Ancient Word of the Day: Orangutan

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Orangutan: n. Orang ‘forest’ hutan ‘person’ or forest person in Malay

Orangutans belong to the great ape family, our closest biological relatives. This familial link is reflected in the word orangutan itself, which Malay speakers today can still recognise as deriving from the phrase orang hutan, which means “forest person”.

Beloved by children and animal lovers of all ages for their gentle soulful natures and intelligence, the word Oranghutan means Orang ‘person’ hutan ‘forest. Help protect these precious beings and

This term goes back over a thousand years, contrary to theconventional beliefthat this word was coined by European visitors to Indonesia in the 17th century.

Surprisingly, the oldest surviving texts to use the word orangutan do not come from Sumatra or Borneo, where orangutans live today, but from the neighbouring island of Java. One of the oldest texts to mention orangutans is the 9th-century poem

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COVID’s long shadow: Symptoms may last 2 to 18 months | CIDRAP – among children

A pair of studies published today detail long COVID, with US researchers finding that more than one in four pediatric patients hospitalized for COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) had persistent symptoms or impaired activity 2 to 4 months later, and a Norwegian study revealing that nearly half of patients with mild COVID-19 still had symptoms after 1 year. Source: COVID’s long shadow: Symptoms may last 2 to 18 months | CIDRAP

Grilled Cheese, Tomato & Jalapeño Poppers Sandwich — In Dianes Kitchen

It’s that time of the year again, our Jalapeño Peppers and Tomatoes are ripe and ready to eat! I already made one huge pan of Jalapeño Poppers and my second batch always results in making this sandwich for a few lunches. If you love Jalapeño Poppers, you have try this. To see my step by […]

Grilled Cheese, Tomato & Jalapeño Poppers Sandwich — In Dianes Kitchen

गांठ / Knot

Kaushal Kishore

जरूरी है
रिश्ते को बनाए रखना,
अगर टूट भी जाए
तो देर नहीं करनी चाहिए
गांठ बांधने में,
सुनिश्चित बस यह करें
कि गाँठ इतनी छोटी हो,
जो प्रवेश कर सके
सुई के छेद में…

🪢🪢🪢🪢🪢🪢

It’s important
to maintain a relationship,
even if it breaks,
it should not be too late
to tie a knot,
just make sure that
the knot is small enough
to enter the hole
of the needle…

–Kaushal Kishore

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Kleine Skurrilitäten — Senioren um die Welt

Man sieht sie immer häufiger, in Hauseingängen, in Vorgärten oder Gärten, kleine Skurrilitäten verschiedenster Art wie Tiere, Phantasiefiguren usw. Es ist erstaunlich, welchen Ideenreichtum man dort sieht, bunte Farben bringen Abwechslung. Warum man sich die Besitzer gerade diese kleine Skurrilität ausgesucht hat, bleibt der Phantasie überlassen, offensichtlich macht es ihnen Freude, sie immer wieder anzusehen […]

Kleine Skurrilitäten — Senioren um die Welt

Parashat Vaetchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן) 5782, and Free Legal Utterances

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    This week’s Torah portion, Vaetchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן),  is the 45th (45/54 or 52, depending on the year: this year, it’s 54…) reading in the annual cycle.  It’s the second parashah in the book of Dvarim, with the full reading in Dvarim/Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11.

   Among other things, like the second recitation of The 10 Utterances,  aka The Law, with a key word change (emphasized in L’cha Dodi…), this portion has the Shema,  which is a bit like the Shahada for Muslims, in that it is recited at death, but also in the daily prayers (with the full paragraphs, not recited as often), as well as at the taking out of the Torah scroll, in the form of a call and response.  There is a midrash that Yaakov/Israel, on his death bed, asked a worried question, to which his sons responded by reciting the Shema, and…

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