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« Nuestros espíritus xapiri están muy preocupados de que la tierra se convierta en fantasma » — Barbara Crane Navarro

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: «Nuestro bosque todavía es hermoso… arraigado en el centro del cielo antiguo.Más allá de la selva, el territorio de los blancos que nos rodea está formado únicamente por tierras heridas de donde provienen los vapores epidémicos … Sus bordes llevan las heridas de la deforestación y los incendios de…

« Nuestros espíritus xapiri están muy preocupados de que la tierra se convierta en fantasma » — Barbara Crane Navarro

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Happy Holi friends🎊🎉🥳

EARTH full of colors…
Enjoy the flamboyant day…
Snub air of gloom…
Fill it with colors of ecstasy…
Green, blue, yellow and more…!!!

Hey my awesome friends, how are you all today!! Well first of all WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY HOLI🥳🥳 Holi is also known as the “festival of love”, the “festival of colours”, and the “festival of spring” The festival celebrates the eternal and divine love of lord Radha and Krishna. It also signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it celebrates the victory of Lord Vishnu over devil Hiranyakashyapu…Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the blossoming of love and for many it is a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships.The festival also celebrates the beginning of a good spring harvest season.It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening…

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The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are very effective in real-world conditions at preventing infections, the C.D.C. reported. – The New York Times

The coronavirus vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are proving highly effective at preventing symptomatic and asymptomatic infections under real-world conditions, federal health researchers reported on Monday.

Consistent with clinical trial data, a two-dose regimen prevented 90 percent of infections by two weeks after the second shot. One dose prevented 80 percent of infections by two weeks after vaccination.

There has been debate over whether vaccinated people can still get asymptomatic infections and transmit the virus to others. The study, by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suggested that transmission is extremely unlikely.

There also has been concern that variants may render the vaccines less effective. The study’s results do not confirm that fear. Troubling variants were circulating during the time of the study — from December 14, 2020 to March 13, 2021 — yet the vaccines still provided powerful protection.

Novel coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China: Study dates emergence to as early as October 2019; Simulations suggest in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic — ScienceDaily

The original strain of SARS-CoV-2 became epidemic, the authors write, because it was widely dispersed, which favors persistence, and because it thrived in urban areas where transmission was easier. In simulated epidemics involving less dense rural communities, epidemics went extinct 94.5 to 99.6 percent of the time.

The virus has since mutated multiple times, with a number of variants becoming more transmissible.

Source: Novel coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China: Study dates emergence to as early as October 2019; Simulations suggest in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic — ScienceDaily

Grădina desfătărilor

ore de drum

Eindhoven, 2019

Am descoperit din întâmplare grădina cu dalii.

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Eram în drum spre centru venind de la o fermă bio, și ne-am abătut pe o cărare fără niciun indicator, din pură curiozitate, ca să vedem ce surprize ne mai oferă peisagistica din Brabant. Și pentru că, uneori, mă las atrasă de poteci misterioase ca în Haruki Murakami. Așa am descoperit grădina.

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Avea un mic panou pe care era menționat programul, foarte restrâns și restrictiv.

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O singură seară pe săptămână, joia,

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era deschisă doar pentru membrele clubului, când își puteau invita amici.

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Am avut noroc că am găsit o doamnă binevoitoare, Leentje, care, văzându-ne străini,

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ne-a deschis poarta, ne-a invitat înăuntru, ne-a oferit explicații și flori cu ospitalitate desăvârșită.

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Ne-a dat toate lămuririle necesare că să ne simțim mai mult decât bineveniți.

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Am aflat că grădina există de șaizeci de ani, neschimbată, și aparține aceluiași proprietar, un club de doamne din

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NTU Singapore scientists develop antibacterial gel bandage using durian husk

“With the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, the world will need multiple alternative ways to prevent infections. An effective way to protect open wounds is with antimicrobial bandages that are biocompatible and safe for prolonged use by humans. This is especially important for diabetic patients suffering from chronic wounds,” explained Prof Chen, the Michael Fam Chair Professor in Food Science and Technology at the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering.

“By using waste products which are currently discarded in large quantities – durian husks and glycerol – we could turn waste into a valuable biome

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