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One Summer: a poem in memory of Stephen Lawrence by Ann-Margaret Lim

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Jamaican poet Ann-Margaret Lim was published on the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day today (October 21).

The poem is a memorial to Stephen Lawrence, the 18-year-old who was murderedby a gang of white thugs at a bus stop in London in 1993. Investigations into the murder were rife with corruption allegations, and a subsequent inquiry revealed the underbelly of racism in British society – and, indeed, institutional racism. Two men were eventually found guilty of Stephen’s murder in 2012. Stephen’s father said that his son’s murder “opened the country’s eyes” to racism. The case is now “inactive” according to the police.

Stephen Lawrence is buried in a family plot in Jamaica. (Photo: BBC)

For me, Ann-Margaret’s poem is surprisingly intimate, as if she knew Stephen well – filled with memories of adolescent love and happiness. In a sense, we all knew him well.

Stephen’s parents, Doreen and Neville…

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CDC panel OKs Moderna, J&J COVID boosters, mixed doses when needed | CIDRAP

Certain people who received Moderna and all who got Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines should receive a booster dose, and in general, people should stick with the original vaccine they got, an advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today. Source: CDC panel OKs Moderna, J&J COVID boosters, mixed doses when needed | CIDRAP

You Can Now Order Abortion Pills Before You’re Pregnant in All 50 States

Just before Texas’ 6-week abortion ban took effect on September 1, online medication abortion provider Aid Access began to let Texans who aren’t pregnant order the pills to prepare for a future unwanted pregnancy. This is a concept known as “advanced provision,” and it’s akin to having emergency contraception waiting in your medicine cabinet before you actually need it. It’s especially helpful for people living in rural areas or in places hostile to birth control and abortion.

Now, Aid Access has quietly rolled out advanced provision of abortion pills to people capable of pregnancy in all 50 states—a move that could revolutionize how people obtain and think about early abortion care in the US.

Source: You Can Now Order Abortion Pills Before You’re Pregnant in All 50 States

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Woolworths announced its intention to introduce a new requirement for team members to be vaccinated against #COVID19 in the coming months, unless they have a valid exemption. It’s believed this mandate will affect 170,000 workers #AceNewsDesk report

#AceHealthReport – Oct.22: Coles says it will require team members to be vaccinated as a condition of working at any of its stores, distribution centres and other sites in NSW, the ACT and Victoria, unless employees have a valid exemption…. #CoronavirusNewsDesk says according 7News report Woolworths and Coles both announce #COVID19 vaccine mandate for workers:…

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Mysterious Chinese palace|کاخ اسرار آمیز چینی

A Voice from Iran

“95th story”

First published: June.13.2019

 

A story by Laleh Chini:

My son had a strange dream:

He said:

A group of them got lost in a city in China.

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It was around 12:30 pm and my son and his friends were starving. There was no civilization. Fear and hunger took over and as they gazed at the top of a distant hill, they saw a grand palace with Chinese architecture.

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They naturally gravitated towards it but as they got closer, all of them felt fear of this place. They climbed almost 60 stairs that entered the palace.

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Slowly his friends were saying: “Oh man, thank God we found this place. There are people waving in the window. There’s got to be food here.”

He was freaking out because he saw zero people, as his friends were seeing many. They got to the entrance and the doors were open.

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Ironically, In This Vastness Of Land – Chen Song Ping

This is a poem, titled after a hand-painted bowl which was created by the author, a few years ago. Whereas, the poem is inspired by the many tragic news of perished immigrants on rough seas. They were trying to reach a better-land in this, ironicallyvastness of land on mother earth.

Source: Ironically, In This Vastness Of Land – Chen Song Ping

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” Dentro dos meus abraços

Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços

Apertado assim, coloco assim, calado assim

Abraços e beijinhos, e carinhos sem ter fim

Que é pra acabar com esse negócio de você viver se mim

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Santarém, Pa 21 de outubro de 2021

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Justice Department Reaches Settlement to Remedy Severe Racial Harassment of Black and Asian-American Students in Utah School District | OPA | Department of Justice

The investigation revealed persistent failures to respond to reports of race-based harassment of Black and Asian-American students by district staff and other students. The department’s review, which focused on 2015-2020, found hundreds of documented uses of the N-word, among other racial epithets, derogatory racial comments, and physical assaults targeting district students at dozens of schools. The department concluded that for years, Davis’s ineffective response left students vulnerable to continued harassment and that students believed the district condoned the behavior. The department also found that Davis disciplined Black students more harshly than their white peers for similar behavior and that Davis denied Black students the ability to form student groups while supporting similar requests by other students.  Black and Asian-American students are each roughly 1 percent of the approximately 73,000 students enrolled in the district…

Under the agreement, Davis will retain a consultant to review and revise anti-discrimination policies and procedures and support the district as it undertakes significant institutional reforms.  Among other steps, Davis will:

  • create a new department to handle complaints of race discrimination;
  • train staff on how to identify, investigate, and respond to complaints of racial harassment and discriminatory discipline practices;
  • inform students and parents of how to report harassment and discrimination;
  • create a centralized, electronic reporting system to track and manage complaints and Davis’s response to complaints;
  • implement student, staff, and parent training and education on identifying and preventing race discrimination, including discriminatory harassment;
  • analyze and review discipline data and amend policies to ensure non-discriminatory enforcement of discipline policies; and
  • develop a districtwide procedure to assess requests for student groups and treat such requests fairly.

Source: Justice Department Reaches Settlement to Remedy Severe Racial Harassment of Black and Asian-American Students in Utah School District | OPA | Department of Justice

Autumn Clouds

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

This evening cirrus clouds filled the sky at sunset. View the following photographs to understand how these forms are named from the Latin word for a ringlet, or curl, of hair. Formed above 16,500 feet, on this day the cirrus glow with the light of a sun low in the sky.

Here is a wide view from our driveway that includes a deteriorating con trail and possibly a mixture of other cloud types, I am no expert. I used a Canon “zoom” lens for flexibility in framing. To minimize exposure time for a crisp capture of the moving object, ISO was set to to 1,000 and the f-stop minimized.

Click any image for a larger views. Then, click again to return to post.

Post production I needed to spend time removing dust spots (neglected to clean the image sensor), some of the images still have those annoying spots.

We enjoy…

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