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

Dreams

Dreams are yesterday and tomorrow…

Shayan's Sphere

At times when in my life I fall
With frail and splintered wings,
And the spectral night from stillness calls
My solitary heart that sings;
With grief and pain when days I spend
Under dull and dreary skies,
And one by one each sweet song ends
With nightmares in my eyes,
Like a warbling Thrush in a summary morn,
Sweet dreams sing with zest;
And turn in rose each sharpened thorn,
The twilight of my breast!
And I stroll and sail with smile on face
Through echoing woods and streams,
To an ethereal land and mystic place
With the tranquil flow of dreams.
And suddenly then from fall I rise
With pristine hopes in breast,
And revive my strength with sanguine eyes
To fight and give my best.
And again, again I work in lone
Beneath the silver beams,
And shatter and smash each odious stone
To wake my slumbering…

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History, Trauma, and Education: The Historical Legacies of Colonialism and Apartheid and the Necessity of Rethinking Education

Within the South African societal context, education must be aimed at empowering children by teaching them how to transcend their pain and trauma, by helping them heal, by helping them reconnect with themselves. For decades, education was used as a tool in this country to manipulate and control people for the benefit of a few. If education can be used to damage then, it can also be used to heal. Accordingly, if education has the potential to heal then, it has the potential to be the process through which South Africa heals by simply focusing on healing its prospective leaders, its children. By simply helping our children transcend their pain and trauma through education, South Africa, in time, can transcend its own.

Geometrie

ore de drum

Pirgi, Chios, 2017

Semiluna care desenează forma insulei Chios a predestinat-o destinului capricios care a legat-o de otomani.

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Ne aflăm pe frontiera de est a arhipelagului grecesc.

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În Orientul Greciei.

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Giganticul ferry ne-a debarcat în partea de sud, în câmpie, astfel că am văzut cât de generos se întind plantațiile de mastic, un arbust rezistent, a cărui rășină aromată folosește la fabricarea multor produse alimentare, cosmetice și de îngrijire.

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Locuitorii se ocupă în principal cu exploatarea masticului.

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Am străbătut această zonă după ce, în prealabil, am vizitat o mănăstire înscrisă în patrimoniul UNESCO. (vezi https://wp.me/pamsq2-vt )

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Aflasem despre acest cătun cu decorațiuni geometrice cocoțat în vârful unei coline, pe ruta care leagă cele două porturi principale de ferry.

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Drumul șerpuieste pe o pantă nu foarte abruptă.

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În vârf, te așteaptă surpriza.

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Toate casele din sat, unele adevărate conace, sunt pictate cu motive geometrice în alb și negru.

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Majoritatea sunt de…

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Ohio reports 635 new coronavirus cases in K-12 students, 119 in staff for week of March 29 – cleveland.com – The young do get and transmit Covid-19!!!

Ohio reported 635 new weekly coronavirus cases in K-12 students and 119 in staff for the week of March 29, down from the week before. The state reported 854 new coronavirus cases statewide in K-12 students and 145 in staff for the week of March 22. So far in April, 13% of overall cases were in children, around level with March. The increases this week bring total cases since Sept. 7 to 45,704 in students and 23,726 in staff. Overall, children make up about 10 percent of the state’s total cases.

Source: Ohio reports 635 new coronavirus cases in K-12 students, 119 in staff for week of March 29 – cleveland.com

NM Sen. Heinrich visits Las Cruces church as it renovates to take in migrants | KRQE News 13

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KTSM) — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich on Wednesday visited a Las Cruces church as it renovates its space in anticipation of receiving refugees. Ans El Calvario United Methodist Church is preparing to shelter incoming migrants seeking asylum, Heinrich, D-New Mexico, says he wants to build more infrastructure in New Mexico to keep up […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Source: NM Sen. Heinrich visits Las Cruces church as it renovates to take in migrants | KRQE News 13

The past is in your head the future is in your hands.”Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” ~ Albert Einstein – The powers

Your time is too valuable to worry about what people think about you. Your goals are too important to try to convince everyone to like you. Don’t waste your energy trying to make someone be for you that’s never going to be for you. You don’t need everyone to celebrate you. Source: The past is in your head the future is in your hands.”Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” ~ Albert Einstein – The powers

Arkansas State House Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Creationism in Science Class — Scotties Toy Box

Arkansas State House Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Creationism in Science Class Arkansas State House Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Creationism in Science Class Arkansas Republicans apparently want to make students dumber. Friendly Atheist    The Arkansas State House yesterday voted 72-21 in favor of letting public school science teachers “teach creationism as a theory of how the earth […]

Arkansas State House Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Creationism in Science Class — Scotties Toy Box

« Dobbiamo proteggere le foreste per coloro che non possono parlare da soli come uccelli, animali, pesci e alberi. Dobbiamo proteggere le foreste per i nostri figli, nipoti e nascituri. » | Barbara Crane Navarro

“We must protect the forests for those who cannot speak for themselves like birds, animals, fish and trees. We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and unborn children. ” Source: « Dobbiamo proteggere le foreste per coloro che non possono parlare da soli come uccelli, animali, pesci e alberi. Dobbiamo proteggere le foreste per i nostri figli, nipoti e nascituri. » | Barbara Crane Navarro