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Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

Francis Parker Exploring Southeast Asia

Tuesday, Feb. 10: The Road to Recovery As we piled onto the familiar red bus after another delicious breakfast, Mr. Long, our guide, began to prepare us for our first destination with a little history. Agent Orange: accounting for nearly twelve of the estimated seventeen million gallons sprayed over Vietnam, the herbicide was one of eleven used by the United… [Read Full Article]
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Monday, December 08th, 2014

36 Hours in Phnom Penh

Click on photo above to view video. On Norodom Boulevard, one of Phnom Penh’s oldest arteries, a huge, new LED screen dramatically outlines the tiered eaves of the Buddhist temple Wat Langka in shadow. Around the corner, the recently erected, towering statue of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, founding father of modern-day Cambodia, looks on as teenagers dressed like K-pop… [Read Full Article]
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Monday, May 05th, 2014

Cambodia Trip - Mira Costa High School

Mustang Morning News(click to view video)Cambodia Tripby Aili David on May 2, 2014 in Arts & Life, PeopleDuring spring vacation 2014, some Costa students went on a trip to Cambodia with the goal of producing several documentaries on social injustices in the country such as sex-trafficking, traditional living arts, and landmines. Students toured around to historical sites as well as serving people in need along the… [Read Full Article]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

Street Life of Cambodia

Michael HernandezMichael teaches cinematic arts and broadcast journalism in Los Angeles.www.cinehead.comOn a recent visit to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, I was impressed with the improvisational nature of street life.  Scooters weave between each other at intersections without signal lights, trash stacked in piles on sidewalks at night is neatly swept up in the morning, and street vendors cook noodles at… [Read Full Article]
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Monday, April 28th, 2014

Cambodia: Spirituality of the everyday

Cambodia:  Spirituality of the everyday.Michael HernandezMichael teaches cinematic arts and broadcast journalism in Los Angeles.www.cinehead.comThe resilience and optimism of the Buddhist culture of Cambodia left a lasting impression on this non-religious westerner--one of humbleness, awareness of the world around me and a sense of the temporary nature of all things. Whether it was the genocide at the hands of the… [Read Full Article]
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