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The Best Ashwagandha Gummy: Here’s Everything!

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The Best Ashwagandha Gummy: Here’s Everything!

Playing doctor with your body by trying one health pill after another in an attempt to cure the ache? Having trouble sleeping and feeling run down because of stress? Use the top ashwagandha gummies and pills on the market to drive them all out of your life! The three top ashwagandha products will be covered in this guide, along with their benefits, drawbacks, and other information. If you’re interested in learning which ashwagandha pills deliver superior outcomes, keep reading. Scientific research has so far uncovered the advantages of ashwagandha for both men and women, enabling the general population to get...


China and Open Access

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China and Open Access

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, The Scholarly Kitchen, Mar 01, 2023 The Scholarly Kitchen reports on the International Association of STM Publishers and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) released a report on Open Access Publishing in China. As the article notes, the report (103 page PDF) is openly available in both English and Chinese. "This interview with Mark Robertson, consultant to the STM Association on the project, highlights the findings of the report and their implications for the scholarly publishing industry." TL:DR - it's increasing. Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]


TikTok sets new default time limits for minors

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TikTok sets new default time limits for minors

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN TikTok said Wednesday that every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks. The changes arrive during a period in which there are growing concerns among different governments about the app’s security. Families have struggled with limiting the amount of time their children spend on the Chinese-owned video sharing app. Cormac Keenan, head of trust and safety at TikTok said in a blog post Wednesday that when the 60-minute limit is reached, minors will be prompted to enter a passcode, receive a...


Sanctions rarely work, but are they still the least worst option?

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Sanctions rarely work, but are they still the least worst option?

A carnival float depicting Vladimir Putin, Mainz, Germany, February 2023. Michael Probst/APHow do we encourage states – or more specifically the people who run them – to behave well, or at least not badly? The “we” in this context is the fabled “international community”, which usually amounts to little more than the United States and a few trusty allies. Review: Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against US Interests – Agathe Demarais (Columbia University Press). As Agathe Demaris makes clear in her excellent, insightful and rather sobering book Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against US Interests, American policymakers have...


Recipes: Make both sweet and savory treats for Purim

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Recipes: Make both sweet and savory treats for Purim

The holiday of Purim, which begins on Monday evening, March 6, commemorates the saving of the Jews of Persia from being killed. The story is recounted in the Book of Esther, which is chanted in synagogues on Purim. It relates how Queen Esther, who was Jewish, foiled the scheme of the king’s evil advisor Haman to destroy the Jewish community. During the reading, every time the name Haman is mentioned, the children make plenty of noise with special noisemakers. Since Queen Esther was said to be a vegetarian, many people include nuts, beans and seeds in their Purim menus. We’re...