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

« They soon forgot the beauty of the forest! » | Barbara Crane Navarro

«They began greedily tearing minerals out of the ground. They built factories to melt them and make great quantities of merchandise.

 

 

They told themselves: Aren’t our hands so skilled to craft these things? We are the only ones who are so clever! We truly are the people of merchandise!

 

 

They made money proliferate everywhere. By wanting to possess all this merchandise, they were seized by a limitless desire.

 

 

It was with these words of merchandise that the white people started cutting all the trees, mistreating the land and soiling the water courses.

 

 

They do it out of jealousy for gold. »

 

 

  • Yanomami spokesman and shaman Davi Kopenawa

Source: « They soon forgot the beauty of the forest! » | Barbara Crane Navarro

Palata Potala, Lasa, Kina – Potala Palace, Lhasa, China

The history of Potala begins with the brotherhood of the mountain population and China. In the 7th century, King Songcen Gampo built a palace on top of the Red Mountain, 4,047 meters high, which dominates Lhasa, in honor of a Chinese princess given to him as a wife by one of the emperors of the Tang dynasty. That marriage also brought Buddhism to Tibet. The palace was named Potala, after a mountain in southern India that was home to bodhisattvasAvalokiteshvara, the patron saint of Tibet.

Myrela

U noći 16. marta 1959. godine, dvadesetčetvorogodišnji Tencin Gjaco, četrnaesti dalaj-lama, pobjegao je iz Lase preko himalajskih prevoja. Jedva je umakao kineskim komunističkim trupama koje su tog jutra započele krvavu odmazdu zbog pobune tibetanskog stanovništva. Borbe su trajale četiri dana i kulminirale bombardovanjem palate Potala, simbola tibetanskog budizma. Dalaj-lama, duhovni vođa Tibeta, od tada se nalazi u izgnanstvu u Darmasali, u Indiji, zajedno s još 120.000 Tibetanaca koji su morali da napuste svoju domovinu na krovu svijeta. Borba koju je vodio za nezavisnost Tibeta, radi očuvanja istorijskog, kulturnog i religioznog nasljeđa svog naroda, donijela mu je 1989. godine Nobelovu nagradu za mir. Iako je puna nezavisnost i dalje samo san, Kina danas ipak preduzima značajne korake u priznavanju ogromne vridjenosti kulture tog stanovništva. Radovi na obnovi palate trajali su pet godina i bilo je potrebno 6,4 miliona dolara, i to je bila najveća investicija koju je vlada u Pekingu ikada…

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The Faces of Surprise Medical Billing

Good look in on how out health system drives us… to places we did not want to go.

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

Again, those who live in countries with universal health care can chuckle. Others can simply cry.

What is a surprise bill?

Health insurance in the US has migrated toward a “health maintenance organization” system. Doctors and laboratories who are in network agree to the fees allowed by the insurer, and are paid by the insurer. Doctors and labs that aren’t in network don’t accept the insurance fees, and aren’t paid by the insurer. Bills for those services go to the consumer.

Most consumers know to check the in-network status when making an appointment with a new doctor — or I help them by consulting insurer directories before they sign up for insurance.

How then can surprises happen?

  1. The doctor orders lab work and uses a lab with which he has a relationship, but the lab it out-of-network with the insurer. Doctors don’t know and often won’t check, so the patient…

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ELFJE#1

Soni's thoughts

My mix zeentangle and mandala art called ZEENDALA art, total time taken 9hours…

Colorful
the rainbow
in the sky
Glowing full of love
Liberty

Hola my amazing peeps… How are you doing guys? So today i felt like giving a try to write ELFJE, an unique style of poem which i got inspired by seeing post of my one of best blogger friend Jeff i didnot have any idea on how to write these styles of poems whether it is a HAIKU or a TANKA or ELFJE, but by seeing Jeff’s posts i got full motivation to give a try and i can say confidently that i can write these better day by day and infact i am loving these more than a poem!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖 So few days back i drew this ZEENDALA ART, it took me 9hours to complete this, basically to show an independent girl, and…

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Dom Quixote — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Sonhar o sonho impossível, sofrer a angústia implacável, pisar onde os bravos não ousam, reparar o mal irreparável, amar um amor casto à distância, enfrentar o inimigo invencível, tentar quando as forças se esvaem, alcançar a estrela inatingível: essa é a minha busca.” Dom Quixote. 42frases.com.br Marii Freire Pereira https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo! Imagem: Around […]

Dom Quixote — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Getting ready for Historic US 40 Yard Sale

Roadtirement

One of our typical setups

This has been a rainy day in Central Indiana. We are back in Indiana getting ready for one of the big antique shows we try to do every year. Of course, we didn’t get to go last year. Though the Highway 40 is really a very big yard sale, we do very good selling our vintage items and bigger items that we have found in our travels.

It becomes a big clean out the garage month for us. We set up at the Dunreith Baptist Church east of Greenfield, Indiana. It is such a great place for us to set up. The pastor and his wife are very nice and helpful. They let us park the RV right behind our display, which is so nice because we don’t have to travel every night.

Highway 40, also known as Old National Highway, is a historic road…

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