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December 17, 2020 Special Dispatch No. 9098
MEMRI To Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif: Your Claim That The Iranian Regime And Leaders Are Not Antisemitic And Do Not Seek To Annihilate Israel Is A Lie
Iran | Special Dispatch No. 9098
In a December 9, 2020 interview with Arman TV, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif used an antisemitic term for Jews – jahood in Persian.
To view the clip of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on MEMRI TV, click here or below.
A few days later, he attempted to cover up his statement with a dishonest attack on MEMRI. On December 16, he tweeted: "MEMRI has sunk to a new low in taking my prejorative [sic] usage of a word to accuse me of Antisemitism..."
Twitter.com/JZarif/status/1339253335480799237, December 16, 2020.
Foreign Minister Zarif is lying about Iran's positions on Jews and Israel. The MEMRI archives are full of research proving that the Iranian regime and its leaders are antisemitic and call openly for the annihilation of Israel.
The Iranian Regime's Antisemitism
Special Dispatch No. 7914, Antisemitism In Iran – Part I: Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Denies That Iran Is Antisemitic, February 26, 2019
Inquiry & Analysis No. 1499, Antisemitism In Iran – Part II: Supreme Leader Associate Mehdi Taeb In Lecture Series On The Jews: Your Greatest Sworn Enemy The Jews; If The Spearhead Is Aimed At The Jews, The World Will Be Freed, January 27, 2020
Inquiry & Analysis No. 1514, Iranian Regime Marks Qods Day 2020 With Antisemitism, Blood Libels, And Calls For Destruction Of Israel, May 21, 2020
The Iranian Regime Calls For Annihilation Of Israel
Inquiry & Analysis No. 1441, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Announces The Goals Of 'The Second Phase Of The Islamic Revolution' For The Next 40 Years: 'The Challenge Is Mighty Iran's Presence At The Borders Of The Zionist Regime', February 13, 2019
Special Dispatch No. 7844, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's Claim That Iran Does Not Seek Israel's Destruction Is A Blatant Lie (Part I) – Including Statements By Iranian Leader Khamenei On The Need To Destroy Israel, January 14, 2019
Special Dispatch No. 7682, Israel's Eradication – An Ideological And Practical Goal Of Iran's Islamic Revolution Regime, September 25, 2018
Special Dispatch No. 7554, IRGC Deputy Commander Salami On Qods Day 2018: 'We Are Creating Might In Lebanon – Because We Want To Fight The Enemy From There With All Our Strength', July 5, 2018
Following are statements by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian regime officials demonstrating their antisemitism and their calls for Israel's annihilation:
Antisemitism In Iran
Special Dispatch No. 7758, At Antisemitic Conference In Tehran, Iranian Presidency Official Denies Holocaust: 'In Fact, We Do Show Antisemitic Behavior, And If We Are Not Doing Something Against The Jews, We Feel Bad – It Is Part Of Our Culture', November 12, 2018
Special Dispatch No. 6759, Khamenei Associate Mehdi Taeb: 'The Jews... Are The Only Ones Who Need Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Order To Rule The World – Because There Are 1.4 Billion Muslims And None Of Them Agree To Jewish Supremacy', January 27, 2017
Special Dispatch No. 6519, Antisemitism – A Rising Theme For Iran's 2016 Qods Day, July 11, 2016
Special Dispatch No. 5288, Iranian Official: The Jews Use Sorcery Against Iran, April 28, 2013
Inquiry and Analysis No. 922, The Image Of The Jew In The Eyes Of Iran's Islamic Regime – Part I: Theological Roots, January 25, 2013
Inquiry and Analysis No. 944, The Image Of The Jew In The Eyes Of Iran's Islamic Regime – Part II: The Blood Libel And 'The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion, March 6, 2013
Inquiry and Analysis No. 963, The Image Of The Jew In The Eyes Of Iran's Islamic Regime – Part III: Dehumanizing Jews In Cartoons Inspired By Classic European Antisemitism, May 1, 2013
Special Dispatch No. 5204, Iranian Officials: The Jews Are Responsible For The Massacre Of Muslims In Myanmar, February 27, 2013
Inquiry & Analysis No. 913, Antisemitic Iranian Articles On Connecticut Shooting: Victims, Shooter Were All Jews; Jewish Shooter's 'Mental Illness' Made Him Hate Others – Like Israeli Leaders Do, December 21, 2012
Special Dispatch No. 4445, Antisemitic Statements, Publications by Iranian Regime, January 25, 2012
Special Dispatch No. 897, Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani: 'Fight The Jews And Vanquish Them So As To Hasten The Coming Of The Hidden Imam', April 22, 2005
MEMRI TV Clip No. 972, Political Analysts On Iranian TV: The Jews Killed Children And Used Their Blood For Passover, December 20, 2005
Special Dispatch No. 6412, Iranian Journalists: Foreign Minister Zarif Lied To U.S. Media When He Said Iranian Regime, Gov't Have No Connection To Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest, May 5, 2016
Special Dispatch No. 6454, Tehran Presents The Winners Of Iran's 2016 Holocaust International Cartoon Contest, June 1, 2016
Special Dispatch No. 6281, For International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Issues Holocaust Denial Video, January 27, 2016
Special Dispatch No. 5948, IRGC-Affiliated News Agency: The Holocaust Lie Is Gradually Being Exposed; Those Who Claim It Happened Will Be Shamed, January 29, 2015
Special Dispatch No. 5450, Criticism In Iran Of Foreign Minister Zarif Tweet Claiming Iran Never Denied The Holocaust, September 18, 2013
MEMRI TV Clips
MEMRI TV Clip No. 6826, Iranian Researcher Shams Al-Din Rahmani Denies The Holocaust, Says The Jews Control the Oil Industry, October 6, 2018
MEMRI TV Clip No. 5503, TV Report on Iran's Holocaust Cartoon Contest: Its Goal Is to Spotlight the "Holocaust" Perpetrated by Israel, May 31, 2016
MEMRI TV Clip No. 3560, Iranian Antisemitic Film "Saturday Hunter" Depicts Jews Massacring Arabs, Seeking God-Like Powers, August 17, 2012
MEMRI TV Clip No. 3186, Trailer of Newly-Released Antisemitic Iranian Feature Film in Which Jews Build War Machine to Take Over the World, November 8, 2011
MEMRI TV Clip No. 3254, Producer of Antisemitic Iranian Film "Saturday Hunter" Mohammad Qahremani: Arab Presence in Palestine Saves Us from Zionist Global Rule, November 20, 2011
MEMRI TV Clip No. 2903, Iranian Website Displays Antisemitic Cartoons about the Holocaust, August 1, 2010
MEMRI TV Clip No. 2247, Iranian President Ahmadinejad Denies the Holocaust and Warns Europeans of the Zionists: They Cling Like Ticks, September 18, 2009
MEMRI TV Clip No. 2222, "Rothschild Legacy" of Controlling the World in the Syrian-Produced Antisemitic TV Series "Al-Shatat" Aired by Iranian TV, August 30, 2009
MEMRI TV Clip No. 1806, Iranian TV Documentary Series Traces Zionist Themes in Western Movies: "American History X", June 2, 2008
MEMRI TV Clip No. 1412, Antisemitic Musical "Comedy" on Iranian TV, March 23, 2007
MEMRI TV Clip No. 1359, Antisemitic Animated Film on Iranian TV, January 12, 2007
MEMRI TV Clip No. 458, Zahra's Blue Eyes - Episode 4: Zionists Prepare to Implant Zahra's Eyes in Theodor, January 3, 2007
MEMRI TV Clip No. 508, Zahra's Blue Eyes - Episode 7: Zahra Is Blinded, Rest of Characters Are Killed, January 24, 2005
MEMRI TV Clip No. 491, The Talmudic Court - Syrian-Produced Antisemitic TV Series Now on Iranian TV, January 16, 2005
MEMRI TV Clip No. 88, An Iranian Series about Jews and Hollywood Cinema, Steven Spielberg, May 24, 2004


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Q: iphone crash log with dSym not loading debug information I was trying to see why my application crashed on the device (iPhone) using the dSym generated along the executable (in ad hoc), but I don't know why, there isn't any useful information. It seems that "Organizer" is able to find the appropriate dSym and translate some data into more readable one, but when it comes to my application, I just have an address.
Since I know how to reproduce it, I've tried to setup my build so it can help me in the future. So, I've tried to find if I had all the proper flags set int the project build properties and everything seems fine. So after doing some research, it seems that all information are stripped during link time and the dSym seems completely useless. I've played with some flags, but nothing changed.
So, is there something special to do in order to get the crash file human readable? Or is it impossible in the ad hoc setting? The closest thing near to work that I've done was to build a debug version and look up the address in it. At least it seems to give the right  file. So, I made a sample app and here what I have: (the line I want is #4):
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libobjc.A.dylib                0x00003ebc objc_msgSend + 20
1   UIKit                          0x0005c970 -[UIView dealloc] + 60
2   UIKit                          0x0005c840 -[UIImageView dealloc] + 76
3   CoreFoundation                 0x0003963a -[NSObject release] + 28
4   MyApplication                  0x000046a6 0x1000 + 13990
5   UIKit                          0x00069750 -[UIViewController view] + 44
6   MyApplication                  0x000053fa 0x1000 + 17402

The crash is made using 2 successive releases on an object.
Thanks in advance.

A: I have found this helpful:
http://www.anoshkin.net/blog/2008/09/09/iphone-crash-logs/

A: After many infructuous retries in order to get the debug information, I decided to create a new project from scratch and re-add everything into it. And now it works fine. So it was probably some kind of hidden settings somewhere that was making it behave like that. I don't know what it was and I'm still curious about it.

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Into the City: Map 0
Into the City: Map 0 is a map-pack that depicts the layout of a single fantasy building (split over two levels), that is suitable for inclusion in most urban settings. This product contains: A pdf booklet featuring a labelled version of each level of the building. Miniatures scaled battlemaps for each level of the building. An unlabelled jpg image of each level (scaled at 100 pixels... [click here for more] Crooked Staff Publishing FREE
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Hex Grids
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Q: Anaconda Navigator launch problem Windows 10 Can't Open anaconda, when i tried from the promp this appears:

Traceback (most recent call last):   File
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from PySide import version as PYSIDE_VERSION  # analysis:ignore ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PySide'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):   File
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Here are The Winners of The POP AWARDS 2018, The First Annual Pop Awards!
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The voting results of the Pop Awards 2018 are in and Pop Magazine is ready to announce the winners. Your voice has been heard, your votes counted, and we have combined the numbers from the online voting and from our expert panel. Your overwhelming response made the first annual Pop Awards a real success and we are immensely grateful for your participation! With 25 nominees spread across five categories, the level of competition, the force of style and creativity, and the pull of charisma and musicianship has bent gravity. This was the real Big Bang! The Pop Awards exploded into life in 2018 and will be back next year, and you will again have your say. Now it's time to celebrate as we reveal the winners of the first annual Pop Awards!
→ pop-awards.com
Winner: Taylor Swift
We salute you! The pop goddess is a music force of nature and is quite simply an industry galactico. Fans hang on her every word, and her kick-in-the-balls album, "Reputation", cracked bone and burnt down her virginal empire. The triple-platinum LP topped the charts in over 10 countries and was America's biggest-selling album of 2017. Swift by name and swift by nature, Pop Awards 2018 crowns the lightspeed pop-whirlwind.
Taylor Swift is a seismic pop phenomenon with a string of top albums and singles that most other artists can only dream of. Her audacity is matched only by her ability to evolve and narrate songs, which mostly scratch her personal life. Known for her one-note monotone, which stays at one pitch for a duration of time, the "Swift staple" can be traced back to her 2007 debut smash hit, "Our Song". Her albums, which include "Fearless", "1989", and "Reputation", have become benchmarks in the industry. She is capable of writing lyrics far superior to her peers and understands the music industry better than most. Swift is a global brand and sales dream with hit singles including "Love Story", "I Knew You Were Trouble", and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". "Reputation" is the biggest-selling album of 2017. The album reinvents Taylor Swift and lunges at those who know her, presume to know her, and all those who have crossed this femme fatale. With ties to Nashville, Swift is a leading contemporary recording artist and one of the most recognizable names in music history.
Other nominees: Eminem, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey
Winner: Charlie Cunningham – "Lines"
We salute you! Gifted, suave, with cockney swagger, Cunningham's debut album beats off stiff competition. The album of flamenco passion is set in a dreamy landscape and drips with style and class. The 12-track record will stand the test of time and is a platform for massive success. Pop Awards 2018 is proud to announce Charlie Cunningham with "Lines" the winner.
London-based Charlie Cunningham is originally from Bedfordshire, England, and is renowned for his guitar sound, which draws heavily on his two years spent living in Seville, Spain. The innovative singer-songwriter channels a dynamic style called Golpe, a guitar tapping technique. Cunningham's songwriting is delicate, intricate, and melodic, with flourishes of intimacy. The track "Minimum" is a fan favorite, highlighting his skill, power, and passion, while "Answers" highlights the softness and tenderness of his voice. With his sultry delivery and his level of guitar playing, Charlie Cunningham is flying high. His debut album "Lines" is a testament to his ability and dedication, and it lays the benchmark for other new musicians. Cunningham is an artist to watch.
Other nominees: Eminem – "Revival", Lana Del Rey – "Lust For Life", Willie Nelson – "God's Problem Child", Yelawolf – "Trial By Fire"
Winner: Deep Purple – "All I Got Is You"
We salute you! Rising from the deep, the beasts of heavy metal from England confidently swaggered their way to pole position. The song, from the album "Infinite", is the purest Deep Purple sound of any recent release, with a tongue-in-cheek dig at their advancing years. It perfectly blends all shades of purple and gets back to what the guys do best, top music. Pop Awards 2018 happily crowns Deep Purple with "All I Got Is You" the winner.
Supercharged in 2017, Deep Purple slammed back into our lives with the gutsy cut "All I Got Is You". Showing little sign of aging, apart from the witty lyrics, the track tiptoes the perfect line between their 1970s heyday and the modern world. Though it has been nearly 50 years since the British rockers first burst eardrums, Ian Paice still smashes a swinging drum beat, as Steve Morse and Don Airey texture the atmosphere with weeping leads and lush keyboard. "All I Got Is You" captures the spirit of a band considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock.
Other nominees: Clean Bandit (featuring Zara Larsson) – "Symphony", Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) – "Chained To The Rhythm", Macklemore (featuring Skylar Grey) – "Glorious", Pink – "What About Us"
Winner: Emily Estefan
We salute you! Emily Estefan is a gifted multi-istrumentalist and singer who produced her own debut album "Take Whatever You Want", and not many young artists can boast that. She successfully scorches songs with heady-rock vocals and blends of Jazz and R&B. Definitely an artist to watch, and Pop Awards 2018 is proud to announce her the winner.
Emily Estefan may be the daughter of superstars Emilio and Gloria Estefan, but she is her own person and talent. She has found her own voice and path by harnessing what she does best – music. Estefan first performed live at Hollywood Bowl in 2014, and at the release of her debut single in 2015 made waves among industry insiders. She then performed her first major concert in February 2017 at Gusman Concert Hall in Miami, and her debut album was released after the final curtain. Without a doubt, Emily Estefan is a top talent with all the integrity for stardom.
Other nominees: Alexandra Savior, Bedouine, Charlie Cunningham, Kacy Hill
Winner: TLC
We salute you! The original girl-power girl group tore up the 90s and made it their own. Despite numerous fallouts with the law and each other, the crazily popular trio earned four number one singles and four platinum-certified albums. This group added chili powder to the spice and made Mel B look rather sedate. Beating off some amazing competition, TLC well deserve the Pop Awards 2018 accolade.
We all need a little TLC, and the American girl group has answered the SOS. The original line-up was formed in 1990 and consisted of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Having sold over 65 million records worldwide, TLC is the best-selling American girl group. They sprinkled verve over the pop charts and earned four number one singles: "Creep", "Waterfalls", "No Scrubs", and "Unpretty". The group recorded four platinum-selling albums, including "CrazySexyCool", which remains the only album by a female singing group to receive a diamond certification. However, in the midst of their success, the members of TLC filed for bankruptcy in 1995, and in 2002 Lisa Lopes was killed in a car accident. In 2017, a fifth and final TLC album was released by the two remaining members.
Other nominees: Brian McKnight, Faith Evans, Mary J. Blige, Wyclef Jean
Written by Tecwyn Hill
Full-blooded journalist turned freelance editor flying in the face of Brexit by quitting the UK for Berlin. If it can be sung, hummed, whistled, played or streamed (disclaimer – legally!) then I'm in: like my stance on the EU. Let's crank up the volume and climb that wonderwall.


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Places to Visit in Germany
Germany, the most powerful country in Europe, is on top of the travel lists with its historical and cultural presence. Since it has one of the four largest economies in the world, its level of development is also relatively high. Thanks to its livelihoods such as foreign trade, industrial production, automotive, food, agriculture, animal husbandry, and tourism, it is the country that exports the most after Japan. Germany, especially after the fall of the Berlin Wall, with the unification of East and West Germany, made progress toward becoming a tourism country. Cathedrals, castles, and museums are among the most sought-after places in the country. Hence, we will also tell you about the sightseeing points in other cities, starting from the capital Berlin. Let's start.
Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, has a lot to tell. In the past, it had the distinction of being the capital of the Prussian and German Empires. Although it has seen and lived through the Cold War Period and Nazi Germany, it is still the city with the most vital standing in the country. It has a crucial place in world history. After all the bad things that happened, Berlin focused on the development and tried to erase the traces of history with art and culture.
Today, it has a great art movement in dance, music, painting, and gastronomy. Various concerts, parties, and festivals are organized in the city throughout the year, trying to create a cultural calendar. When you come to Berlin to visit historical buildings and touristic places, most importantly, do not leave the city without participating in such events. The historical places and places we are talking about are the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Cathedral, East Side Gallery, Holocaust Memorial, Jewish Museum, Pergamon Museum, and Old and New Museum. You can get to know the city by visiting these places on your trip to Berlin.
Nightlife is very famous in Hamburg, the second most populated city in Germany. It is also known for being a port city as well as nightlife because Hamburg has the second largest port in Europe. There are many bridges in the city as it was built on the banks of the Elbe River. For this reason, it is known as the city with the most bridges in Europe.
Coming to the events in the city, just like in other cities, more than one festival is held in Hamburg. These are Dom Festival (March, August, November), Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival (May), International Fireworks Display (August), Reeperbahn Music Festival (September), and Elbjazz Festival (June). If you're thinking of when to go to Hamburg, you can consider these dates. Apart from these, you can visit Hamburg City Hall, Miniatur Wunderland, St Michael's Church, and Elbphilharmonie.
It's the third-largest city in Germany. It's also the capital of Bayern, a state in the southeast of the country. Although it survived the Second World War with heavy damage, it managed to preserve its historical and cultural texture. Hence, it's one of the most popular places in Germany. We recommend that you go to Munich, which is known for the Oktoberfest held between 17 September and 3 October, on these dates. The world's largest beer festival is held there. Thanks to its various events and museums to visit, it's at least as active as Berlin and Hamburg.
Since the city is the birthplace of famous German brands such as BMW and Siemens, it has a vital place for collectors. You can end your Munich tour by visiting Marienplatz, Frauenkirche, St Peter's Church, BMW Museum, Munich English Garden, and Olympic Park.
It's the fourth largest city in Germany. Gothic architecture and modern shopping centers draw attention to the city built around the Rhine. When you come here, you should definitely see the Cologne Cathedral, which has become the most essential symbol of gothic architecture and the symbol of Cologne. The construction of this historical building started in 1248 and took about 600 years. The cathedral, whose construction was completed in 1880, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
You should definitely see the Hohenzollern Bridge, which is right next to the cathedral, because this bridge is the most famous of the seven bridges in Cologne and is quite magnificent. It is also called the Love Lock Bridge because people hang colorful locks on this bridge. You may also be interested in the Chocolate Museum (Schokoladenmuseum) by the river. You can also visit places such as the Roman Germanisches Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Museum), Cologne Zoo, Kolumba Museum, and Cologne Central Mosque.
Stuttgart, the country's most mountainous city, is surrounded by forests on three sides. The Neckar River flows through the middle of the city. It's one of the most developed places in Germany in terms of industry and economy. There are also charming festivals there. Spring Festival is held in April, Africa Festival in July, and the Weindorf Festival in September. Participation in all these festivals is very high. The production facilities of big brands such as Mercedes, SAP, Porsche, and Bosch, which are known worldwide, are located in Stuttgart. Millions of tourists come to the city due to the enthusiasts of these brands. There are many museums and castles you can visit in the city, and beautiful streets to walk. Mercedes-Benz Museum, Porsche Museum, Stuttgart Art Museum (Kunstmuseum Stuttgart), Old Castle (Altes Schloss), and King Street can be given as examples.
You can travel to Germany from Turkey both by air and by road. We recommend that you go by plane as it is more comfortable and faster. In this way, you can arrive in Germany in as little as 2 hours and 10 minutes. It's also possible to land in the cities of Düsseldorf, Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, and Nuremberg by planes departing from Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Antalya. If you're planning to go to Germany, have a nice trip in advance…
The Most Fairytale Way To Discover Germany: "The Romantic Road"
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Germany, the most powerful country in Europe, is on top of the travel lists with its historical and cultural presence. Since it has one of the four…


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How User-Centered Design Improves the Student Experience
In a recent redesign of the University of Washington's MyUW student portal, listening to users was an essential part of the design process. Here's how MyUW provides dynamic, timely content to meet student needs, and what developers learned along the way.
By Heidi Stahl, Karin Roberts, William Washington
At the University of Washington, the central student portal, MyUW, is an integral part of the student experience. It's the primary conduit for much of the information students regularly use to navigate the UW — from tuition balances, to course registration details, to e-mail, to course websites. On the first day of autumn quarter 2018, for instance, MyUW saw over 206,000 sessions from nearly 40,000 students, and the total number of student sessions for Autumn 2018 topped 1.84 million. While all members of the UW community use MyUW, students account for more than half of its users.
Eleven years after MyUW's initial 2000 launch, it was time for a redesign. Prompted by aging technology and an institutional imperative to improve the student experience, designers and engineers in UW's Information Technology group engaged in an iterative design process informed by a panoply of user research methods. The team took a service that had been created with an organizational focus and re-created it to focus instead on users — primarily students.
With the redesign, rather than viewing content grouped by organizational silos, students now see varied, relevant content highlighted throughout the quarter, based on the results of user studies about their informational needs. Links to disparate campus accounts (housing, dining, libraries, etc.), have been replaced by a summary of student account statuses. First-year students, transfer students and continuing students are shown articles about resources to help them navigate their particular challenges (also discovered through user research), with fresh articles displayed every week.
Ultimately, our project illustrates not only the importance of designing for the user but the availability and potential simplicity of a user-centric approach (for any tool or service), including for those institutions that lack a dedicated user research team.
Early Beginnings
When MyUW was born, internet search was in its infancy. MyUW's creators recognized that the UW intranet offered many useful resources for students and employees, but that people had difficulty finding them. MyUW was first built to provide a single entry point to important university services, freeing people from having to navigate to (and remember how to find) important resources.
MyFrontPage, MyUW 2000
The original design of MyUW, therefore, presented an array of links organized into categories. Because personalization was important, MyUW organized resources based on a user's affiliation with the institution (e.g., student, instructor, staff, alumni). In one of the few dynamic areas of the portal, students saw personalized data: their course schedule and tuition balance.
Customization, in the form of users collecting and saving bookmarks and rearranging the layout of content, was also a feature of the early MyUW. But over time, users evolved from that cumbersome practice toward a reliance on powerful search engines. Users also came to expect modern web applications to be "smarter." Instead of wading through information, users want websites to show them useful and relevant information based on known data about their identities and behaviors. The new MyUW strives to meet today's user expectations.
The original MyUW was also very much of its time in that its design reflected the interests of stakeholders rather than end users. Many organizations across the university provided links to include in MyUW, resulting in a design that reflected organizational structure, with links presented based on the group that provided them, rather than how or when a user might best take advantage of that information. A further weakness of the legacy MyUW was the absence of dynamic content. Though MyUW provided a platform for content, few campus developers built channels to feed MyUW dynamic information.
Thus, a top priority of the redesign process was to move from a design that reflected the desires of information owners to a design that catered to user needs by providing personal and timely information.
Listening to Students
As the MyUW team started addressing the changing online landscape in 2011, they began with users.
First, the team undertook a formal user research study with students, as part of an initiative sponsored by the UW Office of the Provost on improving the student experience. The user research team employed a number of methods across several studies: focus groups (by class level), one-on-one interviews, a survey, a 12-week diary study, "guerilla" usability studies (quick research that takes one to two days to plan and execute), and formative studies with users trying out early concept prototypes built in HTML. Each research method complemented the others, helping the team to understand different aspects of the user experience, answer different questions, and test assumptions.
For instance, focus groups and interviews provided insight into the users' larger goals, and what they were coming to MyUW to accomplish, as well as their challenges in accomplishing their goals. Surveys were useful in validating, quantifying and prioritizing the findings from interviews. The 12-week diary study brought into focus the predictable, reliable content needs of students for each quarter, and clarified student goals and the ways they use information available on MyUW. In total, 57 students participated in the studies (30 in the focus groups, 15 in the interviews, and 12 in the diary study) and more than 400 responded to the survey.
Each user research area revealed a number of insights for the project:
Focus groups. In focus groups, students described an experience of information overload when trying to use MyUW, due to the sheer number of links available. ("MyFrontPage," one of the most highly visited pages on MyUW with over 10 million pageviews per quarter, featured 36 links; "Academics," another highly visited page, featured 52 links.) The research team learned that it could take up to two years for students simply to figure out how to find the information they needed. Students also reported relying extensively upon search — even though the necessary links were there on the page. Above all, students reported that they wanted a mobile-friendly version of the portal; a majority of students reported accessing MyUW from their mobile devices.
Log data. In addition to doing studies with users, researchers analyzed MyUW log data to understand how the legacy MyUW was being used and by whom. At the start of the project, log data was examined to see which links users were clicking. Researchers discovered that despite the nearly 400 links on MyUW (spread across 10 tabbed pages), only a handful were heavily used. And many, many links were used by very few people.
The long tail of frequently visited links
"The log data showed a really long tail, so we knew we weren't doing something right," said William Washington, MyUW product owner. Log data analysis also showed that users weren't using the navigation features to get around in MyUW. Despite the presence of tabs marking areas such as Academics, Calendar and Alumni, users relied upon the Search function to find their way around the site.
The usage patterns reflected in the log data were important for beginning to understand and prioritize user needs. Students tend to access a small subset of MyUW content, but what they do use, they use frequently, such as e-mail, registration information, their Husky Card accounts and class schedule.
Survey and diary study. Subsequent user research, including a survey of more than 400 students and an innovative diary study, helped the team to develop the vision and value statement for the new MyUW. The survey asked students to prioritize new and existing features for MyUW, to help the team understand what they valued most. Students wanted the MyUW team to:
Make MyUW easier to navigate;
Increase the personal content shown;
Create a mobile version of MyUW;
Reduce the amount of text on the screen;
Make MyUW more visually pleasing; and
Reduce the amount of general content.
Once the team had analyzed the survey data, the diary study allowed the research to focus on a smaller group of students in order to better understand their daily information-seeking behaviors and tool use, as well as their quarterly workflows.
Four groups of students participated in the diary study, logging tasks from 6 a.m. to midnight for three weeks, including the websites or tools they encountered. The data gathered provided a picture of what students were trying to accomplish over the course of a quarter, what information they need to support activities that move them toward their goals, and how students try to accomplish their goals on a day-to-day basis and over time.
The diary study provided insight that would become foundational to future designs of MyUW. Although students differ in many ways — their pursuits, their dreams, their work and study styles — their goals and work are date-driven and follow a predictable pattern each and every quarter. During specific weeks of the quarter, students are engaged in and concerned with specific tasks:
Weeks 1-2: Checking tuition balance, finding classrooms, learning their class schedule, buying textbooks.
Week 3: Checking course websites.
Week 5: Preparing to register for next quarter's classes.
Week 6: Registering for next quarter's classes.
Week 7: Continuing to refine their registration by adjusting their class schedule.
Week 10: Checking their final exam schedule.
Week 11: Checking final grades.
This predictable pattern was essential in designing a MyUW that would help students complete tasks and accomplish their goals.
Articulating the Vision and Mission
From this wide array of user research (focus groups, log data, survey and diary study), as well as MyUW usage data, the team articulated a clear vision for the new MyUW, based on user needs: to provide personal, timely, relevant information and resources to help users conduct their work with the university. Further, MyUW would provide triggers for taking action, provide personalized and contextualized information, consolidate all critical information, and span contexts that students operate in, such as different affiliations, tools and activities (e.g., applying to the university, finding housing, enrolling in courses, completing coursework, creating and managing an academic plan, socializing, finding employment and so on).
The mission of the new MyUW is to provide actionable information and to direct users to the tools they need to accomplish their work. In the case of students, that meant creating a MyUW that would help them accomplish the tasks that would lead to achieving their academic goals. Personalized content from multiple systems would be highlighted when relevant: for example, in the early weeks of the quarter, pre-registration and registration information. Behind the relevant content, all content would be available to users at all times.
Mobile-First Development
Having taken the time to get to know users' challenges, goals, workflows and desires, the team was ready to begin developing the new MyUW. Due to the increasing usage of mobile devices and students' reported preference for mobile access, the team began by creating a mobile MyUW. The mobile version (a mobile web app) focused on supporting the quarterly timeline of students, promoting personal, relevant, timely information that students need in order to complete tasks at various points throughout the quarter. The goal was to feature information that would trigger actions students could take at a specific point in time, such as meeting deadlines for financial aid. The mobile version also provided links to complete workflows in other systems (e.g., MyPlan, the UW's academic planning tool). The first mobile version of MyUW also included features that students reported as high priorities: finding course information, e-mailing instructors, locating their classrooms on a map, finding and purchasing required textbooks, and accessing course websites.
After release, members of the team did a quick guerilla usability study, observing five students using the first mobile version on their phones. The first effort was not a home run. While visually pleasing, the first screen featured a list of a student's current courses, which the user had to click through in order to find additional information and to complete tasks. Some useful information that the old collection of links had exposed was now inadvertently hidden. Students already knew what courses they were taking; the information that they sought was hidden behind menus. Many would go immediately from the mobile version to the full, web-based site looking for what they needed, seeing the mobile version as an unnecessary extra step before getting to the information they sought.
With that feedback, the MyUW team returned to the drawing board to create a significant redesign that focused on content first, navigation second, adding additional features and content, and iteratively releasing updates. To help students address the challenges of time management, the subsequent design:
Provided timely information to serve as a trigger for action;
Highlighted critical notices that students could address first;
Curated resources to make them easier to find;
Brought forward personal information and data from other systems to eliminate the need to click through and seek information on other sites; and
Grouped together resources that supported a workflow to ease completion of tasks and goals.
The new content model presented information on cards that were dynamically re-ordered depending on the week of the quarter.
New content model with card ordering
Content was highlighted, then hidden when no longer relevant. Critical content was always visible and accessible. A usability test with an HTML prototype validated that this scrolling-heavy design met student needs and presented no usability barriers. Student reaction to the card ordering was generally positive. With that approval from users, the team proceeded to build out the new card model.
Subsequent releases of the mobile version added more content — account balances, final exam schedules, prices on required textbooks, and information about upcoming quarters. The mobile version also allows students to follow links to do further work in other systems (e.g., MyPlan). The team continued to iterate and eventually developed a fully featured version for mobile. That was then scaled for desktop use to replace the legacy MyUW (for students, that is; replacements to meet the specific workflows of instructors and staff would come later).
Today, MyUW supports students, instructors and staff with personal and timely content. Users log more than 2 million sessions each month. In addition to student content, MyUW supports quarterly instructor workflows with a teaching schedule, easy access to key teaching and learning tools, and an innovative course dashboard with data to help instructors prepare to teach and engage students. We continue to evolve MyUW to better support student needs, and will be soon undertaking development of native mobile apps with push notifications to students' mobile devices.
Steal This Work, Please
Our hope in sharing this case study is that others will leverage the findings and the research process for their own student-centered projects. Although your institution may not be building a student portal, or your unit may not have staff trained in user experience research, you can still take advantage of the work described here to build user-centric student tools or services. Here are four key takeaways:
Findings. While the research that informed the MyUW redesign was conducted with particular students at a particular institution, we can safely assume that the findings generally reflect student patterns. Students at any institution will have goals that are date- and time-driven. Their workflows will follow a predictable pattern, whether the academic term is a quarter or a semester. They will likely find time-management challenging and will benefit from technology that helps them focus on and complete the key tasks of the moment. And students everywhere will benefit from personalized content and mobile access.
Process. At different times in a project, varied user research methodologies are appropriate. Each methodology helps answer different questions.
Focus groups and interviews helped us understand large goals and the challenge of reaching those, and provided a rich view of the user experience.
Following up with a survey allowed the team to validate, quantify and prioritize the interview findings.
Diary study was innovative and helpful in understanding the predictable, reliable content/information needs of students for each quarter. The diary study helped us understand student goals and information use patterns.
Getting feedback doesn't have to be cumbersome. Lightweight guerilla usability studies, with a handful of students and quick HTML prototypes, helped to quickly validate design directions.
Vision and mission. Articulating the vision and mission was also a crucial piece of our work. Teams are often tempted to skip this step, assuming that it's a time-consuming non-essential. However, developing a clear vision and mission gives designers, researchers and engineers touchstones they can use to evaluate their ongoing work, ensuring that their efforts continually align with an agreed-upon direction based on findings from user research. Taking the time to establish reference points of vision and mission can actually save time further down the development path.
Listening to the user. Most important of all, when building for students, include the student voice. When planning for a new tool, even if you are going to choose a vendor product, including the student voice is critical to the decision process. Students are crucial but often invisible stakeholders; effort must be made to include their perspective, needs and goals when designing or choosing a product they'll be using.
Dos and Don'ts for Creating User-Centric Tools
Don't worry that you don't have the resources to engage in a complex research study.
Do what you can as a researcher. Any effort you make to include the student user is better than nothing. You can conduct user-centered research at a range of levels, from quite simple to complex. Maybe your staff doesn't include usability experts. But you have access to users and can begin by getting their input on what it's like to use a tool or a service. Although this case study featured focus groups, that's not necessarily the place to start. A guerilla usability study is also a valid entry point.
Don't make changes based on anecdotal or edge-case feedback.
Do understand what you are looking for, regardless of the methods you choose.
Do embark on structured and formalized research efforts, no matter how small. They will better inform (re)design efforts.
Do formalize any input you gather from students as research.
Do examine your biases. Might you be making assumptions about student needs or behaviors? Becoming aware of assumptions will help you to ask better questions and gather more representative data.
Do obtain a representative sample (go beyond asking your student employees).
Do put the user — rather than the organization — first.
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Israel/Palestine Conflict: I would stop all aid to Israel and impose sanctions on them like we have on Iran until they begin meaningful peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
Jobs: Everyone who wants a job should be guaranteed a $15/hr. job. If the private sector cannot provide those jobs the government needs to provide them.
Living conditions in our cities and towns: Our cities need to be made better places to live. Our cities and towns should become places where people can walk, bicycle, or take mass transit to work, shop, and entertainment facilities. We need more urban recreation areas, parks, and gardens. The existing city infrastructure must be improved. We should impose an immediate 10% tax on the wholesale price of fossil fuels to pay for these improvements and we should increase this tax by an additional 5% each year.
Our rural environment: We need to encourage local food production and sustainable agricultural. Large scale animal production operations need to be regulated as they have the potential to create large scale pollution problems. We need to limit agricultural subsidies to large producers and feed grain producers. We should impose a 10% tax on agricultural chemicals and non-organic fertilizers to fund the conversion to a more sustainable local agricultural system and we should increase this tax 5% each year.
Education: We need a longer school year with longer school days. Education needs to start at a younger age to ensure all of our children are given an equal opportunity to succeed. Our schools system needs to operate all day every day; children need to be in school instead of day care when their parents are working. We should use the money saved by bringing our troops home to hire a million new teachers.


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Fight against Zionist Racism and Fascism in Israel
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By Yossi Schwartz, Internationalist Socialist League (Israel/Occupied Palestine), 5.3.2013
The racist Israeli state has launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the 1967 occupied West Bank. Haaretz daily reported that the Zionist Transport Ministry opened the lines on Monday, to be used by Palestinian super exploited workers travelling between the West Bank and Israel, after the far right settlers complained that Palestinians on mixed buses were a security risk.
Even Jessica Montell, director of the liberal B'Tselem human right organization, stated on the army radio today: "Creating separate bus lines for Israeli Jews and Palestinians is a revolting plan. This is simply racism. Such a plan cannot be justified with claims of security needs or overcrowding." (Israel launches segregated bus service, 4.3,2013)
This policy is implemented under the pressure of the Jewish settler's in the West Bank. The Zionist Transport Ministry calls this racist policy: "An improvement in service". The Ministry said that the two new lines would "improve public transport services for Palestinian workers entering Israel" and replace pirate buses charging them "exorbitant prices". The Ministry also said that "Furthermore, the Ministry of Transport is not authorized to prevent any passenger from using public transport services." In support of this open racist policy, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said all Palestinians returning to the West Bank would be searched for stolen property, describing this as a routine Israeli precaution.
This outrageous separation of the buses demonstrates again that the Zionists invented their own special language, the kind that George Orwell already described in his famous book 1984.
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
Like the US racist "Jim Crow" system
If Israel reminds some Americans the racist policies in the US known as "Jim Crow", they are not mistaken. The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. The racist policy systematized economic, educational and social discrimination. However this did not happen only in the Southern states. In the Northern states segregation existed in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices, and job discrimination, including discriminatory policies of the trade union bureaucracy.
The US is still a racist state which is clear for anyone who study the discrimination of black men and even more so against black women in places of work, health or the number of blacks in prisons. In addition there is the enormous super exploitation of migrant workers as well as the abuses of them by the police. However, even in the US, the Ministry of Transport will not dare to declare that blacks have to travel in separate buses because of security reasons. State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education.
However this equality can be found only in the constitution and not in everyday life and even this reform was achieved in hard struggles of a mass movement known as the civil right movement. This is because of its middle class leadership which limited the movement to a reform while the capitalist foundation that generates racism has remained. How deep is the racism of American ruling class we can learn by observing both capitalist parties the Democrats and the Republican that during the presidential elections accused each other for not supporting the Israeli Apartheid enough. Only the working class in the US fighting alongside with the immigrant workers for equal rights for the immigrant workers as part of the struggle for the socialist revolution will end the racism of American imperialism. For this to happen a revolutionary socialist leadership of the most advance workers must be formed in the fire of the class struggle.
Fascist tradition of Zionist racism
The statement of the Israeli Transport Ministry is not different from the racist supporter of the Beitar Jerusalem football team, the same team Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu supports, that at the end of last month chanted during a game against Umm al-Fahm, a Palestinian town in the lands Israel stolen in 1947-48: "The Temple Mount (occupied in 1967) is in our hands" The fans of the team from Umm al-Fahm properly replied to them in Hebrew:" "With blood and fire, we will liberate Palestine". The New York time (January 30) that reported this event, told its readers:
"The angry, defiant exchanges that punctuated Tuesday night's unusually tense game here came amid intense protests by Beitar Jerusalem supporters over the team owner's plans to recruit two Muslim players from Chechnya (Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev). Some young men had unfurled a banner at the previous game declaring "Beitar pure forever," which reminded many here of Nazi Germany's purging of Jews from athletics in 1933 and prompted statewide discussion about racism on and off the field".
Beitar was founded in 1936 as a sport team of the political "Revisionists" movement Beitar that was modeled after the "Black Shirts" of Mussolini. Many of the players belonged to the right wing terrorist organizations before 1948.
Lenny Brenner who documented the history of the "revisionists" in his book the "Iron Wall" wrote:
"Up to 1933, a number of members from the national-messianist wing of Revisionism were inspired by the fascist movement of Benito Mussolini. Abba Ahimeir was attracted to fascism for its staunch anti-communism and its focus on rebuilding the glory of the past, which national-messianists such as Uri Zvi Greenberg felt had much connection to their view of what the Revisionist movement should be.
Abba Ahimeir's ideology was based in Oswald Spengler's monumental study on the decline of the West, but his Zionist orientation caused him to adapt its ultimate conclusions. Achimeir's basic assumption was that liberal bourgeois European culture was degenerate, and deeply eroded from within by an excess of liberalism and individualism. Socialism and communism were portrayed as "over civilized" ideologies. Fascism on the other hand, like Zionism, was a return to the roots of the national culture and the historical past. According to Achimeir, Italian Fascism was not anti-Semitic or anti-Zionist, whereas communist ideology and praxis were intrinsically so."
It is very common for the fans of Beitar Jerusalem to chant "Death to the Arabs", "Death to Mohammed" and "I hate all the Arabs" at Palestinian players. They are inspired by the Knesset's racist laws and rhetoric. Some liberal Journalists refer to Benito Netanyahu because of the history of the "Revisionists" that the Likud party is its continuation, and for using similar rhetoric as Benito Mussolini.
Netanyahu would be remembered among other things for his speech in the UN on September 23, 2011 when in his speech calling the other imperialist states to act against Iran, among other things he said: "In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu". No one doubt of course that Jews lived in Palestine 2,700 years ago but the connection between the Jews of today and the ancient kingdoms Judah and Israel based on slavery, that was common mode of production at that age, has to do with the Zionist settler colonialist movement that established capitalist Israel, by the ethnic cleansing of 1947-48, the Nakba, as much as the modern Italian nation has to do with the ancient Romans that Mussolini claimed they were the same. There is a strong connection between Netanyahu's statement in the UN and the overt racism of the fans of Beitar.
Following the racist outburst against Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev, the manger of the football team Eli Cohen, stated: "There is a difference and it makes a difference between an Arab Muslim and a European Muslim." (American Peace Now: News Nosh 01.27.13)
Hypercritical protest
What a twisted racist logic so common in Israel, that leads to an absurd hierarchy of acceptability for races and religions! The idea of distinguishing between these two groups only placates the racist fans and only amplifies the racist nature of the Israeli state.
The last time Beitar Jerusalem signed a Muslim player was in 2005. Nigerian-born defender Ibrahim Nadallah could not finish an entire season on the Beitar roster. He found the constant stream of racism, prejudice, and incitement intolerable and he left.
In a response to the signing of Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev, Beitar's fans showed up to Teddy's Field on for their game against Bnei Yehuda to protest. One particularly large poster of the fans read, "Beitar will always be pure".
Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon a former head of the Zionist army said: "I was shocked by the racism displayed in the Beitar Jerusalem stands yesterday against having Muslim or Arab players on the team". Really? The government of which Yaalon is a member steals more and more land from the Palestinians in the West Bank and passed many discriminatory legislation targeted at the Palestinian citizens of Israel! The fans of Beitar see the relationship between legislation banning the commemoration of the Nakba or removing 70,000 Bedouin Arabs from their homes in the Naqab and they are encouraged. In the past few months alone, Palestinians citizens of Israel have been physically assaulted in the streets of Jerusalem, had their holiday decorations vandalized, have been subject to racial profiling on Tel Aviv's beaches, and have been refused entry into Haifa nightclubs.
One year ago roughly 300 Beitar fans attacked Palestinian workers while chanting racist fight songs in the food court on the second floor. According to the mall's CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts, the fans rioted for approximately 40 minutes chanting "Death to Arabs!" and "Muhammad is dead!" before police and mall security guards stopped them. None of these right wing Zionists has been brought to trial. The supporters of Beitar know that they are protected by the Zionist state. The Israeli governments' actions through the entire history of Israel fuel the racism that it is rooted in the nature of the Israeli state as a capitalist-imperialist colonialist settler's state. Needless to say even if these racists are arrested and are brought to trial and sent to jail they are freed after a short time.
P.T. Karolyi, from the Arab Association for Human Rights, reported recently in an article about the connection between the politicians and the football fans racism: "Ami Kaufman grappled with this comparison in +972 Magazine. He quotes a friend, 'Is there really a difference between a politician who doesn't want Arabs on his team, to fans who don't want Muslims on theirs'"? (P.T. Karolyi, Arab Association for Human Rights, 30.1.2013)
The mass media in Israel is citing the recent election results and the ostensible victory of bourgeois "centrist" Yair Lapid as a proof that not all the Zionist politicians are racists. However Lapid has a similar racist perspective toward the Palestinians. He was quoted recently stating that he would never join a coalition with the "Zoabiz". He invoked Haneen Zoabi's name whom he called "the most hated woman in Israel" for participating in MV Mavi Marmara, that was attacked by the Israeli army for trying to break the siege on Gaza. He is a partner to a political block with the open racist party "The Jewish Home". He was elected by many who participated in the protest movement against the decay of the living conditions of the Jewish citizens of Israel while ignoring the oppressed and discriminated Palestinians.
Racist Street attacks on Arabs
During Purim holiday this year, Hassan Ausruf, suffering severe injuries, was hospitalized at the Department of Ophthalmology at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Ausruf required dozens of stitches, and surgery to save his eye, which suffered severe damage from the beating.
"Hassan was brutally attacked by a group of some 20 young Jewish racists on the city's seafront promenade early Sunday morning for no other reason than being an Arab." (Al Monitor)
Four youths were arrested Monday morning in Tiberias on suspicion that they were part of a group that last week attacked a Hassan Ausruf, municipal worker on a boardwalk in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile Monday, police in Jerusalem said they had arrested two teenage girls in connection with last week's apparent assault on an Arab woman at a station of the capital's light rail, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to three. The girls were released on bail and ordered to stay away from Jerusalem for 45 days. During the deliberation, a police representative asserted that the attack was motivated by racist intent.
"The defendants asked the plaintiff if she was an Arab, and when she responded in the affirmative, they attacked her, spat on her and called her an Arab bitch," (The Time of Israel, March 4, 2013). Their lawyer stated to the Israeli mass media that this one girl attacked the group that was forced to defend itself.
These attacks takes place on the background of the fascists in Israel led by Ben Ari that terrorize the Palestinian in Jaffa and other cities trying to force them to flee the city. The fascists are backed by the leadership of the settlers (Moezet Yesha) that is considered in Israel as the flowers of Zionism.
Michael Ben-Ari is a former member of the racist Knesset, who co-established the Otzma LeYisrael party. He is the first outspoken disciple of Rabbi Meir Kahane whose party was banned in Israel but it was allowed to run for the elections under a different name.
For self-defense and an antifascist united front!
For a Palestinian Workers State from the River to the Sea!
In Jaffa some brave Palestinians, who already understand that the Zionist state's apparatus (army, police, courts, prisons) will not defend them from the fascist mob, are organizing self defense committee. The ISL supports the committee and is now trying to organize a wider united front to fight shoulder to shoulder with our Palestinians brothers and sisters in Jaffa, to stop the fascist attacks.
At the same time we explain that only by a socialist revolution based on the Palestinians workers, unemployed, poor and lower middle class with those Jews who are ready to fight the Zionist systematical oppression, we will end the fascist's terror that acts in the service of the Israeli capitalist state and protected by the state apparatus. As long as Israel exists, the terrorizing of the Palestinian nation in Israel the West Bank, in Gaza and in the refugee camps will continue. Our revolutionary perspective against the reality of the Apartheid state from the river to the sea is a Palestinian Workers State from the River to the Sea as part of a Socialist Federation of the entire region. The Jewish workers who will join the revolutionary struggle will be part of the workers state and the Jewish masses that will stay and not act against the new workers state will be equal citizens.
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Today is Loretta Lynn's 87th birthday (!) and she has no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Crazy to think we've had over 60 years of her amazing music, even wilder that Coal Miner's Daughter is almost 40 years old!
Earlier this month, over 12,000 fans & country superstars like Keith Urban, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood & so many more gathered in Nashville to celebrate her ... so wish we could've been there!
Miss Loretta- you asked me to jump out of a cake for you- and I would do it again every time ! Thank you for a truly surreal and gorgeous night of music , heart, stories , magic , and LOVE!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!


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Best Bang-For-Your-Buck Summer Travel Destinations
Trying to decide where to take the family on vacation this summer? A new report released Tuesday identifies the best places to get a bang for your buck and may be helpful in making a decision.
The Orlando metropolitan area ranks No. 1 among "2022's Best Summer Travel Destinations," according to personal-finance website WalletHub. Others in the Top 5 are Washington, Tampa, Austin and Salt Lake City.
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Books & Journals » HEAL THYSELF (The Homoeopathic World) 1933 Nov Vol LXVIII No 815 » UNNECESSARY OPERATIONS
UNNECESSARY OPERATIONS
by Erwin Liek
The discovery of anaesthetics and and antiseptics, the elimination of pain and risk in operations has opened the road to surgery and has enabled surgery to give ready help wherever mechanical intervention can help. "Nowadays we are apt to give the normal position to very organ in the human body." These words proclaim incredible conceit.
(From " The Doctors Mission ").
IT is difficult to estimate the percentage of unnecessary operations, but I think I am safe in stating that they from more than half of the total. I do not wish to be misunderstood. I assume that the surgeon acts in accordance with the best of his knowledge and in accordance with his conscience. However, he may act on mistaken assumptions. I have to make the gravest reproach which I have to make to modern surgery and to leading surgeons of the present.
Unnecessary operations are cased by modern superficiality in medical circles, by the fact that the processes of life the healthy and in the diseased are looked upon from a coarse and purely technical and materialistic point of view with complete disregard of the organic and spiritual factors. The contempt for these factors is in my opinion a sinful disregard of the very spirit of the art of healing. The cause of this is obvious to everyone who has given a little thought to these matters.
The discovery of anaesthetics and and antiseptics, the elimination of pain and risk in operations has opened the road to surgery and has enabled surgery to give ready help wherever mechanical intervention can help. We can nowadays easily straighten out bent bones, adjust luxations, replace muscles, correct faults of formation along the alimentary tract excise gravely diseased and dispensable organs.
We can, for instance, take out a tuberculous kidney, a gall bladder filled with stones or with pus, a cancerous larynx, take out part of the thyroid gland degenerated through disease, etc. So far so good. Unfortunately surgery went too far and invaded territory which should not be subjection to the surgeons knife. When the heroic age of surgery drawing to an end, the surgical giants were succeeded by men who presumed to give a mechanical explanation for all abnormalities of the human body and they were ready to correct these abnormalities by surgical violence.
If the kidney is more easily movable than is normal, it is called a floating kidney, and it is stitched up to what is presumed to be a normal position. If the stomach hangs down the navel it is likewise stitched up. If the caecum is too easily movable or if the uterus is not in a position of absolute normality, the knife is immediately at had to correct the fault, or the anomaly. Every reader can add to the list of unnecessary operations ad libitum.
If the surgeon discovers a slight abnormality of no importance whatever which is to be found in thousands without casing any disadvantage, he "corrects" that abnormality in accordance with his own ideas or in accordance with the so-called "normal position" as described in some anatomical textbook. A few years ago a great surgeon wrote with pride: "Nowadays we are apt to give the normal position to very organ in the human body." These words proclaim incredible conceit.
With regard to every organ it must be observed that its functioning is the only thing important. In comparison with function, size and position count for nothing. A stomach and a kidney may have sunk low down in the pelvis and may nevertheless function faultlessly. On the other hand, the stomach may be absolutely normal as regards size and position and may not function at all, as in the case of tabes dorsalis.
UNNECESSARY TONSIL OPERATIONS Brother orthodox man, there are thousands of the laity who are waiting and begging us for professional Homeopathic help, but these same know well that wheat from the chaff. You simply cannot fool them, so learn your Homeopathy well. So get wise unto yourself and study Homeopathy....
OPERATIONS OBVIATED BY HOMOEOPATHY The best preventive for chronicity recurrent attacks in adult or child is the constitutional homoeopathic remedy, chosen by individualization based on the totality of the symptoms, which is Natures own request and guide. The same can be said for frequent attacks of so-called surgical troubles: tonsillitis, appendicitis, piles, duodenal ulcers, bleeding fibroids and many others....
AVOIDABLE OPERATIONS One of my first demonstrations of the possibility of a cure of an anal fistula was in patient who was president of a large wholesale drug company. This came shortly after my conversion to homoeopathy, many years ago. Two prominent surgeons had recommended immediate surgery, the patient consulting me after being told that nothing but surgery would be of value....
OPERATIONS OBVIATED BY HOMOEOPATHY The history had been an appendicitis operation several years before, followed a year later by a second operation for adhesions that had formed. During the second operation, or following it, she had had a tube left in her side for months, draining, but after that was taken out there was a great mass of adhesions reformed, and that was the condition that I found a perfectly solid mass of adhesions around that right abdominal region....
Erwin Liek
Erwin Liek (born May 13, 1878 in Löbau in West Prussia , † February 12, 1935 in Berlin ) was a German physician and publicist. In 1928 Liek founded the general medical journal Hippocrates , which was initially supported by physicians, medical historians, homeopaths, psychologists and parapsychologists, who were open to homeopathy and healthy nutrition. Liek studied from 1896 to 1902 medicine at the Universities of Freiburg, and Königsberg.
Liek wrote two books on cancer. In his 1932 volume on The Spread, Prevention, and Control of Cancer, the Danzig surgeon argued that cancer was a disease of civilization, a "cultural disease" whose incidence was on the rise. A natural way of life was the best protection: "the simpler and more natural one's way of life, the rarer is cancer."
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