As Omicron is flying around the world at lightning speed, so it is in Jamaica. The problem with our island, though, is that the vast majority of our population is not vaccinated (close to 80 percent) despite vaccines being widely available (that is, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Sinopharm). According to the Reuters Coronavirus…
— Read on petchary.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/covid-19-updates-from-jamaica-january-8-2022/
Monthly Archives: January 2022
💥Peace & Truth
Obama says democracy can’t exist while Republicans ‘are willing to fabricate lies’ about our elections rawstory.comJan 6, 2022 2:20 PM President Barack Obama eulogizing Sen. John McCain at the National Cathedral. Former President Barack Obama issued a statement on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection by supporters of Donald Trump…
— Read on mydaz.blog/american-history-17/
Lê Vĩnh Tài | 10 POEMS – 10 BÀI THƠ – poetry is a mother’s silence (209) – SONGNGUTAITRAM
Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator, born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, an acclaimed businessman in Buon Ma Thuot. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works…
— Read on songngutaitram.org/2022/01/09/10-poems-10-bai-tho-209/
Vaccinated women pass COVID-19 antibodies to | EurekAlert!
Women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their babies passive immunity against the coronavirus, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research.
Source: Vaccinated women pass COVID-19 antibodies to | EurekAlert!
Mutual Aid stories
For the past week I’ve been thinking and praying a lot about Mutual Aid in preparation for a discussion we plan to have at my Quaker meeting tomorrow.
As I have nearly every Saturday for the last year, I was with my Mutual Aid friends this morning for our weekly food distribution. Here are a few stories triggered from what happened this morning.
I had a clear spiritual leading to become involved in Des Moines Mutual Aid. For the sake of brevity, I’ll begin with my return to Iowa in 2017. I was looking for justice activists and soon had the opportunity to walk on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March. A group of about ten native and ten non-native people walked and camped together for ninety-four miles, over eight days, along the path of the Dakota Access pipeline. The intention was for us to get to know each other…
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We have to stop complaining and start being the leader in our lives. Our present situation depends on what we think, do, and believe in. The past is over. The present is all we have. The future may never come.
© Norma Bobb-Semple 2022
New high-tech wearable patch monitors vital signs, never needs charging – Study Finds
“Our e-health patches may be employed as part of screening for lifestyle-related diseases such as heart disorders, signs of stress, and sleep apnea,” explains first author Dr. Andreas Petritz, in a statement.
The researchers used what’s known as a ferroelectric substance, which can power itself from normal movement — the piezoelectric effect. This is because the substance contains crystals that can be made to spontaneously have both a positive and negative charge. The researchers applied a strong electric current to a small amount of the material, just one micron thick. The material was very efficient at converting natural motion into small electric voltages, the researchers found.
These currents could either be transformed into signals for medical sensors or used to harvest energy. Multilayer patches could harvest up to 200 millijoules per day from a person’s natural movement if placed on a joint, like knees and elbows, the researchers say. This is enough power to monitor a patient’s cardiovascular parameters several times a day.
Also, because the patches are so thin, they are barely visible, making daily health monitors less invasive and unpleasant. “We expect that our findings will assist in the development of other sheet-type sensor systems that can perform precise bio-monitoring when affixed to the skin surface,” says study senior author Professor Tsuyoshi Sekitani.
The technology could even be monitored via smartphone or computer, the authors say.
Source: New high-tech wearable patch monitors vital signs, never needs charging – Study Finds
Hundreds of Biden Nominees Are Unconfirmed Amid G.O.P. Blockade – The New York Times
It’s simple and takes 20 minutes… But learning to meditate could unlock your inner calm | Meditation | The Guardian
Day 28/67 of GED in 5 Months, Equitable Triangles, and Adulting Education
Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better
The skill of translating ideas into other terms, or of translating mathematical terms into social ideas, is a crucial part of Adult citizenship responsibility, and is thus part of any democracy movement.
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Understanding sets of power relationships is also a crucial part of being an Adult in a democratic society. Mathematics helps with that, as does reading novels, from your local public librarians list of recommendations!
Start of week 8/18
| Lesson Plan, Day 28 |
Grammar: write your Introductory Paragraph and then: Reading… (accessed Sunday, May 9th, 12021 HE) |
| Three kinds of triangles |
| Day 28 ExitSlips |
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From the reading, what does this sentence mean to you?
“Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential.”
So, since students were using a set of Master the HiSET books in the classroom, if…
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