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you are still here: a poem to remind you – {peace.love.free}

you are still here: a poem to remind you – {peace.love.free}.

{Because there are times that the very force of your reality – the relentless pace, the depths of what has been won and lost and seen and done and of all that relies on you, the pressing weight that you feel when you first wake up in the morning and the inescapable pressure to stay or to go or to know exactly the right thing – will make you feel both under intense observation and yet entirely and completely transparent to the point of invisibility.  Because there have been those times in my life and I know that there have been those times in yours.  Because of that, I remind you now.  You are still here.  I see you.  I hold you.  There is a safe space for you here. }

Demanding justice for Ayotzinapa teachers

A student of Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College is seen next to a bus blocking the road to Acapulco on the outskirts of Chilpancingo, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, during a protest in support of the 43 missing students on November 26, 2014. Following mass protests in Mexico over the apparent massacre of the 43 trainee teachers two months ago, the government will unveil measures this week designed to improve policing and fix a failing justice system, lawmakers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Henry Romero

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Pussy Riot wins Hannah Arendt Prize | News | DW.DE | 27.11.2014

The jury for the prize, based in the German city of Bremen, said in a statement that it wished to “honour all those who continue to resist reactionary developments in Russia despite persecution.”

Writer and activist Yuri Andrukhovych in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

They were jointly awarded the prize with Ukrainian author Yuri Andrukhovych for his role in the former Soviet republic’s democratic movement.

On making the 54-year-old the joint winner, the jury said it was to express its “respect for the campaigners for an independent and democratic Ukraine.”

The prize, which is worth 10,000 euros, has been awarded annually since 1995 and is financed by the Bremen Senate and the Böll Foundation.

via Pussy Riot wins Hannah Arendt Prize | News | DW.DE | 27.11.2014.

Breath test that tells you if you have lung cancer – Telegraph

“Think of it as an electronic nose,” Mr Boyle, president of Owlstone, told the Telegraph. “It’s like a sniffer dog on a mobile phone. We can test people with no symptoms – they aren’t coughing, there’s no blood – and catch the disease at a stage where it makes a huge difference.”

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ZEN PENCILS » 166. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: Ozymandias

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was an English poet. Ozymandias is Shelley’s most famous poem and was the result of a friendly competition between him and fellow poet Horace Smith. They often would have a poetry battle where a topic was chosen and they would only have 15 minutes to finish a sonnet. You can compare Shelley’s and Smith’s poems on Wikipedia and read an extensive history of the poem in this article by The Economist.

Ozymandias enjoyed a boost in popularity last year after it was used as the title for one of the final episodes of Breaking Bad. In this promo, Bryan Cranston ominously recites the poem in character as Walter White, king of meth dealers.

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