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US emboldening crackdown on activists, Palestinian writer tells Post – The Jerusalem Post

“The widespread discontent with the Palestinian Authority has nothing to do with Hamas. It is the result of rampant corruption and assaults on public freedoms. There is no rule of law; people no longer feel safe and secure under the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority’s repressive actions are fueling the anger on the Palestinian street.”
Harhash said that when PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced his decision earlier this year to hold parliamentary and presidential elections, he did so because he was seeking legitimacy that would pave the way for the US administration to resume financial aid to the PA leadership.
“But when President Abbas cancelled the elections, the US, instead of reprimanding him, rewarded him with money,” she said. “The US move was a mistake and it sent the wrong message to the Palestinian leadership – that it no longer needs to obtain legitimacy from the Palestinians because it already secured unconditional US financial aid. Now the Palestinian leaders feel free to go after anyone who speaks out against them.”

Asked if she was afraid for her life after the death of Banat, Harhash told the Post: “Of course I’m afraid. I’m not the only one who’s afraid. There are several other activists and journalists who are very worried. There is no difference between those who torched my car and those who killed Nizar Banat. They want to silence us; they want to intimidate us. The killing of Banat was aimed at sending a warning to people like me that we must keep our mouths shut in the face of this US-backed corrupt, totalitarian and criminal regime.”  Source: US emboldening crackdown on activists, Palestinian writer tells Post – The Jerusalem Post

Sir James Matthew Barrie padre di Peter Pan

le pagine dei nostri libri

J.-M.-Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, I baronetto, nacque nel 1860 a Kirriemuir in Scozia , ultimo di 10 figli di una famiglia di tessitori di provincia. Era un bambino gracile che cercava di attirare le attenzioni dei genitori e dei fratelli raccontando storie fantasiose.

Il fratello maggiore David morì per un incidente di pattinaggio sul ghiaccio il giorno prima del suo 14º compleanno e James cercò di consolare la madre, che era in preda alla disperazione, arrivando a indossare i vestiti del fratello morto e fischiettando come faceva lui. Dopo la morte della madre James pubblicò nel 1896 Margaret Ogilvy, una sua biografia in suo onore.

All’età di 8 anni, Barrie venne mandato a studiare fuori casa, poi a 13 all’Accademia di Dumfries e infine conseguì la laurea all’Università di Edimburgo nel 1882.

Nel 1885 egli si recò a Londra per intraprendere la carriera di scrittore e nel 1888 raggiunse una…

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Let’s eat to feed our souls in 5 Simple Steps.

Good advice backed with facts!

Smiling Little Things

How tempting it sounds, If I tell you you can actually feed your soul through the food you take. We all knowingly or unknowingly are actually feeding not just our hungry stomachs but we often try to nourish our lanky souls. You would agree to this, whenever you feel upset you try to reach to a chocolate or that delicious slice of cake to cheer yourself up. Often emotional eating habits land us into being obese or even into auto immune disorders. A recent Finnish studypublished from Department of Public Health at the University of Helsinki, Finland, found that the immune system seems to play a significant role in eating disorders. In fact, the research revealed that 8.9% of participants with eating disorders also had an autoimmune disease compared to 5.4% of healthy participants. If we try to get more deeper into this we will realise that more we start…

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Little Musicians

yaskhan

I am a listener of birdsongs
Their rhythmic cadence carries me along.

Drenching the senses by their consonance
Sheer beauty of lyrical opulence.

They chase the anguish from my heart
Refresh the space of routes they chart.

Orchestrating ballads as the sun comes out
Little musicians warbling in nature's hangout.

To harmonize the atmosphere
With sounds of goodwill and cheer.

In the soft caress of zephyr that carries
Symphony of ditties over meadows, valleys.

Across expanse of the cosmos
Embracing the world with melodic notes.

Without syllables in their descant
Their aria sounds like a meaningful chant.

The sky smiles as their laughter resounds
In empyrean's cerulean playground.

Like rainbow clouds that light up the sky
I scribble words in the air and let them fly.

It's like tasting the air, becoming alive
When birds sing, it's like a fresh round of air supply.

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Why Brazil’s indigenous people fight for the Amazon rainforest | Nixiwaka Yawanawá | TEDxBedford — msamba

Barbara Crane Navarro

Nixiwaka Yawanawá is a member of the Yawanawá tribe — a community of indigenous people who live within the Amazon rainforest — on the Acre River Headwaters Indigenous Land. Like many other Amazonian tribes, the Yawanawá rely on the rainforest for their subsistence, and the land holds a very deep spiritual significance, Nixiwaka says. However,[…]

Why Brazil’s indigenous people fight for the Amazon rainforest | Nixiwaka Yawanawá | TEDxBedford — msamba

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ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE !

Barbara Crane Navarro

“Yanomami observant un site minier d’or sur leur territoire” – Photo des Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela et montage photo: Barbara Crane Navarro

« Hey – Regardez nous

Nous vous voyons

Nous avons essayé de vous montrer

Vous n’avez jamais pris la peine d’apprendre notre langue

Vous regardiez toujours vers le bas

Nous vous prévenons depuis le début

a terre est vivante

Cette terre ne peut pas être possédé

Cette terre c’est nous

Nous tous

Vous vouliez les pierres

L’Or

Vos choses brillantes

Titres – Drapeaux – Bénéfices

Vous avez appelé ça progrès

Nous avons essayé de vous apprendre

Mais vous avez toujours été si gourmand

Trop primitif – Trop sauvage

pour comprendre

Maintenant vous apportez toujours des malédictions sur les Yanomami

Les maladies

Et encore une fois, nous en mourrons

t toutes les terres indigènes sont transformées en

cendres et boue

Cinq siècles

Vous n’avez jamais levé les yeux…

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Mais ataques! Funai intimida Univaja, organização indígena do Vale do Javari — Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato — Mágica Mistura✨

Barbara Crane Navarro

Foto: Roberto Stuckert Filho/ Arquivo O Globo Nas últimas semanas, o Presidente da Funai vem movendo inquéritos policiais contra lideranças e organizações indígenas, com o objetivo de intimidar e calar as vozes do movimento indígena. 50 morewords

Mais ataques! Funai intimida Univaja, organização indígena do Vale do Javari — Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato — Mágica Mistura✨

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Day 40/67 of GED in Five Months, cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse, and, standing like an Adult

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

 Adulting includes learning which languages work to help you learn best, such as the language of music: musical learning for facts vegetable, mineral, and mathematical, especially quadratical, and maybe even songs for finding out where your law-makers stand.  🙂    How, by the way, would you find out where your Congressmen and State Assembly/State Senate representatives stand on various issues of concern to you?

Start of week 11/18
Day 40, Week 11
Grammar: Frequently confused words: affect/effect and here/hear
Math: Pythagorean Theorem!!!
Day 40 Exit Ticket
(Day 39Day 41)
(Extra points for online sources on “biogeochemical cycles” that do not come from ‘pedia! 🙂

Action Items:

1.) Where does this quote “…cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse…” come from, and do you like it?

2.) Please explain how it may (or may not) help learners…

3.) Write a…

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