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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Submarine Warfare – July 1945

Pacific Paratrooper

Submarine tender, USS Anthedon, Australia 1945

From: the true story of America’s “wolf packs” and “life guard” teams –  “Sink ’em All”. by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood Jr., USN.   “Uncle Charlie” spent 39 years in submersibles.

My long-delayed visit to Admiral Fife’s command finally got underway in a PBM from Saipan, 20 July 1945.  Cavite and Manila were pitiful to behold.  These once beautiful and picturesque Spanish-built cities lay in ruins.

On the north shore of Subic Bay, 60 miles up the coast, I found Jimmie Fife building a submarine base and rest camp in jungles where, in bygone days, we hunted wild pig and deer.  Two pile-built piers extended into the bay, while 2 American and 2 British tenders with submarines alongside, lay at anchor farther out.

Aboard the tender Anthedon, anchored off the Base, I found Cmdr. Dick Hawes, an old friend from earlier submarine…

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Life’s Philosophy

Shayan's Sphere

When withered leaf departs from tree
and sings in tune her plaintive songs,
and obscure souls retire and flee
abandoning all earthly wrongs;
when sparkling stars of the mystic sky
embrace this Earth in their dreamless sleep,
and the beauteous streams with elegance dry
biding their bye to the colossal deep!
I behold the Sphere, this world of pains,
the golden crowns and the silver chains;
the hues of loathing and ill-desires
smashing this world with burning fire.
the shadows of gloom and baffling fears,
the laments of poor, their silent tears;
the terrors of wars and wild damage,
the savage diseases and worldly rage.
But still, they fear the tyrant of death
and still, they desire for tranquil whiles,
those ardent feelings with every breath
and bouquets of past with winsome smiles!
And thus they clash and thus they spread
the notice of love with blooming chests,
and then…

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Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdom – The Washington Post

Saudi Arabia announced Saturday this year’s hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The announcement by the kingdom comes after it ran an incredibly pared-down pilgrimage last year over the virus, but still allowed a small number of the faithful to take part in the annual ceremony.

Source: Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdom – The Washington Post

Alphabet soup for the soul – “X”

Words from Walden

X is for -” X marks the spot

“If ‘X’ marks the spot of the destination of our life journey, then ‘Y’ should be the reason we’re choosing to go”

– Cedric Crawford-

The phrase ‘X marks the spot’ has a couple of different attributions. One version is that old pirates would bury their treasure and the way they would remember where it was, was by placing an X on a map close to a landmark that they sought out as the burial site.

Another version is that it was used by the British army. When performing executions, A soldier would mark a piece of paper with an x and positioning it on the heart of someone sentenced to death.

Somewhere along the line we became less barbaric in the approach to this phrase.

For the purposes of this article you are X and X marks the spot where…

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Growing And Using Thyme for Health

Ideas and Advice for How To Live a Joyful and Empowered Life.

Last summer I had one Thyme plant.

This season I have four – I started a new plant by dividing the Thyme I had and I bought 3 others.

The new 3 are Lemon Thyme, English Thyme and Pizza Thyme.

Here are some photos:

These all make a tasty tea. Sometimes I drink it on its’ own and sometimes I mix it with other herbs for flavor and more health benefits.

To make tea, use 1 tsp. dried or 1 Tbsp. fresh per cup. Put the herbs into a teapot or cup, poor boiling water over and steep at least 10 minutes, then strain. If using fresh, chop the herb so there is more exposed surface of the leaves to extract from. Sweeten with your preferred sweetener if you wish. I also use Thyme in Herbal Syrups For Health, Refreshing Ice Water and More! and Mixed Herbal Iced Tea for Health Benefits

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Be a warrior , not a survivor💪

AN INTROVERT EMPATH🙏

Year 2020 and the ongoing year has been hard and so challenging for all of us . Many frontline workers putting their life at stake, above all letting their insecurities to sleep , well cordinating to thrive this long standing pandemic , so that one day all their hard work counts worth.

Life is inexplicably beautiful bearing innumerable aspect around which a human life is being surrounded. Everyday we get up in the morning – see those enchanting rays,wind blowing,birds chirping,food,life,strength and obviously the joy of living. Have not it been the provider for so many beautiful things we observe every now and then – how could human existence be?

In past a few years man as well as mother nature have undergone infinite changes. Man alone produces and there have been a creative exchange between man and environment. As man satisfy himself through production, he transform the nature as…

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May 31-June 1, 1921-The Greenwood Massacres took place. Joe Biden is the first president to visit the site on an anniversary. Biden Declares Day Of Remembrance On 100th Anniversary Of Tulsa Race Massacre.

The Novel: UnHoly Pursuit: Devil on my Trail

Greenwood on Fire

The massacre and destruction of Greenwood, the Black community of Tulsa, took place over two days, May 31-June 1, in 1921. President Joe Biden Declares Day Of Remembrance On 100th Anniversary Of Tulsa Race Massacre. Today.

President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 31, 2021, in Arlington, Va.

President Joe Biden also declared a Day of Remembrance on Monday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race massacre, an event that left as many Black Americans killed and nearly 10,000 homeless.

Biden is he first president to visit the site of the massarce. He’ s visiting Tulsa on Tuesday, today where he delivered remarks and tour the Greenwood Cultural Center and meet with surviving members of the community.

“Today, on this solemn centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, I call on the American…

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« A Fumaça de OURO das Epidemias – Os garimpeiros tornaram-se muitos na nossa floresta, destruindo as cabeceiras do rio e matando-nos com as suas doenças »

Barbara Crane Navarro

foto: «Yanomami: transformação xamânica» – Barbara Crane Navarro

«Os garimpeiros se tornaram muito numerosos em nossas terras altas da floresta, destruindo as nascentes do rio e matando seus habitantes com suas doenças. Os mineiros de ouro são comedores de terra, seres malignos! Sua mente está vazia e eles estão cheios de fumaça epidêmica! Devemos evitar que eles sujem nossos rios e os expulsem da floresta.

Todos os espíritosxapirimais valentes descem para lutar contra a epidemia dexawarae se reúnem em uma tropa incontável para enfrentá-la. Quando fica realmente muito perigoso e eles têm que salvar seu povo da morte, nossos antigos xamãs até dançam a própria imagem da epidemia … uma vez que ela se torna um espíritoxapiri, ela bravamente luta contra a fumaça metal perigosa dos brancos … É assim que nossos grandes xamãs às vezes conseguiram afastar essa doença feroz e curar suas…

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« Solo la foresta è un bene prezioso » — Barbara Crane Navarro — Alessandro Giunchi

Barbara Crane Navarro

Namowë con la sua scimmia Serowë, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela «Ma i bianchi sono persone diverse da noi. Il tuo pensiero rimane costantemente legato alla tua merce. Lo fanno senza sosta e vogliono sempre nuovi prodotti. Si stanno già uccidendo costantemente per soldi nelle loro città e combattono gli altri per i minerali e il[…][…]

«Solo la foresta è un bene prezioso» — Barbara Crane Navarro — Alessandro Giunchi

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