Costa Rica to vaccinate entire adult population against Covid-19 –

“We signed the budget that provides resources to vaccinate against COVID-19 the entire population over the age of 18 without medical contraindications (3.7 million people),” President Alvarado shared on social media. “I thank Congress for its agile work for approval. Vaccinating is protecting and promoting economic recovery.” Source: Costa Rica to vaccinate entire adult population against Covid-19 –

EXPECTATIONS

Unlocking The Hidden Me

You dig out a hole and plant this seed

Water it but it turns out to be a weed

Dominant it becomes as it grows large

Carrying preconceived notions in a barge

People will come, laugh and sit with you

Most of them stones and diamonds would be few

They tend to water this weed

But pity you, you pay no heed

You go beyond your lane

To entertain them, you even bear pain

Happily you do so, but

The weed keeps growing close and shut

When your turn comes to get acclaim

No one is there to shower you fame

For the weed you grew

You only will have to get it through

Expect from others and you get empty dishes

Expect from yourself to fulfill all your wishes.

As under the bridge of fake praises and assurances

There flows a river of selfish adherences.

Thank you so…

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MUSUR DALER BORA RECIPE | HOW TO COOK BENGALI STYLE LENTIL FRITTERS

Letscookwithtina

This easy to cook Snack is a popular recipe in our house. My mother cooks this recipe on weekends. We enjoy this recipe over a cup of tea. Also she cooks this recipe when we there is nothing much to have with rice Dal combo. Like I always say, this recipe is very easy to cook. You don’t need much ingredients to cook this recipe.

Indian kitchen seems incomplete without a container of lentils. From red lentil to yellow lentil, to any other Dal, an item of Dal is must in our Menu. My mother prefers to cook mix Dal, i.e a mixture of moong, masoor and tur Dal. And believe me it tastes awesome. Do you want the recipe?

These delectable morsels are very humble in nature. From accompanying rice and dal to tasty appetizers it works great. Just serve hot with a dollop of ketchup, your guest…

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« Après l’arrivée des chercheurs d’or… la forêt était devenue mauvaise et remplie de fumées épidémiques de xawara. Les anciens chamans qui savaient faire danser l’image des esprits étaient morts de ces fumées mortelles. »

After the gold diggers arrived … the forest had turned bad and filled with epidemic xawara fumes. The ancient shamans who knew how to make the image of the spirits dance had died from these deadly fumes.

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Garçon Yanomami avec son arc et flèches dans la forêt, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – photo: Barbara Crane Navarro

Comme le dit le porte-parole et chaman Yanomami Davi Kopenawa dans son livre La chute du ciel: « Nous sommes allés dans les trous d’or où travaillaient les orpailleurs. … Ils étaient vraiment très nombreux ici, bien plus que nous! Ils avaient creusé de vastes fossés bordés d’énormes tas de gravier partout pour trouver la poussière brillante qu’ils recherchaient sans relâche dans les ruisseaux.

Tous les cours d’eau étaient inondés de boue jaunâtre, souillés par les huiles à moteur, en plus recouverts de poissons morts. Les machines grondaient dans un rugissement assourdissant sur leurs rives dégagées et leur fumée empestait toute la forêt environnante. … Je me suis dit: ‘Hou! Tout cela est très mauvais. Ces blancs semblent vouloir dévorer la terre comme des tatous et des pécaris !…

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Wake Up

Unlocking The Hidden Me

Wake up you oblivious

Get over your sleep

You were in your sweetest dream

And look where the world has had its leap

The birds singing for you

Are no longer yours

They found a new perch and bid you adieu

Your garden once abundant with flowers

Is on the verge of senescence

You didn’t watered them and they lost their vigor and power

Wake up you oblivious

The time is slipping by

Storms and tornadoes have passed

And you remained aloof hearing lullaby

Your boulevard stands empty today

Awaiting your dawn

Get Awake O beloved and keep your loneliness at bay

Your birds shall return

Your garden will bloom

You will get what all you have had yearn

Just get out of this oblivion

And

Wake up

Wake up to turn the tides and fight

Wake up to reclaim what was once yours

O beloved, this should be…

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Manifesting and Music

God is Alive, Magic is Afoot saved me more than once – https://youtu.be/FhmeroR20lc

Divine Truth and Magick

What do you know about manifesting? I’ll give you a short version real quick and help you understand how you make your reality what it is.

We create everything around us through energy. We are vibrations and those vibrations effect how we perceive our lives. We think, and vibrations are sent out into the universe. We speak, and the same.

So, what’s your favorite music? Do you listen to music that brings you to a higher vibe? Do you listen to hateful and angry music? By all means have balance, but know… When you sing these songs, or rap them you’re also putting out vibrations.

In 2019 I got obsessed with a few songs that changed my life. One spoke of a love that I found months later. One spoke of not just preaching, and acting to make change in the world. And the other spoke of chemical addictions and…

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DHS agreements may tie Biden’s hands on immigration

181 days from now, new rules boys!

By Elliot Spagat | Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies.

The agreements say Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Texas are entitled to a 180-day consultation period before executive branch policy changes take effect. The Biden administration rejects that argument on grounds that immigration is solely the federal government’s responsibility under the Constitution.

Former President Donald Trump relied heavily on executive powers for his immigration agenda because he was unable to build enough support for his policies in Congress. Now some of his supporters say Biden is going too far in doing the same to reverse them.

The first legal test is in Texas, where the Republican governor and attorney general are challenging the Democratic president’s 100-day moratorium on deportations, which took effect Friday.

The Homeland Security Department told lawmakers shortly before Biden’s inauguration last week that it reached nine agreements, mostly with states, according to a congressional official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss information that is not yet publicly available.

The department declined to comment, citing the lawsuit. The Trump administration, usually eager to trumpet immigration enforcement, stayed publicly quiet on the agreements, which were first reported by BuzzFeed News.

The nine-page agreements known as Sanctuary for Americans First Enactment, or SAFE, are expansive. They require that state and local governments get 180 days’ notice of changes in the number of immigration agents, the number of people released from from immigration custody, enforcement priorities, asylum criteria and who qualifies for legal status.

Without offering evidence, the agreements say looser enforcement can hurt education, health care, housing and jobs.

Sheriff Sam Page of Rockingham County, North Carolina, on the Virginia border, signed an agreement on Dec. 22.

“Any incoming administration is likely to make changes in policy,” the sheriff said. “Policy changes at the federal level affect us on the local level. It is our hope that the SAFE agreement will foster timely communications about any significant forthcoming policy changes. We are simply asking for notice of these changes.”

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed an agreement on Dec. 15 to “stem the tide of illegal immigration,” spokesman Cory Dennis said.

“While some may attempt to blur the lines, there is a difference between legal and illegal immigration, and it is important to recognize that,” he said. “Our office will continue to be a watchdog for any changes to immigration policies that may be detrimental to the people of Louisiana.”

In Indiana, former state Attorney General Curtis Hill, a Republican, signed the agreement on Dec. 22. Rachel Hoffmeyer, spokeswoman for Gov. Eric Holcomb, said it will remain in place after an initial review.

Katie Conner, a spokeswoman for Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, confirmed that the state signed, saying it “has numerous cooperative agreements with federal, state and local enforcement agencies, including DHS.”

In addition to the deportation moratorium, the Biden administration suspended a policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. Six of Biden’s 17 first-day executive orders dealt with immigration, such as halting work on a border wall with Mexico and lifting a travel ban on people from several predominantly Muslim countries.

Hiroshi Motomura, a professor of immigration law and policy at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, called the agreements “a very unusual, last-minute sort of thing” and said they raise questions about how an administration can tie the hands of its successor. He believes a deportation moratorium was within a president’s power.

Steve Legomsky, professor emeritus of the Washington University School of Law and former chief counsel for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said the agreements are “a terrible idea” that could create “a race to the bottom,” with states opposing immigration competing against each other to drive immigrants elsewhere.

“For our entire history, immigration policy has been understood to be the exclusive responsibility of the federal government,” Legomsky said.

Keeping immigration enforcement with the federal government allows the nation to speak with a single voice as a matter of foreign policy and consistency across states, Legomsky said. We “can’t have 50 conflicting sets of immigration laws operating at the same time,” he said.

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The Biden administration made similar arguments in a court filing Sunday after Texas asked a federal judge to block the deportation moratorium.

Texas, which has led a challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to shield hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation, argued that the moratorium violated its agreement with Homeland Security. The state also argued that the moratorium violates federal rule-making procedures.

U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton in Victoria, Texas, who was appointed last year by Trump, held hearings on Friday and Monday to consider Texas’ request.

Associated Press writers Ben Fox in Washington, Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina, Casey Smith in Indianapolis, Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Anita Snow in Phoenix contributed to this report.

Scientists address myths over large-scale tree planting – BBC News

Select the right tree species that can maximise biodiversity

Where tree planting is needed, picking the right trees is crucial. Scientists advise a mixture of tree species naturally found in the local area, including some rare species and trees of economic importance, but avoiding trees that might become invasive.

Source: Scientists address myths over large-scale tree planting – BBC News