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French launches €14m 'only yes means yes' campaign on sexual consent
France's higher education ministry has launched a €14 million campaign around sexual consent, teaching students to seek explicit consent for any sexual encounter under the slogan 'sans oui, c'est interdit' (without a yes, it's forbidden).
Published: 10 October 2022 11:43 CEST
A protester raises her fist in front of a poster reading 'There is a taste of rape when I'm studying at the university' during a demonstration on March 6, 2021. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
The campaign is hoping to teach students to: "Ask explicitly and look for an enthusiastic yes; Get into the habit of posing simple questions like 'Do you want to?' 'Can I?' 'What do you like?' and 'What do you want us to experience together?'; Listen to the other person; Respect his or her desires and own limits; and finally, Accept No."
Other prevention actions for the 2022 school year will include training sessions for dedicated anti-assault units in most of France's universities. So far, over 900 teachers, students, and staff across the country have been trained.
Ahead of week-ends d'intégration – or welcome weekends at the start of the school year, which are known for festivities and higher consumption of alcohol amongst the student body – posters with the new slogan "Without a 'yes,' it's off limits" (Sans oui, c'est interdit) appeared across campuses in France to help educate students about consent.
Pour lutter contre les violences sexuelles et sexistes, nous devons développer une culture du consentement.
Le ministère @sup_recherche et l'association Sexe & Consentement lancent aujourd'hui une campagne de sensibilisation en ce sens : #SansOuiCestInterdit 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/T8l0Fi6nsJ
— Sylvie Retailleau (@sretailleau) October 9, 2022
Sylvie Retailleau, the Minister for Higher Education, stressed the importance of such actions in an interview with daily Le Parisien.
The minister explained that about "149,000 students in France are affected by sexual assault or attempted assault" each year.
According to Retailleau, that number represents approximately four percent of the total student body (for higher education) in France.
With the annual budget doubling from €1.7 to €3.5 million per year, Retailleau intends for associations, such as the "National Association for Student Athletics" (Anestaps) to receive more grant money to help sexual assault prevention.
The consent awareness campaign will also partner with websites like Konbini to reach students online. Informative videos with advice and testimonies from students, as well as a consent quiz (consentest) will be posted across social media to help educate young people across the country.
Additionally, Anestaps will set up "safe spaces" during onboarding festivities and welcome weekends, to ensure that students who have been harassed or feel unsafe have a place to go to and a secure person to speak with.
The organisation will also use the 'angel shots' system during school events. Students who feel unsafe can order a fake drink at the bar and trust that the person behind the counter will understand it as code for needing help.
Schools will also set up investigation units, which will be free, confidential, and available to victims. The goal will be to encourage victims to file complaints, as well as to collect testimonies and reports. The units will offer students with legal, medical and psychological assistance.
Despite previous actions by the State to combat sexual assault in France's universities, the problem has persisted. As a result, in 2021, the Ministry of Higher Education launched the multi-year plan (running until 2025).
The program was given a total budget of €7 million, which has now been doubled to €14 million.
The plan includes 21 measures, several of which were already taken up this past year. The steps are structured around four primary areas: widespread training of staff and students to respond to sexual assault, the reinforcement of reporting mechanisms, communication campaigns to spread awareness about consent and reporting mechanisms, and finally the promotion of student and staff commitment to combat sexual assault and gender-based violence on campuses.
In June, the public prosecutor's office for Evry (Essonne) told AFP that it had opened several investigations for rape in the four major French universities of the area, including the renowned establishments of Polytechnique and Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), after receiving "several complaints" of sexual assault.
Sexual assault in France is defined as "any forced sexual contact" and it is punishable by 5 years of imprisonment and a €75,000 fine (Article 222-27 of the Penal Code)"
Neighbouring Spain has recently passed a ground-breaking 'only yes means yes' law on sexual consent, meaning that consent must be affirmative and cannot be assumed to have been given by default, or by silence.
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French Prime Minister Macron doubles down on pension age as strikes loom
Rugby tickets, coffee and stickers – French presidential candidates chastised over expenses claims
France's prime minister on Sunday ruled out backtracking on a plan to raise the retirement age as unions prepared for another day of mass protests against the contested reform.
An increase in the minimum retirement age to 64 from the current 62 is part of a flagship reform package pushed by President Emmanuel Macron to ensure the future financing of France's pensions system.
After union protests against the change brought out over a million people into the streets on January 19, the government signalled there was wiggle room on some measures, including the number of contributing years needed to qualify for a full pension, special deals for people who started working very young, and provisions for mothers who interrupted their careers to look after their children.
But the headline age limit of 64 was not up for discussion, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday.
"This is now non-negotiable," she told the FranceInfo broadcaster.
While unions have welcomed the government's readiness for negotiation on parts of the plan, they say the proposed 64-year rule has to go.
Calling the reform "unfair" France's eight major unions, in a rare show of unity, said they hoped to "mobilise even more massively" on Tuesday, their next scheduled protest day, than at the showing earlier this month.
"Even more people"
"It's looking like there will be even more people", said Celine Verzeletti, member of the hardleft union CGT's confederation leadership.
Pointing to opinion polls, Laurent Berger, head of the moderate CFDT union, said that "the people disagree strongly with the project, and that view is gaining ground".
It would be "a mistake" for the government to ignore the mobilisation, he warned.
Unions and the government both see Tuesday's protests as a major test.
Some 200 protests are being organised countrywide, with a big march planned for Paris, culminating in a demonstration outside the National Assembly where parliamentary commissions are to start examining the draft law on Monday.
The leftwing opposition has submitted more than 7,000 amendments to the draft in a bid to slow its path through parliament.
Macron's allies are short of an absolute majority in parliament and will need votes from conservatives to approve the pensions plan.
The government has the option of forcing the bill through without a vote under special constitutional powers, but at the risk of triggering a vote of no confidence, and possibly new parliamentary elections.
In addition to protest marches, unions have called for widespread strike action for Tuesday, with railway services and public transport expected to be heavily affected.
Stoppages are also expected in schools and administrations, with some local authorities having already announced closures of public spaces such as sports stadiums.
Some unions have called for further strike action in February, including at commercial ports, refineries and power stations.
Some observers said the unions are playing for high stakes, and any slackening of support Tuesday could be fatal for their momentum.
"They have placed the bar high," said Dominique Andolfatto, a professor for political science. "They can't afford any missteps."
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Will the Real John Callahan Please Stand Up?
by John Callahan (1998)
Whenever anyone asked me what I was reading when I had this book with me, I would say "cripple jokes" and that always set the discussion off on the right foot. Callahan is a quadriplegic cartoonist and is syndicated in many major newspapers. He is also controversial because he talks about what he knows, living with quadriplegia, and how society treats the disabled generally. While I wouldn't say he is an activist per se -- sometimes he just seems to have his mind in the gutter -- his cartoons make you think, even if it's only thinking "wow, that joke isn't funny." or "that joke is totally disgusting." and then thinking about why it is that maybe you think that.
Included in this book of cartoons are stories about the cartoons and about himself. Callahan waxes poetic about how he used to be able to get laid much more before he turned 40. Callahan talks about meeting Bob Dylan and Robin Williams who had optioned his story to do a movie. He includes some of his more controversy-inspiring cartoons such as the one with the 13 year old Martin Luther King standing shamefully in pj's in front of his mother, a small puddle in his bed, saying "I had a dream." Personally I thought it was funny, many many people didn't. Callahan includes a lot of letters to the various papers that run his comics reacting and responding, often angrily, at his sense of humor. If he or the papers respond to those letters, he does not print the responses. A point the book makes is that other disabled people often seems to find his jokes funnier (he uses the example of the church choir singing "you'll never walk alone" loudly next door to the Home for the Paralyzed) than the able-bodied people who write in terribly offended. Callahan does seem to be an equal opportunity offender, he makes fun of the disabled, the mentally ill, the elderly, women, men, the pope, his attendant, the government etc. I don't think everything he does is hilarious, certainly, but enjoyed the chance to see mor of his work and hear more about the man behind the comics.
The Narrows
by Michael Connelly (2005)
I found this book in a desk at the B&B I was staying in, when I was desparately searching for a book to read on the flight on the way home. This book fit the bill, your classic thriller without some of the classic elements I hate: passive women getting tortured and held for ransom, slasher sex/violence linkages, dumb plot twists and/or fetishistic creepy killers. Connelly has built a name for himself as a photogenic crime beat reporter turned author and he's prolific. I don't think I've read any of his books in order but this doesn't seem to matter too much since he manages to get summaries in without you feeling like he's rehashing all the books in a series.
I generally don't do much in the way of plot summaries for genre fiction, but this is one of those smart serial killer stories, not too gorey, not too dull and not so overwhelmingly action-packed that you feel that it's a bit surreal.
Death du Jour
by Kathy Reichs (2000)
You know you're really in trouble when you re-read books by accident. This was on the new-ish shelf at the library and so I assumed that it was a newish book. Apparently I read it back in 2001. To add insult to injury, apparently I didn't even like it much then. This is the review I wrote then, it's still pretty apt.
If you've ever wondered how you can tell how long a body has been dead by looking at the maggots, this book is for you. If not, you may not have the stomach for it. Reichs is an author that focuses on the medical examiner aspects of crime and mystery. She gets called to the scene after the cops have been there and tries to give them a hand solving the crime, This particular novel is full of cults and freezing cold weather and the inevitable Family Member Who Gets Involved in the Horrible Events. It's a good quick read but maybe on the sensational side for me personally.
How to Breathe Underwater
by Julie Orringer (2003)
This was a book of short stories given to me by a friend on my birthday. I read 90% of it and then it somehow managed to make it to the bottom of a pile from where it did not return until yesterday. These stories are great. There is a sort of emotional feeling that some stories have -- I've seen it in other writing but I have a hard time describing it -- where there is just a heat between the characters. Not like sexy and not like angry but sort of that feeling you get when the space behind your ears gets warm, a sort of flushing feeling and a quickening of the pulse. In any case I don't read stories with that sort of heat in them often and I'm always really excited to find a new story that manages it. The story in this book called The Smoothest Way is Full of Stones [also reprinted in The Best American Non-Required Reading] managed to churn up that sort of heat.
All the stories are good though. Many of them harken back to that time where children are old enough to be running wild away from their parents, but not so far that they can live independently or that they always understand the consequences of their actions. The strongest stories in this book are about young adults getting into some sort of trouble almost under the noses of their parents. Bad things happen and usually aren't tidily resolved. Young girls are terrible to each other, and kids generaly behave abdly, but no worse than adults can be. Orringer has managed to write about younger people in a way that is both voyeuristic and also very real feeling as someone who was younger once herself.
Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency
by Andrea Dean (2002)
I was looking for books to read on Alabama and was attracted to this book because of its cover. It's a fancy picture book describing the rural studio, an innovative architecture program at Auburn University where students build housing for rural Alabamans, using discarded materials and fancy pants techniques. Many of these people were previously living in shacks and cabins with no running water or electricity. This book documented the process of getting to know the people in Hale County who the students built housing for. There are showy pictures of the new houses and community centers and a lot of sort of arty-speak of how the architects and builders conceived of their projects in a way that will be amiliar to any graduate of a liberal arts college. Missing from the book, to me, was the voices of the people who had new homes built for them. I was most curious how these fancy houses worked for these rural poor folks. They were clearly designed with the residents in mind, and yet there is a certain flash and flair in these buildings that would seem to have to have some effect on the people who lived in them. I'd like to know what it's like to live in a brand new house that was built tailored to your particular needs and specifications. This is something that most of us never get to experience in a lifetime and while the students seemed very proud of their ability to do this work, I felt like at least some of the projects lacked a sort of closure that resulted in some of these houses feeling a bit like hanging questions.
The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle
by Lois Battle (2001)
This book eked into "liked it" territory just barely. It was a good read, but felt like a lot of books I'd read before. It felt like Toni Morrison for its brand consciousness and concern with the cost of things. It felt like The Secret Life of Bees because it's got the same general outline -- person who has gone through hardship had to make do in a new and sometimes un-nice environment; eventually she finds comfort in the companionship of women and even though there are problems they are better than the ones she had. It also feels like every other sort of woman-focused book I've read lately. If it were a movie it would be a chick flick. That's not to say that the story isn't interesting, just that it moves along fairly predictable paths to its eventual unsuprising conclusion


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In the era of digital revolution, decision making has become more of a science than an art. Gone are the days when decisions were made purely on individual skills and experience. With a large influx of data available to all stakeholders of a company, executives and decision-making units are even more accountable for the choices made. The essence of today's decision making lies in accessing the right information at the right time.
Business intelligence (BI) and analytics are the key to making those informed choices. BI and analytics are witnessing drastic growth in recent years and will continue to do so in coming years as well. The mindset of companies to adapt to the changing landscape of BI and to exploit the benefits that the tools offer to enterprises is a huge challenge for organizations that lived in the ages of traditional reporting and data warehousing.
An aspect that is often observed in organizations is that the business problems are never static. The requirements change time and time again with the new market challenges confronting the company.
The usability factor of the BI data also becomes questionable by the end of a BI project. Thus, business intelligence, which often starts as an initiative to solve a critical business equation, tends to become just another investment in technology by the end of the project.
BI tools have caused a paradigm shift in report viewing and handling. The dynamic capabilities of BI tools are difficult to visualize for companies that used traditional static reports earlier. Hence the real challenge for executives while migrating to BI is ensuring the completeness of the requirement at the beginning phase of the project. This challenge is further enhanced when technology cost is brought into the equation.
What if the solution does not solve the business problem despite matching the requirements?
How would I be able to convince myself and other stakeholders on the investment made?
What if the requirements are wrong? How would I avoid a change request scenario?
Many organizations define success as meeting the project requirements, time and cost. The real objective and success of the BI project should be to solve the business problem at hand and not the requirements alone. The blatant truth is that most of the data challenges that confront BI solutions are often un-imaginable in the beginning and hence requirements are never complete. Only when stakeholders view the first cut of the end product, true requirements will begin to flow as data table correlations and visualizations start to make better meaning.
The best way to tackle such complexities is through a Reporting-as-a-Service model. The services model alongside an Agile project methodology will help companies tackle the challenges on an incremental basis. The continuous engagement model between vendors and clients will help the client companies to not only scale their normal reporting environment but also to be responsive and adaptive to the latest trends and dynamic reporting capabilities of BI, mobility, analytics and Big Data. Business-focused metrics can be designed and redesigned to produce actionable insights and to meet the exact challenges confronting the company. The Reporting-as-a-Service model won't just solve the business complexities alone; it will also aid companies in shifting the effort and focus from reporting to decision making.
The true success of a business intelligence strategy lies in realizing it as a business investment rather than a technology investment.
Sooryanarayanan Balasubramanian is a management trainee at Saksoft. He is involved in conceptualization of the Reporting as a Managed Service (RaaMS) model and supports the marketing activities for Saksoft. Prior to Saksoft, he worked nearly five years in a German automotive firm and handled multiple clients in different geographies. Follow him on LinkedIn and read his blog.


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DESCRIPTION: PC Insider's Collection has a new collection of products and recipes every season that they showcase at this annual event. We enjoy going every year mostly to try new items that we have seen in the store, but not purchased. Last year, we enjoyed trying around seven different cheeses and learning how to pair them with meats and other fixings to prepare a charcuterie board. Even if you are not interested in picking up new recipes, you will at least leave with a full belly as this event offers a three-course meal with beverages. Guests are given an opportunity to participate in the food preparation. However, we simply enjoyed hanging back at the table and listening to the instructions.
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Nicole Rizkallah
Nicole Rizkallah is Director of Recruitment and Senior Consultant for American Philanthropic, a consulting firm whose mission is to strengthen civil society by improving the effectiveness of charitable foundations and nonprofit organizations.
Nicole provides strategic consulting on recruitment, personnel, and management. She has worked in the nonprofit sector since 2008 and has nearly a decade of secondary school experience as both director of counseling and assistant headmaster at classical schools. Nicole has experience in systems theory, conflict resolution, psychology, and group dynamics. Nicole is a member of the Arizona Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and a published writer in Philanthropy Daily and the Journal of Contemporary Family Therapy.
She completed two fellowships where she studied political theory, natural law, and Catholic social justice. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Finance, a Master of Liberal Arts from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, and a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller Theological Seminary. She is a licensed and practicing therapist.
Nicole works out of our Phoenix, Arizona office and lives downtown.
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Clergy Sexual Abuse Ten Years Later: A May 11 Conference at Santa Clara University Explor
Kathy Shaw April 30, 2012
SANTA CLARA (CA)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Apr 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ten years after the scandal of child sexual abuse by priests rocked the U.S. Catholic Church to its core, has enough been done to protect children, prevent recurrence, and strengthen institutional accountability and transparency?
The mixed-bag answer to that question is the subject of an upcoming, daylong conference being held May 11 at Santa Clara University. The conference is based on findings from a new book, Sexual Abuses in the Catholic Church, A Decade of Crisis 2002-2012, published in October, 2011 by Praeger.
The conference will feature 13 of 23 authors of the Decade of Crisis book, who were all, in some way, part of the national effort to find justice and healing in the wake of the nationwide scandal.
The panelists include Karen Terry, PhD, the principal investigator for two nationally acclaimed John Jay College of Criminal Justice studies on the nature, scope, and causes of the abuse scandals; Barbara Blaine, who in 1988 founded the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP); Kathleen McChesney, PhD, former FBI executive who was the first executive director of the Office of Child and Youth Protection of the United States Conference of Bishops; and SCU Professor Thomas Plante, a consultant on priest sexual abuse who also helps screen seminarians for sexual-abuse proclivities as vice chair of the National Review Board for the U.S. Bishops' Protection of Children and Youth office.
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Dr. Cox grew up in Western North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1994. After college, Dr. Cox worked in medical research at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. She was published in several professional journals and presented her research results at the Society of Critical Care Medicine national meeting in 1995.
Dr. Cox returned to academics at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia in 1996, where she met Dr. Cross. She graduated in 2000 with internship experience in ocular disease, primary care and pediatrics. In July 2000, Dr. Cox began working at Thomas & Cox Eye Care Associates in McMurray, PA, which she ultimately purchased from Dr. Penny Lightholder-Thomas. She has continued the low vision services started by Dr. Thomas. In 2010, Drs. Cox and Cross combined their two offices to form OneVision Health & Wellness.
Dr. Cox is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Optometric Society, the Pennsylvania Optometric Association and the American Optometric Association. She has also been a member of the Peters Township Chamber of Commerce since 2001. Dr. Cox and Cross were married in 2000 and are raising 3 children.
Outside of the office, Dr. Cox spends as much time as possible with her family. She volunteers at her children's school where she coaches Cross Country. She enjoys being physically active. She has done a triathalon and multiple half marathons.
Dr. Michael Cross grew up in Bedford County, PA. He attended Duquesne University from 1991 1996 where he majored in Physics. While there he was a member of the Alpha Phi Delta fraternity, the varsity football team and the freshmen orientation program. In 1996, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia, where he met his future wife, Dr. Lisa Cox. Upon graduation they returned to Pittsburgh.
In 2001 Dr. Cross founded Cross Family Eye Care. He began to see patients at Thomas & Cox Eye Care in 2003 and in 2010 the two offices combined creating OneVision Health & Wellness.
He has been active in the Western Pennsylvania Optometric Society (WPOS) and Pennsylvania Optometric Association (POA). In 2005, he was elected the WPOS and POA Young Optometrist of the Year. In 2006, he became president of the Western Pennsylvania Optometric Society. He served as a trustee on the POA board of directors in 2011. He has committed time to school screenings at local elementary schools and the special olympics as well as speaking to PTA and other parent groups.
Outside of the office, Dr. Cross enjoys nothing more than spending time with his wife and three young children. He volunteers his time coaching Cross Country and Basketball at his kids' school. He enjoys staying physically active and in 2009 ran his first marathon while raising over $4,000 for cancer research. He also completed the 2011 Pittsburgh Marathon and in 2012 ran the Pittsburgh Half Marathon with his wife. He also enjoys adventure racing, completing the Toughmudder twice. In 2017 he completed his 1st triathalon.
Dr. Cross has gone on multiple trips to Haiti with His Vision Project helping to provide eyecare for thousands of people in need.


I graduated from Salem High School in Conyers. Then, I earned my B. A. in English at the University of West Georgia in 2000, my Masters of Education at Piedmont College in 2011, and my Educational Specialist Degree at Piedmont College in 2015.
This is my 19th year teaching, but it definitely doesn't seem like it's been that long! I taught for 12 years in Newton County, two years in Greensboro, NC, and one year in Thomasville, NC. Over the course of my career, I've taught 9th, 10th, and 12th grade English, as well as AP English Literature.
I am originally from Conyers, but I currently live in Covington. My husband teaches video broadcasting in Morgan County, and we have two children, who are 9 and 11. In my free time, I love to read, and my favorite book is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I also watch way too much TV; my favorite show is The Big Bang Theory.


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What Is Secular Humanism?
Catherine Giordano
Science, philosophy, politics, and religion are frequent topics for writer and public speaker Catherine Giordano.
Secular humanism is a little understood human–centered philosophy of life. It is non-theistic, rooted in science, and it espouses explicit moral and ethical directives. It seeks the greater good for all humanity.
Humanism Seeks the Greater Good.
Humanism stresses the use of reason for the greater good of all mankind.
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Wikipedia defines humanism as "a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition."
The London-based International Humanist and Ethical Union defines humanism as "a democratic and ethical life stance that affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. Humanism stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethics based on human and other natural values in a spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. Humanism is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality."
In the United States, the American Humanist Association defines humanism as "a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity."
What Do Humanists Believe?
The Humanist Manifesto III provides a long list of humanist beliefs. (By the way, "manifesto" turned out to be a poor choice of words, since the term became associated with communism.) The first Humanist Manifesto was published in 1933. It has been updated twice since then.
Humanists believe a lot of the same things theists believe. Humanists believe that all humans are part of one human family. They strive to treat everyone fairly, to avoid prejudice, and to care for other people. Humanists aspire for a world in which everyone has an opportunity to live a happy and fulfilled life.
A Brief Summation of Humanism
Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable of developing values that succeed in satisfying human needs and serving human interests.
— Isaac Asimov (Scientist and author)
What Are the Precursors to Humanism?
One of the earliest references to a human-centered philosophy, rejecting supernaturalism, can be found circa 1500 BCE in the Rig-Veda, a sacred Hindu text.
In the 6th-century BCE, Gautama Buddha expressed skepticism about the supernatural.
Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, Thales of Miletus and Xenophanes of Colophon, also expressed humanistic beliefs during the 6th century BCE. They rejected the existence of anthropomorphic gods and attempted to explain the world in terms of human reason rather than myth and tradition.
Modern humanism began in Europe during the Renaissance when philosophers rediscovered the works of the ancient Greeks. As Petrarch (1304-1374), an Italian scholar and poet put it, 'It is better to will the good than to know the truth."
At first humanism and Christianity were not seen as mutually exclusive. "Secular" only meant "of the world" as opposed to monastic life in the church.
In the 17th-18th century, during "The Age of Enlightenment," humanism began to reject faith and tradition in favor of reason and science. Many philosophers such as Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Voltaire, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant espoused the humanistic ideas of "the age of reason."
In the 19th century, some groups began to call themselves "religious humanists" in order to claim humanism for people who believe in a deity, but did not feel comfortable with the dogma of traditional religions.
Others felt that religion was directly contrary to what they saw as the essential precept of humanism—no belief in the supernatural. These people began to call themselves "secular humanists," so as to create a clear distinction.
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
— Voltaire (18th century philosopher and author)
Is Secular Humanism a Religion?
By definition, humanism is not a religion because there is no belief in a deity. It is a philosophy, a worldview that promotes ethical and moral living based on human values.
Atheism--or you might better say non-theism-- is part of this worldview. However, simply asserting that there is no evidence for a belief in God (or gods), does not make someone a humanist. Secular humanists will tell you that "non-theism is a necessary, but not sufficient, part of humanism." The moral and ethical code is essential. However, many non-theists (or freethinkers, rationalists and skeptics, as they sometimes call themselves) as well as many deists are also humanists.
You may come across a group calling itself an atheist or humanist church. They are using the word "church" loosely to simply mean a congregation of like-minded people who choose to come together to share and celebrate their ideals. The Ethical Culture Union is one such group.
The United States is such a church-centered society that people, even non-theists, wish to align themselves with a church. Membership in a church, even for theists, is about more than worship. It is a community, a place to make friends, a place to go when you need help, and a place that provides you with an identity.
Can Life Have Meaning Without God?
Of course, life can have meaning without God. Humanists believe that they give meaning to life instead of Having meaning come from someplace outside of themselves.
There is a joke, I like to tell, "Question: Who do atheists thank on Thanksgiving? Answer: Well, I don't know what all atheists do, but I thank the cook."
Humanists believe that we are living the only life we will ever have in the only world we will ever know, so we must take responsibility to live our lives in the here and now and to live those lives well.
Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
— Jean-Paul Sartre (20th century philosopher and writer)
Can You Be Good Without God?
Of course, you can be good without God! The well known author, Kurt Vonnegut, said, "...being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead." If someone is "good" for ulterior motives, such as reward or punishment, they may be acting as if they were good, but are they really good? (Virtue is its own reward.)
Humanists believe in personal freedom, but also social responsibility. And what is ethics but a set of rules for living harmoniously together with one another?
Morality predates modern religions. Humanists are guided by reason, empathy, and understanding to behave in an ethical way. Humanists believe that reason and science provide the best means for understanding the world around you and that treating others with dignity and compassion is the best way to live.
Humanism is being good without God. It is above all an affirmation of the greatest common value we human beings can have: the desire to live with dignity, to be "good"….To put it another way, humanists believe in life before death.
— Greg M. Epstein- (Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and author of "Good without God")
Do Humanists Want to Convert People?
Absolutely not—humanists have a live-and-let-live attitude toward religion. Has a humanist ever knocked on your door offering you tracts or wanting to tell you "the good news"? Humanists do not proselytize, although most humanists will be happy to explain their beliefs if you ask them.
What humanists do not like is having others try to impose their religious beliefs on them. Humanists believe that religious ceremonies belong at home and in the church and not in the schools and at government functions.
There are so many different religions, that religion becomes divisive. There is no one-size-fits-all prayer or belief. The founders of the United States knew what they were doing when they constitutionally required church and state to stay out of each other's business.
An Excellent Explanation of Humanism.
There are many polls about belief in God. Here is one more.


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Q: Iteratively resave a directory tree of Excel files I am regularly receiving data from a source that is producing a non-standard Excel format which can't be read by readxl::read_excel. Here is the github issue thread. Consequently I have a whole directory tree containing hundreds of (almost) Excel files that I would like to read into R and combine with plyr::ldply The files can, however, be opened just fine by XLConnect::loadWorkbook. But unfortunately, even with allocating huge amounts of memory for the Java virtual machine, it always crashes after reading a few files. I tried adding these three lines to my import function:
options(java.parameters = "-Xmx16g")
detach("package:XLConnect", unload = TRUE)
library(XLConnect)
xlcFreeMemory()

However, I still get:

Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): Java heap space

All I need to do is resave them in Excel and then they read in just fine from readxl::read_excel. I'm hoping I could also resave them in batch using XLConnect and then read them in using readxl::read_excel. Unfortunately, using Linux, I can't just script Excel to resave them. Does anyone have another workaround?

A: Since you're on Linux, running an Excel macro to re-save the spreadsheets looks to be difficult.
You could start a separate R process to read each spreadsheet with XLConnect. This can be done in at least two ways:

*

*Run Rscript with a script file, passing it the name of the spreadsheet. Save the data to a .RData file, and read it back in your master R process.

*Use parLapply from the parallel package, passing it a vector of spreadsheet names and a function to read the file. In this case, you don't have to save the data to disk as an intermediate step. However, you might have to do this in chunks, as the slave processes will slowly run out of memory unless you restart them.
Example of the latter:
files <- list.files(pattern="xlsx$")
filesPerChunk <- 5
clustSize <- 4  # or how ever many slave nodes you want
runSize <- clustSize * filesPerChunk

runs <- length(files)%/%runSize + (length(files)%%runSize != 0)

library(parallel)

sheets <- lapply(seq(runs), function(i) {
    runStart <- (i - 1) * runSize + 1
    runEnd <- min(length(files), runStart + runSize - 1)
    runFiles <- files[runStart:runEnd]

    # periodically restart and stop the cluster to deal with memory leaks
    cl <- makeCluster(clustSize)
    on.exit(stopCluster(cl))

    parLapply(cl, runFiles, function(f) {
        require(XLConnect)
        loadWorkbook(f, ...)
    })
})

sheets <- unlist(sheets, recursive=FALSE)  # convert list of lists to a simple list

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SEVERE: Errors running startup tasks: GIT_HASHMean?
It appears in the log , and then the server shuts down.
Not sure, did you figure it out eventually? What is special about your setup?
Nothing special. It's a server I rent - and it has Debian Jessie (8.2) running.
I could imagine that since it's a basic Linux installation, that git_hash is something extra I have to install?
Alternatively the blockchain data is broken? Maybe I have to delete it and re-download. I'll try that later.


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Trekking Destinations in North India
North India is a door to heavenly views, daunting treks and everything a trekker will want. They run through different terrains and possess glorious views, being high altitude.
Some of the most fascinating treks spread all over North India. These treks combine adventure and leisure in a perfect combination. Novice to professional trekkers alike can cherish the trekking places in North India.
The treks embark into a rugged scenic beauty and unveil mystical surprises as you move. The peculiarity held by these treks amidst Himalayan ranges is they are rarely visited other than locals. The traditional villages and native indigenous people coming along the way, add up to the experience too.
One of the most scenic and thrilling trekking destinations in India is present in its North. These include trekking in Uttarakhand, Jammu, and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh.
These consist of breathtaking mountainous terrains, glaciers, lakes, and steep mountain slopes.
The Trekking places in North India have loads of treks and new treks are being discovered too. So to witness regional scenic beauty, these are the best trekking places in north India.
1. Chopta Chandrashilla
The Chopta Chandrashilla trek, blessed with a calming climate, has breathtaking mountain views. You can witness the Nanda Devi, Chaukhamba, and Trishul peaks.
The trek runs through dense forests that are a house to exotic trees like rhododendron. Chopta is a base camp for trek to PanchKedar, Tungnath temple (3680m), which is the third temple. Chopta is a part of the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary and extends to Chandrashilla peak.
An astounding view of Himalayan peaks stands enchanting at the top. The Chopta-Deoriatal Trek is a treat for bird watchers, with fascinating birds like Monal. You can trek to Deoriatal lake too, which is at a distance of 3 km and trekked through Sari village.
2. Har Ki Dun Trek
The Har Ki Dun trek is a 3000-year-old cradle-shaped valley, with ancient villages. The trek is one of the most spiritual and ancient trekking destinations in India. Har Ki Dun (3,556 m.), also known as the hanging valley is in the Garhwal region, located at the base of FatehParvat.
The trek has clusters of Pine trees and rich fauna like langurs, black bears, and wild boars. The trek is an example to convey ' a journey as beautiful as destination' with orchids, meadows coming in the way.
The trek has awe-striking frames of Morinda Lake, Jalandhar Glacier, and Borasu pass. You can catch breathtaking views of peaks like Swargarohini, Bandarpunch, and Kalang. Many old villages cross their ways along the trek, which age up to 3,000 years.
The indigenous native people staying here are one of the few worshiping Duryodhana. Besides, the trek has mythological importance and gets the title "The Valley of Gods'' for a reason.
A legend conveys that in the last stage of Mahabharata, Pandavas took this route on their way to heaven.
3. Chadar Trek
The Chadar Trek will transport you to a whole fantasy world of snow-capped mountains. The glistening ice sheets, frozen river, and vast sky are a beauty to witness. The Chadar trek spreads to the Zanskar region of Jammu and Kashmir.
The route of the trek is in use for many purposes by Zaanskarisbut it is now open for trekkers. The trek is the best pick for trekkers, who want to experience extreme trekking. The trek runs for 62 km with an elevation of 11,483 ft in -30 degree Celsius and has beauty in every corner.
The Chadar trek is a trek to the Zanskar river, which is a tributary of the Indus river and can freeze itself in winter. The glossy ice blanket derives the name "Chadar".
The trek is full of thrilling twists and turns, so it is unfit for beginners. Frozen waterfalls and picturesque views are the highlights of the trek.
4. The Markha Valley trek
The Markha Valley (17,100 ft.) Kashmir's largest valley and the Markha river adds beauty to it. The Markha Valley trek would make you witness the true colour of Leh Ladakh.
The trek runs through traditional villages, unseen canyons, high passes, and rich fauna. The trek blends with spiritual monasteries and never imagined frames of Himalayan ranges.
The trek raises the bar of trekking with rivers, ascends, and bridges. The enchanting view of the Zanskar and Ladakh ranges adds to the alchemy at the Kongmaru La (5150 m) and Gandala La (4800 m). The trek covers two of the highest peaks, which are Stok Kangri (20,086 ft) and Kang Yissay (21,000 ft).
The trek gets the name tea house trek as the trek witnesses many tea houses and villages in its trail.
5. Hampta Pass
The Hampta Pass (14010ft) trek paints a canvas of varied landscapes as you advance. The trek transitions from lush green surroundings to dry ones. The trek spreads through the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas and runs through to the Kullu Valley from Chandra Valley.
The trek offers some of the best scenic campsites of Chika, Balu Ka Ghera, Shea Goru, and Chatru campsite. Flora and fauna bless the trek with wildflowers, exotic trees like Silver Birch. The trek shows different hues as it runs through dry and cold desserts.
Hampta Pass trek offers views of mountains like the Pir Panjal range. You can also see glimpses of the Dhauladhar range, Mount Indrasen, and DeoTibba during the trek. You can also extend the trek to the crescent-shaped Chandratal lake.
The Hampta Pass holds mythological importance in Mahabharta as it is said that the Pandavas took it as a route to heaven. The Chandratal Lake according to legends is the last step, where Yudhistar steps into heaven.
6. Rupin Pass
The Rupin Pass (15,250ft), presents a perfect experience of trekking and scenic beauty. The Pass connects Sangla in Himachal Pradesh from Dhaula in Uttarakhand. You can witness a transition of culture and tradition as you trek through the Rupin Pass.
Besides that, you can experience changes in terrains and lofty peaks. The hanging village of Jhaka is a highlight of the trek, that stands at a snow bridge and river Rupin flowing below it.
The dense forests of the trek open up to a fascinating view of Kailash peak. The trek offers a chance to climb up on the Rupin Pass Upper Waterfall too.
The treks in North India bring calm to the trekker in you with its thrilling trek routes. The treks in North India are perfect for adventurous trekkers, who are looking for an escapade. Well, trekking through these routes is not only a one-time visit but countless ones.


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The best GMT watches for stylish global travellers
Always keep an eye on the time back home with our pick of the best, and most beautifully designed, timepieces from Rolex, Hermès and Tudor
By Chris Hall
Rolex GMT-Master II "Pepsi bezel": Price CHF 8,800, 40mm diameter, water resistance 200 metres, power reserve 70hrs
In 1721, astronomer royal Edmond Halley made the first of many meridian measurements at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, that helped to establish the concept of a zero-point from which the entire world could measure its time.
Initially, British seafarers benefited from Greenwich Mean Time (the "mean" refers to the average deviation throughout the year between the real and theoretical positions of the Sun) as British clock-makers in the UK were among the first to use marine chronometers.
Slim d'Hermès GMT: Price $14,700, 39.5mm diameter, 40hrs power reserve, palladium case
Today, we still use GMT as shorthand for a universal reference point, and during the 1950s it was with reference to Greenwich that Rolex created the GMT-Master for Pan-Am pilots eager to keep one eye on time at home, even as the standard was being usurped by the infinitely more drab Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC). Of course, there are Swiss watchmakers who market their models as UTC instead – and a great many more diplomatically opt for "dual time" or similar.
Engineering a GMT-equipped watch is not the hardest thing to do; halving the normal gearing for the hour hand gives you your 24-hour reference. But there are two ways to implement the complication, and one has an edge. If you link the GMT hand not to the hour hand as one might expect, but to the minute hand, it allows for the setting of "home", or GMT, time and subsequently the easy, isolated, adjustment of the hour hand without troubling the minute or date.
Tudor Black Bay GMT: Price CHF 3,700, 41mm diameter, 200 metres water resistance
This is the method adopted by Rolex's GMT-Master II, newly released this year with an updated movement (and a 70-hour power reserve), and its sibling watch from Tudor, the handsome Black Bay GMT. Tudor's GMT is a throwback in other ways, too, favouring aluminium bezel inserts over ceramic, and a
sleeker, more vintage-inspired case shape. It's also arguably the more versatile of the two watches, with a choice of brown leather strap, woven fabric or a sturdy stainless steel bracelet.
If you want dual-timezone functionality without the old-school looks, Hermès has a typically fresh, whimsical approach. The palladium-cased Slim d'Hermès GMT – recognisable for its svelte lines and custom-designed Philippe Apeloig typeface – adds a second timezone dial like no other, with a jumble of numbers at 10 o'clock. It's easier to read than it looks, we promise. You also get day/night indicators for both your local and home timezones, and underneath, it's powered by a high-grade micro-rotor movement from Hermès's in-house watch manufacture.
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Spring Festival hosted at Russian Trade Representation
Written by myRussianFoods.com on March 24, 2015 . Posted in News
22 March 2015, Amsterdam – Rossotrudnichestvo organization jointly with Jelena Koezjmina, Member of the Dutch Council for Russian compatriots and Ilona Cherepanova, founder of the 'Russian Culinair' community, hosted Lente festival dedicated to welcoming spring. The event was primarily organized for former USSR citizens residing in the Netherlands and took place in the building of the Russian Trade Representation.
Spring equinox celebrated by many nations was the theme of the event. The Slavs used to welcome the spring and baked traditional pastry in the shape of lark birds. Turkic nations celebrate Nowruz – the festival with a thousand years long history, stemming back to zoroastrianism. Even in Holland the "official" arrival of the spring is celebrated on the 21-22 March.
The festival was opened by the officials. On behalf of the Federal Agency Rossotrudnichestvo Zurab Agirbov welcomed the guests and said how happy he was to see such events happening on a regular basis. He has invited the guests to the planned events in May to commemorate the Soviet soldiers who have fallen in the Netherlands during the Second World War. More details on the upcoming events can be found on the official Facebook page of Rossotrudnichestvo (https://www.facebook.com/rossotr.netherlands).
The speech was followed by Alexandr Cherevko, Head of the Trade Representation of Russia in the Netherlands. Mr Cherevko also greeted the guests who have gathered to foster traditions and friendship. Alexandr Chervko noted that the Netherlands remain a major economic partner of Russia. To promote business relations between the two countries the Trade Representation, being a part of the Russian Embassy, hosts regular events. The goal of such events is to provide consulting assistance to the entrepreneurs who look for entering the new markets and search for business partners.
After the opening ceremony the guests enjoyed buffet snacks and socialized. Live guitar concert by musician Vera Borisovskaya continued the festival.
The concert was followed by a lecture of Ilona Cherepanova, Russian Culinair, and the representative of the catering the Silk Road Kitchen. Ilona told the audience about traditions of the pagan Slavs and Central Asian cultures when celebrating the spring equinox. The chef of Silk Road Kitchen, catering specializing in Uzbek delicacies, said that in the East hospitality starts with the rich welcoming table.
Then the audience voted for the best pastry – traditional lark cakes and a pie with poppyseed stuffing, which was made by the little guests.
To crown the Festival the guests were welcomed to the table filled with exquisite dishes typical of Russia and Central Asia. Salads such as Olivier, Dressed Herring, pilaf rice and various sweet and savoury pastry were the highlights loved by everyone.
The guests enjoyed the delicious meals and each other's company with the karaoke background.
MyRussianFood.com was one of the sponsors of the event.
Organizers of the event:
Jelena Koezjmina, Member of the Dutch Council for Russian compatriots, RUS in NL Facebook group administrator – event organizer and spiritual leader of the Lente Festival
Ilona Cherepanova, Russisan Culinair – organizer
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What Now?! – 5/3/19
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Attorney General William Barr lied to Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports. Said Pelosi: "What is deadly serious about it is the attorney general of the United States of America was not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. That's a crime. … He lied to Congress. And if anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime. Nobody is above the law. Not the president of the United States, and not the attorney general." She added that President Trump's statement that he will not honor any subpoenas from Congress is obstruction of justice.
Politico: "Pelosi also told her colleagues at the caucus meeting that she couldn't sleep Wednesday night after watching Barr's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee."
Attorney General William Barr refused to show up for a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday morning. New York Times: "The challenge for Mr. Nadler and other House committee leaders is now figuring out how to navigate to secure the material they need for their work. The Judiciary Committee could authorize another subpoena for Mr. Barr's testimony."
"But it then has different paths to escalating its case. Some lawmakers are arguing for opening an impeachment inquiry, which grants the House clearer powers to command information from the executive branch. Others want to hold Mr. Barr in contempt of Congress, a threat that could cajole him into voluntarily giving up more. They could also go to court to try to enforce their subpoenas. Each option has limitations and could slow Congress's work substantially."
NBC News: "Under the doctrine of 'inherent contempt,' the House or Senate could send members of its security force to arrest and detain the witness. There is precedent for this in U.S. history, but not recent precedent — it hasn't been used since 1935." "In the modern world, the House sergeant-at-arms isn't going to be able to arrest the attorney general, who is protected by an armed FBI security detail."
FBI: 1) knows Russia hacked 2) receives intel Aussies about Russia, emails, Trump campaign member 3) Manafort becomes campaign manager from nowhere 4) former target Russia intel shows up on Trump campaign & in Moscow – this is what the FBI should do https://t.co/8GvRqFfkvV
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) May 2, 2019
The White House accused special counsel Robert Mueller's team in a five-page letter "of playing politics with the investigation and wildly straying from their mission in a letter sent to Attorney General William Barr last month," CNN reports. "White House lawyer Emmet Flood raised several concerns with the substance and format of Mueller's report, which did not establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump's campaign and the Russians but did unearth substantial evidence of obstruction by Trump, but without saying if the President should be prosecuted."
"Flood slammed Mueller's approach to the obstruction investigation. Even though current Justice Department guidelines say a sitting president cannot be charged, Flood wrote that Mueller needed to 'either ask the grand jury to return an indictment or decline to charge the case.'" Wrote Flood: "The special counsel instead produced a prosecutorial curiosity — part 'truth commission' report and part law school exam paper."
The Trump administration is gearing up for a giant political self-own https://t.co/8qMppZSIms
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 2, 2019
The Trump administration offered its first full argument Wednesday for its reversal on the Affordable Care Act, arguing in new court filings that the entire law "should not be allowed to remain in effect," CNN reports.
"The government argues that the so-called 'individual mandate' requiring Americans to have coverage is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law should therefore also be struck down, even if the government 'might support some individual provisions as a policy matter.'"
Benjamin Wittes: "It has been catastrophic. Not in my memory has a sitting attorney general more diminished the credibility of his department on any subject. It is a kind of trope of political opposition in every administration that the attorney general—whoever he or she is—is politicizing the Justice Department and acting as a defense lawyer for the president. In this case it is true."
"Barr has consistently sought to spin his department's work in a highly political fashion, and he has done so to cast the president's conduct in the most favorable possible light. Trump serially complained that Jeff Sessions didn't act to 'protect' him. Matthew Whitaker never had the stature or internal clout to do so effectively. In Barr, Trump has found his man."
Playbook: "It's bad for democracy to have an administration ignore the will of a co-equal branch of government. Barr opposes answering questions from a staff attorney, but — as Chairman Jerry Nadler of New York says — it cannot be up to the administration to decide how Congress conducts its business. This is all a mess."
Jeff Sessions was merely a far-right attorney general. Bill Barr is the AG that Trump always wanted but never had. https://t.co/P6I5CBmWTd
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) May 2, 2019
President Trump tweeted that Stephen Moore "has decided to withdraw from the Fed process… I've asked Steve to work with me toward future economic growth in our country." Moore had just told Bloomberg: "My biggest ally is the president. He's full speed ahead."
Here is Hillary Clinton's hypothetical about a candidate calling on China to hack Trump's taxes, and why Republicans putting partisanship over national security is a dangerous thing. pic.twitter.com/AIjJYRiTfE
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) May 2, 2019
I am not one that says Democrats should reestablish the norms and traditions and what is a crime when we take back the Senate and the White House. I follow the rule that whatever the Republicans do is now established precedent and that means the Democrats can do it when they are in power. So that means no Democratic President can ever obstruct justice, and they can collude with China all they want. Filibuster, gone. National Emergencies for guns and climate change are coming. Hillary is talking in hypotheticals. I am not.
Washington Post: "Trump has repeatedly told White House aides that he won in 2016 because he was the strongest candidate on immigration — and that no chant at his rallies is louder than 'Build the wall!' When he is underscoring his immigration stance and contrasting it with Democrats, current and former aides and associates said, Trump thinks he has the advantage."
1. Trump told Sessions to investigate and prosecute Hillary
2. Barr wouldn't deny Trump has told him to start new investigations
3. If you think Trump won't use the power of the federal government to destroy the Democratic nominee, you're crazy:https://t.co/YyMoZ7WCNU
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) May 2, 2019
Jonathan Chait: "Trump has always demanded an attorney general who will act as his personal sword and shield. In Trump's highly transparent mind, the two roles are inextricably linked. He is almost incapable of proclaiming his own innocence without immediately segueing to the alleged guilt of his enemies. He must be cleared, and his rivals must be investigated."
"The Republican Party has embraced wholesale the president's claim that he has been vindicated on his alliance with Russia and his efforts to block the probe thereof. What reason does Trump have to doubt that they will stand behind him if his loyal AG turns the federal prosecutorial apparatus against his enemies?"
Brian Beutler: "Trump associates have been unusually frank, without seeming coy, about their concern that Biden could defeat Trump in the general election, and they would apparently like to neutralize the threat by embroiling Biden in a politically motivated criminal investigation."
"This isn't a clever strategy, but it is blunt and chilling, and, if successful, can and will be repeated to hobble whichever Democrat Trump fears second most, and ultimately on whichever Democrat wins the party's 2020 presidential nomination."
Remarkably generous of Trump to go all in on that insane anti-Obamacare lawsuit and frame the 2020 elections exactly on the terms Democrats are hoping for. Via @paulwaldman1:https://t.co/7zrW397LQm
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 2, 2019
New York Times: "President Trump's top advisers woke up Tuesday believing that a rebellion in the Venezuelan military that day would galvanize a popular uprising and topple a leader they have described as a reviled despot who must be replaced. But at day's end, President Nicolás Maduro was still in power and Mr. Trump's advisers were left to blame Cuba, Russia and three influential Venezuelan officials, who failed to switch sides, for frustrating their plans."
"The decision of the Venezuelans to stand with Mr. Maduro — either because they were intimidated, got cold feet or never planned to defect — raised questions about whether the United States had faulty intelligence about the ability of the opposition to peel away members of his government."
Fourteen Mueller Spinoff Cases Are Now In Bill Barr's Hands https://t.co/rlaDP8GlTF pic.twitter.com/5aTV1a6jpu
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 2, 2019
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said that the committee is eyeing May 15 as the date for special counsel Robert Mueller himself to testify, Politico reports. Attorney General William Barr "has said he does not oppose allowing Mueller to testify, but Nadler told reporters that the committee is still negotiating with the Justice Department."
Even if Trump and Barr get cold feet about using DOJ to harass the Democratic nominee, they can do a lot of damage just by obstructing investigations of Trump and launching investigations of his investigators. https://t.co/nC9j1fzR7b
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 2, 2019
Neil Katyal: "Many who watched Attorney General William Barr's testimony on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which followed the revelation that the special counsel Robert Mueller had expressed misgivings about Mr. Barr's characterization of his report, are despairing about the rule of law. I am not among them. I think the system is working, and inching, however slowly, toward justice."
"When it comes to investigating a president, the special counsel regulations I had the privilege of drafting in 1998-99 say that such inquiries have one ultimate destination: Congress. That is where this process is going, and has to go. We are in the fifth inning, and we should celebrate a system in which our own government can uncover so much evidence against a sitting president."
"On the same day the Trump administration said it would reunite thousands of migrant families it had separated at the border with the help of a 'central database,' an official was admitting privately the government only had enough information to reconnect 60 parents with their kids," according to emails obtained by NBC News. Said one official: "In short, no, we do not have any linkages from parents to children, save for a handful,"
"As the 2020 Democratic presidential field began to form earlier this year, Trump campaign officials received a directive from the president's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner: Don't meddle in primary politics," Politico reports. "Targeting specific Democratic presidential hopefuls was at best a waste of time—and could even be counterproductive, Kushner warned."
"One school of thought holds that an early front-runner like Biden … must be attacked early and often. Another argues that engaging Biden gives the Democrat exactly what he wants in a 20-candidate primary field: the image that he is already waging a head-to-head battle with a rattled incumbent."
Reuters: "Biden's rapid emergence as front-runner in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and unnerved some of his allies, who believe Biden is a potentially dangerous rival."
Facebook said it has permanently banned several far-right and anti-Semitic figures and organizations, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Infowars host Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer, for being "dangerous," the Washington Post reports.
"Facebook had removed the accounts, fan pages, and groups affiliated with these individuals after it reevaluated the content that they had posted previously, or had reexamined their activities outside of Facebook, the company said. The removal also pertains to at least one of the organizations run by these people, Jones' Infowars."
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Prop Joe
"I am not one that says Democrats should reestablish the norms… whatever the Republicans do is now established precedent and that means the Democrats can do it when they are in power… no Democratic President can ever obstruct justice…"
I love ya, but you are also the undisputed champion of gross hyperbole and react more acutely than Sonny Corleone did when Connie turned up with another black eye from Carlo…


On February 24, 2011, we officially became Mom and Dad to Little Brother and Little Sister!!! Words can't describe the depth of joy inside us to know we are officially theirs and they are officially ours.
Here is Little Sister's bedroom furniture painted… The sad part is that I painted them last Thanksgiving and am only now posting!!! Yikes!!!
TD turned 16 this month!


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August 15, 2017 – MoFo Diversity
Diversity and Inclusion Spotlight: Julie Park
By: MoFo Together
Editors' Note: As part of our ongoing Diversity and Inclusion Spotlight series, Cody McDavis, a 2L at UCLA School of Law, and Daniela Peinado, a 3L at Notre Dame, interviewed San Diego partner Julie Park. In the excerpt below, Julie, who is a member of our Product Liability Group, discusses why she's built her career at MoFo and shares advice for working parents.
Daniela: Why did you decide to practice law?
Julie: I was a chemist before I became a lawyer and worked at Pfizer for a few years. Being a chemist and doing bench research made me realize that I wanted something different. As a scientist, what I really craved was human interaction and one-on-one conversations. Being a lawyer satisfied that need.
I also really enjoy a career where people have to write and communicate as part of their regular jobs. That was something I didn't have as a scientist.
Daniela: You started at MoFo as a summer associate. Could you explain why you love MoFo? Why have you stayed at the firm?
Julie: There are a number of things that I really love about MoFo, and I think my perspective about what I love about this job has changed as my career has changed.
One of the things that I found when I first came here was that everyone here is really smart. I thought that it was really cool to walk around and be able to talk to people who were just really intelligent and really on top of things.
I also love how interesting and complex the work is. MoFo lawyers get to work for some of the biggest names and on some of the most complex problems. I've had the opportunity to learn everything about a company's product and recently had the opportunity to work on the Biosimilars Act that was decided by the Supreme Court.
After going through the process of becoming partner, I realized people here really care about each other. To me, that is very important. A lot of senior partners mentored me along the way and helped me with my professional and business development.
I've seen it as an associate as well. People here care about your professional development. Whether it's advising on how to finish a memo or answering a career path question, people here want you to succeed.
Daniela: How do you think associates should begin to develop business?
Julie: I think it's important to do what is comfortable for you. There are some people who like to go to networking events and love talking to people. There are other people who like to get involved in bar activities or community service. And then there are other people who like to nurture one-on-one relationships.
You're not going to develop new business and get new clients if you're not being yourself. Finding that path and discovering what works best for you is really important.
Cody: Let's talk about work-life balance. You have two young children. How have you balanced being a full-time mother, while achieving building a successful practice?
Julie: In some ways, having children very early in my career was a real benefit. There is more flexibility at that stage of your career to take time off. I also think MoFo has great resources for parents such as the back-up daycare program. Having those resources available was a huge help.
Even though we work a ton and we work really hard, this job is actually quite flexible. In my experience, personal commitments are very important to people here at the firm. Obviously there is a range of how important things are. But if you manage your time, and you are committed and responsive to people, you can make it work.
I live near the office, so I can duck out for my children's school performances or take care of things at home. That flexibility has helped me a lot in terms of managing work and doing the "mom thing."
Cody: Do you view the elements of your identity that make you diverse an asset or a source of confidence rather than something that may disadvantage you?
Julie: I think resources such as the MoFo Summit for Women In-House Counsel and the MoFo Diversity Summit helped me recognize what it is about me that's different from other people. With so many people joining the field, I don't think there is a typical lawyer anymore.
It is important to recognize what differentiates you from other people and how you can take advantage of your differences to impact your career.
MoFo Together


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Argentina's VP sentenced to six years in prison
Wednesday, 07. December 2022 01:57
Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (pictured) was found guilty of fraud in a corruption case and given a lifetime ban from holding public office in addition to a six-year prison sentence, according to the Associated Press. The official was accused of embezzling $1 billion through public works initiatives during her tenure as president of the country.
Kirchner maintained her innocence during the trial and stated she will appeal the conviction. As per the report, she won't be subject to a prison term or a restriction on holding public office until all possible avenues of appeal have been explored.
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North Texas And Oklahoma Lead The US In Number Of ICE Arrests
By Stella M. Chávez • Dec 11, 2019
ICE Acting Director Matthew T. Albence was in Dallas Wednesday to discuss the agency's total number of arrests and removals in the 2019 fiscal year.
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The North Texas region leads the country in the number of people arrested by U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Nationwide, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations arrested about 143,000 people during the 2019 fiscal year, which ended in September. The Dallas office was responsible for 16,900 of those arrests.
Dallas' office covers a large area – 128 counties and the state of Oklahoma.
ICE Acting Director Matthew T. Albence was in Dallas on Wednesday. He said this region is unique.
"The level of cooperation between state and local law enforcement and our officers here is unsurpassed anywhere in the country," Albence said. "When you have that cooperation, you have these kinds of results."
Overall, the total number of arrests nationwide in fiscal year 2019 dropped by 10% compared to the previous fiscal year.
Albence said the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is one reason why that number declined. He said ICE has had to redirect its resources to enforcement at the border.
"Our ability to conduct this at-large enforcement has been increasingly crippled by Congress' inability to provide sufficient funding for detention beds, transportation and to maintain proper staffing levels for ICE officers and agents," Albence said.
He was also critical of so-called sanctuary policies or city and law enforcement agencies that refuse to cooperate with ICE.
Of the individuals arrested in the North Texas-Oklahoma region, Albence said more than 95% had a criminal conviction or pending criminal charges.
The Dallas office also deported 14,981 people. Of that number, 11,791 individuals had criminal convictions and 1,873 had pending criminal charges.
Nationally, ICE deported 267,258 people to their country of origin during the 2019 fiscal year.
ACLU Files Suit To Stop Immigration Pilot Programs
By Julian Aguilar, Texas Tribune & Julian Aguilar, Texas Tribune • Dec 6, 2019
Ivan Pierre Aguirre / For The Texas Tribune
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop two U.S. immigration pilot programs that the group alleges strip asylum seekers of their legal rights and instead fast-track them for deportation back to violent countries.
Collaborative Aims To Bolster Legal Services For Detained Asylum Seekers In El Paso Sector
By Mallory Falk / KERA • Dec 3, 2019
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The Otero County Processing Center is a squat, beige facility surrounded by desert, about 30 minutes outside El Paso, in Chaparral, New Mexico. Last fall, a group of volunteers drove out to the site, to meet with some of the asylum seekers detained there.
As Border Apprehensions Decline For 5th Consecutive Month, Migrants Change Too
By Richard Gonzales • Nov 15, 2019
The number of people apprehended by U.S. authorities, either attempting to cross the southwest border illegally or presenting themselves at a port of entry, declined for the fifth consecutive month, according to new figures released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Just over 45,000 people were apprehended in October, down from a spike of 144,000 in May — an almost 70 percent decline.
Authorities also report a significant demographic shift among those apprehended.
Months After Massive ICE Raid, Residents Of A Mississippi Town Wait And Worry
By Ari Shapiro • Nov 17, 2019
On the morning of Aug. 7, Tony McGee was driving to work in Morton, Miss., when he noticed something unusual happening at one of the local chicken processing plants.
McGee is superintendent of the county schools, and it was the second day of classes.
"There was some activity there with law enforcement that had the parking lot barricaded," he recalls. "I actually called one of our assistant superintendents because it's relatively close to the school."


BEAUTIFUL THING is a story of sexual awakening, an urban fairy-tale. It's a heartfelt rites of passage story depicting what its like to be sixteen and in the throws of bashful first love.
Both touching and funny, BEAUTIFUL THING combines fantasy and reality, with an essentially optimistic view of how love can flourish between the concrete blocks and walkways of the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London. The action is set during a heatwave, and the mood is buoyed by the sunny music of Mama Cass and The Mamas and the Papas.
He sets his play amongst the close-knit community of Thamesmead Estate. There is no privacy, no garden hedges to keep prying eyes out, no possibility of nurturing a secret; not the most obvious setting for romance, especially the romance between two young males.
TONY GARNETT's World Productions was commissioned by Channel Four to make the film and asked Harvey to write the screenplay. And much to her surprise and delight, Hettie MacDonald, who had been so successful at directing the stage play through all its different incarnations, was invited to direct the film version.
A very experienced theatre director with credits at The Royal Court and National theatres as well as the Donmar and the Bush, MacDonald had originally been taken on by the Bush Theatre. Never having directed a film, she was not expecting to be asked to be involved in the Channel Four project. World Productions began to use her as a consultant on the film, and after a series of meetings to discuss the script, it became clear that they were going to offer her the job.
Glen Berry and Scott Neal are both pupils at the Anna Scher Theatre School and have been friends for years, as Berry explains: "We've acted together before in "Eastenders" when we played a couple of thugs, in "Prime Suspect 6" and in "Blood and Fire." But auditioning for BEAUTIFUL THING was a much more nerve-wracking experience, as they were called for about seven auditions and were soon comparing notes and joking about booking parking spaces outside the audition room!


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Davids calls for polished Soweto derby official
There is some concern about Orlando Pirates co-coach Fadlu Davids heading to their DStv Premiership game against Kaizer Chiefs at Orlando Stadium on Saturday.
Davids was not happy with the lead in the team's final meeting, in which Amakhosi went on to win 2-1 thanks to a late penalty scored by Kegan Dolly after the Buccaneers managed to equalize with just three left. minutes to go in regulation time.
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The Pirates co-coach was not happy with the way Chiefs striker Khama Billiat won the penalty after the referee judged Olisa Ndah for a foul in the penalty area on the Zimbabwean, who called a defeat for his side in the previous meeting.
"I hope we can be really clear about penalty decisions tomorrow (Saturday), clear structure and decisions should be neutral on both sides. Yes, you are talking about the Billiat incident. But we know Billiat. He is a player who when you touch him, a little touch or contact in the box, he is already diving, Olympic trap (diving)," said the Pirates mentor.
"I hope the umpires are clear and know these things and know that any contact in and around the Pirates penalty area concedes another penalty. We know what's coming, especially when it comes to Chiefs, and especially Billiat. We made it to the positive points from the last derby, which we conceded in the last minute, but if we come back like we did and dominate like we did, we'll take those positives."
Meanwhile, after winning the first derby of the season, Baxter knows exactly what to expect from their Soweto neighbors. The coach of Amakhosi shows that the derby is all about making it difficult for your opponents.
"If you look at Pirates through history, I think they have a certain style. Whatever players they have, they have a certain ethics that they uphold. I think Chiefs look the same in a different way, the coach comes in and execute the same strategy and tweak them. And when it comes to the derby, you look at your opponents and say, can we change something on the day to make it more unpleasant for our opponents? And we're going to try that." said the coach of Amakhosi.
"What we do know is that Pirates will play fast, they will mix their game, sometimes they will go behind you and sometimes they will play for you. They have fast players and it's mostly a physical game because it's a derby and the mental part is important."
With Pirates (fourth on log) and Chiefs (third on log) at 32 points after playing 21 and 18 league games respectively, the battle will be for maximum points, with the winner in second place in the day's standings stands.


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Q: How can I collect data on all BrowserWindows synchronuously in Electron? I have an app where I spawn several BrowserWindows, with html forms, and I'd like to collect all the data (in order to save it, to be able to spawn them in the same state at a restart) at a press of a button.
At the moment, the only solution I found to do so, is to have each BrowserWindow do ipcRenderer.send every single time any variable changes (not too hard to do with Vuejs 'watchers'), but this seems demanding and inefficient.
I also thought of doing 'executeJavascript' to each window but that does not allow to capture the return value afaik.
I'd just like to be able to send a message from main when a request for saving is made, and wait for the windows to respond before saving all.
EDIT
I found a slightly better way, it looks like this
app.js
  // wait for update reponses
  ipc.on('update-response', (evt,args) => {
    updates[evt.sender.id] = args;
    if(Object.keys(updates).length == BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length) {
        // here I do what I need to save my settings, using what is stored in 'updates'
        // ...
        // and now reset updates for next time
        updates = {}
    }
  });

  // now send the requests for updates
  BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().map(w => w.send('update'));

renderer.js
ipcRenderer.on('update', () => {
    // collect the data
    // var data = ...
    ipcRenderer.send('update-response', data);
})

and obviously on the renderer side I am listening to these 'update' messages and sending data with 'udpate-response'.
But it seems a bit complicated and so I am sure there is a simpler way to achieve this using the framework.
EDIT 2
I realized that the above does not always work, because for some reason, the evt.sender.id do not match the ids obtained from BrowserWindows.getAllWindows(). I worked around that by sending ids in the request, and having the responder include it. But this is all so much fine for so very little...


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Researchers Discover What May Be 37 Active Volcanoes on Venus
Scientists had long assumed Venus' volcanoes were dormant, but a new study suggests the inhospitable planet has 37 active volcanoes
A 3D model of Venus' surface featuring two coronae, which are ring-shaped geological structures associated with volcanic activity. Venus' volcanoes were once thought to be dormant but new research found that at least 37 coronae, including one named Aramaiti which is on the left in this image, are active volcanoes. Laurent Montési
Venus, an inhospitable planet where surface temperatures hover around 900 degrees Fahrenheit and clouds are made of sulphuric acid, just became an even tougher sell for Earthlings looking to switch planets. New research has identified 37 structures on the second planet from the sun that appear to be massive, active volcanoes, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Venus' volcanism has long been known to scientists but was thought to be a thing of the planet's distant past, reports Will Dunham for Reuters. The new paper, published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience, suggests the planet's volcanoes are not dormant and that its geologically volatile days are not yet behind it.
"People have suggested that Venus is volcanically active before," Anna Gülcher, a geophysicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and lead author of the new research, tells Jason Arunn Murugesu of New Scientist. "What we have done that is new is to map out these regions and correlate them to these specific sites."
The study used new simulations to investigate how ring-shaped geological structures called coronae on the cloudy planet's surface might have formed, reports Bruce Dorminey for Forbes. Those simulations relied on data concerning Venus' interior gathered by the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission, which ended in 2014.
The simulations the researchers created using that data allowed them to pick out the features they'd expect to see on an active Venusian volcano, which, per New Scientist, included an outer ring surrounded by a depression with a bulge at its edge. Planetary geologists refer to these ovular features as coronae.
Those features were then used to evaluate infrared images of 133 coronae from NASA's Magellan mission to Venus, which ended in 1994, per AFP. The team was able to identify at least 37 sites that possess the hallmarks of volcanic activity in the past two to three million years.
"In my opinion, many of these structures are indeed active today," Laurent Montesi, a geophysicist at University of Maryland and co-author of the study, tells AFP.
Though the sites do appear to be active, heat flow calculations suggest the coronae are past their peak levels of volcanic activity, according to Forbes. Despite being slightly smaller than Earth, the study found Venus' average coronae was around 186 miles across, more than twice the size of Hawaii's Mauna Loa, which is Earth's largest active volcano. According to AFP, one massive corona called Artemis has a diameter of 1,300 miles—that's a potentially active volcano larger than the state of New Mexico.
"Our work shows that some of that interior heat is still able to reach the surface even today," Gülcher tells AFP. "Venus is clearly not so geologically dead or dormant as previously thought."
Sami Mikhail, a geochemist at the University of St Andrews who was not involved in the research, tells New Scientist that Venus is the most Earth-like planet humans have observed "based on size, chemistry and position in the solar system." He adds that "understanding whether or not the planet is volcanically active today is an integral piece of the puzzle to revealing why Earth is the definition of habitable, and Venus is a barren, hot and hellish wasteland."
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Alex Fox is a freelance science journalist based in Washington, D.C. He has written for Science, Nature, Science News, the San Jose Mercury News and Mongabay. You can find him at Alexfoxscience.com.
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NO CONTEST: USWNT dominate England in SheBelieves Cup opener, 2-0
Mar 5, 2020 | Women's National Team |
Carli Lloyd set up the first goal and scored the second one. (Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports)
ORLANDO — The final score hardly told the story of the United States' opening game of the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday night.
Sure, the Americans recorded a 2-0 victory over England at Exploria Stadium, but the score was not that close.
From the starting kick to the final whistle, the USWNT had its foes on its heels for most of the time. England had a few opportunities, particularly on corner kicks, but at times the game looked like a 120-yard clinic by the hosts.
Christen Press and Carli Lloyd struck for the Women's World Cup champions in a rematch of last summer's semifinal match (won by the USA, 2-1, in France).
Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was superb in net, denying England several times to record the clean sheet.
After a dominating, yet frustrating opening half in which the USA did just about everything but score, the host side finally broke through twice within a two-minute span in the second half.
First, Lloyd found Press, who lofted a perfect ball from 24 yards over the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Carly Telford in the 53rd minute.
Some two minutes after that goal celebration, Lloyd put her name in the scoring column. Lindsey Horan pin-pointed a perfect feed in the air to Lloyd as the Delran, N.J. native struck from 10 yards to double the lead to 2-0.
Midfielder Julie Ertz, who played in her 100th international match, found the net in the 78th minute off another fine feed by Lloyd, but that goal was nullified due to an offside call.
In the first game of the doubleheader, Lucia Garcia scored twice as Spain recorded a 3-1 victory over Japan.
The USA will meet Spain in the second game of a doubleheader at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. at 5 p.m. on Sunday, after England faces Japan at 2:15 p.m.
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Niño Blanco Salsa | Delicious Salsa Made Fresh Today!
I worked in Mexican Restaurants for about 10 years, and I learned a lot about the culture and how to prepare many recipes.
About 1988 or so, I developed my salsa for a family party. It was a hit and I have been asked to make it regularly for the last 30 years.
My family and friends pushed me to make the salsa for the public for years. I have finally decided that now is the time…and so, Niño Blanco Foods was born!
If you ask my son Trevor what makes the salsa taste so good, he will simply tell you, "LOVE". We put LOVE into our salsa every time we make it, along with fresh ingredients.
It is not a simple process, but we feel it is worth it!