As elsewhere in China, Xinjiang has been stepping up efforts to banish ethnic-minority languages from schools—a policy that has recently triggered protests by parents in Inner Mongolia, a northern region.

For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; …

This LIFTING UP OF OUR HANDS should put us in mind to take heed of sin, lest we defile our Hands therewith. Since it is very absurd, that those who are to bee the Trouchmen and Interpretours of prayer and divine administrations, should also be the instruments of wickednesse […]

Underfiring results when the kiln doesn't reach the cone temperature at which your glaze matures. Underfiring can be caused by improper calibration of kiln sitters or computer controllers, firing a kiln too quickly so that not enough time is allowed for the glazes to develop properly, or by kiln elements that are worn and need to be replaced.