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Alphabet soup for the soul – “K”

Words from Walden

K is for Karma

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”

-Wayne Dyer-

Karma is a Sanskrit word that means action, work or deed. Most people have understood this idea from a very young age. It’s as simple as cause and effect. Good karma, bad karma, whatever you put out you will come back to you in return.

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you is the golden rule and it is also how to create good karma. You reap what you sow is another story. It is a very simple method to ensure you live a peaceful, happy, joyful and meaningful existence.

If the energy you put out into the world is positive then it will return to you manifested in some positive way (that you can not predict or intend, or at least I can not).

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Former Fla. state senator arrested for violating election laws | TheHill

the arrest warrant alleges that Artiles paid Alex Rodriguez $44,000 to run in the election. Artiles reportedly started his election plot in August when he first contacted Rodriguez on Facebook.

Artiles’s arrest comes one day after authorities raided his home and took several boxes of evidence.

Source: Former Fla. state senator arrested for violating election laws | TheHill

The endless scrolling…

The Zainab Experiment

Everyday when I am done with work, the first thing I do is grab my phone. With no set intentions about what to do, I start opening random apps just to see what is out there.

I go from checking my messages to social media to shopping apps and back. And day after day, whatever I find is pretty much the same. My social media feed is just a pile of regurgitated throwback pictures from when people still had their wisdom teeth intact. There is always some sale going on where you can find nothing useful besides that one pair of jeans that has been on 60% off since 2 years now. I pass such heavy judgements on everything. But at the end, I am no better either. I just keep coming back to what I, myself deem garbage.

Why? Why?! Why can’t I just stop scrolling? Why won’t I…

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AstraZeneca: Germany, other European countries to resume use of vaccine | News | DW | 18.03.2021

Germany, France and several other EU countries on Thursday have decided to continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) deemed the shot “safe and effective.”

Germany will resume administering the jab on Friday, according to Health Minister Jens Spahn. The vaccine, however, will come with new advice on potential side effects.

Source: AstraZeneca: Germany, other European countries to resume use of vaccine | News | DW | 18.03.2021

Endangered Gazelles Make a Comeback on the Edge of a War Zone – The New York Times

The rediscovery and survival of the mountain gazelle in Turkey has been largely thanks to one man and his love of nature.

Yasar Ergun, a village teacher who became a veterinarian and professor at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University in the city of Antakya, heard in the mid-1990s from an old hunter that there were wild gazelles in the mountains along the border with Syria.

A keen hiker, he set out to try to find them. Barely 25 miles from Antakya — the ancient city of Antioch — Kurdish villagers knew about them and shepherds occasionally saw them. The gazelles live on the rocky hillsides, where their markings and coloring make them almost invisible. But they come down in groups to graze and find water on the surrounding agricultural land.

US to send 4m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Mexico and Canada | Coronavirus | The Guardian

The United States plans to send roughly 4m doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine that it is not using to Mexico and Canada in loan deals with the two countries. Mexico will receive 2.5m doses of the vaccine and Canada will receive 1.5m doses, the official said. Biden says US to meet goal of vaccinating 100m Americans by Friday – live Read more “This virus has no borders,” an administration official told Reuters. “We only put the virus behind us if we’re helping our global partners.” The Biden administration has come under growing pressure from allies to share vaccines, particularly from AstraZeneca, which is authorized for use in other countries but not yet in the United States.

Source: US to send 4m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Mexico and Canada | Coronavirus | The Guardian

EU agency says AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘safe and effective’ – BBC News

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) investigated after 13 EU states suspended use of the vaccine over fears of a link to blood clots.

It found the jab was “not associated” with a higher risk of clots.

Italy announced it would resume using the jab on Friday while Sweden said it needed a “few days” to decide.

Source: EU agency says AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘safe and effective’ – BBC News

Covid: ‘I totally disagree with you,’ Fauci tells GOP senator in fiery exchange over masks

Paul told Fauci that Americans shouldn’t have to wear masks after getting vaccinated because there is “virtually 0% chance” they are going to get Covid-19.

“Isn’t it just theater?” the Kentucky junior senator, a physician, asked during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing.

In response, Fauci said, “Here we go again with the theater.”

Can I just state for the record that masks are not theater,” Fauci said. “I totally disagree with you.”

The emergence of new, highly contagious variants poses a threat to people who have recovered from Covid or who have been vaccinated, he said.

“In the South African study conducted by [Johnson & Johnson], they found that people who were infected with wild type and were exposed to the variant in South Africa, the 351, it was as if they had never been infected before, they had no protection,” Fauci said.

Fauci agreed it was unlikely someone would get infected with the original strain for at least six months, “But we in our country now have variants.”

Source: Covid: ‘I totally disagree with you,’ Fauci tells GOP senator in fiery exchange over masks

ASIA/MYANMAR – Buddhist monks take sides with the demonstrators – Agenzia Fides

It seems that they want to join the civil disobedience movement. Their support can be a valuable and vital contribution to all of the people who suffer and hope”, says a source of Fides in Yangon, while violence continues.
The total of 47 members of the Buddhist Council in Myanmar (“State Saṅgha Maha Nayaka” or “Ma Ha Na”) issued a public statement calling for an end to the violence in the hope of restoring social peace in Myanmar to give back “full freedom of movement and trade” to the people of Myanmar. The current statement reminds the population of the so-called “Saffron Revolution of 2007”, in which the monks demonstrated on the front lines against the military dictatorship.
A few days ago, the monks of the Buddhist monastery of Manihyadanarama Myattaung in Mandalay, one of the famous monasteries that have recorded many martyrs since the era of the kings in Burmese history, reported that on March 14th soldiers had invaded the monastery for no reason and threatened the monks with weapons to intimidate them. The monks condemn “the intrusion of armed forces into Buddhist monasteries, religious complexes and pagodas” and agree they are ready to “lead the monks’ demonstrations against military junta at the national level”. (PA-JZ) (Agenzia Fides, 18/3/2021) Source: ASIA/MYANMAR – Buddhist monks take sides with the demonstrators – Agenzia Fides

Xavier Becerra confirmed as Biden’s Health secretary – Los Angeles Times

The Senate voted 50-49 in favor of Becerra, who will become the first Latino to lead the agency once he’s sworn in. The vote also made him Biden’s 20th Cabinet appointee confirmed by the equally divided Senate. He will have to resign his seat as attorney general of California. Source: Xavier Becerra confirmed as Biden’s Health secretary – Los Angeles Times