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China signals it could soften its zero-Covid policy, but there are more questions than answers
China signals it could soften its zero-Covid policy, but there are more questions than answers By Paul Misfud China has sent the clearest indication yet that it may try to relax its strict zero-Covid policy, which has disrupted daily life, strained the economy, and, most recently, caused a surge of protests across the nation. China's top Covid response official informed health officials on Wednesday that the nation was facing a "new stage and mission" in terms of pandemic control.
By Paul Smith3 years ago in Education
The Mythical Kandahar Giant And The U.S. Special Forces.
In 2002, a group of troops disappeared while on patrol in a remote mountainous region of southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province. And after they failed to establish radio contact for an extended period of time, the military dispatched a special operations unit to investigate, but their branch of service was never confirmed.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Education
The Heaven’s Gate Cult- The Mass Suicide.
The Heaven’s Gate began in the 1970s under the leadership of Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles. Marshall Applewhite was born in 1931 in Texas, and by most accounts had a relatively normal life.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Education
The Man With the Longest Beard Ever Recorded
Langseth was born on July 14, 1846, in Norway. He was the fourth of five children, and he and three of his brothers immigrated to the United States as adults. They eventually settled in Kensett, Iowa, which has a population of less than 300 people to this day.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Education
The Uncompleted Monument Dedicated To The Sioux War Hero
The Crazy Horse monument at Custer City, Black Hills, South Dakota, is a sight to behold. Although work began in 1948, the cliffside memorial to the Lakota leader is not yet to be completed. Its progression makes for a captivating tale, but is all the more amazing because of the man it seeks to celebrate.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Education
Bipolar Mania
I have yet to find any state whether physical, emotional, social, or for an apt term ‘spiritual’, nor sober, under the influence of substances, at ‘baseline’ (including that of being medicated for Bipolar) that is a fraction parallel to that of a Bipolar Manic state.
By Natasha Harrison3 years ago in Education
Importance of learning science in the mother tongue
It is well-known that higher studies in science cannot be done in any Indian languages, and we in India need to embrace English for studying science may be in the plus two levels or even earlier. And for studying science at a higher level, we are compelled to give up the use of our mother tongue, which may be one of the major Indian languages. So what is the point in arguing in favour of teaching science in the mother tongue?
By Jayveer Vala3 years ago in Education
Pidgin, Patois, and Prestige
In a previous article, I talked about why Americans have different accents, and how it can affect your life. Essentially, there are innate biases some regions of America have against other regions that, despite accomplishments and other indicators of ability or intelligence, tend to give a poor impression of that person. This bias is why broadcast journalists will work to neutralize their accent before trying to work outside regional stations. If you pronounce "pin" and "pen" the same way, or otherwise have a heavy drawl, that may be fine if you're working in Tulsa, but if you want to make it to Chicago, Los Angeles, or New York, your accent has to change. This is depicted well in the film "Sweet Home Alabama," in which a young woman from rural Alabama finds success as a fashion designer in New York, but only after abandoning her roots and her accent.
By Gene Lass3 years ago in Education
Qui, Quai,Quo, Qum - Dead Languages
Introduction The words in the title are completely made up, a Latin reworking of “Fee Fi Fo Fum” from Jack and the Beanstalk. Obviously Quiis French for Who and Quo is Latin for Where or Wherein. For some reason, I was thinking about how important so-called “dead languages” are still very important to us.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Education
The Doobie Brothers: Merging Two Distinct Eras Into One
Any band that has been together for a significant amount of time, will inevitably undergo its fair share of changes. After all, one cannot expect a group to remain exactly the same from beginning to end, especially when said group has been in existence for decades. Members may come and go while preferences change as time goes on.
By Isa Nan3 years ago in Education
American Pie As Explained By Don McLean
Released in 1971, Don McLean’s American Pie has been hailed as a musical masterpiece. At over eight minutes long, it is one of the longest songs to ever top the Billboard Hot 100. Aside from its catchy sound and instantly recognisable chorus, American Pie is also very well-known for its distinct lyrics.
By Isa Nan3 years ago in Education
Abstract art reborning
I LOVE HOW T.J CLARK writes about Greenberg and how he approaches abstraction and kitsch in his writing. He also reminds me of the same school as Kirk Varnedoe of cause their languages differ in how Kirk deeply put his words when he describes each artwork as if he became One from where his words are becoming new world for the Art itself. I often linked one experience of Kirk lecture to Tj. Clark way of describing things maybe intuitively I was turning to him after discovering the language of Kirk but maybe there is a very little on a such conscious level or a state that feels really good about in researching for abstract art in general. It is how they both make the space of their worlds when you just enter their territory a real paradise for an abstract painter especially. If we talk about the abstract art and Pollock and the whole inifite language of translation that comes from his work up to the times of the now, we can no longer forget about the Painting Factory, Abstraction after abstraction by Jeffrey Deitch. We talk now from the time when abstraction became more external rather internal as Jeffrey writes but what about now ? Is it became more external rather than internal the four years of being in a completely new reality that changes that shifts so fast so strongly that even the youngest have problem to recover, to digest to born the new, the fresh out of them creating it on a daily basis for some known and unknown. I think now the abstraction became more internal at least for the majority of real abstract painters and creators who are doing the deep emotional work on a daily basis to digest the world, information and the life experiences. About what this abstraction talks about ? and how many of the work that really get us into a new different state of mind that excites our life that gives a new realm of living a new dimension to uncover we can find now ? Is it no longer a new sense of being and living ? It is maybe trapped in the phases of our life and trying to get out for the light but seems like the never ending walls and forces are changing its way giving us more and more harder experiences to digest. Where we can look for a balance in such existence and the way the language of art shifts and moan to be brought back to its senses ? I think the new is about to come yet I think the fresh new is about to arrive yet and even if it will carry the experience of the past it is still on the cleaning phase for the now internally.
By Lightness3 years ago in Education