Thank you for this up-coming publication as an opportunity to better approach understanding of what any person means when using the word 'freedom', when any person chooses to defend 'human freedom', living in a condition of 'freedom'. In this context of the active living and active support for living in a condition of 'freedom', we can witness the Ukrainians in their many choices and actions to secure 'freedom' by the active pursuit of self-defense against the Russian military aggression and Russian occupations which Putin and his regime direct against the Ukraine and its people.

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The humanities offers us a treasure trove of wisdom and insight. Ironically, that wisdom is sometimes obscured or falsely represented by pithy “mic-drop” quotation memes carelessly circulated in social media exchanges and the wider popular culture. Like Mark Twain and Albert Einstein, Confucius is one of the more frequent victims of erroneous quote attributions. Here is a prominent example of a meme featuring the quote, “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves,” currently being shared online.

BAR HARBOR—Space heaters. Layers. Closing the doors and keeping them closed. These are all the ways that the Conners school students and staff dealt with yet another break in its heating system for the past two weeks. The problem occurred approximately two weeks ago and the boiler for the Conners building had to be shut down and we had no heat, Principal Dr. Heather Weir Webster explained to the school board Monday afternoon.

If you follow my work, you have probably seen me writing often about something called tucupi. It’s the boiled juice extracted from grated, bitter yuca (not yucca) in the making of casabe (yuca bread), which can be further reduced to make tucupi negro, also called tucupi preto, casaramá, andualako and dozens of o… ncG1vNJzZmimlazEsL7LnZyrZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe8KopqShnpx6uLXToWScmaOorrOxxKk%3D