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Avian Flu Diary: EID Journal: Natural Reassortment of EA H1N1 and Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, China 

Source: Avian Flu Diary: EID Journal: Natural Reassortment of EA H1N1 and Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, China

(Me: “explains” why new flu develops leading up to Fall-Winter Holidays(Nov-Dec) in the west and Lunar New Year in Asia – January – when pig, duck, turkey and chicken production increases exponentially for holiday meals)

Avian Flu Diary: ECDC/WHO Interim Advice For Public Health On Summer Events During The Monkeypox Outbreak In Europe

Guidance

14 Jun 2022

The aim of this document is to provide concise advice to public health authorities and guide their prevention, awareness-raising and behaviour change interventions before, during and after upcoming summer events.

Executive summary

This document will enable public health authorities to maximise opportunities for disseminating reliable information, advice and practical guidance to participants and minimise the public health risk from monkeypox. Although the main focus is monkeypox in the context of the current multi-country outbreak, much of the advice addresses good public health practices in general which may help prevent the transmission of a number of infectious diseases (e.g. HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), etc.). This guidance also includes sections which can be used to formulate advice to business/venue owners and event organisers, as well as participants themselves. All advice can be adapted to the local context and the relevant audience and translated into national languages, as required.

 

Source: Avian Flu Diary: ECDC/WHO Interim Advice For Public Health On Summer Events During The Monkeypox Outbreak In Europe

No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Transgender People Aren’t Causing The Tampon Shortage

the real issue can be traced back to an increase in the cost of cotton and plastic used to produce tampons. These materials, also used for masks and other medical supplies, have been in particularly high demand since the pandemic. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has added another challenging layer to the problem, as both countries are key exporters of the materials.

Source: No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Transgender People Aren’t Causing The Tampon Shortage

 

(Someone is a bit nuts on prices – just checked Amazon – check for yourself. not nearly as high as noted in article.)

apple seeds by Jeff Flesch

MasticadoresUsa // Editor: Barbara Leonhard //

Photo by Дмитрий Хрусталев-Григорьев on Unsplash

apple seeds

by Jeff Flesch, Monthly Contributor
site: https://jeffflesch.com/

I miss the flavor of you
at dawn

coming to me in dreams that fill my mind
with worried images

and times, fatigued

learning more from apple seeds
I lean into the love that sits atop the mountain

and the valleys deep
where love lingers in the shadows

and in every crack and crevice of this heart
pumping crimson-colored heat

through me, like the ocean

this love
I will forever keep

@Jeff Flesch

Jeff grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Corvallis, Oregon, where he works in Educational Leadership. Jeff’s interests and passions include personal and professional development, developing new ways to increase access to higher education, and creating inspiration, transformation, and more equity throughout society. You can read more of Jeff’s poetry at Develop. Inspire. Transform, and on Twitter.

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Come si misura l’espansione dell’universo

le pagine dei nostri libri

I fisici americani Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt e Adam G. Riesci, premi Nobel nel 2011 per la Fisica, nel 1998 scoprirono che l’universo sta accelerando la sua espansione, probabilmente a causa di una forza sconosciuta, l’energia oscura, che potrebbe determinare il destino ultimo del cosmo.

La misurazione accurata e definitiva riguardo l’espansione dell’universo è una cosa complessa e si chiama Costante di Hubble, in memoria di Edwin Hubble, colui che per primo la misurò, nel 1929. Questa costante dovrebbe dirci la velocità cui si espande l’universo e anche quanto sta accelerando.

Al momento gli astronomi osservando in diversi punti dello spazio hanno però sempre elaborato risultati diversi. Ora invece un nuovo studio sembra essere finalmente riuscito a ottenere una costante ritenuta valida da tutti.

Il nuovo studio conferma le precedenti stime del tasso di espansione basate sulle osservazioni dell’omonimo telescopio Hubble mostrando un’espansione di circa 73 chilometri per megaparsec…

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Anywhere I go

De malinha pronta

Photo : KaDDD

Anywhere I go
There’s a blue sky
And a soft place to land
Anywhere I go
I hear birds singing
And I see colourful flowers
Anywhere I go
Silence is golden
And words are whispered
Anywhere I go
My heart is light
And my body floats
Anywhere I go
There’s love
And hope
Anywhere I go
It’s a new day
Always the beginning
Never the end.

Filipa Moreira da Cruz

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