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Public anger grows in Myanmar over junta’s power cuts — Radio Free Asia

Public anger is growing in Myanmar over cuts to electric power ordered by the country’s military junta, with residents now stockpiling firewood and candles in what they call the worst power outage in over a decade.

In a statement Sunday, the junta’s Ministry of Power and Energy predicted 24-hour outages in some parts of the country from March 12 to 18 due to pipeline repairs at the Shwe offshore gas field. No details were immediately available on what areas would be affected.

In Myanmar’s former capital Yangon, however, power is already being cut off twice in every 24-hour period, with homes sometimes left dark for six hours each day, sources in the country say.

“Power is not there all the time, and I have to ask myself every day whether I should use my electric cooker or not,” one Yangon housewife told RFA, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.

Source: Public anger grows in Myanmar over junta’s power cuts — Radio Free Asia

Il fiore ed il cocktail mimosa

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La mimosa è originaria dell’Australia e della Tasmania, anche se ora si trova in tutto il mondo. I fiori crescono quando le temperature iniziano a salire, le giornate si allungano e sta per arrivare la primavera.

Il loro colore giallo intenso porta allegria ed è perfetto per dare un tocco di luce a qualsiasi spazio interno mentre l’aroma dei fiori è speciale perchè ha l’odore caratteristico di quando piove e il terreno si bagna anche se, per la loro coltivazione, le alte temperature e il sole sono i migliori alleati. 

Regalare un bouquet di mimose è una forte dichiarazione di amicizia ma ilsignificato della mimosaè anche strettamente legato allafemminilità, perciò è considerata il simbolo della Festa della donna dal 1946.

Esiste anche il cocktail Mimosa che per la prima volta fu servito in Francia al Ritz di Parigi nel 1925 e che venne chiamato con questo nome  per la significativa…

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Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e5 Teaches About Being Wrong

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

What do we learn from season 1, episode 5, and then, my impressions of this fifth episode?

(spoilers remain untranslated…)

1.  Hakan, you might be wrong!.

Eski jenerasyon, yani; babalar’dan, ogren!  Sen daha kucuk sen, hâla.

2.  Emir, you are wrong!.
    Definite spoilers, but only if you read Turkish:  ask if I need to translate anything, please.
“Kıvırcık”: salak
Somebody please shoot this idiot kid, Curly!
Mazhar…
Hakan is getting more and more overconfident!!
Wow, first the Fatih Cami, now Mimar Sinan türbesi/tomb,  “…irmaklar caglar icinde.”
Evet, sert kızmış, Zeynep!
And, the pouch, yes, but still no stone!!
Nice dad…
Poor kid.  Curly’s Dad is a bit too work obsessed.
And poor kid, first loses his father, then, Mazhar ..
Annen için bir araba, Mazar?!
Kuşadası çok güzel, Hakan…
Eğer bir Sadık olanla evlenmek şart, Zeynep çok iyi gelir.
Kendi güvenligini hiç düşünmedi… One moment of inattention…
Ama kardeşler…

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8 de março- Dia Internacional da Mulher

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Celebre esse data consciente de que precisamos lutar mais por direitos e igualdade “

Marii Freire Pereira

Hoje é uma data reflexiva a todas as mulheres. É um dia de receber muitas homenagens, mais também é o momento de relembrarmos as lutas que nos ajudaram chegar até aqui. A história de luta por direitos é árdua. Muito já se conquistou, mais o ideal feminino é mais. Precisamos avançar cada vez mais, em prol daquilo que se deseja.

A mulher tem sido essa figura que vem se destacado ao longo dos séculos, mas se observa que são ganhos em pequenos espaços da sociedade. Infelizmente, podemos dizer que ainda existe muita desigualdade. Sim, a palavra é essa ” desigualdade ” nas mais diversas situações. E o nosso desejo é, conseguir estreita cada vez mais, aquilo que nos distancia. O mercado de trabalho por exemplo, nos trouxe muitas possibilidades, mas os nossos…

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Sweet Potato Wedges

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Cheerful Choices: Sweet Potato Wedges! Mention the word sweet potato french fries and watch everyone’s eyes glaze over. Just the thought of a crispy outer skin surrounding a fluffy center sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Add homemade ketchup or sriracha mayo for dipping. Ahhh. Suddenly it’s a meal in itself……unless family members think you should share. Better make more.

SWEET POTATO WEDGES

Ingredients:

2 sweet potatoes, skin on and cut into wedges

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

2 teaspoons agave nectar

Green onion, snipped, for garnish

Instructions:

In a microwave-safe bowl, combine sweet potato wedges and olive oil. Toss to coat. Cover. Microwave on HIGH for 6 minutes or until tender when pierced with a knife, tossing and replacing lid after 3 minutes. Allow to cool 10 minutes. Add…

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Environmental Wellness an Awesome Goal We All Can Set — FunWritings

When we do waste separation and transform trash into cash Will we need to worry as much about an economic crash? Or will we be spending more time outdoors So we can be healthy as we plan for a future that is secure Working towards having environmental wellness is such a great thing to do……

Environmental Wellness an Awesome Goal We All Can Set — FunWritings

Internationaler Frauentag 2022 — Senioren um die Welt

Der Internationale Weltfrauentag steht jedes Jahr unter einem bestimmten Motto. Dieses Jahr lautet das Motto der UN für den Weltfrauentag 2022 „Break the Bias.“ Das bedeutet auf Deutsch so viel wie: „Stoppt die Voreingenommenheit“. Es geht in erster Linie darum, Stereotypen und Voreinstellungen gegenüber Frauen und Mädchen zu durchbrechen und dadurch für mehr Gleichberechtigung von […]

Internationaler Frauentag 2022 — Senioren um die Welt

Where Is The Compassion???

Filosofa's Word

Two things caught my attention first thing today and thus, it must be time for me to step into my snarky shoes.


Dangerous in Arizona

Wendy Rogers … remember the name, for she is by far the worst political wannabe I’ve seen, and I’ve seen some pretty awful ones lately!  Ms. Rogers spoke at the same white nationalist (KKK) rally last month that Representatives Margie Greene and Paul Gosar spoke at, and Ms. Rogers topped even those two for utter inhumane remarks like this one …

 “We need to build more gallows, make an example of these traitors who’ve betrayed our country.”

Who is this Rogers clown?  She is a state senator in Arizona who was once considered to be a traditional conservative, but apparently drank so much of the former guy’s Kool Aid that her mind has become a toxic fertile ground for the radical right-wing hatred we are…

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Leader of Proud Boys Indicted in Federal Court for Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach | OPA | Department of Justice

Although Tarrio is not accused of physically taking part in the breach of the Capitol, the indictment alleges that he led the advance planning and remained in contact with other members of the Proud Boys during their breach of the Capitol. Tarrio was arrested on Jan. 4, 2021, on a warrant charging him in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia with destruction of property in the Dec. 12, 2020, burning of a Black Lives Matter banner. He was released at approximately 5 p.m. on Jan. 5, 2021. As a condition of his release, he was ordered by the court to stay out of Washington.

The indictment alleges that Tarrio nonetheless continued to direct and encourage the Proud Boys prior to and during the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and that he claimed credit for what had happened on social media and in an encrypted chat room during and after the attack.

Tarrio was indicted on one count of each conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and obstruction of an official proceeding, as well as two counts each of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and destruction of government property.

Source: Leader of Proud Boys Indicted in Federal Court for Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach | OPA | Department of Justice

Two California Men Sentenced for Conspiracy and Hate Crime Convictions for Attacking and Threatening to Kill Restaurant Patrons and Workers Because of Their Perceived National Origin | OPA | Department of Justice

According to the facts admitted in the plea agreements, the defendants, who identify as members of the Armenian-American community, attacked five victims inside a family-owned Turkish restaurant on Nov. 4, 2020, because of their anger about Turkey’s support of Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia. Earlier that day, Stepanyan sent a text message saying that he planned to go “hunting for [T]urks.” That evening, the defendants drove to the restaurant with a group of approximately nine individuals who planned to demonstrate outside the establishment because they considered it symbolic of Turkey. Upon arriving at the restaurant, Stepanyan and Chalikyan stormed inside, threw hard wooden chairs at the victims, smashed glassware, destroyed a plexiglass barrier and overturned tables. One of the defendants asked the victims, “Are you Turkish?” and shouted, “We came to kill you!  We will kill you!” The attack caused at least $20,000 of damage to the restaurant and physically injured multiple victims.  Source: Two California Men Sentenced for Conspiracy and Hate Crime Convictions for Attacking and Threatening to Kill Restaurant Patrons and Workers Because of Their Perceived National Origin | OPA | Department of Justice