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The core feature of the South Korean model will remain its unparalleled system of testing individuals, tracing contacts, and isolating mild or asymptomatic cases. […] The public has been tolerant of what might raise privacy concerns in other democracies[.] These practices, critical for containing the outbreak in its acute phase, will also be important as South Koreans return to work and school.

Long time no see huh? A project ate me up and I lived on food delivery and sandwiches😔. I finished the project and here I am with another easy recipe!

1. What is required:

1 butternut squash

1 cup couscous

5 mushrooms

juice of ¼ lemon

2 garlic cloves

handful of spinach

2,5 tbsp balsamic vinegar

cinnamon powder

salt to taste 

2. Cut the butternut squash in halves and remove seeds. Sprinkle with cinnamon powder and salt. Place cut-side down on a lined baking sheet and put in the oven. Bake it for 15 minutes at 200 C or 400 F. After 15 minutes, flip halves over and bake for 30-45 minutes depending on the size of the butternut squash. 

3. While the butternut squash is being baked, fry sliced mushrooms in a big frying pan. Add oil or splash of water to deglaze the pan. In 10 minutes add spinach and pour lemon juice.

4. In 4-5 minutes add cooked couscous* and balsamic vinegar. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes more.

* How I ‘cook’ couscous: pour couscous with hot water so it covers grains with about 2 cm. You can crush bullion cube or vegetable powder and add your favourite spices.

Fill the butternut squash with couscous filling. How easy was it? 😉

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Some religions are closed because they’re based on cultural values and beliefs that outsiders, who weren’t raised with and immersed in those beliefs, wouldn’t be able to ever truly understand. Brujería is an example of this, as far as I know.

Some religions are closed because they’re based on location, with their beliefs centered around local things that don’t make sense outside of that location. There are some small Shinto sects that are closed for this reason.

Some religions are closed based on race, because people of a specific race banded together under terrible circumstances and formed beliefs based on their shared experiences. Hoodoo, for example, was created by African slaves so it’s only open to Black people (mainly African diaspora).

Some religions are closed because you have to be born into them, usually because it’s part of the religion’s tenants and foundation. Modern Zoroastrianism almost never recognizes converts.

Some religions are closed because, historically, they were mistreated and often criminalized, with sacred practices being stolen and bastardized by outsiders who were allowed to witness them. Those religions ended up closing to outsiders in order to protect themselves and survive. This is why the majority of indigenous religions are closed.