On May 19, the ministry issued a directive to computer makers that required the preinstallation of Green Dam on hard drives or a CD-ROM with installation software that usually is packaged with computers.

Another indication of these changes in musical practice was the emphasis given to instruments that had either been eliminated from symphonic orchestras or had never been so used, such as mandolins of all classes (including mandolas and mandacellos with had lower ranges) and the bandoneon in all of its ranges. These instruments had always been popular with the German people, and with Hitler’s rise to power were included in various public bands.

Say hello to my little friend. Hideous, isn’t he? […] He's a replica of a tiny 20 cm. black-lacquered bronze statue in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. […] Listed under grotesque animal, and probably 17th century by the engraver Arent van Bolten, he stands on high legs with an open beak. On the place of the wings sits the spiralling part of a cochlea (snail shell); its genitals are quite prominent.

From the Qaidam basin, trains will tunnel through the Altyn-Tagh — a mountain range that separates the eastern Tarim basin from the Tibetan plateau.