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JOHNSON WINS ST. JUDE
Dustin Johnson won the St. Jude Classic on Sunday in his second event back on tour after a back injury cost him nearly three months, shooting a 4-under 66 that held off John Merrick by a stroke.
Johnson began the final round two strokes back and held a piece of the lead three different times. He won his sixth career title with consecutive birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 and finished 9-under 271.
He aggravated his back in early March lifting a jet ski at his home and didn't return to the PGA Tour until last week at the Memorial, where he tied for 19th.
Johnson, who picked up the check for over $1 million, led by only a stroke going to No. 18. Rory McIlroy, Chad Campbell and Nick O'Hern, three of the four who had a chance to tie Johnson with a birdie, knocked their tee shots into the lake.
Davis Love III, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, shot a 69 and tied for third with O'Hern (69), Campbell (68) and Ryan Palmer (66) at 273. McIlroy, who now heads to San Francisco and The Olympic Club to defend his U.S. Open title, had a 69 and tied three others at 274.Tour officials pushed tee times up more than three hours and sent players off both tees in threesomes to avoid thunderstorms predicted for Sunday afternoon.
Johnson carded four birdies and a bogey in the round. He took control with consecutive birdies, rejoining the lead pack at 8 under when he rolled in an 11-footer on the par-5 16th.
Johnson then moved to the top of the leaderboard by himself at 9 under by hitting his second shot from 161 yards to 9 feet on the par-4 No. 17 before sinking the birdie putt.
He found the fairway with his tee shot on No. 18 and finished up with a par that proved to be just enough.
LEHMAN REPEATS AT REGIONS
Tom Lehman won his second straight Regions Tradition, finishing the Champions Tour major with a 4-under 68 on Sunday to take a two-stroke victory.
Lehman overcame a near-constant drizzle and occasional heavy rains at Shoal Creek - plus hard charges by Bernhard Langer and Chien Soon Lu - for his sixth Champions Tour victory. Langer and Lu each finished with a 66 to share second behind Lehman's 14-under 274.
The former British Open champion, who shot in the 60s all four days, joins Jack Nicklaus, Gil Morgan and Fred Funk as the only players to win the Tradition multiple times. He played the final hole with his cap turned backward in the rain.
He's the first player to repeat in a senior major championship since Allen Doyle won the U.S. Senior Open in 2005 and 2006. Gil Morgan in 1997 is the only other Tradition winner to post four rounds in the 60s.
Lehman won $335,000 with his first victory since last year's Regions Tradition, a 13-month drought. Lehman is the 11th winner of 2012.
After beating Peter Senior in a playoff last year, Lehman didn't have to sweat this one out nearly as much on a brisk day that began with an early two-tee start and ended with storms closing in. Players were allowed to lift, clean and place the ball because of the conditions.
Lehman made long birdie putts on Nos. 7 and 12 after Langer briefly tied him at 9 under, pushing his lead to two strokes with a short birdie putt on the par-3 13th hole.
He bogeyed No. 17, but that added little drama since he avoided trouble on the 18th.
Fred Couples closed with a tournament-low 65 and entered the final hole with four straight birdies but still finished four strokes back.
Russ Cochran and Bill Glasson, who led after each of the first two rounds, were five shots back. Jeff Sluman and Brad Bryant were six strokes behind. Sluman had eagled the par-5 No. 3 for the second straight day to move to 10 under, six of that coming from that hole.
FENG MAKES HISTORY AT WEGMANS
Shanshan Feng fired a 5-under-par 67, the lowest round of the tournament, to become the first player from mainland China (male or female) to win a major championship.
Unflappable from her opening tee shot, Feng also fired one of the just three bogey-free rounds in the entire tournament.
Stacy Lewis, bidding to win her third straight stroke-play event on the LPGA Tour, shot a 70 to tie for second with Mika Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen and third-round leader Eun-Hee Ji. Miyazato shot 69, Pettersen 70, and Ji 72.
Karrie Webb, who started the day one shot behind Ji, had a 72 to finish at 3 under. Little-known Gerina Piller, a star in college at UTEP, and Ai Miyazato each had a closing 68 to also finish at 3 under.
Paula Creamer had a 71 and Giulia Sergas and Inbee Park each shot 72 to finish another shot back.
Defending champion Yani Tseng had a closing 76 and was 13 over in a tournament she won a year ago by 10 shots.
WILLIAMS GETS FIRST WIN IN MEXICO
Lee Williams posted three birdies on the back nine Sunday en route to a two-under 70, which helped him win the Mexico Open by a single stroke.
Williams, who won for the first time on the Nationwide Tour, finished at 14- under-par 274 at El Bosque Golf Club.
Paul Haley II closed with a four-under 68 to take second at minus-13. This was his second runner-up finish of the year.
Scott Gutschewski birdied eight of the first 10 holes to grab the lead at 13- under par, However, he went one-over through the final eight holes to end alone in third at 12-under-par 276.
Tyrone Van Aswegen and Philip Pettitt, Jr. shared fourth place at minus-11.
WESTWOOD TAKES EURO TITLE
LEE Westwood heads for the US Open with the Nordea Masters title.
The world No.3, desperate to land his first Major in San Francisco, strolled to a five-shot win at Bro Hof Slott, Stockholm.
Westwood fired a final round of three-under 69 for an impressive total of 269.
It was the Englishman's 22nd European Tour victory and third Scandinavian Masters following successes in 1996 and 2000.
After missing five putts of under 10 feet in the first 10 holes Westwood found his three-shot overnight lead cut to two first by Sergio Garcia then by Sweden's Peter Hanson and Englishman Ross Fisher.
But at the par-five 12th he put daylight between himself and the field as he hit a great six iron to 10 feet and drilled in the eagle putt.
Hanson's chances of victory were dashed when he drove into water at the 15th and made double bogey.
Fisher called off the chase by dropping two shots at the 13th when he also found the drink. Three closing birdies allowed Fisher to sign for 71 and take outright second at 14 under as he bounced back from being handed a one-shot penalty for slow play in the Wales Open.
Britain-Ireland rallied past the United States on Sunday to win the Curtis Cup, ending the Americans' 16-year domination of the tournament.
The outcome means that for the first time all four major professional and amateur men's and women's team trophies are held by Britain, Ireland and Europe.
Britain-Ireland beat the Americans 10 1/2 to 9 1/2 despite needing to win five of the eight singles matches Sunday. Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland scored the critical point by defeating Amy Anderson.
Britain-Ireland and Europe now hold the Curtis Cup, men's amateur Walker Cup plus the pro Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup titles.
Casey Martin and his cart are headed back to The Olympic Club for the U.S. Open.
Martin, who successfully sued for the right to ride a cart because of a rare circulatory disorder in his right leg, earned a spot in the U.S. Open on Monday night when he holed a 5-foot par putt in darkness on the final hole at Emerald Valley Golf Club.
The 40-year-old Martin, now the golf coach at Oregon, turned with his hands on his hips and looked toward the darkening clouds after making the putt for a 36-hole score of 138. Had he missed, he would have been in a three-man playoff for two spots.
Martin earned his way onto the PGA Tour in 1999 and eventually won his lawsuit to ride a cart. He failed to keep his PGA Tour card after one year, and eventually became the golf coach at Oregon. But with the U.S. Open returning to Olympic, and a qualifying site so close to home, he decided to give it a try.
Davis Love III qualified for his 23rd U.S. Open, playing 36 holes in 2 under in rounds at Scioto Country Club and Ohio State's Scarlet Course. He was one of 16 players at the biggest of the 11 qualifiers across the country on Monday.
Others making the grade included medalist Charlie Wi, Kevin Streelman, D.A. Points, Steve Marino and Rod Pampling.
The 48-year-old Love has won 20 tournaments around the world, including the 1997 PGA Championship.
Grace Park, who won one major among her six victories on the LPGA Tour, announced her retirement Friday at the LPGA Championship.
''I'm ready for a new phase in my life,'' said the often-injured Park, who finished her two rounds at 6 over par and wasn't likely to make the cut. ''It's my own fault for not taking care of my body.''
The 33-year-old Park, who won the 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship, suffered from back, neck and hip problems, underwent two surgeries, and missed the better part of three years on tour because of her ailments. She won more than $5 million on tour.
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Disc golf is a great, inexpensive activity that is fun for all ages. PRT offers disc golf courses at Boyd Hill Recreation Center (18 holes) and at Fewell Park (9 holes). Beginner and experienced players will enjoy the challenges of both courses which wander through the natural and open areas of the parks. Both courses were designed and installed with the help of Innova Disc Golf and the Rock Hill Disc Golf Club.
Disc golf is played like traditional golf, but with a flying disc. Each hole begins with a drive and ends with a putt into an elevated basket target with chains. Once the disc has made it into the target, it's on to the next hole. The goal is to complete the course in the least number of throws. Discs are available in sporting goods departments and stores.
Disc golf has been gaining in popularity and recognition during recent years.


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Iraq closes camps as IDPs return home
By Khalid al-Taie
Trucks carrying internally displaced persons from Anbar are seen leaving a displacement camp as they transport camp residents back to their original homes in this photo, posted online on March 3rd. [Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Migration and Displacement]
The Iraqi government on Friday (April 20th) announced it has closed down 20 camps that had housed internally displaced persons (IDPs) now that the families who resided there have returned to their original homes.
The return of families displaced as a result of the 2014 "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) incursion is a strategic goal for Iraq, the government said.
To ensure this is accomplished, the authorities seek to overcome all obstacles to the return of IDPs, primarily by restoring the damaged infrastructure in liberated areas.
"We have closed down 20 camps, most of them in Baghdad and in Anbar and Salaheddine provinces," said Ali Abbas Jahakeer of the Ministry of Migration and Displacement.
The camps were shut down after all the families living there were returned to their homes in liberated cities, following efforts to clear these areas of explosive remnants of war and restore basic services, he told Diyaruna.
The ministry is preparing to close down five more camps, he said, and is "planning to merge some of the camps scattered among different provinces to facilitate their management and the provision of housing services".
There have been a total of 125 displacement camps, most of them in Ninawa province, Jahakeer said.
Several liberated areas, especially those in western Mosul, are still not ready in terms of services, he said, and as most of the homes in those areas have been destroyed.
Caring for the displaced population
The Ministry of Migration and Displacement bears the responsibility for hosting displaced families in the camps by providing them with food, housing supplies and health care and education services, Jahakeer said.
"When we are able to return these families, we move them from the camps to their areas of residence in co-ordination with the Transport Ministry," he said.
The ministry provides them with help and support as they resettle in their original areas and pick up the threads of their daily life, he added.
According to the ministry's most recent statistics, the rate of returning IDPs stands at 57%, Jahakeer said, noting that in February the ministry said about 2.6 million of the nearly five million IDPs have returned to their homes.
The return process "continues at a high pace, especially in the provinces of Anbar and Ninawa", he said.
Iraq seeks to return as many IDPs as possible to their homes before the country's general elections, which are scheduled for May 12th.
The authorities are working to ensure IDPs do not lose their right to vote, Jahakeer said, and have "submitted to the Electoral Commission the names of 250,000 eligible voters who are still living in camps".
These lists have been prepared in order to "issue voter cards for the IDPs to allow them to participate in the elections", he said.
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Most Anbar displaced have returned, officials say
The province's local government has been moving ahead with plans to close some displacement camps as residents return to their homes.
Kirkuk province closes 3 displacement camps
The four remaining displacement camps in Kirkuk province accommodate some 2,000 families, or around 9,000 people, in total.
Iraq shuts down Kilo-18 displacement camp in Ramadi
The large camp, which housed families who had fled ISIS violence, is being shuttered as Iraqi authorities return the last remaining inhabitants to their areas.

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Things To Do In Beijing - Discover the best things to do in Beijing
Last Update: 17th November 2019
What Are The 10 Best Things To Do In Beijing?
Beijing is the capital and one of the most international cities in China. It has been the political, economic and cultural center for hundreds of years. It offers numerous different places of interest to explore and modern landscape to appreciate.
10 Best Things To Do In Beijing
Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
Great Wall of China
Old Summer Palace
Jingshan Park
798 Art Zone
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1. Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
Originally built in 1406, the Forbidden City is the royal palace in the Ming (1366 - 1644) and Qing (1644 - 1912) Dynasties. It was completed in 1420, offering an area of 720,000 square meters. With a shape of rectangle, it is 961 meters from south to north and 753 meters from east to west. It offers more than 9,000 rooms.
Next to the Forbidden City is the famous landmark of Tiananmen Square, which is the largest square of its kind in the world. Featuring the Gate Tower, Great Hall of the People, the Monument to the People's Heroes and the National Museum of China. Tiananmen Square is the highlight of many visitors trips to Beijing.
2. Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is China's most famous, historical landmark and is UNESCO heritage listed. Compared to the Great Wall of China, Badaling Section, the Mutianyu Section is much less crowded with Chinese domestic visitors.
Situated around 73 kilometers from the city of Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Mutianyu Section is 5.4 kilometers long. Along this section of the Great Wall of China, the Mutianyu section offers some 20 watchtowers and two old batteries.
3. Summer Palace
Located around 15 kilometers from the city of Beijing, the Summer Palace was the royal garden in the Qing Dynasty. It is the best-preserved royal palace for short stays and a highlight of many Beijing tours.
The West Lake in Hangzhou is the blueprint of the Summer Palace. It presents some styles of gardens in the regions south of the Yangtze River in the ancient times.
4. Old Summer Palace
Originally built in 1709, the Old Summer Palace was destroyed by fire in 1860. Originally, it was composed of Old Summer Palace Garden, Changchun Garden, Yichun Garden and many other small gardens.
Many sections of the marble pillars lying on the ground or standing there show the exquisite skills in the Qing Dynasty. The rebuilt Yinghui Hall lets us get a little acquainted with the style of buildings in the palace during the period of time.
5. Temple of Heaven
Originally built in 1420, Temple of Heaven was the venue to sacrifice to the heaven and pray for good harvest for the emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The main buildings there include Qinian Hall, Huangqian Hall, Circular Mound Altar, Office of Divine Music, and Imperial Vault of Heaven.
6. Lama Temple
Originally built in 1694, the Lama Temple was originally the residence of Emperor Yongzheng (1678 - 1735). Zhaotai Gate, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Yonghe Gate, Yonghe Palace, Hall of Preaching, and Hall of Tantric Practices present the standard layout of the "Qitang Jialan" in Chinese Buddhist temples.
7. Hutongs
If you are interested to experience the old Beijing life style, Hutongs are great choices. Hutongs are lined with old courtyards. Hutongs in Beijing were formed in the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368). They were developed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
8. Jingshan Park
Jingshan Park was the old royal garden in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The mountain there offers a great choice to enjoy the panoramic views of the Forbidden City. The park features old buildings in the Ming and Qing styles. The peony garden has a variety of peonies to admire.
9. Olympic Park
With an area of 11.59 square kilometers, Olympic Park gathers the Bird's Nest (National Stadium), Water Cube, Yingdong Natatorium, Archery Range and much more. It is free to enter the park. If you want to visit Water Cube, you have to pay for an additional fee.
10. 798 Art Zone
If you are interested in art, 798 Art Zone offers a good chance to you. It is transformed from old factory complex. It is a combination of galleries, art centers, art workshops, design companies, restaurants, bars and more.
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"[Indian] Government should spread Corona in Kashmir. The traitors will be taught a lesson, just like China did in Wuhan. One has to be evil to save this country. 😡🙏" @HinduRastra14 in response to Indian PM Narendra Modi, @narendramodi. April 27, 2021.
Official figures rank India as second only to the United States at 30.50 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 401,050 deaths, with a mere 3.9% rate of full vaccination as of July 3, 2021. The New York Times reports a much graver situation, including an intensive study of three different antibody tests, called serosurveys, which convincingly demonstrate the utter gravity of Covid-19 pandemic in India. The in-depth scientific analysis of the serosurveys by NYT indicates that at the most conservative the estimated number of deaths in India is at least 600,000, with a more likely estimate of 1.6 million deaths, and a worst case scenario of 4.2 million deaths. Post-August 5, 2019, when India unilaterally derogated Articles 370 and 35A, after dismissing even the façade of the elected assembly in 2018, the Indian State has even more vigorously discriminated against the people of Jammu & Kashmir, particularly its Muslim population, especially in the form of explicitly prejudicial new land laws aimed at full-blown settler-colonialism. In a frightening feedback loop, the Indian state violence draws upon and abets Islamophobic violence against Muslims of Jammu & Kashmir at large, and includes a rising number of lynchings, the latest on June 21, 2021. The pandemic situation in Kashmir is thus exacerbated by a settler-colonialism aimed at "drowning Kashmiris once and for all."
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Author SimurghPosted on July 3, 2021 July 6, 2021 Categories Academe, Activism, Apartheid, Colonialism, Counterinsurgency, Dissent, Genocide, Geography, Human Rights, Imperialism, India, Inequality, international justice, International Law, Islamaphobia, Journalism, Justice, Kashmir, Militarism, Military-Industrial Complex, Occupation, Politics, Population, Poverty, State Terrorism, Torture, War, War crimesTags Amarnath Yatra, Colonial Pilgrimage, Colonial Tourism, Covid-19, Demographic-Change, Ecologicide, Ethnic-Cleansing, Ethnic-Flooding, Genocide Alert on Kashmir, Genocide Watch, Glaciers, Global Ecological Buffer, Indian Militarization, Indian Occupied Kashmir, Indigenous People of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmir, Kumbh Mela 2021, Land-Grab, Lynching of Muslims, Medical Apartheid, Melting Glaciers, Pandemic, Super-Spreader Event Pandemic, The Third PoleLeave a comment on Kashmir Under Indian Settler-Colonialism in The Times of Covid: Myriad Ways to Annihilate A People
Progressive Surge Propels Turning Point in US Policy on Yemen
This article appears in The Fight For Yemen, the Winter 2019 issue of Middle East Report, the magazine of the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
Protesters call for an end to US involvement in the war in Yemen, November 2018 in Chicago. The blue backpacks stand for the 40 children killed in an air strike on a school bus that used an American-made bomb. CHARLES EDWARD MILLER [CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE BY SA 2.0]
The US House of Representatives passed a potentially historic resolution on February 13, 2019, calling for an end to US military support for the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen that began in 2015. Although the US government has never formally declared its involvement in the war, it assists the coalition with intelligence and munitions and supports the aerial campaign with refueling and targeting. The United States is therefore complicit in the myriad atrocities the coalition has committed against Yemeni civilians, which Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have characterized as war crimes. [1]
What is already historic about the resolution (introduced by Democratic Representatives Ro Khanna of California and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin) and its Senate counterpart (introduced by Independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Republican Mike Lee of Utah and Democrat Chris Murphy of Connecticut) is their invocation of the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which restrains a president's capacity to commit forces abroad. Aimed to prevent "future Vietnams," the act gives Congress the authority to compel the removal of US military forces engaged in hostilities absent a formal declaration of war.
The House resolution was the first time Congress flexed its War Powers muscle in the 45 years since that resolution's passage. The Senate passed a parallel resolution in December, but the measure died when the Republican leadership refused to bring it to a vote. These congressional moves not only register opposition to US involvement in this war but also strike a major blow against unlimited executive power when it comes to launching war. This long overdue Congressional action to constrain executive war-making, however, would not have been possible without a tremendous grassroots mobilization against US involvement in this disastrous war and the surging progressive tide that is raising deeper questions about US foreign policy.
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Author Danny PostelPosted on March 31, 2019 Categories Activism, Human Rights, International Relations, Leftism, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, UAE, US Congress, US Foreign Policy, War, War crimes, YemenTags Action Corps, Bernie Sanders, Code Pink, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Just Foreign Policy, Peace Action, Ro Khanna, Win Without War, Yemen Peace Project, Yemeni Alliance CommitteeLeave a comment on Progressive Surge Propels Turning Point in US Policy on Yemen
Statement by the civilian block in eastern Ghouta
In response to the fierce campaign launched on eastern Ghouta by the forces of the Assad regime and its allies, Russia and Iran and the sectarian militias which resulted in killing, destruction and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation of the population of East Ghouta. The regime used in this campaign all kinds of weapons including those prohibited internationally such as the chlorine gas, napalm, phosphor and cluster bombs.
This campaign resulted in mass massacres and more than one 1300 victims in 30 days most of them are civilians, including children and women. These acts amount to war crime resulted mainly because of the Russian violation of UNSC resolutions.
We representatives of institutions, CSOs activists, humanitarian workers, local councils' members, and media activists announce the formation of a civilian block in East Ghouta to represent the civilians and their will and aspirations in the situation of their absented voice about what is taking place in East Ghouta.
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Two Upcoming Screenings of SYRIA'S DISAPPEARED in Chicago
The film Syria's Disappeared has been called "brilliant and sickening" and a "must-view can't-look documentary…about the 200,000 people arrested and detained after the Arab Spring took hold in Syria."
Amnesty International is partnering with the filmmakers on a series of screenings and panel discussions around the world. Amnesty International – UK recently hosted one in London.
Amnesty International – Chicago is hosting two screenings: one at Loyola University's lake shore campus on Wednesday October 25 at 6pm; one at DePaul University's downtown campus on Thursday October 26 at 6pm. Following both screenings, Sara Afshar, the film's director and co-producer, will discuss the film and take audience questions. At DePaul, she'll be joined by Elisabeth Ward, executive director of the university's International Human Rights Law Institute. Both screenings are free of charge and open to the public.
Want to organize a screening in your city? Want to review the film? Get in touch with Sara Afshar.
Highly recommended reading:
'Please don't forget us': the hellish search for Syria's lost prisoners (Nicola Cutcher)
The Syrians Campaigning for Justice for Those 'Disappeared' by Assad (Nicola Cutcher and Sara Afshar)
"Syria's Desaparecidos" (Budour Hassan)
"Syria's Disappeared" (Bente Scheller)
Author Danny PostelPosted on October 11, 2017 Categories Documentary, Film, Human Rights, international justice, Syria, Torture, War, War crimesTags Assad regime, desaparecidos, Documentary, international justice, Political Prisoners, Sara Afshar, Syria's DisappearedLeave a comment on Two Upcoming Screenings of SYRIA'S DISAPPEARED in Chicago
Greece is no place for refuge
It has been nine months since the introduction of the EU-Turkey deal, under which refugees arriving on Greek islands face the threat of deportation back to Turkey. Since then, thousands of refugees have been stuck in inhumane conditions, in camps lacking basic resources like heat and electricity, as they await to have their asylum requests processed. With the arrival of winter, the situation continues to deteriorate.
Meanwhile, UNHCR and the EU's aid department (ECHO) have been accused of mismanaging millions in emergency funding earmarked for upgrading shelters, leaving thousands sleeping in freezing conditions in camps across Greece. On Chios, refugees have begun to protest against these intolerable conditions. 'We all are fighting this battle with the leaders of Europe's non-humanists. Yes, we are now one team fighting the lies and hatred, racism and the enslavement of human beings and the imprisonment of freedom,' writes Mohammed, a refugee from Deir ez-Zor.
The following commentary, originally published in Politico last week, was written in response to the European Commission's proposal to resume 'Dublin transfers' back to Greece.
By John-Mark Philo & Ludek Stavinoha
In the same week as the world marked Human Rights Day, the European Commission announced its plans to resume the so-called "Dublin transfers" of refugees back to Greece. If the recommendation is adopted at Thursday's meeting of European leaders in Brussels, EU member countries will be able to start returning refugees who arrive on their territory back to the country of their first entry into the European Union, wherever that may be.
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Author Ludek StavinohaPosted on December 23, 2016 December 25, 2016 Categories Activism, Europe, Greece, Human Rights, Migration, Refugees, Turkey, UN, UncategorizedTags Greece, Human Rights, RefugeesLeave a comment on Greece is no place for refuge
What I Saw on Oprius 10 (You're Being Lied To)
I just got back from this "barbaric alien slave planet" and what I found was shocking: we're not being told the truth.
Children as young as 14 hours are ripped from their mother's tentacles and forced to work 37 cycles straight in underground Calbazarite mines until their tiny withered bodies, still bound together by Gregorothian emotion-stabilizing mobilityrays, are shoveled out by the kiloton and tossed in unmarked disposal modules that are fired into the suns. Meanwhile, we're told, Leader Rahsab's personal envoy dines at 7-star restaurants, his harem of Alphanian gendermorphs injecting him with the galaxy's finest proteins while, beneath the soil, his army of Mechatrons blasts away so-called "moderate" resistance caves.
We've all heard these stories, just like we all heard the story about Itarkian security forces devouring humanoid offspring as they slept in their interdimensional space-time inhibitors. Only after the New Alliance of Coequal Aliens removed their Supreme Being did we learn that was a total lie, manufactured by a public relations planet enslaved the Kuwangians who — you probably didn't hear — had been trying and failing to build a warp portal through Itarkian space.
First, let me be clear: I don't believe Leader Rahsab is infallible. I, personally, believe this mild-mannered gaseous cloud has made mistakes. Destroying Oprius 7, the famed artist colony, was not ideal, in my opinion, only aiding the interplanetary campaign of defamation which, of course, never addressed what "peaceful" gammachord players were doing with Kuwangian shape-shifting technology. But I also understand why, amid a NACA-backed insurgency attracting mercenaries from around the cosmos, he felt the need to send a message. NACA would have done the same thing.
And what I really know for sure? That the last thing the Oreckians need is a change in Eternal Hierarchy imposed by a solar system 90 million light years away and sold on the basis of a corrupt, Earth-based opposition's lies and the tales of Oprian "refugees" who claim they escaped the mineral deposits but, curiously, display none of the signs of Calbazarite Syndrome. That's why I decided to accept Leader Rahsab's invitation to spend five cycles touring Oprius 10. What I can say now You're being lied to.
I expected the outrageous smears the moment I agreed to hear the perspective of a "brutal confederation," but one doesn't go into journalism expecting pleasantries and generous fiber rations. I wanted to hear their side; clearly, whether . Surely if dissatisfaction were as high as claimed by the mainstream news algorithms I would see it and those famed (but always conveniently "disappeared") dissidents during my visit.
What I saw in the Historic Quadrant of Damackulous Y was instead, normal — disappointingly so for those believing NACA's planted newsbytes about all that (manufactured) dissent. Intelligent lifeforms wore clothes that they bought on Amazon. Local injection labs had all the brands and flavors I knew from back home. Most of the people I saw were rather shy, seeking to shift the conversation away from politics and back to my drink order, but Oreckian system tribes are known for their wariness of strangers.
At an Irish pub, I heard from an Oprian female about how her husband had been tricked into fighting for confederation change, believing the same lies we Talangs have been told about the attractiveness of Northern sector-style "liberties" — to anti-socially fret over what to do with one's consciousness, instead of having that rationally decided for you — and the unilateral consensus process laid out in the Leader's Chartreuse Communication. Through a reconciliation deal offered by the confederation's social justice minister, he agreed to be cremated in exchange for a small stipend off which she now lives. Yes, life can be hard, she confided, but — glancing nervously at my state-provided translator to make sure he was getting every word — life in the mines had given her and her children the structure they sorely lacked in "liberated" zones, where she wasn't even allowed to work, much less required to.
While I would like to have seen more, after a drugged Orian male shrieked at me to take his identity chip without authorization — he was neutralized by security forces after a reading of his right — it was decided on my behalf that I should go. And that's the Oreckian way: Capable superiors decide things like this for you, leaving more time for life. The Oreckians, like any other people, should be allowed to decide their system of governance, and Leader Rahasab has made that decision for them. We may not always understand their ways, but that doesn't mean we should try to impose ours on them.
Remember Itark?
Charles Davis is a reporterbot from the Talang system. Their work is presented in 400 billion minds.
Author Charles DavisPosted on November 10, 2016 Categories Collective punishment, Colonialism, Global War on Terror, Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, Infantile Leftism, Investigative JournalismLeave a comment on What I Saw on Oprius 10 (You're Being Lied To)
Theaters of Coercion: Iran at Home and Abroad
I have an essay in the new issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas in which I review Laura Secor's excellent new book Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran and also examine Tehran's role in the changing political landscape of the Middle East—especially in the Syrian catastrophe. You can read the essay here.
Author Danny PostelPosted on September 22, 2016 September 22, 2016 Categories Books, Human Rights, International Relations, Iran, Middle East, Syria, UncategorizedTags Arab uprisings, Assad regime, Human Rights, International Relations, Iran, Middle East, Sectarianism, sectarianization, SyriaLeave a comment on Theaters of Coercion: Iran at Home and Abroad
Syria's White Helmets
Nagieb Khaja's film for Al Jazeera's Witness on Syria's immensely courageous White Helmets.
Life under the bombs with a team of White Helmet rescue workers in Syria's most dangerous city, Aleppo.
Author Idrees AhmadPosted on August 16, 2016 Categories Human Rights, Syria, Uncategorized, War crimesLeave a comment on Syria's White Helmets
stargazing on the backs of our children
what kind of heaven lies under our feet, yet
starry, starry nights on the backs of our beloveds:
"Andromeda, you see, sweeps from right to left. Ursa Major just above it, Cassiopeia is the loose bunch near the shoulder, within, there are all the signs."
stars, also, on the pitch-black eyes of our daughters, our sons
dying stars, supernovae of frightful beauty
freedom's terrible thirst clotting into black holes
amidst galaxies of desire
desire of freedom, both deadly and rejuvenating
the dead(ly) gaze of our youth
still threatens to annihilate the brutal
despite their guns
turn the enemy into stone, my dear child!
look him in the eye.
"Make this your star gazing, your horoscope for the week, for all of tomorrow. A starry eyed tomorrow…"
they shoot our young on their backs, on their eyes,
our eyes will petrify them still
the battle will be won
Medusa, the freedom fighter, will have her day
P.S: This poem was originally written as a Facebook post on Aug 27 or 28, 2015, inspired by Najeeb Mubarki's caption, within quotation marks above, of a photograph of a Kashmiri youth's back, shimmering with scores of pellet injuries… Pellet injuries that are touted to be "non-lethal," but are anything but.
It happens to be one of the few things coincidentally saved from my now-disabled account — please sign here to demand that Facebook reinstate it.
Read more about this horrifying oppression by the Indian Occupation in Kashmir – Scars of Pellet Gun: The Brutal Face of Suppression by Mannan Bukhari.
Author SimurghPosted on July 23, 2016 July 23, 2016 Categories Activism, Alternative Media, censorship, Children, Civil disobedience, Civil liberties, Collective punishment, Colonialism, Counterinsurgency, Crime, Dissent, Empire, Genocide, Human Rights, Imperialism, India, International Law, Islamaphobia, Justice, Kashmir, Occupation, Poetry, Politics, power, Revolution, Torture, UN, War crimes, Weapons, WomenTags facebook, ICRC, Mannan Bukhari, Najeeb Mubarki, PelletsLeave a comment on stargazing on the backs of our children
Revolution, Reform or Restoration? Nadia Marzouki on Tunisia Today
Tunisia has been very dear to my heart since I went there in the spring of 2013, just two years after its uprisings, an event that shook the world. Although I've not been back in the three years since that memorable visit, I've followed Tunisian events with great interest from afar. I was thus thrilled to have the opportunity to interview the Tunisian scholar Nadia Marzouki when she was in Denver last month.
Marzouki, a Research Fellow at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, is the author of L'Islam, une religion américaine? (Islam, An American Religion?) and co-editor of two books: Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World (with Olivier Roy) and the forthcoming Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion (with Roy and Duncan McDonnell). Continue reading "Revolution, Reform or Restoration? Nadia Marzouki on Tunisia Today"
Author Danny PostelPosted on June 8, 2016 Categories Activism, arab spring, Human Rights, ISIS, Islamism, UncategorizedTags Arab revolts, arab spring, Arab uprisings, Democracy, democratic transitions, dictatorship, Ennahda, Human Rights, ISIS, Islamism, MENA, Middle East and North Africa, Moncef Marzouki, Protest, revolution, Tunisia1 Comment on Revolution, Reform or Restoration? Nadia Marzouki on Tunisia Today


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Events for Kids & Family
Evanston Art Center Press Release: Winter Expo 2022
Evanston Art Center 1717 Central St., Evanston
The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to welcome everyone to The Winter Expo 2022. The Winter Expo is free…
November 12, 2022 @ 11:00 am - December 11, 2022 @ 12:00 am Recurring Event Hit Musical Dooby Dooby Moo Returns to Lifeline Theater
Hit Musical Dooby Dooby Moo Returns to Lifeline Theater
Lifeline Theatre 6912 N. Glenwood Ave., Chicago
Lifeline Theatre presents Dooby Dooby Moo, based on the popular bestseller by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Dooby Dooby…
November 15, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - December 6, 2022 @ 6:00 pm Recurring Event Putting on a Play
Putting on a Play
FAME Center Chicago 1550 S, State Street, #116, Chicago
This course is designed for students 9+ who are interested in putting on a play. Students will devise and rehearse…
$140,
November 22, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - December 13, 2022 @ 6:00 pm Recurring Event Putting on a Play
November 28, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 8:00 pm Recurring Event Holiday Toy Drive
North Riverside Park Mall 7501 W. Cermak Road, North Riverside
Bring a new, unwrapped toy to Customer Service Center in Center Court. A perfect way to give back to our…


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import AdvancedOptions from "../../../src/AdvancedOptions";
import DemoWrapper from "../DemoWrapper";
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text:
<?php

namespace bizley\podium\maintenance;

use bizley\podium\Podium;
use Exception;
use Yii;
use yii\base\Component;
use yii\db\Connection;
use yii\di\Instance;
use yii\helpers\Html;

/**
 * Podium Maintenance module
 * Maintenance requires database connection to be configured first.
 *
 * @author Paweł Bizley Brzozowski <pawel@positive.codes>
 * @since 0.6
 *
 * @property string $foreignName
 * @property string $indexName
 * @property Podium $module
 * @property string $table
 * @property string $rawTable
 */
class SchemaOperation extends Component
{
    const TYPE_SUCCESS = 0;
    const TYPE_WARNING = 1;
    const TYPE_ERROR = 2;

    /**
     * @var Connection database connection.
     */
    public $db;

    /**
     * @var int returned status.
     */
    public $type = self::TYPE_ERROR;

    /**
     * @var string additional SQL fragment that will be appended to the generated SQL.
     */
    public $tableOptions;

    /**
     * @var string current table name.
     */
    protected $_table;

    /**
     * @var string table name prefix.
     */
    protected $_prefix = 'podium_';

    /**
     * Initialize component.
     */
    public function init()
    {
        parent::init();
        $this->db = Instance::ensure($this->module->db, Connection::className());
        if ($this->db->driverName === 'mysql') {
            $this->tableOptions = 'CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE=InnoDB';
        }
    }

    /**
     * Adds column to database table.
     * @param string $col column name
     * @param string $type column schema
     * @return string result message
     */
    protected function addColumn($col, $type)
    {
        if (empty($col)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Column name missing.');
        }
        if (empty($type)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Column type missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->addColumn($this->table, $col, $type)->execute();
            return $this->returnSuccess(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table column {name} has been added', ['name' => $col]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table column {name} adding', ['name' => $col])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates database table foreign key.
     * @param string|array $key key columns
     * @param string $ref key reference table
     * @param string|array $col reference table columns
     * @param string $delete ON DELETE action
     * @param string $update ON UPDATE action
     * @return string result message
     * @since 0.2
     */
    protected function addForeign($key, $ref, $col, $delete = null, $update = null)
    {
        if (empty($key)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Foreign key name missing.');
        }
        if (empty($ref)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Foreign key reference missing.');
        }
        if (empty($col)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Referenced columns missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->addForeignKey(
                    $this->getForeignName($key), $this->table, $key,
                    $this->getTableName($ref), $col, $delete, $update
                )->execute();
            return $this->returnSuccess(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table foreign key {name} has been added', [
                'name' => $this->getForeignName($key)
            ]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table foreign key {name} adding', [
                    'name' => $this->getForeignName($key)
                ])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates database table index.
     * @param string $name index name
     * @param array $cols columns
     * @return string result message
     * @since 0.2
     */
    protected function addIndex($name, $cols)
    {
        if (empty($name)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Index name missing.');
        }
        if (empty($cols)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Index columns missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->createIndex($this->getIndexName($name), $this->table, $cols)->execute();
            return $this->returnSuccess(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table index {name} has been added', [
                'name' => $this->getIndexName($name)
            ]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table index {name} adding', [
                    'name' => $this->getIndexName($name)
                ])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Modifies database table column.
     * @param string $col column name
     * @param string $type column schema
     * @return string result message.
     */
    protected function alterColumn($col, $type)
    {
        if (empty($col)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Column name missing.');
        }
        if (empty($type)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Column type missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->alterColumn($this->table, $col, $type)->execute();
            return $this->returnSuccess(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table column {name} has been updated', ['name' => $col]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table column {name} updating', ['name' => $col])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates database table.
     * @param array $schema table schema
     * @return string result message
     * @since 0.2
     */
    protected function createTable($schema)
    {
        if (empty($schema)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Database schema missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->createTable($this->table, $schema, $this->tableOptions)->execute();
            return $this->returnSuccess(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table {name} has been created', ['name' => $this->rawTable]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            if ($this->_table != 'log') {
                // in case of creating log table don't try to log error in it if it's not available
                Yii::error($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__);
            }
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table {name} creating', [
                    'name' => $this->rawTable
                ]) . ': ' . Html::tag('pre', $e->getMessage());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Drops current database table if it exists.
     * @return string|bool result message or true if no table to drop.
     */
    protected function dropTable()
    {
        try {
            if ($this->db->schema->getTableSchema($this->table, true) !== null) {
                $this->db->createCommand()->dropTable($this->table)->execute();
                return $this->returnWarning(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table {name} has been dropped', ['name' => $this->rawTable]));
            }
            return true;
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table {name} dropping', [
                    'name' => $this->rawTable
                ])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Drops database table column.
     * @param string $col column name
     * @return string result message
     */
    protected function dropColumn($col)
    {
        if (empty($col)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Column name missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->dropColumn($this->table, $col)->execute();
            return $this->returnWarning(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table column {name} has been dropped', ['name' => $col]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table column {name} dropping', ['name' => $col])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Drops database table foreign key.
     * @param string $name key name
     * @return string result message
     */
    protected function dropForeign($name)
    {
        if (empty($name)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Foreign key name missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->dropForeignKey($this->getForeignName($name), $this->table)->execute();
            return $this->returnWarning(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table foreign key {name} has been dropped', [
                'name' => $this->getForeignName($name)
            ]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table foreign key {name} dropping', [
                    'name' => $this->getForeignName($name)
                ])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Drops database table index.
     * @param string $name index name
     * @return string result message
     */
    protected function dropIndex($name)
    {
        if (empty($name)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Index name missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->dropIndex($this->getIndexName($name), $this->table)->execute();
            return $this->returnWarning(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table index {name} has been dropped', [
                'name' => $this->getIndexName($name)
            ]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table index {name} dropping', [
                    'name' => $this->getIndexName($name)
                ])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Renames database table.
     * @param string $name table new name
     * @return string result message
     */
    protected function rename($name)
    {
        if (empty($name)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! New table name missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->renameTable($this->table, $this->getTableName($name))->execute();
            return $this->returnSuccess(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table {name} has been renamed to {new}', [
                'name' => $this->rawTable,
                'new'  => $this->getTableName($name)
            ]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table {name} renaming to {new}', [
                    'name' => $this->rawTable,
                    'new'  => $this->getTableName($name)
                ])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Renames database table column.
     * @param string $col column name
     * @param string $name column new name
     * @return string result message
     */
    protected function renameColumn($col, $name)
    {
        if (empty($col)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! Column name missing.');
        }
        if (empty($name)) {
            return Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Installation aborted! New column name missing.');
        }
        try {
            $this->db->createCommand()->renameColumn($this->table, $col, $name)->execute();
            return $this->returnSuccess(Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Table column {name} has been renamed to {new}', [
                'name' => $col,
                'new'  => $name
            ]));
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return $this->returnError($e->getMessage(), __METHOD__,
                Yii::t('podium/flash', 'Error during table column {name} renaming to {new}', [
                    'name' => $col,
                    'new'  => $name
                ])
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns prefixed foreign key name.
     * @param string $name
     * @return string
     */
    public function getForeignName($name)
    {
        return 'fk-' . $this->rawTable . '-' . (is_array($name) ? implode('_', $name) : $name);
    }

    /**
     * Returns prefixed index name.
     * @param string $name
     * @return string
     */
    public function getIndexName($name)
    {
        return 'idx-' . $this->rawTable . '-' . $name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns Podium instance.
     * @return Podium
     */
    public function getModule()
    {
        return Podium::getInstance();
    }

    /**
     * Returns raw table name.
     * @return string
     * @since 0.6
     */
    public function getRawTable()
    {
        return $this->_prefix . $this->_table;
    }

    /**
     * Returns table name.
     * @return string
     */
    public function getTable()
    {
        return $this->_table == '...' ? '...' : $this->getTableName($this->_table);
    }

    /**
     * Returns prefixed table name.
     * @param string $name
     * @return string
     */
    public function getTableName($name)
    {
        return '{{%' . $this->_prefix . $name . '}}';
    }

    /**
     * Sets table name.
     * @param string $value
     */
    public function setTable($value)
    {
        $this->_table = $value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns success message.
     * Sets type to success.
     * @param string $message
     * @return string
     */
    public function returnSuccess($message)
    {
        $this->type = self::TYPE_SUCCESS;
        return $message;
    }

    /**
     * Returns success message.
     * Sets type to warning.
     * @param string $message
     * @return string
     */
    public function returnWarning($message)
    {
        $this->type = self::TYPE_WARNING;
        return $message;
    }

    /**
     * Returns error message.
     * Logs error.
     * @param string $exception exception message
     * @param string $method method name
     * @param string $message custom message
     * @return string
     */
    public function returnError($exception, $method, $message)
    {
        Yii::error($exception, $method);
        return $message . ':' . Html::tag('pre', $exception);
    }
}


Syrian actor Salim Kallas passed away at an age of 77 years, Al-Ikhbariyah Syria TV channel quoted the Ministry of Information as saying on Monday.
Kallas, born in Damascus, started his acting career in 1970 and played many roles in drama series and starred especially in "Bab al-Hara", "Maraya", "Ayyam Chamiyah", "Beit Jdid", and "Tahoun al-Charr".
Kallas also acted in several theatrical plays.


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Voters say 'OK' to more than $120 million in Texas Panhandle school improvements
Palo Duro High School auditorium, to be renovated through AISD's bond.
Texas Panhandle voters on Tuesday approved most of their school district's requests for additional funding to improve and expand student facilities.
Voters also returned incumbents to one local board, approved another board's higher tax rate, and determined what a district will do with its new-found property wealth.
RELATED: Voters give mixed scores for school bonds in May municipal elections
Amarillo ISD: In the largest request put before Panhandle voters Tuesday night, voters greenlighted the issue of $100 million in bonds for improvements at 49 campuses across the district with 55 percent of voters in support. Divided into sections, the bond includes adding classrooms, safer entrances, upgraded bathrooms and related sewer lines and a host of other improvements.
District officials had said updating aging facilities was necessary to accommodate growth projections. "This victory will give the district a much-needed boost to address some of the maintenance issues that come with older facilities, as well as add an additional layer of safety and security measures at some of our schools," Scott Flow, board vice president, said in a statement.
RELATED: These AISD campuses would share $100 million in bond upgrades
Higgins ISD: Voters overwhelmingly approved a higher tax rate set earlier this year by the school board. Higgins ISD's election was a mandatory "rollback" vote since the district's tax rate of $1.45047 per $100 valuation was 13 cents higher than the maximum rate allowed before voter approval is required. The higher rate allows the district to raise maintenance and operations revenue.
Miami ISD: Board incumbents Brian Benge and Cindy Wheeler received the highest number of votes and were reelected to new terms.
Silverton ISD: A new wind farm in the district's territory has caused property values to soar, which has spiked the amount of revenue the district collects per student. In Texas, that triggers provisions of "Chapter 41," or the law that deems SISD as a "property rich" district that must figure out how to share its additional wealth.
The district put a set of options to voters Tuesday night: buying "attendance credits" to send additional money directly to the state, and taking in transfer students from neighboring districts. SISD voters approved of those options with a 247-to-10 vote, or a margin of 79 percent to 21 percent.
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Stratford voters rejected a $4.8 million proposal for a 520-seat performance hall.
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Tulia ISD Superintendent Steve Post said architects will work on designs and plans during the next several months, with construction anticipated to begin in mid-2018. The entire process is expected to take up to three years, he said.
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The Port of Everett is applying for permits to operate a paid parking lot, which would allow overnight parking, where the former ferry holding lanes were in Mukilteo. (Kevin Clark / Herald file)
Port's parking lot in Mukilteo may not open until spring
The permit process, which required a traffic study and other analyses, is taking longer than the Port of Everett hoped.
by Ben Watanabe
Monday, December 19, 2022 1:30am
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Mukilteo's waterfront is a popular place.
Lighthouse Park, Diamond Knot, Ivar's, scuba diving, the Sounder commuter rail station and the ferry terminal make it surge with people coming and going, often in cars.
All of that makes parking a premium.
It's why the Port of Everett shelled out $3.5 million for the former ferry vehicle holding lanes property. They are turning it into an overnight lot. But while the property has pavement and striped stalls, its opening is caught up in the permit application process with the city.
"It's high time that that thing is open," said Mike Antetomaso of Langley. "You'll probably see my obituary before you see that thing open."
Hopefully he can hang on a little longer.
Initially, the port envisioned opening it around Labor Day. But the 99-stall lot needed more documents for its permit.
In September, port staff thought it could mean another 30 to 120 days. With the longer range approaching quickly, Antetomaso asked The Daily Herald to check on its status.
Now the port's leaders are hopeful the lot can open within six weeks, which would be around the end of January or start of February.
"The process to get this lot open has taken longer than we had hoped as we did end up having to go through a full change of use process, which we had not originally anticipated," port spokesperson Cat Soper wrote in an email.
On Tuesday, Mukilteo's permit desk was waiting on and expected to review some of the required documents, which include a traffic survey, Mayor Joe Marine said.
He said the lot could open in time for spring, when visits to the park and waterfront start to increase.
Part of that delay stemmed from the port needing to apply for a land use change. On the outside, it may seem unnecessary because its former and proposed uses basically are the same: parking. But where the ferry lanes were for transportation, the port's lot essentially is a commercial use.
Once it opens, the port will contract with LAZ Parking to manage it. People can pay through an app.
The city charges taxes of 10% for sales and 25% for parking at the lot. Those taxes will show up in addition to the fees, which signs at the lot list starting at $2.50 an hour, with parking 10 to 24 hours for $28 and monthly rates at $300. There's a waitlist for monthly parking, Soper said.
As an interim boost, the city approved the port using some of the lot for Ivar's customers, Soper said.
According to the port's permit application documents, the lot will have 63 stalls for hourly and overnight visitors, 23 stalls for monthly parking and 13 stalls reserved for waterfront employees. The traffic survey estimates a daily average of 383 trips at the lot.
It could lead to more or fewer peak afternoon trips, depending on how the stalls are used. If some are capped at 4 hours, similar to the limit at nearby public parking, the port's consultant wrote that it would "most likely" be used by visitors to the existing destinations on the waterfront and shouldn't count as new trips.
New trip generation is an important metric because it could count toward the port paying a traffic mitigation fee of $1,875 for each new trip.
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Herbal remedies are used to treat depression and anxiety . Societies, particularly, have moved away from traditional remedies towards prescription drugs. There are.
One in four girls in the USA now requires a psychiatric medicine.
The national government's health statisticians figure about one in every 10 Americans requires an antidepressant.
Listed below are a few other statistics in the report about antidepressants:
23 percent of women in their 40s and 50s take antidepressants, a greater percentage than any other type (by sex or age ).
Girls are just two 1/2 times more likely to take an antidepressant compared to guys (click on here to see a May 2011 post at the Harvard Mental Health Letterabout women and depression)
14 percent of non-Hispanic white Men and Women take antidepressants compared with only 4 percent of non-Hispanic blacks and 3 percent of Mexican Americans
under a third of Americans who are carrying one antidepressant (instead of 2 or longer ) have observed a mental health practitioner in the past year
Antidepressant use Doesn't vary by income status
Is it a fantastic thing that Americans are currently taking antidepressants? Many (possibly most) mental health professionals might say, yes, since depression was under treated and since antidepressants are powerful.
However, in addition, there are lots of critics, as exhibited by this review from the New York Review of Books, that state the benefits are overstated and pharmaceutical business marketing is accountable for the spike in capsules.
Some specialists feel that our contemporary lifestyle is making us depressed, but some believe that heavy advertising by drug companies and over-prescribing physicians are to blame.
But however you look at it, even more people than ever are taking antidepressants, and organic choices that work are required more than ever before.
A meta-analysis of antidepressant studies from 1990 to 2009 revealed there was considerable improvement in depression just in the most seriously depressed group, which comprises only about 13% of depressed patients.
Meaning, the participants were likely to improve chance since they were out of taking antidepressants.
If you're taking an antidepressant and believe it's benefiting you, then by all means keep carrying it! For many, however, antidepressants aren't successful and/or have side effects which make taking the medication undesirable. For those searching for alternative remedies, there are a few herbal choices which could be worth an attempt.
Which Herbs Function For Depression and Anxiety?
1.St. John's Wort
Such as the SSRIs, St. John's Wort has an anti-anxiety impact.
It's ideal to begin at half an hour for a couple of days and then increase to the 450 mg. St. John's Wort takes 4 months to attain whole impact, and its important threat involves interactions with other supplements and drugs. If you're taking drugs, it must be tracked by your physician to be certain there are no side effects.
I would like to highlight that St. John's Wort reduces the effectiveness of birth control tablets. In addition, it can reduce the effectiveness of hormone-replacement treatment .
It is important to be aware the St. John's wort is famous for interacting with a great deal of medications. This is particularly true for drugs, birth control pills, and blood thinners. Always check with your health care provider.
2. SAM-e
This supplement is intended to behave like a form of the human body's organic chemicals. As stated by the Mayo Clinic, SAM-e is considered a nutritional supplement in the United States — that the FDA does not believe it a medicine.
You also need to bear in mind that SAM-e may lead to health effects like upset stomach and constipation should you take a lot of.
3. Lavender oil
Eucalyptus oil was utilized as an inhalant–in sachets, oils, sprays, and creams –for centuries. The smell causes sleep and calm. Eucalyptus oil is available in an oral form, set in a capsule which enables it to cross the barrier and gathered into bubbles that are microscopic. When it's, it causes calm and reduces anxiety. It's promoted as Lavela. It is not harmful or addictive.
Lavender is a anxiety treatment that does not make you drowsy. It may be utilized as required –if anxiety arises, or frequently, based upon what you need.
4. Valerian root
Valerian has shown through testing to not have a sedative effect and functions as a mild sedative and anxiolytic. The infusion phytofin Valerian 368 was revealed to possess sleep-enhancing qualities.
Valerian root is the very best herb for sleeping , based on study. It is a excellent anti-anxiety herb, however, unlike lavender or L-theanine, it will make you drowsy! It is a fantastic solution for acute anxiety spells and also for day usage, once you will not be working or driving.
Valerian can be obtained through the day in tiny doses, less or 20 mg. In reality, it's widely accessible in"sleep teas" in a dose of approximately 20 mg. For sleeping, or even intense anxiety in the day, you may use doses. It's imperative not to combine valerian.
5. Kava
Kava root has been used as a tea at the islands for decades. It's non-addictive and was proven to work in generalized anxiety disorder. Kava has a sense relaxing and anxiety-reducing, but with no quality. Some research more than a decade ago revealed that liver toxicity was brought by kava, but these studies found the areas of the kava plant, along with the supplements might have experienced contaminants inside them.
Kava has been proven in a number of studies to have a result very similar to that of valium in treating anxiety. 300mg triggers a decline in anxiety, while enhancing functioning. This is compared to pharmaceuticals such as valium, which assist with anxiety but decrease functioning
Kava shouldn't be taken for over 4 months, for those who have hepatitis or other liver issues, nor should it be obtained.
6. Rhodiola
Rhodiola (Rhodiola Rosea), occasionally called Arctic origin or gold origin, is known as an adaptogenic herb, which means it functions in non invasive tactics to improve resistance to pressure.
This herb grows at high altitudes in the arctic regions of Asia and Europe, and its origin has been used in the countries for centuries and traditional medicine in Russia. Rhodiola rosea remains widely utilized in Russia as a tonic and cure for exhaustion, poor attention span, and diminished memory.
A human trial of rhodiola in UCLA reported considerable improvement in 10 individuals with anxiety who took the pill. Side effects were usually mild or moderate. The most common effects were dry mouth and dizziness. Rhodiola seems to work faster than traditional antidepressants, often at under a week.
Tieraona Low Dog, M.D. state it's among the favourite herbs for therapy of individuals afflicted by"21st century anxiety": fatigue, mental fog, difficulty focusing, low energy and, possibly, moderate depression. She advocates having a standardized extract. Start looking for products which are like those analyzed in clinical trials comprising 2-3percent rosavin and 0.8-1percent salidroside. Start using 100 mg once per day then if necessary, increase the dose up to 400 milligrams each day.
7. Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha is a herb that's been used in Ayurveda. Ashwaganda has been used.
In addition, it can slow or reverse loss and atrophy .
A treatment team in a randomized, double blind research of Ashwagandha in contrast to placebo revealed that the blood glucose levels following 60 days demonstrated a marked reduction, along with the side effects were minimal. Use of ashwagandha was demonstrated to be a shield against anxiety.
Ashwagandha has additionally shown efficacy in assisting with bipolar disease ( by enhancing auditory-verbal working memory), a measure of response time, and a measure of social cognition.
Others studies have proven that Ashwagandha is successful as a anxiolytic, as a mood enhancer , also in therapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The treatment dose in people is just one 300 mg capsule of extract from this Ashwagandha plant's origin . Most of studies demonstrated minimal side effects and no side effects were reported.
1 2012 research of 64 volunteers asked subjects to take both ashwagandha or a placebo two times every day for 60 days. The capsule of the ashwagandha group contained 300 milligrams of a concentrated extract. Throughout the treatment period phone call check-ins promised volunteers always took placebo or the herbs, and have been used to notice any reactions. The therapy team exhibited a substantial decrease in anxiety scores after two weeks relative to the placebo group, with no side effects. Serum cortisol levels have been reduced in the category. Cortisol is your stress hormone which goes up when we're stressed out. Cortisol additionally creates jelqing exhaustion and mental fogginess, and mind constructions such as emotion and memory are ruined when cortisol is too significant.
8. chamomile
There are two chief varieties of chamomile utilized medicinally, German or wild lavender (Matricaria recutita) and British or Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile).
Chamomile is used but both provide.
Following 8 weeks of the randomized research, results revealed that individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder experienced a decrease in anxiety.
9. Ginko Biloba
Ginkgo extract is commonly utilised in Europe where it is available by prescription medication or as a licensed over-the-counter medicine.
In 1 year , West German physicians composed 5.24 million prescriptions for ginkgo leaf extract.
Because a Ginkgo biloba extract produced from ginkgo leaves here in the united states, ginkgo is marketed as a nutritional supplement.
Standardized extracts are used for healing a vast array of ailments such as memory loss, concentration issues , mental confusion, depression, anxiety, nausea, tinnitus, and headache.
Ginkgo is thought to function by increasing blood flow, decreasing blood viscosity, boosting neurotransmitters, and lowering dangerous free radicals.
These are much like the chemicals found in poison oak, poison ivy, and poison sumac. It is ideal to refrain from taking stimulants In case you've got a known allergy to one of these crops.
A normal ginkgo dose is 40 mg three times per day for a total of 120 mg.It's generally advised to begin at a very low dose and take with foods to prevent gastrointestinal distress.Doses of around 240 milligrams daily are usually suggested for curative purposes.
10. Maca
Maca has been utilized to treat depression in both women and men and also to stimulate libido.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was completed by A group of 14 women. 1 group was awarded 3.5 g of Maca powder every day, while another group has been give a placebo. In the conclusion of this 12-week trial that the investigators noted,"… considerable decrease in scores from the subjects of emotional symptoms, such as the subscales for anxiety and depression and sexual dysfunction following Maca ingestion. " The investigators conclude that Maca is really effective for treating emotional symptoms such as anxiety and depression. They found that although Black Maca helped enhance functioning that the most, all colours of Maca were beneficial for depression.
11. Rosemary
Rosemary is a plant, and its leaves are used for flavoring potatoes, meats, cooking oils, and other seasoning functions.
Rosemary is excellent with Middle Eastern dishes, and can be utilised in legumes.
12.Thyme
Thyme is a superb supply of lithium ion and tryptophan. Both may help as mood stabilizers and relaxing and sleep aids in the doses that are tiny accessible by simply employing the spice.
Use rosemary for a beverage for roasts with garlic. It's also great with dishes comprising peppers.
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For Climate Change Bloomberg endorses Obama
A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change
By Michael R. Bloomberg Nov 1, 2012
The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast -- in lost lives, lost homes and lost business -- brought the stakes of Tuesday's presidential election into sharp relief.
The floods and fires that swept through our city left a path of destruction that will require years of recovery and rebuilding work. And in the short term, our subway system remains partially shut down, and many city residents and businesses still have no power. In just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate neighborhoods -- something our city government had never done before. If this is a trend, it is simply not sustainable.
Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it might be -- given this week's devastation -- should compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.
Here in New York, our comprehensive sustainability plan --PlaNYC -- has helped allow us to cut our carbon footprint by 16 percent in just five years, which is the equivalent of eliminating the carbon footprint of a city twice the size of Seattle. Through the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group -- a partnership among many of the world's largest cities -- local governments are taking action where national governments are not.
Leadership Needed
But we can't do it alone. We need leadership from the White House -- and over the past four years, President Barack Obama has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption, including setting higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks. His administration also has adopted tighter controls on mercury emissions, which will help to close the dirtiest coal power plants (an effort I have supported through my philanthropy), which are estimated to kill 13,000 Americans a year.
Mitt Romney, too, has a history of tackling climate change. As governor of Massachusetts, he signed on to a regional cap- and-trade plan designed to reduce carbon emissions 10 percent below 1990 levels. "The benefits (of that plan) will be long- lasting and enormous -- benefits to our health, our economy, our quality of life, our very landscape. These are actions we can and must take now, if we are to have 'no regrets' when we transfer our temporary stewardship of this Earth to the next generation," he wrote at the time.
He couldn't have been more right. But since then, he has reversed course, abandoning the very cap-and-trade program he once supported. This issue is too important. We need determined leadership at the national level to move the nation and the world forward.
I believe Mitt Romney is a good and decent man, and he would bring valuable business experience to the Oval Office. He understands that America was built on the promise of equal opportunity, not equal results. In the past he has also taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care. But he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the health-care model he signed into law in Massachusetts.
If the 1994 or 2003 version of Mitt Romney were running for president, I may well have voted for him because, like so many other independents, I have found the past four years to be, in a word, disappointing.
In 2008, Obama ran as a pragmatic problem-solver and consensus-builder. But as president, he devoted little time and effort to developing and sustaining a coalition of centrists, which doomed hope for any real progress on illegal guns, immigration, tax reform, job creation and deficit reduction. And rather than uniting the country around a message of shared sacrifice, he engaged in partisan attacks and has embraced a divisive populist agenda focused more on redistributing income than creating it.
Important Victories
Nevertheless, the president has achieved some important victories on issues that will help define our future. His Race to the Top education program -- much of which was opposed by the teachers' unions, a traditional Democratic Party constituency -- has helped drive badly needed reform across the country, giving local districts leverage to strengthen accountability in the classroom and expand charter schools. His health-care law -- for all its flaws -- will provide insurance coverage to people who need it most and save lives.
When I step into the voting booth, I think about the world I want to leave my two daughters, and the values that are required to guide us there. The two parties' nominees for president offer different visions of where they want to lead America.
One believes a woman's right to choose should be protected for future generations; one does not. That difference, given the likelihood of Supreme Court vacancies, weighs heavily on my decision.
One recognizes marriage equality as consistent with America's march of freedom; one does not. I want our president to be on the right side of history.
One sees climate change as an urgent problem that threatens our planet; one does not. I want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics.
Of course, neither candidate has specified what hard decisions he will make to get our economy back on track while also balancing the budget. But in the end, what matters most isn't the shape of any particular proposal; it's the work that must be done to bring members of Congress together to achieve bipartisan solutions.
Presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan both found success while their parties were out of power in Congress -- and President Obama can, too. If he listens to people on both sides of the aisle, and builds the trust of moderates, he can fulfill the hope he inspired four years ago and lead our country toward a better future for my children and yours. And that's why I will be voting for him.
(Michael R. Bloomberg is mayor of New York and founder and majority owner of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/bloomberg-endorses-obama-saying-hurricane-sandy-affected-decision.html?hp&_r=0
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-01/ny-mayor-bloomberg-endorse-obama-in-presidential-race.html
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Mr. Arias-Marxuach is a civil and commercial litigator who handles a wide range of disputes. He has played key roles in some of the most unique cases handled by the Firm in the past two decades. These cases have ranged from a civil rights complaint brought on behalf of one of the largest retailers in the Island against a Secretary of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to multiple injunctive relief cases brought on behalf of the University of Puerto Rico and arising from system wide student unrest.
The main component of his practice is the defense of claims arising from distribution and sales representation contracts and he has taught a law school course on this subject.
Mr. Arias-Marxuach also defends personal injury and products liability claims. Most of his products liability work has been on behalf of medical device manufacturers. Maritime law is a component of his practice as well. He has prosecuted a complex refrigerated cargo claim and has defended complex maritime personal injury cases.
He has substantial jury trial and appellate experience. He has been on brief and successfully argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in multiple cases.
Mr. Arias-Marxuach is ranked as one of Puerto Rico's Leading Attorneys in the Dispute Resolution field by the international publication Chambers & Partners in both its Global and its Latin America Guides. He is also ranked in the Civil Rights Law and the Litigation fields of The Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico guide.
Before joining the Firm, he clerked for the Honorable Antonio S. Negrón-García who was, at the time, the most senior and prolific Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court.
Mr. Arias-Marxuach co-authored: Civil Appeal Procedures in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, published in "Civil Appeal Procedures Worldwide", International Bar Association (1992).
Obtained orders in limine striking expert witnesses' reports and expected testimony. See Jiménez-Carrelo v. Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., 777 F.Supp. 2d 315 (D.P.R. 2011)(medical device case); Matosantos Commercial Corp. v. SCA Tissue North America, LLC., 369 F.Supp.2d 191, 67 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 240 (D.P.R. 2005)(distribution contract case).