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Quotes (pt. 2)

Peace

I found a sliver of sun today and stood in it, squinty and content in its fleeting embrace. I never thought I'd miss you. - Josh Groban

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? - Oscar Wilde

Summer arrived in full force. Cicadas cried from the cherry trees and in the evenings a pleasant breeze blew briefly as dusk began to arrive earlier each day. - Sukegawa Durian

I sincerely wish for you every possible joy life could bring. - Bob Ross

I'm kind of in love with everything, that's just how I am. - Anonymous

"It's so beautiful here! I want to come back here someday!" It takes all of my persuasive power to try to convince her that she is already here. - Liz Gilbert

And on the last day, when all his work was done, he only just discovered the sun, on the last day. - Moby

This has been going on for so long already, this unfolding. Harry doesn't know how many more ways they can find to mean something to each other. - Anonymous

I thought the earth remembered me. She took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichen and seeds. - Mary Oliver

But in the end, stories are about one person saying to another: this is the way it feels to me. Can you understand what I'm saying? Does it feel this way to you? - Kazuo Ishiguro

I have nothing to gain from kissing her. But I am no longer looking to gain anything. - John Green

Make it simple, but significant. - Don Draper

Along the lake path - bird song implied. - Anonymous

There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that kind of the point? - Pam Beasley

You're writing lines about me; romantic poetry. - Halsey

I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return. - Frida Kahlo

Womb to tomb, sweetheart. - dropdeaddream

I believe in angels, something good in everything I see. - ABBA

Part of loving the winter is submitting to it. - Anonymous

And so I fall in love just a little, oh, a little bit. Every day with someone new. - Hozier

Needle-dark December smells. She walks with wonder everywhere. - Muriel Rukeyser

In March I'll be rested, caught up and human. - Sylvia Plath

What's the winter for? To remember love. - Theodore Roethke

We call everything on the ice "love". - Viktor Nikiforov

The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgement. - Wayne Dyer

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. - Matsuo Basho

We all have one foot in a fairytale, and the other in the abyss. - Paulo Coelho

Not to sound cosmic, but I've made plans for the next 3,000 years. Before, it was only three days at a time. - Prince

You have me. Until the last star in the galaxy dies, you have me. - Amie Kaufman

If we want peace, we have to be peace. Peace is a practice, not a hope. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness only real when shared. - Christopher McCandless

A sunny day in the void. - Dave Filoni

And all I want to do is fly. - Eric Whitacre

I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. - Vincent van Gogh

We don't really know where this goes, and I'm not sure we really care. - Bob Ross

I'm alive! I'm alive! I am so alive! - Aaron Tveit

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not valid, but is often true. - Anonymous

Harry looked at the leaves gently dancing in the breeze, the way Kavika had taught him to look - observing details, things he thought he already knew. - Lettered

Make the decision everyday to be happy. - Anonymous

Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home. - J.K. Rowling

Dancing is for people who are free. - Jojo Rabbit

And so, our journey comes to an end. But yours continues on. Grab hold of your dreams and make them come true. For you are the key to unlocking your own magic. Now go. Let your dreams guide you. Reach out and find your Happily Ever After. - Anonymous

We take death to reach a star. - Vincent van Gogh

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. - Hamlet, Hamlet

I'll be good, I'll be good. And I'll love the world like I should. - Jaymes Young

I was born free, and that I might live in freedom I chose the solitude of the fields; in the trees of the mountains I find society, the clear waters of the brooks are my mirrors, and to the trees and waters I make known my thoughts and charms. I am a fire afar off, a sword laid aside. - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

'Denied the catharsis of punishment' is an underappreciated but hugely effective narrative consequence.

Just smell the grass! The dirt! Just like I dreamt they'd be! Just feel that summer breeze, the way it's calling me. For like the first time ever, I'm completely free! I could go running and racing, and dancing and chasing, and leaping and bounding, hair flying, heart pounding, and splashing and reeling, and finally feeling - that's when my life begins! - Rapunzel

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity. - Edvard Munch

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delta7of96 · 11 months

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John Beasley, Who Appeared In 'The Soul Man,' 'Brewster Place' And More, Dies Unexpectedly At 79 - SHADOW & ACT

Rest In Peace and Power, Dear and Beloved Big Uncle John... Your art helped mold and shape the Culture

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jasonchristianjax2 · 11 months

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Rest In Peace, John Beasley.

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csrgood · 4 years

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Food Security - You Can't Build Peace on Empty Stomachs

Originally posted on LinkedIn

Almost 50 years ago, the Nobel prize committee sent a strong signal to the world, underpinning the social value of agriculture. Norman Borlaug (1914-2009) – the father of the so-called “green revolution”, a scientist who invented disease-resistant wheat and saved millions from starvation – was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.

During the Oslo ceremony, Borlaug held a speech about his work, titled “The Green Revolution, Peace and Humanity”.

“Civilization as it is known today”, he stated, “could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. (…) If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread.”

Today, half a century after the Nobel Prize, similar questions still prevail more than ever. Food security and water management are increasingly understood as key concerns for global governance and stability. Against this backdrop, it is timely that the 2020 Munich Security Conference (MSC), which just came to an end, dealt with the topic of food security for the first time in its long history.

During the conference, I joined our CEO Werner Baumann as well as the member of our Supervisory Board and former President of the World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin, in some of the food security conversation. We received great feedback, e.g. from David Beasley, Executive Director for the UN World Food Programme.

As a leader in agriculture, we are starting to get our arms around the scale of Bayer’s responsibility. Just to give you one example: Almost half of all fungicides for wheat in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are Bayer products. They are essential for avoiding crop failures with wide-ranging consequences. Wheat is – and has historically been – at the center of agricultural goods when we talk about global crises.

The discussions in Munich have left me thinking about the need for next steps. Here are some of my immediate take-aways:

Climate Change is the most significant threat to food security which will in turn become a major security risk.

My first point is that climate change is by far the biggest threat to food security. That comes with no surprise but with a lot of evidence. 2020, for the first time ever, the top five risks in the annual World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report were all climate-related. Near-term impacts of climate change add up, as the report says, to a “planetary emergency that will include loss of life and social and geopolitical tensions”.

For example, 93% of the climate security and military experts surveyed in the recent World Climate and Security Report assess that climate-driven water insecurity will pose a significant or higher risk to global security by 2030. Other studies emphasized the impact of climate change on migration or on crop insecurity.

Munich and Davos meetings are setting the agenda—but we need to engage with farmers on the ground. We aim to support 100 million smallholders to lead better lives.

While many discuss the climate-related issues from a 30,000 feet airplane-perspective, farmers can tell from looking at their fields. In 2019 alone, they had to deal with another dry summer in Europe, historic rainfalls in the United States, a massively destructive drought in Australia or parts of Africa, and locust infestations in East-Africa.

Last December, we presented our new sustainability strategy at Bayer. Beginning this year, sustainable business and financial success is equally important to us. Ten years ahead, in 2030, we want to achieve our ambitious sustainability goals in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

One of the key elements is our focus on smallholder and subsistence farmers, a key group when it comes to strengthening global food security. 550 million smallholder farms exist all over the world and in developing countries, they produce about 80 percent of available food supplies–but in many cases, the producers themselves face hunger and poverty.

By 2030, we strive to provide 100 million smallholder farmers with access to training, tailored agricultural solutions and partnerships to increase their harvests and improve the local food supply. Most of the smallholder farming responsibilities rest on the shoulders of women. 25 years after the first UN Women Conference in Beijing, the world needs to prioritize significant efforts to improve women’s livelihoods in rural areas.

Our work has already begun:

In a partnership with IFC, Netafim and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, we assist smallholder farmers in India, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia and Southeast Asia in growing their farms into commercially viable and sustainable businesses.

In Indonesia, we recently signed an agreement with our partner HARA to build a digital platform along the agricultural value chain and outreach to one million smallholder farmers over the next three years.

Experts from Bayer and partners including the Solidaridad Network and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation came together in Germany to work on a plan to address Fusarium wilt, a deadly fungus that is threatening banana plantations worldwide.

In Nigeria, a new variety of the cowpea legume with a BT gene now makes an important component of the nutrition for more than 200 million people resistant against insects and has the potential to reduce crop losses.

In Mexico, as part of a commercial pilot project this year, Bayer is introducing the first short-stature corn. It has a more compact structure, making it able to better withstand difficult environmental conditions such as strong wind and require less water. It also enables better cultivation through the targeted use of fertilizer for example and can deliver far higher yields.

My third take-away: Innovation will be key to feed the world of 10 billion people.

Another take-away is (once more) the importance of innovation: To secure food supply in a world growing to 10 billion and increasingly affluent people whilst we will be hit by an increasing impact of climate change, it will take the brightest minds and the smartest technologies to ensure we feed the world without starving the planet. My colleague Bob Reiter and his team are stewards of the by far largest R&D budget of an agri-business in history.

They are working passionately on future innovation for a more sustainable agriculture. Over the past few days, they have published fascinating insights into our innovation pipeline that are relevant to investors as well as the public. Achievements like hybrid rice or the short stature corn will have tremendous value for global food security. At Bayer, we are committed to make these innovations available for all growers, including access programs for smallholder farmers.

Lastly: Collaboration is the name of the game

As so often, it’s about the right mindset. We must agree that the global environmental, health and nutritional challenges we face today are complex, significant and inter-connected. No one country, multilateral institution or company can solve this challenge alone. As my colleague Ronald Guendel pointed out: “Collaboration is the name of the game when it comes to food security”.

In the run-up for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, we need to form new partnerships that enable us to work across existing conflict lines to de-carbonize agriculture, support farmers to better withstand extreme weather events, and tackle the extreme poverty in rural areas.

When it comes to food security, as the Australian author Julian Cribb phrased it in his recently released book “Food or War”:

“Food is one of the greatest, least recognized and most affordable ‘weapons of peace’ available to humanity.”

Or in the famous words of Lord John Boyd Orr (1880-1971), who became the first director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN back in 1945:

“You can’t build peace on empty stomachs.”

Engaging in an honest, respectful and constructive debate about the challenges towards a more sustainable development strategy is the type of leadership expected from our generation. And it’s our joint responsibility to achieve the SDGs in 2030. To get there, we have less than #120months – 119 actually, and the clock is ticking.

#120months - the series

source: https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/43952-Food-Security-You-Can-t-Build-Peace-on-Empty-Stomachs?tracking_source=rss

#CSR #corporate social responsibility #social good #philanthropy #employee engagement #workplace givi

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Исполнитель: VA Название: Best Of Jazz Год выхода: 2018 Жанр: Jazz Количество треков: 100 Качество: mp3 | 320 kbps Время звучания: 07:18:02 Размер: 1.03 GB TrackList: 01. Papik - Summer in Rio 02. Cafe Lounge Resort - I'm Yours (Resort Party Version) 03. Lorenzo Masotto - Seta 04. Till Bronner, Dieter Ilg, Till Bronner & Dieter Il - Scream & Shout 05. Melody Gardot - Baby I'm A Fool (Live In Paris) 06. Ibrahim Maalouf - Run The World (Girls) 07. Charlie Parker Quintet - Wee (Live At Massey Hall In Toronto, Canada_1953) 08. Till Bronner, Dieter Ilg, Till Bronner & Dieter Il - A Thousand Kisses Deep 09. Duke Ellington - Star Spangled Banner 10. Kenny G - Havana 11. Hobby Horse - Helm 12. Betty Hutton - It's Oh So Quiet! 13. Ely Bruna - Just the Two of Us 14. John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement (из фильма «В поисках Колтрейна») 15. Duke Ellington - Farther Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & the Orch 16. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo a la Turk 17. Till Bronner - Le matin a Marseille 18. Swing City - Technoband 19. Swingrowers - Via con me (Do not cover pt. 1) 20. Badbadnotgood, Charlotte Day Wilson - In Your Eyes 21. Mindi Abair - Momo 22. Molly Johnson - Inner City Blues 23. Elvis Presley, Dave Brubeck - I'll Be Home for Christmas (Remastered) 24. Pat Coil - Here's That Rainy Day (Sunday Morning Jazz Album V 25. Duke Ellington - Black and Tan Fantasy 26. Boney James - Vinyl 27. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Strange Meadow Lark 28. Walter Beasley - Solace 29. Norah Jones - Carry On 30. Hugh Coltman - Little Big Man 31. Miles Davis - So What (Live Album Version) 32. Jamie Saft - The Makings of You 33. Steve Tyrell - Someone Like You 34. Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle - Witchcraft 35. Hugh Burns - Blue Mood 36. Jamie Saft - Naima 37. Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader 38. Norah Jones - Until The End 39. Peggy Lee - You Deserve 40. Drew Gress, Billy Hart, Marc Copland, Robin Verhey - Rest Mode 41. Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman (Remastered) 42. Miles Davis - Blue in Green 43. Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars - Hello, Dolly! 44. Madeleine Peyroux - La Javanaise 45. John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution 46. IKS Big Band - Sing, Sing, Sing 47. Ely Bruna - The Final Countdown 48. Drew Gress, Billy Hart, Marc Copland, Robin Verhey - When The Birds Leave 49. John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance 50. Ornette Coleman - Eventually (Remastered) 51. Dionne Warwick - Walk on By 52. The Speakeasies' Swing Band! - Liquid Paradise 53. Ornette Coleman - Peace 54. Ely Bruna, Neja - American Boy 55. Katie Melua - What a Wonderful World 56. Ibrahim Maalouf - Essentielles 57. Koop - Drum Rhythm A (Music for Ballet Exercises) 58. Brad Mehldau - After Bach_ Rondo 59. Hobby Horse - Salsa Caliente 60. Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver, The All Stars, Sy Oliv - Go Down Moses 61. Walt Weiskopf, Anders Mogensen, Daniel Franck, Car - Kma 62. Giuseppe Milici, Alan Scaffardi, Fabrizio Bosso - Dimmi cos'e 63. Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime 64. Nina Simone, Horace Ott - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Album Version_Stere 65. Don Byas - Georgia On My Mind 66. Norah Jones - Don't Know Why 67. Jamie Saft - Human _ Gates 68. Shakatak - Dark Is the Night 69. Seth MacFarlane, Elizabeth Gillies - My Buick, My Love and I (Bonus Track) 70. Louis Armstrong - Moon River 71. Melody Gardot - Goodnite 72. Gentle Love - Undertale 73. Karen Souza - Every Breath You Take 74. Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Peter Muller, Dani Gugolz - Blues O'Clock 75. Francesco Digilio - Tender 76. Nina Simone - Take Care of Business 77. Michael Buble - Always On My Mind 78. Hobby Horse - The Go Round 79. Chick Corea, Steve Gadd - Chinese Butterfly 80. Swing City - Sing Sing Sing _ It Don't Mean a Thing 81. Katie Melua - Two Bare Feet 82. Ibrahim Maalouf - Free Spirit 83. Candy Dulfer - Pee Wee 84. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina - Aguas De Marco 85. Perry Como - It's Impossible 86. Boney James - Drumline 87. Drew Gress, Billy Hart, Marc Copland, Robin Verhey - Jabali's Way 88. Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Peter Muller, Dani Gugolz - Rhythm Boogie 89. Sugarpie and The Candymen - Madness in the Rain 90. Berk - You're My Heart You're My Soul 91. Jeremy Sherman - Boulangerie 92. Karen Souza - Get Lucky 93. Dave Koz - I Believe 94. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina - Chovendo Na Roseira 95. Nina Simone, Hal Mooney - I Put A Spell On You 96. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina - Soneto Da Separacao 97. Rumer - Slow 98. Pink Martini - Ninna nanna reprise 99. Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (Original Mix) 100. Kat Edmonson - Old Fashioned Gal DOWNLOAD LINKS: Best Of Jazz (2018) Mp3

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