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

The Final Combat Mission – 15 August 1945

Pacific Paratrooper

Captain Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of WWII on the morning of August 15, 1945, out of Iwo Jima.

Cruising above the Pacific under the morning sun, the Americans had approached the Japanese coastline without incident. Jerry wondered how many more missions like this he would have to fly. They’d all thought the war was over, but now, here he was again, heading to strike a stubbornly resistant enemy.

But down below, in the nation they were about to attack, a philosophical battle was raging on whether to surrender or fight on. The “Big Six”—the six military officers running Japan—had been split by a vote of 3-3 on when and how to end the war with honor. In general, hard, passionate divisions of opinion existed among the Japanese military: some of the older officers wanted to surrender to prevent the destruction of Japan, while others wanted to fight…

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Lifeline to Lifeless…

That's what she said by Palak

To many people, it may appear to be a mode of transportation, but only a true Mumbaikar knows what it’s like to travel in a Local train. Yes, it is the lifeline of Mumbai- a model based on diversity and plenty of human emotions.

A Local Train approaching the station

The city once known as Bombay, now Mumbai, is known by many names like, ‘the city of dreams’ or ‘the city that never sleeps.’ It is described as a city brimming with passion and opportunities, its willingness to walk that extra mile, and its fast-paced way of life – it is said that Mumbai never stops!

This pace of life can be found nowhere else in the country, a pace that is often suffocating for some and a blessing for others. This pace is amplified by the local trains of Mumbai. These trains are evidence of the city’s strength, which…

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Our Mother Weeps

normabobb

Photo credited to Norma Bobb-Semple

Have we asked of ourselves: Who am I? Why am I here? Do I believe my divine purpose is to appropriate instead of create? Asking reveals who we are and offers us an opportunity to choose between being humane or inhumane. All creatures whether on sea or land are entitled to live their lives free of domination. Our mother, Earth, is heart broken and crying out to us to stop the plunder and rape and heal this planet instead of being agents of destruction and domination.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

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The Conqueror

Shayan's Sphere

Those who conquer ruthlessly lands,
Oh, those conquering never-ending aches and,
Gaining glorifying victories that momentary stay,
Will exist with detestation in the synonymous way
In which the funeral ashes commingle with sands.

Oh, those culpable for melancholy tears,
And those responsible for prolonged fears,
Enjoying engagements that rise like storms,
Will earn nothing but mutely last,
And exist with hatred in the synonymous form
In which the cremation ashes merge with dust.

But those who vanquish innumerable hearts
Keeping in mind no abominable thoughts and dirt;
Oh, those spreading the art of brotherhood,
And those conquerors who conquer through love,
Will last eternally in the synonymous mode
In which the sun and moon lasts perennial above.

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القمامة أزمة الدول النامية

حلم الدرويش

القمامة وتراكم المخلفات من أكبر المشكلات التى تواجه الدول العربية والنامية , حيث يعانى المواطنين من تكدس أكوام من النفايات فى الطرق العامة والشوارع السكنية , وقد تمتد المخلفات للحدائق العامة والمصالح الحكومية فى بعض الأوقات فتفسد على المواطن حياته وتهدد الصحة وتقلل من كفاءة القيام بالعمل , وعلى الجانب الآخر تلعب القمامة دور الصداع الدائم لدى الحكومات المتعاقبة فتبحث لها عن حلول بسن قوانين جديدة لمعاقبة من يعمل على تلويث البيئة وإنشاء محارق ومصانع لتدوير القمامة وتشجيع المواطنين للمشاركة فى الفرز المبدئى للمخلفات والعمل على نظافة البيئة , لكن المشكلة تتفاقم دائما وتصل فى كثير من البلدان لكارثة بيئية .

أسباب انتشار القمامة :

_ زيادة عدد السكان مما ينتج زيادة فى الاستهلاك وبالتالى زيادة فى المخلفات .

_ التطور الكبير فى مجال الصناعة نتج عنه مخلفات صناعية بحجم كبير قد تحتوى على عناصر خطرة وضارة .

_ استخدام طرق خاطئة للتخلص من المخلفات يؤدى لزيادة المخلفات بشكل أكبر…

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Teardrops of the sun

yaskhan

Draining silver of the clouds
To spin on a flaxen breeze,
Raindrops catch the golden light-
Teardrops of the sun

Singing in the summer rain
Fallen blooms paint the sidewalk
A wind chatters to the birds-
Nectarine murmurs

Sky misses a heartbeat, as
A rainbow slips a rendezvous
Into sapphire whispers-
An airbrushed prism

Suffusing emerald trees
Breathing boundless horizons
Where the sky paints its own dreams-
Auroral crescent.




#Dodoitsu

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Somos algo

google translation of title: We are something. Good thoughts to think on.

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

Somos gotas del manantial y de la tempestad que se funden en el océano, letras y palabras que surgen del abecedario y regresan al cuaderno y al libro, amaneceres y ocasos que coinciden en el horizonte, minutos y horas que aspiran ser infinitas. Somos coincidencia y diseño, encuentro y desencuentro, realidad y sueño. Somos cristales y rocas, nubes y estrellas, dulzura y amargura. Somos lo que imaginamos y lo que hacemos, lo que sentimos y lo que pensamos, lo que sabemos y lo que ignoramos, lo que apagamos y lo que creamos. Somos arcilla, barro, arena, y, principalmente, esencia, luz inextinguible, energía sin final. Somos hombre y mujer, bien y mal, paraíso e infierno, ángeles y demonios, todo y nada, y cada uno tenemos libertad de elegir. Somos, parece, más de lo que suponemos; pero no lo entendemos ni lo intentamos, aunque una voz interna, el…

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Nurses’ Union Is “Outraged” With the CDC’s Relaxed Masking Guidance – Mother Jones

“This newest CDC guidance is not based on science, does not protect public health, and threatens the lives of patients, nurses, and other frontline workers across the country,” NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo said. “Now is not the time to relax protective measures, and we are outraged that the CDC has done just that while we are still in the midst of the deadliest pandemic in a century.”Source: Nurses’ Union Is “Outraged” With the CDC’s Relaxed Masking Guidance – Mother Jones