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JNHT working towards reopening Blue Lagoon in shortest possible time

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In my last post, I wrote about the protests at Blue Lagoon in Portland today; the dust-laden chaos that prevails over the area due to road works; and most importantly, about the lack of information on the Blue Lagoon’s fate, since its closure last August. As it was declared a National Monument in 2018, this beautiful place, which is surrounded by privately owned land, has become the responsibility of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT). It is now guarded by private security guards (not, as the Mayor attested in a radio interview yesterday, paid for by the Portland Municipal Corporation).

The headquarters of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), a government agency, on Duke Street in downtown Kingston. (My photo)

Here is the JNHT’s press release, responding to the protests and the long press release that I shared in full in my previous post… Somehow, I think the JNHT…

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Alaska Drops Policy Banning Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals — ProPublica

On the advice of the state’s attorney general, Alaska’s civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans against most categories of discrimination, and it began refusing to investigate complaints.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/alaska-drops-lgbtq-discrimination-ban

Y un día, al despertar…

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Y una mañana, al despertar, nos daremos cuenta de que la noche quedó atrás y que sus sombras, a veces aterradoras y, en ocasiones, tan envolventes, solo eran eso, oscuridad temporal, instantes pasajeros y opacos, momentos ausentes de luz. Y un día, al amanecer, descubriremos que la noche es la otra parte del día luminoso y que, por lo mismo, forma parte de la vida. Y alguna vez, a cierta hora, veremos con mayor claridad que hasta los días más soleados presentan sombras y que, al contrario, durante las noches de intensa oscuridad suelen aparecer luceros. Y otro instante, sin duda, aprenderemos que ante el paso de las auroras y de los ocasos, la vida transita indiferente y se va. Y en algún momento de la existencia, comprenderemos que somos viejos y que nuestros sueños, aspiraciones, anhelos, ilusiones y…

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State Will Roll Back Mask Requirements In California Hospitals, Nursing Homes In April | LAist (Me: Following a dumb, unsafe decision with another one is even dumber just to satisfy people who want to pretend there is no longer a risk that vulnerable people will die if masks are dropped in hospitals and nursing homes :()

Citing the evolution of the pandemic and the expiration of the state’s emergency health order, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted this week to end the county’s COVID emergency health order on March 31, 2023. The federal public health emergency will end May 11, 2023. Source: State Will Roll Back Mask Requirements In California Hospitals, Nursing Homes In April | LAist

Violência Contra a Mulher

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” Duas mulheres são estupradas por minuto no Brasil “

Segundo novo levantamento feito pelo IPea, duas mulheres são estupradas por minuto no país. O trabalho foi realizado com base na pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística ( PNS/IBGE), e o Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificações ( Sinan), Ministério de Saúde, e é claro, chama atenção por conter uma realidade tão comprometedora como essa que a violência. Dos 822 mil casos, só 8,5% chegam até a polícia. E o que preocupa mais nisso tudo é a impunidade crescente. A consequência dessa violência é devastadora na vida da mulher, porque entre as muitas consequência, surgem doenças como: depressão ansiedade, distúrbios alimentares e outros. No que se refere aos agressores e estupradores, estes são geralmente companheiros e ex-companheiros e familiares. Essa realidade é muito triste, porque mais do que a vergonha que essas vítimas sentem…

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REBLOG: There’s gold in them thar hills! (photos & audio poems)

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Thanks, Michele!

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Poetic storyteller with a mic and a camera

There’s gold in them thar hills! (photos & audiopoems)

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Gold Rush
by Michele Lee

The buzz has begun
like bees scouting for nectar
no golden honey will be forthcoming
it is breathtaking beauty these scouts are after
wildflower enthusiasts are exploring the trails
and dancing in fields decorated with colorful petals
placed there, not by human hands, but by birds and the wind

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I would drive all day if need be
for a glimpse at nature’s vibrant display
a stretch of flat led us to a peak where men died
during a Civil War battle that occurred on April 15, 1862
the blood of soldiers spilled now rich soil for Mexican gold poppy
a mountainside sewn with gold sequins – a wildflower…

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