Jamaicans counting waterbirds (and holding their noses)

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BirdLife Jamaica is at it again. For the past two years, since the pandemic started, we have been quiet; having said that, while group trips (we always carpool) have been difficult, we have, as individuals, in ones and twos, been busy doing our birding activities. Our WhatsApp group has remained as busy as ever – enhanced with illustrations from our highly talented cadre of photographers, obscure and somewhat baffling videos from me of warblers flitting through the bushes at home, and wise observations and information from our expert guides.

The CWC is not just for the experts. Anyone can do it – go out and see what you can find, then record it on eBird Caribbean. This is “citizen science” in action!

Nevertheless, as the Caribbean Waterbird Census(CWC) rolled around, BirdLifers were galvanized into action. The CWC is an annual event established and organized by BirdsCaribbean. From January…

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Service

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Service to our fellow human beings and all living sentient beings on this earth is the greatest devotion we can offer to each other. We are not here to sow hate, denigrate and obliterate. We are here as vehicles of peace. We are here to honour our Mother, Earth. Like the flame of a candle, our travail in the flesh, in this dimension, will come to an end.

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Pets can carry, pass on their owners’ COVID-19 for several weeks – Study Finds

Pet owners who test positive for COVID-19 should avoid contact with their furry friends, according to a new study. Around a third of dogs and 40 percent of cats carried the virus after spending time with their infected owners.

Researchers say the pets only presented mild symptoms, if any at all, but may still pass on the potentially deadly bug. In the study, some pets carried the virus for as long as 51 days after their owners tested positive. The study was carried out with 29 dogs and ten cats in Rio.

“This study demonstrated the presence and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in different biological samples of dogs and cats that lived in the same residence of SARS-CoV-2 infected owners,” the authors write in their paper, published in PLOS One. “The results presented here suggest that people diagnosed with COVID-19 should avoid direct contact with their pets for as long as they remain ill.”

Source: Pets can carry, pass on their owners’ COVID-19 for several weeks – Study Finds

Bob Dylan

Vivalde translation: ”Happiness is not on the road that leads anywhere. Happiness is the road itself.

Bob Dylan.

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” A felicidade não está na estrada que leva a algum lugar. A felicidade é a própria estrada.

Bob Dylan.

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Tom Jobim

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” A insensatez que você fez

Coração mais sem cuidado

Fez chorar de dor o meu amor

Um amor tão lindo

Ah, porque você foi fraco assim?

Assim tão desalmado

Ah, meu coração quem nunca amou

Não merece ser amado

Tom Jobim. Insensatez

Composição: Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Vinicius de Moraes

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Pancreatic Cancer: We all die from something

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The funding for research on pancreatic cancer has skyrocketed since the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, died from it on October 11, 2011.(1) Only $17 million was spent on research in this disease in 1999, climbing to more than $182 million in 2018.(2)

The lack of funding is due to the relative rarity of the disease. There are roughly 13 cases per 100,000 people, although that rate is gradually increasing, reaching close to 19 cases per 100,000 by mid-century.

That doesn’t mean much if you’re unlucky enough to get it. The 5-year survival rate with pancreatic cancer was 4.2% when Steve Jobs died, and remains a low 10% today. Statistically, new treatments have produced a 100% improvement, but 90% of people with this cancer don’t stay with us very long. The cancer can be cured if caught at an early stage when it is surgically treatable (more below), but that’s…

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