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A Few Coronavirus Thoughts …

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With some 156.2 million people in the U.S. partly or fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, there is much to be pleased about.  That is, after all, nearly half the population of the country.  But wait … it’s not quite time for cheering and bow-taking just yet, for there are still the other half that are not yet vaccinated.  A large number say it infringes on their “rights” and they do not plan on being vaccinated.  Others are still convinced by the conspiracy theories that the pandemic is a hoax, or that the vaccine is the government’s way of implanting a microchip in their body, though for what purpose is anybody’s guess.

The bottom line is that while at one point last month, 100,000 were being vaccinated every day, the number has slowed down significantly, and many states are requesting that the government send them less than originally requested.  I have…

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Crkva Svetog Georgija, Mažići, Srbija – Church of St. George, Mažići, Serbia

Google translation of introduction: Church of St. George, Mažići, Serbia – Mažići, Sveti Georgije u Dabru or Orahovica, as all historical documents call this important medieval monastery center in the lower course of the river Lim, is mentioned in the 13th century in a transcript of the famous Studenički tipik.

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Mažići, Sveti Georgije u Dabru ili Orahovica, kako sve istorijski dokumenti nazivaju ovaj značajni srednjovjekovni manastirski centar u donjem toku rijeke Lim, pominje se još u XIII vijeku u prepisu znamenitog Studeničkog tipika. Početkom XIV vijeka arhiepiskop Danilo II navodi srpskog suverena, znamenitog ktitora mnogih crkava i manastira, kralja Milutina, u svojstvu obnovitelja Manastira Svetog Georgija u Dabru. Dugo skriveni u maglovitim hodnicima vremena i malobrojnim sačuvanim dokumentima, među kojima ima i onih koji ukazuju na to da bi ovaj duhovni centar mogao biti jedna od najstarijih zadužbina Nemanjića, Mažići su poznati kao jedan od rijetkih manastira na tlu Srbije u kom je otkrivena srednjovjekovna bolnica s medicinskim instrumentima. Na lokalitetu Bare u Mažićima, nadomak Priboja na Limu, otkriveni su grobovi iz najrazličitijih epoha, koji nesumnjivo svjedoče o okultnom karakteru prostora na kom je u srednjem vijeku izgrađen manastir. Najtasrije nekropole datiraju iz ranog bronzanog doba i njihova starost se…

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Are You Wearing Gold? … « The forest is bleeding, I can feel it in my heart. »

Barbara Crane Navarro

Photo: Ricardo Stuckert « Brazilian Indians series »

«The gold miners pour more poison mercury on the earth than the weight of the gold they take away. They are like living dead, covered in golden mud.»

– cacique Raoni Metuktire

Photo: Gold mining destruction in the Amazon Rainforest
“The gold miners are destroying the forest” – drawing on paper: Anaomi Yanomami

Gold mining and the indiscriminate use of mercury to ferret out gold are turning swaths of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems into a nightmarish moonscape!

PLEASE DO NOT BUY OR USE GOLD!

As much as 75% of the gold extracted each year is used for jewelry, watches and other vain and futile status symbols sold byCartierand other corporations in the luxury industry as well as discount retailers worldwide.

Tens of thousands of rainforest trees must be uprooted, hundreds of tons of soil mined and mixed with dozens of tons of toxic environmental pollutants…

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Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost? — Palm Oil Detectives

Barbara Crane Navarro

Les Kaufman, Boston University In a recent journal article, a team of biologists, medical scientists, environmental scientists and conservationists proposed a number of measures to reduce the likelihood of future pandemics, many of which originate with wild animals such as bats. They argue that spending billions of dollars per year – a fraction of the[…]

Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost? — Palm Oil Detectives

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Pentral – What Lies Ahead of Us — Weathered Music

Barbara Crane Navarro

Brazilian progressive rock / metal trioPentralpresent their debut long-player‘What LiesAhead of Us’on the trail of high-energy singles‘Aiming For The Sun’,‘All My Wounds’and‘Silent Trees’– the sonic launching pad into the sonic expansive of a concept album reflecting on today’s society, presenting the saga of a lowly couple fighting for their lives and sanity. This long-player tells[…]

Pentral – What Lies Ahead of Us — Weathered Music

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Vancouver mayor apologizes to retired Black B.C. judge wrongly handcuffed by police | Globalnews.ca

Vancouver’s mayor has apologized to a retired B.C. Supreme Court judge who was detained and handcuffed by police in English Bay on Friday. Selwyn Romilly, the first Black judge elevated to B.C.’s superior court, was held by police who were searching for an assault suspect they said matched his description.  Romilly, who is 81, said police were looking for a “dark-skinned man in his 40s or 50s.” “I thought things had changed and they haven’t,” Romilly told Global News of the incident. “I hate to say racial profiling, but I can’t help but think if it was an 81-year-old white man, regardless of the description, they wouldn’t have put him in handcuffs for ‘officer safety.’”

Source: Vancouver mayor apologizes to retired Black B.C. judge wrongly handcuffed by police | Globalnews.ca

U.S. schools should continue to use masks, latest CDC guidance says – National | Globalnews.ca

Schools in the United States should continue to use masks for the 2020-2021 school year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Saturday. The CDC in its latest guidance said all kindergarten through grade 12 schools “should implement and layer prevention strategies and should prioritize universal and correct use of masks and physical distancing.” The CDC said masks should be worn at all times by all people in school facilities and buses, while maintaining a six foot distance between teachers and students. Earlier this month U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 years old.

Source: U.S. schools should continue to use masks, latest CDC guidance says – National | Globalnews.ca