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Nacionalni park Rapa Nui, Čile – Rapa Nui National Park, Chile

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Ubjeđen da su Polineziju naseljavali avanturistički nastrojeni moreplovci iz Južne Amerike, koji su mogli da stignu do udaljenih pacifičkih ostrva u primitivnim čamcima, norveški istraživač i arheolog Tor Hejerdal 1947. godine organizovao je smjelu ekspediciju. Ukrcao se na Kon Tiki, splav od balsamovog drveta, istovjetan onima što su ih koristili Polinežani, s namjerom da pređe 8.000 kilometara koji razdvajaju peruansku obalu od atola Raroja u arhipelagu Tuamotu. Ohrabren uspjehom ekspedicije, osam godina kasnije, riješio je da dokaže kako se isto desilo i sa Uskršnjim ostrvom, izolovanom vulkanskom formacijom, udaljenom 3.860 kilometara od najbliže ljudske naseobine. Hejedral i njegov tim izveli su arheološko istraživanje ostrva i ustanovili da je ono nekada bilo prekriveno šumom, koju je lokalno stanovništvo potpuno posjeklo. Ispitivanja starosti nekih od najpoznatijih ostrvskih statua uz pomoć radioaktivnog ugljenika pokazalo je da je naseljavanje ostrva započeto oko 380. godine, najmanje hiljadu godina ranije nego što se mislilo. Ali, stanovnici…

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The Urgency of Long Covid

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With respect to the dead, the fundamental damage from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants may be in the long term effects on survivors. Given the short time that the virus has been around, we are in the early stages in learning what these effects are and what the impact on individuals and society will be.

Long Covid is real and may ultimately cripple millions of people, whether or not they were hospitalized.

With no proven treatments or even rehabilitation guidance, long COVID affects people’s ability to resume normal life and their capacity to work. The effect on society, from the increased health-care burden and economic and productivity losses, is substantial.

The Lancet, 28 August 2021

Please read the link below.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01900-0/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email

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Igualdade Feminina

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26 de agosto é o Dia Internacional da Igualdade Feminina. A data é um marco na história na luta pelos entre homem X mulher, principalmente, em relação a diminuição de diferenças. A passagem da data também relembra a importância de se discutir ações e debates que sirvam para alcançar a equidade em diferentes espaços da sociedade.

Somando-de a isso, vamos lembrar de alguns acontecimentos importantes na trajetória da mulher na luta por direitos.

É sabido que a mulher muito avançou ao longo da história em relação a conquista pelos seus direitos, principalmente, após o voto feminino em 1932. Porém, esse fato só se tornou uma realidade em 1934, no governo de Getúlio Vargas, foi que o voto passou a ser previsto na Constituição Federal. A partir disso, a mulher se sentiu muito mais segura, tendo inclusive participação na vida pública, onde ela passou a exercer cargos na política, ou seja…

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Some B.C. businesses vow to defy province’s vaccine passport system | Globalnews.ca (Me: Some businesses would rather their staff and customers risk death instead of trying to stay safe?)

Earlier this week, the BC Civil Liberties Association described the passport system as “arbitrary and illegal.”

Source: Some B.C. businesses vow to defy province’s vaccine passport system | Globalnews.ca

Pro-Choice: what being it actually means by K E Garland

Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

“Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.” — Doris Roberts; actress, author, and philanthropist.

When I posted, “My Abortion Story + Jury Service Pt 2,” I neglected to tell you something important; were it not for Kathy Garland’s courageous and honest blog post that you’ll find below, I might not have published it. (Her account first appeared at PULPMag on Feb. 13, 2020.) Perhaps you remember Kathy from when she was a prior guest at Happiness Between Tails?

Below, she mentions Planned Parenthood. Funding for the organization was signed into law by President Richard Nixon who decreed, “no American woman should be denied access to family planning assistance because of her economic condition.” Planned Parenthood provides far more than abortions. The agency is committed to giving affordable reproductive health care to all genders, all ages,  all over the world. They offer sex education, cervical cancer screenings, contraception including vasectomies…

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