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Navajo Code Talkers Day

Pacific Paratrooper

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During WWI, the Choctaw language had been used to transmit U.S. military messages. With this thought in mind, Philip Johnston, the son of a missionary grew up on a Navajo reservation and spoke the Diné tongue fluently, brought the suggestion of a similar code to General Clayton Vogel early in 1942. The Diné language has no alphabet, uses no symbols and one sound may hold an entire concept. The idea was tested and proved to be faster and more reliable than the mechanized methods. The language has more verbs than nouns, that helps to move the sentences along and makes it far more difficult for outsiders to learn – making it the most ingenious and successful code in military history.

platoon The 382nd Platoon, USMC

The original class, the 382d Platoon, Navajo Communication Specialists, USMC, developed their code at Camp Pendleton. Once a unit of code talkers were trained, they were…

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¡Un mes de violentos ataques de mineros de oro contra comunidades Yanomami sin protección del Estado brasileño! – « Si los mineros de oro cavan por todas partes, los ríos del bosque estarán llenos de barro, aceite de motor y basura. Lavan su polvo de oro en los arroyos, mezclándolo con mercurio, sucio y peligroso … »

Barbara Crane Navarro

Portavoz y chamán Yanomami Davi Kopenawa
foto: Gullane/Pedro J Marquez

Un conflicto estalló el 27 de abril, cuando un grupo de Yanomami interceptó a mineros ilegales que ascendían por el río Uraricoera en una lancha rápida cargada con combustible para sus aviones, helicópteros y las excavadoras industriales que utilizan para arrancar árboles y mover el suelo. Los Yanomami incautaron 990 litros de combustible. Luego, otro grupo de mineros de oro que se dirigía hacia Boa Vista disparó contra los Yanomami en un intento de intimidar a la comunidad indígena que desde hace años intenta evitar que los mineros ilegales de oro remonten los ríos de su territorio.

El 30 de abril, los Yanomami se pusieron en contacto con las autoridades gubernamentales para alertarlos sobre episodios de violencia en la región de Palimiú. La región consta de 1.129 Yanomami en 15 aldeas.

Las fuerzas de seguridad del Estado no han tomado…

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Filme que denuncia genocídio indígena é premiado em Berlim — Brasdangola Blogue

Barbara Crane Navarro

O prêmio chama atenção para esse genocídio indígena que está acontecendo no Brasil, destacou o diretor de “A Última Floresta”, filme premiado em Berlim Fonte: Filme que denuncia genocídio indígena é premiado emBerlim

Filme que denuncia genocídio indígena é premiado em Berlim — Brasdangola Blogue

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Why Are Rainforests Important? — 365 Ways to Save the Planet

Barbara Crane Navarro

Day 173 – We lose 40 football fields worth of rainforests every minute. In less than 10 years, there may only be 10% of rainforest left. We have already lost over 9 million acres. So, why should we care about the rainforests? Rainforests absorbs carbon dioxide and release the oxygen that we depend on for[…]

Why Are Rainforests Important? — 365 Ways to Save the Planet

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Pećina Đatlo, Republika Srpska, BiH – Đatlo Cave, Republika Srpska, BiH

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Pećina Đatlo je morfološki najrazgranatiji podzemni sistem Republike Srpske. Nalazi se na Koritskoj visoravni, ispod brda Kobilja glava (1.109 metara), u blizini zaseoka Torine. Prvo poznato speleološko istraživanje pećine preduzeo je srpski geograf Antonije Lazić (rad o ovoj pećini objavio je 1936. godine), kada je istražio kanale gornjeg nivoa u ukupnoj dužini od 525 metara. Speleološka istraživanja prekinuo je kod jame u centralnom dijelu pećine, koju je nazvao “Duboka jama”. Prije Lazićevog speleološkog istraživanja ostaje nejasan period austrougarske okupacije Bosne i Hercegovine, kada se u blizini pećine na brdu Kobilja glava, nalazilo vojno utvrđenje. Potpisi na stijeni u jednom od kanala (“Austrijski”) svjedoče da su pećinu posjećivali austrijski vojnici krajem 19. vijeka. Nejasan je karakter ovih posjeta, jer nema pisanih podataka. Prema podacima speleologa SD “Zelena brda” iz Trebinja, koji su pećinu posjetili 1987. godine, tokom istraživanja najnižih horizonata pronašli su piramidu od kamena koju su Austrijanci napravili u dvorani…

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Wondering Wednesdays, Baby Acres, Chapter 1, end of part II: Adulthood and Vision

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

This post continues the rough draft of  Chapter 1 of my non-fiction WiP, Baby Acres.  This is the end of outline section, chapter 1, section II.

This section is fairly short, being 550 words, sections C and D together, so I am posting them together.

And still again, by way of disclaimer, the overall goal is now to explain why we need both equ. + justice, & why in 4 phases.  This chapter will transition to a chapter (2-5) for each phase, showing what Phases I-IV could look like as part of a possible roadmap for a fully inclusive society for all of us.  This vision is laid out in the hope that All HumanKind  will eventually have each person’s basic needs  met, without taking anything from anyone, and without violence, intimidation, nor coercion of any kind. 

Chapter One, section II C and D:

Phase II with respect to the…

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HUNGARY: Leyen expresses “legal concerns”

Anna Van Densky blog

Brussels 23.06.2021 “This Hungarian bill is a shame. I have instructed the responsible commissioners to send a letter to express our legal concerns before the bill enters into force”

This bill clearly discriminates against people based on their sexual orientation. It goes against the fundamental values of the European Union. Human dignity, equality and respect for human rights.

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Noi …. intendo noi poeti, che ne abbiam viste tante anche se la fortuna ci ha permesso di evitarne almeno altrettante, non partecipiamo all’appassionante dibattito ospitato nei media di gran vaglia: “in piedi o in ginocchio?”

Antalgica Poetica

.… non sarebbe magari più opportuno dibattere sulla posizione (esemplificata nella foto) assunta dalla UEFA circa la richiesta ungherese di non autorizzare l’illuminazione dello stadio di Monaco di Bavieracoi colori dell’arcobaleno ????!!!!

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