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Me reconozco en usted

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Me reconozco al mirarla a usted, acaso porque tantos días se han acumulado desde que coincidimos, por primera vez, en algún rincón del mundo; probablemente, por saberla mi musa y percibirla en mí, en el ambiente de la creación artística, en las páginas de la libreta de apuntes, entre el perfume del papel y de la tinta, al escribirle mis poemas y mis textos que se convierten en la locura de un amor; quizá por llevar ambos una porción de cada uno y caminar sobre alfombras de pétalos, acompañados de burbujas de cristal y momentos irrepetibles; tal vez por más de lo que creemos, pensamos y sentimos. Me reconozco cuando usted habla o calla. Sus murmullos y sus silencios me expresan tanto de usted, que me descubro en sus palabras, en sus cavilaciones, en sus pausas. Me reconozco en…

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Dahshur, 2018

Am început ziua piramidelor cu Saqqara și, după o scurtă oprire la Memphis, am ajuns pe niște scurtături prăfoase la Dahshur, în chiar miezul zilei,

urmând ca după-amiaza să-i fie consacrată Sfinxului și piramidelor pe care le are în grijă. La Dahshur nu există constrângeri legate de aglomerația turistică, pentru că situl e imens și îndepărtat de alte așezări, spre adâncimile deșertului, la vreo patruzeci de kilometri sud de Cairo.

Piramida Bent (romboidală) și piramida roșie au fost ridicate de faraonul Snefru, tatal faraonului Keops, în 2575 î.Hr.

El a gândit aceste edificii ca pe niște experimente, năzuind la construcția ideală, pusă în practică ulterior la Gizeh de fiul său.

Inițial, aici au fost construite cinci piramide, însă doar acestea două sunt menționate de egiptologi, cu precizarea că pe șantiere nu au fost folosiți sclavi, ci muncitori plătiți.

Snefru a fost un faraon omenos, spun istoricii, care probează…

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Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France – Joy Neal Kidney

Sisters Darlene and Doris at the grave of their younger brother, Danny Wilson. The Superintendent of Lorraine American Cemetery, Walter Gebhardt, in the foreground. October 1997.

General George C. Marshall wrote, in the June 1957 issue of The National Geographic Magazine, that “15,000,000 American men and women had answered the call to arms; of these, 360,810 died overseas. Most of them were buried near where they fell, in temporary graves on alien soil.” He said that more than half were “brought back to their homeland at the request of relatives.”

Source: Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France – Joy Neal Kidney

Ecosia and Tree Planting

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Ecosia has made it easy for us to plant trees

Now you can easily provide homes for the birds and the bees

This is a great way to change lives in many places

Trees can put smiles on many faces

When they produce delicious fruits for us to eat

Our immune system gets boosted and the fruits are sweet

I am so glad they came up with this great plan

Now more people can believe that they can

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Yes, we can plant trees

We are doing something good for not just the bees

We also contribute to having clean air

As Ecosia plans to plant more trees almost everywhere

Photo by Zen Chung on Pexels.com

Let’s try to make Ecosia as big as Google so more of the Global Co2 emmissions can be absorbed faster

We can do our part…

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Coronavirus: Over 880,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Kenya, donated by the US

Joevic Africa

This morning at 6:15am, 880,460 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi. The vaccines – which form the first of two shipments totalling 1.76 million doses – were donated by the United States Government via the COVAX facility and transported by UNICEF. This is the first time that […]

Coronavirus: Over 880,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Kenya, donated by the US

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Why Bosses Need to Allow People to Fail

MiddleMe

Contrary to popular belief, failure isn’t something everyone should avoid, especially for one’s career. In fact, I believe failure can help you discover points that you may not have considered before and lead you to success.

As a team leader or a manager, here are some great reasons why you should let your employees or teammates make mistakes or fail:

Helps Them Think Outside The Box

Many successful businesses today did not immediately start with success. They had to start small and do trial and error to discover what method works to succeed.

When one is allowed to fail, they will be able to look back at their mistake and use other methods or create a new one to achieve the results they need. Experimentation and innovation are a huge part of many businesses’ success.

Helps Them Adjust Their Goals

Failure allows workers to adjust their goals accordingly, especially if…

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Plaidoyer pour la nature et les peuples autochtones ! Non au projet de loi #490 ! …et un message d’un chaman Yanomami… – actualisé

Barbara Crane Navarro

Un homme Yanomami en route pour inviter un village voisin à un festin, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela

« Je pensais que si les blancs pouvaient m’entendre, ils convaincraient le gouvernement de ne pas laisser la forêt être détruite… Maintenant, les mineurs d’or puent la forêt avec les fumées de leurs moteurs et les vapeurs de l’or et du mercure qu’ils brûlent ensemble. Désormais, nous craignons le paludisme des mineurs d’or, qui est également très féroce…

Le souffle de vie des habitants de la forêt est fragile face à ces fumées épidémiques de xawara. Si nous mourons tous, personne ne pourra compenser la valeur de nos morts. L’argent et la marchandise des Blancs ne les ramèneront pas parmi nous! Et la forêt dévastée ne pourra jamais être restaurée non plus, elle sera perdue pour toujours. »

– porte-parole et chaman Yanomami Davi Kopenawa


Une forêt en territoire indigène détruite par…

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L’APIB dénonce Bolsonaro devant la CPI, à La Haye, pour génocide autochtone — Entre les lignes entre les mots — Tiny Life

Barbara Crane Navarro

L’Articulation des peuples autochtones du Brésil(Apib) a déposé, ce lundi(9), une déclaration devant la Cour pénale internationale(CPI) pour dénoncer le gouvernement de Bolsonaro pour génocide. En cette date qui marque la Journée internationale des peuples autochtones, l’organisation demande au procureur de la Cour d’examiner les crimes perpétrés contre les peuples autochtones par le président Jair[…][…]

L’APIB dénonce Bolsonaro devant la CPI, à La Haye, pour génocide autochtone — Entre les lignes entre les mots — Tiny Life

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Gardiens pour sauver ce qui reste de la forêt amazonienne — DR livres et publications

Barbara Crane Navarro

Qui sont réellement les Amérindiens qui habitent les forêts et les savanes d’Amazonie ? Que connaît-on de leur Histoire, de leurs anciennes traditions, de l’extrême diversité linguistique et culturelle de leurs tribus ? Un univers particulier et mystérieux qui se transforme peu à peu sous l’influence du monde moderne. Même leurs territoires le plus officiellement[…]

Gardiens pour sauver ce qui reste de la forêt amazonienne — DR livres et publications

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