Month: June 2023

Looking Beneath the Edipeel Produce Coating

Fruits and vegetables are healthy food choices—but they don’t last. Before you have a chance to eat your avocado, orange, or apple, it may spoil. Within just a few days of purchase, many of these highly perishable foods can turn to trash. It’s not just a problem in individual households, but a liability throughout the…


The Sound of the Flute Evokes One’s Original Purity, Cleanses the Soul | Chinese Music | Musical Moments

Title: “Thousands of Precious Words” Composer: Kainin Xiao Solo: Guohua Chen Mixing: Joseph Ma How many prophets and sages in ancient and modern times have used various methods to persuade people not to be obsessed with the secular world? The meaning of life is to return to one’s real home. However, how many people can…


Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven Performed by Urbana Pops Orchestra with Jacob Hankin, soloist, as part of the “Plays well with others” concert on June 8, 2019, at Urbana High School Credit: Urbana Pops Orchestra – www.youtube.com/@urbanapops …


Wagner Group Rebellion the ‘Most Significant Challenge’ to Russian State: UK Defence Ministry

A Wagner group-led armed rebellion launched on Saturday marks “the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times,” the British defence ministry said. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said there had been “very limited evidence” that the rebelling paramilitary group was met with resistance, and that the loyalty of Russia’s security forces will be…


House Committee Subpoenas Author of Scientific Paper Meant to Disprove COVID Lab Leak Theory

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic issued a subpoena on Friday demanding the private messages of Dr. Kristian Andersen relating to a research study meant to disprove the COVID-19 lab leak theory. Subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) said that a subpoena had been issued for documents and communications from Andersen’s Slack messaging channel. This…


Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major (Excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major by W.A. Mozart Performed by Urbana Pops Orchestra with DJ Wang, solost, as part of the “Plays well with others” concert on June 8, 2019, at Urbana High School Stephen Larson, conductor Credit: Urbana Pops Orchestra – www.youtube.com/@urbanapops …


Judge Agrees to Narrow but Not Lift Gag Order in University of Idaho Student Slayings Case

BOISE, Idaho—An Idaho judge has denied a request from roughly two dozen news organizations to lift a gag order in the criminal case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. The judge did, however, significantly narrow the gag order in response to the news organizations’ concerns. The ruling was…


Idaho School District Votes to Ban LGBT Politics From Classrooms

An Idaho school district voted to ban classroom discussions on gender identity this week in the latest battle by conservatives to keep left-wing sexual ideology out of the schools. The Nampa School District in Idaho will prohibit discussions or lessons on gender identity, transgenderism, and sexual orientation in the classroom. The past few years have…


LIVE NOW: Trump Speaks at Faith & Freedom Coalition Gala

The Faith & Freedom Coalition is hosting its Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington from June 22 to 24. Designed to forge a path toward a pro-family majority, the conference equips attendees with the knowledge and connections they need to drive engagement and voter turnout, organizers say. Former President Donald Trump will speak on…


LIVE 6:15 PM ET: Trump Speaks at Faith & Freedom Coalition Gala

The Faith & Freedom Coalition is hosting its Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington from June 22 to 24. Designed to forge a path toward a pro-family majority, the conference equips attendees with the knowledge and connections they need to drive engagement and voter turnout, organizers say. Former President Donald Trump will speak on…