We have to live our lives with empathy. The Universe doesn’t care about our false beliefs. The Universe has seasons, everyone will experience there own season. We reap what we sow. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2022
Empathy — normabobb
Daily Archives: March 1, 2022
ACLU sues to block Texas from investigating parents of transgender children – UPI.com
The American Civil Liberties Unit filed suit Tuesday seeking to block Texas from investigating the parents of transgender children under a recent directive by Gov. Greg Abbott.
The national nonprofit was joined by its Texas branch and Lambda Legal, a legal defense and education fund focused on LGBTQ communities in the lawsuit, which seeks to block the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from launching investigations into parents who work with medical professionals to provide their children with gender-affirming care.
Source: ACLU sues to block Texas from investigating parents of transgender children – UPI.com
Duration of effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease: results of a systematic review and meta-regression – The Lancet
COVID-19 vaccine efficacy or effectiveness against severe disease remained high, although it did decrease somewhat by 6 months after full vaccination. By contrast, vaccine efficacy or effectiveness against infection and symptomatic disease decreased approximately 20–30 percentage points by 6 months. The decrease in vaccine efficacy or effectiveness is likely caused by, at least in part, waning immunity, although an effect of bias cannot be ruled out. Evaluating vaccine efficacy or effectiveness beyond 6 months will be crucial for updating COVID-19 vaccine policy. Source: Duration of effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease: results of a systematic review and meta-regression – The Lancet
Europas ledare! gör något nu! stoppa det vansinniga kriget! innan det är försent
Hur länge ska världen! vänta! hur länge ska världens ledare gömma sig bakom! sanktioner stora ord och donationer! detta är utomordentligt hedervärt!,
Men Ukrainas befolkning behöver nu hjälp! innan ett helt folk och land blir utplånat, kriget har redan börjat! Vakna nu innan det är försent.
Europa är redan indraget i kriget! att sätta ned foten nu och visa Ryssland att Europa inte tolerar att detta oförlåtliga övergrepp på ett självständigt och fungerande land.
Vad som händer om krigförande trupper som hjälp till Ukrainas arme vet nog ingen! Men att låta ett land få ta hela Europas börda på axlarna själv! är det verkligen rätt!.
Europas ledare och länder ta nu ett rejält grepp om händelserna, Tänk om ett främmande land stod på tröskeln till ditt land! och trampade över den och bombade sig fram!
Att hjälpa och skydda Ukraina aktivt i landet är också att skydda och hjälpa Europa…
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Ljekovite trave za bolju memoriju – Medicinal herbs for better memory
- MASLAČAK(Taraxacum officinale) – Svjež korijen ili list maslačka u periodu od marta do maja sadrže mnogo manitola, supstance koja pomaže ljudima koji su preživjeli moždani udar. Čaj se priprema na sljedeći način: zagrijati 400 ml vode do ključanja, smanjiti temperaturu i dodati dvije kafene kašičice svježe opranog i isjeckanog korijena maslačka. Poklopiti i ostaviti da lagano vri dva minuta. Skinuti i dodati dvije kafene kašičice svježe isjeckanog lista maslačka i ostaviti da stoji pola sata. Procijediti i popiti u malim gutljajima. Terapija traje mjesec dana.
- RUZMARIN (Rosmarinus officinalis) – U antička vremena ruzmarin je važio je za biljku koja poboljšava pamćenje. Senilnost i slabljenje pamćenja povezano je sa djelovanjem slobodnih radikala, pa je opravdano koristiti ruzmarin, provjeren biljni oksidans, za očuvanje zdravlja mozga. Pored toga, u ruzmarinu su pronađena jedinjenja koja sprječavaju poremećaj acetil-holina, što objašnjava korišćenje ove biljke u liječenju Alchajmerove bolesti. Pomenuta jedinjenja apsorbuju se kroz kožu…
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On Popcorn And Voting Rights
There is so much laying claim to my attention these days that I think I need more than one brain to keep up with it all! Obviously, the Russian invasion of Ukraine takes up a big part of my thoughts, but there are other things happening closer to home that we cannot turn a blind eye to. So, setting aside the ongoing drama in Ukraine for just a few minutes …
A bag of popcorn …
It has been eight years since Curtis Reeves, a retired police officer, shot and killed Chad Oulson in a movie theater near Tampa, Florida. Last week, a jury acquitted Reeves who claimed he “acted in self-defense”. What, you ask, weapon did Mr. Oulson use that made Reeves feel that his life was in danger? A bag of popcorn. That’s right … Reeves was harassing Mr. Oulson because Mr. Oulson, while on a date with…
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Apple to increase Covid testing requirements for vaccinated retail staff | AppleInsider
Apple plans to start requiring its retail staff to test for Covid-19 twice a week, no matter their vaccination status, although the company is also easing its test verification policies. The plan was announced in a memo to U.S. Apple Store employees obtained by Bloomberg on Tuesday. In addition to the new minimum testing requirements, however, Apple is now allowing staff to independently verify their results. “Based on what we’ve learned from our testing pilot, everyone will now be required to self-test twice per week, regardless of vaccination status,” Apple told employees. “In addition, if you were submitting your test results for verification, you’re no longer required to do so.”
Source: Apple to increase Covid testing requirements for vaccinated retail staff | AppleInsider
Happiness vs. Meaning, or Give Back to Community vs. Just You (mild depression trigger warning)…
Looking back on this post in March, 2022, I see that Toni Morrison’s advice was more apt:
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it,”
in her 1981 speech at the Ohio Arts Council.
Do Better is that book, for me…
(Back to earlier post:)
Here is where I am in my reflections on previous year’s mental health states, and where to go this coming year, given the temptation to give up and find the nearest convent that will have me: I will continue to look for meaning, rather than listening to what others insist ought to make me happy. Looking back at previous years, I can at least see progress.
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“…and just the other year, in 2016, my cousin expressed the similar belief that I’d been destroyed, writing me off as hopelessly depressed…
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