The Yanomami people in the Brazilian Amazon have been fighting the plague of extractivism for decades. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit Source: Miners out, COVID out: Brazil’s Yanomami fight back | openDemocracy
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Assista a “Campanha Refloresta, do Instituto Terra, quer expandir plantio de árvores em áreas desmatadas” no YouTube – Mágica Mistura✨

Is there anything more beautiful than leaving a legacy of love in this world? The couple Lélia and Sebastião Salgado, creators of INSTITUTO TERRA, certainly play their part in this immense ecosystem … inspiring!
Costa Rica on High Alert for COVID-19, What’s Happening? – Havana Times (Me: everyplace that opened up too soon for economic and political/social reasons has paid in un-necessary deaths.)
Costa Rican virologist Eugenia Corrales agrees with Romero on the point that the third wave is the result of a false sense of security and the population being too free. It occurred after the country’s economic reopening and a low number of cases in the first three months of this year.
“High-risk spaces for infection were opened, lots of people went back to work, churches opened up, as did schools, gyms, but what really pushed us to the brink were the Easter holidays, when lots of people moved about, there was a lot of social contact, crowds,” Corrales said.
Before the Easter holidays, the Government invited the population to go on holiday so that national tourism would give a boost to the tourism industry; but always respecting recommendations such as not breaking “social bubbles”, wearing a mask, washing hands and avoiding large gatherings. It seems that the second part of the message didn’t sink in.
“New strains (of the virus) may be playing some role in the spike in infections, but I believe it was mainly people being over-exposed. People really let loose and the virus overdeveloped,” Romero added.
Source: Costa Rica on High Alert for COVID-19, What’s Happening? – Havana Times
Daily morning cartoon / meme roundup: Biden and his team prove that adults are in charge again. The Democrats are trying hard to fix things in the country and the Republicans are still playing spoiled brats who want all the cookies for themselves only.
♫ Lodi ♫
If you ever visited Lodi, you would quickly discover why you would not want to be stuck there. I like the Central Valley because I stood too long in the noonday sun there where there is no there, there. 🙂
I was working on a new music post … a song mentioned by two different friends tonight in comments … but exhaustion has overtaken me and I just cannot finish it tonight, so stay tuned tomorrow. Meanwhile, I dug this one out of my archives from 2018, dusted it off a bit, and … good as new! This was one I played shortly after I started doing these music posts, as you will see …
I started posting music a couple of weeks ago as a way to get rid of some extreme angst at that moment. I figured I would do it for a day or two, a week at the most. But I am having so much fun with this that I’m not ready to give it up yet! You guys have made this so much fun with your comments and shared memories, that I now look forward…
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Costa Rica to close non-essential businesses next week over COVID-19 | The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO
Costa Rica will for the next week close non-essential businesses, including restaurants and bars, across the center of the country due to a sharp increase in new cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations, the government said on Thursday.
From May 3-9, restaurants, bars, department stores, beauty salons, gyms and churches must close in 45 municipalities in central Costa Rica, where almost half the population lives and over two-thirds of new cases have been registered.
“We are in an unprecedented situation, and many people are going to die,” Health Minister Daniel Salas said after announcing 2,781 new daily infections, a record number. “There are already waiting lists to enter intensive care.”
Source: Costa Rica to close non-essential businesses next week over COVID-19 | The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO
We The Women
Everytime I hear about a rape being committed, i die a little inside. That is when I read it on the internet, or watch it on the television. Or the papers. But what happens when you really meet victims of rape or their parents. i broke down. The courage these women have shown.one young woman that i met had been raped, thrown across the railway tracks. She survived to tell her story and still fights it out inspite of losing both her limbs. She is way beyound brave..these women are the real heroes This is just one story in hundreds of others. I can't write . I am too overwhelmed and lost for words. Its a battle that all of us fight because the law is corrupt and the people who run it are Democratically elected . #we the women
Vegan, Nut-free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Star Ingredients: Oats, Sunflower seeds, coconut oil, Wheat Bran

Start your day with water – your body will thank you.
Start your day with yoga – your mind will thank you.
Start your day with Wholesome breakfast – Both your mind and will thank you.
These Vegan-Whole Wheat-Coconut oil-Sunflower seeds-eggless cookie which doubles as your morning breakfast falls in that 3rd category. Enjoy !!

I bake a lot of cookies for my family but I also try to make them as healthy as I can while also making sure they are yummy. This cookie is no exception. It has all the good stuff in it which you can probably think of while also satisfying your vegan/vegetarian sweet cravings.
The Wheat Bran and Oat flour add much needed fiber and the coconut oil gives that moist and coconutty flavor. You don’t need to buy oats flour separately for…
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Day 10 of GED in 5 months, more salty evidence, and librarians!
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So, if salt is so important, then how would you find evidence that salt is important? For that matter, how would you find evidence that the Crusades really happened? Ask your favorite reference librarian, perhaps, at your local public library branch? One of the key parts of our democracy, and of Phase I of the Four Freedoms movement is libraries, right?
| Day 10 Lesson Plan |
| Grammar activity (fewer vs. less): |
| Khan Academy activity: Order of Operations |
| powers of 10 |
| Day 10 ExitSlips |
Action Items:
1.) Why is salt important, and how do we know this?
2.) Was salt involved in the Crusades?
3.) Share your thoughts on whether trade and resources, or the lack thereof, could have influenced wars.
4.) Write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses those thoughts, and please tell us about it! If you write a book, once…
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A Weird Way Of looking At Politics and Cyber warfare!
Here comes my weird and wonderful way of looking at politics and cyber warfare. I have not written in a while and I did not participate in the women’s march. Not because I am a Trump supporter. Far from it. Let me make myself crystal clear; I am sick and tired of sectioning out people based on the following: Sexual preferences, gender preferences, background, mental health issues, religion and heavens above their genetic make up.Oh and the fact I did not join in on a march…
Is it me, or, are we being tricked into thinking this way; even though, we are educated to know better?
I always sit there reading the comments on actual media sites and I worry. Has someone actually written those things which are so harmful against other people? So I always asked myself after reading, most of the comments on social media political pages. Not…
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