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Sienna Miller Covers Harper's Bazaar Magazine UK April 2017
March 13, 2017 By fashionandstylepolice in Magazine Covers Tags: Alexi Lubormirski, Burberry, Chanel, Fashion, Fashion and Style Police, Fashion Blog UK, Harper's Bazaar Magazine UK, Harry Winston, Jimmy Choo, Leith Clark, Sienna Miller, Simone Rocha, Style Blog Cheshire, Tiffany & Co, Tom Sturridge, UK Fashion Blogger 11 Comments
Sienna Miller is on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Magazine UK April 2017, and she looks fab on it.
Sienna wears Burberry dress and cape with Harry Winston and Tiffany & Co jewellery on the newsstand cover, photographed by Alexi Lubormirski and styled by Leith Clark.
I am a huge fan of Harper's Bazaar magazine covers, I think they stand out on the newsstands for the right reasons, and they always look so good. This cover right here is no exception, I love everything about it, Sienna Miller looks so pretty.
In her interview with Harper's Bazaar, Sienna talks about her life, family and career. Here are so excerpts from the interview –
Why she moved to New York
'I just like the idea that you come to New York and you do something. London was all gorgeous and great, but I'm really trying to kick myself up the ass in some way, and New York is very good at doing that.'
On her ex-partner – Tom Sturridge
'We still love each other,' she explains. 'I think in a break-up somebody has to be a little bit cruel in order for it to be traditional, but it's not been acrimonious in a way where you would choose to not be around that person. We don't live together, as has been reported recently, but we do half the time. Everybody will stay over or we'll all go on holiday and that's because we genuinely want to be around each other. It's great for our daughter that she has two parents who love each other and are friends. He's definitely my best friend in the entire world.'
Sienna wears Simone Rocha dress with Jimmy Choo shoes and Chanel fine jewellery
I love this shot so much. It looks heavenly; so out of this world!
What do you think of this Harper's Bazaar cover? I would love to read it. Will you be reading?
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What a beautiful shot of her with the doves. I really do like sienna and pleased she is making a comeback x
Yea me too x
Rhian Westbury says:
Such a lovely cover and it's great that her and her ex are on good terms x
Yes it is x
The Money Shed (@TheMoneyShed) says:
That's a really good picture they've used on the front cover there. I still think black and white pictures can make so much more impact than colour sometimes!
Yea I agree.
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I love Sienna Miller, not only is she exceptionally beautiful but she comes across as so down to earth and a really lovely person.
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Ana De-Jesus says:
I love that her and her ex are still friends I think that is so mature of them and its great that they are a stable presence in their daughters life. She looks heavenly x
Yea she does x

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HOUSTON, May 02, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today reported net income for the three months ended March 31, 2007 of $553 million, or $1.84 per diluted share, on record quarterly revenues of $1,328 million. The results compare to net income of $206 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, on revenues of $817 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2007 included an after-tax gain of $20 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, resulting primarily from the sale of the tender rig Charley Graves. The results for the corresponding three months in 2006 included after-tax gains totaling $43 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, resulting from the sale of two rigs.
Robert L. Long, Chief Executive Officer of Transocean Inc., stated, "Demand for deepwater drilling rigs continues to be strong and we continue to benefit from the significant backlog we have built and the ongoing rollover of contracts to higher and higher dayrates. The exceptional results realized in the first quarter can be attributed in large part to great execution by our people in achieving significantly improved revenue efficiency fleet wide while continuing to improve our safety performance as we strive for incident-free operations."
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 increased 12% to $1,328 million compared to revenues of $1,186 million during the three months ended December 31, 2006. This increase in revenues was primarily due to an improvement in average daily revenue, which rose 15% to $198,000 from $171,700 during the three months ended December 31, 2006, and increases in rig revenue efficiency. This improvement was consistent across the company's fleet as several rigs commenced new contracts with dayrates that reflect the strong business environment prevalent since mid-2004. In addition, first quarter 2007 revenues were enhanced by increased activity as the semisubmersible rig C.K. Rhein, Jr. commenced operations following the completion of its reactivation project.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, operating income before general and administrative expenses totaled $683 million, a 3% decline from $701 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2006. This decline was due to gains of only $23 million on rig sales recognized in the first quarter of 2007 compared to gains on rig sales of $183 million recognized in the fourth quarter of 2006. Field operating income(1) (defined as revenues less operating and maintenance expenses) improved 23% to $760 million compared to $616 million over the prior three-month period. The improvement in first quarter 2007 field operating income was due chiefly to the strong revenue growth and also benefited from stable operating and maintenance expenses, which totaled $568 million during the first quarter of 2007 compared to $570 million during the previous quarter in 2006.
The company's Annual Effective Tax Rate(2) for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was 13.7%, excluding the previously mentioned impact on income before income tax related to the gain from the rig sale as well as excluding from income tax expense on various discrete items. The Effective Tax Rate(3) of 13.3% for the first quarter of 2007 reflects the impact of the previously mentioned rig sale and a $2 million favorable impact resulting from changes in estimates and the resolution of prior years' tax disputes in various jurisdictions. The company currently expects the effective tax rate for the remainder of 2007 to be approximately 14%, excluding the previously mentioned effects on income before tax related to the gain from the rig sale and excluding various discrete tax items.
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the company repurchased and retired $400 million of its ordinary shares, which amounted to approximately 5.2 million ordinary shares at an average purchase price of $77.39 per share. As of April 30, 2007, the company had repurchased and retired a total of $3.4 billion of its ordinary shares under the program, which amounted to approximately 47 million ordinary shares at an average purchase price of $72.48 per share. The company has authority remaining to repurchase $600 million of its ordinary shares under the program.
Transocean will conduct a teleconference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 2, 2007. To participate, dial 913-312-1297 and refer to confirmation code 6204914 approximately five to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the call.
In addition, the conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet in a listen-only mode and can be accessed by logging onto the company's website at www.deepwater.com and selecting "Investor Relations/News & Events/Webcasts & Presentations." A file containing four charts to be discussed during the conference call, titled "1Q07 Charts," has been posted to the company's website and can also be found by selecting "Investor Relations/News & Events/Webcasts & Presentations." The conference call may also be accessed via the Internet at www.CompanyBoardroom.com by typing in the company's New York Stock Exchange trading symbol, "RIG."
A telephonic replay of the conference call should be available after 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 2, 2007 and can be accessed by dialing 719-457-0820 and referring to the passcode 6204914. Also, a replay will be available through the Internet and can be accessed by visiting either of the above-referenced Worldwide Web addresses.
Statements regarding our backlog, market conditions, rig demand, our share repurchase plan, prospects for our business, as well as any other statements that are not historical facts in this release, are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These include but are not limited to operating hazards and delays, risks associated with international operations, future financial results, actions by customers and other third parties, factors affecting the supply and demand of drilling rigs, including newbuilds, reactivations and the reallocation of current rigs, factors affecting the duration of contracts including well-in-progress provisions, the actual amount of downtime, factors resulting in reduced applicable dayrates, hurricanes and other weather conditions, the future price of oil and gas and other factors detailed in the company's most recent Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated.
1 For a reconciliation of operating income before general and administrative expense to field operating income, see the accompanying schedule entitled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations - Operating Income Before General and Administrative Expense to Field Operating Income."
2 Annual Effective Tax Rate is defined as income tax expense excluding various discrete items (such as changes in estimates and tax on items excluded from income before income taxes) divided by income before income taxes excluding gains on sales and similar items pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 18. See the accompanying schedule entitled "Effective Tax Rate Analysis."
3 Effective Tax Rate is defined as income tax expense divided by income before income taxes. See the accompanying schedule entitled "Effective Tax Rate Analysis."


London, Feb 26 (IANS) A Britain-based group has alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its allied organisations have been raising money in Britain under false pretences.
The report, titled "In Bad Faith? British Charity and Hindu Extremism" and released Thursday, alleges RSS activists had siphoned off money donated to help in disaster relief.
The allegations, however, have been denied.
The RSS-allied groups, the report says, were involved or implicated in violence or hatred against Muslims and Christians.
Released by the group Awaaz - South Asia Watch, the report claims donations from members of the public in Britain ended up in the hands of groups such as the RSS.
Much of the money in question was reportedly raised as part of wider humanitarian appeals.
Similar allegations were made earlier and are currently being investigated by the British government body that regulates charities.
One of the British organisations accused by Awaaz, Sewa International, said it would be inappropriate to respond to the report while that investigation was taking place.
However, Sewa International's sister organisation in India, Sewa Bharati, has strongly denied that any money it has received has been used for Hindu nationalist activity.
The release of the Awaaz report has been timed to coincide with the second anniversary Friday of the widespread sectarian killings in Gujarat in 2002.


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Now Football Is Fleeing California: Prestigious College Football Game Heads To Texas Over Covid Restrictions
Chris EnloeDecember 22, 20205min
Americans desperate for lower taxes and more freedom aren't the only ones fleeing California.
The Rose Bowl, one of college football's most prestigious annual bowl games, will not be played at the Rose Bowl stadium located in Pasadena, California, this season. Instead, the game has been moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The reason? California's iron-clad ban on spectators at sporting events due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"The game in Dallas will still be played in the mid-afternoon window on New Year's Day. We are pleased that parents and loved ones will now be able to see their students play in the game," College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said, the Associated Press reported.
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The decision to move the game was made following complaints from teams about the Rose Bowl being "unable to accommodate players' family members because of California's COVID-19 restrictions," the AP reported. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly even suggested his team would boycott the Rose Bowl if they were invited to play in the game and parents were prohibited from attending.
According to the AP, the Rose Bowl twice requested an exemption to the COVID-related restrictions on spectators — but were denied by local officials.
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According to reports Saturday, the Tournament of Roses had asked state health officials to allow 400 to 500 spectators in the 95,000-seat stadium.
"We know that the decision was not an easy one to make," David Eads, CEO and executive director of the Tournament of Roses, said in a statement. "While we remain confident that a game could have been played at the Rose Bowl Stadium, as evident in the other collegiate and professional games taking place in the region, the projection of COVID-19 cases in the region has continued on an upward trend."
The Rose Bowl game has been played every year since 1916.
The last time the Rose Bowl was played outside of California happened in January 1942, when the game took place in Durham, North Carolina. The game had been moved over safety concerns just weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will battle the Alabama Crimson Tide in the game, the first of two College Football Playoff semifinal games.
The winner of the Rose Bowl will then face the winner of the other semifinal game — either the Clemson Tigers or Ohio State Buckeyes — in the College Football National Championship game.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reacted to the news about the Rose Bowl's relocation, saying, "Now football is fleeing California."
Now football is fleeing California. https://t.co/dGwbOYukGz
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 20, 2020
Author : Chris Enloe
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Vaccine Studies
Project 2VIDA! COVID-19 Vaccine Intervention Delivery for Adults in Southern California
a study on Vaccine COVID-19
for people ages 18-99 (full criteria)
healthy people welcome
estimated completion January 2026
by Argentina E Servin, MD,MPH
The United States (U.S.) is the country with the largest number of infections and deaths due to COVID- 19 and racial/ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected. Acceptance and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines will be instrumental to ending the pandemic. To this end, 2VIDA! (SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Intervention Delivery for Adults in Southern California) is a multilevel intervention to address individual, social, and contextual factors related to access to, and acceptance of, the COVID-19 vaccine by implementing and assessing a COVID-19 vaccination protocol among Latino and African American (AA) adults (>18 years old) in San Diego. 2VIDA! builds on our previous CBPR efforts and centers on conducting COVID-19 Individual awareness and education, linkages to medical and supportive services, and Community Outreach and Health Promotion in the intervention sites (Phase 1); and offering the COVID-19 vaccine to Latino and AA adults (>18 years old) in federally-qualified health centers and pop-up vaccination stations in communities highly impacted by the pandemic and identifying individual and structural barriers to COVID-19 immunization (Phase 2).
Project 2VIDA! SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Intervention Delivery for Adults in Southern California
As of January 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 89 million cases of COVID-19 (SARS- CoV-2) have been confirmed and have resulted in more than 1.9 million deaths globally. Currently, the United States (U.S.) is the country with the largest number of infections and deaths due to COVID-19, with a total of 22 million infections and 373,167 deaths. Furthermore, early findings that have examined COVID-19 demographics show that racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. are bearing a disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases and deaths irrespective of geographic region. While there's no evidence that people of color (POC) have genetic or biological factors that make them more likely to be affected by COVID-19, they are more likely to have underlying health conditions, live in multi-generational homes, live in densely populated areas, have limited access to healthcare, and have jobs that are considered essential and involve interaction with the public. All of these factors contribute to higher rates of infection and adverse outcomes due to COVID-19. Although COVID-19 preventive behaviors such as hand washing, mask wearing, and social distancing have been shown to be effective in curbing the spread of the virus, acceptance and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines will be instrumental to ending the pandemic. However, public confidence in vaccination is fragile, especially among racial and ethnic minorities. To this end, we have formed an intervention working group comprised of representatives from community and academic organizations to address challenges in COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Latino and African American (AA) communities in Southern California by using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach. Project 2VIDA! (SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Intervention Delivery for Adults in Southern California), is a multilevel intervention to address individual, social, and contextual factors related to access to, and acceptance of, the COVID-19 vaccine among Latino and AA adults (>18 years old) across six highly affected communities in Southeast San Diego. 2VIDA! seeks to implement and assess a COVID-19 vaccination protocol to increase interest and uptake of COVID-19 vaccine, provide COVID-19 vaccines in the community, and establish a model for the rapid vaccination of Latino and AA adults that could be generalizable to other highly affected communities. 2VIDA! builds on our previous CBPR efforts and centers on conducting COVID-19 community outreach and health promotion, Individual awareness and education, and linkages to medical and supportive services and offering the COVID-19 vaccine to Latino and AA adults (>18 years old) in community health centers (CHC) and mini-vaccination stations in communities highly impacted by the pandemic in San Diego County.
Vaccine Refusal Covid19 Latinx African American COVID-19 Community-based participatory research Vaccines COVID-19 Individual Awareness and Education. COVID-19 Community Outreach & Health Promotion. COVID-19 Individual Health Education & Linkages to Medical and Supportive Services. Pop-up community vaccination sites
Open to people ages 18-99
age 18 years or older
identify as Latinx and/or AA
biologically male or female
be a resident of one of the six communities selected for this study (National City, Lincoln Park, Logan Heights, Valencia Park, Chula Vista or San Ysidro)
literate in English or Spanish
no known history of severe allergic reactions to any components of the vaccine
no history of immune disease
not be pregnant
no plans to move from the area in the following 30 days
able to provide voluntary informed consent
able to provide complete contact information for themselves and two additional contact individuals (for follow-up 2nd vaccine shot)
adults unable to consent
Care View Health Center accepting new patients
San Ysidro Health Care View Health Center accepting new patients
San Ysidro Health Euclid accepting new patients
San Ysidro Health King-Chavez Health Center accepting new patients
Argentina E Servin, MD,MPH
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine. Authored (or co-authored) 15 research publications.
January 2026 (estimated)
Argentina Servin, MD, MPH


These bikes were built in the early 80's and were pure homologation bikes for street bike races. only a 1050 of the RB model were produced for racing purposes and most of them were raced in competiton. the bike has the original hand made fuel tank from the factory and these bikes were fitted with upgraded suspension and brakes.
Honda CB1100F 1983 in original good condition, CB900F 1980 stripped down. Moto Martin rolling Chassis with CB900F engine installed.
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So in preparation for my trip I wanted to update my iPod! The problem is, I can't sit through 90% of the music without feeling like throwing up. I very rarely use my iPod, so it was last updated about a year ago… some of the music I used to listen to, I would not EVER be caught listening to today!


The Auralnauts YouTube channel has released the latest "Kylo Ren Reacts" video, which if you're unfamiliar with the series it features Kylo Ren watching Star Wars trailers and clips and doing a reaction-style video for them. In this entry he fires up the newly released Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, and reacts to it just as you would expect a brooding wanna be Sith Lord would.
He clearly loves his scenes, but he's not a huge fan of Rey's, and he takes umbrage with the trailer's edit by saying it is a bit misleading. I just find this bit to be pure fun, so head on up above to check it out.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits theaters on December 15, 2017. If you missed it we have a new Star Wars Time Show dedicated to the trailer, as well as a post highlighting it's spoilers, and one breaking down all of its key moments. We'd love for you to check them out!


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As of July 1, all affected B.C. municipalities have signed on to a new 20-year policing contract with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Some local leaders remain fearful that the new deal exposes local taxpayers to surprise cost increases.
I have a different concern (predictably): could this contract have done a better job of enabling local input on policing practices? Is that option still open to us?
The contract was negotiated by the Government of British Columbia to cover both provincial and local policing needs, and announced in March of 2012. As mentioned previously on this site, a few Fraseropolis municipalities run their own police services, but most employ the RCMP. Local governments in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley Township, North Vancouver, Richmond and Port Coquitlam were among those that expressed unhappiness with the new RCMP contract, and they refused to ratify it until the second half of June.
News media linked the cities' reluctance to a lack of clarity in the contract around cost-sharing. Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie complained that a promised companion document explaining the deal was never produced. However, the issue of whether communities should play a bigger role in setting police service priorities and influencing policies did not appear to be part of the debate.
Provincial statistics (see the Resources page on this site) show that policing accounts for over 10 per cent of municipal spending. In my view, this entitles taxpayers to a public discussion of how police set priorities — that is, how much of their time and budget they put into traffic enforcement, or community outreach, or anti-drug enforcement. Are there different and more effective ways to address the safety and security problems facing each local area? We know that the Mounties are trained within a single organizational model, but don't different communities have different needs?
A 2007 consultant's report presented to the City of Richmond reports complaints from city staff and residents that the local RCMP detachment operated in isolation.
"Administrators felt restricted in their attempts to effectively facilitate community safety and security… City staff felt they had no access to either the police planning process or the information which might give them a sense of comfort regarding the policing of the City. Community members also expressed concern that the police were detached from the community and [suggested] that direct oversight of the police was important to what was termed the connection between the police and the public." (Pages 61-62).
The report proposed the creation of a "Public Security Committee" where selected local residents would join City Council members in "full and open discussion" of policing and public safety issues. Richmond has chosen instead to deal with the police through a committee of Council whose meetings have often been closed to the public, at least during 2012. I understand the function of private conversations, but this pattern of secrecy is, in my view, disrespectful to the public and a violation of the spirit of British Columbia's Community Charter. On the other hand, if the politicians open the doors only to let RCMP brass dominate the agenda (as with the most recent open meeting of Surrey City Council's Police Committee in October 2011), we're not much further ahead.
I've been told that things have improved in most B.C. cities since 2007. RCMP officers now attend management meetings with city staff, so there's better coordination in such areas as social services and road operations. The federal police have expanded their community policing presence and work with a wider pool of volunteers.
However, working from the Richmond consultant's report, I've found only two Fraseropolis municipalities in the RCMP domain where citizens meet with police to discuss policies and practices. Langley Township has a Community and Transportation Safety Advisory Committee. Its recommendations, unfortunately, are not posted on the municipal website. The City of Burnaby is more helpful: it maintains a current work plan for its Community Policing Committee, touching on a diverse list of public priorities. This is a modest beginning; but it shows that citizens can attempt to influence senior police officers in an open way without the system falling apart.
Burnaby, Richmond and other cities who criticized the new RCMP contract have promised a joint study to look at alternative policing systems. We may see another consultant's report stating that it might make sense to bring the police and communities closer together. This would be a positive thing, but the missing ingredient here is public pressure for change We respect the police, we think the police are doing a good job in general, with some nasty exceptions, and we don't want law enforcement organized on a political basis. We're busy. We have other things to do. In most cities we leave the job to the politicians, who will go with the status quo unless the public says otherwise. And even in communities with functioning citizen police boards, we don't pay attention.


In the eighteenth century, on January 23, 1729, the first School of Mining and Ferrous Metallurgy was founded in Oravița, Romania. Thereby, for celebrating 290 years of metallurgical education in Romania, the second edition of the thematic workshop «New Trends in Metallic Materials Processing», hosted by University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, gathered together on March 21-22, 2019 more than 100 participants from 35 companies from the industry (Romania, Russia, Germany, Switzerland and Bulgaria) and also professors, scientists, researchers and students from 4 Romanian major universities, working in the field of metallic materials processing.
The event was organized by the Materials Processing and Ecometallurgy Department (Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania) in cooperation with the Romanian Forging Association and the Romanian Foundry Association and included a main plenary session of presentations and lectures and a parallel poster session. Also, more than 20 stands were arranged for companies' presentation. The main objective of this second edition of the workshop was to create a joint meeting between representatives from the industry, academia and students in order to enable them to exchange ideas and information and to activate a common platform for specialists working in the materials processing field.
QForm Group was one of the sponsors of the event and Mr. Paul Mordvintsev (Head of Business Development Department) made during the workshop some very interesting presentations about the new QForm software for metal forming and extrusion simulation, the latest developments and features for metal forming technologies simulation and optimization. Also, Mr. Atanas Yordanov from SpaceCAD Ltd. (QForm partner in Bulgaria) presented and demonstrated some relevant open and close die forging practical cases solved in QForm.
Find more photos from the workshop at Facebook.


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LA&PS Community Conversations launch gives voice to Portuguese-speaking communities
Community Conversations, a new initiative in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies within the Global and Community Engagement portfolio, is designed to encourage stimulating, inspiring and inclusive dialogue among different communities on local and global issues that matter most to them.
"This first event truly embodied our vision of Community Conversations. It created a space for the community to identify strengths, build awareness and identify strategies for positive change," says Narda Razack, associate dean, global & community engagement in LA&PS. "We want to actively enhance public engagement on a wide range of topics and to create inclusive spaces to exchange ideas."
Portuguese-speaking members of the Portuguese, Brazilian and Angolan communities gather at the first Community Conversations event
Held on Nov. 25, the first conversation in the series was titled "Youth, Higher Education and Community Engagement in the Portuguese Community." Lusophone members of the Portuguese, Brazilian and Angolan communities gathered for the event hosted by the Gallery of the Portuguese Pioneers, with the assistance of the Working Women Community Center (WWCC) and the Portuguese Canadian Walk of Fame. All these institutions are partners of York University's Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies Program, whose faculty members spearheaded the event.
"In conjunction with the two other community partners, holding this event in the gallery of the Portuguese Pioneers was significant because it is a space that connects us to our immigrant experience and cultural pioneers. This allows us to celebrate them and remember their struggles while acknowledging the many new and often unexpected paths of Portuguese-speaking immigrants in Canada," says Professor Maria João Dodman from York's Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics. Dodman and Professor Inês Cardoso, also from the same department, moderated the event.
From left, Member of Parliament for Davenport Julie Dzerowicz, Professor Inês Cardoso and Professor Maria João Dodman
"I am thrilled to learn about York University's intentional and collaborative efforts to meaningfully engage and welcome Toronto's students of Portuguese and other Lusophone ancestries into post-secondary education," says David Pereira, a long-time tutor with the WWCC's ON YOUR MARK tutoring program. York University students make up more than 50 per cent of the program's 200 volunteer tutors.
"Working Women Community Centre is pleased to be working with York University in the delivery of ON YOUR MARK Mentoring and Tutoring Program for students of Portuguese ancestry. The first community conversation provided an opportunity to celebrate the marked improvement of our high school drop-out rates, but I was particularly pleased that the conversation also addressed systemic issues that impact our student success," says Marcie Ponte, WWCC executive director.
"In this conversation, we wanted to highlight the need, as a community, to be attentive to the educational paths pursued by youth, ensuring that knowledge is widely available to them, and to reflect critically on these paths without victimization or a defeatist attitude, but as active leaders aware of our rights and collective goals," says Cardoso, who served as the event moderator.
The community conversation attracted teachers, students, tutors, volunteers, community leaders and alumni of York University and the University of Toronto. Also in attendance was the Member of Parliament for Davenport Julie Dzerowicz, as well as Portuguese-language media from OMNI Television and Camões Radio.
"Community members applauded York University for coming to the community and bringing a different energy to a safe and an emotional space that validates our experience as immigrants," says Dodman. "The overall interest by those who attended to stay informed on future community conversations was overwhelmingly positive."
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies invites faculty members and others to apply to host future Community Conversations. The formats of future conversations may vary and the Global and Community Engagement unit encourages moderators to share their innovative ideas.


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John Hannah VC
In 1940, while Fighter Command took on the Luftwaffe over Britain and the Channel, the airmen of Bomber Command were flying missions over Fortress Europe. Hitler's plan for invading the UK, Operation Sealion, would require a landing force setting off from mainland Europe so the then relatively small RAF Bomber Command was given the task to do as much damage as possible to the naval forces that Hitler had gathered for the cross channel attack. At this point Bomber Command was only equipped with twin engined medium bombers that would very soon be regarded as obsolete. Yet, with fear of an invasion of Britain at its height, the task was regarded as at least as important as defending the skies above Britain – and the crews were sent out, night after night over Europe.
Most of these targets were very well defended and there was no shortage of bravery amongst the aircrew that had to face them. John Hannah joined the Royal Air Force aged 17 in 1939, and after training as a wireless operator was later promoted sergeant in 1940. He was attached to 83 Squadron (Hampden bombers) as a wireless operator and gunner.
With the Battle of Britain Spitfires continuing to maintain their vigil in the skies over Britain, the Fighter Command was stretched to the limit with their defensive tactics. On the night of 15 September 1940, 83 Squadron left their base shortly before 22.30 hrs with a force of 15 Hampden bombers. They were destined for a bombing raid on a concentration of German barges at the port of Antwerp, which were reported to be part of an armada of sea going vessels collected in preparation for the threatened invasion of Britain.
As the bombers approached their objective, they were caught in the piercing beams of light from the searchlights below, followed by intense anti-aircraft fire. Shortly after Hannah's plane had released its bombs it was hit with shrapnel and bullets. Almost at once the rear of the fuselage exploded into a blazing furnace of fire and searing heat, which quickly spread to the wireless operator's and gunner's cockpits. The rear gunner had no option but to bale out when the floor of his cockpit melted beneath his feet.
Undaunted, Hannah began to fight the fire. Surrounded with the flames he retrieved the plane's two hand fire extinguishers and rapidly dispersed the contents. When they were exhausted he beat at the flames with his flying log- book and as a last resort with his hands. Although his heavy flying suit restricted his movements, he continued to battle against the heat, but now there was an added danger as ammunition began to detonate within their cases. He quickly disposed of them by throwing them out through the hole in the fuselage.
Having successfully extinguished the flames Hannah painfully made his way to the pilot's seat to report that the fire was now under control. The pilot, Officer C.A. Conner, was shocked to see the extent of Hannah's burns to his face and hands. When it was realised that the other crew members had baled out, Hannah then assisted the pilot to navigate the plane back to base, where he was immediately transferred to a Service Hospital for emergency treatment. Hannah was informed of his award while still a patient in Rauceby hospital, Lincolnshire.
At Buckingham Palace on the 10 October 1940, Sergeant, John Hannah, attended an investiture for his award of the Victoria Cross. At the age of eighteen Hannah was the youngest recipient of this prestigious award for aerial operations. Pilot Officer C.A. Conner received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Sergeant D.A.E. Hayhurst, navigator and bomb- aimer, received the Distinguished Flying Medal for the part they played in the raid.
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Can We Trade Trump For France's Macron?
December 21, 2017 Random Bloggingclimate change, France, Macron, science, TrumpSheila
Remember "Freedom Fries"? Remember those sneering comments about the French? Because after all, we're Amuricans, so we are clearly superior.
I watched the French election with interest. It was right after "Amurica" accidentally elected the Orange Ignoramus, and thoughtful observers were worried whether our disastrous election–coming on the heels of the equally disastrous Brexit vote in England–heralded a global spread of white nationalist extremism.
Trump, if you'll recall, endorsed Marine Le Pen.
Fortunately, Trump's Le Pen endorsement was every bit as effective as his lukewarm endorsement of Luther Strange and his full-throated advocacy for Roy Moore. The French election was won overwhelmingly by Emmanuel Macron. I'd been rooting for Macron–my middle son's partner is Parisian and they split their time between Manhattan and Paris, so I had more insight into the French candidates than I would otherwise have had.
My preference for Macron has now been validated. As Reuters recently reported,
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron plans to award multi-year grants for several U.S.-based scientists to relocate to France, his office said on Monday on the eve of a climate summit hosted by the president to raise finances to counter global warming.
Macron unveiled the "Make our Planet Great Again" grants after President Donald Trump in June said he was pulling the United States out of an international accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that was brokered in Paris in 2015.
Macron repeatedly tried to persuade the U.S. leader to reverse his decision. In a statement, the Elysee Palace said 13 of the initial 18 grants will be awarded to scientists based in the United States.
Meanwhile, our dumb and delusional President just dropped climate change from America's National Security Strategy, in favor of "economic competitiveness." (I assume we'll be exceedingly competitive when we're underfed and underwater..).
Lest you dismiss Macron's offer to the scientific community as simply a (richly-deserved) middle-finger gesture to Trump, Science Magazine informs us that Macron's invitation has already borne fruit:
French President Emmanuel Macron's effort to lure disgruntled foreign climate scientists to France—especially from the United States—has produced its first harvest. France today announced that Macron's Make Our Planet Great Again initiative has recruited its first class of 18 scientists. Of the new recruits, 13, including a few French nationals, now work in the United States, whereas others are based in Canada, India, and elsewhere in Europe.
It's hard to disagree with the reaction of the liberal website Daily Kos:
Macron is appealing to shunned U.S. scientists with a simple message: Come do your work in France and we will give you grant money and respect you. What France gets out of the deal is a front-row seat for all of the environmental, energy, and other technical innovation that those scientists will now be producing in their new laboratories. Being on the forefront of new technology has been one of the surest ways to ensure your own workforce is highly skilled and earns high wages. You know, that thing that the United States was once famous for.
You have to wonder just how Donald Trump justifies his daily presidential existence when, at this point, even allies like France are openly mocking him. Donald said he'd be staffing our government with "the best people." It turns out we got people like Kellyanne Conway while our "best people" take job offers in countries willing to respect their work.
Of course, Donald Trump doesn't see any reason to "justify" his Presidential existence. He wouldn't even understand the question.
America has elected an intellectually-challenged and severely mentally ill Chief Executive (casting serious doubt on the mental/intellectual capacities of American voters, but that's a subject for a different day). Other countries–not just France, which will at least continue to be our ally during this depressing interlude– but China and of course Russia will take advantage of our diminished capacities and our dramatically declining global status.
But hey– Trump voters are happy. They got rid of that black President, brown people aren't coming here anymore (even as tourists!), and as a bonus, they're offloading those fancy-shmantsy elitists who do "science" and "facts."
Happy (White Christian) days are here again….
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38 thoughts on "Can We Trade Trump For France's Macron?"
I find it exciting that SOMEONE is interested in putting the best and brightest to work to solve important problems. I hope they also put some money behind medical science that has been blocked by the Right Wingers in the US. Stem Cells for example.
YAY for FRANCE. YAY for Mankind.
The majority of us don't live in an all White, Christian, American, heterosexual world where the White male reigns supreme. Most of us have friends and family from countries, ethnic groups, sexual preference, religions different than our own, and we like it that way. We don't long for a past that never really existed
For us, Donald Trump and Mike Pence can cause severe anxiety for the next few years, but they can't change who we are, who we love or the way we live. Try as they might, they cannot turn back time.
Everyday, I ask myself the following questions? How much damage can they do? How long will it take to undo that damage they are doing?
mark small says:
Unfortunately, the anti-intellectual strain of Americana seems quite strong. However, I would point out: (1) DT was not elected legally–the "MAGA" crowd got him close enough (although he still lost by 3 1/2 million) that Putin could flip a relatively small number of votes in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan to give DT an electoral "win"; (2) Indications are that the "surprise" vote in Brexit also was part of Putin's handiwork; and (3) Putin wants chaos, and DT is great for that job. Impeachment will not reverse all those lifetime judicial appointments—only nullification of the 2016 results can.
History Central:
"The Electoral College was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states.
The first reason that the founders created the Electoral College is hard to understand today. The founding fathers were afraid of direct election to the Presidency. They feared a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power. Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers:
It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations. It was also peculiarly desirable to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder. This evil was not least to be dreaded in the election of a magistrate, who was to have so important an agency in the administration of the government as the President of the United States. But the precautions which have been so happily concerted in the system under consideration, promise an effectual security against this mischief.
(See All of the Federalist 68)
Hamilton and the other founders believed that the electors would be able to insure that only a qualified person becomes President. They believed that with the Electoral College no one would be able to manipulate the citizenry. It would act as check on an electorate that might be duped. Hamilton and the other founders did not trust the population to make the right choice. The founders also believed that the Electoral College had the advantage of being a group that met only once and thus could not be manipulated over time by foreign governments or others.
The electoral college is also part of compromises made at the convention to satisfy the small states. Under the system of the Electoral College each state had the same number of electoral votes as they have representative in Congress, thus no state could have less then 3. The result of this system is that in this election the state of Wyoming cast about 210,000 votes, and thus each elector represented 70,000 votes, while in California approximately 9,700,000 votes were cast for 54 votes, thus representing 179,000 votes per electorate. Obviously this creates an unfair advantage to voters in the small states whose votes actually count more then those people living in medium and large states.
One aspect of the electoral system that is not mandated in the constitution is the fact that the winner takes all the votes in the state. Therefore it makes no difference if you win a state by 50.1% or by 80% of the vote you receive the same number of electoral votes. This can be a recipe for one individual to win some states by large pluralities and lose others by small number of votes, …"
I copied and pasted the Electoral College information from the History Central web site; sorry it is so long but…it does explain how 2017 and seemed to be five years long and it isn't over yet. The very reasons the Electoral College was enacted and the very problems it was enacted to prevent, "a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power", are the very problems which put Donald Trump in the White House and this entire country is currently drowning in the "trickle down" effect of the Trump version of "draining the swamp". We are instead, up to our ass in alligators.
Does France have an equivalent "Electoral College" election process or do they simply let the people elect their president?
Manuel Colunga-Hernandez says:
I think it a fantastic idea! GENIUS!!!
It is too simple a solution!… ~8) it makes 'sense'. And at last report 'Sense' was no where to be found and said to have 'left the building'…!
Jeff Neufer says:
Wonderful sarcasm! I actually smiled this morning.
Marv Kramer says:
Let's be honest. America is now nothing more than a dumb-downed version of Nazi Germany.
I'm very fortunate to have had the opportunity to witness the GHETTOIZING of at least 40% of the population. I'm anxiously awaiting the outcome. It should be very interesting to say the least.
Tom Lund says:
Marv's right. The parallels are now even more striking. That White House meeting yesterday, after the passing of the horrid tax bill in the Senate, where the GOP Senators fawned over Trump was likely very similar to those held in Berlin when Hitler and the NSDAP were in power and likely like those held in Pyongyang for Kim Jong Un right now. Just nauseating to watch a cult of personality at work in the freaking White House.
The big question still to be answered: Will 40% of the population in America, walk like "sheep to slaughter" as did the Jews [less than 1% of the population] in Nazi Germany.
Tom's right.
Gerald E. Stinson says:
I was not a fan of Macron as a right center candidate but supported him from afar over Le Pen, the flame thrower from the far left. I have since warmed to his even-handed approach to politics and his latest support for importing scientists from countries such as ours where scientists here are put down, ignored and insulted in carrying out their research. I expect to see other American scientists go to France and other enlightened states on their own and without subsidy since they are underappreciated here and their research into matters such as climate is politicized and financialized by such as the Kochs and Mercers and their political lackeys in the Oval Office and Congress.
Trump and his rhetoric and legislative synchopants for the profit-driven rich and corporate class are driving our best minds elsewhere. We would be well-advised in this connection to recall that the racist policies of Nazis drove scientists from Germany prior to WW II and that one such scientist was Albert Einstein, who helped us come up with an atomic bomb. I have often thought of how world history would have changed had Germany been more hospitable to such as Einstein and had come up first with the atomic bomb.
While the foregoing scenario may be an extreme example, destruction of our environment is an atomic bomb in slow (though accelerating) motion, and ultimately just as existential. We are already taxing our grandchildren and great grandchildren to pay the rich today via yesterday's passage of the Republican tax bill. Must we add toxic air, land and water to the mix? I hope not.
I read your headline and thought, "What have you got against France?"
Peggy Hannon says:
We have been headed inexorably toward this result since 1968. Let's face it, we did this to ourselves. We didn't pay attention. We didn't vote. We just didn't care. If this becomes the wake-up call we so desperately needed, it will work out. However, we must make sure that future generations don't forget.
Indygaffer says:
I'd gladly trade the Oval Office Orangutan (O³) for Justin Trudeau as well. Just when I think The Man With The Cockatiel Hair can't slip any lower, the bar descends yet again…
I kept looking for some familiar face in the crowd strategically placed on the staircase to join in the celebration yesterday. Were they all Senators or the White House custodial staff dressed in their finest to provide an audience for his egotistical, praise-seeking announcement. I especially admired the decision to place that one Black man behind and slightly to the side of Trump during his speech; anyone know who the "token" was? The film shots were quick but I saw no other Black faces and few women in the grinning, applauding crowd. Pence embarrassed himself with his grinning, applauding and fawning over his "massa". I wonder what Pence and his wife talk about when alone? How he will deal with the presidency maybe; or do they have to worry about their private home not being fully private due to possible "bugging"?
I am not wasting my time wondering IF Trump will accomplish another dastardly deed before the New Year; I will be wondering "WHAT".
daleb says:
Time magazine profiled Macron not only as the new leader of France but likely the leader of Europe which puts even more weight behind his invitation. Every other industrialized country is leaving the US in the 1950s. And Trump just keeps on talking with Congress' approval.
"If this becomes the wake-up call we so desperately needed, it will work out."
Hopefully, an ETHICAL FRONT will start to materialize before the 1st of the year straight out of the ANTI-NAZI PLAYBOOK.
Marv – This comment of yours is so true …..
daleb – World politics abhors a vacuum and Macron is filling the vacuum Trump abdicated. We came out of WW II as the acknowledged world leader and with the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Trump has vacated our position as world leader and the political vacuum thus created is up for grabs. Let's hope it's Macron and not Putin who assumes this mantle of leadership. Having lost that position of world leadership, my concern now is that we will lose the dollar as the world's reserve currency, a position we have held since the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire in1944. China and Russia are vying for that position or in the alternative talking of a so-called "basket of currencies" to replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency. With a self-professed Leninist adviser Bannon's advice on hand who tells us he wants "to destroy the administrative state," I fear Trump will not defend the dollar.
From the Anti-Nazi Playbook (creating the Ethical Front):
"The easy victories of National Socialism, which has never had to face any powerful opposition, have not only given it a feeling of irresistible strength but prevented its strength from being effectively tested."
"The dictatorship will be overcome without doctrine—not in the nihilist sense but the reverse, the readiness to accept and incorporate all that is constructive and creative. There is beginning to grow up what might be called the ETHICAL FRONDE. Against this FRONDE the totalitarian policy of National Socialism will come to grief. A state , a society, a nation, even the smallest community has no lasting quality if it is without an ethical basis."
"It may well be that nothing but the PLAIN EVIDENCE of the destructiveness of the nihilist revolution will furnish the ethical Fronde of which I spoke with ACTIVE POLITICAL DETERMINATION…..I do not myself feel that matters will come quickly to a head in Germany, though they may. But if they can at any time without the nation having to pass through the total anarchy of complete nihilism, it will only be through the active intervention of the ETHICAL FRONDE."
"The Revolution of Nihilism: Warning to the West" by Hermann Rauschning (Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1939) pp. 117-119.
ni-hil-ism (ni' e liz' em) n. [< L nihil, nothing] the general rejection of customary beliefs in morality, religion etc. —ni'hil-ist n.—ni'hil-is-tic adj.
~Webster's New World Dictionary
Vernon Turner says:
The rest of the world thinks we've lost our minds, and they are right – at least as far as what our government presents to the world. Republicans have openly mocked the poor, Puerto Rico and anybody seeking fairness and justice in sharing the wealth of the country. How can anyone respect that attack on the people while the few rich bastards wag the dog of Republicanism.
Instead of making America great (We were already great, no matter what the orange hairball says.), Trump and the Republicans are making America the laughing stock of the world.
Monotonous Languor says:
Question from above >> "You have to wonder just how Donald Trump justifies his daily presidential existence when, at this point, even allies like France are openly mocking him.""
The answer is: Trump will personally save up to $15m under tax bill, analysis finds. "Trump, of course, promised to release his tax returns, like every president since the 1970s, but has brazenly gone back on his word. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/20/trump-tax-bill-savings-analysis
One more piece to the Trumpet – Donald Trump's threat to cut US funding to countries that oppose his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital in a UN vote on Thursday has set the scene for confrontation with countries already bridling over the president's approach.
Trump made his threat to cut US funding on Wednesday as he gave his wholehearted support to his UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, who had sent members a letter warning that the US would be "taking names" of those who opposed it.
A fellow Vietnam Veteran on a another website referred to the Trumpet as Agent Orange.
Agent Orange for those of you not familiar with it was a toxic herbicide that was sprayed on large sections of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Agent Orange is named after the orange stripe on the 55-gallon metal drums in which it was shipped, there were also other herbicides used during the war. Admiral E.R. Zumwalt Jr., who was acting as a special assistant to the secretary concluded that the US corporations that manufactured Agent Orange not only knew that the herbicide was dangerous but actually falsified their research in an attempt to show that the chemical was less dangerous than they knew it was.
The report states Dow knew of the threat to humans posed by Agent Orange years before the US military build up in Vietnam. It also notes that US government agencies conducted research on Agent Orange in such a skewed manner as to make it appear harmless. The Zumwalt report notes "dioxin is regarded as one of the most toxic chemicals known to man."
So Trump is a near perfect personification of Agent Orange. The Trumpet's voters, FOX News and Right Wing Think Tanks (Oxymoron) cheer him on. He is totally toxic and the lingering effects will go and on and on.
I'm sitting here being fortified by the music from the Broadway musical…Les Misrables. In the late 80's, during its first year on Broadway, my very successful ex-wife surprised me with a special trip to New York from Dallas to see the play as a Christmas gift. She might not have loved me, but she definitely understood me.
You can listen to a few different versions on You Tube.
KrunK says:
I only read this to find out if I was still a racist, homophobic, anti-science, white privileged knuckle dragger. Thanks Sheila! Identity politics are alive and well.
KrunK,
What's wrong with IDENTITY. You find IDENTITY POSTERS at the Post Office all the time.
I believe we're seeing some of the weaknesses on the part of the "New Third Reich." They don't like to be IDENTIFIED. That's why, according to George Lakoff's accounting, they have spent billions and billions on DECEPTION. They need to be, urgently, UNMASKED like Walter Cronkite advised more than a decade ago.
For those who might consider fighting back, I would suggest:
The Movie:Twelve O'clock High (1949)
A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
Director: Henry King
Writers: Sy Bartlett (screenplay), Beirne Lay Jr. (screenplay) | 2 more credits »
Stars: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill | See full cast & crew »
Gregory Peck comes up with the answer while lecturing his pilots who appeared be "gun shy."
One of the best comments of all time (paraphrased), "Quit being scared of death, you must consider yourself DEAD if you're going to fly for me."
This movie can be rented on Amazon for $2.99.
Susan Hartling says:
Would gladly trade either Macron or Trudeau for what we have right now
Trump is advertising all around the world that Americans are has beens, no longer relevant to the rest of the world. Obsolete. Failing to thrive.
Other countries have no reason to argue. They accept our surrender of first place and seek to fill it. From that point Putin was right in helping us shoot ourselves in the foot. His global stock value is substantially improved.
As I think about it none of that is mere marketing. We are diminished. There are a long list of reasons why we matter so much less to other countries. While we can blame it on Trump/Pence/McConnell/Ryan/The Cabinet they just took what we the voters offered.
We are our overseas image.
mirsm says:
I agree….but I'd still take Justin Trudeau over both of them.
While we're still allowed to vote, we must get off our self-important asses and get people who are unregistered to vote and introduce them to the mental frame of excellence by way of investing in people, not stock paper or electrons. Remember, 90+ million people didn't vote in 2016 and 30% of eligible voters are UNREGISTERED.
AgingLGrl says:
JoAnn, you made me laugh. I'll take most of the European and Canadian leader over orange hair ball. (laughed about that Vernon).
Everyday I wonder why I bothered to come back from Europe. They have healthcare, vacation time, sick leave, maternity leave, don't have the homeless problem we have here and transportation the envy of this country. What was I thinking? Oh, yes, I forgot, it was expensive in Switzerland. If only we had stayed in Germany or the UK.
Natacha says:
Sheila: the simple, snarky answer to your rhetorical question is: "No". The majority of Americans don't want him, either, much less the rest of the world.
What's so discouraging is not only that foreigners are poaching our scientific stars but that our stars are accepting the poachers' offers.
The USA used to be the place on earth where everyone wanted to come – including the world's best minds. Now the best minds are demeaned and disregarded by our President, his cabinet, and the current Congressional majority which denies funds for research. This is NOT the way to make America great.
Terry Munson says:
To me the single biggest difference between the way France and America are run is that in France, working people retain an important voice. While ours can still decide an election with their vote, they are the first to die in wars, the first to suffer when the economy goes south, the first to perish from lack of healthcare, the first to live on the streets when scammed out of their houses or natural disasters strike, the last to get any type of useful response when submitting grievances to government, the very first to be betrayed by demagogic politicians making fake promises, the first to have their power eroded by corporations, and the last to get a raise (has it already been 30 years? My, how time flies!).
A hundred million people are a lot to exclude from every important debate. How a democracy can succeed by pretending that a third of its citizens don't exist is a mystery wrapped in an enigma encased in an orange concrete bunker which doubles as the head of our head of state.
The Trumpet (Agent Orange) loses another popular vote, this time in the UN. UN votes resoundingly to reject Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital. The vote came after a redoubling of threats by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, who said that Washington would remember which countries "disrespected" America by voting against it.
Despite the warning, 128 members voted on Thursday in favor of the resolution supporting the longstanding international consensus that the status of Jerusalem – which is claimed as a capital by both Israel and the Palestinians – can only be settled as an agreed final issue in a peace deal. Countries which voted for the resolution included major recipients of US aid such as Egypt, Afghanistan and Iraq. (Side bar does this mean we will begin to withdraw our military from Afghanistan and Iraq and end these wars at last??)
But only nine states – including the United States and Israel –voted against the resolution. The other countries which supported Washington were Togo, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Marshall Islands, Guatemala and Honduras. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/21/united-nations-un-vote-donald-trump-jerusalem-israel
What a sweet public slap in the face for the Trumpet!!!!!
Mono: it's sweet to see the world vote against 45! Sweet and beautiful. Take that chump!


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And finally, "Once our guest, always a guest," says Avaria. If you've left something behind or visited a great restaurant that you wanted to recommend to your friends at home but can't quite remember its name, your concierge is there to help.
To learn more about Les Clefs d'Or Canada, visit lesclefsdorcanada.org.


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Q: admin class not available after putting own class code in separate file I have extended the class WP_List_Table in order to create my own tables. That worked fine, but after putting my own extended classes into a separate file the base class is not available any more:
    if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_List_Table' ) )
    {
            require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php' );
    }

    if ( ! class_exists( 'myListClass' ) )
    {
            require_once( plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'inc/mylistclass.php' );
    }

and
class myListClass extends WP_List_Table
{

If I put the content from my file directly into the script, it works, but when loading the code as described, I get:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'WP_List_Table' not found in....

A: File name: class-my-list-table.php
<?php
if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_List_Table' ) ) {
    require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php';
}

class My_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
...
}

...

Use the file in another plugin file whose content may look like this:
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_list_table_menu' );

function my_list_table_menu() {
    add_menu_page(
        'My List Table',
        'My List Table',
        'manage_options',
        'my-list-table',
        'my_list_table_callback'
    );
}

function my_list_table_callback() {
    ob_start();
    include_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'class-my-list-table.php';
    $template = ob_get_contents();
    ob_end_clean();
    echo $template;
}

I've learned WP_List_Table by watching https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT9miexWCpPWD3BOrqHmwaXL2LLVb6kpg. Thanks for the author.

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'The Handmaid's Tale' is ugly and anti-Christian. We have a better story to tell
David Robertson 12 December 2017 | 9:41 AM
The Handmaid's Tale is a superbly filmed and acted version of Margaret Attwood's 1985 novel and has won five Emmys – including Elizabeth Moss in the lead role deservedly winning best actor. The liberal metro-elites love it because it portrays their nightmare – a United States run by religious fundamentalists, in which women are oppressed and treated as a subservient class.
Elisabeth Moss and Alexis Bledel in The Handmaid's Tale.
The Handmaid's Tale portrays an America called Gilead, in which gay men are hanged, abortion is banned and birth control pills are not allowed. Most women have become infertile and so those young women who are fertile are taken as 'handmaids' to be impregnated by the 'commanders'. Although it's a dystopia, at least the Greens should be happy as the USA finally gets on board and reduces carbon emissions by 70 per cent. And there also appears to be racial equality – at least in the TV series. In the book African Americans are removed to national homelands but in the TV series they have an equal role with the whites – I suspect somewhat cynically that this is because an all-white cast would not have gone down well.
The 'baddies' are portrayed in very religious terms. The female leaders who control the handmaids have 'Irish nun' accents, solemnly intoning that 'fertility is a gift from God' – as the girls are prepared to be raped. The handmaids dress in a nun/puritan style. In one strong scene the handmaids are encouraged to take part in a stoning by the chief 'nun' who tells them that 'God's love gives us blessings and gives us challenges' – the challenge in this case being to stone to death one of their sisters. It gives a whole new meaning to the tough love scenario.
The numerous Bible quotes, biblical language and names are set up to portray a scenario where right-wing religious fundamentalists have taken over the USA...watch out, the evangelicals are coming to get you!
The hypocrisy is brilliantly portrayed. The music from Onward Christian Soldiers is played as the master reads from the Bible and then has sex with the 'handmaid', while his wife is present observing the grotesquely unerotic scene.
The Handmaid's Tale is as much a liberal fantasy as The West Wing was. Moss, incidentally, portrayed President Bartlett's daughter Zoey in that series. The West Wing portrayed a President and presidential team that came as near to heaven on earth as most can imagine. The Handmaid's Tale, on the other hand, is its hellish polar opposite.
So let's return to reality. There are countries where religious fundamentalists are stoning people to death. But none of them are ones where Christians have taken control. Of course you could not have a major network portraying a dystopian future where America has become an Islamic republic. That would be Islamophobic! But Christian fundamentalists are fair game – Christophobic isn't really a term that has caught on yet.
And there are religious cults that do a great deal of harm – including some that profess to be Christian. In an irony that seems to have escaped the maker's notice, Elizabeth Moss, the star of the show, is a committed member of the Church of Scientology – one of the most cultish and harmful religious groups in the Western world. But again of course, Hollywood would not make a series about the evils of Scientology – there are too many well-known celebrities involved and anyway they would be sued.
Neither is this a film series about Trump's America, any more than the book was a commentary on Reagan's America. Ironically, Trump's misogyny, sexism, bad language, sexual immorality, dodgy business practice and opulent lifestyle has more in common with Harvey Weinstein than it does with Billy Graham. The abuse of women that this fantasy series portrays is seen today as much in the increasing number of Hollywood producers and powerbrokers who, after the Weinstein exposé, have themselves been accused, as it is in the religious authority figures who have been found out. The hypocrisy of conservative fundamentalists preaching religious morality while engaging in sexual immorality is matched only by the hypocrisy of liberal fundamentalists preaching woman's rights while engaging in sexual abuse.
The Handmaid's Tale is an ugly series – its sexual explicitness and violence mean that it is out of bounds for anyone with any degree of sensitivity. Unlike The West Wing, which I am now watching for the fourth time, I won't be going near this one again – not just for the ugliness of its sexual violence but also because of the bigotry and anti-Christian hate speech. It is the kind of programme made about Christians that antisemites would make about Jews. It demonises 'the other'. Despite the constant citation of Scripture, the portrayal of Christianity in the drama is the antithesis of what real Christianity is. Real Christianity is not religious hypocrites enforcing their perverted teachings through the barrel of a gun.
Some people say, 'It's only a drama – who cares?' I care. There are those who know nothing about Christianity who when they see this programme will think that this is what it is about. The producers even managed to have a comment at the end: 'If you have been affected by the issues in this programme, call...' as though being part of a religious country run by Christian fundamentalists is a common or likely occurrence.
The Handmaid's Tale is part of a general cultural shift in which Bible-believing Christians are the bogeymen of contemporary society. While in the West we are nowhere near the level of persecution that Christians in many countries face, I'm still not a big fan of encouraging people to hate us on the basis of a distorted and perverse view of the Christian faith.
The way for us to challenge and handle this kind of post-truth alternative-fact fantasy is not to complain, whine and curl up in our Christian snowflake ball. Let's get out there in the real world and be its salt and light – sharing the truth, beauty, love and freedom of Christ. It's not the fear-mongering of The Handmaid's Tale that our world needs, but the Good News of Jesus Christ.
David Robertson is Associate Director of Solas CPC in Dundee and minister at St Peter's Free Church. Follow him on Twitter @TheWeeFlea.


I'm wondering if there are different brackets that can be ordered that would allow racking a 908e in a 19" rack. When using the brackets that come with the unit, it sticks out way to far to be able to close the door on the cabinet. I would like to be able to access all of the ports from the front of the rack.
The 908e is designed to be mounted on a 2 post rack.
I remember seeing a two post adapter for a four post rack but I don't recall the manufacturer.
You may to try Google.
Hello and thanks for posting to our forum.
Will these brackets move the unit back into a four post rack?
These particular brackets push the chassis out a few inches from the front.
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Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother?


The lesson focuses on encouraging the correct use of condoms for students who may need condoms now or in the future. The lesson opens with a brainstorm about the benefits of condoms, and sets positive norms for condom use. Students learn correct condom use by assembling condom instructions in the correct order and by observing a teacher demonstration. In small groups, students come up with solutions to common problems related to correct and consistent condom use by responding to scenarios. The lesson concludes with students setting their own goals with regard to condoms.


Not your Grandma's fruitcake, this rich, dark confection is absolutely delicious. It makes a wonderful, lighter textured alternative to the season's perennial cake, not to mention it's a lot less work. Another plus is that unlike fruitcake, our Molasses Cranberry Cake doesn't need to be topped up with alcohol to make it taste good. It stands alone.
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch spring form pan. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Set aside.
3. In another bowl. Lightly whisk together the milk, vinegar, molasses, brown sugar, eggs, grated ginger, and melted butter.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon until just combined, then fold in the chopped dates and cranberries.
5. Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from pan.


Maza Motivator Mitra' is a very simple, easy to understand, light to read but a unique book which will inspire you and transform your thinking. Mr. Atul Rajoli, a leading trainer in the field of Personal and Professional Training has written 50 secrets of achieving success in a lucid style. The purpose of this book is to guide and motivate any person who wants to be successful. He has written very effective techniques in a simple style to enable any person to bring about meaningful changes in his life. The secrets revealed in this book will act as effective guidelines for any person who wants to achieve great success as well as personal and professional dreams. This Motivator Friend is always ready to assist you on your path to success.ist you on your path to success.
Read one chapter of this book everyday as recommended by Atul and see how your thinking will change in 50 days!
After reading 'Maza Motivator Mitra' you will understand how to conduct yourself for leading a successful life and I guarantee that it will be helpful throughout your life.


Welcoming illumination with period flair. The Kichler Tremillo Outdoor Wall Sconce features a Craftsman-style double-lined motif with perpendicular accents, finished in rich Black. Inside the attractive, architectural frame, the Satin Etched Cased Opal glass shade diffuses light for a warm glow.
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This is an interesting story that shows us just how amazing cats are. Scientists have recently discovered something new about a cats ability to heal themselves. While researching a mysterious neurological affliction in cats, scientists have found a cat surprising ability to repair its central nervous system and restore function.
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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.br;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.CharTermAttribute;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.KeywordAttribute;

/**
 * @author anaelcarvalho
 */
public final class RSLPStemFilter extends TokenFilter {
	private final RSLPStemmer stemmer = new RSLPStemmer();
	private final CharTermAttribute termAtt = addAttribute(CharTermAttribute.class);
	private final KeywordAttribute keywordAttr = addAttribute(KeywordAttribute.class);

	public RSLPStemFilter(TokenStream input) {
		super(input);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean incrementToken() throws IOException {
	    if (input.incrementToken()) {
			if (!keywordAttr.isKeyword()) {
				Integer resultLen = stemmer.stem(termAtt.buffer(),termAtt.length());
				termAtt.setLength(resultLen);
			}
	        return true;
	    } else {
	        return false;
	    }
	}

}

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If you're in San Francisco after Shabbat ends on Nov. 30, don't be surprised if you see a menorah car parade whizzing by.
Several Chabad chapters are coming together for a menorah car processional through San Francisco. At least 10 cars — each with a big menorah strapped or magnetized to the roof — will be led by Chabad of San Francisco's mobile cable car and Rabbi Yosef Langer on his motorcycle (if it's not raining).
The parade will leave at 8 p.m. from Union Square after the fourth-night Hanukkah menorah lighting there. It will go to the Embarcadero, through North Beach on Broadway, to the Richmond District on California Street, and then through the Haight-Ashbury, Cole Valley and the Mission District.
Organizers say it will take anywhere from one to two hours.
As for the parade's impact on traffic, "I don't think it's going to cause any blocking — but maybe some gawking," said Langer of Chabad of San Francisco. "It's a great thing for getting a lot of attention. This is the first one in San Francisco, but it has been done all over the world."
Leading the parade will be the "Mitzvah Cable Car," which will be decked out for Hanukkah.
For more information or to join the parade, contact Chabad of Cole Valley's Rabbi Nosson Potash atinfo@chabadcv.org or (415) 409-8444.
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/70209/menorah-car-parade-set-for-san-francisco/


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Analysis of a decade of media coverage of obesity
December 27, 2021 December 21, 2021 giangvucom
With the new year on the way, no doubt many headlines will be urging readers to set resolutions to lose the weight they may have put on over the holidays. However, the way the British press talks about weight, obesity and health has fluctuated markedly in recent years.
To learn more about these changes, we conducted a linguistic analysis of thousands of stories in UK newspapers about obesity, diets and nutrition from 2008 to 2017.
Between these years, the national British press collectively published 43,878 articles that mentioned the words "obese" or "obesity," amounting to 36 million words. The number of these stories in 2016 was double that in 2011. There were also notable rises in terms like "obesity epidemic" over time, indicating increasing concern about the issue.
To learn more about the coverage itself, we classified words into thematic categories. These included nutrition (for example, chocolate, pies, diet), biology (genes, brain, cells), activity (exercise, PE, swimming), politics (MPs, government, budget) and social issues (discrimination, inequality, unemployment). We then tracked the collective frequencies of words in these categories over time to identify which concepts were increasing or decreasing.
The key trend we observed is that, over the years, the press increasingly framed obesity as something that is down to the individual -– either because you are born with a body that tends to gain weight, or because you make choices that result in weight gain. The frequency of words that framed obesity in terms of personal responsibility, having to do with lifestyle choices (what you ate and how much exercise you did), increased over time.
For example, in articles from 2008, the word "snacks" occurred 57 times per million words. In 2017, this number jumped to 143. The set of terms related to biological factors (such as your genes, brain activity or viruses) also went up over time.
We know now from health research that societal factors play a role in obesity. For example, adults in the most deprived fifth of neighborhoods in England are almost twice as likely to have obesity.
But over time, these social factors have played a smaller role in the press coverage about obesity. The frequency of words linked to social factors (government and town planning policies, practices of food manufacturers and advertisers and social inequality) have collectively decreased.
For example, in 2008, the word "government" occurred 904 times per million words, but only 418 times per million words in 2017. Even liberal newspapers like the Guardian, which tended to mention social factors the most, discussed them less over the decade.
Changing calendar
We also found that the focus on causes of obesity shifts from month to month. During Christmas and new year, there is more coverage around personal choice, like not indulging in mince pies, along with new year resolutions to start a new diet.
But during the budget announcement in the spring and party conferences in the autumn, government policy relating to obesity tends to receive more media attention.
The time of year even affects the weight-loss advice printed in newspapers. In January, the focus is on joining a gym. But by February, the "new you" rhetoric tends to fizzle out and is replaced with stories reminding us to get enough sleep as that will reduce our risk of obesity.
Around April, readers are urged to engage in outdoor activities like gardening to lose weight. In August, sports like swimming and cycling are encouraged, but the bar is lowered in November, when walking is promoted as the weight-loss activity of choice.
Anxiety around obesity also tends to be seasonal. The start of the good weather in May brings an increase in the number of articles about obesity, along with stories about how to look good in swimwear. While newspapers are not to blame for the climate or the timing of political events, such factors lead to inconsistent messaging around the causes of and solutions to obesity from month to month.
We only examined a decade of articles, and it is not wise to extrapolate beyond this point, for example, by predicting that the current direction of travel is irreversible. However, for the period we looked at, there is a clear shift in the press towards situating obesity as mostly personal rather than political.
This period was one of government austerity and policies aimed at reducing spending on welfare payments, housing subsidies and social services. The message that "if something bad happens, it is your own fault" in stories about obesity fits with the dominant political ideology of the time.
If personal factors do play a role in people developing obesity, they are only part of the story. The British press appears less keen to highlight the role that powerful social factors have played in contributing to the country's high obesity rates. Perhaps this could help to explain why, despite the increased focus on obesity in the news, rates of obesity and overweight have stubbornly remained at 61–64% for the last 20 years.
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