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(1) Thousands of Tokyo Olympic Games volunteers quit – YouTube

Around 10,000 of the 80,000 #volunteers who signed up to help at the #Tokyo 2020 #Olympic and Paralympic Games have #quit, broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, citing organisers. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed last year due to the #coronavirus #pandemic and are due to start on July 23. FRANCE 24’s Michael Penn explains the situation.

Brazilija, Brazil – Brasilia, Brazil

Myrela

Početkom pedesetih godina dvadesetog vijeka Brazil je bio zemlja neiscrpnih prirodnih bogatstava i nasilnih društvenih kontrasta, kojoj je očajnički nedostajalo usmjerenje. U poslijeratnoj euforiji, kada su zemlje u razvoju prolazile grozničav preobražaj, Brazil je imao tri različita izvora inicijative: prvi je bio Žuselino Kubiček, ambiciozni i iskusni političar, koji je 1956. godine postao predsjednik; drugi je bio Lusio Kosta, briljantni urbanista, koji je odrastao u Evropi i vratio se u Brazil da bi dokazao stečeno umijeće, treći, i najpoznatiji, bio je Oskar Nimajer, učenik Koste i Le Korbizjea. Iz saradnje dvojice dizajnera 1956. godine nastao je plan Brazilije, nove prijestonice koju je trebalo izgraditi u središtu zemlje, na polusušnoj visoravni, na nadmorskoj visini od 1.200 metara. Mjesto je bio odabrano na osnovu teorijskih razmatranja i dugotrajnog vazdušnog izviđanja. U periodu od skoro 200 godina, različite brazilske vlade razmišljale su o izmještanju prijestonice iz prenaseljenog Rio de Žaneira u unutrašnjost, kako…

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Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of the Yanomami. Goldrausch, Covid-19 und der Genozid der Yanomami Eingeborenen in Brasilien. — Peru Reisen und Reisebausteine – Peru individuell erleben. —

Barbara Crane Navarro

Gold Fever, COVID-19 and the Genocide of theYanomami. Goldrausch, Covid-19 und der Genozid der Yanomami Eingeborenen in Brasilien.https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/04/11/gold-fever-covid-19-and-the-genocide-of-the-yanomami/ — Peru Reisen und Reisebausteine – Peru individuellerleben.

— Peru Reisen und Reisebausteine – Peru individuell erleben. — Tiny Life

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We Demand that the Gold Mining Invaders be Expelled from Our Territory! — Movimento Munduruku Ipereg Ayu

Barbara Crane Navarro

Statement of the Munduruku Ipereg Ayu Movement – May 28, 2021 The entirety of the Munduruku people are indignant about the decision to cancel the operations of the Federal Police in our region. This operation cannot end now, right when illegal gold-miners are attacking our leaders. It is incomprehensible why law enforcement would leave our[…]

We Demand that the Invaders be Expelled from Our Territory! — Movimento Munduruku Ipereg Ayu

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Indigenous Leadership in Preservation of Biodiversity: The Case of Brazil’s Amazon — Open Americas

Barbara Crane Navarro

Image: Flickr By Maggie Wang This article was originally published here on Human Rights Pulse on April 21, 2021. “If I become President, there will not be another centimeter of indigenous land [demarcated].” This statement and statements like it—including several where “centimeter” was replaced by “millimeter”—cropped up frequently in the campaign rhetoric of Brazilian president[…]

Indigenous Leadership in Preservation of Biodiversity: The Case of Brazil’s Amazon — Open Americas

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La băi

Google translation of introduction: Sirmione – The Romans liked to spend a lot of time immersed in a warm bath. And, as far as possible, to enjoy, during all this time, a magnificent view.

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Sirmione, 2016

Romanilor le plăcea să petreacă mult timp scufundați într-o baie caldă. Și, în măsura posibilităților, să beneficieze, în tot acest timp, și de o priveliște magnifică.

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Într-un noiembrie friguros am descins într-una dintre stațiunile termale vestite de la cel mai mare lac italian, Lacul Garda, în regiunea Lombardia.

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Accesul e dificil încă din Evul Mediu, pentru că orașul a fost cetate cu funcțiunea strategică de a controla eventualii asediatori veniți pe lac.

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Centrul vechi se află într-o limbă de pământ prelungită mult în azurul lacului.

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Am făcut o lungă plimbare în circuit ocolind zidul istoric și clădirile pe o alee construită pe țărm, unde ai multe ieșiri la apă.

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Pe pietriș, clipoceau vălurele ca în golful unei mici mări.

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Identific, pe o stradă liniștită care duce spre livezile de măslini, casa unde a locuit Maria Callas în anii 1950, când petrecea mult timp aici la băi.

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MIS Interpreters

Pacific Paratrooper

1944 MIS class; courtesy of Ted Yenarinat, National WWII Museum

Throughout the war, more than 6,000 Japanese Americans would serve in the MIS as translators and interrogators—often at great risk—for 130 units across the Pacific.  After the war the MIS Nisei were tapped for critical assignments during the occupation of Japan.

The Military Intelligence Service (MIS) consisted mainly of Nisei men, for further information on the Japanese-Americans who served, I have a series on them, that can be located HERE>

Nisei interpreters worked closely with American and Japanese officials to recover the war-torn nation and restore a peacetime government. They also worked as translators during war crimes trials held in Japan, China, the Philippines, French Indochina and the East Indies.

One of the most valuable contributions of the Nisei in the MIS was the translation of the captured documents referred to as the “Z Plan,” which outlined the Japanese plans for counterattack in the Southwest Pacific in 1944.

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Ostrva Galapagos, Ekvador – Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Myrela

Bilo je to 1835. godine kada je mladi prirodnjak Čarls Darvin na brodu Njegovog veličanstva “Bigl” dospio na ostrva Galapagos i uočio “veoma neobičnu grupu zeba, sličnih jedna drugoj po strukturi kljuna, kratkom repu, obliku tijela i perju […]. Zapažajući ovu gradaciju i raznolikost strukture u veoma malim i homogenim grupama ptica, čovjek stvarno može da zaključi […] da se vrsta izmijenila da bi služila različitoj svrsi.” Proći će još 24 godine prije nego što će Darvin definisati svoju teoriju u knjizi O porijeklu vrsta. Darvin je u ovoj knjizi obrazložio različite pretpostavke, među kojima i one o postepenoj i neprekidnoj evoluciji živih bića, zajedničkom porijeklu svih organizama i odabiru novih generacija kroz “opstanak najjačih” u borbi za egzistenciju. I te braonkaste ptice koje pripadaju trinaest vrsta zeba, poznate pod zajedničkim imenom darvinove zebe, igrale su odlučujuću ulogu u ravoju teorije evolucije.

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Stop asking how you can help — and listen, says B.C. residential school survivor | CBC News

t’s been 50 years since Eddy Charlie left the Kuper Island Residential School, just off the east coast of Vancouver Island, and the pain he experienced while forced to attend, he says, has stayed with him throughout his life.

He turned to alcohol as a way of coping, which led to anger and damaged relationships — with his community and his family.

As the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the Kamloops Indian Residential School makes headlines around the world, political leaders, activists and allies have taken to social media to offer support and ask how non-Indigenous people can help.

But Charlie says he would rather people just listen.

“I just want people to sit, hear the story about residential school, don’t try to respond,” he said during an interview with All Points West host Kathryn Marlow.

“Don’t try to see what can [you] do. We want people to hear this story for us. It’s not a fairy tale. It’s not something from one of the Stephen King novels. This truly, really happened to 150,000 children.”

Source: Stop asking how you can help — and listen, says B.C. residential school survivor | CBC News