North Korea has imposed a five-day lockdown on its capital city as it battles an increase in “recurrent flu and other respiratory diseases” amid a cold spell, according to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang. A North Korean government notice that the embassy posted on its Facebook account on Wednesday said Pyongyang had ordered a “special anti-epidemic period” through Sunday. It advised all foreign diplomatic missions to keep their employees indoors, have their temperatures taken four times a day and report the results to a hospital by phone. There was no mention of a specific plan of action for regular citizens. Any goods the diplomats need can be ordered and delivered to the embassies, the notice said. The statement made no mention of the coronavirus, although the North’s state media said on Thursday that its health authorities were taking precautionary measures to “cope with the daily-worsening world health crisis.” It was also unclear whether the lockdown covered areas beyond … [Read more...] about North Korea Imposes Lockdown on Pyongyang to Fight ‘Recurrent Flu’
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Nashville Public Library: The Flying Trunk
0 Arts & Entertainment Today's story is The Flying Trunk, a story the Nashville Public Library. I'm Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from Nashville Public Library: June 30, 2021 This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book . Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library. I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Today’s story is The Flying Trunk, a story by Hans Christian Andersen found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book. There was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have paved the whole street with gold, and would even then have had enough for a small alley. But he did not do so; he knew the value of money better than to use it in this way. So clever was he, that every shilling he put out brought him a crown; and so he continued till he died. His son inherited his wealth, … [Read more...] about Nashville Public Library: The Flying Trunk
Half Moon Bay Tragedy Exposes Horrific Conditions Farm Workers Endure
8 Community Corner The mass shooting has shed light on a community of immigrant farm workers, including many from Asia, of which little is known. Gideon Rubin , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared at a press conference in Half Moon Bay Tuesday afternoon outside the I.D.E.S. Portuguese Hall of Half Moon Bay. Mountain Mushroom Farm on Highway 92, one of two locations of a mass shooting in which Chunli Zhao, 67, of Half Moon Bay, killed seven people, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Mountain Mushroom Farm on Highway 92, one of two locations of a mass shooting in which Chunli Zhao, 67, of Half Moon Bay, killed seven people, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. HALF MOON BAY, CA — Something about Janelle Magnusson’s local Safeway didn’t add up. The sight of large pallets of water bottles stacked high in front … [Read more...] about Half Moon Bay Tragedy Exposes Horrific Conditions Farm Workers Endure
Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate
Early in the pandemic, word started to travel among Asian-American artists: racist attacks were on the rise. Jamie Chan told a fellow artist, Kenneth Tam , about getting kicked out of an Uber pool ride by the driver who noticed her sniffling. Anicka Yi , an artist based in New York, called Christine Y. Kim , a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to talk about being spit at on a Manhattan street; Kim, in turn, recounted being accosted in a Whole Foods parking lot. Tam decided to start recording these incidents in a Google spreadsheet he named “We Are Not COVID.” It circulated on social media first among arts communities, then to wider audiences. Over the last several months, the document has filled up with reports ranging from microaggressions to outright violence. “I had assumed that things like this were going to start happening, but not so quickly, and not to people I knew,” Tam said in a phone interview. “It made me realize that I needed to educate … [Read more...] about Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate
Three Ways to Finish a Tub of Miso
This week, I frantically sent some friends the following message: “If you found MONTHS old expired cream cheese in your fridge, but it tasted and smelled normal, would you eat it? y/n.” (Spoiler: I ate it.) My cooking can, at times, be shortsighted. I’ll get jazzed to make a recipe with few plans for any of the leftover ingredients, leaving me with half-full containers that I inevitably forget about. But there’s one item in my fridge that can stand the test of time: my tub of shiro, or white, miso . Miso paste is fermented, and its high salt content protects it from mold. Depending on whom you ask, miso paste will last in the fridge for anywhere between six to 18 months. I’ve used some far older than that, and I’m still here to write this newsletter. But if you would like to avoid sending a panicked text asking if your miso is safe, here are a few ways to use it up. Soups : Recipes for soup often call for adding the miso near the end of cooking, off heat. To … [Read more...] about Three Ways to Finish a Tub of Miso
‘I’m Not a Victim’: Pamela Anderson Opens Up About Money, Abuse and the ‘Assholes’ Behind ‘Pam & Tommy’
Click here to read the full article. On the first day of shooting “Home Improvement” in April 1991, Pamela Anderson emerged from her dressing room on the Walt Disney Studios lot and found series star Tim Allen loitering in the hallway in a bathrobe. This seemed normal to the 23-year-old budding actress, but it wasn’t. “He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath,” Anderson writes in her soon-to-be-released memoir, “Love, Pamela.” “He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. Now we’re even.” “I laughed uncomfortably,” she writes. More from Variety Pamela Anderson Alleges Tim Allen Flashed His Penis at Her When She Was 23 (EXCLUSIVE) A Front Row Seat as Pamela Anderson's Super Fans Swarm Broadway's 'Chicago' Sister Takes Minority Stake in 'Be Water' Producer Dorothy Street Pictures The incident, which unfolded just 18 months after Anderson left her small-town home on Vancouver Island and quickly became a Playboy … [Read more...] about ‘I’m Not a Victim’: Pamela Anderson Opens Up About Money, Abuse and the ‘Assholes’ Behind ‘Pam & Tommy’
