Zephyr’s scent

yaskhan

a roulette of russet breezeimbues my cheeks, roaming
moistened fingers through my hair
sashaying, coaxing
ruffling hems of my shy skirt
hueing contour of footsteps
incensing aisle ofexpanse
trailing a rainbow
I savor the breeze
its flamboyant flavors
perfume my breath.

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Metabolism and Age

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

New research changes what we thought we knew about calorie consumption. The analysis is based on combining data from a large number of studies, and covers people between infancy and age 95.

The fundamental finding is that the metabolic rate doesn’t change linearly with age. Instead, there are four distinct phases:

  • There’s infancy, up until age 1, when calorie burning is at its peak, accelerating until it is 50 percent above the adult rate.
  • Then, from age 1 to about age 20, metabolism gradually slows by about 3 percent a year.
  • From age 20 to 60, it holds steady.
  • And, after age 60, it declines by about 0.7 percent a year.(1)

Thus, middle age gut (the fat ring around the abdomen often found in people in their late 30s or 40s) is due to changes in activity rather than changes in metabolism.

The “freshman five” — weight gain associated with…

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Child COVID-19 hospital rates lower in California than U.S. – Los Angeles Times

Public health officials have said that California has taken steps to ensure children can go back to school safely, including requiring masks in indoor school settings and regular testing for unvaccinated workers. They also believe higher-than-average levels of vaccination in the state will help protect children.

“Parents should feel reassured that case rates are still very low amongst children; serious illnesses still remains relatively rare,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “And if we all are doing our part, we’re hopeful that schools are going to open with a lot of safety and without a lot of increased risk.”

Weekly rate of hospitalization per 100,000 by age category for pediatric patients

Still, schools are reopening at a fraught moment.

Earlier this summer, there were so few children suffering from COVID-19 at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego that medical staff decided they no longer needed a special unit to isolate young patients with the virus. Only four children were admitted with the coronavirus during the month of June.

“We were all congratulating each other that COVID was gone,” said Dr. John Bradley, Division of Infectious Diseases director at Rady. “A little prematurely, it turns out.”

Earlier this week, there were four children hospitalized with COVID-19 at the San Diego hospital. That increase has been disappointing but still far below last winter, when there were three to four times as many on a typical day, Bradley said.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said it had 14 hospitalized patients with the coronavirus as of Thursday — triple the number in the previous week — and half of them are showing symptoms that could be related to COVID-19, according to hospital officials.

Source: Child COVID-19 hospital rates lower in California than U.S. – Los Angeles Times

The Elephant Company – Intermission Story (14)

Pacific Paratrooper

(c) Cuneo Estate; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation Cuneo Estate; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

James Howard “Billy” Williams went to Burma in 1920, fresh out of the service for WWI, for a position as a ‘forest man’.  It was there he became increasingly educated on the intelligence, character and welfare of elephants.

When Japan invaded Burma in 1942, Williams joined the elite British Force 136.  [a unit that today would compared to Rangers, SEALs and Delta Force].  Being older and wiser in the ways of the jungles, Williams’ tale of war and daring would become legendary.

In 1944, Lt.Colonel Williams, along with his Karen workers, uzis, elephant tenders, and the animals themselves made the stairway in Burma.  They go upward, a sheer rockface escarpment, narrowly escaping the Japanese hot on their trail, through the mountains of Imphal.

While many times the massive beasts stood on their hind legs to scale an ascent that surpassed Hannibal in…

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Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Vivaldi translation: ”Be a person who encourages others. When you encourage someone, in fact, you empower, it helps to build a whole purpose through motivation at times . ”

Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Seja uma pessoa que incentiva as outras.Quando você incentiva alguém, na verdade, você potencializa, ajuda a construir às vezes todo um propósito através da motivação . “

Marii Freire Pereira

https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Imagem & criação: Marii Freire Pereira

Santarém, Pá 14 de Agosta de 2021

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Birds from Walden Cardinal

Words from Walden

Cardinal

Like theRobin, The Cardinal is another bird that is a power symbol.

This radiant red bird portrays perfect symmetry. Most commonly seen with a stylish spikey haircut on the top of its head, a head that is a brighter red than the rest of the body.

Sporting an orange beak, the rest of its face is covered by a black mask to protect it from the sun, identical to most Goldfinches.

 The Cardinal’s head is a more solid red than the rest of the body which has a touch of grey, looking like a painter’s purposeful brushstroke blended it deep into the red. 

Somehow through the striking redness ,  these birds seem to disappear in the green canopy of the bushes.

I often spot a pair in the forest frolicking for fun. The pair are similar and different at the same time. One is the normal red…

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Austin ICU nurse calls latest coronavirus surge “preventable” | The Texas Tribune

Source: Austin ICU nurse calls latest coronavirus surge “preventable” | The Texas Tribune

Facebook ganhou ao menos US $9,5 milhões para promover petróleo e gás em 2020 — « ofensivo » ? !

Barbara Crane Navarro

Pico de anúncios ocorreu após Biden apresentar plano trilionário para renováveis O Facebook ganhou US$ 9,6 milhões em 2020 para promover anúncios pró-combustível fóssil nos EUA, afirma um estudo publicado nesta quinta-feira (5/8). Cerca de 25 mil anúncios destinados a garantir um lugar no futuro para o petróleo e o gás foram vistos pelo menos[…]

Facebook ganhou ao menos US $9,5 milhões para promover petróleo e gás em 2020 —

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