dhailstones🇨🇭

CCO: Scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿#dad in Switzerland🇨🇭- dedicated to making a #difference in education with others. MBA from QMU ‘07’

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1830 https://t.co/Kqq6nwt2V9 via @googlearts

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White Deer (Meiji Jingu) https://t.co/SlbA2gSI7p via @googlearts

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Guess what city I am in?
#CLIA #BVIS #Sustainability #circulareconomy

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#DestinationEuropeSummit

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#destinationeuropesummit

[Melanie Korach🇨🇦 @melanie_korach]

I wrote this poem for anyone who needs it. If you are doubting that the stars will align for you then I urge you to listen to it and begin to trust in your journey and in yourself. Much love to you all! #StarfishClub #mentalhealth

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Not a bad IKEA frame collection - looks good to see a month view of activities. I decided its time to have a 'iPhone photo' collection process leading to a published home book. My photo collection has now lead to a tera of storage need for a family. Anybody has a better strategy?

[Melanie Korach🇨🇦 @melanie_korach]

Dreams have no expiration date!♥️♥️♥️#StarfishClub

[Melanie Korach🇨🇦 @melanie_korach]

Make Your Mark

You have a song in u
that only you can sing.
You have a story in u
that only u can write.
Perhaps someday u
will sing that song.
Perhaps someday u
will write that story.
Because there is only
1 you in the world.
Have the courage to
make your mark!

M.K

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

Any truth in this? https://t.co/6IJVkFB28s

[UN Tourism @UNWTO]

🌍It is time to accelerate #ClimateAction

The greener transformation of tourism is already underway:

🌱Glasgow Declaration on Tourism and Climate
🌱Global Tourism Plastics Initiative
🌱Tools to measure greenhouse gas emissions

https://t.co/3B33W5oV7d

#EnvironmentDay23

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@melanie_korach Thank you 🙏🏻

[Melanie Korach🇨🇦 @melanie_korach]

Walking among the trees
I pause to feel the breeze.
Warm & peaceful on
my face,
I smile at the simplicity
of this place.
Yet not so simple at all,
I marvel at the trees
so majestic & tall.
Breathing deeply I regain
my sight,
As the trees hug me &
share their light.

M.K

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

"The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think."

-- A. Einstein (1879 - 1955)

[Shalva Papuashvili 🇬🇪 @shpapuashvili]

Georgian PM’s comments on NATO enlargement, which he said to be one of the pretext for Russia to invade Ukraine, caused different and largely mistaken or deliberately distorted interpretations. I believe Georgia has the right to have a say when it comes to regional and international security and Mr Garibashvili’s words should be understood properly.

We have the right to question the duplicity of some of our friends’ and critics’ attitude because many times now, Georgia was subject to unfair, almost hypocritical treatment.

Since the Soviet times, Georgia’s independence and security has been jeopardized: First by Russian-incited separatism, and then by outright Russian invasion 15 years ago, and then again, with illegal borderization, kidnapping of Georgian citizens, and creeping annexation of Georgian territories.

Ever since, Georgia practiced strategic patience, as implied by our Western friends’ advice. We did our utmost to be resilient but also to be security providers and help to strengthen international security: Under PM @GharibashviliGe, Georgia contributed the largest per capita military personnel for NATO operations in Afghanistan, among others.

Meanwhile, despite Georgia’s precarious existence under the foreign occupation and daily experience of threats and harassment, the West remained unfazed. Western countries imposed a de-facto arms embargo on Georgia immediately after the 2008 war and soon declared ‘reset’ with Russia. In subsequent years, the West increased foreign trade with Moscow to unprecedented levels, subjugating many Western economies to Russian energy diktat. Many Western countries, to this day, are afraid of calling Russian actions in the invaded Georgian territories its proper name – occupation.

Only now, after the repeated Russian invasion of Ukraine, the situation has changed dramatically. However, even though Georgian policy was and remains steadfastly pro-Western, Georgia is now, inexplicably, criticized for being ‘pro-Russian’! All Georgia did was to continue its responsible policy of strategic patience towards Russia, scrupulously practiced for many years now. This policy implies not imposing bilateral sanctions on Russia and not sanctioning Russia back for the latter’s decision to resume direct flights to Georgia, thus lifting the unfair punishment against our people.

Georgians perceive such inconsistent and groundless criticism by our Western partners negatively:

First, the war of aggression against Georgia was no less cruel and damaging than Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, almost no Western backlash followed Russian aggression at the time.

Second, despite Georgia having virtually no security guarantees from the West, our country is constantly called on to act ‘boldly’. This is strange because our strategic partners understand very well that Georgia cannot mount the same resistance to Russia as the allied countries under the protection of NATO’s 5th article.

Third, some of our partners reproach us for being pragmatic about not imposing bilateral sanctions on Russia (yet, never allowing circumvention of sanctions regime via Georgian territory or institutions). It is clear to everyone, first of all to our own citizens that Georgia’s imposition of bilateral sanctions on Russia would decimate Georgian economy, albeit inflict little if any harm onto Russia. Conversely, Russia’s retaliation would be detrimental to Georgian economy and statehood.

And fourth, the countries that relatively recently got into NATO and EU and thus acquired geopolitical safety (however imperfect they were at the time of membership) are now voicing loudest concerns about Georgia’s struggles. Despite Georgia’s best efforts to get into NATO and the EU, we never get the deserved reciprocal steps from the West. Georgia was even left without the candidate status last year, even if we had been clear forerunners among the Associated Trio.

With all this in mind, we should call a spade a spade and tell our Western partners that instead of undue criticism it is time that they help us to overcome our security predicament and get the well-deserved membership in NATO and the EU. For over 15 years now, the ball is in the Western side, on both EU and NATO courts.

For Georgia’s unwavering commitment, see the chart below:

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

How to sabotage an organization …

[Simon Sinek @simonsinek]

The responsibility of leadership is to give people a cause to belong to and then give them permission to find ways to advance that cause.

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Love this! 🧡

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@WeinsteinEdu He is missed 🙏🏻🌷

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

So true. 🧡