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« Necesitamos proteger los bosques para aquellos que no pueden hablar por sí mismos como pájaros, animales, peces y árboles. Necesitamos proteger los bosques para nuestros hijos, nietos y niños que aún no han nacido. » — Barbara Crane Navarro

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: Nutrias de río jóvenes sobre una roca a lo largo del río Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela Nutrias en el bosque – dibujo en papel: Yarima Yanomami «No veo delegación de cuatro patas. No veo un asiento para las águilas. Nos olvidamos y nos consideramos superiores. Pero, después de todo, somos solo…

« Necesitamos proteger los bosques para aquellos que no pueden hablar por sí mismos como pájaros, animales, peces y árboles. Necesitamos proteger los bosques para nuestros hijos, nietos y niños que aún no han nacido. » — Barbara Crane Navarro

Day 60/67 of GED in Five Months, constant rate of change med. reactions, and Health Care science for Adults — Critical thinking for Human Community

We use health care related words every day, but do we see how those words are related to the mathematics and to the concepts that we must remember, or relearn, from our science basics?  Noting the relationships and patterns between various interacting concepts are important for every Adult in a republic, where we each have […]

Day 60/67 of GED in Five Months, constant rate of change med. reactions, and Health Care science for Adults — Critical thinking for Human Community

House Of The Living Dolls

Weekend Stories by Trishikh

There is a house near the Shovabazar jetty on the banks of the mighty river Ganges, in the postcolonial city of Kolkata in India’s West Bengal state. Once it was a beauty to behold, a mansion of breathtaking artistry, a marvellous reflection of the Roman architectural style. A spectacle of wealth and power of the Bengali Babus, who profited by serving the oppressive British colonisers of the time.

Long gone are the mansions glorious days, long gone are the Babus. Now what remains is a dilapidated two-hundred-year-old haunted house, partially occupied and partly abandoned, with a reputation of unearthly terror from within its crumbling walls. They call it the ‘House Of The Living Dolls.’

Many have said with great confidence that the house is haunted. It is considered as one of the topmost scary places in an otherwise vibrant cityscape. People claim that a very eery and chilling…

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When I was a young child …

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When I was a young child

An omnivore diet I ate.

I wasn’t very adventurous,

The same few things appeared on my plate.

egg chips and beans

I liked to eat egg, chips and beans,

Or sometimes sausage and mash.

Occasionally I’d have fish fingers and peas,

Or maybe corned beef hash.

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I didn’t like many vegetables,

Only peas, baked beans and carrots.

No one could make me eat my greens,

I’d never even heard of shallots.

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My range of fruit went as far as apples,

Bananas, an orange at Christmas.

I preferred to eat biscuits and cakes and bread,

Peanuts and crisps, not citrus.

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When I went veggie I ate lots more eggs

And cheese instead of the flesh foods.

Fat and more fat, cholesterol and fat,

But rarely increased the plant foods.

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Now that I’m vegan, when they say to me,

“My goodness, what do you eat?”

I…

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More Contagious Covid Variant Is Now Dominant in U.S., C.D.C. Says – The New York Times

A highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first identified in Britain has become the most common source of new infections in the United States, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The worrisome development comes as officials and scientists warn of a possible fourth surge of infections.

Federal health officials said in January that the B.1.1.7 variant, which began surging in Britain in December and has since slammed Europe, could become the dominant source of coronavirus infections in the United States, leading to a huge increase in cases and deaths.

At that point, new cases, hospitalizations and deaths were at an all-time high. From that peak, the numbers all declined until late February, according to a New York Times database. After several weeks at a plateau, new cases and hospitalizations are increasing again. The average number of new cases in the country has reached nearly 65,000 a day as of Tuesday, concentrated mostly in metro areas in Michigan as well as in the New York City region. That is an increase of 19 percent compared with the figure two weeks ago.

Toronto’s medical officer of health defends sudden decision to close schools due to COVID-19 – Toronto | Globalnews.ca

A day after the last-minute announcement that all schools would be required to temporarily close, Toronto’s medical officer of health says the decision process was deliberate and in response to the spread of COVID-19 variant cases.

“I’m not a big fan of short notice either and I will tell you the decision was taken very deliberately and with a great deal of consideration,” Dr. Eileen de Villa told reporters Wednesday afternoon during a news conference.

“I think that at the end of the day taking these kinds of decisions is never simple. We know that there are many, many implications associated with that. That being said, my responsibility fundamentally is to health and safety and to ensure the actions taken really protect the health and safety of our children and all those that work in the school environments.”

Source: Toronto’s medical officer of health defends sudden decision to close schools due to COVID-19 – Toronto | Globalnews.ca