From the Newsroom
In China, the Shared Grief of Losing a Single Child Like Lu Lingzi— Didi Kirsten Tatlow, IHT Rendezvous (The New York Times)
The Death of Chinese student Lu Lingzi in the Boston Marathon attack and the earthquake in Sichuan Province on Saturday prompted the discussion about China’s “one child policy”. Until 2012, at least one million families lost their only child. Families who suffered the lost of their single child are referred as a “vulnerable social group” in China because parents in their old age lost their main source of income and therefore many face poverty.
In China, Breathing Becomes a Childhood Risk — Edward Wong, The New York Times
In Beijing, levels of deadly pollutants are up to 40 times the recommended exposure limit. Parents are confining their sons and daughters to their homes and schools are canceling outdoor activities and field trips. Some international schools have built gigantic domes over sports fields to ensure healthy breathing. The pollution in Beijing has affected children’s health as Some children’s hospitals in northern China reported a large number of patients with respiratory illnesses this winter, when the air pollution soared.
- Dennis Ng, Photo Editor
From Alsace, Sweet Love for the World — Hannah Olivennes, The New York Times
Au Relais des Trois Epis, a bakery that looks like an average grocery store in Alsace region of France, made jams that are sold in luxury hotels like the Crillon and George V in Paris, the Four Seasons in Hong Kong, and the Connaught in London. The company is a family run business that makes an average of 6,000 pots a year, including two or three recipes exclusive to the hotel. Ms. Ferber, the current chef of the company is called the “Jam Fairy”, she is personally involved with all the company’s creations and said the two essentials that she needs to create beautiful things are time and patience.
- Jenny Che, Editor in Chief
A Different Kind of 3D-Printed Music, Core 77
Swedish art hacker Richard Dahlstrand used “a Lulzbot 3D-printer to visualize different classical musical pieces”. “The step motors—which control the movement of the stage and print head—generate pitched tone based on their speed, such that it is possible to predict discreet tones by varying their speed”, creating these 3D line sculptures that are opaque and abstract.
- Winnie Yoe, Dartbeat Editor