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When we work on understanding our purpose, finding our own definition of success, fulfillment, happiness, we are creating a better version of ourselves.

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Saturday Something … er, Surprise — Birds ‘N Critters!

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Good morning, friends, and happy weekend!!!  I bet you’re all tired from this past week … I know I am, and I don’t have a job to go to every day!  I beg your forgiveness, but I am yet again re-sharing a post from several years ago … August 2019, to be exact.  However, I think you will still enjoy seeing these strange, funny critters, and before the unique animals … I found a cute feature over on Bored Panda of some birds being ornery that I thought you would get a kick out of …


I’ve seen woodpeckers damage a tree before, but never like this!woodpecker.jpgPoor tree!  That had to hurt.  Apparently this guy didn’t much care for being in a cage …bird-cage

Ever hear of an Australian Firehawk?  Apparently they are quite the firestarters.  Sometimes working alone, other times in groups, they spread wildfires intentionally via single-occasion…

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Esta semana los Yanomami deben celebrar el 30 aniversario de la demarcación oficial de su territorio el 25 de mayo de 1992, pero decenas de miles de …

Niño Yanomami jugando en el río, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – Fotograma de mi película: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHsocVWqT8E Barbara …

Esta semana los Yanomami deben celebrar el 30 aniversario de la demarcación oficial de su territorio el 25 de mayo de 1992, pero decenas de miles de …

Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited! — Geography Directions

By Oliver Phillips, University of Leeds; Aida Cuni Sanchez, University of York, and Renato Lima, Universidade de São Paulo This article is …

Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited! — Geography Directions

Meetings, speeches – and by the way, our fifth wave of COVID-19

Petchary's Blog

Jamaica’s Health and Wellness Minister Christopher Tufton and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie have been very busy recently in Geneva, Switzerland, where the 75th World Health Assembly took place, ending on May 28. They have been talking a great deal about non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which as we know are rampant on the island – that is, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other “lifestyle” conditions. I wish the press release below did not contain so much jargon, but it points to the Ministry’s focus on much-needed primary health care reform.

Minister of Health & Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) chairs day one of the 34th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in London on Tuesday (May 17, 2022). Seated next to him (from second left) are the Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland QC, Commonwealth Secretary-General; Dr. Ruth Kattumuri, Senior Director for the Economic, Youth and Sustainable Development Directorate with the Commonwealth Secretariat; and Jamaica’s High Commissioner…

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