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Bidens announce ‘cherished’ German Shepard Champ has died – UPI.com

President Joe Biden pets the Biden family dog Champ in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 24. File photo courtesy of the White House.  Source: Bidens announce ‘cherished’ German Shepard Champ has died – UPI.com

Why Did Costa Rica Declare A Phytosanitary Emergency Due to the Presence Of the Giant African Snail?

The Government of Costa Rica declared a national phytosanitary emergency in order to prevent the spread of a focus of the plague called, popularly, the giant African snail (Achatina fulica) and known for its great destructive capacity.

It is the second organism listed in the list of the 100 most dangerous invasive species in the world, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The alert is due to its easy adaptation to a diverse range of environments, explained the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE).

Source: Why Did Costa Rica Declare A Phytosanitary Emergency Due to the Presence Of the Giant African Snail?

Quote I – Live your life, shape your own opinions…..

Living with Dying 🍁

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

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La început de tot, au fost grecii

Vivaldi translation of introduction – Bari, Italy: At first, it was the Greeks
Bari, 2016

Autumn end. The insert falls at four in the afternoon. The air is warm.

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Bari enjoys the picturesque port open to the Levant. I have a feeling of confusion. I’m in Palermo ? The Thessaloniki ? The Izmir ? Malaga ? The Tarragona ? La Nisa ?

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Bari, 2016

Sfârșit de toamnă. Înserarea cade la patru după-amiaza. Aerul e călduț.

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Bari se bucură de pitorescul oricărui port cu deschidere spre Levant. Mă cuprinde un sentiment de confuzie. Mă aflu la Palermo ? La Tesalonic ? La Izmir ? La Malaga ? La Tarragona ? La Nisa ?

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Pentru că Mediterana deține aceste energii care-ți spală gândurile.

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De aceea caut să fiu cât mai mult și mai des pe țărmul ei.

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Orașul vechi se află pe un promontoriu urbanizat contemporan cu o promenadă de pe care se pot admira toate obiectivele istorice.

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La bazilica San Nicola merg să mă închin la moaștele sfântului Nicolae, făcătorul de minuni pe care îl sărbătorim la 6 decembrie.

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Sfintele rămășițe au fost furate în secolul 11 din Derme, în sudul Turciei de azi, de marinarii din Bari și aduse aici.

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Imediat după aceea a început constructia bisericii, care s-a realizat între secolele…

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Traditionelles Südkorea

Vivaldi translation of introduction: Traditional South Korea
PUBLISHED ON 10. März 2018
It was on my milestone birthday that we arrived by ship in the port of Incheon, South Korea. When we disembarked, a surprise awaited us: we were received by a dance group with music and dance, and young hostesses in their traditional costume each presented us with a red rose, a nice gesture. I quickly brought the flowers to the cabin because if we were on the road all day, they would wither.

Senioren um die Welt

Genau an meinem runden Geburtstag kamen wir mit dem Schiff im Hafen von Incheon, Südkorea, an. Als wir von Bord gingen, erwartete uns eine Überraschung: wir wurden von einer Tanzgruppe mit Musik und Tanz empfangen, und junge Hostessen in ihrer traditionellen Tracht überreichten uns jeweils eine rote Rose, eine nette Geste. Ich brachte die Blumen schnell in die Kabine, denn wenn wir den ganzen Tag unterwegs wären, würden sie verwelken.

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Opal Lee — Grandmother Of Juneteenth

Filosofa's Word

Look at this beautiful woman …

This is Opal Lee, age 94, and on this, the first time Juneteenth is being celebrated as an official U.S. holiday, I want to tell you a little bit about Ms. Lee who is known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth.  While yesterday I wrote a bit about the negativity of some racists toward the new holiday, Juneteenth, today I want to put aside the negative and focus on the positive … and the voice of Ms. Opal Lee.


When Opal Lee was growing up in Texas, she would spend Juneteenth picnicking with her family, first in Marshall, where she was born, then in Sycamore Park in Fort Worth, near the home she moved into at age 10.  Ms. Lee’s paternal grandmother was born into bondage in Louisiana, and while Ms. Lee, born in 1927, was not a slave, she felt the cruel edge of racism at…

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The Secret Language of Trees — msamba

No secret, we just figured out what they have been doing for millions of years. Many of our ancestors knew that trees, animals, insects, etc, talked to whomever would listen – with “modern” technology we became colonial exploiters-despoilers of the earth by believing-deluding ourselves that we are above-outside of nature…

Barbara Crane Navarro

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Legal mining increasingly ravages forests in megadiversity hotspot – Science X —

Barbara Crane Navarro

Legal mining increasingly ravages forests in megadiversity hotspot – Science X https://ift.tt/34reOiL Legal mining increasingly ravages forests in megadiversity hotspotScience X Superforest via “deforestation” – Google Newshttps://ift.tt/2Pik6Fi

Legal mining increasingly ravages forests in megadiversity hotspot – Science X —

Yellow dump truck loading minerals – copper, silver, gold, and others at mining quarry.

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COVID-19 Delta

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

What we appear to know at this point is that the Delta (Indian) variant puts more unvaccinated people into the hospital and it attacks both young and old alike. We have data on the effectiveness of existing vaccines against Delta. They do work, but not quite as well against Delta as against the original virus. The Pfizer vax was 92% effective against the original virus, but only 79% effective against Delta according to Scottish data. Those are still good numbers and most people will be helped by the vax. We don’t have comparable data for Moderna or the Johnson & Johnson vaccines as yet, but there is no reason to expect massively different results. We’ll see.

Ultimately, we will need another round of vaccination, hopefully in pill form, and this may become an annual routine. There’s no sign of the virus going away on its own.

And as we reduce…

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