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Instead of money, what really makes us rich depends on finding out and living by using our unique combination of skills and purpose.

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September 21, 2021 in Jamaica: The car that broke down, the toast that burnt, and the polls that flopped

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With tropical storms pottering around in the Atlantic (two are called Peter and Rose, the names of our nephew and niece, respectively), it has been warm and muggy in Kingston. Clouds appear and do not bring rain. It has been a week of surprising developments – not least that of the toast to “No Movement Day” that stirred anger. Nikki Minaj’s scurrilous remarksand ridiculous allegations regarding her cousin’s friend in Trinidad may seem laughable, but they have done a great deal of harm – no doubt. How horribly embarrassing for Trinidadians. Tacky, to say the least! Generally though, it was a rather “political” week. And, of course, a week of crime – whichI wrote about here for Global Voices – the endless crime wave that rivals our COVID-19 “third wave.”

Agriculture: The Caribbean Week of Agriculture launched on September 15. How can we strengthen agricultural systems to ensure…

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Encuentros y desencuentros en el colegio

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Era pequeño e inocente, cuando la profesora, en el colegio, encolerizó y gritó, fuera de sí, totalmente descontrolada, por mis respuestas. Ordenó que me incorporara del pupitre que ocupaba y que de inmediato, sin titubeos, contestara sus preguntas, mientras los otros, mis compañeros, me observaban sonrientes y con mofa.

La maestra preguntó el motivo por el que había opinado, en el examen, que resultaba más aconsejable descifrar, comprender y asimilar lecciones de geografía e historia, que memorizar, a cambio de una calificación aprobatoria, continentes, países y sus capitales, fechas, nombres y apellidos de personajes, acontecimientos y guerras. Lo primero, dije, serviría para entender las conductas y las tendencias sociales, mientras lo segundo, en tanto, finalmente quedaría en la desmemoria y absolutamente desfasado ante nuevas realidades.

Rió burlona. Mis compañeros, respaldados por la mujer, carcajearon. Irónica, manifestó al grupo que…

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Eu conheci o fogo e já não havia esperas…

Vivaldi translation: The lost birds died in the nest. Animals, lost, with no escape, aimless.
Thirst devastated life by combining the daily verb of the river, which dried up …
And as finding a way to calm my heart, I made changes of hope and I am keeping the seeds, some memories, a little of the wind, the sound I bring in my chest, griffin as a tattoo, recorded as if it were now to move on, after all this goes on.