What’s a common misconception people have about happiness?
Who are these people we are talking about and if they have misconceptions ,why?
Do they live in a bubble, and cannot see the result of their actions on others or themselves.
Well in a cartoon, evil glance with a large shiny pin, I would burst it.
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Thanks to Dearbail Jordan and Leanna Byrne and BBC Online News for the Headline
The Chief Executive of the Company Mondelez who now own the Cadbury’s brand and have factories in Russia has defended their decision to stay in Russia despite the Ukraine invasion by the Russian’s in 2022.
His reasoning is that although they pay taxes to Russia which could be being used to fund the Ukranian War, the reality is that they have also kept employing a lot of Russians , who let’s face it need jobs and careers and also that if they had left their factories and all the equipment, it would have been taken over by the Russian’s at great cost to Mondelez and it is estimated that the Russian’s would have made more money from their own production of chocolate then even Mondelez.
So it has been a compromise, unlike Mc Donalds who exited straight away, the makers of the Cadbury Brand has continued in the hope that the conflict will be resolved and that the Eastern European sweet tooth can continue to be satisfied.
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Thanks to Ray Furlong of RadioFree Europe Online
The targeting of Russian Oil Refineries has had the knock on effect of causing fuel shortages in Russia and in President Putin announcing that Russia’s air defence systems were not robust enough.
The truth is becoming to come out, perhaps the Russian’s never saw air defence as a priority, it is such a big Country. There is also a problem with repairing and replacing spare parts should a key are of the refinery be damaged by a Ukranian Drone.
Sad to say , it all comes down to oil supplies again, with Russia now saying it will stop exporting oil and aviation fuel. So all of it’s output will be for the domestic market. Perhaps prices are coming down again since the Strait of Hormuz looks as if it will be open for traffic again.
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Thanks to Dominic Waghorn and Sky News Online for the Headline.
Perhaps this is yesterday’s news or perhaps it isn’t. It’s really hard to tell. The one thing I know is we must have “Peace”.
What happened in the Middle East apparently is one of the greatest strategic blunders in US History.
I beg to differ, the whole thing was a crime against Humanity and perhaps we are fortunate today that we see these people for who they are and that their motives were despicable and so many innocent people have been harmed by their actions.
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Thanks to Egypt today for the Headline
How culturally different the approach to being in the News is in Egypt. The citizen who spotted and successfully rescued six endangered loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the local Obour Market in Cairo Governate remains nameless.
However he bought all six turtles from the market stall holder and contacted the Ministry of the Environment and they intervened to ensure their safe rescue.
The Ministry’s Sea Turtle Rescue Center praised the citizen for his actions, I in turn praise the citizen for his modesty and initiative. The sea turtles play a vital role in maintaining the balance of marine ecosystems.
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Thanks to Robinson McCallister and Birmingham Mail Live for the Headline
The definition of art and whether or not graffiti, even if it’s tasteful and looks like a “Banksy” is acceptable in a public space is a difficult one.
Some graffiti artists handles are works of art in themselves, however, do you really want them plastered over the 9.07 arriving at Birmingham New Street on a Thursday morning when you are contemplating whether to have a Mocha or a Cafe Latte. Should art be that much in your face?
There are many thoughts on this and they are all right and all wrong. Perhaps that is what it all means. Meanwhile ” little Mo” stares back at us and wonders what all the fuss is about?
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I’m not talking that awful food marketing creation of four powdered soup sachets in an attractive cardboard box.
We all have come across the different varieties .In truth , Chicken Noodle tastes much like the Mushroom and the Minestrone is sort of vibrant red colour that hints not of tomato , but of monosodium glutamate. There are branded versions which make all sorts of claims, but lets face it the four minutes to make it is not “instant” and seems to take forever. There’s always a weird sludge left at the bottom of your cup or mug , because you didn’t follow the instructions properly, because the type was so small that you couldn’t read it.
So my “instant” skill would be to make a delicious, flavoursome soup from a combination of vegetables that would make a Michelin Star judge smile with delight. I wouldn’t need to do any shopping and the ingredients would magically appear, all the dishes would be done and the pots and pans would be at the ready. The cooking process would be instantaneous and it would be just there.
Sometimes hot , sometimes cold for a hot summers day. It would be a magic skill and one that would be much appreciated by soup lovers.
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What is one way you have grown this year?
To grow or not to grow that is the question.I listen to You Tube Music quite a lot.I don’t have a subscription as it’s rare that I can listen to more than two songs in a row without interruption.So why not listen to the adverts?
So the advertiser’s are definitely persuading me to grow in all sorts of ways.It’s developed this year from buying the perfect toothbrush to organic vegetable boxes,an Australian Anthropologist who knows the “meaning of life”: to better training for my Horse(I don’t have one) and where to buy the Best Dog Food while performing a beautifully paced Tai Chi Walk.
All of these things might help me grow and be kinder to people,animals and the environment.I’m sure they all mean well and the presenters would like to earn money from my subscription.
However,needs must and to grow I really need to look after my own budget.I’m afraid that is my future and I’ve embraced it.
Am I mean or sensible, time will tell.There are no quick fixes,and I handle interruptions like a spider whose web has been hit by a juicy fly. (Filed away for later.)
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What is something you wish you could tell your 20-year-old self?
When I was twenty it seemed an age,
Life was there as I turned the page,
I’m at chapter 42 now and the plot still isn’t clear,
But the story’s not over so I’ve nothing to fear,
There’s much still to discover,
And many mysteries to uncover,
Perhaps the numbers on the page ,
Make some people want to rage
Stick to chapters there are less of them ,
And perhaps in summary that is the lesson.
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Thanks to Dan Hunt and BBC Online News for the Headline
One of my favourite reads are gravestones. I’m never happier than when I’m in a graveyard, looking at the details of those who have been laid to rest there. Their stories and what you can put together from the dates, the period language and perhaps the arrangement of the graves are interesting. I almost feel sad when you can’t read them, not for selfish reasons, but because I’d like to know about the people who lived their lives and rest in peace now.
So I was very pleased to read that a group of students from University of Leicester have uncovered and restored the inscription on an 18th Century tombstone in Leicestershire. The gravestone marked the grave of a 22 year old man Henry Reeve who died in 1772. The imaging techniques enabled them to establish his identity and also that he had borne his illness with fortitude. A faint inscription at the bottom of the gravestone read.
“Affliction sore with patience bore, Physicians w(h)ere in vain”
Henry’s mother who died twenty years later, is buried beside him. Their gravestones almost touching.
I have photos of gravestones from graveyards I have visited they include George Eliot(AKA Mary Ann Cross), Samuel Jackson , one of the first colonisers of Victoria, Australia, who has a monument to him erected by his wife Mary Ann Jackson, Karl Marx, Dorothy , One of Emperor her faithful dog (unfortunately I can’t read the name on the grave.)
One of my favourites is this one Max Wall, we needed to get help from one of the volunteers at Highgate Cemetery to find it and we did.
I have quite a collection of photographs of gravestones.They are all interesting and some are very difficult to read. I think it was a very useful project for the Leicester University students to do.
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