores...