No shoes, no pants, but you can still get service.
A passenger on board a Monday flight from Paris' Charles de Gaulle to Los Angeles International was photographed standing up, taking off his shoes and pants and then sitting back down — all before takeoff.
The man, who took his pants off in the plane bathroom, sauntered around the cabin in a pair of blue checked boxers. And then, in order to make the flight even more comfortable, also took his socks off.
Apparently, about six hours into the flight, the passenger put on a puffy coat for heat though the bare legs remained exposed. According to Thompson, the man took four mini bottles of wine from the beverage cart during the journey. But he hadn't completely lost his senses: before the flight landed, he stood up and put his pants back on apparently not intending on walking through the airport pants-less.
Some airlines have their own individual dress code, enforcement of which is often up to the cabin crew's discretion. There is nothing in the Air France general conditions of carriage about dress code. But airlines like United, Delta and American Airlines all list "bare feet" as grounds for getting kicked off a flight. In 2017, two teenage girls were denied boarding on a United flight when they showed up wearing leggings. United quickly clarified that the dress code only applied because the passengers were friends of employees.
"Air France regrets the customer's feelings and confirms that the passenger boarded in shorts and sandals," the airline said in a statement given to Travel + Leisure. "The company reminds us that it is not the responsibility of cabin crew to require customers to wear acceptable clothing, except of course in the event of indecent dress. Having solicited the crew whose role is to ensure the comfort and well-being of the passengers, the customer was offered another seat of the same type and with the same comfort that she refused."
This story has been updated with a statement from Air France.


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'Genocidal' Trump Blasted for Threatening to 'Totally Destroy North Korea'
"Reminder," says one critic of president's speech to UN General Assembly: "threatening to kill 25 million North Koreans because you don't like their leader is threatening to commit genocide."
Jon Queally, staff writer
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 19, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
For what he said—and also for what he refused to mention—President Donald Trump was lampooned by progressive critics as he delivered his first ever speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday morning.
"It's time for this charade to end: We need to stop this slow roll toward a catastrophic war, and work towards defusing the North Korean crisis diplomatically. Trump's U.N. speech represents yet another reckless escalation in the ongoing tit-for-tat between North Korea and the United States that does nothing but edge us closer to nuclear war.
While castigating Iran and Venezuela as failed and destabilizing regimes and threatening to "totally destroy North Korea" if he thinks necessary, Trump acknowledged nothing about the misery sowed by U.S. foreign policy around the world.
For many critics, Trump's war-mongering and bellicosity—though a bone to his domestic right-wing base—are enormously counter-productive in terms of reducing global threats and geopolitical tensions. As Vox reporter Matt Yglesias put it, "If you want to know why [North Korea] wants a nuclear deterrent, just read Trump's speech."
In a joint statement following Trump's speech, MoveOn.org, CREDO Action, and Win Without War blasted the remarks:
Donald Trump's first speech to the United Nations General Assembly today – and in particular, his remarks about North Korea – was nothing short of a complete failure of American leadership. Instead of focusing on efforts to peacefully resolve the crisis surrounding its nuclear program, Trump threatened to "totally destroy North Korea."
It's time for this charade to end: We need to stop this slow roll toward a catastrophic war, and work towards defusing the North Korean crisis diplomatically. Trump's U.N. speech represents yet another reckless escalation in the ongoing tit-for-tat between North Korea and the United States that does nothing but edge us closer to nuclear war.
"The choice is clear," the groups concluded, "either we let Trump's incompetence and bellicosity drive us into a destructive conflict potentially more devastating than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, or we can focus our efforts on negotiation. The United States and its allies and partners must immediately move toward easing tensions on the Korean peninsula diplomatically, and work toward ending this conflict peacefully. The fate of the region and the world depend on it."
On social media, the president's critics were swift with their appraisals and condemnation:
.@POTUS's #UNGA speech is the opposite of diplomacy. He threatened #NorthKorea, attacked the #IranDeal & ignored our allies
— Win Without War (@WinWithoutWar) September 19, 2017
Peace can only be achieved with justice, equality & accountability, not threats and escalations. President Trump is a threat to peace. #UNGA
— JewishVoiceForPeace (@jvplive) September 19, 2017
Trump threatened to "totally destroy North Korea." This is reckless & irresponsible. War would kill millions & wreck the world economy #UNGA
Reminder: threatening to kill 25 million North Koreans because you don't like their leader is threatening to commit genocide.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) September 19, 2017
Pretty obvious @realDonaldTrump could care less how this plays with the rest of the world, only how it is loved by his most rightwing base https://t.co/klotieNJs7
— Charles Idelson (@cidelson) September 19, 2017
Trump threatened nuclear holocaust & genocide, so yah, "revolutionary."https://t.co/ahHgHcq5O8
— Tyler Cullis (@TylerCullis) September 19, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump trashes #Venezuela, w an elected govt, but says nothing about repressive #Honduras coup govt.
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) September 19, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump is a danger to humanity. His plans to attack North #Korea, #Iran and #Venezuela must be stopped. #UNGA2017
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Q: Finding mid-point of $BC$ if point $A$, orthocenter and circumcenter are given in a triangle
If in a triangle $ABC$, $A \equiv (1,10)$, circumcenter $\equiv (-\frac13, \frac23)$ and orthocenter $\equiv (\frac{11}3, \frac43)$ then the coordinates of mid-point of side opposite to A is?

Here clearly point $Q$ is circumcenter and point $P$ is orthocenter. The only thing I see here is $AP ||DQ$. So their slopes are same. So we can get an equation using this. But how am I supposed to get another equation?
Any other way of solving this problem would also be appreciated.

A: Hint: $~$ You were given the orthocenter H and the circumcenter O. But what were you not
given ? The centroid G. Now, do you, by any chance, know that the latter is found on the
segment uniting the former two, and, not only that, but it divides said segment in a ratio of
$1:2$ ? $($Remember that the centroid also divides each median into the same ratio as well$).$
In other words, $G\in(OH)$ and $GH=2GO.~$ At the same time, $G=\dfrac{A+B+C}3,~$ and
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Альбе́рто Ху́ниор Родри́гес Вальделома́р (; 31 марта 1984, Лима, Перу) — перуанский футболист, защитник клуба «Альянса Лима» и сборной Перу. Бронзовый призёр Кубка Америки 2011 года и участник Кубка Америки 2007 года. Двукратный чемпион Перу в составе «Спортинг Кристал» и финалист Лиги Европы 2010/11 в составе «Браги».

Карьера

Клубная
Альберто Родригес является воспитанником клуба «Депортиво Ванка», однако за основной состав клуба он никогда не играл, так как уже в 2002 году перешёл в «Спортинг Кристал», один из грандов перуанского футбола. В чемпионате Перу 2002 года Родригес сыграл 30 матчей в которых забил 1 гол, а его клуб стал чемпионом. В следующем году Родригес вновь сыграл в 30-и матчах и забил 3 гола, но «Спортинг Кристал» остановился в шаге от чемпионства. В 2004 году клуб Родригеса вновь стал вторым, а сам Альберто провёл 35 матчей и забил 3 гола. В 2005 году Альберто, сыгравший в 43-х матчах и забивший 2 гола, во второй раз стал чемпионом Перу. В чемпионате 2006 года Альберто провёл только 17 матчей в которых забил 1 гол. По окончании чемпионата в декабре он подписал контракт с «Брагой» на три с половиной года. Сумма сделки составила всего 400 тысяч евро.

В «Браге» перуанский защитник, получивший 28-й номер, дебютировал 21 января 2007 года в матче Кубка Португалии с «Понтасоленше», завершившимся победой «Браги» со счётом 2:1. Дебют Родригеса в чемпионате состоялся 8 февраля в матче с клубом «Униан Лейрия», который завершился поражением «Браги» со счётом 0:1. В первом же сезоне перуанец дебютировал и в еврокубках. Его европейский дебют пришёлся на первый матч 1/16 финала Кубка УЕФА с «Пармой», который завершился победой португальского клуба со счётом 1:0. Альберто Родригес принимал участие и в ответном поединке, а также в двух матчах 1/8 финала с Тоттенхэмом. Всего в своём первом сезоне за новый клуб перуанский защитник сыграл в 14-и матчах. В следующем сезоне Альберто Родригес открыл счёт своим голам за клуб. Первый гол защитник забил в матче третьего тура 2007/08 с клубом «Эштрела» из Амадоры, завершившимся со счётом 2:1 в пользу «Браги». Всего в своём втором сезоне за «Брагу» Альберто сыграл 25 матчей, в которых сумел забить 2 гола. Перед началом сезона 2008/09 защитник получил 2-й номер. В том сезоне Родригес сыграл за клуб в 26-и матчах и забил 2 гола. В следующем сезоне Родригес помог своей команде занять рекордное в истории второе место в чемпионате и получить путёвку в Лигу чемпионов. Всего за тот сезон Родригес провёл 25 матчей. В сезоне 2010/11 Родригес вместе со своим клубом прошёл два квалификационных раунда и заслужил право выступать в групповом турнире лиги чемпионов УЕФА. В своей группе «Брага» заняла третье место и отправилась играть в Лигу Европы. В лиге Европы защитник принял участие во всех матчах за исключением двух матчей с киевским «Динамо», включая финальный матч с «Порту», завершившийся минимальным поражением «Браги». В чемпионате Родригес сыгравший в 18-и матчах не сумел помочь своему клубу, который занял лишь четвёртое место. По окончании сезона Альберто Родригес на правах свободного агента последовал за тренером Домингушем Пасиенсия в лиссабонский «Спортинг», подписав контракт на четыре года.

В новом клубе перуанец вновь выбрал 2-й номер.

В сборной
До дебюта в основной сборной Перу Альберто Родригес выступал за сборную Перу (до 17).

В главной сборной Перу Альберто Родригес дебютировал 2 апреля 2003 года в товарищеском матче со сборной Чили, завершившимся победой перуанцев со счётом 3:0. Родригес появился на поле лишь на 81-й минуте.

В 2007 году Родригес принял участие в Кубке Америки. На том Кубке Родригес принял участие в трёх матчах своей сборной.

В 2011 году Родригес вновь попал в заявку сборной на Кубок Америки. Родригес сыграл в пяти матчах своей сборной на турнире, пропустив только последний матч группового этапа со сборной Чили. Сборная Перу закончила турнир став обладателем бронзовых медалей.

Всего за сборную Перу Альберто Родригес сыграл 38 матчей.

Достижения
Клубные
  «Спортинг Кристал»
 Чемпион Перу (2): Клаусура 2002, 2004, 2005

  «Брага»
 Финалист Лиги Европы: 2010/11
 Обладатель Кубка Интертото: 2008

  Сборная Перу
 Бронзовый призёр Кубка Америки: 2011

Клубная статистика

Статистика в сборной

Итого: 38 матчей; 10 побед, 10 ничьих, 16 поражений.

Примечания

Ссылки

Футболисты Перу
Игроки сборной Перу по футболу
Игроки ФК «Спортинг Кристал»
Игроки ФК «Брага»
Игроки ФК «Спортинг» Лиссабон
Игроки ФК «Риу Аве»
Игроки ФК «Мельгар»
Игроки ФК «Университарио»
Игроки ФК «Атлетико Хуниор»
Игроки ФК «Альянса Лима»

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Following leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of Executive Calendar #1006, Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, post-cloture.
At 12:15 p.m., the Senate will VOTE on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 1182, the NFIP extension.
Following disposition of the motion to concur, the Senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. to accommodate the weekly policy meetings.
At 2:15 p.m., the Senate will VOTE on confirmation of Executive Calendar #1006, Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
Following disposition of the Grant nomination, the Senate will VOTE on cloture on Shelby Amendment #3399 to H.R. 6147, the minibus appropriations bill.
Note: the cloture motion with respect to the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 1182, the vehicle for the NFIP extension, has been withdrawn.
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Rerun: From Pig Food to Haute Cuisine
This essay originally ran on Mujeres Talk on March 25, 2013. We are posting it again today on June 24, 2014 to offer another perspective on immigration and in recognition of a season when many are now engaged in travel for research.
By Catherine S. Ramírez
Many years ago, a family I knew—let's call them the Pedrazos—invited their parish priest to their home for dinner. Like many Mexican Americans, the Pedrazos were Catholic. Their priest was from Spain. In all likelihood, he'd been assigned to their church to attend to its many Spanish-speaking parishioners. The Pedrazos made tamales for him, a sign that they held their guest in high esteem, as tamales require a fair amount of work and Mexican Americans generally serve them on special occasions. As I picture them readying themselves and their home for their visitor, I imagine Mrs. Pedrazo spreading the creamy masa and spicy meat filling over the wet cornhusks and carefully folding the ends of each hoja to create a tidy bundle. I picture scores of tidy bundles. Then I imagine the astonishment, disappointment, injury, and anger she and her husband felt when their guest refused to eat the meal she had prepared for him. "No como comida de therdos," the priest announced in his Castilian accent. Since the tamales were made of corn and pigs eat corn, he wouldn't touch them.
Today, it appears Spaniards' attitude toward Mexican food has changed. In 2009, the New York Times' Andrew Ferren surveyed a handful of Mexican restaurants in Madrid and concluded that Spaniards had "come a long way in embracing the food of their former colonies."[1] The 2013 Páginas Amarillas, Madrid's equivalent of the Yellow Pages, lists 103 Mexican restaurants. 11870, an online restaurant reservation service that functions somewhat like Open Table, tallies 104.[2] The Spanish capital also boasts 85 Argentine, 38 Peruvian, 27 Cuban, 23 Colombian, 21 Ecuadoran, ten Venezuelan, four Uruguayan, and three Chilean restaurants, not to mention 20 restaurantes sudamericanos.[3] Stores specializing in productos latinos, like Paraguayan yerba mate and mixes for arepas, savory Colombian cornmeal patties, dot the city. [Fig. 1]
Chirimoyas, a sweet, succulent fruit native to the Andes, can be found in just about any frutería. And many supermarkets have a small section devoted to Mexican food, complete with flour tortillas, ready-made guacamole and salsa, and kit fajitas. [Fig. 2]
Without a doubt, the fruits of empire are available in Madrid in huge part because of the movement of Latin Americans to the former metropolis. According to a report published in 2010 by Network Migration in Europe, a Berlin-based think tank devoted to the study of migration and integration, a total of 2,365,364 people of Latin American origin lived in Spain in 2009. Latin Americans comprised 37 percent of the foreign-born population, up from 24 percent ten years earlier. Most hail (in numerical order) from Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.[4] Relatively few are from Mexico, but of all the cuisines from Spain's former colonies, Mexican seems to be the most prevalent and popular. Why?
As the American daughter of a Mexican immigrant who won the Los Angeles Times Best Home Cook of the Year Award in 1992, my response to this question is a simple duh: Mexican food is prevalent and popular in Madrid and many other places simply because it's tasty. This is a glib, not to mention biased, answer. There are many reasons for the increasingly global demand for Mexican fare. Like German, Italian, and Japanese cuisines in the United States (think hot dogs, pizza, and sushi), Mexican food has been assimilated, in the literal and sociological senses of that word. For evidence of its absorption by and emanation from the American mainstream, one need only look at the proliferation of the Denver-based chain, Chipotle, which lays claim to restaurants in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France.[5] Despite atrocities "The Great Satan" has committed and continues to commit at home and abroad, Americana, be it in the form of jazz, Disney, Starbucks, or Mission District-style burritos, retains its allure in many places. According to Gustavo Arellano, author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, Mexican fare has even made it to outer space. Since 1985, NASA has catapulted its astronauts into space with tortillas, which have proven more durable and less dangerous to sensitive equipment than bread.[6] Tony restaurants like Chicago's Topolobampo show that Mexican food has also drifted from its humble origins. In 2010, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared "traditional Mexican cuisine," along with "the gastronomic meal of the French" and "Mediterranean diet," an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This was the first and only time food made UNESCO's privileged list.[7]
When I moved to Madrid in August of 2012, I was intrigued by the Mexican restaurants here and took it upon myself to eat in as many as possible before my return to the US the following year. How is the Mexican gastronomic experience reinterpreted in its new surroundings, I wondered? More concretely, who owns, works in, and patronizes Mexican restaurants in Madrid? And what can the migration and assimilation of Mexican food tell us about the migration and assimilation of people, both in the US and elsewhere? Along with an empty stomach, a full wallet, and an increasingly crammed notepad, these are some of the questions with which I've set out as I've explored Mexican cookery in my adopted city.
Like images of the Virgin Mary in tree trunks, Mexican eateries in the US tend to reflect migration patterns and shifting demographics. However, the ones in Madrid—and, here, I'd wager to say in just about any other European city—testify more to that city's elite cosmopolitanism. In other words, Mexican restaurants in Europe signal the presence of American expats and/or well-heeled foodies. By and large, the Mexican restaurants in Madrid have a trendier or more upscale air than their Latin American counterparts, many (but certainly not all) of which appear to be run by and for hardworking and thrifty immigrants. For example, at Hatun Wasi, a Peruvian restaurant that recently opened in the working-class, immigrant neighborhood of Cuatro Caminos, the no-nonsense dining room consists of mismatched chairs, tables, and barstools. The floor is clean, but scuffed. A simple blackboard in the window announces the restaurant's hours and the prices of various specials. [Fig. 3]
A two-course menú del día or lunch special costs a mere three euros (around four dollars). In contrast, Takeiros, a Mexican restaurant near my apartment in the middle-class neighborhood of Ríos Rosas, offers a three-course menú del día for 11 euros (roughly 14 dollars). Dinner runs around 30 euros (40 dollars), a hefty price for many madrileños, immigrant and native-born alike, in this moment of economic crisis. Where Hatun Wasi is a modest, if not barebones, joint, many Mexican restaurants in Madrid are bedecked with colorful decorations that scream ¡MÉXICO! (or, as the Spaniards spell it, Méjico), such as papel picado, serapes, and lucha libre masks. At Takeiros, Mexican lotería cards cover the walls and metal tooling lampshades dangle from the ceiling. [Fig. 4] And except for the live mariachi music Thursday nights at La Herradura, one of Madrid's more established Mexican eateries, salsa music dominates the playlists in the Mexican restaurants I've patronized here.
All the meals in these restaurants begin with a small basket of totopos (what Spaniards mistakenly call nachos) and salsa. The chips always taste a bit like reconstituted cardboard, a travesty given the ubiquity of mouthwatering fried food in Spain, most notably, churros, patatas fritas, and calamares a la romana. And while the salsa, be it red or green, is usually flavorful, it's never spicy enough for me. Still, despite their less-than-promising start, the Mexican meals I've had in Madrid have been surprisingly satisfying. I've enjoyed fresh green salads garnished with velvety avocados and tangy flores de jamaica. Staples, like quesadillas, burritos, and flautas, can be found on nearly all menus. However, unless I'm at a burrito or taco bar, I usually don't bother with the more prosaic foods. Instead, I go for more complex dishes, like pollo en mole poblano, cochinita pibil, and albondigas con salsa de chipotle. [Fig. 5] Mexican beers, such as Corona and Pacífico, are widely available; Mexican sodas and aguas frescas, less so. Impressively, Takeiros' wine list consists exclusively of wines from Baja California.
A couple of Mexicans opened Takeiros in 2011. They own three other eateries in Madrid, one of which, a take-away counter, also specializes in Mexican fare. While the customers at Takeiros appear to be mostly Spaniards, the workers I've encountered there have all been immigrants. Peruvian and Ecuadorian chefs have prepared my food to perfection and Argentinian and Mexican waiters have delivered it to me and put up with my many questions. The dishwasher, like the waitress I photographed in front of Hatun Wasi, is a young immigrant from Romania.
I'll wrap up with a brief discussion of Romania, what I've come to see as the Mexico of Europe. Just as Mexico hitched its cart to the NAFTA horse in 1994, Romania, one of Europe's poorest nations, joined the European Union in 2007. While NAFTA failed to provide for the free movement of workers across Mexico, the US, and Canada, EU membership has allowed Romanians to move and work within member states. Like many Mexican migrants in the US, many Romanians came to Spain, Europe's leading country of immigration from 2000 to 2007, to work in the then booming construction, tourism, hospitality, and domestic-service industries.[8] In 2008, they surpassed Moroccans as the largest foreign group in this country.[9] Then Spain's economic bubble burst and unemployment skyrocketed. The Spanish government responded by trying to restrict Romanian immigration, a reversal of its commitment to admit rumanosas fellow members of the twenty-seven-nation EU.[10] More recently, the prospect of Romanians and Bulgarians being able to work freely in the UK starting in 2014 has provoked protests in that country.[11] To deter "an influx of unwanted people," the UK's equivalent of the Department of Homeland Security, the Home Office, has considered launching an advertising campaign in Romania and Bulgaria stressing Britain's less attractive qualities, like its notoriously bad weather.[12] Hardy, despised, feared, and here to stay, Romanians, not unlike Mexicans in the US, are the cockroach people of Europe.[13]
In physiology, assimilation refers to consumption and the body's absorption of nutrients after digestion. Like the Spanish priest who rejected the Pedrazos' homemade tamales, Europe refuses to take in Romanians or to absorb what many of them have to offer: their labor. Indeed, it sees them as a contaminant, as the recent scare over horsemeat fraudulently labeled as beef has made patent. When horsemeat was first discovered in frozen lasagna in British and French supermarkets earlier this year, Romania was immediately cast as the culprit. French and British news media reported that new traffic laws banning horse-drawn carts in that country had led to the mass slaughter of horses and the subsequent introduction of horsemeat into the food chain. Even though the horsemeat was ultimately traced to a factory in southern France, the perception of Romania as dirty, primitive and, therefore, thoroughly un-European endures.[14]
A Spaniard in LA. Chicken mole, Romanian workers, and a Chicana scholar in Madrid. Lasagna in France and Britain. Clearly, people and food travel. Far too often, the latter goes down more easily than the former, as the sign in the final illustration I've included in this essay indicates [Fig. 6].[15] Whether or not people assimilate and are assimilated—incorporated, integrated, welcomed—depends on numerous factors, including access to citizenship and basic social services, particularly education and health care, possession of rights and protections as workers, and genuine tolerance and respect.
Catherine S. Ramírez, an Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is spending her sabbatical year in Madrid, where she's writing a book tentatively titled Assimilation: A Brief History.
[1] Andrew Ferren, "Mexican Hot Spots in Madrid," New York Times, May 5, 2009, http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/mexican-hot-spots-in-madrid/ (accessed March 18, 2013).
[2] http://11870.com/k/restaurantes/es/es/madrid (accessed March 19, 2013).
[3] http://madrid.salir.com/restaurantes (accessed March 18, 2013).
[4] Trinidad L. Vicente, Latin American Immigration to Spain, http://migrationeducation.de/48.1.html?&rid=162&cHash=96b3134cdb899a06a8ca6e12f41eafac (accessed March 18, 2013).
[5] "Chipotle Opens Restaurant in London, First in EU," Denver Business Journal, May 10, 2010, http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/05/10/daily4.html (accessed March 19, 2013).
[6] Gustavo Arellano, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (New York: Scribner, 2012).
[7] http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011 (accessed March 18, 2013).
[8] Michael Fix, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Jeanne Batalova, Aaron Terrazas, Serena Yi-Ying Lin, and Michelle Mittelstadt, Migration and the Global Recession: A Report Commissioned by the BBC World Service (Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2009), 33-34. Also see http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/mpi-bbcreport-sept09.pdf (accessed March 19, 2013).
[9] Ibid., 38.
[10] Raphael Minder, "Amid Unemployment, Spain Aims to Limit Romanian Influx," New York Times, July 21, 2011, http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/world/europe/22madrid.html (accessed March 19, 2013).
[11] Stephen Castle, "Britain Braces for Higher Migration from Romania and Bulgaria," New York Times, March 4, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/world/europe/britain-braces-for-higher-migration-from-romania-and-bulgaria.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 (accessed March 19, 2013).
[12] Sarah Lyall, "Welcome to Britain. Our Weather Is Appalling," New York Times, January 29, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/world/europe/welcome-to-britain-our-weather-is-appalling.html (accessed March 19, 2013).
[13] I take the term, "cockroach people," from Oscar Zeta Acosta's 1973 novel The Revolt of the Cockroach People (New York: Vintage, 1989).
[14] Andrew Higgins, "Recipe for a Divided Europe: Add Horse, Then Stir," New York Times, March 9, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/europe/recipe-for-divided-europe-add-horse-then-stir.html?pagewanted=all (accessed March 19, 2013).
[15] This image is from http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/74/r2048252209bz4.jpg/sr=1 (accessed March 19, 2013).All other photos here were taken by the author.
This entry was posted in Immigration and tagged Catherine S. Ramírez, Food, Immigration in Spain, Romanian Immigration in Europe on June 24, 2014 by mujerestalk.
Dichos for Summer Research
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by Theresa Delgadillo
For many years, members of my family often referred to my summer schedule as my "time off" or my "long summer vacation" in contrast to their one or two weeks. As the working-class daughter of working-class parents, I understand well the fascination and misunderstanding with which many view the summer life of academics. I've also spent many a hot summer working in a factory, mill or sweatshop or in what seemed like a hermetically sealed over-air conditioned office. From that perspective, an academic summer schedule looks pretty good. Yet, if you're on the tenure-track or trying to get on the tenure-track, summer is definitely not playtime. It's precious research and writing time. Here are a few notes to remind you that even though it may seem like campus is deserted or, if you're teaching this summer, like the school year never ends, that there are many, many people, just like you, trying to get as much research and writing in over the summer as possible. Because we know that the readers of Mujeres Talk have a wealth of knowledge to offer us all, we wish you well in that work. In recognition of this seasonal shift in our collective work rhythms, Mujeres Talk will change from a weekly to a biweekly publication schedule in July and August. We will return to a weekly publication schedule in September.
"Cada maestrillo/a tiene su librillo."
We each do things in our own way, so stick to what works for you. If you don't know what your process is for getting to the writing and research, think back on how you've done it. Are you the kind of writer/researcher who needs to finish up all obligations to others (service, reviewing, reports, letters) before you can concentrate on your project? If so, create a reasonable schedule for clearing your desk of writing and work you owe others. Would making a map or list of what you'd like to accomplish this summer help you to achieve it? If so, consider penciling in some timelines or due dates for parts of the project. Do you know that support is essential to keeping you on track? Find writing/research partners. A colleague recently told me about her "writing accountability" group where everyone reports on their daily writing accomplishments. Another colleague is now away at the second two-day writer's retreat with peers that she has organized already this summer. Do you need to have the physical stacks of books related to each piece of writing/research visible on your desk to keep you on track and moving through it? A visit to the library will get you started. Will working at the office or at home or some other third location make writing possible? I'll never forget the poet Annie Dillard's description of her choice of workplace and time: a deserted library in the wee hours, equipped with thermos and writing instruments.
"El comer y el rascar, todo es empezar."
Even the shortest piece of writing, or note-taking or reading is a start, and we all have to start somewhere. Start. Begin. Are you going to start generating new text? Are you going to start revising and editing? Are you going to start by reviewing your field notes, or feedback you received at a conference or workshop? Are you going to start by reading and note-taking? Are you going to start by creating questions and goals for fieldwork? Do you need to begin interviewing or analyzing data? If starting is hard, set a shorter time period for beginning on first day and then add to it everyday until you get to your optimal working hours. Write down, every day, a short note on what you accomplished for that day. Once you really get going, it may be difficult to tear yourself away from your work.
"Más vale maña que fuerza."
This saying cautions us to make intelligent use of our time and resources rather than muscling our way through. One way to think of this is to consider structuring your work so that you are writing and generating new text at times when you are most alert and creative, and revising and editing when you've temporarily run out of ideas or need a break from writing but still have time to do work. Flexibility and willingness to shift into another aspect of research/writing can work really well to complement the time you focus on writing and generating new work. This saying might also apply to establishing a regular writing practice for the summer, doing some work all the time rather than squeezing it all into a shorter period.
Reference: Bermejo, Belén. Refranes Populares. Madrid: Editorial Luis Vives, 2002. 33, 51,79.
Theresa Delgadillo is an Associate Professor of Comparative Studies and Coordinator of the Latina/o Studies Program at The Ohio State University. She has served as an Editor of Mujeres Talk since January 2011.
This entry was posted in Professionalization and tagged Academic Life, Academic summers, Accountability groups, Advice for research, dichos, Research, Theresa Delgadillo, writing on June 10, 2014 by mujerestalk.
Of Puerto Rico, Perfumes and Colonies
"Romantic Perfume" photo by Flickr user Tina M. Steele. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
by Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo
It was circa 1983, when I was a junior high student in the public school system in Puerto Rico, that I experienced one of my first deep contemplations about Puerto Rico's political status by way of an exchange between a teacher and a classmate. The exchange was in Spanish, of course, so before I actually delve into the tale, I need to explain the "punch line" (in my opinion, the biggest disadvantage of translation). Mainly, in Spanish, the word for colony, "colonia," is also the word for cologne. Understanding the nuances of this story, and why I found it so meaningful, is contingent upon understanding this homophone.
My eighth grade Social Studies teacher, I will call her here Miss Vilas, was a young woman fresh out of college, who came to work every morning on the back of a black Harley Davidson driven by her boyfriend, at a time when young women did not have "boyfriends," did not ride in motorcycles, and definitely did not ride in their boyfriend's motorcycle. But she didn't seem to care about societal expectations, and that translated to her work in the classroom. Always eager to teach us a few things about Puerto Rican society beyond what was stipulated in our curriculum, Miss Vilas was a good teacher, and her willingness to step out of boundaries appealed to my inquisitive mind. One day, out of the blue she began a discussion about the political status of the island, an event completely out of the ordinary, for up to that moment, the political status of Puerto Rico had been presented to us, not discussed in class. The Estado Libre Asociado or ELA (that is the Commonwealth status) was always taken for granted in the curriculum, and if anything, up to that particular day, I was under the impression that the ELA would always be an immutable and permanent fixture in the island's government.
Our extraordinary discussion soon generated what seemed an extraordinary reaction. Upon hearing the name "Estado Libre Asociado," "Bill," one of my most articulate classmates, scoffed loudly and rolled his eyes, while playing air drums with his pencils to a tune only he could hear. Bill's reaction made Miss Vilas stop dead in her tracks and look at him, intently, with a mysterious, undecipherable smile. Bill, still playing air drums, had closed his eyes, completely unaware of our teacher's penetrating gaze until she finally asked: "why such a strong reaction, Bill?" Bill responded (without missing a beat with the pencils and with a mysterious smile of his own) that the ELA was nothing but a colony ("el ELA no es nada más que una colonia, Missis," he quipped). The rest of us gasped in collective unison, but Miss Vilas quickly but firmly shot back: "colonia no, perfume" (which roughly translates as "not cologne, but perfume"). Her smile was intact.
The majority of us understood her point: perfumes are supposed to be of better quality than colognes, which are generally less expensive. Many of us laughed at her response, while Bill seemed to be taken aback by it—his air drumming stopped altogether, his smile turned into a frown. I laughed with the majority of my classmates, but I had to process what that really meant. Was she defending the political status of the island? I may have looked at it as a permanent fixture, but even I knew that the ELA was nothing if not flawed. This exchange between my teacher and my classmate stayed with me long after I graduated from junior high, from high school, and from college, and through my years as a graduate student and now as an academic. After all, Miss Vilas was not the only one on the island who thought that the Commonwealth was indeed not a form of cheap cologne but a fine bottled-up perfume.
The Take Away
Thirty years later, I now see Miss Vilas' witty response to Bill not necessarily as a defense of the Commonwealth status, but as a tactic for dealing with a taxing situation (i.e., an unresolved political status that has lasted for half a millenium) by exerting some agency against its overwhelming weight. She was, in a perhaps awkward way, redefining her subject position (and by extension the subject position of all of us in her classroom, for we were all Puerto Ricans) vis-à-vis the US: in the end she did not want to be seen as (nor did she want to be) the subject of a cheap colonial configuration, to be sure. Miss Vilas' way of engaging with the Commonwealth taught me an enduring lesson: regardless of the position from which they may advocate a particular political view, Puerto Ricans are painfully aware of the Commonwealth and its impacts, and do what they can to negotiate their location within it. It was also telling that even though we had never been formally taught about colonies as such, we still knew, as thirteen-year-olds, that the word (especially as it was being used by our classmate Bill) was meant as an insult, and a clear indictment of the island's government. Our collective gasp reflected how much we knew, at such a young age, about colonies and about insults. That the status of the island could be articulated as an insult, and thus something to be wielded in order to put people (us!) down, was a major insight to me that day.
In retrospect, the fact that I remember this particular exchange so vividly is indicative of how ingrained and even traumatic notions of Puerto Rico's status can be. My recollection of the exchange often returns in my musings about the island, as it was around that time that I began to consciously process and sift through ideologies about its political status. The exchange between my teacher and my classmate ultimately taught me that, as a Puerto Rican, I should learn to simultaneously deal with sensibilities that metaphorically articulate Puerto Rico's status as a "cologne," and those that articulate it as a "perfume." The biggest insight for me now, however, after years of studying, thinking and writing about Puerto Rico's political status, is that, although the island may actually be a little more than cologne, in the end, it is all colony. From the government to the educational system. From the economy to its daily diversions and entertainments. From the unemployment rate to the ever-expanding Diaspora (of which I have been a member for 20 years now). From every institution to every minute aspect of life. All colony. Then (when I was in school learning about the ELA), and now (as I continue the struggle to envision a future for Puerto Rico beyond the ELA).
Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies at Washington State University. Her current research is on Latinos in the US, "the War on Terror," and popular culture. She is a member of the Mujeres Talk Editorial Group.
This entry was posted in Caribbean, Education, Latina/o Studies and tagged Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Estado Libre Asociado, Puerto Rico, US Colonialism on June 3, 2014 by mujerestalk.


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The best thing about visiting Japan is trying different foods that aren't available anywhere else. Japan surprises with a diversity of dishes that are left out of international Japanese restaurants abroad. Fresh, prepared, packaged and specially ordered foods in Japan have been crafted to bring out their best flavor. Besides using the best quality ingredients, restaurant owners, cooks and chefs take pride in their dishes. This combination presents incredibly tasting food coming out of Japan. Most places in Japan whetherRead more
Osaka ~ Japan
Just when you think you've seen it all we land in Osaka. Osaka is full of energy just like Tokyo but not as polished. There is a grittiness to this city but it still has the cleanliness and order Japan has exemplified this entire trip. As soon as we arrived, we put our things in the rental apartment and headed straight for Dontoburi. This neighborhood of Osaka is filled with shops and tons of takoyaki stands. Takoyaki are balls madeRead more
Kyoto ~ Japan
After a high speed ride on the Shinkansen from Tokyo, we arrived in Kyoto . What normally takes six hours in a car only took two on the train. Japan has always been ahead of everyone when it comes to train transportation. The Shinkansen is a high speed bullet train that runs throughout Japan. Shinkansen train lines are over 1,700 miles and travel at speeds from 140-200 mph. During peak times, there are thirteen trains per hour in each directionRead more
Tokyo ~ Japan
Tokyo was once known as Tokyo City but now it has been broken up into twenty-three different wards. Our first stop in Tokyo is Shinjuku. The train from the airport to the city rolled out at ninety-nine miles per hour, and that wasn't even the fast train. I just sat there in awe. Not to mention how clean the train station is. In America if you can get past the street performers, beggars and smells then just maybe you'll getRead more
Wild Atlantic Way ~ Ireland
Once we left the city of Dublin the roads changed from modern highways to two lane roads with roundabouts. In some areas the two lanes were barely wide enough for two cars. Pair this with driving on the right side of the car and it got hairy at times. We took a drive down the Wild Atlantic Way. This route spans 1600 miles along the western coast line of Ireland. The first stopover from Dublin was Galway County. Whenever we askedRead more
Dublin ~ Ireland
Instead of states, Ireland is broken up into counties. During this trip we plan to cover Galway, Clare and Kerry County. The country of Ireland is an island surrounded by the North Channel, St George's Channel, Irish and Atlantic seas. Before visiting, the only things I knew about Ireland was from television. Leprechauns, pots of gold, Lucky Charms cereal, corned beef and cabbage, rainbows, Irish Spring soap, four leaf clovers and thick accents. As it turns out all of theseRead more
Rotterdam ~ Netherlands
Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands in South Holland. It's also the next big city compared to Amsterdam. What makes Rotterdam different is the architecture. During the Nazi takeover the entire city center was ruined and destroyed. When the war was over the city was rebuilt with modern buildings (far ahead of their time) and wider streets. The town of Delft is what's left of old Rotterdam. Only fifty percent of the population in Rotterdam are Dutch, the otherRead more
Hoi An ~ Vietnam
So much has changed since the last time we were here. Parts of the city are unrecognizable and there are ten times more cars, vans and large tour buses on the narrow roads. The highway leading into Hoi An from Da Nang has been updated and the city of Da Nang is in the process of being built up with ocean front condominiums and high rise buildings. Updated bridges have been built with a modern yellow ark design. The secretRead more
Ninh Bình ~ Vietnam
Ninh Binh City is a small city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Most travelers skip this place and go directly to Hao Long Bay. We chose the opposite. Surrounded by rice fields, large karst and rivers running in between them, Nihn Binh is sprawling with greenery. The main center of town is a few miles from the true grit of the providence. The weather is much cooler than Hanoi which is only three hours drive from here. Read more
Hanoi ~ Vietnam
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city by population with over seven million people. Hanoi is 1,090 miles north of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). The flight from Saigon to Hanoi was ninety minutes. The first thing I noticed was the French architecture and influences throughout the buildings. Everything seemed more orderly and polished than the madness of Saigon. The multilane highway was nicer than some highways in America. After a short ride from the airport weRead more
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Cockburn, Plummer lead llinois past Missouri 88-63
ST. LOUIS (AP)Kofi Cockburn scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for his fifth straight double-double and Illinois breezed to an 88-63 victory over Missouri on Wednesday night in the 41st edition of the Braggin' Rights game.
It was the 35th double-double of Cockburn's career – fifth all-time for the Fighting Illini (9-3). Cockburn came into the game averaging 21.4 points per game – fifth best in the nation – and 11.9 rebounds – third best. Cockburn and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies' Jamal Cain are the only two players averaging double-doubles this season.
Alfonso Plummer pitched in with 22 points for Illinois. However, he saw his run of 35 straight made free throws – the second longest streak in Illini history – end on his third attempt against Missouri (6-6). Trent Frazier added 15 points.
Cockburn and Plummer both scored 10 points to help the Illini take a 40-26 lead at halftime. Illinois flirted with its largest margin of victory in the series – a 32-point win in 2005 – before Missouri scored the final eight points of the game.
Illinois shot 57% overall and 48% from beyond the arc (12 of 25). It was the sixth straight game that the Illini have made at least 11 3-pointers. Illinois sank a school-record 18 in a 106-48 win over St. Francis (PA) its last time out – one game after making 16 3-pointers in an 83-79 loss to No. 11 Arizona.
Jarron Coleman led Missouri with 16 points off the bench. Kobe Brown scored 13, but he made just 5 of 17 shots, including 1 of 7 from distance. Trevon Brazile scored 11.


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The Autobiography celebrates Heineken this Friday!
The event starts at 6:00 PM with cool music welcoming guests. Spend this special evening sampling Lagos' most sought-after suya, cocktails, and meet with their mixologist. Heineken has teamed up with "The Autobiography" to provide free drinks for early birds – and the best bit is there's not going to be a dull moment of any sort.
Address: Km 34, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Sangotedo, Lekki, Lagos.
From the ambience to the taste, "The Autobiography Lounge" is a place that carefully balances excellent cuisines, a charming ambience, and active nightlife.
At the moment, it is the best hangout spot in Ajah. Do you want a place to collect yourself? Do you want to enjoy some tranquil and quiet time away from the hustle and bustle of Lagos? The Autobiography is the place to be. You 'll feel replenished in many surprising ways. Anytime you find yourself at Sangotedo, "The Autobiography" is your urban retreat.
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Q: run nutch1.9 in eclipse got error CrawlDb update: java.io.IOException: Job failed I'm trying to run nutch 1.9 in eclipse, all of my config is according to this article(http://yewintko.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/setting-up-nutch-in-eclipse-indigo/). But I got this error :
CrawlDb update: starting at 2014-11-10 15:50:10
CrawlDb update: db: urls
CrawlDb update: segments: [3, crawl]
CrawlDb update: additions allowed: true
CrawlDb update: URL normalizing: false
CrawlDb update: URL filtering: false
CrawlDb update: 404 purging: false
CrawlDb update: Merging segment data into db.
CrawlDb update: java.io.IOException: Job failed!
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobClient.runJob(JobClient.java:1357)
    at org.apache.nutch.crawl.CrawlDb.update(CrawlDb.java:119)
    at org.apache.nutch.crawl.CrawlDb.run(CrawlDb.java:219)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
    at org.apache.nutch.crawl.CrawlDb.main(CrawlDb.java:179)

A: Have you tried following the steps from the Nutch WIKI instead?


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Q: Magento 2.1.8 issue Undefined variable: imageBlockBuilder I got following error in Magento 2.1.8 in my custom theme e.g. mytheme.

Exception #0 (Exception): Notice: Undefined variable:
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  /home/public_html/app/design/frontend/Company/mytheme/Magento_Catalog/templates/product/list/items.phtml
  on line 220

A: As imageBlockBuilder is no longer used in Magento 2.1.8 To fix above error do following:

Replace:
$productImage = $imageBlockBuilder->buildBlock($_product, $imageDisplayArea);

with
$productImage = $block->getImage($_product, $imageDisplayArea);

Here $imageDisplayArea may be different variable in your case, change it as per your need.


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Have you thought about applying to be an Advanced Practitioner?
There is more to the title than you might think.
The Advanced Practitioner status was designed for ACR members who seek verifiable recognition for their advanced training and experience. Originally, ACR launched Advanced Practitioner member designation for Labor and Employment Arbitrators and Family and Workplace Mediators.
ACR has now created the Academy of Advanced Practitioners (AAP), which makes Advanced Practitioner membership status available for members with unique training, skill, and experience in any field. Now, an ACR member who is not a workplace or family mediator or an arbitrator can be designated as an Advanced Practitioner. AAP now makes it possible for practitioners of other processes such as facilitation, conflict system design, dialogue and deliberation, coaches and so many others to obtain Advanced Practitioner designation.
raises the bar of excellence for all.
Upon receiving the AAP designation, the member receives the benefits of being an ACR Advanced Practitioner including a specialized listing on the ACR website. This listing makes the names and contact information of Advanced Practitioners more available to potential clients and other professionals seeking services. The application has a minimal non-refundable application fee. The annual dues rate for Advanced Practitioner status is only $20 more than regular membership level.
ACR members looking to add additional professional recognition to their resume, regardless of their focus area (facilitation, mediation, coaching, conflict system design, dialogue and deliberation, etc.), can find the AAP applications online at a. Information about the Family and Divorce mediator, Workplace Mediator, and Workplace Arbitrator Advanced Practitioner designation also appear there.
The photographs will typically stand on their own rather than illustrating articles.
They can be on any subject—flowers, wildlife, portraits (as long as you have the subject's permission), travel scenes, and whatever else your camera captures—and they don't have to have anything to do with conflict resolution. Space allowing, we'll select a few images for each issue (preferably ones that haven't been published previously) and include them, with a credit to the photographer.


The Khan Academy has partnered with the College Board to offer free SAT prep to students. While this is great, it's actually nothing new. The College Board has always offered prep materials for the SAT – both a book and an online course – with "strategies" for the exam. But ask any high-scoring SAT student you know if they used the strategies from the College Board to score well on the test and they will emphatically tell you no. The strategies the College Board provides you with are the traditional way to solve problems – not how to game the test.
Although I praise the College Board for providing the highest quality SAT questions for students to practice with, I also believe that they put out some of the lowest quality SAT strategies for students to prep with. Whenever the test creator offers to prep students, you should be wary of the quality of the prep. The College Board has an agenda to defend that the SAT is an appropriate measure of what students learn in high school. Therefore, the prep that the College Board provides is going to align with that mission. Essentially, the College Board "SAT prep" strategies are going to teach you how to approach problems using methods you already use in high school. While this may sound like a good idea, these highs school approaches are often not the most effective way to solve SAT problems.
There are many tips and tricks you can use to game the SAT to solve problems more accurately and efficiently.
However, the College Board would never teach you a strategy to "game" the SAT.
For example, do you think the College Board would teach you how to use a standard SAT essay template that is the essentially the same every time so that you will ace any topic they throw at you? Or would the College Board teach you how to solve an algebra problem without using algebra? Or would the College Board teach you how to avoid reading entire SAT reading passages at once? Probably not. The College Board is all about teaching students the actual content of the SAT, but not big on teaching strategies to take advantage of the test. What company would want to give away strategies that help you beat its own test?
Therefore, my advice is to prep for the SAT using practice questions produced by the College Board, but do not prep for the SAT using strategies produced by the College Board (or Khan Academy). You have to use strategies that help you game the test through tips and tricks that the test creator is not going to show you. I am 100% confident that if I had used the strategies that the College Board had offered to prepare for the SAT, I would not have been able to improve 640 points to get a perfect SAT score. In summation, use College Board questions, not strategies.


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Essentially "Crusted Port" is a very fine non-vintage Ruby Port. It gets its name from the sediment, or 'crust' that forms at the bottom of the bottle as the wine ages, as in a Vintage Port.
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7th graders required to get vaccines but not for COVID-19
Sherry Greenfield
Maryland law is requiring two important vaccinations for seventh grade students to start the school year, and it's not to fight against COVID-19.
Incoming seventh graders must be vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (TDAP) as well as meningococcal meningitis before starting the school year on Aug. 30.
"Students who do not have up-to-date immunizations may be excluded from attending the first day of school unless evidence of an appointment for immunizations within 20 days is presented," according to Washington County Public Schools.
Students may have already received these vaccines from their doctor. Parents are encouraged to check with their child's doctor to see if those vaccines have been given.
Vaccinations can be provided by doctors or from the Washington County Health Department.
The health department is holding two vaccination clinics from 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 29, and 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at 1302 Pennsylvania Ave. in Hagerstown. Vaccinations are free, but students must register in advance.
To register for the July 29 clinic go to https://www.marylandvax.org/appointment/en/reg/9614329065.
To register for the Aug. 19 clinic go to https://www.marylandvax.org/appointment/en/reg/1502999600.
The CVS minute clinic at 1503 Potomac Ave. in Hagerstown is also offering vaccine shots. To register, call 866-389-2727.
Family Health Care of Hagerstown at 201 S. Cleveland in Hagerstown is providing shots. To register, call 301-745-3777.
COVID-19 vaccines are not required to start school.
But the Washington County Health Department has made a clinic available specifically for students 12 and older who would like to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine only. The clinic is from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, Aug. 6, at the health department, 1302 Pennsylvania Ave. in Hagerstown.
To register, go to https://www.marylandvax.org/appointment/en/reg/8698929104.
"The COVID-19 vaccination is not currently required for students to attend school but is recommended by medical professionals," according to Washington County Public Schools. "Families should seek guidance from their child's primary care provider when considering whether to vaccinate their child.
"WCPS, in cooperation with state and local health departments, is following (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidance regarding fully vaccinated individuals. If a student is fully vaccinated and identified as a close contact to an individual who tests positive for COVID-19, the vaccinated student is not required to quarantine for the standard 14-day period as long as he/she is not experiencing symptoms of the virus."
For help registering for any of the vaccination clinics, call the health department at 240-313-3456.
Immunization records are available from each school's health office or from the Office of School Health at 301-766-8723.
Sherry Greenfield is an education reporter, covering Washington County Public Schools and the Washington County Board of Education. Follow her on Twitter at Sheina2018 or Instagram at beckmangreenfield.
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Bottom two sides in the Premier League ladder are set to take on each other on Wednesday evening at The John Smith's Stadium.
This Premier League fixture Huddersfield vs Burnley has all the ingredients of a relegation six-pointer given teams' form and position in the standings.
Huddersfield somehow managed to save the top flight status last year, but David Wagner and his men will have a mountain to climb to repeat similar achievement this time around. They equalled their worst streak of defeats in the history of the competition by losing seventh on the spin on Saturday afternoon to Fulham at Craven Cottage.
The Terriers were very close to having their net untouched, especially after Danish keeper Jonas Lossl denied Kamara's penalty-kick effort eight minutes from time. However, Huddersfield allowed a stoppage-time goal to Aleksandar Mitrovic to lose a precious point and stay at the rock-bottom of the league ladder.
None of last three head to head clashes between these two sides offered a winner (0-0, 0-0, 1-1).
The Terriers lead the head to head tie by six wins thanks to impressive displays in front of the home crowd where they won 15 and lost 8 of 25 ties against Clarets.
Burnley only scored 20 goals in 25 away matches against Huddersfield.
The visitors have really been on a poor spell of form lately. They lost six of last seven league matches. It is the biggest crisis Sean Dyche has seen in the last couple of years. Clarets conceded as many as eight goals in back-to-back defeats to Arsenal and Everton.
Burnley are particularly struggling on travels where they won one, drew two and lost seven of nine games scoring just seven times in the process. The Terriers, on the other hand, notched only four goals in ten home matches this season.
Given two of last three head to head games ended without goals, a goalless draw might be just the way to go here.
Correct Score 0-0 @ 7.00 (6/1).


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