Dialogue starts from the courageous willingness to know and be known by others. It is the painstaking and persistent effort to remove all obstacles that obscure our common humanity. Daisaku Ikeda

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Cézanne ‘vader van de moderne kunst’ DEN HAAG (ANP) – In het Gemeentemuseum in Den Haag is vanaf zaterdag de tentoonstelling Cézanne – Picasso – Mondriaan te zien. Het is voor het eerst sinds 1956 dat in Nederland weer werk te zien is van de beroemde Franse schilder Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), die wordt gezien als…

> Astronomy Picture of the Day Herschel Views the Milky WayCredit: ESA, SPIRE & PACS Consortia Explanation: With a 3.5 meter diameter mirror, larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, Herschel is ESA’s new infrared observatory. The space-based telescope is named for German-born British astronomer Frederick William Herschel who discovered infrared light over 200 years ago.…

Astronomy Picture of the Day Herschel Views the Milky WayCredit: ESA, SPIRE & PACS Consortia Explanation: With a 3.5 meter diameter mirror, larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, Herschel is ESA’s new infrared observatory. The space-based telescope is named for German-born British astronomer Frederick William Herschel who discovered infrared light over 200 years ago. In…

> Words of Wisdom Gratitude makes a person modest. A sense of gratitude expands the heart.

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Words of Wisdom Gratitude makes a person modest. A sense of gratitude expands the heart.

Fireball Meteor Over GroningenCredit & Copyright: Robert Mikaelyan Explanation: The brilliant fireball meteor captured in this snapshot was a startling visitor to Tuesday evening’s twilight skies over the city of Groningen. In fact, sightings of the meteor, as bright as the Full Moon, were widely reported throughout the Netherlands and Germany at approximately 17:00 UT.…

>Volop zelfkastijding in kloosters jaren zestig. In Nederlandse kloosters is er tot in de jaren zestig volop aan religieuze tuchtiging gedaan. Duizenden gelovigen kastijdden zichzelf, vastten streng of ondergingen bij een misstap zware straffen, tot grote schrik van nieuwkomers. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van theoloog en godsdienstpsycholoog Emke Bosgraaf. De wetenschapper van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen…