What happens right before you die

Earlier this week, Antonio Basco invited the public to the funeral of his wife, Marjorie Reckard, killed in the El Paso shooting. The funeral happened on Friday, and hundreds turned out. The Perches Funeral Home made a Facebook post on Tuesday sharing a picture of Basco, telling his story. "Mr. Antonio Basco was Married for 22yrs to his wife Margie Reckard, He had no other family. He welcomes anyone to attend his Wife's services. On Friday August 16th, Perches Funeral Home Northeast on 4946 Hondo Pass from 5-9pm. Let's show him & his Wife some El Paso Love. #EPSTRONG ," the post said. The Facebook post went viral, and though the funeral parlor holds about 200 guests, pictures shared on Twitter by journalist John R. Stanton show people lining up around the block. "Line outside the La Paz Faith center in El Paso for the memorial service of Marjorie Reckard, who was killed in the El Paso shooting. Her husband Antonio Basco, invited the public because they have no family. … [Read more...] about Hundreds turn out for the funeral of an El Paso shooting victim after widower invites public because he had no living family

Actor Bae Doo-na [NETFLIX] Actor Bae Doo-na, who has worked on Hollywood sci-fi projects such as “Cloud Atlas” (2012) and “Jupiter Ascending” (2015) and television series “Sense8” (2015-18) says that she couldn’t be more proud of her latest work — Netflix Korea’s highly anticipated sci-fi original series “The Silent Sea” which was released on the platform on Dec. 24. Although Netflix Korea has been continuously seeing global success, starting with writer Kim Eun-hee’s “Kingdom” (2019-) series and director Lee Eung-bok’s “Sweet Home” (2020), no one could have anticipated the new wave of attention on Korean content that “Squid Game” would bring. “Squid Game” became the most-watched Netflix content of all time with some 140 million viewers around the globe, while director Yeon Sang-ho’s first Netflix project “Hellbound” debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s daily list of most-viewed TV shows in the world. This is why the bar was set high for “The Silent Sea” — which is the first sci-fi … [Read more...] about Bae Doo-na’s hopes for Korean content go to infinity and beyond

“I had asked for a boat and a forest outpost for Molai Kathoni. It’s been years and am still waiting,” says Padma Shri environmentalist and forestry worker Jadav Payeng. Called the 'Forest Man of India', Payeng has dedicated nearly 42 years of his life taking care of the Molai woods – a forested area spread over 550 hectares of land. It is located along a barren sandbar of Majuli, the world’s largest river island in Assam, about 28 kilometres from Jorhat town. He has been planting saplings since 1979, transforming the wasteland into a heavily wooded landscape -- large enough to see the return of wildlife in the area. But it has been a lot more difficult than he ever imagined. Now, he seeks the help of local communities and the government to preserve his forest. In the past few weeks, Jadav Payeng has been battling floods to visit the forest even as extensive soil erosion continues to threaten its survival. His daughter, Munumi Payeng, often helps her father in the forest. The … [Read more...] about India’s ‘Forest Man’ Wants Assam’s Erosion-prone Molai Woods to Become a Community Reserve