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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Most Americans blame Vladimir Putin, oil companies for high gas prices: POLL – ABC News

Americans are more likely to blame Democrats than Republicans for the hike.
— Read on abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-blame-vladimir-putin-oil-companies-high-gas/story

Spurred by Putin, Russians turn on one another over the war | The Japan Times

A destroyed Russian tank in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on April 5  | REUTERS

Marina Dubrova, an English teacher on the Russian island of Sakhalin in the Pacific, showed an uplifting YouTube video to her eighth-grade class last month in which children, in Russian and Ukrainian, sing about a “world without war.”

After she played it, a group of girls stayed behind during recess and quizzed her on her views.

“Ukraine is a separate country, a separate one,” Dubrova, 57, told them.

“No longer,” one of the girls shot back.

A few days later, the police came to her school in the port town of Korsakov. In court, she heard a recording of that conversation, apparently made by one of the students. The judge handed down a $400 fine for “publicly discrediting” Russia’s Armed Forces. The school fired her, she said, for “amoral behavior.”

“It’s as though they’ve all plunged into some kind of madness,” Dubrova said in a phone interview, reflecting on the pro-war mood around her.

Source: Spurred by Putin, Russians turn on one another over the war | The Japan Times

French gastronomy – Gastronomija Francuske

Myrela

Još kod Gala, predaka Francuza, dobra hrana bila je neodvojivi dio društvenog života. Kada je Julije Cezar osvojio Galiju, naglo je porasla potražnja za jelima iz današnje sjeverne Francuske, naročito za raznim vrstama sireva. U srednjem vijeku, Francuska kuhinja malo se razlikovala od ostalih u Evropi, ali zato se krenulo sa vinogradarstvom koje se prenosilo s koljena na koljeno, i već tada Francuska postaje poznata po vinima. Tek pojavom renesanse, kada u Evropu stižu nove namirnice – pasulj, krompir i kukuruz, počinje da se mijenja i francuska kuhinja. Kažu da je tada ćuretina konačno zamijeila popularno meso od paunova i labudova, a to je vrijeme i kada počinju da koriste viljuške. Francuska kuhinja doživjela je svoj vrhunac u vrijeme vladavine Luja XIV u sedamnaestom vijeku, kada su raskošna jela postala sredstvo da se uveliča vladar. Dvor je prvi uveo pravila ponašanja za stolom. Katarini Mediči, sa svitom italijanskih kuvara, može…

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Day 6/67 of GED in 5 months, serfs vs. slaves, and Homes: Tied to one, or Having None… — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Adulting is about getting better and better at distinguishing fine details, and understanding why those details are important.   One of the key details of Phase I of Project Do Better is the Adulting skill of finding information on local laws that affect your status, like a serf being free after one year and a day […]

Day 6/67 of GED in 5 months, serfs vs. slaves — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

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तुम रणभूमी के योधा हो..

Shabd Jaal

तुम रणभूमी के योधा हो,
उठकर सीधा वार करो।
सूरज जब निकालेगा तब निकलेगा
तुम अंधेरे में हीं अभ्यास करो।
कण-कण तन मन
सब अपना तुम झोंका
ना नियति से कोई आस धरो।
लक्ष्य पाना हीं दुर्गम वय का हल है
लक्ष्य के आगे
हर कुछ का तुम परिहार करो।
तुम रणभूमी के योधा हो,
उठकर सीधा वार करो।

©Dr.Kavita

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Warnings and side effects – Upozorenja i prateći efekti

Myrela

  • ARNIKA – Nemojte je stavljati na kožu koja je napukla ili krvari. Izbjegavajte je u trudnoći. Može uzrokovati alergijski osip kod osjetljivih osoba ili pri produženoj upotrebi.
  • BAKAR – Ne uzimajte ga u slučaju Vilsonove bolesti, ne prekoračujte 1 mg na dan, pri redovnom uzimanju. Visoke doze mogu izazvati bol u želucu, proliv i mučninu, a dugotrajna upotreba bi mogla da ošteti jetru i bubrege.
  • ENZIMI ZA VARENJE – Suplementi alfa-galaktozidaze mijenjaju način na koji prerađujete šećer, nemojte ih koristiti bez znanja ljekara ako imate dijabetes. Nemojte ih koristiti ako imate galaktozemiju. Takođe, nemojte ih uzimati ako ste alergični na buđ ili penicilin (ovi suplementi obično se prave od jedne vrste buđi).
  • HAJDUČKA TRAVA – Rijetko, rukovanje njenim cvjetovima može izazvati kožni osip. Ne upotrebljavajte je u vrijeme trudnoće. U velikim dozama može izazvati glavobolju ili vrtoglavicu. Može izazvati osjetljivost kože na sunčevu svjetlost, zato, nemojte se sunčati.
  • KARNITIN –…

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Cecília Meireles

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Ah, quanta névoa de tempo

longamente acumulado…

Mas os versos! Mas as juras!

Mas o vestido bordado!

Bem que o coração dizia

– coração desventurado –

” Talvez se tenha esquecido…”

” Talvez se tenha casado…”

Seu lábio, porém, gemia:

” Só se estivesse alienado!”

Cecília Meireles. Romance LXXIII ou Da incongormada Marília.

Cecília Meireles. ROMANCEIRO DA INCONFIDÊNCIA. Organização: André Seffrin. 13 ed. São Paulo: Global, 2015

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Imagem ( arquivo pessoal)

Santarém, Pá 10 de abril de 2022

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