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Pacquiao Retires: End of an Era

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Finally. After years of ignoring the clamor for him to retire, after a spectacular 26-year career where he brought home world titles in a record 8 weight classes, after a surprise loss to little-known Yordenis Ugas last August, our very own boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao has finally decided to hang up his gloves.

In a glorious run starting in 1995, Pacquiao picked up his first world crown – the WBC flyweight title – in 1998 at a tender age of 19, when he knocked out heavy favorite and defending champ Chachai Sasakul of Thailand. He would lose the title after 2 bouts to another Thai fighter, Medgoen Singsurat, as he struggled to maintain his growing weight.

In 2001, Pacquiao went to the USA to try his luck there, ending up in the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles where he met Freddie Roach. Roach would be his father-figure, his mentor-trainer, his…

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Birds from Walden Woodpecker

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Woodpeckers , even without being seen they are one of the most identifiable birds from the sounds they make.

The woodpecker loves the forested areas for hollowing out trees.

The Woodpecker is another beautiful, rare and unique bird.

These birds do not get headaches. Nature has designed the biology of a woodpecker so that the back of their tongue wraps around their brain, thus preventing concussions.

Seen throughout the year at Walden pond the woodpecker loves to peck-wood.

This bird comes in many different colors and patterns. Some have red heads and a red stripe that goes down the back of their necks while other just have red on the head.

Some have a cascading black and white wavy pattern while others have black spots over a white coat.

They all have a long hard beak which allows for constant penetration of dead wood.

There are many types that can…

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O BRASILEIRO TEM FOME DE QUÊ?

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Fome, palavra com quatro letras capaz de gerar angústia e agonia em quem a sente. O mundo, em 2019, parou por conta de uma pandemia inesperada, de lá para cá muitas transformações aconteceram, entre elas, o avanço do home office, levando muitos profissionais a saírem dos seus locais de trabalho, diminuindo assim, o fluxo de pessoas nas ruas. Esse novo cenário apresentou uma fragilidade para aqueles que dependiam das ruas, local de onde provinha sua subsistência. Eram milhares de trabalhadores que viviam da economia informal, no Brasil. Além disso, fora dos grandes centros urbanos, existem áreas de extrema pobreza, principalmente nas zonas rurais, onde não há saneamento básico, muito menos energia elétrica. Esse é o Brasil que poucos conhecem.

Mas, tanto nos grandes centros, quanto nas áreas mais carentes das zonas rurais, essa palavra composta de apenas quatro letras surgiu de forma ainda mais drástica e começa a ser pronunciada…

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In Portugal, There Is Virtually No One Left to Vaccinate – The New York Times

“The first thing is to make this thing a war,” Admiral Gouveia e Melo said in an interview, recalling how he approached the job. “I use not only the language of war, but military language.”

While politicians around the world have invoked a similar martial rhetoric, he said it was critical to his success that he was widely seen as detached from politics.

He quickly assembled a team of some three dozen people, led by elite military personnel — including mathematicians, doctors, analysts and strategic experts from Portugal’s Army, Air Force and Navy.

Asked what other countries can do to bolster their own vaccination efforts, he did not hesitate to offer his best advice.

“They need to find people who are not politicians,” he said.

Before the pandemic, Portugal was fortunate to have a robust national vaccination program. It grew out of the country’s devastating experience battling polio, which was still affecting the country after Admiral Gouveia e Melo was born in 1960. He recalls when the daughter of a family friend fell ill from the disease and the suffering that followed.

Manuela Ivone da Cunha, a Portuguese anthropologist who has studied anti-vaccination movements, said that “vaccine doubters and anti-vaxxers are in the minority in Portugal, and they are also less vocal” than they are in many other countries.

Leonor Beleza, a former Portuguese health minister who is now the president of the Champalimaud medical foundation, said Portugal’s rollout clearly benefited from the discipline stemming from the nomination of a military officer.