Finding Closure On Find a Grave, and other links

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• A West Texas Gem -- “On a searing summer afternoon, I found myself strolling down Concho Avenue in the heart of San Angelo’s historic district.”
• Anxious Parents Demand Answers After Texas Nurses Accidentally Give Little Boys the ‘Wrong’ COVID Vaccine -- “And yet despite the troubling implications, the incident hasn’t made its way through the national media the way a human interest story like this normally would.”
• Facts Don’t Care About Your Diversity Training Certificate—A Critique of Credentialism -- “There is little evidence that a smart normal citizen, capable of effective analysis of empirical data, cannot criticize the work of academic or journalistic ‘experts’ in most fields—or any reason that he or she should be intimidated by these title-holders.”
• Finding Closure On Find a Grave® -- “The Fekete family in Hungary hadn’t known Vilmos was at the mine and had no news of the disaster. They were just left to wonder why they never heard from him again.”
• Focus on Texas: Funny Signs -- “There’s no other place like this place anywhere near this place, so this must be the place.”
• Footnotes in Texas History: Biography of a Word -- “Samuel Maverick, born in South Carolina, first demonstrated his nonconformist nature shortly after he arrived in San Antonio in 1835.”
• Regeneron’s antibody drug shows protection against COVID-19 for up to 8 months -- “Data showed that Regeneron’s drug has the potential to provide long-lasting immunity from COVID-19 infection, making it particularly helpful for immunocompromised people and those unresponsive to vaccines.”
• Systems of Belief -- “Going Green is a new religion whose belief is that by limiting carbon emissions, mankind can save planet earth and all life subsisting on it.”
• Take a Hike and Enjoy Nature at Texas State Parks -- “Even beginning hikers can explore the parks’ accessible trails and enjoy the colors of fall as many of the beautiful deciduous tree leaves change to yellow, red, orange, and purple.”
• The Alchemy of Egg Whites -- “It was mostly about the reward of pie, but I’m getting ahead of myself.”
• The Sweet Life: Heritage Syrup Festival Celebrates Folk Traditions -- “The city of Henderson and people from Rusk County revived the folk tradition of syrup making more than 30 years ago when they brought the annual Heritage Syrup Festival to life.”
• Welcome Home Ceremonies Honor Vietnam Veterans -- “Vietnam veterans came home to a country of citizens with reactions that ranged from complete apathy to those that took their anger over the war out on the men who served. It was a burden they did not deserve.”