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

Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” A doçura não é um sacrifício humano. Ninguém perde por ser bom, atencioso e nobre. A doçura é somente um modo de olhar sobre si mesmo, sobre a sua própria consciência. Quanto mais verdadeiros, mais sacralizamos os pensamentos e as nossas intenções. “

Marii Freire Pereira

https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 15 de Junho de 2021

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First Hand Account – Iwo Jima

Pacific Paratrooper

The 31st Naval Construction Battalion on Iwo Jima

This account was submitted by: John Ratomski

A Seabee on Iwo Jima: They Also Served Who Drove Cranes and Cats -62nd SeaBee Battalion

BY:  JACK CORNWELL

ON D+2 WE WERE JUST OFF THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND, in a Landing Ship, Tank. At about 5 p.m. we were told to report to our equipment. We started our engines, the LST opened its bow doors, and the ramp dropped. We were at Red Beach. A Caterpillar bulldozer went first, to build a dirt ramp. Once that was ready we moved out—trucks, more Cats, and my Northwest 25 crane. The noise was continuous. Wreckage was everywhere. It was getting dark when I got to shore, close to Mount Suribachi.  There was a 30-degree slope up from the beach; I barely made it to the top of that volcanic sand.

My partner Red and…

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♫ Summertime Blues ♫

One of my all time favorites!

Filosofa's Word

Officially, it isn’t summer yet, but here it sure has felt like mid-summer for the past week or so.  Last week it rained nearly every day, and once the rain stopped, the 90° (F) temperatures kicked in with high humidity.  Hence, I’ve only been able to be outside for about 10 minutes before my lips start turning blue from a lack of that stuff … what’s it called again … oh yeah, oxygen!  Anyway, summer doesn’t officially start here until next Monday, at which time winter will commence for our friends in Oz and other parts south of the equator.

I must admit to cheating a bit tonight.  Y’see, our friend Clive did a really great post with a compilation of summertime songs, and my selection tonight is one that he included on his post, but I’m asking you to please go check out his post for more really great…

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Linguine con le cime di rapa

Linguine with turnip greens! Yum.

InTheNameOfSeitan

Le cime di rapa molto ricche di ferro, calcio, fosforo e fattori antiossidanti.

Sono apprezzate molto anche per il loro basso valore calorico e nel  sud Italia sono molto diffuse nella cucina tradizionale.
Nel Lazio vengono chiamati “broccoletti”, in Campania “friarielli”, in Puglia “cime di rapa”.
Occhio a non acquistarle quando l’infiorescenza gialla è gia ben manifestata in quanto l’apertura del fiore deprezza il prodotto e la qualità delle stesse.

Siete proni a seguirmi nella  realizzazione di un interessante e “tradizionale” primo piatto?

Ingredienti (per 2 persone):

180gr di linguineinthenameofseitan-150x150

600gr di cime di rape

1 Spicchio d’aglio

Sale

Olio evo

Peperoncino (opzionale)

Per prima cosa procuriamoci delle freschissime cime di rapa dal nostro fruttivendolo di fiducia.

1
Dopo averle mondate accuratamente e lavati sotto l’acqua corrente…

2

…le mettiamo in cottura a vapore per una dozzina di minuti.

3

Occhio a non esagerare…

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तुम

Vivaldi translation: you
जून 07 2021
My hope, my courage
You are my boat
In the scorching sun
You are my shade
In a tired journey
You are comfortable
Of every question
You are the answer
Put in my books
You are a rose
Wake up at night
I’m dream
In the war of life
You are my shield
In the scorching sun
You are my shade
My hope, my course
You are my boat
– Harsita

Harshita Singh

मेरी उम्मीद, मेरा हौसला
मेरी नाव हो तुम
चिलचिलाती धूप में
मेरी छांव हो तुम
थकान भरे सफर में
आराम हो तुम
हर एक सवाल का
जवाब हो तुम
मेरी किताबों में रखा
गुलाब हो तुम
रातों में जगा
मेरा ख़्वाब हो तुम
ज़िन्दगी के युद्ध में
मेरी ढाल हो तुम
चिलचिलाती धूप में
मेरी छांव हो तुम
मेरी उम्मीद ,मेरा हौसला
मेरी नाव हो तुम
- हर्षिता

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How not to use technology to help with (machine) transcription | Wibble

Here’s the solution I came up with…

I thought I’d share my experiences with the solution I’ve tried in the hope that it might enlighten others. On the face of it, it appears to be a quite straightforward process:

  1. Select a YouTube video you want to transcribe.
  2. Convert it to an audio file (I used Ontiva: free, no registration required).
  3. Convert the audio file to text (I used Sonix: trial account includes 30 free minutes).
  4. Proofread the result.

Source: How not to use technology to help with (machine) transcription | Wibble

More ITT Technical Institute students see loans forgiven – Chicago Tribune

The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday it’s erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that made exaggerated claims about its graduates’ success in finding jobs.

The Biden administration said it is approving 18,000 loan forgiveness claims from former students of ITT Technical Institute, a chain that closed in 2016 after being dealt a series of sanctions by the Obama administration. At the time it shut down, there were four ITT Tech campuses in Illinois: Arlington Heights, Oak Brook, Orland Park and Springfield.

The new loan discharges will clear more than $500 million in debt.

Source: More ITT Technical Institute students see loans forgiven – Chicago Tribune

Making Mind Maps in the Amazon — Relational Thinking

Barbara Crane Navarro

In June 2019, researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, the Universidad de la Amazonía and the University of Oxford met with rural stakeholders in the Colombian Amazon. Their goal was to capture how people understand the causes and impacts of forest fires in the region using mind maps. Charlie Tebbutt and Dr Imma Oliveras[…]

Making Mind Maps in the Amazon — Relational Thinking

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