RIP – Stray bullet kills Jewish reporter for NPR affiliate in Kansas City – The Jerusalem Post – (Me: Despite senseless killings, GOP wants to allow anyone to carry a gun, rifle, or shotgun without a permit in the open or concealed anyplace if they wish)

Aviva Okeson-Haberman on the job as a reporter for KCUR in Kansas City in September 2020. (photo credit: BRANDON PARIGO/JTA) 24-year-old Aviva Okeson-Haberman was about to start a new job covering social services and criminal justice.

On Friday, Okeson-Haberman was hit by a stray bullet that entered her first-floor apartment in Kansas City’s Santa Fe neighborhood. The Jewish journalist was found unconscious and rushed to a hospital, where she was placed on life support.
On Monday, her colleagues at the affiliate, KCUR, posted an anguished obituary reporting her death. Okeson-Haberman was 24.

Source: Stray bullet kills Jewish reporter for NPR affiliate in Kansas City – The Jerusalem Post

Illegal Rare Earth Mines on China Border Multiply Since Myanmar’s Coup

Illegal rare earth mining has surged in northern Kachin State on the Chinese border following Myanmar’s Feb. 1 coup in areas controlled by a junta-sponsored militia.

Environmental groups say mining has increased at least five times in Pangwa and Chipwi townships amid Myanmar’s political turmoil, with a rapid influx of Chinese workers.

“Before the coup, we only saw one or two trucks per day. Now there is no proper inspection we are seeing 10 to 15,” an activist in Chipwi told The Irrawaddy.

He said the trucks are loaded with ammonium sulphate fertilizer bags filled at illegal mines.

“The Chinese authorities have tightened border security for imports from Myanmar due to COVID-19. But materials for the mining move across the border easily,” he added.

Source: Illegal Rare Earth Mines on China Border Multiply Since Myanmar’s Coup

A triple pandemic strikes the Ecuadorian Amazon | openDemocracy

7AIYPY5IN5EQHNUSLNSRMC6F7M.jpeg The spill affected more than 2,000 Indigenous families living along the Coca and Napo rivers, contaminating their food source and their cultural and spiritual way of life. The Indigenous communities were not told about the spill and went out fishing as normal. They used the river water for everyday tasks and are now affected by skin disease and stomach problems.

Children from 60 communities have such issues with their skin. “The oil stains are for life. We demand that the state repair the damage it caused by its lack of attention. Those who are paying the price are the members of the community. No more impunity or injustice!” said Carlos Jipa, community leader and president of the Federation of United Communes of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

A year has passed, but 120,000 people, including 27,000 Indigenous people, continue to face the pandemic without clean water or food that is safe to eat. The rivers, their crops and even their own bodies have been horribly affected. Many of us have joined the struggle of the Amazonian Kichwas for justice and full reparations, and we ask the new court sitting to break the historical cycle of impunity.

It is in the judges’ hands to act fairly and give the victims their livelihoods back, while demanding full reparations from the state and the companies responsible. This violation of the rights of communities and nature by unscrupulous oil companies cannot go unpunished.

Source: A triple pandemic strikes the Ecuadorian Amazon | openDemocracy

L’attualità del precetto “Λάθε βιώσας”, vivi nascosto, di Epicuro

In our days, the spasmodic search for approval has generated the illusion in many that the number of followers or followers, likes and views is directly proportional and indicative of some virtue or merit. We arrive at an overexposure of oneself that overcomes even the non-distinction and the non-separation between public and private of antiquity.

Every aspect of one’s private life is made public, whereas for the Greeks it was an ethics of coherence and correspondence between one’s conduct both in private and public life.

Modesty, what was the pudicitia for the Romans and aidos for the Greeks, is often sacrificed to chase instant fame through social, so here you live in hiding could be the ‘only solution to preserve their privacy and could represent the necessary care for individual mental health that brings back a healthy jealousy of one’s person, one’s interiority and one’s uniqueness.

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Epicuro con la citazione lathe biosas, vivi nascosto, esprimeva la convinzione che la solitudine consenta di vivere meglio permettendo all’individuo di assaporare maggiormente il piacere intero della vita. Sosteneva cioè l’importanza di stare da soli per scelta, anche se è una condizione molto difficile da attuare.

Il silenzio prolungato, guadagnato con la solitudine, consente finalmente  di sentire la propria voce interiore,  una periodica inattività consente di rilassare mente e corpo ed anche il lavoro manuale, svolto da soli, di fatto è una pratica meditativa che dà spazio al pensiero ed alla costruzione originale di idee.

Vivere nascosti  consente inoltre di recuperare il contatto ed il rapporto con la natura, della quale facciamo parte, che facilita il ricongiungimento di ogni anima con il resto del creato. Quindi coltivare e dedicarsi alle  cose  che si amano, misurandosi solo ed esclusivamente con se stessi, dà voce alla propria interiorità e crea armonia. 

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Biscuits

Nourish

This recipe is so simple and delicious that it should be on the menu every week. Whether you pair them with breakfast, lunch, or dinner, these soft and flakey biscuits will surely enhance any meal!

STEP ONE – Preparations

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  2. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Get out a small glass measuring cup, a large bowl, and a biscuit cutter (or a drinking glass with a 2-3 inch diameter).
  4. Set up a cooling rack.

STEP TWO – Make the Dough

Ingredients:

½ cup milk
1 tablespoon white vinegar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon fine sea salt

Instructions:

  1. In the small glass measuring cup, combine the milk and vinegar and let sour for 5 minutes.
  2. In the large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  3. Cut the butter into small…

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Enthusiasm for dance in China – seniors around the world

However, it was by chance that we discovered the great interest that many Chinese people have in dancing in general. We were looking for our hotel in the Wangfujing Dajie in Beijing in the dark when I heard loud radio music. I followed the music and saw a group of people in a small square on a side street who, according to a speaker, were doing certain dance steps. When some of the group saw my interest, they gestured to invite me to join. I would have liked to have done that too, but my husband finally wanted to go to the hotel because we had just had a tiring long-haul flight behind us.

Since we stayed in Beijing for a few days, we had enough time to look around and repeatedly discovered locals in different parks who danced to the music on cassette recorders or the radio. They were mostly well-known standard and Latin American dances, as they are danced here and in many other countries. 

Source: Enthusiasm for dance in China – seniors around the world

10 Self Care Ideas

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  1. Checkin with yourself, track your thoughts
  2. Mute your mind and let your heart speak
  3. Schedule your time to be alone when you need
  4. Stop comparing to other’s and their stories
  5. Nurture your feelings with the music you love
  6. Schedule a call with those whom you can share your thoughts and memories
  7. Your bestever person who listens to you with patience is your Mom and Dad keep them in first place always
  8. Be silly, Crazy, Flirty if you are kind of a person, for sure it’s a great way and can divert a stressed mind and give some relaxation
  9. Know your limits, control your thoughts and be choosy on what makes you happy
  10. Last but not least, prioratize yourself to make difference by being different

Care yourself to care others

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