Tina Foster, here with her family, was nearly in tears.“That was so amazing to witness that in real life,” she said. “That was kind of life changing, especially for the kids.”Else
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is a series of stories exploring Taiwanese food culture in all of its glorious, delicious complexity. New installments to the series will run daily from May 19–28.
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cross from a few sheep bleating and baaing behind a fence, rainbow pride and Black Lives Matter flags softly wave in the wind. A “Stop Asian Hate” poster is propped against a wall. Around the corner, the property opens up to a 1.5-acre farm filled with trellises of bitter melon, rows of napa cabbage, and hoophouses holding dozens of other Asian herbs and vegetables. All signs, perhaps, that this is a farm with a strong sense of its own identity.
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A firework display in Penghu. The local authorities announced on Tuesday its decision to suspend of the ongoing fireworks festival until June 8. Photo courtesy of Penghu County government
Taipei, May 11 (CNA) A wide range of upcoming public events in Taiwan were cancelled by their organizers on Tuesday amid growing concerns about an increase in domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.
The cancellations were announced after the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) asked organizers to halt indoor events of more than 100 people and outdoor events of more than 500 people through June 8, in an effort to contain the spread of the virus.
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As new political leadership in our country begins with the bitter aftertaste of tumultuous social upheaval and a pandemic still lingering, law enforcement faces incredibly critical external and internal challenges as we step into 2021. As with many other states around the country, politicians in Sacramento continue to pile on legislation premised on a narrative that police officers are systemically racist and ubiquitously abusing authority particularly towards young black men.
That narrative fails to consider statistics showing the demographic representation of criminal actors, ignores individual attitudes/behavior regarding compliance with authority,
[2] and fails to account for communication differences that could lead to misunderstandings and conflicting expectations unfortunately resulting in uses of force.