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

Hearing Rhythm — Luna

My name is Maria Teresa Pratico aka Ladysag77. I’m just a woman trying to walk this journey of life in truth. Being creative is my soul’s purpose and I achieve that through poetry, writing a blog, painting and dancing. My motto is “Triumphing over Trauma”. In 2011, I first became aware that I needed to […]

Hearing Rhythm — Luna

Earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years

A total of 28 trillion tonnes of ice have disappeared from the surface of the Earth since 1994. That is stunning conclusion of UK scientists who have analysed satellite surveys of the planet’s poles, mountains and glaciers to measure how much ice coverage lost because of global heating triggered by rising greenhouse gas emissions.

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‘Stunned’ scientists say there is little doubt global heating is to blame for the loss

A total of 28 trillion tonnes of ice have disappeared from the surface of the Earth since 1994. That is stunning conclusion of UK scientists who have analysed satellite surveys of the planet’s poles, mountains and glaciers to measure how much ice coverage lost because of global heating triggered by rising greenhouse gas emissions.

The scientists – based at Leeds and Edinburgh universities and University College London – describe the level of ice loss as “staggering” and warn that their analysis indicates that sea level rises, triggered by melting glaciers and ice sheets, could reach a metre by the end of the century.

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The Waiting Game

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We’re all waiting for something. All things will come to the person who waits, provided they know what they’re are waiting for. My advice, never keep anyone long and don’t wait too long. Waiters and quitters have just a slight difference but a common end. Waiting for the movie to start before eating your popcorn is the hardest thing ever. Especially when it’s coated in caramel. The hardest part about making dinner is waiting for the delivery man.

Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible. Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed. Waiting is a sin against both the time that is still to come. Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has…

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Coronavirus: Missing school is worse than virus for children – Whitty – BBC News

England’s chief medical officer says reopening classrooms carries an “incredibly small” risk to pupils.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/uk-53875410

Self-delusion even worse than imagined – consider weight on child if he has to grow up knowing he “killed” his mother or father. Or the parent’s pain of losing a child. Then who will say the risk of staying safe was greater than the un-necessary death?

COVID-19 case count is up — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

The up-and-down pattern of reports of new COVID-19 cases in Orange County continued on Saturday. The latest compilation from the Orange County Health Care Agency is 493, up from 372 on Friday. There were 14 deaths, though, a decline from 26 the day before. The new to-date case total is 45,801, of which 37,241 are […]

COVID-19 case count is up — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

USPS lost Army veteran’s remains delaying delivery, family says | TheHill

“If Postmaster General DeJoy cannot do his duty to the American public, and military families like mine, that he should be removed from his post,” Egan said at a press conference Friday alongside U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).

Source: USPS lost Army veteran’s remains delaying delivery, family says | TheHill

McConnell rips Democrats for passing ‘piecemeal Postal Bill’, ‘ignoring urgent needs’ of Americans

Well pass it jerk, you have held everything else that would help Americans – so pas this and then the relief checks and out of work help!

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused House Democrats of “ignoring urgent needs” of Americans in passing legislation that includes $25 billion to boost the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), calling it a “piecem…