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One Earth

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There is only one Earth. We are in the same predicament regardless of where we live. What happens to a limb affects the whole body. If we don’t relinquish our greed we will all perish but the Earth will survive.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

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Israeli troops put AP photographer in danger during clashes – The Washington Post

Mohammed said the officer told him he was being detained, and that the soldiers were keeping him there so the protesters would not throw rocks at them. Mohammed said he informed the officer that this was unlawful and amounted to using him as a human shield.

International law forbids forcibly placing civilians near military targets to deter attacks. In 2005, Israel’s Supreme Court outlawed the long-standing practice of using Palestinian civilians in military operations, including the “neighbor procedure,” whereby soldiers would send a Palestinian civilian to the home of a wanted militant to order him out. The Israeli rights group B’Tselem says soldiers have occasionally used such practices in the years since. 

Source: Israeli troops put AP photographer in danger during clashes – The Washington Post

Samoa withdraws weightlifters from Tokyo Olympics

Radio New Zealand reported earlier that Samoa’s government had decided the previous day to withdraw the nation from the games entirely due to the number of new virus cases Japan is logging each day.

Patrick Fepulea’i, president of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee, said in a statement that three athletes comprising the country’s weightlifting team who are currently based in Samoa will not participate, but eight other Samoan athletes who have qualified for the games and are based overseas will.

The eight — two in Australia, four in New Zealand, one in the United States and one already in Japan — will represent the island nation in boxing, sailing, canoeing, athletics and judo.

After the Olympics, they will return to their respective bases, rather than to Samoa, the statement said.

“We fully understand the logic behind the government decision, especially the need to protect Samoa from the virus, especially the new mutation now spreading around the world,” the statement added.

Source: Samoa withdraws weightlifters from Tokyo Olympics

mRNA vaccines ease breakthrough COVID; Novavax helps block variant | CIDRAP

The few adults who receive a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine but still become infected have a milder, shorter illness and lower viral RNA loads than their unvaccinated peers, finds a real-world US study yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The journal also features a UK study confirming that the Novavax vaccine offers 90% overall effectiveness and protects against the highly transmissible and potentially more deadly Alpha (B117) SARS-CoV-2 variant.

mRNA vaccines 91% effective after 2 doses

In the first study, a team led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Response Team tested 3,975 coronavirus-naïve healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential workers who received one or two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccine or were unvaccinated from Dec 14, 2020, to Apr 10, 2021. The study took place in Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, and Utah.

Source: mRNA vaccines ease breakthrough COVID; Novavax helps block variant | CIDRAP

The Road to Success Is Paved with Hardships

Anita's Perspectives on Life

A Tribute to My Beloved Father

I want to share something that really inspired me and completely changed my mindset during these recent corona times. This story reminded me that we are built stronger than we think we are. We just must find strength in ourselves.

When the quarantine first started, I must say that I was feeling sorry for myself as I had my usual travel plans and even my tickets were booked. Shortly after, being locked up in my house, I went into a few days of self-criticism thinking about all the negative things that I could possibly come up with.

The fact that travel came to a complete halt when I was just ready to leave, the stress that I was quarantined at my home whereas my family was not with me, and the dread of not knowing when I will be able to next see my…

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Texas State Historical Association | Segregation (Me: will this material be banned in Texas schools now?)

SEGREGATION.Segregation is the physical separation of peoples on the basis of ethnicity and social custom historically applied to separate African Americans and Mexican Americans from Whites in Texas. Racial attitudes that supported segregation of African Americans probably arrived in Texas during the 1820s in company with the “peculiar institution,” slavery. Anglo-Americans began extending segregation to Mexican Americans after the Texas Revolution as a social custom. Tejanos formed a suspect class during and after the revolution, and that fact led to a general aversion of them. After the Civil War, segregation developed as a method of group control. For both minority groups, segregation existed in schools, churches, residential districts, and most public places such as restaurants, theaters, and barber shops. By the latter years of the nineteenth century, institutionalized segregation flourished legally in places with a visible Black population and was extended informally to Tejanos. Most Texas towns and cities had a “Negro quarter” and a “Mexican quarter.” Source: TSHA | Segregation

Natural Tomato (& Other Vining Plant) Ties Found In Your Yard + Photos from My Garden

Ideas and Advice for How To Live a Joyful and Empowered Life.

Long grass works to tie your tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas or anything you need tied to a stake or trellis. You can use 2 or three pieces together to strengthen it. I have found this very convenient and I am more apt to get the job done when the supplies are a few steps away. Also, grass is compostable.

Please share your gardening tips in the comments.

Here are some photos from my garden:

Warmly,

Monica

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