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Priest Pundit Moulvi

Delightful tale – thanks to the author!

Weekend Stories by Trishikh

Much before the rooster crowed at the crack of daylight and sometimes even before the sun peeped from the horizon to say good morning, three very distinctive loudspeakers blared to wake up the sleepy resident of the green and pristine village of Dhormosthol in the southern fringes of India’s most cosmopolitan and diverse Kolkata city.

Dhormosthol was not that different from any other Indian village in this part of the country. Large agricultural tracts dotted with mud or unplastered bare brick houses of thatched or corrugated sheet roofs, along with little groves and glimmering water bodies scattered here and there, crisscrossed with mostly dirt trails, redbrick paths, and some asphalt roads painted this topography.

The village was, however, unique in one very special way. Its three hundred families were equally divided in numbers as Christians, Hindus, and Muslims. For many years, this was however never a point of conflict till…

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WWII Canine Heroes

Pacific Paratrooper

Search and Rescue dogs

U.S. Army launches Canine Units

On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or “K-9 Corps.”

Well over a million dogs served on both sides during WWI, carrying messages along the complex network of trenches and providing some measure of psychological comfort to the soldiers. The most famous dog to emerge from the war was Rin Tin Tin, an abandoned puppy of German war dogs found in France in 1918.

When the country entered WWII in December 1941, the American Kennel Association and a group called Dogs for Defense began a movement to mobilize dog owners to donate healthy and capable animals to the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army. Training began in March 1942, and that fall the QMC was given the task of training dogs for the U.S. Navy…

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William Shakespeare — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Os amigos que tens por verdadeiros, agarra-os a tu’alma em fios de aço; mas não procures distração ou festa com qualquer camarada sem critério”. William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Leandro Karnal. O dilema do porco- espinho: como combater a solidão. 2ed. São Paulo. Planeta do Brasil, 2019 Marii Freire Pereira https:pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo! Imagem: Greelane.com Santarém, […]

William Shakespeare — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Wirkung von Musik

Google translation of opening: Effect of Music: Music is not only a pleasant pastime, it is also good for your health. Music can be balm for the soul, it can make you happy, calm, relax, evoke positive memories and even relieve pain. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed this. Music therapy is an integral part of alternative healing methods in many cultures. The positive effect of music has long been tested in animal behavior research in the zoo and in veterinary medicine.

Senioren um die Welt

Musik ist nicht nur ein angenehmer Zeitvertreib, sie ist auch gut für die Gesundheit. Musik kann Balsam für die Seele sein, sie kann glücklich machen, beruhigen, entspannen, positve Erinnerungen wachrufen und sogar Schmerzen lindern. Das haben zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen bestätigt. Musiktherapie ist auch in vielen Kulturen fester Bestandteil alternativer Heilmethoden. Die positive Wirkung von Musik hat man auch längst in der Verhaltensforschung bei Tieren im Zoo und in der Veterinärmedizin erprobt.

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A FALSA ABOLIÇÃO

Google translation first two sentences: “This Thursday, May 13, marked the passage of 133 years from the date when the then regent of Brazil, Princess Isabel, signed the Golden Law, a document that abolished slavery and, in theory, freed the more than 4.9 millions of enslaved blacks who lived in our country at that time. However, the legal text that deprived white gentlemen of the right to property over these men and women forcibly brought from Africa, did not guarantee even a minimum of dignity and conditions of subsistence.”

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Esta quinta-feira, 13 de maio, marcou a passagem dos 133 anos da data em que a então regente do Brasil, Princesa Isabel, assinou a Lei Áurea, documento que abolia a escravatura e, em tese, libertava os mais de 4,9 milhões de negros escravizados que viviam em nosso país naquele momento. No entanto, o texto legal que tirava dos senhores brancos o direito de propriedade sobre esses homens e mulheres trazidos à força da África, não lhes garantia sequer um mínimo de dignidade e condições de subsistência. Os que saiam das senzalas tinham de seu apenas a roupa do corpo e a capacidade de trabalho. Ou se tornavam retirantes miseráveis ou suplicavam pela permanência na penúria que sempre viveram. Na prática, a imensa maioria precisou se submeter a continuar trabalhando nos mesmos locais, para os mesmos senhores, apenas em troca da comida. Se legalmente deixava de existir o abismo que havia…

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DarkSide, Blamed for Colonial Pipeline Attack, Says It Is Shutting Down – The New York Times

In a statement written in Russian and provided to The New York Times on Friday by the cybersecurity firm Intel 471, DarkSide said it had lost access to the public-facing portion of its online system, including its blog and payment server, as well as funds that it said had been withdrawn to an unknown account. It said the group’s main web page and other public-facing resources would go offline within 48 hours.

“Due to the pressure from the U.S., the affiliate program is closed,” the statement said, referring to intermediary hackers, the so-called affiliates, it works with to break into corporate computer systems. “Stay safe and good luck.”

What that pressure may have been is unclear, but on Thursday, President Biden said the United States would not rule out a retaliatory strike against DarkSide that would “disrupt their ability to operate.” The White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said the administration was waiting for recommendations from U.S. Cyber Command, but government officials on Friday declined to comment further about whether any action had been taken.

Biden reverses Trump order barring immigrants who cannot afford healthcare  | TheHill

“My Administration is committed to expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare,” Biden’s proclamation states. “We can achieve that objective, however, without barring the entry of noncitizens who seek to immigrate lawfully to this country but who lack significant financial means or have not purchased health insurance coverage from a restrictive list of qualifying plans.”

Biden ordered leaders at the departments of State, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security to “review any regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, and any other similar agency actions developed pursuant to” the 2019 proclamation and issue “revised guidance” as appropriate that reflects his own policy.

Source: Biden reverses Trump order barring immigrants who cannot afford healthcare  | TheHill