Luang Prabang, Laos – Luang Prabang, Laos

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U drugoj polovini XVI vijeka Lan Sjang, Kraljevstvo milion slonova, vodilo je ogorčenu bitku sa susjednim Sijamom. Ratna sreća okrenula se protiv njega, i kada je zaprijetila opasnost da Sijamci ugroze prijestonicu, kralj Saj Setatirat prebacio je svoje statue Bude u pećinu, nedaleko od grada. U to vrijeme, bilo je rasprostranjeno vjerovanje, da svakoga ko vidi premještanje statua, zadesi zla sudbina. Pak Ou je velika krečnjačka litica što se nadvija nad ušćem rijeke Nam Ou u Mekong (Majka voda). U dvije velike pećine u litici nalazi se preko 4.000 Budinih statuta koje je Saj Setatirat prebacio iz svoje palate. Sve te statue pokloni su vjernika posvećeni uspomeni na kralja i spas zemlje. Luang Prabang se može vidjeti i sa udaljenosti od nekoliko kilometara južno, s velike okuke na rijeci. Legenda kaže da je grad, prvobitno, nazivan Muang Sjua, po imenu njegovog prvog vladara iz VIII vijeka. Godine 1353. kralj Fa…

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11th Airborne graduates Camp MacKall — Pacific Paratrooper

1943 Camp MacKall, 11th Airborne yearbook Smitty had acquired additional postcards to show the people back home what Camp MacKall looked like.  They were in the scrapbook his mother put together and was saved for all these years…. This slideshow requires JavaScript. General Order No. 1 listed the original organic units of the 11th Airborne […]

11th Airborne graduates Camp MacKall — Pacific Paratrooper

Maču Pikču, Peru – Machu Picchu, Peru — Myrela

U ljeto 1988. godine, u šumama oko Maču Pikčua bijesnio je požar koji je uništio 4.050 hektara vegetacije i ugrozio mnoge lokalne životinjske vrste, a zahvatio je i rubove ruševina. Ta najveća ekološka katastrofa u istoriji Perua pogoršala je ionako osjetljiv ekološki sistem u veličanstvenoj dolini Urubamba, ugrožen razvojem turizma, nedostatkom sredstava i slabom kontrolom […]

Maču Pikču, Peru – Machu Picchu, Peru — Myrela

A Little Girl’s Dreams – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

Night Owl Poetry - Dorinda Duclos


In a dream, she sails

To faraway places

Hoping, at last

To find out what space is

A bag fully packed

She reaches for the sky

Balloons, shaped like planets

Will help her to fly

A billion stars fill the night

Oh! How they shine!

A little girl and her dreams

How I wish they were mine…

©2021 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Image by Ajay kumar Singh from Pixabay

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A Rare Indulgence

New research suggests that a cup of cocoa each day can protect the cardiovascular system from the debilitating effects of stress.

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It’s rare that the medical research community finds an indulgence that might actually be good for you.

New research suggests that a cup of cocoa each day can protect the cardiovascular system from the debilitating effects of stress.

The body reacts physically to emotional stress as well as physical threats. Typical reactions include an increase in heart rate (number of heartbeats per minute), increase in blood pressure, and dilation of arteries to handle the increase in blood flow.

If there are any latent weaknesses in the cardiovascular system, stress events can trigger major problems, including heart attack and stroke. A break in an artery wall in the wrong place in the body can be fatal. Any major event while driving can have fatal results.

Endothelial cells line the walls of blood vessels. Breakdown in endothelial cell function is often a precursor of a variety of heart and vascular diseases.

Flavanols…

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Tasmanijska divljina, Australija – Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia — Myrela

Holandska Istočnoindijska kompanija 1642. godine opremila je ekspediciju na čelu sa Abelom Janzonom Tasmanom koja je trebalo da odredi veličinu i položaj Nove Gvineje, kako se vjerovalo, ogranka ogromne i mitske Ptolemejeve Južne zemlje (Terra Australis). Ekspedicija je napustila Javu u avgustu, otkrila ostrvo koje je Tasman nazvao Van Dimenova zemlja (po upravniku kompanije), a […]

Tasmanijska divljina, Australija – Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia — Myrela

Finally, some honesty about Afghanistan | The Weekly Sift

I feel the same about Afghanistan today, after nearly 20 years of war. Whatever our original intentions might have been, by now it’s clear that we’re not building a secular, democratic, pro-Western government that will someday be strong enough to stand on its own.

There’s a lesson here, and it’s the same lesson we should have learned from Vietnam: In order to install a new form of government in a country, people on the ground have to be buying what you’re selling. As The Boston Globe’s H. D. S. Greenway puts it: In both Vietnam and Afghanistan

our clients could never shake the impression that they were puppets fighting for foreigners, while the Viet Cong and the Taliban were able to present themselves as the true patriots fighting to rid their country of colonialism.

Source: Finally, some honesty about Afghanistan | The Weekly Sift

Daniel Ek Biography, Net Worth – PeoPlaid Profile – Spotify

Daniel Ek

In late 2006, Daniel partnered with Tradedoubler’s cofounder Martin Lorentzon to form Spotify AG. They intended the company to offer music online to subscribers for free provided that visual or audio advertisement is allowed. However, the subscriber can choose to pay $5 or $10 a month for the service without any advertisement.

Initially, the service was not enthusiastically welcome by music producers because the license fee was very cheap compared with other music service providers such as Apple’s itunes. However, Daniel and his men patiently worked with them instead of against them. He promised to eliminate music piracy due to the low-cost alternative.
The legal music streaming website was launched in 2008. Since then, millions of subscribers lined up to the service and investors opened their wallets to become part of the startup. It has accumulated over 18 million songs in its database and still growing.

Source: Daniel Ek Biography, Net Worth – PeoPlaid Profile

B.C. encouraging anyone 18+ to register for COVID-19 vaccine this week | Globalnews.ca

It will likely still be weeks or months before most younger adults get their COVID-19 vaccine, but the province is calling on them to register for their shot this week.

The province’s online booking portal already allows anyone to register, but the province had been urging people to wait their turn in order to reduce pressure on the system.

Source: B.C. encouraging anyone 18+ to register for COVID-19 vaccine this week | Globalnews.ca