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BUT…Make It Positive

Kaushal Kishore

Last year on this day, father of one of my closest friends had expired due to covid. He was completely devastated. Due to covid outbreak, I couldn’t go personally, but I tried to console him on telephone.

He was inconsolable. All sorts of negative thoughts were coming to his mind. I still remember his words, “People say this too shall pass. Yes, it shall pass, but not for me.”

Anyway, time is the best healer. His bad time has passed. He is now fine. But what is of utmost importance is the negative thinking. It comes at times. Nobody is an exception. But it shouldn’t persist. It changes the way of life. Lord Buddha had said, “Mind is everything. Our life is shaped by our mind. What we think, we become.”

The Law of Attraction (LOA) states that positive thoughts bring positive results into a person’s life, while negative thoughts…

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Il Congresso del Brasile sta accelerando un disegno di legge sul genocidio sul «pacchetto di morte», PL191, per aprire le terre Indigene all’estrazione mineraria, un’attività vietata dalla Costituzione.Secondo i leader Indigeni, «Distruggerà la nostra foresta e contaminerà animali e pesci, così come il nostro suolo sacro e le nostre acque».I popoli indigeni hanno manifestato davanti all’STF (Corte Suprema Federale) a Brasilia chiedendo ai legislatori: «Non legalizzate il furto delle nostre terre e la morte dei nostri bambini!» — Barbara Crane Navarro

In un precedente attacco legale ai diritti dei popoli Indigeni lo scorso anno, il ministro della Corte Suprema del Brasile Edson Fachin ha votato per respingere il  «lasso di tempo» e favore dei diritti dei popoli Indigeni. Fachin ha affermato: «Non c’è certezza giuridica più grande del rispetto della Costituzione», confutando l’argomento ruralista secondo cui […]

Il Congresso del Brasile sta accelerando un disegno di legge sul genocidio sul «pacchetto di morte», PL191, per aprire le terre Indigene all’estrazione mineraria, un’attività vietata dalla Costituzione.Secondo i leader Indigeni, «Distruggerà la nostra foresta e contaminerà animali e pesci, così come il nostro suolo sacro e le nostre acque».I popoli indigeni hanno manifestato davanti all’STF (Corte Suprema Federale) a Brasilia chiedendo ai legislatori: «Non legalizzate il furto delle nostre terre e la morte dei nostri bambini!» — Barbara Crane Navarro

La minería de litio es una ‘amenaza mayor’ para el único refugio de flamencos en Chile — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina — Barbara Crane Navarro

Andrea Fischer 31/03/2022 minería de litio en Chile Flamingos chilenos en el Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. / Fotografía: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images… 828 more words La minería de litio es una ‘amenaza mayor’ para el único refugio de flamencos en Chile — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

La minería de litio es una ‘amenaza mayor’ para el único refugio de flamencos en Chile — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina — Barbara Crane Navarro

Hamburger Connection: Big Mac é servido com molho de desmatamento e trabalho escravo, mostra reportagem exclusiva da Repórter Brasil — — Barbara Crane Navarro

McDonald’s tem fornecedores ligados a desmatamento ilegal e trabalho escravo. Investigação mostra que não só o hambúrguer da rede de fast food está exposto a crimes ambientais e trabalhistas, mas também o suco de laranja, o café certificado e até mesmo a soja que alimenta os frangos da empresa na Europa Por André Campos, Poliana […] […]

Hamburger Connection: Big Mac é servido com molho de desmatamento e trabalho escravo, mostra reportagem exclusiva da Repórter Brasil — — Barbara Crane Navarro

Turkish Tuesdays (in English), TV, and Time Banks for Building Empathy, and Homes?

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

When I lived in Izmir, a Turkish TV spot shocked me: it showed an image of an elderly Black man, evidently homeless, sleeping in a stairwell directly beneath a sign that pointed up the stairs and read “White House” followed by the caption “Yorum Yok” or “No Comment.” This was about the same time that a major Turkish newspaper criticized the Erdoğan government over the death by hypothermia of an elderly homeless man up in Istanbul, sparking outrage among my Turkish coworkers. These two media pieces, taken together, led me to wonder about the links between the media and public policy.

When I was a kid, PBS School House Rock spots taught me things like the Preamble to the US Constitution, and how bills become law.  These and other PBS shows like Sesame Street demonstrated the concept of cooperation and taught a generation of kids…

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Talking to myself

Petchary's Blog

I was reminded by a humorous meme on WhatsApp. It went something like: “I am at a committee meeting. It’s a committee of one, I’m talking to myself.”

I talk to myself a great deal, although not necessarily out loud. I do it even more nowadays, since COVID and since, more recently, my husband’s illness. But my committee is not really one person, despite it being very internal. And the meeting agendas are always the same. Of course, I am the Chairwoman. As I said, the meetings are not “face to face.” They are more like the equivalent of a Zoom meeting, where you stare at your own face and wonder why, once again, the poor light is showing you at your worst…

I say to my absent family overseas: I miss you terribly. Especially our son, my brother, my sister, and their respective partners. FaceTime and WhatsApp videos are…

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