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December 30, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela Zoom and Facebook Live Monday Dec. 14, 8PM EST | 5PM PT Zoom registration, here SPEAKERS: COHA Guest Scholar and Keynote Speaker: Steve Ellner Election Observer Brief: Dr. Margaret Flowers COHA Election Report From the Field: ... <a title="COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/coha-webinar-the-national-and-regional-impact-of-parliamentary-elections-in-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Barnier, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance) and Professor of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University In Charles Dickens’ famous 1843 ghost story, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. However, we do not need supernatural powers ... <a title="Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/ah-memories-of-2020-why-its-important-to-remember-our-covid-holidays-good-or-bad-150061/" aria-label="Read more about Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Houseman, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Leeds The end of an era is something of a cliché, but it’s the only way to describe the closure of Sydney University’s International House at the end of this year. Prominently located on the corner of City Road ... <a title="‘A world view that sees people rather than nations’: the legacy of Sydney Uni’s International House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/a-world-view-that-sees-people-rather-than-nations-the-legacy-of-sydney-unis-international-house-150086/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A world view that sees people rather than nations’: the legacy of Sydney Uni’s International House">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Barbour, Senior Lecturer, Linguistics, University of Waikato Malekula, the second-largest island in the Vanuatu archipelago, has a linguistic connection to Aotearoa. All of its many languages are distantly related to te reo Māori and the island is the site of a long-term project to document them. ... <a title="People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/people-on-vanuatus-malekula-island-speak-more-than-30-indigenous-languages-heres-why-we-must-record-them-122253/" aria-label="Read more about People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University On December 10, it finally happened. Instead of demanding an interest payment from the government in return for lending it money, a group of investors offered to pay the government in order to lend it ... <a title="Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/sure-interest-rates-are-negative-but-so-are-some-prices-and-when-you-look-around-theyre-everywhere-152081/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they’re everywhere">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe ... <a title="Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/flip-flop-the-un-australian-history-of-the-rubber-thong-150068/" aria-label="Read more about Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University For many cultures, the dawn of the new year is marked not only with celebration, but also the opportunity for personal reflection and growth. But as the year progresses, our initial drive for self-betterment can falter. The good ... <a title="9 tips to give yourself the best shot at sticking to new year’s resolutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/9-tips-to-give-yourself-the-best-shot-at-sticking-to-new-years-resolutions-151372/" aria-label="Read more about 9 tips to give yourself the best shot at sticking to new year’s resolutions">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael L. Brown, Director of the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences and Senior Lecturer at the School of Philosophy, Australian National University Throughout the pandemic we have seen a deluge of outright lies, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience from various peddlers of self-interest. But to a philosopher ... <a title="3 fallacies that blighted this year’s COVID commentary — have you fallen foul of any of them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/3-fallacies-that-blighted-this-years-covid-commentary-have-you-fallen-foul-of-any-of-them-148518/" aria-label="Read more about 3 fallacies that blighted this year’s COVID commentary — have you fallen foul of any of them?">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Young, Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne If there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on, it’s that 2020 was a nightmare of a year. This was the year of political crisis: not just one, but several, one after another. Street artists have ... <a title="Getting to the (street) art of a year like no other" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/getting-to-the-street-art-of-a-year-like-no-other-149923/" aria-label="Read more about Getting to the (street) art of a year like no other">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph M. Cheer, Professor in Sustainable Tourism, Wakayama University The COVID-19 pandemic brought the global tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. With vaccines starting to be rolled out, there is hope international travel can resume soon, but exactly when — and how — is the ... <a title="Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/vaccines-may-soon-make-travel-possible-again-but-how-quickly-will-it-return-and-will-it-be-forever-changed-150268/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney It’s the holidays and we’re spending more time outdoors. This means we’re exposed to the more annoying and painful aspects of summer — insect bites and stings. There are plenty of products at the local ... <a title="Bzzz, slap! How to treat insect bites (home remedies included)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/bzzz-slap-how-to-treat-insect-bites-home-remedies-included-148722/" aria-label="Read more about Bzzz, slap! How to treat insect bites (home remedies included)">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Clements, Botanist, CSIRO If you ask someone to imagine an orchid, chances are pots of moth orchids lined up for sale in a hardware store will spring to mind, with their thick shiny leaves and vibrant petals. Orchids like this may be what comes to mind ... <a title="‘Like finding life on Mars’: why the underground orchid is Australia’s strangest, most mysterious flower" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/29/like-finding-life-on-mars-why-the-underground-orchid-is-australias-strangest-most-mysterious-flower-144727/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like finding life on Mars’: why the underground orchid is Australia’s strangest, most mysterious flower">Read more</a>
