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Open Book

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People’s character, like a book, are wide open, what you see is what they are. We can only change ourselves. Believing we can change others is futile.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

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Jair Bolsonaro reinaugura ponte de madeira de 18 m, e acena para o vazio em uma típica encenação bolsonarista — Mágica Mistura✨

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Em meio à escalada da violência de garimpeiros contra comunidades indígenas, O PRESIDENTE Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido) saiu de Brasília,viajou cerca de 2.800 km para reinaugurar a ponte Rodrigo e Cibele entre o município de São Gabriel da Cachoeira e uma comunidade indígena no estado do Amazonas, mais precisamente na fronteira com a Venezuelae…

Jair Bolsonaro reinaugura ponte de madeira de 18 m, e acena para o vazio em uma típica encenação bolsonarista — Mágica Mistura✨

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Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve – Mongabay.com —

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Yam Streusel Boats

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Front-Runner Favs: Yam Streusel Boats! Root vegetables are our friends. Yams, also known as sweet potatoes, contain more healthy fiber and Vitamin A than white potatoes. Plus they are lower in calories. Granted today’s recipe has a streusel topping, but think about it. When you eat a baked (white) potato, do you add butter, sour cream, and crumbled bacon? I know, right! Obviously portion-control is part of the equation in making healthy choices. With the holidays on the horizon, think warm, comfort foods containing root vegetables.

YAM STREUSEL BOATS

Ingredients for Yams:

2 medium sweet potatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

Sea salt

1 tablespoon butter, softened

1 teaspoon maple syrup

1 pinch cinnamon

1 pinch chipotle chili powder

Ingredients for Chipotle Pumpkin Seeds:

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1/8 teaspoon raspberry chipotle rub

3/4 cup pumpkin seeds

Ingredients…

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Aggressive weight loss plan can beat diabetes, help heart health – UPI.com

An aggressive weight-loss program not only achieves remission of Type 2 diabetes, but may also end the need for blood pressure medications, new research shows.

“Our study shows that, in addition to possible remission from Type 2 diabetes, there are other very important health benefits, as weight loss is a very effective treatment for hypertension [high blood pressure] and its associated serious health risks,” said researcher Mike Lean.

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Source: Aggressive weight loss plan can beat diabetes, help heart health – UPI.com

PCR tests are not prone to false positives, despite what people say on Facebook, experts say | CBC News

Infectious disease experts are again pushing back against “armchair” molecular biologists who continue to make false claims about PCR tests — the primary method for diagnosing COVID-19.

These claims have circulated on social media since the beginning of the pandemic and have been repeatedly debunked, but nevertheless they persist in a variety of forums.

One of the most common false claims is that PCR tests are prone to huge numbers of false positives, and this is often rooted in a misunderstanding of how the tests work, says Jonathan Jarry, a biological scientist with McGill University’s Office for Science and Society in Montreal.

Molecular biology is complicated, and Jarry said it’s easy for people to pick up on a tidbit of information that, in itself, is true but then jump to much larger conclusions that are not accurate.

“We’re all susceptible to it,” he said.

“I’m not accusing other people of being dumb or stupid or ignorant. These are biases that we all have to deal with…. It’s just part of being human.”

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Source: PCR tests are not prone to false positives, despite what people say on Facebook, experts say | CBC News

Censorship is plunging Modi’s India into darkness | East Asia Forum

Narendra Modi takes a 'selfie' with a mobile phone, Ahmedabad, 30 April 2014 (Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave).

Amid a crescendo of criticism from foreign and domestic observers over incompetent handling, the embattled and embarrassed government has blocked 100 critical tweets, including by opposition lawmakers, journalists and other civil society figures.

These events represent an escalating trend of suppressing free speech in India following a face-off with Twitter in February 2021. The government ordered Twitter to suspend 500 accounts and block access to several others amplifying the Indian farmer protests and highlighting the government’s poor handling. The government justification was to ‘curb misinformation and inflammatory content’. Such was the resolve of the government that when Twitter struck a defiant note — unblocking the accounts and disagreeing with the government’s assessment of the legality of the content — it served Twitter with a non-compliance notice, threatening jail for executives in India.

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Source: Censorship is plunging Modi’s India into darkness | East Asia Forum

DHS formally bans family separations for illicit border crossings | TheHill

Homeland Security officials on Friday formally banned separating children from parents who are caught illegally crossing U.S. border, as part of an effort by the Biden administration to revert the effects of former President Trump‘s “zero tolerance” policy.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Troy Miller issued a memo to the heads of Border Patrol and CBP’s Office of Field Operations prohibiting the separation of children from their parents or guardians for convictions on illegal entry to the United States, and banning the referral of parents for prosecution exclusively on the grounds of illegal entry to the country.

Miller’s memo added an exception on national security grounds, allowing CBP and Border Patrol agents to refer illegal entry for prosecution with approval of higher-ranking officials and local counsel.

Source: DHS formally bans family separations for illicit border crossings | TheHill