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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

COVID Vaccinations Surge As Mandate Takes Effect For NYC Public School Employees – Gothamist

As of Monday, all New York City public school staff are required to have their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, prompting a substantial increase in vaccinations among educators. Officials said 18,000 staff members got vaccinated over the past 10 days.

Now, 95% of the education department’s roughly 148,000 employees have received at least one shot. 

Source: COVID Vaccinations Surge As Mandate Takes Effect For NYC Public School Employees – Gothamist

Andre-Johnson fiction – They’ll Steal Your Eyes, They’ll Steal Your Teeth

Everybody knew who stole eyes. They talked about it at the bar. They talked about it while playing rummy. They teased small, fussy children with it when they saw vazaha walking by. Watch out, they whispered to the crying child. Be quiet. Be quiet or the vazaha will come steal you. They’ll take your eyes. They’ll take your teeth. They’ll take all your organs. They’ll sell you abroad for lots of money. Everybody knows what vazaha do. They remember the father and son who disappeared. They remember the 15-year-old girl with the vazaha lover who never came home. Everybody knows that vazaha take eyes. They take teeth. They take what they want. They can afford it. They can afford papers. They can afford bribes. People talk, but talk has no value. Talk can’t buy papers. Talk can’t bribe gendarmes. Talk just talks. People just talk until they tire and stop. Source: Andre-Johnson fiction – They’ll Steal Your Eyes, They’ll Steal Your Teeth

We fight for our children

LANDBACK Friends

I avoid too many quotations and media from other sources in these blog posts. But there are stories that need to be told by those most affected, those doing the work for truth and justice. The stories here are by and about the Wet’suwet’en peoples who have been working for years to protect their lands in British Columbia from the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Who continue to face harassment and arrest by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

This is a clear example of the struggle for LANDBACK. “Many did not return and those who survived have fought for our right to all that we had been robbed of – land, language, culture, pride.

I wrote this case study to give an example of the implementation of the ideas related to LANDBACK. This is a link to the PDF version of the LANDBACK case study, Wet’suwet’en and Quakers.

A healing center…

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World Animal Welfare Day

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Why do we celebrate World Animal Welfare Day?

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The mission of World Animal Day is“to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals.

Celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

The theme for the World Animal Day 2021 is “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet.”

Wikipedia – World Animal Day

World Animal Day was originated bycynologistHeinrich Zimmermann. He organized the first World Animal Day on 24 March 1925 at the Sport Palace inBerlin, Germany. Over 5,000 people attended this first event. The event was originally scheduled for 4 October, to align with the feast day of SaintFrancis of Assisi

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La grande discarica terrestre nel cielo

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Dal lancio del primo satellite 64 anni fa, l’orbita intorno alla Terra si è trasformata in una discarica. Vi sono circa 129 milioni di frammenti e cioè stadi di razzi, bulloni, scorie di motori, scaglie di vernice e satelliti in pensione.

Ma si è arrivati ad un punto di svolta poiché i detriti continueranno ad aumentare anche se tutti i lanci venissero fermati. Negli ultimi anni vi è stato un assalto allo spazio non solo per osservare la Terra ma soprattutto per portare Internet in ogni angolo del pianeta. Il segnale viene fornito da satelliti in orbita bassa che fanno il giro del mondo in un’ora e mezza.

Ma per garantire un segnale costante in tutti i paesi occorrono costellazioni enormi ed infatti One web lancerà 850 satelliti, Kuiper 3.200 e Starlink 12.000. A questo si aggiungono quelli utili per i test militari e le armi antisatellite, che servono anche…

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Should You Rehire Former Employees

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In today’s changing world, it is not uncommon for companies to change their employee roster to match their customers’ needs. Employees came and went, with some staying for good and a few coming back.

While it is ok to have returning or former employees hoping to work for you again, it is crucial that you have a clear guideline for one’s eligibility to be rehired and what restrictions will be considered.

If you are uncertain if you should rehire a former employee when you have a job opening, here are some things you need to consider.

Pros of Rehiring a Former Employee

Rehiring a former employee can present many benefits if you don’t want to gamble your business or company’s future to an untested employee.

Here are some of the benefits of having a former employee back in your employ:

#1 They Already Know Your Company’s Work Culture

You don’t…

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