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...battle, in 412, Changsu erected a monumental stone stela to honor the fallen King's military accomplishments. The Kwanggaet'o stela remains Ji'an's most controversial and popular attraction. Ever since the stela's rediscovery by Chinese officials in the late 19th century, the interpretation of its text has been a source of dispute between Chinese, Korean and Japanese scholars. The Japanese claim that the carefully etched script in classical Chinese is confirmation of their 4th century presence on the peninsula, something that doesn't sit well with Koreans, especially in light of Japan's more recent history...
Followers of the Chinese spiritual practice Falun Gong often use high-tech tools to spread their message in China, where the sect is banned. But the group's latest tactic--overriding Chinese satellite Sinosat 1 and replacing its regular programming for 10 minutes last week with fuzzy text reading "Falun Dafa Is Good"--stunned government officials with its sophistication. (Falun Dafa is the name given to the group's beliefs.) To pull off the feat, the activists needed a nearly 30-ft. satellite dish plus about $1 million worth of equipment that would fire a perfectly tuned beam at Sinosat...
...window on your computer monitor RealOne can deliver exclusive streaming audio and video, such as archived clips of Elton John, the Police and U2, from the bbc's The Old Grey Whistle Test, a TV rock show from the '70s and '80s. An adjoining window displays text information about the video. Another window allows users to surf the Web - or even work - as the video plays, while a fourth features a personalized list of things to play or listen to. The idea is to marry the best of TV with the Web. And charge for it. RealNetworks, a Seattle-based...
People who were strangers to prophecy don't always find as much comfort there. When Dave Cheadle, a Denver lay pastor at an inner-city ministry, sent out an Internet letter after 9/11 suggesting that Revelation was the relevant text for understanding what was happening, he got a huge--and frightened--response: "People were asking themselves whether they were ready to die. Very sane, well-educated people have gone back to the storm-cellar thing to make sure they have water and freeze-dried stuff in their basements." Some had trouble reconciling their warm image of a merciful God with...
...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 habits. Humans, says Arthus- Bertrand, have made their mark everywhere on the planet, particularly in the past 50 years. Through...