Who is Geoffrey Burbidge?

Denise Low's comparative review of two translations of the extensive Mayan creation mythistory from the journal SAIL. An excellent background for comprehending 2000 Years of Mayan Literature. Scroll down once in the link, the article is mid-point.

In the Popol Vuh: The Maya thought we were first made by gods from clay, those built crumbled once dried, then they attempted wood, and were living but possessed no long-term memory, then they used masa, the corn seed, and we sprang into present form.

Operation Sandy tested the feasibility of launching rockets from the sea, and its testing of a V-2 launch from the steel-deck of the USS Midway was its first success. The V-2, spoils of the U.S.'s conquering of western, coastal Germany and its Peenemund rocket testing base, was the only model shot from sea. The newsreel link is unavailable on YouTube and is excellent.

The conscious conquest of the sky continues in Dubai. Despite all rational fears, humans are sky-reachers, yearning to defy gravity at almost all costs: the Tower was renamed for Khalifa, the leader of the UAE that is saving the finances of Dubai.