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Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff signs executive order shutting down San Antonio bars | kens5.com

Bars will have to close starting this Thursday, December 10, due to a significant increase in local COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate increasing, too.

Source: Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff signs executive order shutting down San Antonio bars | kens5.com

In-person instruction ‘not recommended’ for San Antonio, Bexar County schools, Metro Health says

“The school indicator bar is in the Red Zone, which means in-person learning is not recommended,” Woo said. “Our data show that schools are less risky places than we thought at the start of the pandemic, but we also know that avoiding extra risks will help contain our current surge. We urge parents to choose remote learning until we can get over this hump.”

Source: In-person instruction ‘not recommended’ for San Antonio, Bexar County schools, Metro Health says

Balcon la Mediterana

My two-day walk to Genoa

ore de drum

Genova, 2018

Plimbarea mea de două zile la Genova a fost una dezordonată.

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Am decis să nu-mi propun dinainte obiectivele și reperele. Am avut intenția doar să colind la întâmplare și să fotografiez fără să știu ce.

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Labirintul medieval e format din străduțe înguste unde e greu să te orientezi. Asa că cel mai bine e să te rătăcești.

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Cel mai mult m-au uimit straturile arhitecturale din epoci diferite reunite într-un singur edificiu.

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Vezi o sumedenie. Cartierul din apropierea mării își păstrează prima sa vocație, cea comercială.

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Cum e și firesc, aici erau debarcate mărfurile aduse de peste mări și țări. Chiar dacă am privilegiat hoinăreala, am vizitat pe-ndelete două palate somptuoase.

20180109_170401Palazzo Doria Pamphili (del Principe) se află pe țărmul mării. În vremea lui, avea propriul ambarcader, unde acostau navele lui Carol V.

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Ca să ajung aici, am traversat o zonă cu urbanizare densă, cu intersecții și străzi circulate…

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L’Art du Greenwashing par les marchands de luxe et de la mort de la nature et des peuples indigènes … dans leurs propres mots … – Le peuple de la Marchandise d’Or et de Diamant –

The Art of Greenwashing by Luxury Merchants and the Death of Nature and Indigenous Peoples … in their own words … – The People of the Gold and Diamond Commodity

Barbara Crane Navarro

“Leur vraie nature #1 – Fondation Cartier
photos: Fondation Cartier – Luc Boegly / site minier d’or – João Laet / photo de Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela et photomontage – Barbara Crane Navarro

Dans “Utopia” de Thomas More, publié en 1516, l’or et les pierres précieuses n’ont aucune valeur. En effet, ils ont le poids du sang, de l’esclavage et de la folie humaine…

L’art de la manipulation : Le concept corporatif du parrainage artistique a été si parfaitement décrit par Hans Haacke dans “Libre-Echange”, le livre de Pierre Bourdieu et Hans Haacke, publié par Editions du Seuil / les presses du réel en 1994, que je cite un extrait ici :

”Mais ce serait sous-estimer la Biennale … que de croire qu’elle n’est qu’une aide au développement en faveur du site de Venise et qu’il ne s’agit ici que de parts du marché profane de…

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Chinese vaccine is 86 percent effective, says U.A.E., where trials were held. – The New York Times

The data from the U.A.E. may not be a final indicator of the vaccine’s overall efficacy. Sinopharm has been running trials in 10 countries, data from which has not yet been released.

It is unclear whether the U.A.E. would start a mass vaccination program — the government had already approved the vaccine for emergency use in September for frontline workers at risk of contracting Covid-19. Separately, Morocco said it is preparing to vaccinate 80 percent of its adults, relying initially on a Sinopharm vaccine, the Associated Press reported.

Because the coronavirus has largely been stamped out in China, Chinese vaccine makers had to launch Phase 3 trials in places with active outbreaks to fully conclude whether their vaccines are effective. Sinopharm, which has two vaccines in late-stage testing, is also conducting trials in Bahrain, Jordan, Peru and Argentina and elsewhere, involving more than 60,000 volunteers.

Covid: The potentially crushing toll of rationing health care

  • Dr. Jason Mitchell said that doctors are doing everything to prevent rationing care as New Mexico’s governor signed an executive order that moved the state a step closer to rationing care at any place where patients are being treated for coronavirus.
  • ICUs in New Mexico hit 103% capacity, the highest in the country, according to HHS.
  • Mitchell explained that while medical professionals are already exhausted, the toll that potentially “not having what you need for every patient is just crushing.”

Source: Covid: The potentially crushing toll of rationing health care

Some ICUs at California hospitals are completely full: ‘It is the worst we have seen’ – Los Angeles Times

Though Central California is the first area in the state to hit 0% ICU capacity, it will not be the last. The latest data show that the entire San Joaquin Valley’s ICU capacity is down to 5.6%, and the Southern California region is hovering around 10.1%. Source: Some ICUs at California hospitals are completely full: ‘It is the worst we have seen’ – Los Angeles Times

Tanken om att göra rätt och följa reglerna

The idea of ​​doing the right thing and following the rules

stefansphotos.se

Att ständigt få ryggdunkar glada hejarop! bra jobbat härliga gjort du är bäst osv! ja det glädjer mig oerhört! men jag kommer ingen stans med det jag stampar kvar där på min samma plats! den snälle den arbetsamme den som man alltid kan lite på! jag följer regler och lagar och gör det som ska göras! Men det värker i hjärtat när man ständigt ser sig bli överkörd utnyttjad och på annat sätt få fördelar av att tänja på regler ta genvägar och så vidare! varför ska man bli straffad för att man spelar efter livets regler! och inte bara tar enklaste vägen, och inte är den som hörs och syns mest! det svider när det är alltid den som inte är så nogräknad vinner! ja livet är inte rättvist, men jag har i alla fall ett hjärta som säger att jag gör rätt när jag foljer regler och visar…

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