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APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Germany donates over 100 million vaccine doses in 2021

Source: APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Germany donates over 100 million vaccine doses in 2021

Thoughtful Thursdays, Stayed on Freedom’s Call page 44, and BlockBusting

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

       How do neighbors in your town come together?

 

     I started my own walking singing tour company in the belief that song was a powerful way to help bring people together to learn from our history.  Some of what I learned is in my book Stayed on Freedom’s Call (last week was page 43…):

 

” … doctrine of Separate But Equal.  That famous ruling, and indeed the preceding rulings in 1948, set the stage for the protests of the 1960’s necessary to secure enforcement of the rights gained in the court room.

Let us go, now, to Upper Northwest, into the “tree streets” of Shepherd Park where a group of neighbors inspired cooperation across the nation.

Uptown Black-Jewish DC: Shepherd Park

Countering Blockbusting, Creating Integrated Community

        We travel back in time just a little to the turbulent 1960’s to the fight to keep…

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Rimsko pozorište i Trijumfalna kapija u Oranžu, Francuska – Roman Theater and Arc de Triomphe in Orange, France

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Današnji grad Oranž smješten je na brežuljku Sent Etrop, u blizini rijeke Ege, nad prostranom ravnicom koja se proteže sve do rijeke Rone. Grad je osnovao narod keltskog porijekla. On je nekad bio u samom središtu bogate rimske provincije Narbonske Galije, a zvao se Arausio po starosjedelačkom bogu vode. Zahvaljujući svom položaju imao je strateški značaj, koji je još više porastao 36. godine p.n.e., kada su ga veterani Druge galske legije s Oktavijanom na čelu oteli od varvara i nazvali Colonia Iulia Firma Secundanorum Arausio (riječ firma znači utvrđenje).

Pošto je postao car i nazvao se Avgust, Oktavijan je nekoliko puta navraćao u provinciju da bi podstakao izgradnju. Desete godine n.e. naredio je da se u Arausiju podigne trijumfalni luk u slavu osnivanja novog rimskog grada i uspostavljanja Pax romana. Završena 27. godine, kapija stoji na sjevernoj ivici grada. Pravougaonog je oblika, dugačka 21 metar, a široka…

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A Clash of Armor

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Desert Storm saw three firefights involving more than 3,000 armored fighting vehicles in a span of just 100 hours. That massive, intense, compressed event surpasses anything from World War II and there has never been anything remotely comparable since. (Yes, there were more tanks at Kursk, but the combat was spread over months. There was no single battle in the Kursk campaign that comes close.)

A couple of films have tried to convey the feel of what happened — the rapid decisions, heroism and mistakes. My favorite is probably “Courage Under Fire, ” the Meg Ryan and Denzel Washington flick from 1996. However, it’s difficult to convey the emotional intensity of night action in which it is impossible to identify friend and enemy and firing comes from all directions. The US and Japanese navies fought one such action off Guadalcanal in 1942. And then there’s this tank battle. It’s a…

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Walnut Brown Sugar Butter

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Eating My Way Through the Holidays. Festive Food Gifts: Walnut Brown Sugar Butter! Ahh, sweet butter. I don’t know if it’s the winter weather or the upcoming holidays that get me in the mood for bakery ideas. Who doesn’t appreciate aromatic cinnamon, sweet nutmeg, or pumpkin pie spice? The smell of bread baking in the oven triggers all kinds of emotions. It can lift our mood and impact our behavior. Honestly, it would have been pretty easy to feature today’s compound butter all by itself. But tell me, isn’t it better to imagine slathering it all over those freshly-baked cinnamon rolls?

WALNUT BROWN SUGAR BUTTER

Ingredients:

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

1 tablespoon packed brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1/3 cup walnuts, chopped

Instructions:

In a mixing bowl, combine unsalted butter, brown sugar, and sea salt until smooth. Fold in chopped walnuts. Place a sheet of plastic wrap…

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A Voice from Iran

“102nd story”

A story by Laleh Chini:

Mr. Sodi was a rich man living in a good part of the city. He was in his late 70s.

He lived in a big garden in a very long alley. Everyone knew him in that area.

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He was a quiet person. He had someone to get groceries for him and clean the house. The only time he drove his expensive car and got out of the house was when he took his wife to the doctor or to pick up her prescriptions from the local pharmacy.

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His wife was very sick and could only walk a few steps to the car or bathroom; she was mostly in bed. One day when he went out with his car to buy his wife’s prescription, on his way in the long alley, a decent middle-aged woman asked for a ride to the main intersection to…

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives — Barbara Crane Navarro

Barbara Crane Navarro: In Her Own Words Artist, Writer, Environmental & Indigenous Rights Activist Bio: Barbara Crane Navarro Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, writer, Indigenous and animal activist who lives near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 she studied at Rhode Island School of Design, then she went on to study at the San […] […]

Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives — Barbara Crane Navarro

Todos los vivos son interdependientes: una entrevista con la artista Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas — Barbara Crane Navarro

Barbara Crane Navarro es una artista, autora y activista francesa que actualmente vive cerca de París. Durante 12 años, pasó los meses de invierno con el pueblo Yanomami en Venezuela y Brasil, una experiencia que inspiró su práctica artística y sus esfuerzos de décadas para llamar la atención sobre la devastación de la selva amazónica. […] […]

Todos los vivos son interdependientes: una entrevista con la artista Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas — Barbara Crane Navarro