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The Climber

Weekend Stories by Trishikh

When the dark aura of a cold and misty night gasped its last breath before surrendering to the faint illuminations of the awakening sun, a tall and dark figure walked through the nodding wheat fields to reach a solitary palm gently swaying in the chilly breeze of an early winter morn. Barring only a white loin cloth and a traditional thin cotton towel wrapped around his head, he wore nothing else to fend against the elements. His lithe and leathery body did not seem to mind. After offering a silent prayer to the Monkey God, he ascended the living monolith.

Using two harnesses of jute ropes, one around his waist and the other around his ankles, he slithered upwards like a squirrel on a sprinting spree. Reaching the canopy, he leaned backwards, locking himself in mid-air. Then he unfastened five round earthen pots from around his waist and tied them…

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Paulo Freire

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” De tanto ouvirem de si mesmos que são incapazes, que não sabem nada, que não podem saber, que são enfermos, indolentes, que não produzem em virtude de tudo isto, terminam por se convencer de sua incapacidade. “

Paulo Freire. A situação concreta de opressores e os oprimidos.

FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogia do Oprimido. 71 ed. Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo. Paz e Terra, 2019

Marii Freire

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Santarém, Pá 6 de dezembro de 2022

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Scientists Say This New Wheat Can Withstand Extreme Heat and Drought – Mother Jones

“Many farmers said it was love at first sight when they saw it standing strong when all other varieties were being destroyed by drought,” said Filippo Bassi, senior scientist with the durum wheat breeding program at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (Icarda) in Lebanon.

Source: Scientists Say This New Wheat Can Withstand Extreme Heat and Drought – Mother Jones

Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter

“Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you’ve essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature,” said rhinologist Dr. Benjamin Bleier, director of otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Source: Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter

Op-Ed: COVID wave is rising in U.S. because immunity is down and precautions have grown lax – Los Angeles Times

Over recent weeks, since before Thanksgiving, there has been a significant and steep rise in COVID-19-related hospitalizations for Americans 70 and older. Nationally, that rate now exceeds the peak of the BA.5 summer wave and the Delta wave in the summer of 2021 — and this surge is still in sharp ascent. This is a signal that we are in for some trouble.

Source: Op-Ed: COVID wave is rising in U.S. because immunity is down and precautions have grown lax – Los Angeles Times

Chikungunya vaccine candidate: Antibody levels remained stable from month 6 to month 12 – Outbreak News Today

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Vaccine company, Valneva, announced Monday positive antibody persistence data twelve months after vaccination with a single dose of its chikungunya vaccine candidate, VLA1553. Following positive immunogenicity and safety data for Phase 3 study VLA1553-301 in March 2022, Valneva set up a dedicated antibody persistence trial (VLA1553-303) to monitor a subset of participants for […]

Source: Chikungunya vaccine candidate: Antibody levels remained stable from month 6 to month 12 – Outbreak News Today