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ETERNAL LEADERS SIXTO ENRIQUEZ RIVERA AND VIRGINIA MILLANO EVANGELISTA FABRO~RIVERA (Experimenting with Paint 3D)
星期二
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"I shall bring to an end the Kingdom House of Israel. It shall come to pass on that Day I shall break Feminine Rainbow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel" (Hosea 1:4-5).
NORMA FRANKLIN: Jezreel’s importance in Iron Age Israel can hardly be overstated. Israel’s enemies lay to the north and east. Any invasion by them would first have to conquer Jezreel and any military action taken against them would be launched from Jezreel. Thus, Jezreel was likely not built as a town, but as the army’s mustering station possibly even headquarters.
NORMA FRANKLIN: Jehu’s bloody revolt was offensive to YHWH and his dynasty will suffer a defeat or punishment at the same place he committed his offense, Jezreel.
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced the finding of a 1,500-year-old inscription, "Christ, born of Mary" - in Greek. https://t.co/6L7jTQVHNt
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 20, 2021
Wikipedia: According to the First Book of Kings, the royal palace of King Ahab, "one of the most famous of the royal residences of the kings of Israel", was in Jezreel, adjacent to the vineyard of Naboth (1 Kings 21:1). Jezreel (Hebrew: יִזְרְעֶאל Yizrəʽel, "God sows") is an ancient Israelite city and fortress that the Hebrew Bible places within the boundaries of the Tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18)
Men eating Dog at the Yulin Dog~Meat Festival, 2015 June
STEPHEN JOSHUA SONDHEIM INTERVIEW: Once you know how to learn things, I don't think you have to be educated anymore.
星期日
MARIA ORTUOSTE: Strictly enforcing ambiguous criteria, coupled with the reality that it would probably take decades before Timor-Leste has enough officials to attend all ASEAN meetings, make it all but impossible for Timor-Leste to enter ASEAN.
Anthony Milner and Astanah Abdul Aziz: The fact that the Southeast Asian states (with the partial exception of Indonesia) are small in Asian terms is not a deterrent to ASEAN agency. It helps ASEAN to appear non-threatening;
As leading Thai analyst Kavi Chongkittavorn has pointed out, the ‘Plus Three’ element was also an ASEAN contribution to bridge-building between the large, mutually hostile states of Northeast Asia (China, Japan, and South Korea).
Such a shift in Northeast Asian sentiments could be a game-changer across the Asian region. At the least, more relaxed interstate relations in Northeast Asia—fostered, in part, by ASEAN—would provide a more favourable setting for the further development of ASEAN-led rules-based regional building.
星期六
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JONNY TICKLE: Russia and China have signed a memorandum agreeing to create an international lunar research station, as Moscow and Beijing look to amalgamate their expertise to further advance space exploration. While Russia has a long history of space exploration, China has only recently begun to make exploring the cosmos one of its priorities.
JEANNE MUCHNICK: The "Jewish tradition" of Chinese food and a movie on Christmas Day is looking more like Netflix and takeout. And while there are some great shows that give you the theater experience (we're partial to "Wonder Woman 1984"), there are just as many Chinese food options meaning you can still enjoy your chicken with broccoli ritual paired with the latest blockbuster.
Isabel Gomez: A classic Filipino noodle dish is pancit bihon that uses Chinese rice noodles. The long noodles represent long life.
General Tso's Chicken (Chinese: 左宗棠雞), Yellow Rice, and Asian Salad courtesy of Zamaan Khan
Tom Fowdy: An investor is rarely an ideologue. Sure, they abhor political risk, but they don’t discriminate solely upon values
MICAH HALPERN: For better and for worse, non-Jewish culture encroaches upon us.
Wikipedia: Tea drinking may have begun in the region of Yunnan, where it was used for medicinal purposes.
Virginia Millano Evangelista Fabro~Rivera: I'm very lazy.
JOHN L. ALLEN JUNIOR: Among other things, the vast majority of Americans who’ll cast ballots probably don’t know what the Vatican’s line on China is and couldn’t care less.
four central bank researchers: In order to achieve the long-term goals in 2035, China should fully liberalize and encourage childbirth
ED CONDON/CNA: Next month, the 2018 Vatican-China deal expires. Those close to the negotiations, both in Rome and in Beijing, now confidently predict a one-year extension to the two-year deal to be agreed.
EVELYN CHENG: From a social perspective, Su expects China to find more ways to boost consumption, including abolishing limits on the number of children families can have.
EVELYN CHENG: The central committee of China’s ruling Communist Party, led by Xi, is set to meet in Beijing from Oct. 26 to 29 to discuss a proposal for national development for the next five years — from 2021 to 2025. Economists predict the country will firmly become the world’s largest economy in the next few years.
JAMES GRIFFITHS: As many countries struggle to plan weeks ahead, China just set its agenda for the next 15 years
LAURIE CHEN: A secretive 2018 agreement between Beijing and the Vatican was renewed
ELISE ANN ALLEN: Vatican agreement with China likely to be renewed
LUIS ANTONIO GOKIM TAGLE: I think some Chinese characteristics have passed onto me, even though my grandfather spent most of his life in the Philippines. I remember certain practices he observed, such as honoring his mother by offering her food, putting it in front of her photograph, with a few sticks of incense, or setting off fireworks to welcome the New Year, or offering a lot of food during family meals.
THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT: pagan society seeks to “fuse” church and state
ANDREW BROWN: the real fight is not over whether China will become a country with a significant Christian presence, but who will control the burgeoning churches. The Vatican knows this well. I have been told by insiders that the strategic thrust of Pope Francis’s diplomacy is all directed eastwards, towards the emergence of China as a great religious power.
PHILIP JENKINS: it pays to avoid the familiar North American labels of liberal and conservative. The Catholic Church always operates on its own particular alignments, which may or may not conform with those of the secular world.
KATHY GILSINAN: So even if China doesn’t give more, it advertises better.
Six years ago, Bloomberg News killed an investigation into the wealth of Communist Party elites in China, fearful of repercussions by the Chinese government.— NPR (@NPR) April 14, 2020
The company silenced the reporters involved. And it tried to keep a reporter's spouse quiet, too.https://t.co/9beJlcUi8g
Judah was not tending the flocks with his brothers, the African sons of Bilhah and the European sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and he did not bring their Father a bad report about them necessarily.
CNA STAFF: In China, religious education of any person under the age of 18 is illegal.
Tom Fowdy: A market of 1.4 billion, which has not even reached its height in terms of consumption potential, will always hold more clout than a market of 320 million people.
DAVID GOLDMAN: 2020 marked the first year in history that foreign direct investment in China overtook that of the US, according to the UN. China is now the world's largest recipient of foreign companies' investments.
