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La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Transports us Where, This Public Transportation Thursday (P5e7)? | Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Source: La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Transports us Where, This Public Transportation Thursday (P5e7)? | Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Bem

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Só faz o bem, aquele que o tem guardado em vastas reservas. É inútil você esperar receber flores de quem nunca preocupou-se em cuidar da terra, de quem nunca adubou, molhou, ou fez todo aquele preparo para o plantio, como se diz “de quem nunca colocou a sementinha para germinar” naquele solo preparado com cuidado. Até a vida é ingrata no raso de si. Ela não acrescenta absolutamente nada, nem à você, nem a mim, sem o mínimo de esforço que se faça. O que estou dizendo, serve pra tudo, serve para trabalho, amor, amizade, serve para relação com as pessoas.

Quantas pessoas se encontra pelo caminho que são secas? São como sementes que não geram flores, frutos? Várias. Há ser humano que, por mais que você faça por elas, estas pessoas jamais serão capazes de retribuir o bem com o bem. Tanta gente que por ter o caráter…

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The Psychology of Persuasion

Saania's diary - reflections, learnings, sparkles

I was once taking a stroll around my campus in the subnivean city of Seattle. On the floor, I suddenly spotted before me a petite sparrow. She was seemingly in pain and unable to fly. Around me were a good number of collegers streaming by. Several passed by and went on with their day without paying attention. The few who noticed the struggling bird or the bothered look on my face checked the social evidence around them and, seeing no one reacting with any real concern, walked on convinced that nothing is wrong. A little while later, for no other reason other than my intense love for nature and its animals, I stopped two of my friends to come and stand next to me and the bird. To my surprise, passerbys started to join us after absorbing the scene: a snow coated street, a helpless little bird, three people with…

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♫ Rosanna ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

I rather forgot, but Roger requested this one last week when I was playing a hodge-podge of Christmas-themed music, so I promised him I would play it after Christmas.  Thankfully, it is now after Christmas and so … this one’s for you, Sir Roger! When David Paich wrote this song back in 1982, the band […]

♫ Rosanna ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

Kansas: Former Legislator Who Sponsored “In God We Trust“ Bill Convicted of Fraud

Diane Ravitch's blog

During the Trump administration, Congress appropriated billions of dollars for COVID relief, mostly to help small businesses survive by paying their employees. The main relief was the Payroll Protection Program, which dispersed nearly $800 billion. The program was run through the Small Business Administration, and there was little, if any, oversight. Some businesses that didn’t need financial aid applied for money and got it.

Millions of dollars were paid out to businesses, churches, synagogues, private schools, charter schools, religious schools, and all sorts of other enterprises. Charter schools, which never lost funding, received more than a billion dollars and received six times as much COVID relief as public schools. Public schools were not allowed to apply for the PPP program. ProPublica created a site where you can see who received PPP money in any zip code.

In Kansas, a former legislator was just convicted of COVID fraud. His case was…

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