NABEN - A BALINESE HINDU COLLECTIVE FUNERAL

30 June 2023 You have to attend and talk to local people before you can understand what otherwise seem to be bizarre local customs and rituals at a Hindu Bali funeral, called a "naben".Cremation is believed to drive off evil spirits linked to greed or excessive desire, allowing the person a second chance following his or her rebirth. It is a purification of the soul.However, I am told that the cost of an elaborate cremation ceremony in...

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REVIEW OF LEGAL AND GENERAL LGEN

29 June 2023 Can anyone reading this post answer this query - I am not qualified in this area. My holding is twice my target position size. I should have sold part at 280p+, but foolishly skipped my own precepts on diversification (15% of my dividefensive portfolio, should be 7%).Comforted by the yield: 8.5% - payout ratio: 50% - cash payout: 6%.9 on last 10 yrs of divi increases at 5% on ave increase every yr for last 5 yrs....

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WHY DID PRIGO MARCH ON MOSCOW

28 June 2023 https://www.youtube.com/live/0OAKfQri1Vk?feature=shareSo Prigo was a plant, a dble agent, played to distract Ukrainian intelligence at a time when Russia was exposed in the course of making troop movements. The CIA apparently and Biden contacted the Kremlin to reassure America was not involved. Something Putin never accused America of in the first place.The man wearing my grandmother's curtains says Prigo is a dangle.Personally,...

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A CAUTIONARY TALE

27 June 2023It never rains, then it pours!(A cautionary tale.)                     Resi Cave, WONOGIRIJust lost Marc, my French friend who ran a bar with his localborn wife. Lost my friend and colleague James a couple of months back too. And Alex, another great guy on the  Residents' Committee where I live. My friend's mother is another. Just this year.Dear oh dear oh dear!!! ...

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MOSCOW HAS NOT BEEN SACKED

24 June 2023 Putin has always treated Prigozhin like a wayward kid brother and now lets him off the hook and slink away to Belarus, a less well structured state where he Prigozhin could do real damage - Belarus is almost as important to Russian security as Ukraine.In a Western democracy, Prigozhin would be under lock and key by now.Imagine if Prigozhin had reached Moscow and begun looting. Reminds me of those few hundred...

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS

23 June 2023 On a different subject from the focus on war, here is a nicely written article on a subject of personal interest, and demographics means emerging global interest too. https://thebalisun.com/health-and-wellness-becomes-top-tourism-priority-for-bali/ ...

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HUMMUS - BEST RECIPE

23 June 2023 https://www.themediterraneandish.com/how-to-make-humm...

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AMERICA SEES THIS WAR AS A TEST OF ITS MUSCLE

21 June 2023 Ukraine may cease to exist, swallowed into S W Russia and Poland. Maybe R will take a further four oblasts, Odessa, possibly Transnistria.All those places were built and colonised* by Russia centuries ago. They are Russian. This was the trouble if you remember - that Kev didn't like Russian speakers in Ukraine and began shelling them in 2014 This was the start of the physical confrontation.It is very unlikely that a rump Ukraine after...

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WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT AMERICAN HORROR SHOW

19 June 2023 Well the basics are that Ukraine is outnumbered 10 to 1, by a professional army, taking abnormally high (in the history of warfare) losses, in a war of attrition it cannot sustain.What could save Ukraine is intervention by East European armies, or supply of "tactical" nuclear. Neither seems likely. From the little I can make sense of, indications are that Ukraine has got maybe a couple of months oumph left in it....

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WE ALL NEED AN ADVISORY CIRCLE

7 June 2023 Well, we all need a friend.I would not undertake important change in my life, such as a house renovation or job application, or progress in my career, relationships, without consulting my "circle of advisors". I have learnt the hard way to plan and validate the plan and to verify progress with my circle.Perhaps your circle is sons and daughters, your family, or maybe a group from university, and it could be they who consult...

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