Category Archives: News to use

Useful news for all to advance knowledge of the world and how it works

La ricetta del giorno

Napoli ieri oggi e domani

Minestra di fagioli e castagne

Ingredienti: fagioli tondini 300gr, castagne 300gr, tagliatelle 150gr, 8 pomodorini del pendolo, sedano, rosmarino, alloro, aglio, olio extravergine d’oliva, sale, pepe.

Esecuzione: Mettere a bagno separatamente fagioli e castagne per tutta la notte. L’indomani cuocere separatamente a fiamma bassa i fagioli con uno spicchio d’aglio vestito (che alla fine andrà eliminato), le castagne con una foglia di alloro. Rosolare in una casseruola con l’olio un trito di sedano, rosmarino e aglio, unire i pomodorini tagliati a metà e poi fagioli e castagne con parte dell’acqua di cottura. Salare, pepare e far bollire tutto insieme per 15 minuti.

Spezzettare grossolanamente le tagliatelle e versarle nella minestra a bollore verificando che vi sia liquido sufficiente alla cottura della pasta. In caso contrario aggiungere acqua calda. Appena la pasta è cotta al dente, servire la minestra in una zuppiera precedentemente riscaldata.

Buon appetito

View original post

Zia Marianna’s Grilled Peppers

snapshotsincursive

What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Cheerful Choices: Zia Marianna’s Grilled Peppers! Did you know there are three ways to roast peppers? You can use a grill pan over a burner flame, a broiler for fast charring, or roast them in the oven. The results are amazing, compared to raw peppers sliced into a salad. The incredible flavor is so smoky and sweet you may wonder why you don’t take the time more often. Pay attention to your taste buds! This is how we add depth to any dish, I promise you that.

ZIA MARIANNA’S GRILLED PEPPERS

Ingredients:

10 mini sweet peppers, mix of red and orange

5 cloves garlic

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt

1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Celery leaves

Instructions:

Heat a grill pan on high heat until hot. Rinse the mini sweet peppers and garlic cloves; pat dry. Place the whole peppers and garlic…

View original post 92 more words

Opinion | Koch, Halliburton, Subway, others fund Putin’s Ukraine war. Boycott them. – The Washington Post

Koch Industries, whose owners gave to right-wing causes for years, is now financing Putin’s war. The people who make Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Quilted Northern toilet paper, Vanity Fair napkins and Georgia-Pacific lumber are abetting the spilling of Ukrainians’ blood.

Like Reebok shoes? They’re being used to stomp on Ukraine. Authentic Brands Group, which also owns Aeropostale, Eddie Bauer, Brooks Brothers and Nine West, among others, is in the hall of shame.

Before you bite into a Cinnabon (or Carvel ice cream, Schlotzsky’s sandwich or Auntie Anne’s pretzel) consider that parent company Focus Brands is taking a bite out of democracy in Ukraine.

So is Subway. While selling you the All-American Club, it’s giving Ukrainians the Cold-Cock Combo by refusing to cut loose its 446 Russian franchises.

Several other household brands — Truvia and Diamond Crystal salt (Cargill), Avon cosmetics (Natura), LG appliances, ASUS laptops, Mission tortillas (Gruma) and Pirelli tires — are produced by companies on the shameful list.

Are you or your mutual fund invested in Halliburton, Baker Hughes or Schlumberger? Then you should know that these oil-services companies could deal a huge blow to Putin’s ability to wage war — but they choose profit instead.

Let’s name and shame all the others among the 33: advertising firms BBDO, DDB and Omnicom; accountant Baker Tilly; industrial companies Air Liquide, Air Products, Greif, IPG Photonics, Linde, Mettler Toledo, Nalco and Rockwool; French hotelier Accor and retailers Auchan, Decathlon and Leroy Merlin; German wholesaler Metro; cloud service Cloudflare; International Paper; and Sweden’s Oriflame Cosmetics.

Source: Opinion | Koch, Halliburton, Subway, others fund Putin’s Ukraine war. Boycott them. – The Washington Post

With variant on the rise, experts warn U.S. could face a Covid resurgence (Me: Staying masked up wherever I go and will get a 4th shot as soon as it is allowed)

Experts worried about a potential increase in cases warn that the timing is ominous, with the government’s Covid-19 coffers dwindling and Congress seemingly not eager to authorize another round of funding for treatments, vaccines, and surveillance. At the same time, case counts are increasingly difficult to interpret. Early on in the pandemic, a surge in cases would result in a spike in hospitalizations and deaths. But because so many people are now protected against severe outcomes, experts describe those metrics as “decoupled.” The United States also has an array of treatments that can prevent at-risk people with Covid from getting so sick they need to be hospitalized (though some appear to not work as well against BA.2). Still, if cases rise enough, some of those infections will lead to hospitalizations and deaths. Some European countries have started reporting upticks in hospitalizations on top of their surge in cases.

Source: With variant on the rise, experts warn U.S. could face a Covid resurgence

Norooz|نوروز

A Voice from Iran

“83rd story”

First published: March.21.2019

Happy Persian New Year.❤️❤️❤️

 

The exact moment that the sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated each year which marks the beginning of the Persian New Year.

assyria-1827296__340

 

Millions of people celebrate the Persian new year all over the world at the exact time no matter what time zone they are in.

502fded2e5ef70e8621ec3d9a1664b14

Norooz goes back thousands of years to when Persia was a great empire that covered a huge part portion of the map, which nowadays has been divided into many different countries.

globe-2234559__340

Many of those countries still celebrate some of the old Persian traditions. Back in Iran, Norooz is an important holiday where all the schools are closed for two weeks.

antiquity-3365759__340

Norooz started with the Zoroastrians but is now celebrated by many different religious. The Iranian calendar starts from the first day of spring which is March 21

View original post 230 more words

Thoughtless Commentary Thursdays -La Casa de Papel, aka Money Heist: part 1, ep. 4 — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

This reaction tries not to spoil the episode, and gives random reactions in the original Spanish, and in English, for the majority of my current readers: — Si, Berlin es un cabron de mierda!  Pero cómo es que no se dió cuenta?  …  Berlin, yes, is a, but how did he not spot that? […]

Thoughtless Commentary Thursdays -La Casa de Papel, aka Money Heist: part 1, ep. 4 — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

«Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione.» – Abbiamo tutti bisogno di rivedere il nostro rapporto con la natura e rifocalizzare la nostra associazione con il consumismo!  — Barbara Crane Navarro

« Non vedo delega per tutte e quattro le gambe. Non vedo un posto per le aquile. Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione. E dobbiamo tenerne conto per capire a che punto siamo. E siamo da qualche parte tra la montagna e la formica. Da qualche parte e […]

«Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione.» – Abbiamo tutti bisogno di rivedere il nostro rapporto con la natura e rifocalizzare la nostra associazione con il consumismo!  — Barbara Crane Navarro

Six Lifestyle Changes To Reduce Your Carbon Emissions — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Research shows that people in wealthier, high-consuming countries can help avert climate breakdown by making six relatively straightforward lifestyle changes, creating a society of “less stuff and more joy.” Experts say if enacted these “shifts” would account for a quarter of… Six […]

Six Lifestyle Changes To Reduce Your Carbon Emissions — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

Indigenous leaders call for protection for 80 pct. of Amazon by 2025 — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon basin hold a press conference on March 14, 2022, in Quito, Ecuador. EFE/ Jose Jacome Quito | Mar 14 2022 Indigenous leaders and representatives from the nine countries that share the Amazon basin on Monday met in Quito to call on regional governments and others around the world to guarantee […] […]

Indigenous leaders call for protection for 80 pct. of Amazon by 2025 — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro