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Oaxaca: Third Anniversary of Nochixtlan
Nochixtlan 2016 (@Animal Político)
On June 19th, three years after the police eviction of a blockade carried out in opposition to the educational reform in Nochixtlan, which left eight people dead and 198 wounded by firearms, thousands of professors from Section 22 of the National Union of Education Workers (CNTE in its Spanish acronym) marched to demand that the current government imprison former President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), former Secretaries of the Interior and Public Education, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong and Aurelio Nuño Mayer, as well as former governor of Oaxaca, Gabino Cue Monteagudo for their responsibility in the massacre. Similarly, they demanded punishment for the material authors, among which are elements of the Federal and State Police, for the crimes of genocide, homicide, attempted homicide, abuse of authority and injuries.
They denounced the lack of progress in response to their demands for justice, truth, reparation for the damage and non-repetition of events of this nature. They recalled that the case of Nochixtlan was sent to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for the extrajudicial execution of persons.
The march culminated with a rally before the "Monument to the Fallen". Eloy Lopez Hernandez, Secretary General of Section 22, highlighted the work in defense of education that three years ago society in general and teachers defended "to the ultimate consequences, a unity that the people must maintain and with which they will face the neoliberal projects that the current president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador intends to impose such as the Interoceanic projects in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec or the Maya Train in the southeast."
For his part, the member of the Committee of Victims for Justice and Truth June 19 (COVIC in its Spanish acronym), Daniel Mayoral Lopez, reported that victims and their families continue to suffer harassment and assaults: "the last occurred on Tuesday, June 18th, when unknown persons vandalized the victims' monument", he said.
"The repression experienced on June 19th, 2016 in Asuncion Nochixtlan by state and federal forces that claimed the lives of eight civilians, was the result of an action by state to "punish" those who resist and oppose the projects that from the government they intend to impose", the defender of Human Rights and presbyter, Miguel Concha said, on celebrating a mass at the end of the meeting.
On the same day of the commemoration, the state government appointed the former inspector general of the Ombudsman for Human Rights of the People of Oaxaca, Juan Rodriguez Ramos, special commissioner for the events that took place on June 19th, 2016. However, survivors of the eviction have rejected this appointment.
Demandan justicia en marcha por tres años de la masacre de Nochixtlán (La Jornada, 19 de junio de 2019)
A tres años de Nochixtlán, sobrevivientes exigen justicia (Proceso, 19 de junio de 2019)
A tres años, sobrevivientes del fallido desalojo en Nochxitlán exigen justicia y castigo a Peña Nieto y Gabino Cué (Página3.mx, 19 de junio de 2019)
Juan Rodríguez, comisionado especial por hechos violentos de 2016 (Quadratin, 19 de junio de 2019)
Víctimas de Nochixtlán, sin justicia a 3 años del enfrentamiento (El Imparcial, 20 de junio de 2019)
19 de junio ¡Ni perdón ni olvido! (NVI Noticias, 20 de junio de 2019)
Oaxaca/National: CNDH Issues Recommendation for Serious Human Rights Violations during Events in Nochixtlan on June 16th, 2016 (October 28, 2017)
Oaxaca: Impunidad amparada por el gobierno a dos años de Nochixtlán: ONU-DH (June 22, 2018)
Oaxaca: President of Nochixtlan Victims Committee Attacked (April 12, 2018)
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Oaxaca/International: Oaxaca Consortium Presents Damian Gallardo Case to UN Committee against Torture (CAT)
On May 16th, the Oaxacan organization Consortium for Parliamentary Dialogue and Equity filed a complaint with the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) within the framework of the 66th period of sessions of that body, for torture and serious violations of the guarantees of the defender of human rights, Damian Gallardo Martinez from his detention on May 18th, 2013 until his release on December 28th, 2018. It is worth noting that, since 2002, one of the powers of the CAT is to be able to hear individual complaints.
Consortium explained that by resorting to this mechanism "justice is sought not only in the individual case but to generate a precedent that transcends and ends with the criminalization of social protest and the use of torture in arbitrary arrests of defenders in Oaxaca." It recalled that "Gallardo Martinez was arbitrarily detained on May 18th, 2013, within the framework of the criminalization of the teachers' struggle and social protest, deployed during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto against opponents of the "educational reform""; and that "during the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto, at least 141 arbitrary detentions of defenders in Oaxaca have been documented."
Consortium also emphasized that "in the case of the state of Oaxaca, there is not a single sentence for torture to date"; and that "at national level, sentences are also very rare." It indicated that in the case of Gallardo Martinez, after six years of denouncing torture, "progress in the investigations is null and void", which is why it "decided to seek justice at the international level by filing a complaint with the United Nations."
The complaint asked the CAT to urge the Mexican State to prosecute, and punish with appropriate penalties all state agents and authorities responsible for violations of the Convention Against Torture as well as to fully compensate for the damage suffered, including "a public acknowledgment of responsibility that impacts on the cessation of the criminalization of social protest in Oaxaca"; among other demands.
Denuncia ONG a México ante la ONU (Vanguardia, 18 de mayo de 2019)
Denuncia al Estado mexicano por tortura (NVI Noticias, 17 de mayo de 2019)
Frente a impunidad en el país se denuncia ante la ONU a Estado Mexicano por Tortura en el caso de Damián Gallardo Martínez (Consorcio, 16 de mayo de 2019)
Oaxaca : Exigen atención para 33 personas defensoras de derechos humanos bajo procesos judiciales (3 de agosto de 2018)
Nacional/Oaxaca: German Coordination for Human Rights in Mexico (April 10, 2017)
Oaxaca: Demand for the immediate release of Damian Gallardo (December 30, 2014)
Oaxaca: 16 months after the imprisonment of Damian Gallardo, and following call from the UN, there is no response from the Mexican State (October 12, 2014)
Oaxaca/National: Assault on teacher Damian Gallardo in a prison of Jalisco (June 13, 2014)
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Oaxaca/Guerrero/National: Political Prisoners, Teachers and Activists Freed. Others Awaiting Rulings on their Cases
On December 28th, 12 political prisoners were released, mainly teachers attached to the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE in its Spanish acronym) and activists. The spokesperson for Section 22 of Oaxaca, Wilber Santiago, declared that this act signifies a triumph for the CNTE, since the teachers were fighting for more than five years for their freedom.
The people who were released are: Leonel Manzano, Sara Altamirano, Mario Olivera Osorio, Lauro Atilano Grijalbo Villalobos, Luis Gutierrez Saldivar, David Vargas Araujo, Alejandra Chavez Chavez, Alejandro Sandoval Martinez, Faustino Diego, Alberto Sandoval Rodriguez, Jose Ambrosio Martinez and Enrique Warrior Aviña.
"We thank the members of the new Government who knew how to keep the promise given to the democratic teachers' movement", the ex-prisoners said. The secretary general of Section 22 of the CNTE, Eloy Lopez, said for his part that, "today is not a celebration, it is a struggle and protest to demand the release of all political prisoners in the country who are still behind bars as hostages of an authoritarian policy that was implemented by Enrique Peña Nieto."
His release was celebrated by the senator from Morena, Nestora Salgado, who on December 14th gave the Secretariat of the Interior (SEGOB in its Spanish acronym) a list of 199 cases of detainees that she considers "political prisoners" (180 men and 19 women), and who seek to benefit from an eventual amnesty law.
On December 28th, members of the Movement for the Freedom of Political Prisoners from the state of Guerrero demanded the release of 19 members of the Council of Ejidos and Communities Opposed to the La Parota Dam (CECOP in its Spanish acronym) and the Community Police of the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC in its Spanish acronym), who claim they are imprisoned unjustly, without evidence and imputed fabricated crimes. Kenya Hernandez, a member of the movement, said that in meetings with officials of the Ministry of the Interior (SRGOB) they were informed that the process will be slow, as the amnesty law is in progress.
It should be explained that some people do not want to be released through an amnesty law but to be cleared of the crimes that have been imputed to them.
Agradecen presos políticos de CNTE libertad a AMLO (El Imparcial de Oaxaca, 30 de diciembre de 2018)
Maestros que fueran presos políticos son liberados por AMLO; "Agradecemos a los integrantes del nuevo Gobierno que supieron cumplir la palabra dada al movimiento democrático magisterial": Leonel Manzano (Revolución 3.0, 30 de diciembre de 2018)
Liberan a 12 presos políticos ligados a la CNTE; aquí algunos casos que se revisarán para amnistía (Animal Político, 29 de diciembre de 2018)
Exigen liberación de 19 presos políticos de Guerrero (Regeneración, 28 de diciembre de 2018)
AMLO va por la liberación de indígenas y maestros: se da a conocer la primera lista con 25 presos políticos que serán sujetos de amnistía (Revolución 3,0, 27 de diciembre de 2018)
Guerrero / National: Nestora Salgado announces campaign for the freedom of political prisoners (September 16th, 2018)
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National: AMLO Presents Plan to Cancel Educational Reform
(@La Brecha)
On December 12th, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) presented a plan to cancel the Educational Reform, one of his campaign promises. He announced the creation of the National Center for the Revaluation of Teaching and the Continuous Improvement of Education that will replace the National Institute for the Evaluation of Education (INEE in tis Spanish acronym), ceasing to be an autonomous mechanism to depend on the Ministry of Public Education (SEP in its Spanish acronym). AMLO said that it was a "commitment fulfilled, teachers" and there would be no return "to disrespecting" teachers with "punitive" evaluations.
AMLO also reported that some imprisoned teachers who had been arrested in protest against the first structural reform of his predecessor, former president Enrique Peña Nieto in 2013, will be released. It was also announced that around a thousand teachers will be reinstated in their posts, after they were dismissed for having failed the teacher evaluation, one of the components of the application of the educational reform.
In addition, the new project contemplates ratifying the obligation and extending free education to the upper and university level. In addition, it proposes the creation of 100 public universities and the granting of 300 thousand scholarships to students from low-income families.
The Secretary of Public Education, Esteban Moctezuma Barragan, said that the teacher is recognized for the first time as an agent of change and said that "the Education Reform of the federal government will propose the regional vision of education, which will promote the formulation of differentiated content for regions of Mexico." Therefore, the initiative proposes an emphasis on indigenous, bilingual and bicultural education. There will be food support in vulnerable areas, and disadvantaged students will be supported.
The National Union of Education Workers (SNTE in its Spanish acronym) and the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE in its Spanish acronym) celebrated the cancellation of the educational reform. The CNTE considered that the AMLO proposal does not represent a concession by the president, but rather is the product of the demands and the process of struggle of the "democratic" teachers.
The initiative of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will be analyzed until February 2019 in the Chamber of Deputies. The opposition warned that it will not allow "regressions" in education or that any form of teacher evaluation by an autonomous body be canceled.
Esto es lo que AMLO quiere 'borrar' de la reforma educativa de Peña (ADN Político, 14 de diciembre de 2018)
Cuáles son las funciones del Instituto de Evaluación Educativa y las repercusiones que tendría su desaparición (Animal Político, 14 de diciembre de 2018)
AMLO entierra la reforma educativa y elimina al INEE (El Universal, 14 de diciembre de 2018)
¿Qué contempla la nueva reforma educativa de AMLO en México? (CNN, 13 de diciembre de 2018)
Reforma educativa de AMLO elimina la evaluación docente, pero no define cómo asignarán (Radio Formula, 12 de diciembre de 2018)
Firma AMLO iniciativa que cancela reforma educativa (La Jornada, 12 de diciembre de 2018)
AMLO firma iniciativa para derogar la reforma educativa peñista (Proceso, 12 de diciembre de 2018)
Cancelación del INEE, becas y más universidades: puntos clave de la iniciativa de reforma educativa de AMLO (Animal Político, 12 de diciembre de 2018)
Cancelar Reforma Educativa no es concesión de AMLO: CNTE (La Jornada, 12 de diciembre de 2018)
Nueva 'reforma educativa' se analizará en 2019; oposición advierte que no pasará (ADN Político, 12 de diciembre de 2018)
El gobierno inicia liberación de maestros que cataloga como presos políticos (ADN Político, 12 de diciembre de 2018)
Chiapas: Mass Mobilization of CNTE in Chiapas (April 28th, 2018)
Oaxaca/ Nacional: La CNTE y la Segob acuerdan mesas de negociación (13 de julio de 2016)
Chiapas/Oaxaca/Guerrero: Teachers Continue Mobilizations Due to Lack of Agreements over Educational Reform (June 30th, 2016)
Nacional : impasse en dialogo entre el Magisterio y el gobierno; parcial regreso a clases (2 de septiembre de 2016)
Chiapas: Violent Eviction of the Sit-in of Teachers from San Cristobal (July 25th, 2016)
Oaxaca: Human Rights Organizations Present Report on Repression in Nochixtlan (July 18th, 2016)
URGENT RELEASE: REPRESSION OF TEACHERS IN OAXACA (June 22nd, 2016)
Chiapas/Oaxaca: Actualización de las protestas magisteriales; al menos 6 muertos en Oaxaca (21 de junio de 2016)
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Oaxaca: 22 Members of Sol Rojo (Red Sun) Released
Press conference of the Coordination for the Release of Criminalized Defenders in Oaxaca (@Consorcio)
In a statement published on November 6th, the Coordination for the Release of Criminalized Defenders of Oaxaca reported that "after more than three years of facing a judicial process with serious violations of due process, torture and incommunicado detention, 22 members of the organization Corriente del Pueblo Sol Rojo [Current of the Red Sun People] were freed from criminal case 30/2015 in which they were accused of terrorism and carrying a weapon (molotov cocktail). This freedom was given in resolution of the incident promoted in August by the lawyer and defender Ernesto Sernas, rejecting a series of tests used by the Attorney General of the Republic's office. It should be recalled that these people were arbitrarily arrested on June 7th, 2015 in retaliation for their participation in a peaceful demonstration called by Section 22 of the Oaxacan teachers in the context of the elections on the same day. Their trial was at all times plagued by serious irregularities; also the members of Sol Rojo suffered torture during their detention, as well as during transfers and arrivals in prisons. This torture has left serious consequences on physical and emotional levels."
The Coordination stressed that with this decision – in which it was observed "action on political direction on the part of the Attorney General of the Republic, when imputing crimes that they never committed in coordination with federal and state police bodies" is evidenced once again the "policy of criminalization" of Enrique Peña Nieto against human rights defenders, the "serious pattern of criminalization in Oaxaca" and the urgency that all these serious violations be punished promptly and in accordance with the law.
It also demanded the presentation of the defender Ernesto Sernas who is missing, since last May 10th for reasons that they believe have to do with his defense work in favor of the organization Sol Rojo, in the context that so far "there has been no progress in the investigations to find his whereabouts."
It reaffirmed its position in favor of the liberation of all the defenders of Oaxaca who remain unjustly in prison as "reprisal" for their legitimate defense work. It also urged the authorities to act against the high risk in which members of Sol Rojo remain who have suffered serious and permanent attacks.
Defensores de DH integrantes de la organización Sol Rojo en libertad mediante sentencia absolutoria, luego de tres años de proceso judicial (Coordinación para la Libertad de Personas Defensoras Criminalizadas en Oaxaca, 6 de noviembre de 2018)
22 presos políticos de Sol Rojo fueron puestos en libertad (Libertad Oaxaca, 6 de noviembre de 2018)
Dejan en libertad a 22 presos políticos en Oaxaca (Siete Días Oaxaca, 6 de noviembre de 2018)
Anuncian la liberación de 22 activistas de Oaxaca presos por delitos federales (Despertar de Oaxaca, 7 de noviembre de 2018)
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Chiapas: Mass Mobilization of CNTE in Chiapas
March on April 10th, 2018 (@Pozol)
Under the slogan "48-Hour Teachers and Popular Strike Towards National Teacher and Popular Strike", on April 10th, thousands of teachers of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE in its Spanish acronym), parents of families, displaced indigenous peoples, student teachers and members of more than 60 campesino social organizations, marched in Tuxtla Gutiérrez against educational reform and declared themselves in favor of creating a "national united front" to face "the onslaught of the federal government with its public policies and legal reforms that criminalize social protest, which generate unemployment with massive layoffs, suspended payments to teachers, which continues to reduce spending on health and education while increasing it for electoral campaigns." The mobilization was led by 59 families of displaced indigenous people from Puebla ejido in Chenalho who stated that the government still has not meet their demands to return to their homes.
In other protest actions, they also took over the toll booth on the Tuxtla-San Cristobal highway, conducted an information dissemination brigade in public markets and commercial centers, and visited public and private radio and television stations to publicize the reasons for their protests.
Teachers mobilized despite threats that there would be deductions from their salaries for days they did not show up for work. In this framework, the Ministry of Education stated that "our position is clear: there will be discounts if they do not show up for work. We have met our part of the agreement, for that reason we make an attentive call to the teachers so that they do not put their union interests before the continuity of educational services."
The CNTE said that if there are no negotiations with the Ministry of the Interior, there will be stoppages on April 30th, May 1st and 2nd.
Marchan en Chiapas contra la reforma educativa y proponen un frente nacional (Proceso, 9 de abril de 2018)
Desplazados se suman a marchas (Aquí Noticias, 9 de abril de 2018)
CNTE en Chiapas levanta paro y anuncia otro de tres días en protesta contra la reforma educativa (Proceso, 10 de abril de 2018)
Maestros levantan plantón, pero amenazan con regresar (NVI Noticias, 11 de abril de 2018)
Chiapas/Oaxaca/Nacional: Ante falta de acuerdos sobre la reforma educativa en el diálogo, el magisterio sigue con las movilizaciones (28 de junio de 2016)
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Oaxaca: President of Nochixtlan Victims Committee Attacked
Photo @ SinEmbargo
On the morning of April 1st, the president of the Nochixtlan Victims Committee (COVIC in its Spanish acronym), Santiago Ambrosio Hernandez, was found tied up in his house with signs of torture.
El Debate reported that Ambrosio was attacked in Asuncion Nochixtlan by four individuals who entered his house by force and began to beat him. He was wounded with a knife in the back and arms and received several kicks to the body.
After the attack, he was admitted to a private hospital in Oaxaca, "where he was already visited by the Attorney General of Oaxaca and by staff of the General Secretariat of the State Government (SEGEGO)." In light of the incident, Ambrosio filed a complaint with the Ombudsman for the Human Rights of the People of Oaxaca (DDHPO in its Spanish acronym) and a complaint to the Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca.
On April 2ndi in a press conference, the secretary general of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE in its Spanish acronym) demanded the removal of state forces from Nochixtlan and blamed the attack on "the municipal and state governments," whom he also accused of "avoiding continuing the investigation of the violent events of June 19th, 2016, where eight people died and more than 100 were injured."
It is worth remembering that the conflict in Nochixtlan resurfaced on March 26th of this year, when residents opposed the removal of vehicles that were set on fire during the confrontation with the federal police on June 19th, 2016.
Santiago Ambrosio, líder cívico de Nochixtlán, es agredido y torturado en su domicilio (Sin Embargo, 1 de abril de 2018)
Atacan a líder de Nochixtlán (Huffington Post, 1 de abril de 2018)
Líder de Nochixtlan fue torturado por 4 desconocidos (El Debate, 1 de abril de 2018)
Sección 22 pide desaparición de poderes en Nochixtlán, Oaxaca (El Imparcial de Oaxaca, 2 de abril de 2018)
Pide CNTE desaparición de poderes en Nochixtlán (Oaxaca Quadratín, 2 de abril de 2018)
Oaxaca: Resurge la tensión en Nochixtlán (28 de marzo de 2018)
Oaxaca/Nacional: CNDH emite recomendación por violaciones graves a derechos humanos en los hechos de violencia ocurridos en Nochixtlán, el 16 de junio de 2016 (19 de octubre de 2017)
Oaxaca/Guerrero: Balean autobús de víctimas de Nochixtlán (28 de julio de 2017)
Oaxaca: Persisten agresiones y hostigamientos hacia víctimas de Nochixtlán (24 de abril de 2017)
Oaxaca: Comité de Víctimas de Nochixtlán denuncia "intento de homicidio" contra dos de sus integrantes (7 de marzo de 2017)
Oaxaca: Organizaciones de Derechos Humanos presentan informe sobre represión en Nochixtlán (11 de julio de 2016)
Oaxaca/Nacional: Allanan casa de fotoperiodista que cubrió hechos en Nochixtlán (4 de septiembre de 2016)
BOLETÍN URGENTE: REPRESIÓN MAGISTERIAL EN OAXACA (22 de junio de 2016)
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Senior basketball player Parker Hill is shown standing next to a fellow teammate as apart of the Washington Post's first team All- Met. Hill was selected to the first team for the 2020 season.
By Justin Greenzaid, Sports Editor
The novel coronavirus pandemic has stolen from many people in the WCHS community, but none more than the WCHS girls basketball team and current WCHS senior Parker Hill. The team was set to play their semi-final game in the Maryland State Tournament when it was initially delayed, and then cancelled entirely due to the spreading pandemic. The WCHS team was a favorite to win the state championship. For the upperclassmen and leaders of the team, it was crushing.
"Being denied the chance to compete for the championship last year was devastating as I believe we stood a high chance of winning," Hill said. "Personally, my mom had won her state championship in her junior year and I had looked forward to the possible generational success story. It was definitely a let down, considering our undefeated season and winning momentum heading into the final four but I like to appreciate that things look bright in my future."
A year later and the team would have no season at all, one of the only sports in the county to not have a season. With all this time off from playing, it is easy for one to get out of shape and lose motivation. But, this is not the case for Hill, who works out consistently even in the off season. Hill, unlike many other high school players, has a long road ahead of her in her basketball career as she is committed to play women's basketball at Princeton University beginning next fall.
"Currently my practice routine is working out with my individual coach Larry Gray at his gym four times a week,"Hill said. "Mostly, I am preparing for college basketball by doing some agility training, honing my shot, and generally upping the level of my play,"
One may think getting an offer to attend the prestigious University of Princeton is enough of an accomplishment. But, on top of that Hill has way more. As a junior, Hill was selected to The Washington Post's 2020 Girls Basketball All-Metropolitan first team, which is one of the highest honors for a high school athlete in the DMV area. She was also invited to the team USA U16 team trials in 2019 and McDonald's All-American evaluation event in 2020.
"It is difficult to pick the best basketball accomplishment because they all fall into different spheres," Hill said. "But I would say making the Washington Post All-Mets First team was an extremely big deal for me. I had not seen it coming and was genuinely astonished at the talent that surrounded me when I went to do the photoshoot for the team."
Hill has played for the WCHS basketball team since her freshman year and has grown as a player as she's progressed through high school. Hill averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 3.5 steals per game during the 2020 high school season when the WCHS team made their state-semifinal run.
"Playing for Churchill has developed my skills as a forward. Prior to playing for Churchill I played mostly guard positions on my club teams and even a point guard in one of my earlier years of travel basketball," Hill said. "It has also improved my leadership skills as although I wasn't a captain last year, the other players still respected me as a knowledgeable player."
Hill was a huge contributor to the team's success and many of the younger players have looked up to her as she shows a lot of leadership. Making sure she leaves an impact on the team for years to come is something Hill made sure of doing, as she has taught the underclassmen how to be good teammates and well rounded players.
"Last year when I was a freshman, I liked her headstrong leadership. I appreciated when she would run over plays with me during practice," WCHS sophomore guard Dillan George said. "She is a great teammate and an even better player. We'll all miss having Parker on the team and I look forward to watching her play at the next level."
Achieving the likes of a player like Hill is certainly not easy and takes a lot of hard work. From the very beginning of her playing career she was motivated to be the best. She started playing at a young age when her mother introduced her to the sport and put her on a team.
She played not only basketball, but also other sports when she was younger. As a very tall and athletic kid, Hill was naturally talented at virtually every sport. However, basketball stood out to her since she thoroughly enjoyed it. She focused more and more on basketball and never looked back.
"Parker is a very hard worker. She has played AAU ball for years, and even during this past year, she continued to work on her game. Her work ethic, combined with her talent, is a great combo," WCHS girls basketball coach Katelyn Blanken said. "She has an extremely supportive family, who has committed a lot of time to practices, games, and tournaments over the years!"
In the future, Hill looks ahead to her academic and athletic career at Princeton, and maybe even the professional level from there. For now she is continuing to train hard, preparing for the next level and continuing to enjoy her high school years at WCHS. Even for a dedicated athlete like Hill, it is certainly important to have some fun from time to time.
Hill has the entire WCHS community supporting her, especially her teammates that she has impacted in such a positive way in the past few years. It is safe to say she is going to continue to excel at what she does and make a name for herself.
"I am most excited to play basketball at Princeton next year. The team and school are the perfect fit for me athletically and academically and I look forward to winning the Ivy League and getting into the NCAA tournament," Hill said.
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European Firms, Accelerators Head To Tel Aviv With Over $300M To Invest In Israeli Startups
By Viva Sarah Press and Ricky Ben-David, NoCamels March 13, 2019 5 minutes
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Israel's "special relationship" with the United States, the world's most powerful economy and Israel's largest trading partner, has made it a top destination for Israeli startups and companies seeking to take their tech global.
According to Start-Up Nation Central's Finder database which tracks Israel's tech ecosystem, there are over 1,850 Israeli companies with at least one US address, out of a total of more than 6,200 startups and firms. And there are significant – and growing – Israeli high-tech communities in Silicon Valley and New York primarily.
American firms and multinationals also make up the majority of foreign investors in Israeli companies and buyers of Israeli startups. A recent report by the IVC Research Center noted that, in 2018, 78 percent of buyers of Israeli companies were American, up from 43 percent in 2017. America's biggest multinationals – Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon – all have Israel-based operations.
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Europe, meanwhile, is Israel's second-largest trading partner, but it runs a number of government-led programs aimed at collaboration. Its peerless Horizon 2020 initiative, a research and innovation project with nearly €80 billion ($90 million) of funding available over seven years (2014-2020), has seen over €700 million ($791 million) in grants handed to Israeli researchers and entrepreneurs so far, according to Ruth Friedel, European Programs Manager at ISERD – The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate.
"In this platform, Israel is quite active, through things like consortiums, and academia, and our job is to promote and maximize Israeli participation," Friedel tells NoCamels.
And Europe appears to be hungry for more Israeli innovation.
Next week, Israel will host European representatives of top tech accelerators and companies across the continent for the fifth installment of the Europe Days conference, which serves as a platform to leverage the huge business potential between Israel and Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
Over €300 million ($335 million) in funding opportunities will be on the table for the event, gathering European companies and investors, and some 200 Israeli entrepreneurs.
Gilli Cegla, the conference founder, an entrepreneur and investor specializing in European markets, tells NoCamels the goal "is to bring more awareness and create more business between Israeli and European tech ecosystems."
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"By default, Israeli startups go to the US and I think they're missing an opportunity that is around the corner. If I fly between three-and-a-half and five hours [from Israel], I can tap into very wealthy and established economies," Cegla says.
The conference combines talks, round tables, 1:1 meetings and other networking opportunities, all aimed at maximizing business between the participants. Companies set to attend the March 19 event include Metro, a large European retailer, hub:raum, the tech incubator by German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom, Swiss telecoms provider Swisscom, and Wayra by Telefonica. They will present funding opportunities as well as various business opportunities to Israeli startups.
From previous conferences, Cegla says the event has proven a 15 percent conversion rate when it comes to Israeli startups finding European collaborations.
After last year's event, Israel's Texel, which provides a white-label VR provisioning solution for broadcasters or content owners, signed a collaboration deal with European sports channel Sport1.
Cegla tells NoCamels that there are three tiers of firms from the business arena looking to Israel for innovation: the big corporations, the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the accelerators.
"The very big corporations have innovation but always need a special sauce in certain segments," says Cegla, who has been working the Israel-Europe line for 16 years.
"The SMEs represent 95 percent of all economy in the EU. Their turnover ranges from €20-100 million annually. They do not have R&D departments and they need innovation to evolve, they cannot do it alone. For this, Israeli startups and innovation are a great solution," he tells NoCamels. "To sustain their momentum, the SMEs need the next thing and this is why they come here. We're a good investment."
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Indeed, European mid-size companies are looking to improve all verticals. At the Europe Days conference, FinTech, IoT, Mobile, Media, Retail, Cyber, Web, Sportech, and Industry 4.0 will be in focus.
Earlier this month, a €2.45 million SME Instrument grant from the European Commission's European Innovation Council (EIC) was given to Tel Aviv-based machine vision startup VAYAVISION. The Israeli company said it planned to use the funding to bring its perception software to the European market and establish a local presence there.
The entrance to a Swisscom store in the town of Winterthur, Switzerland. Deposit Photos
Cegla says there will also be representatives from seven European accelerators, the last tier, at the conference.
"We have seven accelerators of huge companies coming to Tel Aviv to recruit Israelis to their programs. Personally, I'm amazed," says Cegla.
"The Israeli startup quality is on average higher than the ones in their local market. Also, many of the accelerators are trying to innovate in new areas and in Israel, we're more bold and experimental and earlier to adopt and try out new things," he says
There are 18 speakers flying into Tel Aviv for the conference, including: Sylvia Dudek, program director of the accelerator programs of Metro; Pascal Damm, COO Digital of Sport1; Eliana Zamprogna, CTO, M-Industry by Migros, Switzerland's largest retailer; Christian Lindener, CEO Germany of Wayra by Telefonica; Inga Land, managing director of :agile by E.ON; and Michael Amtmann, head of new business at Mueller Media.
In addition, European governmental bodies such as Germany Trade and Invest, the economic development agency of Germany, and city representatives from Berlin, Cologne, and Vienna will participate, offering a variety of support programs to Israeli entrepreneurs interested in doing business in Europe.
Since Cegla began the conferences five years ago, he has seen an uptick in the number of accelerators interested in coming from Europe to Tel Aviv, more corporate firms establishing bases in Israel, as well as more SMEs seeking to work with blue-and-white startups, "understanding they need to move forward, by opening up to non-European startups."
The trend has also been spotted by the Israel Innovation Authority, whose CEO Aharon Aharon has noted in official presentations a marked increase in activity in Israel by European multinationals, including Swiss multinational pharmaceutical Novartis, Swiss multinational Lonza Pharma & Biotech, automotive giants Daimler and BMW, and food company Nestle, among many others.
A slide provided by the Israeli Innovation Authority showing multinational activity in Israel. Courtesy
Cegla says the conference is part of the Europe Days platform, which aims to "connect between the Israeli entrepreneurs to the 'technology scene' in the various European countries in order to leverage the tremendous business potential for cooperation."
The potential is indeed great. According to a new report by the Start-Up Nation Central organization, financing rounds to support Israeli startups and high tech firms is on the rise, with Israeli startups and high-tech companies raising $6 billion in 2018, 15 percent more than in 2017.
And while the Europeans are more structured, Cegla says they "like the way Israelis approach things with different thinking."
To make the conference "homey" to both the Israelis and Europeans, organizers have noted that the conference will start on time (it's a European conference, as well, after all) and have set up a European-Israeli fusion menu that kicks the day off with strudel and coffee (as opposed to rugelach), and continues with German sausages, German beer, falafel and pretzels.
The presence of food can have a positive effect on business deals, after all. And, in this case, both the Europeans and Israelis should be in good spirits.
Viva Sarah Press is a journalist and speaker. She writes and talks about the creativity and innovation taking place in Israel and beyond. www.vivaspress.com


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Rose (Dictionary of Symbols)
In beauty, shape and scent, the rose is outstanding and hence has become the most commonly used floral symbol in the West. Broadly speaking the rose corresponds status-wise to the Lotus in Asia, both being very close to the Wheel in symbolic terms. The commonest aspect of this floral symbolism is that of manifestation, rising from the primeval waters to blossom above them. This aspect is, in any case, familiar in India where triparasundari, the Cosmic Rose, is used as a point of comparison with the Divine Mother's beauty. It denotes the attainment of perfection, unsullied fulfillment. As we shall see, roses symbolize the chalice of life, the soul, heart and love. They may be contemplated in the same way as a Mandala and regarded as mystic centres.
In Christian iconography, the rose may be either the chalice into which Christ's blood flowed, or the transfiguration of those drops of blood or, again, the symbol of Christ's wounds. A Rosicrusian symbol depicts five roses, one at the centre and one on each of the four arms of the Cross. This conjures images of the Grail or else of the 'Heavenly Rose' of the Redemption. In the Rosicrusian context, it should be observed that its emblem sets a rose in the very centre of the Cross, that is, where the Sacred Heart, Christ's heart, is located. This symbol is the same as the Rosa Candida in Dante's Divine Comedy; and that in turn conjures Our Lady's title, 'Mystic Rose', in litanies of the Blessed Virgin; and that of the medieval poem the Roman de la Rose. Angelus Silesius takes the rose for an image of the soul, as well as of Christ who leaves his mark upon it. The Golden Rose, which the Pope uses once to bless on the fourth Sunday in Lent, was a symbol of his spiritual power and teaching' (DEVA), but doubtless a symbol of ressurrection and of immortality as well.
Gothic rose-windows and the seaman's compass-rose mark the way in which the symbolism of the rose is transformed into that of the wheel.
Finally, a special case should be observed, that of Sa'dī of Shiraz, for whome, as a Muslim mystic, the rose-garden is a garden of contemplation. 'I shall pluck roses from the garden, but I am drunk with the scent of the rose-bush.' Christian mystics would certainly not reject such language as a commentary upon the Rose of Sharon in the Song of Solomon.
Because of their relationship with blood, roses seem often to have been regarded as symbols of mystical rebirth: 'On battlefields where a number of heroes have been slain, roses or eglantines will grow;…roses and anemones [grew up] from [the blood] of Adonis when [the young god was] dying' (ELIT p.302). 'Human life', Mircea Eliade writes, 'must be completely lived out if it is to exhaust all its potentialities of creation and expression; if it is interrupted suddenly, by violent death, it will tend to extend itself in some other form: plant, fruit, flower' (ibid. pp 301-2).
Abd al Qadir Jīlānī compares scars with roses and attributes a mystic meaning to them.
According to Portal, roses and the colour pink became the symbol of rebirth because of the semantic kinship between the Latin words rosa (rose) and ros, meaning 'Dew' or 'Rain'. 'The flower and its colour were primary symbols of rebirth and initiation into the Mysteries…In the Golden Ass, Apuleius regained his human shape by eating a garland of roses given to him by the high priest of Isis.' The rose-bush, he adds, 'is an image of the born-again, just as dew is a symbol of rebirth' (PORS pp. 218,220) This interpretation receives confirmation from the frequent justaposition in Scripture of Green with roses. Thus Ecclesiasticus 24: 14 has: 'I was exalted…as a rose-plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field.' The olive was sacred to Athene, who was born on Rhodes, the Island of Roses – and this would suggest the secrets of initiation – and rose-bushes were sacred to Aphrodite as well as to the grey-eyed goddess. The Ancient Greeks knew the rose as a white flower, but when Aphrodite's lover Adonis was mortally wounded, the goddess, running to his help, pricked herself on a rose-thorn and her blood tinged the flowers sacred to her.
It was because they were a regeneration symbol that, in Classical antiquity, the custom was established of placing roses upon graves. 'The Ancients called this ceremony the Rosalia. Every year during the month of May they offered dishes os roses to the spirits of the dead' (PORS p.222). Hecate, goddess of the Underworld, was sometimes depicted wearing on her head a garland of five-leafed roses. Five, which follows the number of fulfillment four, is the acknowledged mark of the beginning of a fresh cycle.
According to Bede, in the seventh century the Holy Sepulchre was painted in a mixture of White and Red. These two elements of the colour rose-pink, with all their traditional symbolic properties, recur at all levels, in the sacred and the profane, in the distinctions drawn between ideas of passion and of purity and those of transcendent love and divine wisdom. The Palais de l'Honneur states that 'over the coats-of-arms of nuns is set a garland comprising white rose branches with leaves, flowers and thorns, denoting the chastity which the bearers have preserved amid all life's thorns and mortifications.'
Roses became a symbol of love and, more strongly still, of the offerings made by a love which was pure:
Roses took the place of Egyptian lotus or Greek narcissus as the flowers of love. These were not the frivolous flowers of which Catullus wrote…but Celtic roses, proud with life and, though equipped with thorns, fraught with a gentle symbolism. This is the symbolism of the Roman de la Rose, in which Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung created the mysterious garden of love and chivalry, of the Mystic Rose of the litanies of Our Lady, of the Golden Roses which the Popes sent to princesses worthy of them and, lastly, of that vast symbolic rose which Beatrice showed her faithful lover when he reached the last circle of Paradise, a flower simultaneously rose and rose-window. (GHYN 2: p.41)
Dante was to compare heavenly love with the centre of the rose. 'Into the yellow of the rose/Perennial, which, in bright expansiveness,/Lays forth its gradual blooming, redolent/Of praises to the never-wintering sun…Beatrice led me' (Paradiso 30: 124-7)
Whether white or red, roses were the favourite flowers of alchemists, who often entitled their treatises The Rosary of the Philosophers. White roses, 'like lilies, were linked to the white stone, the objective of the first stage of the Work, while the red rose was associated with the red stone, the objective of the second stage. Most of these roses have seven petals, each petal relating either to a metal or to an operation in the Work' (VANA p.27).
A blue rose was to become the symbol of the impossible.
(A Dictionary of Symbols, Penguin Reference, 1996)
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Gary Pendergast announced this morning that the Classic Editor plugin will be officially supported until December 31, 2021. The plugin eases the transition for sites where plugins or themes are not yet compatible with Gutenberg and gives users the opportunity to preserve their existing workflows.
Pendergast clarified that "officially supported" means that the plugin "will be guaranteed to work as expected in the most recent major release of WordPress, and the major release before it." He also said the project will evaluate the continuing maintenance of the plugin in 2021 and may possibly extend the date.
The post has already received quite a bit of feedback and generally positive reactions to the prospect of including the Classic Editor along with 5.0 updates for existing sites.
WordPress Core Committer Pascal Birchler asked for a clarification on what "we" referred to in Pendergast's post, and Pendergast clarified that he is speaking on behalf of the WordPress project. Other commenters pressed for more information, as the announcement was delivered as something that had already been decided and the conversation surrounding the decision was not public.
This announcement highlights a trend in recent decision making for the project where decisions on important items appear to have been made behind closed doors without community input. Matthew MacPherson's proposal for an independent accessibility audit, which had broad support from the community, was shut down in a similar way. MacPherson was named WordPress 5.0's accessibility lead but didn't seem to be fully vested with the power to lead that aspect of the release in the community's best interests. I asked MacPherson if he could further clarify how the decision to forego the audit was reached, as it seemed even a surprise to him in the GitHub issue thread. He said he had "no comment" on how the decision came about.
WPCampus is now pursuing an accessibility audit in order to better serve its community of more than 800 web professionals, educators, and others who work with WordPress in higher education.
The recent report from the accessibility team demonstrates critical issues that prevent the team from recommending Gutenberg to users of assistive technology. These issues also have a major impact on those using WordPress for higher education, as the law requires them to meet certain standards. Several in this particular industry commented on Pendergast's post to advocate for shipping the Classic Editor plugin with new installs as well.
"Many organizations who use WordPress are required by law to provide accessible software under Section 508," Rachel Cherry said. "Until such a time when the accessibility of Gutenberg has been improved, and Section 508 compliance is clear, these organizations will require use of the Classic Editor.
"Not to mention the users who will be dependent upon the Classic Editor to have an accessible publishing experience.
Elaine Shannon, another WordPress user who works in academia, also commented on the Pendergast's post to recommend having the Classic Editor bundled with new versions of WordPress, due to many education sites running on multisite installations.
Pendergast's post said the WordPress project is considering including the plugin with upgrades to 5.0 but did not identify where or when that decision will be made. However, users who depend on the plugin now have a clear idea of how long it will be supported.