one of the funnier aspects of watching chinese shows is that sometimes, as a base for background music, they'll use christmas tunes – but obviously completely removed from context
e. g. to set a humorous tone to an interruption [scary] of a ghost-story-telling scene (which takes place some time in april), use Deck the Halls (the falalalala song); or when a challenge is taking place in the middle of summer, play O Christmas Tree
In a submission to Blinken, USAID “assesses the government of Israel (GOI) does not currently demonstrate necessary compliance” with the memo’s requirement that it facilitate and not impede “the transport of delivery of United States humanitarian assistance” as well as U.S.-backed international efforts to provide relief.
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The initiative coincides with a serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The Biden administration anticipates international experts will declare “ongoing famine” in Gaza by early next month, according to a separate internal memo to Blinken from U.S. experts on food security in the Department of State and USAID. The memo subject line, which was seen by Devex, reads: “Famine Inevitable, Changes Could Reduce but Not Stop Widespread Civilian Deaths.”
[emphasis mine]“Israel-imposed administrative challenges are preventing the delivery” of lifesaving humanitarian assistance, it adds.
These bird portraits by Guy Laramée are painted on the back of secondhand books. The pages inside each book are carved to reflect the natural Brazilian habitat that each bird lives in.
These massive stone structures called Broches were unseen in continental Europe and most of the British Isles. Built sometime during the Bronze age, Broches were unique to northern Scotland. Their creators were either of Celtic or Nordic background.