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Can’t Force Love

Inhale Peace; Exhale Love. Joy will Follow! - RUELHA

The heart wants what the heart wants For the person nestled in its chambers, it longs The heart wants what the heart wants That person's face perpetually haunts The heart wants what the heart wants For that person beyond reasoning, it yearns The heart wants what the heart wants Irrationally and incessantly, it sings their song The heart wants what the heart wants It's willing to kneel in servitude despite the response The heart wants what the heart wants Knowing well it's right, the mind's taunts The heart wants what the heart wants Tries so hard, yet feelings begin to flaunt You can be their cook and their maid Bear their children, be their surrogate By their rules, always must have played Maybe, for all their expenses, you paid You can beg and cry Pray to God looking at the sky For their attention, you can wait With yourself, rationalize…

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Abolish Racist Mascots

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The use of Native symbols and names has come to attention as pressure has come to change such names and symbols of national sports teams for example. Tomorrow’s discussion will be about the use of Mohawk in Mason City, Iowa.

The Mason City Community School District reached out to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and asked if the tribe would be open to a partnership and allow the use of imagery and name. The tribe said no and asked for the end of the usage of the “Mohawk” mascot and nickname. (Info from the Globe Gazette).

Last month, the Mason City School Board decided to end the use of the name“Mohawks,” at athletic events and on merchandise. Over the long term building signs and school décor will also be scrubbed of the name, as the district assesses costs related to rebranding.

Shortly after the decision was made…

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This fabric is hailed as ‘eco-friendly.’ The rainforest tells a different story. (Viscose rayon)

Jonni Spedika Viscose rayon is used in clothing ranging from couture dresses to t-shirts to sportswear. It has been touted as eco-friendly because it comes from a renewable resource: trees.

But it is also among the products that have driven the destruction of rainforest in Indonesia. The plantations built on the cleared land create a continuous supply of new wood or goods like palm oil, often from a single species of tree.

The plantations blend into the surrounding forest. But experts say they also dry out the land and increase the risk of fires as well as destroy the natural habitat of a diverse array of plants and animals.

“This is like them stealing our seas,” said Spedika, who noted that the pigs and other animals he used to hunt had disappeared.

Ruth DeFries, professor of ecology and sustainable development at Columbia University in New York, said tree plantations are highly disruptive to areas of biodiverse rainforest.

“A plantation of a single kind of tree is a very, very different ecosystem than rainforest with millions of species,” said DeFries, who has done research in Indonesia.

“One of the most beautiful times I had there was shadowing someone who was doing research on orangutans,” she added. “Seeing that their habitat is being destroyed — it’s just heartbreaking.”

Source: This fabric is hailed as ‘eco-friendly.’ The rainforest tells a different story.

Aromatične trave – Aromatic herbs

oregano, rosemary, sage and thyme

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Osobine aromatičnih trava origana, ruzmarina, žalfije i majčine dušice međusobno se dopunjuju. Svaka od njih ima drugačiju specijalizaciju i kada ih sve redovno konzumirate (u ishrani, kao suplement ili kombinaciju ta dva), njihova jedinjenja fitohemikalije koje se bore protiv bolesti i izuzetno visoki nivoi širokog spektra minerala pružaju potpunu, moćnu odbranu od patogenog svijeta. Aromatične trave dobijaju veliki dio svoje moći iz toga što su veoma bliske divljem bilju, čak i kada se gaje u baštama. Potrebno im je veoma malo brige da bi preživjele i napredovale; i kada su zanemarene, ipak, čudesno mogu da dobiju ono što im treba da bi obezbjedile visoke niove potrebnih hranljivih materija. Naučne zajednice ne znaju da aromatične trave iz korijena oslobađaju antigljivično jedinjenje koje gliste obožavaju. Korijen aromatičnih trava postaje mjesto okupljanja glista, budući da se gliste hrane njime da bi ostale zdrave. Zauzvrat, gliste snabdijevaju vazduhom tlo oko korijena i ostavljaju za…

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Marii Freire Pereira — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Viva a vida de modo que, ao olhar para os problemas, você ainda tenha bons momentos pra contar. A vida é o resultado do que a gente consegue ressignificar. No final, vale o que a consciência aplaude. Pense nisso!.. Marii Freire Pereira https://pensamentos.me/VEM comigo! Imagem: pinterest/clivenichols.com Santarém, Pa 11 de dezembro de 2021

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