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

Free distribution of medicinal plants at Chandravana – The Hindu

The college, which possesses more than 30,000 species of plants, was currently making available 12 sought-after varieties of medicinal plants, some rare, for free to the public. “There was a huge demand for the Hippali plant, whose leaves and fibrous roots are used for the treatment of respiratory allergies and indigestion,” Dr. Bhat said.

via Free distribution of medicinal plants at Chandravana – The Hindu.

What I Learned from a Child #devotion #poetry

GFETE – grin

penned in moon dust

And he said:“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

~Matthew 18: 3 & 4

Today I walked where a child journeyed

I was whisked up into the breeze

colorful wings sprouted

I flew in fantasy

Today I rode a wooden horse

but you would never know

the journeys that we travelled

as knights from long ago

Today I laughed with a child

light and color flashed in the skies

we dug a tunnel to a new world

where giantshad blue eyes

Tomorrow I’ll wing up toward heaven

look down atyou with a smile

never letting go of the memories

love I learned from the heart of a child

smiles of a child

Jesus loved children and told us we needed to be…

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Syngenta Preparing For Another Monsanto Takeover Bid

Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta AG believes rival Monsanto could make another bid to acquire the company within a matter of days.

via Syngenta Preparing For Another Monsanto Takeover Bid.

Monsanto wants to control all agriculture – not happening – an obese Monsanto will fall to a fed up public!

Feministing Jamz: Ana Tijoux’s “Antipatriarca”

The music video to accompany Feministing favorite Ana Tijoux’s feminist anthem has finally been made and it’s everything we’ve been waiting for and more. Created from an international open call for submissions, the video shows women breastfeeding, working, signing, cooking, singing, protesting –doing everything it takes to survive and thrive in the fight against patriarchy. The song is

via Feministing Jamz: Ana Tijoux’s “Antipatriarca”.

Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 22 ( May 25 – 31)

Must read – as always

Nervana

Mahinour Al-Masry

( Imprisoned, activist Mahinour Al-Masry- via El-Masry Al-Youm)

Top Headlines

  • After 489 days on hunger strike in prison,‪ Soltan gives up Egyptian citizenship, deported to US. (Saturday)
  • Egyptian activist Mahinour El-Masry sentenced to 15 months in prison (Sunday)
  • Rift deepens in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood after failed soft coup. (Report)

 Main Headlines

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South Dakota Tattoo Artist Making Name for Himself, Says ‘Tattoos Have Spirit in Them’ – ICTMN.com

When Paul Fiddler was only eight years old, he etched his first tattoo. “I used a wall tack and some pen ink and made initials on my hand,” said the 26-year-old Cheyenne River Sioux. Little did the young Fiddler know that a little pain would be his gain, and he would one day be a professional tattoo artist and owner of the newly opened Phuzion Storm Tattoos in Rapid City, South Dakota, named after a son he lost three years ago. “It’s a way to keep his name going,” shared the father of three.

via South Dakota Tattoo Artist Making Name for Himself, Says ‘Tattoos Have Spirit in Them’ – ICTMN.com.

It’s a Matter of Love

Poetry for Palestine

Your writing is unhinged

Just be careful

Those people can seriously harm you

Aren’t you afraid?

Why do you throw yourself in harm’s way?

Tell me why?

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It is not a matter of courage

It is a matter of love

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A love so great that every sacrifice worthwhile

All pain bearable

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Love of Truth, Justice, Peace and Humanity

Love of gentleness and kindness, compassion and beauty

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Love of babies when they’re born

As they take their first step

As they make their first smile

Then from then on, every step of the way

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Love of children when they laugh

As they dream of hugging the world

As they giggle when they play

Flattering their wings as they fly

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Love of earth running amok

Day and night chasing one another

Hoping to meet by the horizon

Out of breath kissing the sky

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Love of oceans as they pound

Racing…

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