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It is well known that for a woman who wishes to have a child and simultaneously pursue her professional career, the obstacles are many, and in many cases the family is chosen at the expense of one's career.Despite the fact that the Labor Law is clear and despite the fact that there are specific limits …
Continue reading "Work, career and maternity * lavoro, carriera e maternità"
Svolgendo l’attività di consulente nel settore del collocamento pubblico, posso affermare che la conoscenza non solo delle lingue nazionali ma anche dell’inglese, è molto importante e facilita l’individuo nella ricerca di un lavoro. Gli annunci di posizioni vacanti nel nostro cantone, richiedono principalmente ottime competenze del tedesco parlato e scritto e sempre più anche dell’inglese …
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Here see the movie (for other languages, look at the link beloww ) http://www.nationearth.com WARNING, viewing the film is strongly discouraged for sensitive people.I personally believe it is incumbent upon us to show sufficient courage to face these realities, to combat all kinds of suppruse and violence against sentient beings, we must make radical changes …
The year 2022 is behind us.In my heart it leaves a mixture of disappointment and bitterness regarding my professional activity, as I realize that despite the changes that have occurred, things have only gotten worse.The Person at the center? Paradoxically, this is just a slogan that does not reflect reality: not toward the unemployed, let …
Continue reading "Sharing my toughts – condivido i miei pensieri"
Four years ago, I published this video of the Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores who for "Almo Nature" in 2015 signed this contemporary fairy tale that has man, wolf and dog as protagonists. A nice short video to show how to feel compassion and respect towards all other species…But sadly, Switzerland is unable to show respect, …
Continue reading "Swiss Mafia shows its presence: and the wolf must die"
The list of endangered species is very long... is it really necessary to think about the inapropriate idea of exterminating species that are (still) protected? Isn't it finally time to look in the mirror: who is really dangerous?And then roll up our sleeves to do what we can to make a paradigm shift?How much longer …
https://insighttimer.com/kennethsoares/guided-meditations/i-am-affirmations-patience-tolerance-and-acceptance Meditation is an age-old practice for achieving relaxation through mindfulness and concentration exercises.Meditation is a path to deep relaxation of the whole body. This practice is a kind of mental training that reduces stress and anxiety and dissolves negative thoughts.Meditation and mindfulness exercises produce positive effects on our whole body. We can manage stress …
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WWF study on fish sticks: plant-based version is better At least when it comes to fish sticks: a study by WWF Switzerland examines the ecological balance of ten fish sticks and seven plant-based alternatives from the Swiss retail trade. The results are clear: the environmental impact of fish sticks is 3.6 times higher than that …
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La Fiera nazionale dedicata alla piccola e media editoria, promossa e organizzata dall’Associazione Italiana Editori, dà appuntamento al suo pubblico alla Nuvola a Roma dal 7 all’11 dicembre 2022 per un'edizione speciale. La Vertigo Edizioni s.r.l. di Roma, ha curato la traduzione dallo spagnolo di questo stupendo romanzo Il Blus del falco e prossimamente sarà …
Continue reading "Tito Bassi: presente coi suoi libri alla Fiera Letteraria di Roma"
The program was another, very adventurous and more road-trip, but due to a mishap (not on my account) we could not reach the North Cape. I will fulfill my wish later, with more tranquility and following the fixed route to the north of Umea (my husband has already proposed to follow me). This time, we …
I have known Tito for 44 years, ever since I worked in the same bank where he was a valued client. Fate then brought us together a few years later in the Dominican Republic, where I had lived for a year and where Tito had business relations. A missed meeting during my trip to Mexico …
For a few years I had a "plan" to visit Scandinavia with a dear friend and his oldtimer car. For various reasons, however, we did not succeed... the fate. Then suddenly the cards turned on the table and the possibility of doing this even more adventurous adventure came up again... but with both my children! …
(Italian translation see below) Although as a young girl I attended history lessons with marked interest, I had never heard of it. I discovered it with horror and sadness only in 2017, during a visit to Kiev. For me, the holocaust was that of the Jews... My parents had told me about their experience during …
Continue reading "Holodomor: the genocide of the Ukrainians"
After two years of a global pandemic, which left a trail of deaths and disastrous consequences across the planet, "mankind" was thought to have learned something of a lesson... Unfortunately we have not dealt with the power-hungry madness, whose folishness has darkened our future by bringing to the memory of all of us other useless …
Continue reading "War in Ukraina: the horror against civilian"
In the specific Poesie * Multilingual Poetry section, there are the direct links to Swans.com where you will find the multilingual poems written with Guido Monte and commented by Francesca Saieva, two dear friends from whom I learned to give a new guise to poetic emotions. Sadly, Guido Monte died on December 5, 2017, he leaves …
Think of a Better World, act accordingly, look positively and change your inadequate habits… the Future can be different, with Peace for all peoples, for a Nature and its protected creatures! There are many things that you can change yourself… Respect those around you, help the weak, always set a good example. We have "borrowed" …
above image courtesy of Pam Renault - Poitier A blanket of dark clouds covers the sky of that gloomy afternoon, yet an indefinable joy drags my thoughts, through those same alleys where, a few weeks before, an autumn sun had radiated over our steps.The smell of wet leaves and grass, tickles the desire for a …
Continue reading "Strands of Crystal in Paris * Fili di Cristallo"
(excerpt from my novel Mists on the Moor - Nebbie nella Brughiera) The water flows. With it time, which only leaves traces on my body, in my spirit. While indelible memories re-emerge in the dreams of the night that is always too long. The long walks along the sea where the waves carry to the …
It was a decisive weekend for biodiversity in our little Switzerland. This doesn't mean that the problems for some species of animals are over. There will always be hunters aware that in order to practice their bloodthirsty "sport", they will kill pregnant ungulates or undersized one’s mistaking them for some other species... they will kill …
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In queste settimane, gli animi si sono accesi parecchio, e a far discutere è la modifica della Legge sulla Caccia! Quale ecologista amante degli animali, non sono l'unica ad essere stata più volte attaccata verbalmente come pure su scritti apparsi sulla stampa del cantone Ticino. Sono piovute parole spregevoli e ai limiti della denuncia... Ma …
Continue reading "La vergognosa politica * The shameful politics"
WWF Ticino Clean-up-Day 2018 Impegno comune per una Svizzera pulita Il littering ti disturba e vuoi fare qualcosa per combatterlo? Venerdì 11 e sabato 12 settembre 2020, hai la possibilità di dare il tuo contributo: organizza assieme al tuo comune, alla tua ditta, alla tua scuola, ai giovani esploratori o alla tua associazione un'operazione di pulizia …
http://www.legge-caccia-no.ch Il 27 settembre è una data importantissima per il futuro della biodiversità svizzera. Abbiamo bisogno del voto di tutti voi, di tutti quelli che hanno a cuore la natura e gli animali dei nostri boschi! NO a una legge confusa e inaccettabile che mette a rischio di abbattimento preventivo molte specie ora protette tra …
Continue reading "NO to the killing of guiltless animals * NO all’uccisione di animali protetti"
26.8.2020 Corriere del Ticino The global extinction of many species of flora and fauna, or a reduction / loss of the same in a specific natural environment, can be a temporary or permanent phenomenon depending on the situation. In the case of deforestation, the disappearance of the habitat of many species, without the possibility of …
Continue reading "Fighting for them: the creatures without voice"
The Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola - Collina d'Oro - Ticino, was built in the middle of the 19th century by the Ticino architect Agostino Camuzzi and was completed in 1853. The Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse from 1919 to 1931, as well lived there. The Glass Beads Game is one of Hesse's notable works. I …
Continue reading "The Clock [thoughts from: The game of glass beads – Hermann Hesse]"
See the post in the blog "amici del lupo svizzera italiana" This is the translation of a derogatory article against the “protectors of Nature”. It is really true that apples never fall far from the tree: if I remember correctly, Mr. Berta, who wrote the article of 5.8.2020 “Wolf, predations and true solutions”, or “I …
Italian Text * Testo in italiano In a place difficult to reach by land, an ascetic lived and probably still lives. He was no longer young, but the years had not yet marked his flesh with aches and pains that are typical of aging. Time seemed to stand still for him! Many came from afar …
Brain synapses In recent months I have repeatedly asked myself whether there is a relationship, albeit indirect, between the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and global warming.On the one hand, it is stated that there is still no scientific evidence, but many times reference is made to other viruses of the same Orthocoronavirinae family, for example SARS, for …
Continue reading "Power of human brain? * Usiamo il cervello?"
(c) pixabay - the Milky Way By Silvana Marzari Rio Abierto instructor (testo in italiano in basso) There was a time when man lived at a respectful distance from heaven. The sky was represented by a huge blue vault that extended above the earth. It was the home of God. The sky was so vast, …
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(KEYSTONE/Martin Ruetschi) ****Testo in italiano, dopo la seconda immagine**** Source The Doe by Alan G. activist/Progressive/Millennial https://www.thedoe.com/narratives/inside-a-slaughterhouse A scathing look at the animal cruelty inside a slaughterhouse, from an investigator, vegan and activist. “I can’t cave any of them.” That’s what I reminded myself, day after day, as I looked upon the faces of the …
Continue reading "Undercover worker inside a slaughterhouse * sotto copertura in un mattatoio"
The above pictures are taken from the web, shows the pitiful state of the little animals, caged in small wire boxes. The horrible situation of stress which pushes the animals toward cannibalism and violence one against the other. Devastating decision: more than 10,000 minks for fur, will be killed in Holland following the discovery of …
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Claudine Giovannoni 