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Why the 9/11 Families Are So Angry With the PGA Tour — ProPublica

The PGA Tour seized on alleged Saudi connections to the 9/11 attacks when opposing the Saudi-funded LIV Golf tour. But in partnering with LIV, families of the 9/11 victims say the PGA has “done a complete 180.”
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/pga-liv-golf-saudi-911-families

The call is coming from inside the house: White Christian churches as incubators of anti-democratic sentiment – Baptist News Global

The call is coming from inside the house: White Christian churches as incubators of anti-democratic sentiment – Baptist News Global
— Read on baptistnews.com/article/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-white-christian-churches-as-incubators-of-anti-democratic-sentiment/

Atlas Obscura – Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations

In Detroit, no summer is complete without a frothy ice cream–based drink called, oddly enough, the “Boston Cooler.” Born in Boston, the Cooler reached its zenith in Detroit soda fountains of the mid-1900s, where soda jerks blended ice cream and local Vernors ginger soda to make a bubbly milkshake that locals say holds its consistency better than a root beer float. Source: Atlas Obscura – Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations

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Hippocrates’ Kos

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Kos, 2017

I-am consacrat o după-amiază întreagă lui Hippocrate, doctorul născut la Kos în jurul anilor 400 î.Hr, în influenta confrerie a Asklepiazilor formată din preoți, vindecători și slujitori ai templului lui Asklepios care dobândiseră privilegiul de a practica medicina.

După ce a studiat cu Democrit, Hippocrate a călătorit în toată Grecia antică și în Asia, pentru ca, la întoarcerea în Kos, să predea și să practice profesia de medic.

Numele i s-a perpetuat datorită faimosului său jurământ, emoționant prin actualitatea sa, pe care medicii din toata lumea merg și în zilele noastre în mod organizat, la absolviri sau reuniuni de promoții, ca să-l (re)depună la altarul templului.

Principiile sale de acum douăzeci și cinci de secole susțin ideea revoluționară că vindecarea depinde numai de știința medicului și de efortul pacientului de a-i pune în practică recomandările, și nu de bunăvoința zeilor.

Am aflat multe detalii despre istoria medicinei antice…

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Justice Department Secures Consent Decree in Louisiana School Desegregation Case | OPA | Department of Justice

The department presented evidence at district court hearings in April 2021, August 2022 and March 2023 showing that St. Martin Parish has long maintained a dual system of racially identifiable elementary schools in the St. Martinville and Catahoula attendance zones. Under the terms of the consent order, the district will, among other requirements:

  • Enhance educational opportunities in the historically Black attendance zone of St. Martinville by creating a robust magnet program to attract students from across the district;
  • Work with the department, private plaintiffs and community members to develop and implement a robust magnet program;
  • Hire and train the staff necessary to support these students and ensure the success of the magnet program; and
  • Advertise and grant student transfers to promote opportunities and further desegregation in all district schools.

Source: Justice Department Secures Consent Decree in Louisiana School Desegregation Case | OPA | Department of Justice