Category Archives: News to use

Useful news for all to advance knowledge of the world and how it works

Vaccine mandate: Most CA health care workers are complying – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, Keck Medicine and other major hospital systems in California say they are well on their way to meeting Thursday’s deadline for the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, with several citing vaccination rates of 90% or higher.

California was the first state in the nation to announce that all health care workers must be fully vaccinated. The order, which includes physicians, nurses, technicians, janitors and other workers in hospitals, dialysis centers, doctor’s offices, nursing homes, substance abuse centers and other facilities remains one of the most stringent in the country. Only limited medical and religious exemptions are allowed.

On Tuesday, state health officials issued a new order that extended the mandate to in-home, hospice, disability center and senior center health care workers, but gave them an extra two months to comply, until Nov. 30.

Source: Vaccine mandate: Most CA health care workers are complying – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Violência doméstica: por que a sociedade ainda, tem tanta dificuldade em combater esse problema?

Vivaldi translation of title: Domestic violence: why society still has such a hard time fighting this problem?

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

A sociedade pós-moderna muito avançou em relação às mudanças culturais. Ora, a família por exemplo, ganhou novos arranjos. Hoje, temos diversos modelos de famílias; a família tradicional, as afetivas, e todas aquelas outras que tem a proteção legal. O importante é isso, assegurar o direito de cada uma delas. Como disse, As mudanças culturais, não só isso, mas também as mudanças sociais trouxeram um significado surpreente a todos. Claro, o novo sempre assusta, mas de fato, houvesse essa necessidade de mudar. Todavia, em meio a essas mudanças, existe um problema social gravíssimo, e que acontece no seio de toda família, que no caso, é a violência doméstica, um ( calvário) incapaz de ser descrito. A violência como todos sabem, é fonte de sofrimento principalmentepara as mulheres. Sofrimento muitas vezes de uma omissão do próprio Estado.

Em face de um número elevado de mortes de mulheres que acontece todos os dias…

View original post 983 more words

Top US general says Afghan collapse can be traced to Trump-Taliban deal | US military | The Guardian

The collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces can be traced to a 2020 agreement between the Taliban and the Trump administration that promised a complete US troop withdrawal, senior Pentagon officials have told Congress.

Gen Frank McKenzie, the head of central command, told the House armed services committee that once the US troop presence was pushed below 2,500 as part of President Joe Biden’s decision in April to complete a total withdrawal by September, the unraveling of the US-backed Afghan government accelerated.

“The signing of the Doha agreement had a really pernicious effect on the government of Afghanistan and on its military, psychological more than anything else, but we set a date – certain for when we were going to leave and when they could expect all assistance to end,” McKenzie said.

He was referring to a 29 February 2020, agreement that the Trump administration signed with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, in which the US promised to fully withdraw its troops by May 2021 and the Taliban committed to several conditions, including stopping attacks on American and coalition forces. The stated objective was to promote a peace negotiation between the Taliban and the Afghan government, but that diplomatic effort never gained traction before Biden took office in January.

Source: Top US general says Afghan collapse can be traced to Trump-Taliban deal | US military | The Guardian

Women in Latin America march for abortion rights – BBC News

Women have demonstrated in cities across Latin America for access to legal and safe abortions, in a region where the procedure is only fully allowed in a handful of countries.

There were clashes between police and protesters in Mexico, but celebrations in Chile – where a bill to decriminalise abortion up to 14 weeks passed through the lower house of Congress.

The protests coincided with International Safe Abortion Day on Tuesday.

Source: Women in Latin America march for abortion rights – BBC News

APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Coronavirus: The United States Donates Pfizer Vaccines to Kenya

The United States has donated close to 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the people of Kenya.  To complement the vaccine donation, the United States, through USAID and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has invested $4.9 million (495 million KSH) to support the vaccine rollout in Kenya through projects aimed at increasing demand for vaccines, health worker training, project monitoring, strengthening supply chain and cold storage capacity, and monitoring adverse effects. Source: APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Coronavirus: The United States Donates Pfizer Vaccines to Kenya

Război și pace

ore de drum

Micene, 2015

Am fost prevenită că acel cuib de vulturi, răscolit de vânturi și bântuit de șerpi, va însemna o confruntare cu demoni și tenebre.

Pe culmi aride, stâncoase, pustii, dramatice, zeii nu-l întâmpină pe călător cu brațele deschise.

Cetatea fondată de Perseu a atins apogeul în mileniul 2 î.Hr., iar între secolele 16-12 î.Hr. devenise cel mai puternic stat din spațiul mediteranean, omologul Cretei și al Egiptului.

De la Homer, Eschil, Sofocle, Euripide, ale căror scrieri au conturat începutul politicii si al psihanalizei, aflăm cum oracolul a decis ca dinastia Atrizilor să preia puterea după moartea regelui fără urmași.

Ura și răzbunările se perpetuează de la o generație la alta. Adulter, incest, crime au dezvoltat o amploare cosmică în scrierile grecești.

Secrete bulversante, apăsătoare pândesc să-mi devoreze gândurile. Doar arșița se revarsă necruțătoare peste fantomele sufletelor covârșite de ură.

Întotdeauna m-am așteptat ca în locuri asemenea acestui faimos sit…

View original post 297 more words

Put that thing away…

Lolsys Library

I’ve been streaming for about a month now and in that time.

Seen two pen 15’s

Been hit on numerous times, lost “followers” when they realised that I have a partner.

Luckily, I am a old woman and have been dealing with these kind of things for nearly my whole life. I still remember this one time, I was walking to the bus from walk, during the day, by myself. This guy on a bike rides by me and says “You’ve got really big boobs”. Like, how am I supposed to deal with that?

Now, I’m nearly 40, it just annoys me. I do let them know. I also always ask them “How many times has that even worked”? Young and old, it just pisses me off. Who is telling these guys, that that’s the way to a woman’s heart?

View original post

Heart Foundation of Jamaica lights up Usain Bolt’s statue for World Heart Day

Petchary's Blog

There was a big splash of bright red, lighting up our champion sprinter Usain Bolt (his statue, that is) recently. Why?

As part of this year’s World Heart Day celebration, The Heart Foundation of Jamaica – which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year – illuminated the Usain Bolt statue, located at the National Stadium in Kingston on September 23, 2021.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange and Executive Director at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Mrs Deborah Chen, stand ‘hands in heart’ at the recently held lighting ceremony at the National Stadium Park. This year, the Usain Bolt Monument was lit red in recognition World Heart Day. (Photo: Heart Foundation of Jamaica)
 

World Heart Day, is celebrated on September 29, observing the theme: “Use ❤️ to Connect.” This year I have been seeing several reports on the risks that COVID-19 poses to…

View original post 364 more words

October 6 2021 Gospel Reading and Reflection: Luke 11:1-4

1 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name,
your Kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread
4 and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.” Source: October 6 2021 Gospel Reading and Reflection: Luke 11:1-4