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CDC sees marked rise in COVID-19 children’s hospitalizations – UPI.com

700 children age 17 years and younger in the United States are being hospitalized daily due to COVID-19, according to figures released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This is more than twice the rate of hospitalizations seen in this age group seen in September, which was the height of the wave fueled by the Delta variant and coincided with the reopening of schools for in-person learning across the country, the agency said.

Source: CDC sees marked rise in COVID-19 children’s hospitalizations – UPI.com

As Deforestation Grows in the Brazilian Savanna, Government Ends Monitoring – Yale E360

Last year, deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region, one of the largest savannas in the world, reached its highest level since 2015, according to newly released data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Following that announcement, an INPE researcher said the government would stop monitoring deforestation in the Cerrado, owing to a lack of funds.

“It’s extremely worrying,” Mercedes Bustamante, an ecologist at the University of Brasilia, told Reuters.

From August 2020 through July 2021, the Cerrado region, home to a rich array of plants and animals, lost 8,531 square kilometers of vegetation, an area larger than the state of Delaware. Over the last half-century, roughly half the Cerrado has been lost as farms and ranches expand into the savanna.

Source: As Deforestation Grows in the Brazilian Savanna, Government Ends Monitoring – Yale E360

10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #67

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Roll-up, roll-up for another big top edition of 10 Interesting Things I Found, edition number 67, it’s a strange world we live in filled with strange, half-human half-creature beings that inhabit positions of power. Needless to say all we can do is escape into a world of our own making, so here it is…

Elegant and languid Art Deco flamingo font from the turn of last century

Elegant and languid Art Deco flamingo font from the turn of last century
Elegant and languid Art Deco flamingo font from the turn of last century

This Art Nouveau flamingo alphabet was designed by E. Mulier and published in “Lettres et Enseignes Art Nouveau”, Paris, 1901. Via Art Nouveau Deco on Twitter.

Bear Simone brings her cubs up to the house for a visit

I like this guy’s calm and gentle voice, the bear obviously did not feel threatened by him. Also he had this demeanor of awe about him and the mother bear and him…

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Fun with Languages Fridays: Lupin, 1:2

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                 Fun with Languages Friday:  English translation right after the French!

 

French Fridays with Lupin, Omar Sy style!

 

   Wow!!

Bon il a bossé son technique d’évasion.

 

C’est vrai. Elle n’est pas innocente.   Et son fils, il sait déjà distinguer.  Mais pourquoi allait-il en prison?  !!
Son père était très attentive al ortographie quelque chose que seulement son fils  soura.  Mais non il n’y a pas de hasard dans la vie.  Sûr tout quand on avais une lettre, un mot de suicide comme ça. 
Évidemment il va utiliser les mêmes techniques qu’a utilisé Arsène Lupin en allant en prison lui-même.  Comme dans les histoires.   Le coût de menottes !  Chouette !!
Et voilà la fille de la Mère dans sa cage dorée parce qu’elle savent Ou son les cadavres.
 
Et le pauvre policier qui sait qu’il…

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1 million expired Covid test kits found in Florida warehouse.

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When this came to light, I was upset at the waste, and then furious that I had spent hours trying to book a test.

As I always state I am English and do not support any political party. However, Governor DeSantis let the ball drop when this got out. A 5 day wait to get a drive through test at a pharmacy due to the lack of testing supplies. I am now thinking, are there anymore warehouses out there stacked with Covid tests, that are being blamed on the government. We need to look closer to home first.

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Words Of Wisdom From Jimmy Carter

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Yesterday, I had more than enough of articles about the anniversary of the January 6th attempted coup … I was on overload, most of the articles repeating the dire warnings of the one I had read just before and that I had previously expressed here on Filosofa’s Word.  Mind you, I understand the desire to pontificate on the events of that day and their extended outcomes, potential disasters going forward, for I have indulged in such myself.  However, there comes a point where it’s overload, time to step back and focus elsewhere for a few minutes or a couple of days.  So, today’s post was going to head off in a different direction.  Until … I read this piece in the New York Times by former President Jimmy Carter and … well, Carter is the most humanitarian president I’ve seen in my lifetime, and I respect his views.  So…

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