The Elephant Company – Intermission Story (14)

Pacific Paratrooper

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James Howard “Billy” Williams went to Burma in 1920, fresh out of the service for WWI, for a position as a ‘forest man’.  It was there he became increasingly educated on the intelligence, character and welfare of elephants.

When Japan invaded Burma in 1942, Williams joined the elite British Force 136.  [a unit that today would compared to Rangers, SEALs and Delta Force].  Being older and wiser in the ways of the jungles, Williams’ tale of war and daring would become legendary.

In 1944, Lt.Colonel Williams, along with his Karen workers, uzis, elephant tenders, and the animals themselves made the stairway in Burma.  They go upward, a sheer rockface escarpment, narrowly escaping the Japanese hot on their trail, through the mountains of Imphal.

While many times the massive beasts stood on their hind legs to scale an ascent that surpassed Hannibal in…

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Birds from Walden Cardinal

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Cardinal

Like theRobin, The Cardinal is another bird that is a power symbol.

This radiant red bird portrays perfect symmetry. Most commonly seen with a stylish spikey haircut on the top of its head, a head that is a brighter red than the rest of the body.

Sporting an orange beak, the rest of its face is covered by a black mask to protect it from the sun, identical to most Goldfinches.

 The Cardinal’s head is a more solid red than the rest of the body which has a touch of grey, looking like a painter’s purposeful brushstroke blended it deep into the red. 

Somehow through the striking redness ,  these birds seem to disappear in the green canopy of the bushes.

I often spot a pair in the forest frolicking for fun. The pair are similar and different at the same time. One is the normal red…

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Facebook ganhou ao menos US $9,5 milhões para promover petróleo e gás em 2020 — « ofensivo » ? !

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Pico de anúncios ocorreu após Biden apresentar plano trilionário para renováveis O Facebook ganhou US$ 9,6 milhões em 2020 para promover anúncios pró-combustível fóssil nos EUA, afirma um estudo publicado nesta quinta-feira (5/8). Cerca de 25 mil anúncios destinados a garantir um lugar no futuro para o petróleo e o gás foram vistos pelo menos[…]

Facebook ganhou ao menos US $9,5 milhões para promover petróleo e gás em 2020 —

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Climate Explained: what would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest? — Palm Oil Detectives

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Gustavo Frazao Sebastian Leuzinger, Auckland University of Technology What would happen if we cut down the entire Amazon rainforest? Could it be replaced by an equal amount of reforestation elsewhere? Removing the entire Amazon rainforest would have myriad consequences, with the most obvious ones possibly not the worst. Most people will first think of the[…]

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Climate Solutions Should Not be Ignored

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Scientists worked hard to give us solutions for the climate crisis

We can show our appreciation and reduce our use of plastics

It can’t hurt us when we stop polluting the air

It can’t hurt us when we pay attention to environmental care

Children were not raised with environmental protection awareness on their minds in the past

And now everything in the world is happening so very fast

There is high speed internet and trains

More toxins in the air and acid rain

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It is time for us to build environmental protection awareness in a new and better way

So our children can look forward to seeing a brighter day

Some people say climate change does not require so much attention

It isnot something we should even bother to mention

Are they saying we don’t need to care?

About the children’s…

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