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July 5, 2022
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Zoroastrians confront depletion of their ancient faith
Zoroastrians confront depletion of their ancient faith
By DAVID CRARY
July 1, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — Among the world’s present-day religions, Zoroastrianism, founded more than 3,000 years ago, is one of the most ancient and historically influential. Yet even though its adherents maintain vibrant communities on four continents, they acknowledge their numbers are dauntingly small — perhaps 125,000 worldwide.
Starting Friday, about 1,200 attendees from 16 countries will be assessing their faith’s prospects during the four-day World Zoroastrian Congress in New York City, the first one held in the United States since 2000.
The agenda reflects a keen awareness of the challenges facing their religion. Prospects for growth are limited, given that Zoroastrians don’t seek to convert outsiders and — in many cases — don’t consider the children of mixed marriages to be members of the faith. Yet there’s also some cause for optimism.
“Have we ever been in a time like this?” wondered Arzan Sam Wadia, a Mumbai-born, New York-based architect who is co-chair of the congress.
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https://apnews.com/article/religion-new-york-city-522aeec0050967ef7ed754020e9baf85
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June 24, 2022
Here Is a State-by-State Rundown of What Will Happen Now That SCOTUS Has Freed Lawmakers To Restrict Abortion
Most states are unlikely to enact bans, but 22 either have them already or probably will soon.
JACOB SULLUM | 6.24.2022 10:25 AM
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Time to start the Abortion Underground!
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Here's what happens now State by State...Abortion Rights
https://reason.com/2022/06/24/here-is-a-state-by-state-rundown-of-what-will-happen-now-that-scotus-has-freed-lawmakers-to-restrict-abortion/Here Is a State-by-State Rundown of What Will Happen Now That SCOTUS Has Freed Lawmakers To Restrict Abortion
Most states are unlikely to enact bans, but 22 either have them already or probably will soon.
JACOB SULLUM | 6.24.2022 10:25 AM
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North Carolina
New restrictions are unlikely in the short term. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat serving his second term, supports abortion rights. Republicans control both houses of the state legislature, but they do not have veto-proof majorities.
Time to start the Abortion Underground!
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June 21, 2022
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TedxHartford by Mala Matacin, Why Gender Pronouns Matter
University of Hartford
Mala Matacin
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Cincinnati
MA, University of Cincinnati
BA, University of Santa Clara
Mala Matacin has a PhD in Social Psychology with postdoctoral training in Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. Her research focuses on women’s health (primarily issues of body image and stress) and women’s leadership. With her interest in gender issues, Dr. Matacin designed and teaches a popular University honors course called “Women, Weight, and Worry” and a first year seminar entitled, “Beauty, Body Image, and Feminism.” She is the founder and faculty advisor for “Women for Change” whose mission is to provide a space for education and support for women in regard to feminism and body image issues. In 1999 she was given an “Outstanding Teacher Award”. In 2010, she was awarded with the “Excellence in Service to Students” for going “above and beyond” work with students. This award was given by Sigma Alpha Pi, the National Society for Leadership and Success. In a 2009 post-graduation survey done by the Career Center, Dr. Matacin was named one of the three top faculty members in the entire University of Hartford community as a faculty member who had a major / positive impact on students’ University of Hartford experience.
More...
https://www.hartford.edu/directory/arts-science/matacin-mala.aspx
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June 17, 2022
Thank you so much.
Thanks so much to everyone for your comforting words on the occurrence of my mother's journey into infinity. I'm deeply grateful.
Though I am experiencing waves of despair, feeling fearfully untethered and lost, your compassionate words save and comfort me. I'm keeping them close because they form a pillow where I can escape sadness and find rest.
The overwhelming love I feel from you all buoys my aching heart. Thank you so, very, much. I love you.
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June 3, 2022
Here's the comprehensive archive which was started after Sandy Hook ...
Since at that time, it was revealed that the USA had not been saving ANY data on guns deaths in America.
The menu is fairly easy to use.
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
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May 29, 2022
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On May 24, nineteen students and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The GoFundMe community is coming together to support all those affected. Our Trust & Safety team will continue to update this hub with more fundraisers as they are verified. Donate to verified Texas elementary school shooting fundraisers below to offer your help.
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May 13, 2022
“She rocked me; gave me rhythm” – Kalush Orchestra bring an ode to mothers in “Stefania” lyrics
POSTED ONFEBRUARY 10, 2022
BYRENSKE TEN VEEN
https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/02/10/lyrics-kalush-orchestra-stefania-english/269492/
They are mixing the modern and the classic. Kalush Orchestra are one of the eight finalists in Vidbir, Ukraine’s selection for Eurovision 2022.
Ukraine Vidbir 2022 information:
https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/24/ukraine-vidbir-2022-list-of-participants-acts/268745/
With their song “Stefania”, the group reflects on a hard-working and strong, yet sensitive, mother.
Scroll down to read the “Stefania” lyrics
Vidbir 2022: Kalush Orchestra “Stefania”
Hip hop group Kalush took their name from the city where they formed in 2019, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. The three-piece of rapper Oleh Psiuk, multi-instrumentalist Ihor Didenchuk and MC Kylymen attained commercial success quickly in their home country, creating rap pieces from the slang of Psiuk’s home town. Ihor Didenchuk already has some Eurovision experience under his belt as he stood on the stage with Go_A in Rotterdam last year as their flautist.
Kalush released their first album HOTIN in 2021, which followed the great success of their single “Zori”. This song received notable airplay on Ukrainian radio and has been streamed over two million times since its release on Spotify. Meanwhile, the group collaborated heavily with other big Ukrainian acts, such as Okean Elzy and alyona alyona.
Recently, the group decided to create their own orchestra, which focused on the combination of hip hop and ancient folklore. For this effort, Kalush teamed up with three other musicians: backing vocalist and rapper Dzhonni Dyvniy, plus multi-instrumentalists Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk.
The orchestra’s first large release came with “Shtomber Womber” in December 2021. The song discussed social issues and came with a music video featuring ancient instruments and a typical Ivano-Frankivsk coat.
Kalush Orchestra bring an ode to the mother in “Stefania”. Lyric-wise, the song mixes two styles. In the chorus, the song uses typical folk song lyrics – short sentences with long vowels. The verses, on the other hand, contain much longer lines, which are performed much quicker compared to the slower chorus, creating the typical rap flow that fans are used to from Kalush.
One of the key words of the song is “колискова”, which means “lullaby”. The lullaby is a symbol in the song for the good memories that the narrator has of their mother. The sound of the lullaby brings them back to a moment when they were still under the safe guard of their mother. It comes back in both the chorus and the verse, as each rap verse ends with the sentence “Lyuli lyuli lyuli??, which is a classic Slavic folk lullaby.
The song starts off with a child looking at how their mother has aged. Several lines awake a nostalgic feeling to the past and towards the image of a mother: “The field blooms, but she is turning grey / Sing me a lullaby mum / I want to hear your native word”. Like typical folk rhymes, this part seems more romantic and idealises a tragic situation.
In the verse, where a more contemporary rap is used, there is a much more realistic depiction of the events. It discusses the hardship of being a mother. There seems to be an absence of support for the mother, who tries her best to raise her child. The narrator realises their mother has done a lot for them and that they will always return to her: “She rocked me; gave me rhythm and probably the power of will; did not take, but she gave”.
While the mother is portrayed as a sweet and soft woman in the folk-style chorus, in the verses, she is a much more rounded character. There, she is portrayed as a strong but sensitive person: “She will not awaken, won’t wake, me in strong storms / She will take two fig signs from grandma, as if they were bullets / She knew me very well she was not deceived, like she was very tired she rocked me in time”.
“Stefania” lyrics – Kalush Orchestra (Vidbir 2022)
Music and lyrics by: Ihor Didenchuk, Ivan Klimenko, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk
Original lyrics
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
Вона мене колисала дала мені ритм і напевне силу волі не забрати в мене, бо дала вона
Напевне знала може більше і від Соломона
Ламаними дорогами прийду я завжди до тебе
Вона не розбудить, не будить, мене в сильні бурі
Забере в бабулі дві дулі, ніби вони кулі
Дуже добре знала мене не була обманута, як була дуже втомлена, гойдала мене в такт
Люлі люлі люлі…
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
Я не в пеленах но ма но ма, хватить, як би я не виріс на виріст за речі платить
Я не мала дитина, вона далі нерви тратить, я гуляв, шляк би тебе трафив
Ти все молода о мамо на піку, якщо не ціню опіку на піку слави мені в тупику
Забивайте піку цю піку, я би попік спік, своєю любов’ю
Люлі люлі люлі…
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
English translation
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning grey
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
She rocked me; gave me rhythm and probably the power of will; did not take, but she gave
Probably knew even more and from Solomon
I will always walk to you by broken roads
She will not awaken, won’t wake, me in strong storms
She will take two fig signs from grandma, as if they were bullets
She knew me very well; she was not deceived, like she was very tired; she rocked me in time
Lyuli lyuli lyuli…
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning gray
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
I’m not in diapers but ma but ma, enough, like if I did not grow up to grow to pay for things
I’m not a small child, she still loses her temper, I walked, “like the slag would hit you” [Ukrainian curse]You are all young oh mother at the peak, if I do not value the guardianship at the peak of glory I’m in the dead end
Kill the peak that peak, I would sing with my love
Lyuli lyuli lyuli…
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning gray
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning gray
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/02/10/lyrics-kalush-orchestra-stefania-english/269492/
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Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine performing "Stefania"
Eurovision performance“She rocked me; gave me rhythm” – Kalush Orchestra bring an ode to mothers in “Stefania” lyrics
POSTED ONFEBRUARY 10, 2022
BYRENSKE TEN VEEN
https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/02/10/lyrics-kalush-orchestra-stefania-english/269492/
They are mixing the modern and the classic. Kalush Orchestra are one of the eight finalists in Vidbir, Ukraine’s selection for Eurovision 2022.
Ukraine Vidbir 2022 information:
https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/24/ukraine-vidbir-2022-list-of-participants-acts/268745/
With their song “Stefania”, the group reflects on a hard-working and strong, yet sensitive, mother.
Scroll down to read the “Stefania” lyrics
Vidbir 2022: Kalush Orchestra “Stefania”
Hip hop group Kalush took their name from the city where they formed in 2019, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. The three-piece of rapper Oleh Psiuk, multi-instrumentalist Ihor Didenchuk and MC Kylymen attained commercial success quickly in their home country, creating rap pieces from the slang of Psiuk’s home town. Ihor Didenchuk already has some Eurovision experience under his belt as he stood on the stage with Go_A in Rotterdam last year as their flautist.
Kalush released their first album HOTIN in 2021, which followed the great success of their single “Zori”. This song received notable airplay on Ukrainian radio and has been streamed over two million times since its release on Spotify. Meanwhile, the group collaborated heavily with other big Ukrainian acts, such as Okean Elzy and alyona alyona.
Recently, the group decided to create their own orchestra, which focused on the combination of hip hop and ancient folklore. For this effort, Kalush teamed up with three other musicians: backing vocalist and rapper Dzhonni Dyvniy, plus multi-instrumentalists Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk.
The orchestra’s first large release came with “Shtomber Womber” in December 2021. The song discussed social issues and came with a music video featuring ancient instruments and a typical Ivano-Frankivsk coat.
Kalush Orchestra bring an ode to the mother in “Stefania”. Lyric-wise, the song mixes two styles. In the chorus, the song uses typical folk song lyrics – short sentences with long vowels. The verses, on the other hand, contain much longer lines, which are performed much quicker compared to the slower chorus, creating the typical rap flow that fans are used to from Kalush.
One of the key words of the song is “колискова”, which means “lullaby”. The lullaby is a symbol in the song for the good memories that the narrator has of their mother. The sound of the lullaby brings them back to a moment when they were still under the safe guard of their mother. It comes back in both the chorus and the verse, as each rap verse ends with the sentence “Lyuli lyuli lyuli??, which is a classic Slavic folk lullaby.
The song starts off with a child looking at how their mother has aged. Several lines awake a nostalgic feeling to the past and towards the image of a mother: “The field blooms, but she is turning grey / Sing me a lullaby mum / I want to hear your native word”. Like typical folk rhymes, this part seems more romantic and idealises a tragic situation.
In the verse, where a more contemporary rap is used, there is a much more realistic depiction of the events. It discusses the hardship of being a mother. There seems to be an absence of support for the mother, who tries her best to raise her child. The narrator realises their mother has done a lot for them and that they will always return to her: “She rocked me; gave me rhythm and probably the power of will; did not take, but she gave”.
While the mother is portrayed as a sweet and soft woman in the folk-style chorus, in the verses, she is a much more rounded character. There, she is portrayed as a strong but sensitive person: “She will not awaken, won’t wake, me in strong storms / She will take two fig signs from grandma, as if they were bullets / She knew me very well she was not deceived, like she was very tired she rocked me in time”.
“Stefania” lyrics – Kalush Orchestra (Vidbir 2022)
Music and lyrics by: Ihor Didenchuk, Ivan Klimenko, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk
Original lyrics
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
Вона мене колисала дала мені ритм і напевне силу волі не забрати в мене, бо дала вона
Напевне знала може більше і від Соломона
Ламаними дорогами прийду я завжди до тебе
Вона не розбудить, не будить, мене в сильні бурі
Забере в бабулі дві дулі, ніби вони кулі
Дуже добре знала мене не була обманута, як була дуже втомлена, гойдала мене в такт
Люлі люлі люлі…
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
Я не в пеленах но ма но ма, хватить, як би я не виріс на виріст за речі платить
Я не мала дитина, вона далі нерви тратить, я гуляв, шляк би тебе трафив
Ти все молода о мамо на піку, якщо не ціню опіку на піку слави мені в тупику
Забивайте піку цю піку, я би попік спік, своєю любов’ю
Люлі люлі люлі…
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
Стефанія мамо мамо Стефанія
Розквітає поле, а вона сивіє
Заспівай мені мамо колискову
Хочу ще почути твоє рідне слово
English translation
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning grey
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
She rocked me; gave me rhythm and probably the power of will; did not take, but she gave
Probably knew even more and from Solomon
I will always walk to you by broken roads
She will not awaken, won’t wake, me in strong storms
She will take two fig signs from grandma, as if they were bullets
She knew me very well; she was not deceived, like she was very tired; she rocked me in time
Lyuli lyuli lyuli…
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning gray
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
I’m not in diapers but ma but ma, enough, like if I did not grow up to grow to pay for things
I’m not a small child, she still loses her temper, I walked, “like the slag would hit you” [Ukrainian curse]You are all young oh mother at the peak, if I do not value the guardianship at the peak of glory I’m in the dead end
Kill the peak that peak, I would sing with my love
Lyuli lyuli lyuli…
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning gray
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
Stefania mum mum Stefania
The field blooms, but she is turning gray
Sing me a lullaby mum
I want to hear your native word
https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/02/10/lyrics-kalush-orchestra-stefania-english/269492/
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May 10, 2022
I hope you don't mind me elaborating on your post. This might be 1/10th of the entire post which was created by DUer Joanne98. The date of the OP is unclear but I think it is sometime in 2013 but much likely earlier. Republican depravity doesn't appear to have an end date.
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Here's the link to the DU archived post on the same topic.
It's titled The Long list of Republican sex offenders...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1709387
Here's a sample...
Subject: Long list of Republican sex offenders
Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.
Snip...
I hope you don't mind me elaborating on your post. This might be 1/10th of the entire post which was created by DUer Joanne98. The date of the OP is unclear but I think it is sometime in 2013 but much likely earlier. Republican depravity doesn't appear to have an end date.
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May 7, 2022
It's especially maddening that they feel qualified
to use religion, like they're ordained, to regulate health care, like they went to medical school.
It's remarkable that their egos are so big as to support them being so eminently qualified with such a broad range of expertise.
In truth they are regressive, evil minded people with little, if any regard, for the rights and well-being of anyone but themselves.
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May 6, 2022
This is how #Azovstal sounds...
This is how #Azovstal sounds.
Video posted tonight by Nik Mark on his Facebook page.
Let the heroes be known and seen by the whole world 🇺🇦 #SaveMariupol #Mariupol
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1522120732754513921
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1522125642271277057
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🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻 Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻
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