WARE Collective’s Virtual Art Auction to support Jamaica’s unique architectural heritage

Petchary's Blog

For me, there is a strong connection between preserving and protecting our cultural traditions and history and environmental conservation. In Jamaica, we are not very good at either. One example is the continued deterioration of the Vale Royal building in St. Andrew, which is the responsibility of the Office of the Prime Minister. The late Prime Minister Edward Seaga, who once lived there, must be turning in his grave at its deplorable state.

Since COVID-19 started to eat into Jamaica’s budget, there is “no money” for such matters; it seems that we can do without those things that make us feel good about our island and its heritage. No matter. We like new things: new highways, new apartment blocks, even new trees and mangroves!

A traditional Spanish Wall house in St. Elizabeth (Photo: WARE Collective)

So, if you feel, as I do, that Jamaica’s cultural heritage is actually still rather…

View original post 592 more words

Maine hospitals report rising vaccination rates, few departures in response to mandate – Portland Press Herald

While activists have protested the Mills administration’s mandate that health care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, most in Maine are complying and getting their shots. And, so far, only a small number have resigned over the mandate.

Three of Maine’s four major health care systems are reporting that 90 percent or more of their employees are now fully vaccinated, based on a survey late last week by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. And the reduced likelihood of workers becoming ill and missing work has tempered concerns about losing employees who refuse to be vaccinated.

One hospital system, Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston, has a slightly lower vaccination rate and has expressed more concern about the potential loss of workers later this month.

Source: Maine hospitals report rising vaccination rates, few departures in response to mandate – Portland Press Herald

Report: Michael Flynn Received $200,000 in Undisclosed Secret Payments – Rolling Stone

Michael Flynn, the former general and former Trump advisor who thinks companies may be putting the Covid vaccine in salad dressing, allegedly received a total of $200,000 in undisclosed secret payments in 2014 and 2015 for consulting he did on a plan to build 40 nuclear power plants in the Middle East, the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported.

The nuclear power plan, which never came to fruition, would have involved companies from the U.S., French, Canada and Russia constructing and managing nuclear plants in Arab nations. According to SpyTalk, a site run by national security reporter Jeff Stein, the paper reported that an audit of a Dutch company specializing in transport revealed the payment to Flynn.

Source: Report: Michael Flynn Received $200,000 in Undisclosed Secret Payments – Rolling Stone

North and South Korea have phone call after months – BBC News

The move comes days after the country’s leader Kim Jong-un said he was willing to restore communication as a conditional olive branch.

However, Pyongyang also said the restoration of their relationship was dependent on the “attitude of South Korean authorities”.

North Korea has also recently been ramping up its military tests.

It has fired four missiles in less than a month – a sign that it has no intention of slowing down its arms development.

Source: North and South Korea have phone call after months – BBC News

Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Vivaldi translation: ”On the day that the woman discovers her power, she will become more interesting within a world of conditions. ”

Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” No dia em que a mulher descobrir o seu poder, ela passará a ser mais interessante dentro de um mundo de condições. “

Marii Freire Pereira

https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/ Monica Biga

Santarém, Pá 3 de setembro de 2021

View original post

Fotoprojekt 2021 (Oktober) “Nahrung”

Senioren um die Welt

Roland von Royusch-unterwegs hat eingeladen, zu dem Thema “Nahrung” ein Foto zu posten. Ich habe dafür das Bild der beiden jungen Vietnamesinnen gewählt, die in den Hallen des Ben Thanh Marktes in Hoh Chi Minh-City auf winzigen Plastikhockern saßen, ihr Essen genossen und sich dabei unterhielten. Das erste Mal habe ich diese Art des Essens in Myanmar erlebt, als ich in den 1990er Jahren allein dort war und öfter eingeladen wurde, mich dazuzusetzen und mitzuessen. Später haben wir sie dann auch in anderen asiatischen Ländern kennen- und lieben gelernt, nachdem wir die anfänglichen Bedenken wegen eventueller gesundheitlicher Probleme überwunden hatten.


View original post 261 more words