Source: COVID-19, new social and environmental phobias. – Chen Song Ping
Grožđe – Grapes
Ne treba smatrati da grožđe ima previše ugljenih hidrata, šećera ili kalorija da bi bilo dobro po zdravlje. Upravo je obrnuto. Kao i banane, grožđe je voće prve klase koje podstiče dobrobit najvišeg mogućeg nivoa. Manje je slatko nego što mislimo, više se odlikuje oporošću, koja je ključna ljekovita odlika. Ta kiselost ukazuje na prisustvo fitohemikalija koje su bitne za funkcionisanje bubrega. Ako ste nekad čuli da imate povišen nivo kreatinina, to znači da vam je bubrezima oslabila sposobnost da uklanjaju i luče štetne proizvode iz krvotoka. Grožđe je najbolji tonik za bubrege – njegove fitohemikalije vezuju se za otpad koji je bubrezima teško da filtriraju.
Mnogi ljudi zabrinuti su i za zdravlje jetre. Kao i trešnje, grožđe je odlična namirnica za čišćenje jetre. Njegove fitohemikalije mogu da uklone naslage, prerađenu hranu i nus-proizvode koji mogu da uzrokuju kongestiju režnjeva jetre. A za one koji traže digestivne koristi, kožica grožđa…
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Without control
If we lack awareness, whatever will happen will let us react without control.
Do not let external events govern our actions.

Climate justice and social justice for the Caribbean: a statement from Panos Caribbean ahead of COP26
Remember the slogan “1.5 to stay alive” at the Paris Agreement signing in 2015? Well, it was always much morethan a slogan for the Caribbean.
“Since 2009, more than a hundred Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and many others have been calling for limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels to prevent the worst of climate change impacts. The inclusion of a 1.5°C temperature limit in the 2015 Paris Agreement was a major victory for vulnerable countries.”
The regional NGO Panos Caribbean has issued a lengthy, challenging and powerful statementahead of the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, COP26. I particularly like the final section, in which it is stressed: We must also look at ourselves, and bring the fight for climate justice in our own policies, behaviours, attitudes and actions.

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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hold landmark hearing on extractive industries, rights, and climate change in the Caribbean
Environmental justice – and climate justice – and related human rights issues are pushing themselves further and further forward in the regional agenda. On October 8, the United Nations Security Council “recognized, for the first time, that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.” High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet stated:
“We must build on this momentum to move beyond the false separation of environmental action and protection of human rights. It is all too clear that neither goal can be achieved without the other.”
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, October 8, 2021
You can read High Commissioner Bachelet’sfull statement here.

TOMORROW (Wednesday, October 26, 2021) at 2:00 p.m. (EST), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a landmark virtual hearing on The Impact of…
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Biden administration moves to make at-home COVID-19 tests more available | TheHill
The Biden administration announced on Monday its plan to make rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests cheaper and more available through an accelerated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization process.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to commit $70 million from the American Rescue Plan to boost the number of over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 tests on the market.
Under this strategy, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to prioritize FDA authorization applications for COVID-19 tests from companies that “have the potential for manufacturing at significant scale.”
“The goal is to accelerate the availability of more high-quality, accurate and reliable over-the-counter tests to the public as quickly as possible,” HHS said in a release.
Source: Biden administration moves to make at-home COVID-19 tests more available | TheHill
Avian Flu Diary: Several Chinese Provinces Begin COVID Vaccination For Children Aged 3-11
Herbalist’s murder highlights assault on Mayan spirituality in Guatemala | Global development | The Guardian
Choc Che was an ajilonel, or specialist in Mayan medicine, who worked to conserve traditional knowledge and herbal remedies. He was a member of the Relebaal Saqe association of councils of spiritual guides and had also participated in a series of scientific research projects, including with University College London.
Last year, he was tortured, set on fire and killed by neighbors in the village of Chimay after he was accused of performing witchcraft. Three people were sentenced to 20 years in prison for their part in the killing.

But the verdict has not reassured indigenous spiritual guides and herbalists who say that the judge reduced the charges from murder to homicide, ignored Choc Che’s status as a spiritual leader and downplayed the influence of Christian extremism in his killing.
“The sentence failed to understand the role of a spiritual guide in the community,” said Juan Castro, the Choc Che family’s lawyer. “[The court] considers it just one more death.”
The three defendants, Romelia Caal Chub, Edyn Arnoldo Pop and Candelaria Magaly Pop, accepted their responsibility but throughout the trial they attacked Choc Che’s character and accused him of witchcraft.
The Catholic church denied that religious beliefs had played a role, with Bishop Mario Fiandri saying that the murder had been precipitated by “a problem between two families”.
Choc Che’s murder and its aftermath reflect continued intolerance against indigenous traditions in Guatemala. Approximately 43% of the country’s population identify as indigenous, but Christians routinely accuse Mayan spiritual leaders of witchcraft.
“They are convinced that they are going to go to heaven for removing evil or for removing the devil from their villages,” Berger said. “And they firmly believe that these [spiritual guides] represent the devil. So that extreme intolerance has followed a total lack of knowledge and understanding of what Mayan spirituality is, and this is very dangerous.”
Mayan spirituality traces its roots back thousands of years, and traditions of time-keeping, medicines and social organization have been preserved through many generations.
Elvis’ Three Appearances on The Ed Sullivan Shows: Watch History in the Making and from the Waist Up (1956) | Open Culture
Oh, to be in the studio audience of CBS’ Television City in Hollywood on September 9th, 1956, to see Elvis Presley’s gyrating pelvis rocket him to superstardom on The Ed Sullivan Show.
His appearance made television history, but 60 million home viewers were left to fill in some major blanks, as the rising heartthrob was filmed from the waist up whenever he was in motion.
Sullivan had been hesitant to book Elvis, not wanting to court the outrage the magnetic young singer had sparked in two “suggestive” appearances on The Milton Berle Show earlier that year. Elvis, he told the press, was “not my cup of tea” and “wasn’t fit for family entertainment.”
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