“It stands as a crowning achievement in contemporary design, to house the flora of sub-tropical south-west China at the end of a path retracing the steps along the Silk Route, from temperate Europe and across mountains, arid lands and high p...
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green development and non-traditional security, adopted the Five-Year Plan of Action on Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (2023-2027), and pointed the way forward for deeper cooperation
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but I am getting old, and soon I shall remember only the latter. (Mark Twain)Skip to content Home About the Author About This BlogThe Right Stuff: My Guide to Entertaining Posted on November 22, 2023 by Scott M...
What storage size should I buy for my iPhone? It wasn't until 2021 that Apple began selling both its non-Pro and Pro iPhones with a base storage of 128GB. The only exception here is the iPhone SE model. While not as flashy of an upgrade as larger camera sensors and 120Hz displays,...
Her debut paranormal romance Bride was a very enjoyable read, if not my favorite of hers, and I did feel that it nicely set up a sequel featuring side characters as the main love interests. I feel like there’s a chance I’ll like this a lot more than Bride. From Goodreads: Serena ...
They have merely shown the way. (…) So it will be. We are each either among the demoralized showing the way to a future of eternal nightmare, or we are losers celebrating our moment in hell. As Ligotti said to one interviewer: “As with many, if not most, of my stories, “Meta...
Because the GOP didn’t do as well as expected and certainly Trump’s endorsed candidates did rather poorly there were calls by Republicans to get him out of the way. Those who called for him to move forgot Trump is the ultimate narcissist and it was never about what’s good for the ...
One of my Russian cameras came without a box. My wife was shocked. She said, “Did they ship it from Russia without a box?” Yes they did. A camera in a case wrapped with layers of paper and padding. They did their best but I would have paid for a “box shipment”. Ask the ve...
which gave them a relationship similar to the EU. The States did not give up their independence, they agreed to a contract of cooperation that put very limited powers into the hands of a central government. When it was apparent that this relationship wasn’t working as well as desired, the...