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Avian Flu Diary: WHO Situation Update: Multi-country Monkeypox Outbreak – June 4th

The sudden and unexpected appearance of monkeypox simultaneously in several non-endemic countries suggests that there might have been undetected transmission for some unknown duration of time followed by recent amplifier events.
WHO assesses the risk at the global level as moderate considering this is the first time that many monkeypox cases and clusters are reported concurrently in non-endemic and endemic countries in widely disparate WHO geographical areas.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: WHO Situation Update: Multi-country Monkeypox Outbreak – June 4th

Boomers

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When disgraced politico Steve Bannon exclaimed that baby boomers are the most self-centered, most narcissistic generation the U.S. has ever had, I could only shake my head because he, himself is a boomer. I wonder if it is from self-loathing that he made such a remark or if it was merely to score political points. Regardless of the reason, it is unwise and unkind to smear entire groups of people with toxic stereotypes and to stir up hatred.

Whether or not anyone is clinically diagnosed as self-centered and narcissistic, is up to a mental health professional regarding a particular patient to determine. Otherwise Bannon’s use of the term defames millions of people. The term “narcissism” has become watered down due to its popular useage by many self-proclaimed self-help experts. Being self-centered and narcissistic are traits that are not limited to boomers nor any other generation. Such behavior has likely been…

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On Lesson Day 14, Can Numbers Transport Us As Far as Reading Does?

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

     This is GED/HiSET lesson plan Day 14 of 67, and the end of a dreadful past several weeks.   Not only do we need good transit systems to transport us, but we need good writing to transport us away from the current situation: fiction, to let us get away just long enough to take a deep breath, and nonfiction to help us build solutions to the problems. 

      I am working on Draft 6 of my nonfiction offering to communities in our country of one long term proposal, and then hope to get back to my historical fiction stories, for which I appreciate the appreciation many of you sent me when I was writing Ann and Anna.  The work is hard, and the hands are few.  I hope that more will volunteer to serve, even before Phase II.

     I look forward to hearing your…

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Brown butter cookies!

LITTLE CHEF’S APRON

Hi guys! While I was in Gurgaon, I made these cookies. It was something I never tried before but intended to.

A very soft texture, with a slight flavour of brown butter along with the melted chocolate chunks!

Starting with the recipe,

Ingredients required:

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/4 cup granulated white sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup chopped milk chocolate

1/4 cup chopped dark chocolate

Directions:

First, in a pan add the unsalted butter and on low flame let it melt. It will start to bubble up. Browning the butter takes a while and depends on the type of pan and amount of butter.

So, take a wide pan for the process to happen quickly. After a few minutes, it will foam up and become in a pale colour. You need to cook…

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