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

UC and Cal State schools to require COVID-19 vaccinations – Los Angeles Times

Source: UC and Cal State schools to require COVID-19 vaccinations – Los Angeles Times

Alphabet soup for the soul – “E”

Great Earth Day!

Words from Walden

E is for Earth 

“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on.”

Henry David Thoreau

The Earth that we occupy is drenched in various forms of life that are full of energy and intelligence, both visible and invisible to the human eye.

The energy we experience on earth is all around us, if is in everything and everywhere. The leaves of a tree that produce food for both humans and animals is made by and infused with a higher intelligence. it is also found in insects and organisms.

Is earth the only place that intelligent life can prosper in the entire cosmos?

As we expand our universal reach through space we will find out that undoubtedly we are NOT the only planet where intelligent life exists in such abundance, but you already knew that.

One of the most intriguing…

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This Earth Day, a People’s Perspective is What is Most Needed | Inter Press Service

Today, my organization Climate Refugees will also gather in an Earth Day event, Frontlines: Climate Risks & Migration with US Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas, and longstanding activists and advocates in immigrant and migrant rights, climate policy, and environmental justice working with frontline communities.

We will look for a reflective conversation on Central American migration to discuss solutions, and what can be done by the Biden administration and the international community to protect the world’s most vulnerable, ahead of climate negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow.

For most of the world, climate change is by no means only an environmental concern. For communities dependent on the land and natural resources for livelihood, even survival, climate change is a socio-economic and political concern as well.

Source: This Earth Day, a People’s Perspective is What is Most Needed | Inter Press Service

Earth Day with the birds

Petchary's Blog

Earth Day is tomorrow – Thursday, April 22. I am planning to spend part of it (virtually) with birds. No doubt, the birds in our garden may make an appearance or voice their thoughts on the state of our Planet. The Jamaican Woodpecker, for example, with his overly loud, imperious screech (I feel I want to tell him to turn the volume down). The White-chinned Thrush is very much engaged with his rather melodious “hooray, it’s the breeding season” song these days, with little pauses in between each phrase. The White-winged Doves and the White-crowned Pigeon will give us a selection of throaty hoots and coos and, in the case of the latter, a wonderful sound like a growl.

One of our Jamaican Woodpeckers on his favorite perch – a tilting wooden light pole that is scheduled to be replaced! The Jamaican Woodpecker is an endemic bird – that is…

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Bill targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans passes Senate – Los Angeles Times

In a rare, if fleeting, moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, senators approved the bill 94 to 1. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was the only no vote. (Me: Hawley doesn’t want to miss out on any possible support from anti-Asian racists) Source: Bill targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans passes Senate – Los Angeles Times

OSS in Kunming, China

Pacific Paratrooper

Julia Child with OSS colleagues

The OSS group that included Julia Child and her future husband Paul found themselves in a flood in mid-August 1945.  But what they were encountering was nothing compared to the civilians.  Chinese villages of mud huts were “melting like chocolate.”  Farmers drowned in their own fields.  As the flooding began to subside, Japan was hit with the second atomic bomb.

The incoming Russian soldiers only added to the Pandora’s box that was already opened in China.  The OSS HQ in Kunming went into overdrive.  Eight mercy missions were launched to protect the 20,000 American and Allied POW’s and about 15,000 civilian internees.

Elizabeth McIntosh w/ colleagues during Kunming flood

All the frantic preparations – for rescue operations, food and medical drops and evacuation – had to undertaken despite the weather conditions.  Adding to the drama was the uncertain fate of the 6-man OSS team dispatched…

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