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Jolly Monday Strikes Again!

Filosofa's Word

Good Monday morning, friends!  I hope you all had a great weekend … yesterday was the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere and I get the feeling it’s gonna be a long, hot one in more ways than one.  Today’s Jolly Monday might be a bit shorter than usual, for I am under the weather, Joyful has gone to try to lure Uncle Roger out of his basement with chocolate ice cream, and Jolly … well, Jolly found the ‘toons and such, but as you probably remember, he’s not allowed in the kitchen, so today’s treats are courtesy of a few local fast food places.  So, grab a bite and a drink and let’s see what ‘toons ‘n such Jolly has in store for us.

JOLLY!!!!  Where are the drinks???

Oops … sowwy!  Here dey are …

  

An’ dis one is for Miss Ellen …


Okay…

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Manastir Poganovo, Srbija – Poganovo Monastery, Serbia

Myrela

Jedan podatak koji govori o davnoj prošlosti manastira Poganovo, u istoimenom selu kod Dimitrovgrada, nalazi se na zapadnoj strani hrama, gdje su uzidana tri okrugla kamena sa urezanim imenima: Jovan Bogoslov, patron hrama, Gospodin Konstantin i Gospođa Jelena, najvjerovatnije ktitori manastira. Smatra se da je osnivač manastira Konstantin, unuk velikog vojvode Desimira koji je priložio jednu knjigu “Svetome Jovanu Teologu”. Postoji i drugo mišljenje, po kome je manastir Poganovo osnovao 1395. godine Konstantin Dejanović Dragaš, sestrić cara Dušana. Poslije njegove smrti, po toj hipotezi, manastir je dovršila njegova kćer Jelena, žena vizantijskog cara Manojla Drugog Paleologa. Osnova crkve je malih dimenzija, trikonhaldnog izgleda, sa svim odlikama moravskog graditeljstva. Iznad centralnog dijela naosa je osmostrano kube, a na zapadnoj strani kula-zvonik. Izvjesnu posebnost predstavlja gornja galerija nad narteksom, koji nije u vezi sa hramom.

Natpis iznad ulaznih vrata kazuje da je crkva živopisana 1499. godine. Ciklus Hristovih muka prikazan je u…

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Un mois d’attaques violentes des orpailleurs contre les communautés Yanomami sans protection de l’état brésilien ! – « Si les orpailleurs creusent partout, les rivières de la forêt seront pleines de boue, d’huile de moteur et de déchets. Ils lavent leur poudre d’or dans les ruisseaux, la mélangeant avec du mercure – sale et dangereux…»

Barbara Crane Navarro

Un homme Yanomami dans la forêt – photo (détail) : Gullane/Pedro J Marquez

Un conflit a éclaté le 27 avril, lorsqu’un groupe de Yanomami a intercepté des orpailleurs illégaux qui remontaient le Rio Uraricoera dans un hors-bord chargé de carburant pour leurs avions, leurs hélicoptères et les excavatrices industrielles qu’ils utilisent pour déraciner les arbres et déplacer le sol. Les Yanomami ont saisi 990 litres de carburant. Ensuite, un autre groupe de mineurs d’or se dirigeant vers Boa Vista a tiré des coups de feu sur les Yanomami dans le but d’intimider la communauté indigène qui essaie depuis des années d’empêcher les mineurs d’or illégaux de remonter les rivières sur leur territoire.

Le 30 avril, la communauté Yanomami a contacté les autorités gouvernementales pour les alerter sur les épisodes de violence dans la région de Palimiú. La région se compose de 1 129 autochtones dans 15 villages.

Aucune mesure efficace…

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Relatório de 2020 do Mapbiomas mostra avanço acelerado do desmatamento na Amazônia —

Barbara Crane Navarro

As imagens da floresta amazônica sob ataque do garimpo ilegal do ouro são uma pequena amostra dos efeitos da paralisação dos instrumentos de controle ambiental pelo governo Bolsonaro O projeto Mapbiomas lançou hoje o seu relatório anual sobre o desmatamento nos diferentes florestais brasileiros relativo ao ano de 2020, e os resultados apresentados demonstram o[…]

Relatório de 2020 do Mapbiomas mostra avanço acelerado do desmatamento na Amazônia —

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Mais ataques! Funai intimida Univaja, organização indígena do Vale do Javari — Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato

Barbara Crane Navarro

Foto: Roberto Stuckert Filho/ Arquivo O Globo Nas últimas semanas, o Presidente da Funai vem movendo inquéritos policiais contra lideranças e organizações indígenas, com o objetivo de intimidar e calar as vozes do movimento indígena. Nesta quarta-feira, dia 16 de junho de 2021, a Funai e a Polícia Militar do Distrito Federal, atacaram, literalmente, os[…]

Mais ataques! Funai intimida Univaja, organização indígena do Vale do Javari — Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato

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Without Exception

Timeless Classics

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I send blessing
To everyone
Without
Exception

But
Most

Especially

To those
So miserable
They feel
That for any reason
They must make others
Miserable also

*****

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Alep, Sirija – Aleppo, Syria

Myrela

Alep dijeli s Damaskom počasno mjesto najduže stalno nastanjenog grada u istoriji. Ali, on ima više veza s prošlošću nego današnja sirijska prijestonica. To je grad-pijaca, s još uvijek živom arapskom srednjovjekovnom tradicijom. Više nego u bilo kojem drugom gradu u Levantu, u trgovini i dalje važe pravila i običaji koji se nisu promijenili još od vremena Mameluka. Pored toga, ima mnogo primjera koji svjedoče o arapskom otporu krstašima. Manje je primjera koji govore o vremenu kada su Alepom vladali Vizantinci, a oni koji potiču iz još starijih perioda kao da su sasvim nestali, makar na prvi pogled. Uprkos tome, vrijedan je pomena, zahvaljujući mišljenju onih stručnjaka koji su ovaj grad vidjeli kao veliku slagalicu, izuzetnu, koliko i složenu, čiji su bezbrojni djelići skriveni u mnogim istorijskim slojevima gradskih spomenika.

Alep je osnovan prije, približno, 8.000 godina. Prvi pisani trag o njemu pronađen je u dolini Eufrata, u arhivama grada…

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Letter VI – Land Ho! On the Port Side

Pacific Paratrooper

Dobodura, New Guinea

Just as Smitty expected, their destination was quickly coming up over the horizon. The fleeting glimpse of solid land, Milne Bay, New Guinea was only a short stopover for water (such a disappointment) and they continued their cruisenorth. The 11th Airborne Divisioncame upon the humming waterfront of ships manipulating to unload troops, supplies and equipment in OroBay. They witnessed a paradoxalview of organized chaos.

Down the rope ladders they went to the beach taxis, DUKWs (2 ton amphibious vehicles commonly called “ducks”) and onward to the awaiting shoreline. At latitude 8*52’60S and longitude 148*30’0E, thiswould become the first step for many a G.I. on foreign soil. Once they actually hitthe beach, the heat seemed to slam into the troopers and their uniforms became soaked within minutes, but they proceeded on to the Buna-Dobodura area to make their new base camp.

July 1944. Sherfy, Johnson, Madam Queen, Roberts…

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Killing Customer Relationships in the Name of Profit

Amen and amen

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

Let’s be clear. There are some customers that no business wants. They are needy, time consuming, demanding and sometimes indecisive. Put simply, they require too much time and attention or too much in the way of discounts to be worth having a customers. To survive with some level of sanity, the business owner needs them to go elsewhere.

However, we also have businesses driving good customer away by an excessive focus on cost-cutting. Further, the cost savings they seek may not be real.

Cost-savings as a goal represents a paradox. After all, the perfect company in terms of low cost makes nothing, sells nothing and has no employees. The cost of operations is zero, but so are revenue and value. How many companies really want to be that firm?

Apparently, a slick consultant can talk a management team into almost anything, including mergers that produce massive losses and automation that…

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Jamaica Update, June 18, 2021: The city’s hottest day, Trench Town blues, and an Uber surprise

Petchary's Blog

Phew! What a week. We have been under a stifling blanket of Saharan dust for the past couple of days, and endured our hottest day ever in Kingston(June 12). The best thing to do is hide indoors in the daytime and come out to exercise etc. after dark. It has been an exhausting week. We all need to go away and do some meditation.

Agriculture: There has been a great “backyard gardening” project going recently – an effort to improve food security and even provide some income earning during the “stay at home” pandemic era. Eighty households(mostly female-headed) are now using “grow pots” made from recycled plastic by 360 Recycle, partnering with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Canada Fund for Local Initiative (CFLI) and the Digicel Foundation’s “Plant Yuh Plate” initiative. It’s going well, I understand.

Caribbean: Who is Mehul Choksi? Well, it’s a long story…

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