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Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     Volunteering can be most difficult in health settings.   This is part of what Phase II will help build,  Escorts starting about 15-20 years from now as Phase I draws to a close, by building a cadre of Serving Adults (and here is the comment I removed): 

A timeline for building support for a robust public health system could run as long as the generation currently in charge of funding the system, but that is time we do not have.

     So, I continue to work on draft Project Do Better’s manifesto,

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 now re-writing Part II.    I Just found and added Austria’s new train service, which is how Phase I helps get us to Phase II, on page 110!! 

     I look forward to hearing your opinions, Thoughtful Readers.

We can really  Do Better.

-Shira   

 

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WHO says monkeypox has been spreading undetected as global cases rise to more than 550

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the sudden appearance of monkeypox in multiple countries across the world indicates the virus has been spreading undetected for some time outside the West and Central African nations where it is usually found.

The virus may have been transmitted for months or years undetected though investigations are ongoing and there are clear no answers yet, according to Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the WHO’s monkeypox technical lead.

“We don’t really know whether it’s too late to contain. What WHO and all member states are trying to do is prevent onward spread,” Lewis said during a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday. Contact tracing and isolating patients who have monkeypox are crucial to stopping the spread, she said.

Source: WHO says monkeypox has been spreading undetected as global cases rise to more than 550

EDITORIAL: 2nd Forest Service blunder makes clear who’s responsible – New Mexico fires

Las Vegas Mayor Louie Trujillo says it was a “mindblow” that forest officials started the Hermits Peak Fire via a controlled burn gone wrong on a windy day in early April. Learning last week the Calf Canyon Fire erupted after a U.S. Forest Service “sleeper fire” in January was a second mindblow to the mayor and others.

We now know the Forest Service caused both the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires, which have merged in the Las Vegas area to become the largest wildfire in state history.

Mayor Trujillo, who lost a second home in Pendaries Village and a family cabin in Gallinas, called the news “shocking,” “impactful” and “disconcerting.” That’s why an independent investigation is essential to determine whether protocols were followed, and if so, how those protocols should be changed.

We hope the governor, attorney general and congressional delegation are on this. New Mexicans need to know how the federal agency responsible for managing 20 million acres of forest and grasslands in New Mexico and Arizona, 2,750 miles of streams, 37,900 acres of lakes and 25% of New Mexico’s fishing habitat could appear so incompetent

“… It also makes me wonder if the federal government should step forward and make it good,” Trujillo says.

Yes, and in no uncertain terms.

The Calf Canyon Fire was the result of a Forest Service “pile fire” that was ignited in January and continued to burn underground until it reignited above ground on April 9. The “pile” was made up of natural debris the Forest Service had cleared from an area. Days before, the Hermits Peak Fire escaped containment. Both were initially Forest Service “controlled” burns, leading agency head Randy Moore to put a 90-day pause on prescribed burns across the nation starting May 20.

Source: EDITORIAL: 2nd Forest Service blunder makes clear who’s responsible

Increased COVID-19 numbers raise concerns for the summer

Health officials in North Carolina say the state is seeing a rise in the percentage of people who test positive for the virus.

“Last year from May 1st to May 31st, our positive rate was 8%. This year, our positive rate is 25%,” Dr. Arin Piramzadian, StarMed Healthcare chief medical officer said.

The increase in cases has led some Eastern Carolina businesses to request that people wear masks indoors again.

“Keeping a policy that helps us out and helps our customers… some of our customers are older, and some, they have some other illnesses and stuff like that,” Jean Wagnac, Ann-G’s Hair Studio co-owner said.

 

Source: Increased COVID-19 numbers raise concerns for the summer

Amazon Repeatedly Violated Union-Busting Labor Laws, ‘Historic’ NLRB Complaint Says

This is not the first time the NLRB has accused Amazon of engaging in union-busting tactics and audio of one of the captive audience meetings was previously leaked to Motherboard, in which Amazon representatives referred workers to anti-union websites, disparaged the Amazon Labor Union, and misled employees about unions are.

The NLRB has asked Amazon to post a notice about workers’ union rights under the National Labor Relations Act in all of its Staten Island facilities, including all bathrooms and individual bathroom stalls, and send the same message to all employees via text message, email, social media, and the internal Voice of Associates board. The labor board is also asking Amazon to read the notice aloud in front of all employees at JFK8 and schedule mandatory training sessions for all supervisors, managers, and anti-union consultants on workers’ union rights, and to submit an attendance list to the board.

Amazon will now have the opportunity to settle with the NLRB. If a settlement is not reached, the case will go to trial before an administrative judge.

 

Source: Amazon Repeatedly Violated Union-Busting Labor Laws, ‘Historic’ NLRB Complaint Says

Unprecedented water restrictions hit Southern California – Los Angeles Times

More than 97% of the state is now under severe, extreme or exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Many of the region’s most critical reservoirs are at half capacity or less.

Six agencies that receive water from MWD will be affected by the rules: the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Calleguas Municipal Water District, Three Valleys Municipal Water District and Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District.

Each agency is taking a slightly different approach to achieving the required reduction, meaning there is a patchwork of rules across the region. Most are focusing their restrictions on outdoor watering since it accounts for roughly half of all urban water use.

And while MWD’s new drought rules are aimed primarily at urban users, officials have acknowledged that the vast majority of the state’s water that is used by humans goes toward agriculture — as much as 80%. Many farmers this year were put on notice that they, too, will receive limited allocations from state and federal suppliers.

Source: Unprecedented water restrictions hit Southern California – Los Angeles Times

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