How palm oil ended up in everything – and could be ruining the planet | Euronews

How palm oil ended up in everything – and could be ruining the planet

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De usted

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SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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De usted, identifico su nombre, sus apellidos y su rostro… oh, y también su alegría, sus palabras, sus silencios y sus ocurrencias. De usted, no olvido que es mi musa cuando la descubro en las rutas del arte, en mis expediciones en busca de inspiración, en las horas y en los días de encuentro conmigo y con las letras. De usted sé, por lo que defino en la lectura de sus rasgos, que su belleza y su encanto no son improvisados, que provienen de su interior y que tienen mucha similitud con la orquídea, el tulipán y la estrella. De usted, no desconozco que ha dado mucho de sí a la gente que ama y que, a veces, por lo mismo, carece de espacio y tiempo para sus aficiones. De usted, no ignoro que cada mañana, al despertar, su…

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Flogged, imprisoned, murdered: today, being a poet is a dangerous job | Poetry | The Guardian

The Gujarati poet Parul Khakhar recently received a similar dressing down about her now viral poem “Shav-vahini Ganga” (Ganges, the Carrier of Corpses), in an editorial published in a government-funded journal. It describes her work as “pointless angst expressed in a state of agitation”, going on to say: “Such people want to quickly spread chaos in India … they have jumped into literature with dirty intentions.” Khakhar’s poem is a 14-line lament for the deaths during India’s second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. She writes how there are no more spots in the crematoria, how India is out of pallbearers, mourners, tears. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, is not addressed directly, but the accusation is implicit: “O King, this entire city has at last seen your real face /… O King, in your Ram-Rajya, do you see bodies flow in the Ganges?”

Khakhar reportedly wrote the poem because she was distressed by the sight of dead bodies floating in India’s holiest river. In April the government decided to bring forward the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela that takes place every 12 years because the astrological configuration for 2021 was deemed more auspicious. Over nine million pilgrims thronged to the Ganges, mostly unmasked, creating the biggest superspreader event in the history of the pandemic. Since early May heavy rains have caused hundreds of corpses wrapped in saffron cloths to wash up on the river banks, some dug from shallow graves by dogs.

Khakhar’s poem and the subsequent editorial, titled “No, This Is Not a Poem, it is Misuse of a ‘Poem’ for Anarchy”, have divided India’s artistic community. Some have questioned Khakhar’s sudden foray into the political, others have said the poem is hardly a masterpiece. More than 150 people have signed a statement asking the magazine to withdraw its editorial, stressing the right to debate contemporary issues through poetry as an important part of a healthy democracy. Khakhar, who has been relentlessly trolled for being “anti-national” and a “demoness”, has locked her Facebook profile and refused interview requests, choosing instead to answer with a new poem: “You Will Not Speak”.

The question of what makes a poem a poem is something that the entire history of literary criticism still hasn’t been able to answer. Because a poet’s entire career can be judged on a single poem floating around social media, it’s easy to knock it down. The late Adam Zagajewski, in his essay “Against Poetry”writes about the uselessness of poets like Shelley writing defences of poetry (which his own essay, of course, also comes to be). “Poets live like the defenders of a besieged citadel, checking to see whether the enemy is approaching and where he’s coming from,” he writes. “This isn’t a healthy way of life.”

Source: Flogged, imprisoned, murdered: today, being a poet is a dangerous job | Poetry | The Guardian

Cohesive (Op-Ed)

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We can assemble a staff of the most skillful technicians and office staffers as far as their talent and training are concerned, but if they are unable to work together they will not be as effective as technicians and staffers with less talent and training but possesses more ability to work in concert as a team. We see examples of this truism in sports when a challenging team defeats the champion. In business, this occurs when a small business outperforms a mighty conglomerate. In international affairs it happens when a seemingly insignificant minor country, outwits and stymies the armies of the superpower. The catalyst in these scenarios is cohesion.

Effective leaders understand the immense power of unity and how it strengthens groups’ bonds and the ability to coordinate their energies to focus on achievement of goals. Cohesion is not a modern concept or invention. It’s been in our species’ DNA…

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The right of protest in Turkey

Observer of the Near East

One think is sure! After the “coup d’état” in 2015, the Don Quixote imaginary Neo-Sultan of the New Ottoman Empire, Mr Erdogan seized all powers in his hand and made the army of the country his puppet.

People cannot protest peacefully in the country anymore. Even the LGBT gay pride was not authorized and people got arrested.

Historically, In 1858 the Ottoman Empire—the predecessor of the modern-day Republic of Turkey— adopted a new penal code, which no longer contained any explicit articles criminalizing homosexuality. The Ottoman Penal Code of 1858 was heavily influenced by the Napoleonic Code, as part of wider reforms during the Tanzimat period. LGBT people have had the right to seek asylum in Turkey under the Geneva Convention since 1951, but same-sex couples are not given the same legal protections available to heterosexual couples. Transgender people have been allowed to change their legal gender since 1988…

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Pećina Banja Stijena, Republika Srpska, BiH – Banja Stijena Cave, Republika Srpska, BiH

Myrela

Ulaz u pećinu nalazi se na lijevoj strani kanjona rijeke Prače, ispod sela Banja Stijena, po kome i nosi naziv. Lokalno stanovništvo je naziva i Mračna pećina. Ulaz se nalazi na oko 590 metara apsolutne visine, dvadesetak metara iznad korita rijeke Prače. Pećina je postala poznata početkom dvadesetog vijeka kada je Austrougarska započela gradnju uskotračne pruge kroz kanjon Prače. Prvi podaci o pećini u literaturi potiču od entomoloških istraživanja Viktora Afelbeka. Primjerke na obradu dobio je od austrijskog oficira Oto Kaula, koje je prikupio 1907. godine, za vrijeme posjeta pećini. U literaturi pećina se spominje i kao pećina koju su prije Prvog svjetskog rata posjećivali turisti (Daneš, J. 1921). Prva speleološka istraživanja Banje Stijene preduzeo je Čeh Jirži Daneš, koji je bio u službi u austrougarskoj vojsci. Istraživanja je preduzeo iz vojnih razloga, jer se u pećinama Bosne i Hercegovine tragalo za koštanim ostacima od kojih je Austrija…

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