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Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

The common good, or the general welfare, includes our neighbors, both to the south, en México, and elsewhere.

(aka Adulting Education), must become more fully inclusive for all of us. (2k wds, aim…)

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Action Items:

1.) Search for two different sources related to the Holocene Epoch and to the Holocene Calendar.

2.) Share them with us in the comments, here, please.

3.) Share your thoughts on how a calendar based on the Holocene Epoch might help, or hinder, inclusive thinking,

4.) Write a book, blog post or tweet that uses an alternate calendar, tells a good story, and makes a difference. I’m working on that through my historical fantasy #WiP, #WhoByFireIWill. If you write a book, once published, please consider donating to your local public library.

Dear Readers, ideas on learning,

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APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Coronavirus: Zimbabwe receives nearly one million COVID-19 vaccine doses from COVAX

“We are delighted to see the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Zimbabwe through the COVAX Facility” said UN Resident Coordinator Maria Ribeiro. “This is an important and tangible act of solidarity from the international community and will bolster the admirable national COVID-19 vaccination rollout by Government of Zimbabwe.”

To date, Zimbabwe has procured over 12 million doses and accompanying injection safety materials using its own local resources.

As of 27 September 2021, a total of 3,051,371 eligible people in Zimbabwe had received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 2,211,880 their second across the country. This translates to a national coverage of 35.7% for the first dose and 25.8% for the second dose.

Source: APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Coronavirus: Zimbabwe receives nearly one million COVID-19 vaccine doses from COVAX

The Last Click

Excellent story – from an old photography buff who spent way too many hours developing and manipulating photos until I got my first copy of Photoshop – grin

Weekend Stories by Trishikh

At 141 Surendranath Banerjee Road in the New Marker area of Dharamtala, in the post-colonial city of Kolkata, stands a dilapidated building named Photographe. Established in 1840 by famous Calcutta lensman William Howard from Britain, the studio was taken over by the British photographer and traveller duo – Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd and renamed Bourne & Shepherd in 1866. Unfortunately, after successfully documenting Indian-pictorial history for more than one-hundred-and-seventy-six years continuously, the world’s oldest and longest-running photo studio was shut down in June 2016.

In its glory days, the Bourne & Shepherd Calcutta studio had four corresponding offices in Shimla, Mumbai, London, and Paris, besides numerous affiliates all over the subcontinent. Along with a team of thirty in-house photographers, including Samuel and Charles themselves, the studio thrived, running prestigious official assignments for the British Government and enjoyed the patronage of royal Indian families, upper-class British officials, and high-profile businessmen.

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International Day of Sign Languages 2021: Marlee Matlin: “We sign for Human Rights”

The COVID19 crisis has exacerbated already difficult situations for persons with disabilities. On International Day of Sign Languages, actor Marlee Matlin & the ilo say: “We Sign for #HumanRights” and call for an inclusive, rights-based future of work. Source: International Day of Sign Languages 2021: Marlee Matlin: “We sign for Human Rights”

feel free, and just be…

Develop. Inspire. Transform.

the tree grows taller, and
sometimes I feel smaller
than life as it manifests before me

moments like these
come and go, we know,
and yet, as they arise,
we continually strive…

to know
the answers, yet,
will we remember to abide…

instead
of fighting
against the current
we feel inside, let it subside

and know,

this energy
will carry us
toward
our final destination, a ride
for the ages

are we not all sages?

I know not, yet
won’t let the conversation
drop, because

it’s not
about dropping,
or stopping, more learning

to love

more than your heart
has ever known
the capacity for…becoming

like the flowers,
and the trees, did
you know they speak of thee…

every day, watching
as we run around
limiting what we see,
within this dream

yet, we speak, and, they see
instead, maybe,
feel free, and just be…


Photo by Léonard Cotte

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