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Wat Suthat

Google translation: Many elements specific to Buddhist religion and philosophy are still obscure to me, so in the temples I visited in Bangkok, I sought to discover something new rather in myself, triggered by the avalanche of surrounding images. Buddhist temples are a place for self-searchers looking for surprises.

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Bangkok, 2017

Multe elemente specifice religiei și filosofiei buddhiste mi-au rămas încă nedeslușite, astfel că, în templele vizitate la Bangkok, am căutat să descopăr ceva nou mai degrabă în mine însămi, declanșat de avalanșa de imagini din jur. Templele buddhiste sunt un loc propice scotocitorilor de sine în căutare de surprize.

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Din cele câteva sute de locașe din perimetrul centrului, le-am selectat pe cele care m-au interesat după caracterul lor de sacralitate, ținând cont și de criterii arhitecturale și decorative. În general, toate templele sunt niște refugii unde te furișezi de zgomotul și poluarea metropolei. M-am oprit la un templu vast, din secolul 19, din preajma marelui balansoar, așa cum se numește marele portic din lemn de teck roșu, înalt de douăzeci și șapte de metri.

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În trecutul istoric, o dată pe an, se derula aici o ceremonie în onoarea lui Shiva. Calugării brahmani se balansau pe acest portic, caligrafiind…

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Kokos makroni – Coconut macaroons

Myrela

VRIJEME: 30 minuta / KOMADA: 18

  • 140 g zaslađenog rendanog kokosa
  • 85 g sjeckanog koštunjavog voća, kao što su bademi, lješnici ili pekan orasi
  • 1/2 kašičice mljevenog cimeta
  • 1 kašičica prirodnog ekstrakta vanile ili 1/2 kašičice esencije vanile
  • 2 velika jajeta
  • so
  • 125 g mljevenog šećera

Zagrijte rernu na 180°C (oznaka za gas 4), zatim, obložite dva pleha korama od pirinča ili papirom za pečenje i ostavite ih sa strane. Izmiješajte kokos, isjeckano koštunjavo voće, cimet i vanilu u posudi za miješanje. Stavite bjelanca i prstohvat soli u drugu posudu i mutite dok ne dobijete čvrstu pjenu. Pospite kašikom mljevenog šećera, i mutite dok masa ne postane sjajna. Ovlaš pospite preostali mljeveni šećer po površini i pažljivo izmiješajte gumenom špahtlom, a zatim polako umiješajte i mješavinu s kokosom.

Formirajte desertnom kašikom kolačiće i ostavite ih u pripremljene plehove tako da se nalaze na 2,5 cm jedan od drugog, a zatim…

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Cyclone Tauktae – Named after a Lizard.

Pray for them – tough times a strong cyclone and covid-19!

Beyond The Lines

Source – hindustantimes

Cyclone Tauktae made landfall in western India’s Gujarat coast on the Arabian Sea around 1:30 p.m. on 17th May. Termed as “extremely severe”, the cyclone made landfall with wind speeds of up to 160km/h (100mph).

As of 11 a.m. EDT May 17, ANI reported that Tauktae had killed six and injured nine in Kerala, Karnataka and Goa over the weekend. Tauktae debilitated after it made landfall on Monday but at least 12 people have already died in the storm.

Source – financialtimes

More than 90 people are missing after a barge owned by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), carrying personnel was deployed for offshore drilling. When the storm struck, the barge’s anchors gave way and it began drifting off the coast of India’s Mumbai city sank amid a severe cyclone.

The Indian navy said it had rescued 177 of the 270 people aboard and that…

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Californians support venues requiring COVID vaccine proof – Los Angeles Times

As California’s businesses reopen, a majority of state residents are in support of allowing entertainment venues require proof that their patrons are vaccinated or have tested negative for COVID-19, and for some employers to require vaccinations of workers, according to a statewide poll conducted by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies that was funded in part by The Times. The survey of registered voters provides a snapshot of residents’ attitudes on COVID vaccination verification issues about a month after officials announced reopening rules for indoor live events that allowed some businesses to demand vaccine “passports.”

Source: Californians support venues requiring COVID vaccine proof – Los Angeles Times

2 drinks to light up your summer!🍹🍸

LITTLE CHEF’S APRON

Welcome to Little chefs apron!

Firstly , before getting on with the recipe, I would like to say, Thank you soooo much everyone!!!!

Little Chef’s Apron just hit 300 followers and over 2500 likes!! I really never thought that I would come this far but here I am! It wouldn’t have been possible without the sweet response from all of you!!

Thank you so much again and I am really grateful for it 🙂

Starting off with the first drink , we have,

Cold coffee:

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

2 scoops vanilla ice cream

2 instant coffee powder

3 tbsp chocolate syrup

1/2 cup ice cubes

1 tbsp sugar

Directions:

Add ice cubes to a blender jar. Then add the milk and ice cream.

Pour in the syrup and add coffee powder. Sugar is optional since the syrup and ice cream are already sweetened.

But, if you like extra sweet…

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Too Funny

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

In a dark, evil sort of way.

Business insurers have been criticized for making payments for ransomware attacks. Ransomware as you probably know, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock someplace and don’t buy gasoline, is a malware attack in which the bad guys seize sensitive, confidential data, and then encrypt computers so they become useless. They then ask for money in return for providing the encryption key, and they also threaten to make the sensitive data public if the money isn’t paid.

In theory, paying off the attackers encourages them. However, without adequate backup technology, recovering from the attack without paying can be even more expensive.

Businesses have been relying on their insurers to make these payments. In turn, the businesses see increases in their insurance costs at renewal.

AXA is one of the most recent international insurers to announce that it would stop paying ransoms for its clients.

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Mom, Dad, get back here!

Roadtirement

We noticed a behavior in starlings that we had not seen before. Adult starlings were moving through the yard, doing their normal grazing thing.

Some adult feathers are beginning to show on the backs of these two starling juveniles

What was different was the sight of juvenile starlings, one or two per adult, staying amazingly close. Every time the adult moved, the juvenile stayed right with the adult. We watched as the adult would grab a worm or grub an give it to the youngster. When the adult flew away the youngster would squawk and carry on very loudly. This parent/young interaction went on for minutes at a time.

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Biden prays for safety of Tlaib’s family in Michigan speech | TheHill

Biden made the comments at the beginning of a speech about electric vehicles at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., after Tlaib publicly criticized his administration’s handling of the violence between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “I admire your intellect, I admire your passion, and I admire your concern for so many other people,” Biden said, naming Tlaib. “It’s from my heart. I pray that your grandmom and family are well. I promise you I am going to do everything to see that they are safe on the West Bank. You’re a fighter, and God thank you for being a fighter.” Earlier Tuesday, Biden spent several minutes speaking with Tlaib on the tarmac upon his arrival in Detroit. Biden was also greeted by Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell (D).

Source: Biden prays for safety of Tlaib’s family in Michigan speech | TheHill