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What do you mean with that? Nic the NZer … The virus mutates meaning its specific RNA sequence can change when it reproduces. But hopefully the vacine still works for new mutated virus strains. This doesnt have to be true however. Flu vacines for example dont seem to handle a wide range of flu variants. Andre … There was nothing intended to be about other illnesses in what I wrote. Sacha and Nic both picked up where I explained the control group g...

Written By: lprent - Date published: 10:43 pm, January 11th, 2021 - 22 comments In September there was a 18 hour flight Dubai that ended in Auckland. A relatively close group on that plane showed infection after arrival, and a genetically similar version. The evidence of in-flight infection is very strong and points to the on-going issues with shipping virus hosts around...

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Ayshia Carmen Hernandez Ojeda, with Bryant Keith Alexander, received the 2020 Ellis-Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Awards for their coauthored article “‘I’m Sorry My Hair is Blocking Your Smile:’ A Performative Assemblage and Intercultural Dialogue on the Politics of Hair and Place.” The Ellis-Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Award is sponsored by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Affiliate of the NCA. In addition, many ot...

Philip Gotanda Among Legacy Playwrights Initiative’s Inaugural Winners Posted On NEW YORK — The Legacy Playwrights Initiative has announced the recipients of the inaugural Legacy Playwrights Initiative Awards, which aims to honor and advocate for elder playwrights who have fallen out of the public eye. The winners are Ed Bullins, Constance Congdon, and Philip Kan Gotanda. The playwrights were recognized at the Dramatists Guild Foundation “Write in the Dark” virtual benefit on Dec. 21,...

Each of the finalists will present an excerpt of their work, introduced by them personally, in a collaborative online presentation, available via Video-On-Demand beginning January 15, 2020 and ending January 29, 2020. The works can be viewed for free by anyone across the country. Those viewing the works will be will be sent a survey to determine the winner; those votes, in conjunction with an adjudication committee selected by RTP, will determine the final winner of the Festival. Over the cours...

By Mercy Obojeghren Aboh (Delta State), Dec. 24, 2020 The people of Ndokwa East Local Government Area (NELGA) of Delta have launched an ambitious 10-year development plan to transform the area. The event held during the historic NELGA Summit 2020, with the theme: ‘Unleashing the Potential of NELGA’ on Thursday at Aboh in Ndokwa East Local Government Area. Chaired by Prof. Albert Osakwe of Novena University in the state the plan came with the adoption of Ndokwa East Development Organisers (...

Zoeglossia has selected 13 disabled poets as fellows for their 2021 conference. The fellowship provides the poets with the opportunity to attend an annual retreat/conference and work with established writers who are also disabled. This year the event, hosted by New Mexico State University, will be held entirely online May 20-23 due to restrictions required by the Covid-19 pandemic. New Mexico State University English professor Connie Voisine is a co-founder of Zoegloss...

IMAGINE a typical rural shopkeeper in the Ireland of yesteryear. “I picture him wearing a brown shop coat with ballpoint pens in his top pocket,” says actor and journalist, Jim O’Brien of Ogonnelloe. “He lives over the shop, and the shop is his life.” Now imagine that his merchandise is of a very specialised variety. This shopkeeper’s trade is not in groceries or other domestic essentials. His customers come from far and wide to purchase accoutrements of every kind, from small nucle...

Senior Research Scholar, Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab “As the first woman and first woman of color elected to be vice president, Kamala Harris shattered several glass ceilings in one night. Her election marks a watershed moment for women’s leadership – ushering in a new era of possibilities. “While women have made great strides in business, academia and government, they remain woefully underrepresented at the highest levels of leadership. One of the biggest obstac...