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I can report, that the backyard looks beautiful now. A lot of work has been done to it during the last few weeks. I am very happy about this!

Today is the4thSunday after Peter died/On th 8th of November, that is just a few weeks ago, when Peter was still alive and able to visit the local doctor (with Olivia’s help that is), yes on the 8th of November I republished one of the posts from November 2011.

Now, I assume that most of my readers would not like to go to the trouble of looking up all these posts. However, for me it was most interesting to read through all of them again. It helps to give some kind of substance to what I do remember about the past nine years or so. These posts show me, that already nine years ago I could not help myself thinking about what would happen when Peter and I would come into our eighties. Well, Peter made it to 85 without any significant changes in our surroundings…

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The Lambda coronavirus variant has arrived in Australia. Here’s what we know so far

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-07-06/what-we-know-about-the-lambda-variant/100267978

Key points:

The Lambda variant is one of 11 official SARS-CoV-2 variants recognised by the World Health Organization
It was first detected in Peru and has spread to 29 countries, including Australia
A new study that has yet to be peer-reviewed found signs that the variant could be more infectious and harder to tackle with vaccination, but it’s early days

Coronavirus variants

The World Health Organization has identified 11 coronavirus variants so far (there are 24 letters in the Greek alphabet).

There are four variants of concern:

Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta

And seven variants of interest (most of which you’ve probably never heard of). They are:

Epsilon
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Lambda

All SARS-CoV-2 variants are distinguished from one another by mutations in their spike proteins — the components of the virus that allow it to invade human cells.

For instance, the Delta variant first detected in India has two key spike protein mutations — E484Q and L452R — that allow it to infect cells more easily and evade the body’s immune response.

According to research published last week but yet to be peer reviewed, Lambda has seven unique spike protein mutations.

A Chilean team of scientists analysed blood samples from health workers in Santiago who had received two doses of the CoronaVac vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech in China.

They found the Lambda variant has a mutation called L452Q, which is similar to the L452R mutation seen in the Delta and Epsilon variants.

As the L452R mutation is thought to make Delta and Epsilon more infectious and resilient against vaccination, the team concluded that Lambda’s L452Q mutation might also help it spread far and wide.

Dr. Norman Swan on So You Think You Know What’s Good For You?

Dr. Norman Swan was one of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, with a broadcast career spanning more than 30 years. He currently hosts Radio National’s The Health Report and co-hosts Coronacast. He also reports on 7.30 and is a guest reporter on Four Corners; appears on The Drum and is an occasional host of Radio National Breakfast. In addition to being an active journalist and health broadcaster, Dr Swan has a deep strategic knowledge of the Australian healthcare system and is committed to evidence-based approaches. Ahead of the release of his new book ‘So You Think You Know What’s Good For You?’, Joel sat down with Dr. Swan to discuss chatting to different age groups, covering health for general audiences, the balance of diet and exercise, and more! Books mentioned in this podcast: Dr Norman Swan – ‘So You Think You Know What’s Good For You?’: https://bit.ly/3hgcWRH Host: Joel Naoum Guest: Dr. Norman Swan

Landline 2021

I always like watching the Australian ABC program ‘Landline’. But the story about the innovation of some beef farmers and the apple cider story I find especially interesting.

AuntyUta

https://www.abc.net.au/news/newschannel/

Online Saviour: Going online saves struggling beef business

Pip Courtney

The decision to take their business online saved a couple’s struggling beef operation and provided a new secure market for dozens of other farmers.

https://www.abc.net.au/landline/online-saviour:-going-online-saves-struggling-beef/13375930

Diversifying After Disaster: Innovation aids recovery for Batlow apple growers

Luke Wong

Growers are implementing measures to help future-proof against fire and labour shortages, and some have turned to making cider as a way to diversify their income.

https://www.abc.net.au/landline/diversifying-after-disaster:-innovation-aids/13375906

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WHY Russia Saved the United States: The Forgotten History of a Brotherhood

Rising Tide Foundation

Why did Russia’s Czar Alexander II deploy the Russian navy to the coasts of the USA during the height of the Civil War in 1863? Why dynamic shaped the rise of the great rail building traditions across Russia, the USA, Germany, Japan and France in the 19th century and how did this shape the sale of Alaska and Bering Strait rail connection between old and new worlds? In this presentation delivered to a Vancouver audience as the first part of a seminar entitled “The Historic Clash Between Open vs Closed Systems“, Rising Tide Foundation President Cynthia Chung demonstrates that in order to answer these questions it is necessary to understand a broader historical dynamic shaped by the great scientist-statesman Gottfried Leibniz who guided Czar Peter the great in the creation of the Russian Academy of Science over 150 years earlier. Cynthia zeros in on the forgotten strategic friendship sparked by the Academy’s first female president Ekaterina Dashkova and America’s Benjamin Franklin beginning in 1780 which was integral to the Russian-led League of Armed Neutrality that tipped the balance in favor of US victory against the British Empire. While Dashkova became the first Russian inducted into Franklin’s Philosophical Society, Franklin became the first American inducted into Russia’s Academy of Science. The story follows the rise of Alexander von Humboldt who unleashed an incredible movement in America, Germany and beyond which drove a process of progress that has been all but written out of history and nearly gave rise to a world paradigm of win-win cooperation with an international array of rail and development corridors as outlined by the great Lincoln-ally William Gilpin in his 1890 Cosmopolitan Railway. How was this multi-polar potential derailed by a desperate British Empire? How might this lost potential be recaptured today? Watch the class to find out

Covid supply chain issues hitting fast-food chains as shortages worsen

“The mad rush to get everyone “vaccinated,” followed by the mass reopening of restaurants, has also caused a spike in demand for food that is only making the problem worse.”

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Covid supply chain issues now hitting fast-food chains as shortages in foods and packaging both worsen

Dr Eddy Betterman

A new survey by Reuters has found that at least nine popular fast-food chains are experiencing supply issues due to supply bottlenecks and other problems linked to the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) plandemic.

Everything from iced green tea to fries to chicken wings, as well as plastic packing material and paper bags, is becoming hard to come by as Chinese Virus-related supply pipeline issues continue.

On June 14, the website for South Korea’s most popular fast-food chain, Lotteria, explained that cheese sticks will now have to be substituted for French fries, supposedly due to problems with ocean shipping and product inspections for potatoes.

Few shipping containers are arriving in South Korea these days due to fears about the spread of the Wuhan Flu, and customs checks are also much slower than they used to be.

These supply bottlenecks are expected to continue “well into 2022,” says St…

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Polls reveal Gen Z make up the bulk of people refusing coronavirus vaccines

Some young adults fear. that a vaccination may effect their capacity to have children!

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Polls reveal Gen Z make up the bulk of people refusing coronavirus vaccines

Dr Eddy Betterman

Amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, several polls have revealed that Gen Z refuses to get vaccinated and celebrities like actors, singers and talk show hosts continue to try and convince them to do so.

Fighting health freedom with fear

According to the results of various polls, Gen Z, made up of a younger group of Americans, refuses to take part in Big Pharma’s “experimental mass vax program.” In an attempt to change Gen Z’s minds, the White House and public health officials are resorting to fear-based warnings about how their refusal could cause SARS-CoV-2 mutations.

Despite the government’s fear-mongering, the decision to skip the jab makes sense.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), young adults ages 18 to 29, which includes Generation Z and some younger millennials, currently make up 22.5 percent of all coronavirus cases in the country. The figure is higher than any…

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Woman Who Nearly Died After J&J Vaccine Stuck With $1 Million Medical Bill, Says Government Should Pay

Lippy wants to see a federal compensation system that is fair to her and others who are harmed by COVID vaccines. Because the government shielded vaccine makers from liability, she can’t sue J&J, KRDO reported. She also doesn’t have a legitimate legal route to sue the government.

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Kendra Lippy was a healthy 38-year old woman — until she got the J&J COVID vaccine.

A 38-year-old woman who suffered multiple organ failure from Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine says victims should be compensated for taking the risk.

Kendra Lippy was a healthy 38-year old woman — until she got the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID vaccine. Within about one week, she began experiencing headaches, abdominal pain and nausea.

Lippy was diagnosed with severe blood clots that subsequently sent most of her organs into failure. She also was left without most of her small intestine — and with crippling medical bills that she said the federal government should compensate her for.

Lippy’s case was one of the six that led federal agencies to temporarily pause the J&J shot in mid-April. Her blood clots developed in March. She was hospitalized for 33 days, including 22 days of intensive care.

Lippy now is in occupational and physical therapy, and is working to regain…

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How the Colonization of Africa Replaced Slave Labor Lost to Abolition

“From 1789 to 1888: The New Frontiers of Slavery – Twenty million Africans were enslaved by European colonial powers. It was only in the 18th century that opposition to the slave trade formed in Europe.”

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Menschenhandel - Eine kurze Geschichte der Sklaverei 1789-1888

Slavery Routes – a Short History of Human Trafficking

Part 4 Slavery’s New Frontiers

DW (2020)

Part 4 begins by examining Brazil’s unique history in the international slave trade. Two million African slaves landed in Brazil during the 18th century. At present, it has the second highest population in the world (with Nigeria at number one). One of the last country’s to end slavery (in 1888), it’s currently world leader in police violence against its Black residents.

In 1791 a massive slave revolt in the French colony of St Domingue (where African slaves comprised 90% of the population)* successfully defeated Napoleon’s army to overturn the white government and end the plantation system. The Haitian revolution destroyed the most productive slave colony in the world and reduced the Atlantic economy by half.

White plantation owners and foremen fled Haiti to use their experience in running plantations in Cuba, the US and…

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