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No Silver Bullet on Energy

No Silver Bullet on Energy

Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer, and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. With some energy literacy, folks may realize

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Masks Containing Harmful Chemical Distributed to Schoolchildren

Masks Containing Harmful Chemical Distributed to Schoolchildren

Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and

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The Bear Is Still There

The Bear Is Still There

5th April 2021 Following on from the report about Russia’s incursions into Myanmar’s domestic affairs, there is a local view from the Irrawaddy which is worth a read. The presence of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin, dressed in his full colonel-general uniform, at the Armed Forces

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The Bear Pays a Visit

The Bear Pays a Visit

5th April 2021 Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Alexander Fomin paid a visit to Nay Pyi Taw on Army day and met with the coup leaders, saying Moscow was “committed to a strategy aimed at bolstering relations between the two countries.” Russia has been Myanmar’s second-largest source of arms

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

What can you tell me about this photo? If fans of this series would like it to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz Yesterday’s photo was a view of Bass Highway, Launceston. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly

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Belgian Euthanasia Is Broken, Says Academic Study

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Every once in a while, a bioethics article appears which is so powerful an indictment of injustice that it sends shivers up the spines of its readers. In 1949 Leo Alexander published “Medical Science under Dictatorship” in the New England Journal of Medicine, about the atrocities

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Coming up for Air or Humus or Both

Coming up for Air or Humus or Both

A lot has happened over the last year, explanations are scarce and credible summations as to what, why and when are unbelievably hard to come by. As Winston Churchill once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste”. The cynicism shown by world leaders throughout this crisis knows no

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Artists ‘Raise Three Fingers’ in Support of Myanmar Protesters

Artists ‘Raise Three Fingers’ in Support of Myanmar Protesters

Mong Palatino Regional Editor for Southeast Asia globalvoices.org Activist and former two-term member of the Philippine House of Representatives. Blogging since 2004 at mongster’s nest. Joined Global Voices in 2006. A campaign named “Raise Three Fingers” has been mobilizing artists around the world to show support for Myanmar’

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

What can you tell me about this photo? If fans of this series would like it to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz Yesterday’s photo was a view of SH2 north of Mohaka Viaduct on the way to Wairoa. Editor Note: The BFD needs

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

“In my country, Myanmar, while I’m doing a speech on this day, there are so many people dying, more than 100 people died today. I deeply feel sorry for all the people who have lost their life.” The words of the Miss Grand International beauty pageant’s contestant from

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

What can you tell me about this photo? If fans of this series would like it to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz Yesterday’s photo was a view from the window of the PeruRail train en route between Machu Picchu and Cuzco, Peru. Editor

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Protests, the Official View

Protests, the Official View

3rd April 2021 Regular readers of these pieces will know that I always try to give a balanced view and occasionally give space to items from The Global New Light of Myanmar, the state-approved English language newspaper, a rival to The Myanmar Times, which has not been published since February

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

What can you tell me about this photo? If fans of this series would like it to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz Yesterday’s photo was a view of a market place ( beside the outdoor leather tanneries) in Fez, Morocco. Editor Note: The BFD

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Major Ethnic Groups Talking to Each Other

Major Ethnic Groups Talking to Each Other

1st April 2021 Underneath is the reason why it is so difficult to get information from Myanmar. Mobile networks have been offline since 15th March and network connectivity is sporadic to say the least. Meanwhile resistance continues to grow and the EAOs are becoming more active. Below is a clip

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

What can you tell me about this photo? If fans of this series would like it to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz Yesterday’s photo was taken from the Nautilis Resort Hotel, Mooloolaba, Queensland looking towards the beach. Editor Note: The BFD needs more

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