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Monthly Archives: August 2022
England must reduce meat intake to avoid climate breakdown, says food tsar | Food | The Guardian
The only way to have sustainable land use in this country, and avoid ecological breakdown, is to vastly reduce consumption of meat and dairy, according to the UK government’s food tsar.
Henry Dimbleby told the Guardian that although asking the public to eat less meat – supported by a mix of incentives and penalties – would be politically toxic, it was the only way to meet the country’s climate and biodiversity targets.
“It’s an incredibly inefficient use of land to grow crops, feed them to a ruminant or pig or chicken which then over its lifecycle converts them into a very small amount of protein for us to eat,” he said.
Source: England must reduce meat intake to avoid climate breakdown, says food tsar | Food | The Guardian
The duty of a poet

A poem in Vietnamese by Tô Thùy Yên
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
The Duty of a Poet
1.
As lonely as the Creator
As delicate as the spirit
How could I rise above it
The abyss is the draft
Silent white ice
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Viewing from afar
The ridiculousness of life
I accidentally held on
Bruising the flower, pricked by the thorns
What is there left of youth?
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I might have to sever
The vein on those helpless arms
All that extra blood
Much could be saved for a biography?
Or aid in deleting it maybe?
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Never fame nor fortune
Grew wings for adventure
From philosophy learned how to bite one’s tongue
I’m exhausted, completely spent
Life, gosh dear life
2.
The unfortunate gods missed a step
Resentfully upon the earth fell
Saw the revered cathedrals
The drawn naked swords
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Learned…
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The empty cafe

A poem in Vietnamese by Tô Thùy Yên
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
The empty cafe
Heading there, perhaps for a date
A date with whom I can’t remember
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Heading there, a desiccated heart the hollowness of a ball
Grasping exhaustingly at earthly cravings
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This afternoon was harsh with sunlight…
This afternoon was heavy with rain…
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The empty cafe, not a soul a being in sight
The lamp is like a thousand years in waiting
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My fault, it can only be my fault
Unable to recall the right time
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I’m sorry, to you my apology
You came, and no one was there to meet you
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Life is so mixed up
There’s no point rushing
Try anyway, hold it together
So it’s worth the trip
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This afternoon was harsh with sunlight…
This afternoon was heavy with rain…
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The…
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Your words–Suas palavras
Suas palavras me chegam
Me rodeiam
Me visitam mesmo longe.
Elas me animam
Mesmo quando não te vejo.
Não te cheiro
Não te percebo.
Elas fazem sorrir
Quando quero chorar
Quando quero me isolar.
Elas são simples
Alegres
Confortantes.
Elas me agradam
Me ajuda
Me conforta.
Chega até mim
Como um abraço
Longo e sem fim…
Com love: Coisas da SiL

Your words
Your words reach me
surround me
They visit me even far away.
they cheer me up
Even when I don’t see you.
I don’t smell you
I don’t understand you.
they make you smile
when i want to cry
When I want to isolate myself.
they are simple
happy
comforting.
they please me
It helps me
comfort me.
come to me
like a hug
Long and endless…
With love: Things from SiL
When Every Ketchup But One Went Extinct – Gastro Obscura
Creating a Sustainable Sports Development Program for Bohol
Now in the twilight of my years, I still dream of being able to contribute to my beloved Bohol. I recall how in the early 90s, a group of Boholanos in Metro Manila formed the Tapok Tapok Bol-anon with the dream of reaching out to provide positive contributions to the province of our birth.
We started off by donating computers to far-flung schools to address this lack. As technology developed, and more and more offices started offloading their old computers for newer ones, DepEd advised us to shift to technical and vocational equipment to address the lack of such for blue collar work. Thus, we moved on to distributing welding machines, sewing machines, cooking equipment and even musical instruments and garden tools, depending on what our students needed. Later, we became more ambitious and started to construct school buildings in the hinterlands, with notable partners such as the ABS-CBN Foundation…
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Zimbabwe: Measles outbreak leaves more than 150 children dead | News | DW | 16.08.2022
Government says 157 children have died as the total number of suspected cases nationwide has doubled in four days. All of those who died had not been vaccinated against measles according to officials. Source: Zimbabwe: Measles outbreak leaves more than 150 children dead | News | DW | 16.08.2022
Knowledge
It is imperative to know who we are. Knowledge is the answer to every problem. If we know what we are dealing with, and who we are dealing with then half of the battle has already been won.
© Norma Bobb-Semple 2022
Estação
“Em que estação da vida você parou?”
Você tem noção de quando a vida começa, porque há um registro que as pessoas falam sobre esse acontecimento sobre você. Mas nunca saberá em que estação terá que parar. Ainda que você olhe para um lugar aonde gostaria de passar cinco minutos a mais, não poderá ir. Simplesmente, você tem que se conformar com o brilho nos olhos, o nó na garganta por desejar, por querer um resquício de vida, além do que cabe em seus dias. Porém, precisa aceitar que tudo tem “começo, meio e fim”. A nossa história, jamais poderá ser rebobinada. Você não pode voltar atrás, não pode negociar com o ponteiro do relógio.
” Tempo passado não é tempo perdido, é tempo vivido. O que você quer, existe. Porém, nada é mais seu, não lhe pertence, é de outrem”
É difícil ter que lidar com isso, mas…
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