Month: October 2021

[ad_1] Oscar Isaac, shown here at the 2020 Academy Awards, credits his father with introducing him to acting: “I started making movies with his camcorder.” Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images Oscar Isaac, shown here at the 2020 Academy Awards, credits his father with introducing him toRead More

[ad_1] As a storyteller at the Minamata Disease Municipal Museum, Mr. Ogata helps to keep alive the memory of what is considered to be one of the most serious Japanese pollution incidents of the Twentieth Century. The incident was caused by the release of toxic chemicals from an industrial plant, which accumulated in shellfish andRead More

[ad_1] “People must be allowed to demonstrate peacefully, and this is essential”, António Guterres added, speaking to journalists in Rome on Friday morning, ahead of this weekend’s G20 Summit in the Italian capital.   Mr. Guterres reaffirmed his “strong condemnation of the coup”, which saw civilian leaders detained, stressing “the need to reestablish the transition system that was in place.”  Pro-democracy demonstrations have been heldRead More

[ad_1] DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University in New Jersey, sitting in for Terry Gross. On today’s show, we’re going to listen back to our interviews with master magician Ricky Jay, who died in 2018 and was known in his time as the greatestRead More

[ad_1] Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories reported consolidated net profit rose 29% to ₹995.8 crore for September quarter on the back of good perfomance in India and emerging markets in the generics business segment, while new offerings helped partially offset the impact of accelerating price erosion in the key North America market. The increase, compared to theRead More

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[ad_1] High-school math teacher Mary Barber of Columbus, Ohio, says her first-generation American students often share their financial-literacy lessons with their parents. In New York City, literacy about money helps students of color know that “the only limits are the ones we place on ourselves by not dreaming big enough,” says Ruben Rivera, an immigrantRead More

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[ad_1] by Loredana Valtierra Gun violence has become an all too common part of American school life. Yet the gun violence we often associate with schools, mass shootings that make headlines and capture the national psyche, are rare. While the possibility of mass shootings is a fear among educators, the reality is that many educatorsRead More

[ad_1] Supporters of President Trump protest outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images Supporters of President Trump protest outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images On the night before the Jan. 6 insurrection atRead More

[ad_1] A mother of four from Zaradnay Village, she visited the district hospital just before her due date on 17 August, to check on the progress of her pregnancy. An ultrasound revealed that the fetus was in a transverse position, meaning it was lying horizontally rather than head-down, a dangerous complication. Concerns over Caesarean TheRead More

[ad_1] Using virtual escape-room design with grade-level standards grabbed the attention of fifth-grade history students, writes educator Marielle Burt. In this first-person article, Burt writes about the lessons with teams of students working on their own game’s story, aesthetics, puzzles, mechanics and technology, a process that helps increase their collaboration and problem-solving skills. [ad_2] SourceRead More

[ad_1] Seminars on Cassyni receive a digital object identifier, making them easy to cite.Credit: Getty A new online tool, Cassyni, aims to help academics run and keep track of research seminars worldwide. Its creators say that it will also make it easier for researchers to claim credit for conducting them. Peter Vincent, an engineer atRead More

[ad_1] Geir Pedersen reported on the sixth session of the Committee’s so-called “Small Body”, which he convened last week in Geneva.  .@GeirOPedersen It is important that the Constitutional Committee continues its work with urgency & purpose – indeed that it works, as its ToRs say that it should, “expeditiously & continuously to produce results &Read More

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[ad_1] The Cuban piano whiz teams up with American jazz greats Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter on a new album. Skyline is three masters enjoying each other’s company, with us listeners as lucky eavesdroppers. DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. When Cuban piano whiz Gonzalo Rubalcaba started working with American jazz greats like drummerRead More

[ad_1] Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), was speaking during the agency’s regular media briefing on the pandemic.  Thanks in large part to vaccine donations 📦, made bilaterally or through COVAX, today, twice as many people in Latin America and the Caribbean are fully vaccinated 💉 against COVID thanRead More

[ad_1] National enrollment in undergraduate colleges and universities has declined by 3.2% since this time last year and a total of 6.5% since fall 2019, according to data released Tuesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. If this trend continues, it would mark the largest two-year decline in at least 50 years, said DougRead More

[ad_1] Actor Alec Baldwin, seen in 2015. Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout after Baldwin pulled the trigger on a gun used as a prop while filming Rust in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP Actor Alec Baldwin, seen in 2015. ExpertsRead More

[ad_1] Pro-democracy demonstrations continued in the country’s capital, Khartoum, one day after the army dissolved the transitional government and detained civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, and his cabinet.  Appeal for restraint  “I once again strongly condemned the forceful military takeover of power in Sudan,” said Mr. Guterres, responding to a journalist’s question during a pressRead More