“The systems and organizations involved in this case continually failed the victim. She should never have had contact with the man at the Mavericks game. The Dallas Police should have worked quickly to investigate leads and locate the teenager before she was trafficked to Oklahoma,” Fortenberry said in a statement. “The Extended Stay America hotel in Oklahoma City put profits ahead of people by turning a blind eye to the sexual exploitation occurring right before their eyes. This victim’s life will forever be changed. We hope to hold accountable those responsible and create change within these organizations so that this never happens to any other child.”Source: Texas girl, 15, trafficked from Mavericks game in Dallas; 8 arrested in Oklahoma: police | Fox News
Successfully fighting Covid-19 means investing in public health and uniform messaging – Vox (Me: GOPCovidDeathCult still beleaguers American fight for life and health)
With the politicization of Covid-19, public health messaging around the pandemic in the US has faced an uphill battle — and it shows. Beyond the recent hikes in hospitalizations, as of May 20, only 66.5% of the US population had been fully vaccinated — lagging behind other wealthy nations like France, Japan, and the UK — while just 46.4% had received a booster, according to CDC data.
But in a country where public health recommendations like getting vaccinated and wearing masks have become the cruxes of political debates, getting citizens on board with public health measures is easier said than done.
Source: Successfully fighting Covid-19 means investing in public health and uniform messaging – Vox
Viță veche
Evora, 2020
Cu înalta aristocrație portugheză nu mă întâlnisem niciodată prin cărți, astfel că, atunci când s-a ivit ocazia, am trecut pragul unui mic paradis de eleganță, curtoazie, educație, tact, armonie, măsură, bună-cuviință și alte himere care mă fac să mă simt în siguranță.

De la un oraș aflat în patrimoniul UNESCO era firesc să mă aștept la frumuseți, însă farmecul acestui ansamblu arhitectural m-a luat prin surprindere.

Intuisem un soi de chemare pe o alee discretă cu secretoase ferestruici în stil arăbesc, înainte să ajung la piațeta unde se află intrarea.

Existența complexului așa cum îl vedem azi este legată de istoria celor două familii care au locuit aici la distanță de cinci secole: conții de Basto și familia Eugenio de Almeida.

Palatul vechilor conți de Basto, denumit și Paço de San Miguel, cel mai vechi palat din Evora, este integrat în temelia zidurilor romane și a dăinuit odată cu…
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Daily Dose of Affirmation
Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature.
It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for your mind and soul. An affirmation a day, keeps the therapist away!!! Here are your affirmation for today :
- I see my struggles as opportunities to learn.
- I am worthy.
- I am a wonderful human being.
- I am more than this.
Have a great day ahead.
Nelson Gonçalves
Naquela mesa ele sentava sempre
E me dizia sempre o que é viver melhor
Naquela mesa ele contava histórias
Que hoje na memória eu guardo e sei de cor
Naquela mesa ele juntava a gente
E contava contente o que fez de manhã
E nos seus olhos era tanto brilho
Que mais que seu filho
Eu virei seu fã
Eu não sabia que doía tanto
Uma mesa num canto, uma casa e uma jardim
Se eu soubesse o quanto dói a vida
Essa dor tão doída não doía assim
Agora resta uma mesa na sala
E hoje ninguém mais fala no seu bandolim
Naquela mesa tá faltando ele
E a saudade dele tá doendo em mim
Naquela mesa tá faltando ele
E a saudade dele tá doendo em mim
Nelson Gonçalves. Naquela mesa
Composição: Sérgio Bittencourt
Marii Freire Pereira
https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!
Imagem: pinterest/ Cristina Coscacodam / Lisboa.
Santarém, Pá…
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Strawberry jam – Džem od jagoda
- 2 kg jagoda
- 900 gr šećera
- 1 vanilin šećer
Jagode oprati, očistiti i isjeći na sitnije komade. Dodati šećer i ostaviti da odstoji sat vremena. Staviti da se kuva i dodati kesicu vanilin šećera. Kuvati oko 45-60 minuta. Ako želite džem glatke glazure (bez komada voća), onda u toku kuvanja džem treba zgnječiti kašikom za pire ili štapnim mikserom. Pred kraj kuvanja, izvaditi jednu kašiku džema i ostaviti u frižider deset minuta. Ako je, nakon tog vremena, džem očvrsnuo, skuvan je. U vruće tegle sipati vruć džem. Ostaviti da se ohladi i staviti u frižider ili na police. Ovako skuvan džem može trajati do godinu dana.





Photo by Mirela
‘The Nazis are coming’ – antisemites harass Beverly Hills hotel guests – The Jerusalem Post
The truck was covered with phrases alluding to great replacement theory.
StopAntisemitism warned that this was “the same rhetoric the Buffalo shooter espoused in his manifesto before murdering 10 people.”
GDL is a group with only a few organizers and supporters online, that operates a video platform that streams antisemitic content, according to the ADL.
Source: ‘The Nazis are coming’ – antisemites harass Beverly Hills hotel guests – The Jerusalem Post
The GOP — It Ain’t What It Used To Be
One of the columnists I most respect is Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post. I bookmarked his column from Thursday to further peruse and upon doing so, I thought it well worth sharing with you. We the People can still salvage the democratic foundations from under the ashes of conservative cultism, but … we don’t have many chances left, which is why it is so imperative that we make sure everyone votes this November and in November 2024 … it may be the last best hope for the survival of the United States.
State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin), the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, gestures to the crowd during his primary night election party in Chambersburg, Pa., on May 17. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Cult or a conspiracy? The GOP sure isn’t a normal political party.
By Eugene Robinson
May 19, 2022
Is today’s Republican Party primarily a cult of…
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The “Final Stretch Alliance To End Horse Slaughter” Was Just Announced To Permanently Ban The Slaughter Of Horses In The U.S. – World Animal News
Kids summer reading on climate change
Looking for something for your children to do this summer? You can download this free primer for kids on climate change: what it is, how we each contribute, and what kids can do to create change. You might learn a few things too!

https://thecarbonalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GenC_Book.pdf
It was created in part by kids. For kids.

State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin), the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, gestures to the crowd during his primary night election party in Chambersburg, Pa., on May 17. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
By Eugene Robinson
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