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‘Sad Town’: Extraordinary Vintage Color Photos of Vancouver From 1972 to 1982 ~ Vintage Everyday

A renowned photographer and a brilliant documenter, but before Greg Girald became widely known he was just a teenager prowling the streets o…

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The Secret of Costa Rica’s Successful Health Care System

People who have studied Costa Rica, including colleagues of mine at the research and innovation center Ariadne Labs, have identified what seems to be a key factor in its success: the country has made public health — measures to improve the health of the population as a whole — central to the delivery of medical care. Even in countries with robust universal health care, public health is usually an add-on; the vast majority of spending goes to treat the ailments of individuals. In Costa Rica, though, public health has been a priority for decades.

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Cada letra

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Cada letra escrita, al transformarse en palabra, oculta y exhibe sentimientos que brotan del alma, suspiros que el viento arrastra a rutas insospechadas, pensamientos que vuelan a otros destinos, motivos y detalles que cautivan, secretos y verdades que quedan o se van. Un texto, al escribirlo el artsta, es poema, es historia, es sueño, es realidad. Al hurgar en el baúl del abecedario, en el desván de las letras y las palabras, el artista, inagotable, deja algo de su vida en cada página, en las hojas que exhalan su perfume cuando uno las lee, aunque él, su creador, ya no esté. Detrás de las obras de los escritores y los poetas, quedan historias con sus rumores y sus silencios, pedazos de biografías, alegrías y tristezas, placeres y dolores. Cada autor lleva consigo lo liviano y lo pesado de su…

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Illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon threatens Indigenous communities

  • In June 2021, Indigenous communities observed boats carrying out illegal gold mining in the Caquetá River in the Colombian Amazon.
  • Satellite images showed as many as 19 boats that month on the Puré River, one of the Caquetá’s tributaries.
  • Research shows mercury contamination from gold mining has contaminated Indigenous communities in the Caquetá River Basin.
  • Researchers and Indigenous advocates warn the influx of miners into the remote Colombian Amazon may compromise the health and well-being of uncontacted peoples who depend on isolation for their way of life.

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ShiraDest Round Robin: Wondering Wednesdays, Baby Acres, Chapter 3 section I

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This post starts section I of the rough draft of Chapter 3, of my non-fiction WiP, Baby Acres. Since this is a rough draft, and I am very keen to hear suggestions if they improve the ideas presented here, as they are still in flux, please do share your thoughts per the Action Items at […]

Wondering Wednesdays, Baby Acres, Chapter 3 section I

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Byre Folding Bed Wedge Support Pillow Review — Invisibly Me

Byre Bed Wedge Pillow Review : A top quality support wedge that has priceless possible benefits for health, chronic illness, & chronic pain, developed and manufactured by a friendly small family business in the UK. The post Byre Folding Bed Wedge Support Pillow Review appeared first on Invisibly Me.

Byre Folding Bed Wedge Support Pillow Review — Invisibly Me