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Headstones Vandalized at Philadelphia Jewish Cemetery
This is absolutely terrible. The perpetrators need to be in prison. There is simply too much hate in the US right now. This is especially cruel to the families of those that are laid to rest.
More than 100 headstones at a Jewish cemetery were vandalized in Philadelphia over the weekend, adding to a recent wave of anti-Semitic acts across the nation.
Police arrived at Mount Carmel Cemetery in the Wissinoming section of the city on Sunday morning to find someone saying three of their relatives' headstones were damaged, according to the Philadelphia police department.
The officers inspected and found dozens of additional headstones knocked over. Police said the incident occurred on Saturday night, and they are investigating the crime.
The incident comes after as many as 200 headstones were toppled earlier this month at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri.
Bomb threats have also been made against Jewish community centers this month, according to the JCC Association of North America, an umbrella organization for local Jewish community centers around the U.S.
Source: Headstones Vandalized at Philadelphia Jewish Cemetery – WSJ
A speech to denounce Meryl Streep and her one-sided statements
A well-written speech to denounce the stance of Meryl Streep. For the sake of the copyright of the author, I will not produce the entire speech here. Unfortunately, just putting some snippets here will simply not do the speech justice. Please jump over to the speech to read a discussion of sanity.
Sweden's embrace of refugees isn't working and the US should learn from their mistakes
Excellent article for anyone that is interested in the challenges of integrating a disenfranchised people into a culture and economy that they are not familiar with and are not prepared for.
Please read the article in the Source below but here are a few highlights:
The effects are palpable, starting with national security. An estimated 300 Swedish citizens with immigrant backgrounds have traveled to the Middle East to fight for Islamic State. Many are now returning to Sweden and are being welcomed back with open arms by our socialist government. In December 2010 we had our first suicide attack on Swedish soil, when an Islamic terrorist tried to blow up hundreds of civilians in central Stockholm while they were shopping for Christmas presents. Thankfully the bomber killed only himself.
Riots and social unrest have become a part of everyday life. Police officers, firefighters and ambulance personnel are regularly attacked. Serious riots in 2013, involving many suburbs with large immigrant populations, lasted for almost a week. Gang violence is booming. Despite very strict firearm laws, gun violence is five times as common in Sweden, in total, as in the capital cities of our three Nordic neighbors combined.
Anti-Semitism has risen. Jews in Malmö are threatened, harassed and assaulted in the streets. Many have left the city, becoming internal refugees in their country of birth.
The number of sex crimes nearly doubled from 2014-15, according to surveys by the Swedish government body for crime statistics. One-third of Swedish women report that they no longer feel secure in their own neighborhoods, and 12% say they don't feel safe going out alone after dark. A 1996 report from the same government body found that immigrant men were far likelier to commit rape than Swedish men. Last year our party asked the minister of justice to conduct a new report on crime and immigration, and he replied: "In light of previous studies, I do not see that a further report on recorded crime and individuals' origins would add knowledge with the potential to improve the Swedish society."
Mr. Åkesson is party chairman of the Sweden Democrats. Mr. Karlsson is the party's group leader in Parliament. They finish this article with the following quote that is significant:
For the sake of the American people, with whom we share so many strong historical and cultural ties, we can only hope that the leaders in Washington won't make the same mistakes that our socialist and liberal politicians did.
Source: Trump Is Right: Sweden's Embrace of Refugees Isn't Working – WSJ
Foreign Countries Freeload on U.S. Drug Research and Drive Up Costs for American Consumers
Because foreign countries can import new U.S. drugs and price them however they see fit, many have largely checked out of the innovation business themselves. The U.S. produced 57% of the world's new medicines between 2001 and 2010, up from less than a third in the 1970s, the Milken Institute reported in 2011.
The bottom line is that foreign countries freeload off American medical innovation, enjoying the fruits of U.S. ingenuity while forcing American consumers to shoulder a disproportionate share of the burden of funding research – effectively causing the American consumer to subsidize the pharmaceutical needs of foreign consumers.
President Trump says American companies have been getting "systematically ripped off" by foreign governments and firms. He's right. Yet he has backed a proposal that would make the problem even worse—permitting Americans to buy prescription drugs from overseas retailers, a practice known as importation. This policy wouldn't help American consumers much, but it would gut American pharmaceutical companies.
Importation would threaten the research-and-development efforts that yield new lifesaving drugs. Our strong intellectual-property laws, coupled with a comparatively free-market pricing system, encourage firms to research new treatments. Companies wouldn't take on the enormous cost of developing a new drug without a solid chance of recouping their investment. On average, a new medicine takes 10 years and costs $2.6 billion to develop, according to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.
The problem is that rather than promote innovation, many other countries impose price controls on prescription drugs—including new medicines invented in the United States—to make them artificially cheaper for consumers. If American companies refuse to sell their medicines at these steeply discounted dictated prices, foreign countries threaten to break their patents and produce knockoff versions of the medicines.
For decades, federal officials have largely ignored these threats and left American research companies to fend for themselves. U.S. companies gave in to the bullying—quite understandably. Since they already spent the money to develop the drug, they figured it's better to make some extra sales abroad, even if those sales are at a discount and they can rely on the American consumer for the majority of their per dose profit.
Foreign price controls succeed because they are carried on the back of the American consumer. The American consumer subsidizes the cost of foreign pharmaceutical costs making US healthcare costs higher while lowering the healthcare costs of foreign consumers.
The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 requires the federal government to negotiate trade deals that "achieve the elimination of government measures such as price controls and reference pricing which deny full market access for United States products." Mr. Trump might actually have the negotiating skills to turn that goal into reality.
If Mr. Trump wants to "bend the cost curve of healthcare" as Mr. Obama promised (and failed) then ending the subsidy of foreign consumers should be high on his list.
Source: How Other Countries Freeload on U.S. Drug Research – WSJ


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Members of the public may obtain paper copies of the environmental statement from the agent Quarry Plan, Unit 12A, the Borough Mall, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4EB Volume 1 Non Technical Summary £25, Volume 2 £50, Volume 3 Technical Reports (Part A) £125, Volume 3 Technical Reports (Part B) Volume 3 Technical Reports (Part C) £125, Volume 4 Planning Application £50 or a complete copy on CD for £10. A complete hard copy is available for inspection at Kings Quarry during normal office hours ( Monday to Friday 0900 to 1700 hours). The documents can also be downloaded from the Strategic Planning website at the address given above.
The County Council will allow members of the public to speak directly to the Regulatory Committee when they consider the application at a committee meeting, this is known as a deputation. If you wish to speak to the Committee, you must contact Democratic Services at the County Chief Executive Department, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire (telephone number 01962 847347, or email members.services@hants.gov.uk), during office hours. You should also telephone this number if you require further information about the deputation scheme.


Yesterday Clara and I went to the park. I was unshaven (almost no time for personal hygiene in our nonstop weekend schedule), unshowered (ditto), baseball cap pulled down over my messy hair, clothes slightly splattered with food from one of Clara's meals earlier in the day, shoes still stained with mud from a visit to the pumpkin farm last month. And then, in the bathroom, C. wiped her wet hands on my pants, so I got to emerge from the bathroom with a big wet spot right on my crotch. My humiliation is complete–I am now totally uncool. If the teenaged Clara ever asks me, a few years from now, when I became such a dork, I will point to this day.
Well, I don't know when you became such a dork, but, um, let's just say that I've known you now for about fifteen years and, well, I'm a total dork, so . . .
You may be as dorky as you've always been, but now you're just significantly less sanitary.


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Etihad Rail DB Selected as 'Shadow Operator' for Stage II
To provide consultancy to Etihad Rail in preparation for next stage
Etihad Rail DB, the joint venture company between Etihad Rail, the developer of the UAE's national railway network and Deutsche Bahn (DB) is set to provide 'Shadow Operator' services for Stage Two of the Etihad Rail project.
The choice builds on the five years of expertise and Etihad Rail DB's outstanding success in managing Stage One operations and maintenance.
In its 'Shadow Operator' role, Etihad Rail DB will aim to utilise its expertise and lessons learned from Stage One to provide consultancy services to Etihad Rail in preparation for Stage Two.
"We have transformed from a country without a railway network to one that will have one of the best railways in the world...This achievement makes me feel lucky to work with such a professional and experienced team."
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Such services will include reviewing the design of Stage Two assets, developing Emiratization requirements, drawing up operational procedures and safety management plans and assisting to ensure the project is delivered with the optimum operations cost.
Saeed Salem Al Suwaidi, Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Rail DB said: "After our successful five-year partnership on Stage One, we are proud to have been selected as 'Shadow Operator' for Stage Two of the UAE National Rail Network.
"This demonstrates our strong partnership with Etihad Rail and confidence in our local and international expertise, as well as the high degrees of competence and responsibility of our national talent."
Al Suwaidi added that the company combines local expertise with global best practice via its partnership with European rail operator Deutsche Bahn, which is in line with the vision of Etihad Rail DB to be the preferred choice in the rail sector in the Middle East and North Africa.
Etihad Rail Infrastructure Linking Plans Complete
Said Ahmed Al Hashemi, Director, Strategy & Marketing, at Etihad Rail: "Significant progress has been achieved so far in the UAE national rail network project.
"Currently, we are developing Stage Two in partnership with Etihad Rail DB, which has been selected as 'Shadow Operator'.
"Our objective for the next stage is to retain the consistent progress that has been completed during Stage One and to achieve the project's milestones within the agreed budget and timeline.
"During the coming period, we will work on studying the optimal model for Stage Two operations, and qualify international specialized companies for this national project" Al Hashemi concluded."
Over the past few years, Etihad Rail and Etihad Rail DB have built a strong partnership in line with their commitment to global best practice, proving their ambitions to develop an advanced railway network in the UAE and the GCC region, to further strengthen the UAE's leading position as a global logistics hub.
Etihad Rail DB provides leading heavy freight transportation solutions to connect inland remote production sites and ports in the GCC and beyond.
It manages the operations and maintenance of Stage One of the Etihad Rail network, transporting granulated sulphur from Shah and Habshan to Ruwais.
The 264km route facilitates the transportation of granulated sulphur from inland sources to the port of Ruwais for export.
To date, more than 20 million tonnes of sulphur have been transported for the primary end customer of Stage One, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
Read More: Etihad Rail, ZonesCorp Sign Railway Logistics MoU
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Workplace diversity and inclusion is about acknowledging, understanding, supporting, and celebrating different perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas that individuals bring to Whitehelm. Whitehelm also believes that a diverse and inclusive environment contributes to better outcomes for our investors.
While we excel in many areas of diversity and inclusion, we are dedicated to continuous improvement. We have developed and implemented a diversity strategy and measure our progress annually.
Whitehelm's Diversity Targets are as follows:
achieve at least 30% female representation at Senior Investment Director and above by 2023;
maintain equal gender balance at Investment Director and below; and
maintain a high level of cultural diversity.
We are committed to gender and cultural diversity at all levels and do this in a number of ways:
We have a Diversity Working Group made up of representatives from across the business
The Working Group drives the diversity strategy
Professional and leadership development
Specific diversity-focussed recruitment strategies
Competitive parental leave
Strong Board and Management support for the initiative
Igasamex
Tawa Solar
Igasamex is a natural gas distribution company formed in 1996, headquartered in Mexico City. It is focused on the construction and operation of 'lateral' (i.e. "last mile") pipelines connected to major transmission lines and arranging gas supply contracts for industrial customers. Igasamex owns and operates pipeline systems across 12 Mexican states, mainly in the northwest, southeast and central regions of Mexico.
Rowville Transmission Facility (RTF) owns an electrical transmission facility located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. RTF converts electricity from 500kV to 220kV for distribution. The facility receives a monthly fee from the Australian Energy Market Operator, while the operation and maintenance of the asset is outsourced to Ausnet Services.
Tawa Solar holds a 68.3% direct equity interest in two solar photovoltaic power plants located in Southern Peru known as Tacna Solar and Panamericana Solar. Together, these solar plants have a combined capacity of 42.4MW. The two solar plants operate under separate long-term power purchase agreements granted as part of the Government's first renewable energy auction in 2010.


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Fund Placement
Institutional-grade, hyper-local capital raising in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar
Greenstone specializes in placing funds in the main GCC countries of the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Kuwait, State of Qatar and Sultanate of Oman.
Greenstone:
Raises capital across the spectrum of alternatives (PE, VC, Growth Equity, Private Debt, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Other Real Assets, and more)
Selectively chooses fund manager partners to match up with investor demand
Seeks non-conflicting products with strategy, sector, and geographic differentiation to provide GCC-based investors diversification
Estimates demand for every fund/product prior to engaging in a mandate to raise capital
Conducts due diligence on each fund manager and the fund/product prior to ach mandate
Upon Engagement
Investor Book Building
Initial screening to identify potential investor demand
Discovery calls to understand fund strategy, sector, geography, track record, and capital raising goals
Build relationships between senior members of both firms
Detailed proposal and discussions around placement plan
Product Committee final review with senior members of both firms to build conviction about investor demand
KYC/AML review
Mandate agreement finalized and signed
Kickoff call between Greenstone and Fund Manager
Finalize regional regulatory compliance and fund registrations, as appropriate
Prepare region-specific marketing materials
Prioritize investor target list based on deep relationships and substantial intelligence about each investor
Organize formal investor meetings to identify interested investors
Prepare and organize a customized multi-country roadshow
Conduct two initial roadshows (four to six weeks apart) to cover the region
Each roadshow will cover a specialized list of investors that are pre-selected and pre-marketed for the placement
Length of a roadshow is four working days (Sunday through Wednesday or Monday through Thursday)
Leverage roadshows to schedule follow-up meetings with investors from previous roadshows who have demonstrated interest and activity towards investing.
Assist and facilitate investor due diligence processes.
Continue to engage new highly-targeted investors to build the pipeline.
Facilitate the work required to reach soft commitments.
Facilitate advanced due diligence, assist investors with site visits, coordinate reference calls, and prepare investors for IC.
Assist in the negotiation of subscription terms, as required.
Assist investors with completing the fund managers' KYC process.
Close commitments.
GCC Investors: A Changing Landscape
SWFs have become increasingly internationally focused over the last 10 years. Their role in developing the regional asset management industry will remain limited. These organizations are often set up with a specific mandate to deliver returns for future generations, using proceeds from natural resources trade surpluses.
Social Insurance and Pension Funds
These organizations have been investors in the domestic markets/companies for many years. Internally they are reviewing their returns profile and reexamining asset allocation with a view to considering alternative asset investment opportunities. Examples include General Organization for Social Insurance in Saudi Arabia or the Abu Dhabi Retirement Pension & Benefits Fund in the UAE.
Educational Endowments
This pool of capital is emerging and will increase meaningfully due to sociopolitical changes in the region. Examples include King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, which announced an endowment of $10 billion, one of the largest in the world. It is currently difficult to accurately calculate how much this emerging pool of capital may have in reserves, but there are certainly a number of universities in the region that are worth exploring. The American University in Beirut, Sharjah and Cairo are examples.
Ultra High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices
Ultra High Net Worth Individuals ("UHNWIs") and Family Offices remain the largest and most important investor types in what is easily the wealthiest region in the world. With over 400,000 UHNWIs in the region (three quarters of the number in China as a whole), and estimated aggregate liquidity of $3 trillion (according to a 2015 study) funds cannot afford to ignore Family Offices and UHNWIs.
Institutions including central banks, commercial banks, insurance companies and other non-financial corporates are key sources of capital for regional funds.
Accredited Investors are a significant source of investments and liquidity in the GCC region. Their ability to participate across various asset classes will increase over time as GCC countries introduce regulatory provisions enabling access to foreign investment products. High income retail groups, mostly the local population, typically utilize wealth managers and private bankers to access international investments. That said, there is a vast reservoir of cash and deposits waiting to be tapped and can be targeted by the regional asset management industry today through fund structures.
GCC Investor Breakdown
GCC Investable Wealth ($ billion)
UHNWIs
GCC SWF Assets ($ billion)
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Headquartered in Dubai, with an additional seven coverage offices in the GCC region, Greenstone specializes in raising capital for global alternative funds from GCC-based investors who allocate between $2 million to $250+ million per commitment.
Founded in 2011 to resolve the needs of our regional investors to gain better access to global alternative investments, Greenstone has facilitated nearly 10,000 highly-targeted roadshow meetings between our comprehensive network of GCC-based investors and globally dispersed fund managers to expedite investments into 200+ alternative funds across the full spectrum of investment strategies which have raised more than $100 billion.
Greenstone employs over 50 professionals across offices in every major city in the region: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Kuwait City, Doha, and Muscat.
Locally Licensed, Globally Recognized
Greenstone leverages its local licenses and local presence to continuously expand its deep-rooted, long-term relationships with over 1,700 local investment organizations to form highly targeted placement engagements for each fund manager with whom it partners. Currently, Greenstone's relationships include the region's largest sovereign wealth funds, over 200 GCC-based mid-tier institutional investors, over 1,500 local family offices and UHNWIs, and numerous PWM-distribution channel partners.
With a mission to provide GCC-based investors access to institutional-grade private investment opportunities around the world, Greenstone provides industry-leading expertise, regulatory compliance, and local coverage to help fund managers and investors establish long-term GP/LP partnerships. In addition to receiving numerous awards, Greenstone is ranked #1 globally by funds closed and #5 & #6 globally by capital raised in Preqin's 2018-1H'2019 League Tables for placement agents, even though Greenstone raises capital only in the Middle East.
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If you have been to the Anthony's downtown, you know that the food is delicious.. this place is the fast food version of the restaurant, however it is definitely not typical fast food. The only difference is there is no problem parking!!! You order at the counter then you just wait at the tables for them to call your number. The wait is not bad at all. I highly recommend their salads, they are excellent.. and of course, the clam chowder is as good as it is downtown too! The best part about this is you don't have to deal with the hassels of going downtown!!! Very good... Very easy!!!
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Very important and differentiating reactions! Freshly prepared sulpho-vanillin must be used: Make a mantle preparation in water, cover it with a cover-slip, add some crystals of vanillin at one side of the cover-glass and put a small drop of H2SO4 on these crystals. Be sure that there is contact between the water of the preparation and the dissolving reagent and that there is no acid on the cover glass. The observation should be done permanently through the microscope, because sometimes the reaction is very fast and the preparation is quickly dissolved by the acid. A positive reaction is a pinish to black colouration (with all intergradations) of cell contents, and a red colouration of the hyphal walls. Be sure that you do not misinterpret a red reaction of root cell remnants as a positive reation! The kind of reactions should be noted separately. Laticifers of the Lactarius species can be stained exclusively, and/or some cells of the mantle, or laticifers and all hyphal ends on a mantle. Sometimes combinations of bright colours can be caused.


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UCANR: Promoting economic prosperity in California
HLB Solution?
Author: Ben Faber
A Solution for the devastating bacteria causing citrus huanglongbing?
UC Riverside scientists have found the first substance capable of controlling Citrus Greening Disease, which has devastated citrus farms in Florida and also threatens California.
Oranges afflicted with Citrus Greening Disease. (UCR)
The new treatment effectively kills the bacterium causing the disease with a naturally occurring molecule found in wild citrus relatives. This molecule, an antimicrobial peptide, offers numerous advantages over the antibiotics currently used to treat the disease.
UCR geneticist Hailing Jin, who discovered the cure after a five-year search, explained that unlike antibiotic sprays, the peptide is stable even when used outdoors in high heat, easy to manufacture, and safe for humans.
"This peptide is found in the fruit of greening-tolerant Australian finger limes, which has been consumed for hundreds of years," Jin said. "It is much safer to use this natural plant product on agricultural crops than other synthetic chemicals."
Currently, some growers in Florida are spraying antibiotics and pesticides in an attempt to save trees from the CLas bacterium that causes citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing or HLB.
The Asian citrus psyllid, pictured here, spreads the bacterium that causes Citrus Greening Disease. (Mike Lewis/UCR)
"Most antibiotics are temperature sensitive, so their effects are largely reduced when applied in the hot weather," Jin said. "By contrast, this peptide is stable even when used in 130-degree heat."
Jin found the peptide by examining plants such as the Australian finger lime known to possess natural tolerance for the bacteria that causes Citrus Greening Disease, and she isolated the genes that contribute to this innate immunity. One of these genes produces the peptide, which she then tested over the course of two years. Improvement was soon visible.
"You can see the bacteria drastically reduced, and the leaves appear healthy again only a few months after treatment," Jin said.
Because the peptide only needs to be reapplied a few times per year, it is highly cost effective for growers. This peptide can also be developed into a vaccine-like solution to protect young healthy plants from infection, as it is able to induce the plant's innate immunity to the bacteria.
Jin's peptide can be applied by injection or foliage spray, and it moves systemically through plants and remains stable, which makes the effect of the treatment stronger.
The treatment will be further enhanced with proprietary injection technology made by Invaio Sciences. UC Riverside has entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Invaio, ensuring this new treatment goes exactly where it's needed in plants.
"Invaio is enthusiastic to partner with UC Riverside and advance this innovative technology for combating the disease known as Citrus Greening or Huanglongbing," said Invaio Chief Science Officer Gerardo Ramos. "The prospect of addressing this previously incurable and devastating crop disease, helping agricultural communities and improving the environmental impact of production is exciting and rewarding," he said. "This is crop protection in harmony with nature."
The need for an HLB cure is a global problem, but hits especially close to home as California produces 80 percent of all the fresh citrus in the United States, said Brian Suh, director of technology commercialization in UCR's Office of Technology Partnerships, which helps bring university technology to market for the benefit of society through licenses, partnerships, and startup companies.
"This license to Invaio opens up the opportunity for a product to get to market faster," Suh said. "Cutting edge research from UCR, like the peptide identified by Dr. Jin, has a tremendous amount of commercial potential and can transform the trajectory of real-world problems with these innovative solutions."
UV Riverside news release:
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/07/07/uc-riverside-discovers-first-effective-treatment-citrus-destroying-disease
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New Ideas in HLB Management
Keeping the Flavor in HLB Resistant Citrus
Avocado and Citrus Breeding Programs
Organics Still Gaining Ground in CA
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Brits will once again face huge roaming fees when travelling within the European Union in the event of a damaging no-deal Brexit, the government has warned.
In a note published alongside draft legislation entitled the Mobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the government admits current arrangements will not be sustainable, should Britain crash out without a withdrawal agreement in place.
It says lobbyists for the mobile industry worked hard to ensure Brits would still be able to make calls, send texts and consume data without incurring extra costs, but no agreement could be reached with EU operators.
Of all the problems that may emerge from a no-deal Brexit, a extra few pounds on the post-holiday mobile bill might be at the bottom of the list of potential disasters. However, few British holidaymakers and those travelling for the bloc for work commitments will welcome the return of roaming charges that had often seen massive bills land on the doorstep following trips abroad.
So far, only Three and the lesser-known network Smarty have committed to keeping the current roaming arrangements in place following Brexit, unless an agreement with European counterparts is reached.
Do you think Brits will face massive roaming charges once again after Brexit? Or do you think a no deal can be avoided? Let us know @TrustedReviews on Twitter.


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WWE Monday Night RAW took place from the city of San Jose in the state of California this week. Here's all the action that went down.
The show kicked off with Les Mizerables, as the Intercontinental champ was livid over RAW general manager Kurt Angle's failure to schedule a title defense for No Mercy. Angle's solution? A Fatal 4-Way match between Jason Jordan, both Hardy Boyz and Elias to determine a number one contender to face The Miz. The Miz accused Angle of nepotism regarding the inclusion of his son, so Jordan decided to up the ante and requested that both members of the Miztourage join the match and transform it into a six-pack challenge.
A challenge which Jordan got, and then used to quickly empty the ring of his main event opponents.
Little Miss Bliss isn't having a good time lately, as her former ally Nia Jax is currently gunning for her RAW Women's champion title. While a loss to Nia Jax was as inevitable as the sun rising when the two clashed, it was the chaos that ensued when Sasha Banks inserted herself into the match to keep Bliss from escaping the ring.
A bad night got even worse for Bliss afterwards, when it was announced that none other than Bayley would also be added to the upcoming No Mercy title match between the ladies.
Champions and challengers threw down in a colossal triple threat tag team match, as Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins paid big time for a fumble. Having been isolated and subjected to some brutal punishment, Seth Rollins finally managed to tag in Dean Ambrose for an assist, resulting in Suicide Dives aplenty from the champs. A sneaky tag from Sheamus just as Ambrose connected Dirty Deeds on Anderson, resulted in the lunatic fringe being thrown out of the ring and the Celtic Warrior stealing the pin.
A sign of things to come at No Mercy? Maybe!
The Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak. Charlotte Flair's legendary series of wins at events. None of these compare to the streak of Curt Hawkins. It's just a pity that it's a losing streak, as a Spinning Sit-Out Powerbomb from Apollo Crews rewarded Hawkins with his 115th consecutive loss in the ring.
Listen, nobody cares about Reigns and Cena having a war of words before No Mercy. NOBODY. Reigns' final bout on the mic was blah blah Cena is a hypocrite blah blah. Just…just fight already. Stop punishing the fans with these promos.
Before there was Goldust, there was simply…Dusty Rhodes. The son of the legendary American Dream, Rhodes wanted a rematch with Bray Wyatt after the reaper of souls stripped him of his face paint last week on RAW. It was a match with brutal overtones, as Rhodes delivered some lethal damage to the thighs of Wyatt. A Sister Abigail put the formerly bizarre one down for the count however, just in time for Finn Balor to appear on the Titantron and ask Wyatt if he was ready to face him on Sunday.
After all, perhaps the creator is more dangerous than the creation.
AND IT WAS FANTASTIC! Enzo Amore was doing his usual loud-mouthed schtick ahead of his upcoming Cruiserweight championship match on Sunday, when Braun Strowman decided to play face and annihilate Muscles Marinara. Never one to miss an opportunity, Neville popped up to deliver a Red Arrow to Amore. How ya doin'? Not so well,am I right?
At which point Neville went two for two in a quick match against Metalik, ripping the luchadore's mask and applying the Rings of Saturn to the challenger. With Amore down and a tapout win in the bank, Neville's momentum is higher than ever as he heads into No Mercy.
Six men, one goal and plenty of chaos. A brouhaha for the ages, it looked like Elias would have his hand raised in victory, but it was Jason Jordan who powered through some terrific damage to emerge as the overall winner. Even with The Miz involving himself in the bout, Jordan managed to triumph with an Angle-Slam Neckbreaker to theAxe Man.
Jordan may have won, but the entire Miztourage dogpiled him afterwards and left Jordan to face some stern words from The Miz. No Mercy should be interesting this Sunday.


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Title: Domesticating the Periphery
Subtitle: New Research into the Neolithic of Greece
Author(s): KOTSAKIS, Kostas
Journal: Pharos
Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Date: 2014
DOI: 10.2143/PHA.20.1.3064536
A number of recent significant field projects in Northern Greece, particularly in Macedonia, have revealed a wealth of new data and have shed light on the Neolithic of the region, especially on its earliest periods. Apart from clarification of major chronological issues, we possess now, for the first time, compelling contextualized evidence for events and practices in which material culture played an important and definable social role. The overall picture indicates that the path towards establishing food production in Greece was considerably more complex and variable than previously anticipated. The active involvement of social events and practices contrasts with models of long-range migration of early agriculturalists and with perceptions of cultural uniformity prevalent in narratives of Neolithic origins in the Aegean. One such aspect adding considerably to the complexity of these early groups is the increasing visibility of the house and of the associated social groups emerging in the Neolithic communities.


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/**
 * @file   st7565.h
 * @author David <david@edeca.net>
 * @date   November, 2011
 * @brief  Header for ST7565 graphic LCD library.
 * @sa     ST7565 command reference
 * @sa     My ST7565 introduction blog
 * @sa     Adafruit tutorial
 * @details
 *
 * A library for using the ST7565 graphic LCD in serial (software SPI) mode.
 *
 * This library is a low-level interface to the screen only.  Graphics functions (text, images
 * etc) are separate.
 *
 * Each screen requires different settings for brightness (the "volume control" and internal
 * resistor settings).  The initialisation code picks a middle ground, but you may need to
 * modify this.
 *
 * In serial mode it is not possible to read data back from the screen, meaning we
 * need an array to hold the current data.  For a 128*64 screen, this will require
 * 1KiB of RAM.  We need to know what data is currently on the screen so that we can overlay
 * new pixels onto it, so must keep a copy in local memory.
 *
 * SPI timings have been checked using the MPLAB Simulator, with Vcc of 3.3v it is impossible
 * to violate the datasheet guidelines even up to 64Mhz.
 *
 * This code has been tested on a PIC 18F26K20 at 64Mhz using the internal PLL.  No
 * adverse effects were noticed at this speed.  You will need the HiTech delay routines
 * or an equivalent.
 *
 * Example usage (initialisation):
 * @code
 *    // Initialise the screen, turning it on
 *    glcd_init();
 *
 *    // Clear the screen's internal memory
 *    glcd_blank();
 *
 *    // Set the screen's brightness, if required.  See below for information
 *    // on how this works.
 *    glcd_contrast(3, 25);
 * @endcode
 *
 * Example usage (writing to the screen):
 * @code
 *    // Set some pixels in the RAM buffer
 *    glcd_pixel(1, 1, 1);
 *    glcd_pixel(2, 1, 1);
 *    glcd_pixel(1, 2, 1);
 *    glcd_pixel(2, 2, 1);
 *
 *    // Clear a pixel in the RAM buffer
 *    glcd_pixel(64, 64, 0);
 *
 *    // Copy the RAM buffer to the screen
 *    glcd_refresh();
 * @endcode
 *
 * @note This is a low level library only, with support for setting & clearing pixels.  For text
 * or graphics functions, please see my graphics library.
 *
 * This code is released under the BSD license.  Please see BSD-LICENSE.TXT for more information.
 *
 * @todo Check timings compared to datasheet, supply a max recommended Fosc.
 * @todo Handle different sized screens if appropriate, e.g. 128*32 (some code is still
 *       fixed to certain screen/page sizes).
 */
#ifndef _ST7565_H_
#define _ST7565_H_

/** Command: turn the display on */
#define GLCD_CMD_DISPLAY_ON 		0b10101111
/** Command: turn the display off */
#define GLCD_CMD_DISPLAY_OFF 		0b10101110

/** Command: set all points on the screen to normal. */
#define GLCD_CMD_ALL_NORMAL			0b10100100
/** Command: set all points on the screen to "on", without affecting
             the internal screen buffer. */
#define GLCD_CMD_ALL_ON				0b10100101

/** Command: disable inverse (black pixels on a white background) */
#define GLCD_CMD_DISPLAY_NORMAL		0b10100110
/** Command: inverse the screen (white pixels on a black background) */
#define GLCD_CMD_DISPLAY_REVERSE	0b10100111

/** Command: set LCD bias to 1/9th */
#define GLCD_CMD_BIAS_9				0b10100010
/** Command: set LCD bias to 1/7th */
#define GLCD_CMD_BIAS_7				0b10100011

/** Command: set ADC output direction to normal. */
#define GLCD_CMD_HORIZONTAL_NORMAL	0b10100000
/** Command: set ADC output direction reverse (horizontally flipped).
             Note that you should use the glcd_flip_screen function so that
             the width is correctly accounted for. */
#define GLCD_CMD_HORIZONTAL_REVERSE	0b10100001

/** Command: set common output scan direction to normal. */
#define GLCD_CMD_VERTICAL_NORMAL	0b11000000
/** Command: set common output scan direction to reversed (vertically flipped). */
#define GLCD_CMD_VERTICAL_REVERSE	0b11001000

/** Command: select the internal power supply operating mode. */
#define GLCD_CMD_POWER_CONTROL		0b00101000

/** Command: set internal R1/R2 resistor bias (OR with 0..7) */
#define GLCD_CMD_RESISTOR			0b00100000
/** Command: enter volume mode, send this then send another command
             byte with the contrast (0..63).  The second command
			 must be sent for the GLCD to exit volume mode. */
#define GLCD_CMD_VOLUME_MODE		0b10000001

#define GLCD_CMD_DISPLAY_START		0b01000000

/** Command: set the least significant 4 bits of the column address. */
#define GLCD_CMD_COLUMN_LOWER		0b00000000
/** Command: set the most significant 4 bits of the column address. */
#define GLCD_CMD_COLUMN_UPPER		0b00010000
/** Command: Set the current page (0..7). */
#define GLCD_CMD_SET_PAGE			0b10110000

/** Command: software reset (note: should be combined with toggling GLCD_RS) */
#define GLCD_CMD_RESET				0b11100010

/** Command: no operation (note: the datasheet suggests sending this periodically
             to keep the data connection alive) */
#define	GLCD_CMD_NOP				0b11100011

/**
 * Initialise the screen.  This should be called first.
 */
void glcd_init();
/**
 * Send a command byte to the screen.  See GLCD_CMD_ constants for
 * a list of commands.
 */
void glcd_command(char);
/**
 * Send a data byte to the screen.
 */
void glcd_data(char);
/**
 * Update the screen with the contents of the RAM buffer.
 */
void glcd_refresh();
/**
 * Clear the screen, without affecting the buffer in RAM.
 *
 * Useful at startup as the memory inside the screen may
 * contain "random" data.
 */
void glcd_blank();
/**
 * Set a single pixel
 *
 * @param x 		The x position, from 1 - SCREEN_WIDTH
 * @param y 		The y position, from 1 - SCREEN_HEIGHT
 * @param colour 	0 = OFF, any other value = ON
 */
void glcd_pixel(unsigned char x, unsigned char y, unsigned char colour);
/**
 * Flip the screen in the alternate direction vertically.
 *
 * Can be used if the screen is mounted in an enclosure upside
 * down.
 */
void glcd_flip_screen(unsigned char flip);
/**
 * Inverse the screen, swapping "on" and "off" pixels.
 *
 * This does not affect the RAM buffer or the screen memory, the controller
 * is capable of reversing pixels with a single command.
 */
void glcd_inverse_screen(unsigned char inverse);
/**
 * Fill the local RAM buffer with a test pattern and send it to the screen.
 *
 * Useful for ensuring that the screen is receiving data correctly or for
 * adjusting contrast.
 */
void glcd_test_card();
/**
 * Set the contrast of the screen.  This involves two steps, setting the
 * internal resistor ratio (R1:R2) and then the contrast.
 *
 * Tip: Find a resistor ratio that works well with the screen and stick to it
 *      throughout.  Then adjust the contrast dynamically between 0 and 63.
 *
 * @param resistor_ratio	Ratio of the internal resistors, from 0-7
 * @param contrast			Contrast, from 0-63
 */
void glcd_contrast(char resistor_ratio, char contrast);

/** Global variable that tracks whether the screen is the "normal" way up. */
unsigned char glcd_flipped = 0;

#endif // _ST7565_H_

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Since 1979, UNFPA has been working with the Malawi Government to improve the sexual and reproductive health, promote gender equality and empowerment of women and also promote integration of population dynamics in planning for development.
Improve capacities to provide high-quality integrated sexual and reproductive health services and information to the most marginalized women and young people.
The country programme will use multiple strategies to achieve the programme objectives, including policy advocacy and dialogue; knowledge management and strategic partnerships at national level; and service delivery and capacity development interventions in five districts (Nkhata-bay, Chiradzulu, Mangochi, Dedza and Mchinji). Interventions will continue to focus on these districts to consolidate gains from the seventh country programme and to scale up interventions across the whole of the districts.


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Q: thymeleaf css Spring MVC annotation Stylesheet do not work in my project. I am using Spring Boot, Thymeleaf, Config in my project.
My structure Structure
My login.html

<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Login</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css"/>
    <link th:href="@{/static/login.css}" href="../static/login.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

    <form class="form-signin" action="#"   method="post">

Please sign in

        <input  class="form-control" placeholder="Email address">
        <input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password">

        <button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block" type="submit">Sign in</button>
    </form>

My Stylesheet Login.css

body {
    padding-top: 40px;
    padding-bottom: 40px;
    background-color: #f5f5f5;
}

.form-signin {
    max-width: 400px;
    padding: 19px 29px 29px;
    margin: 0 auto 20px;
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
}
.form-signin .form-signin-heading,
.form-signin .checkbox {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.form-signin input[type="text"],
.form-signin input[type="password"] {
    font-size: 16px;
    height: auto;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    padding: 7px 9px;
}

My Controller
@Controller
public class UserController {
private UserServiceImpl userService;

@RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String index() {

    return "login";
}

}`
My config file
@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc //mvc:annotation-driven
@ComponentScan({ "controller" })
public class SpringWebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter{
@Bean
public SpringResourceTemplateResolver templateResolver(){
    // SpringResourceTemplateResolver automatically integrates with Spring's own
    // resource resolution infrastructure, which is highly recommended.
    SpringResourceTemplateResolver templateResolver = new SpringResourceTemplateResolver();
    templateResolver.setOrder(1);

    templateResolver.setPrefix("classpath:/templates/");
    templateResolver.setSuffix(".html");
    // HTML is the default value, added here for the sake of clarity.
    templateResolver.setTemplateMode(TemplateMode.HTML);
    // Template cache is true by default. Set to false if you want
    // templates to be automatically updated when modified.

    templateResolver.setCacheable(true);
    return templateResolver;
}

@Bean
public SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine(){
    // SpringTemplateEngine automatically applies SpringStandardDialect and
    // enables Spring's own MessageSource message resolution mechanisms.
    SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
    templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
    // Enabling the SpringEL compiler with Spring 4.2.4 or newer can
    // speed up execution in most scenarios, but might be incompatible
    // with specific cases when expressions in one template are reused
    // across different data types, so this flag is "false" by default
    // for safer backwards compatibility.
    templateEngine.setEnableSpringELCompiler(true);
    return templateEngine;
}

@Bean
public ThymeleafViewResolver viewResolver(){
    ThymeleafViewResolver viewResolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
    viewResolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine());
    return viewResolver;
}

@Override
public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
    registry.addResourceHandler("/resources/**").addResourceLocations("/resources/");
}

}`
Wrong result
The result is wrong. Login.css is not work. Where is mistake?

A: I think you should update your Controller with @RequestMapping(path = "/"...
Although not very intuitive, but improper setting of this annotation can cause not loading of CSS.
I had similar problem and everything seemed correct (HTML, Thymeleaf code, project structure - I read a lot previous posts about that), but CSS wasn't there.

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The project will provide a proof of concept through different historical case studies pointed as the most relevant by the industrial partners. For example, periods with an unusual climate behaviour that have affected the energy market will be analysed. The case studies will help to define the Decision Support System (DST) for its use in real life decision-making in energy companies. This will be co-designed with the industrial partners of the consortium which represent different needs and interests in terms of regions, renewable energy sources (namely wind, solar and hydro) and electricity demand. The aim of the case studies is to illustrate with real situations the potential benefits of applying S2S forecasts in the energy sector.
Four case studies have been initially identified, although four additional ones will be selected during the course of the project.
Interest: Cold wave in Europe that created a combination of large increase in electricity demand and lower than usual hydro and wind power generation.
Description: With the increase in the share of electricity generated by renewable sources and the rapid reduction of generation capacity from incumbent energy sources, the European energy system has become highly sensitive to extreme weather events. Cold events in winter have strong impacts on the power system. They are often due to blocking events that combine cold temperatures, no precipitation and low wind speed, then implying large electricity demand, and lower than usual hydro and wind power generation. In France, under the national regulation authority request, EDF had to stop several nuclear reactors to carefully check some components. The total available generation capacity in France was significantly decreased. Electricity demand and power generation forecasts were then very important to assess the risks on the French and the European systems. Several options can be activated in such situations, but need as accurate as possible forecasts to optimize decision-making and to take the best option(s).
Interest: High pressure system over central Europe that originated large electricity demand, higher than normal solar generation and low precipitation rates.
Description: With nearly 39 GW of installed photovoltaic capacity, periods of high solar radiation during summer in Germany may shift the energy mix considerably. During these periods of elevated solar generation, expensive conventional power plants may be shut down, with a downturn in the energy trading market as a consequence. In this context, coal power plants are typically used as a backup to ensure security of supply. In Germany, coal supply is largely based on hydro transport which is dependent on river navigability associated with precipitation levels. In this specific case, the very low precipitation levels, may, if prolonged, restrict transportation capacity on major waterways like the Rhine and Neckar rivers. This is of particular relevance for EnBW since it transports coal mainly per barge to several power plants along the aforementioned rivers for conventional power supply.
Interest: Below normal wind power generation.
Description: According to the Spanish TSO, in 2016 the installed wind power capacity represented 22.8% of the total capacity for electricity generation in Spain, and wind energy supplied 19.2% of the demand. This high level of wind power penetration that can have a significant impact on the energy market in periods with lower than normal wind power output. This event was determined by two factors: the increase of the frequency of occurrence of the NAO+ weather regime, with a negative impact on wind speed on southern and central Europe concurrently to the decrease of the frequency of the Atlantic ridge regime, with a positive impact on wind speed. The frequency of the other two regimes (NAO- and blocking) didn't deviate from the climatology value. As a result, a notable decrease of wind speed was observed through all central and southern Europe.
Interest: Spring flood in Sweden.
Description: In July 2015, a combined snowmelt and rain caused a lot of unproductive release of reservoir water in Umeälven. The reservoir was not managed appropriately without releasing enough water earlier in June/July. This was due to inaccurate hydrological forecasts that predicted a lot of remaining snow for melting. In the first weeks of July, the melting runoff stopped due to low temperatures. However, there was still some snow available which flowed to the reservoir later. The lack of accurate information about snow availability resulted in a significant economic loss for hydropower generators. This case study will investigate to which extent improved hydrometeorological forecasts offered from the DST could have reduced the water loss during the spill event. The case study will be developed in collaboration with the stakeholders Vattenfall AB, Sweden's largest hydropower producer, owning several power plants in the river studied, and with Vattenregleringsföretagen AB, who coordinates the production and reservoir management in rivers.


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One of the defense attorneys in the La Salle County auditor case, is claiming State's Attorney Karen Donnelly went after the auditor's office, because of "professional and personal disputes" with Auditor Jody Wilkinson.
Deputy Auditors Tori Artman and Pamela Wright were charged Sept. 25 with taking pay for overtime work they did not do. Auditor Jody Wilkinson is charged with facilitating the alleged scheme. Mendota lawyer Todd Martin is representing Artman and Wright; Ottawa lawyer Joseph Navarro is representing Wilkinson.
Donnelly has filed a request to have Martin removed from the case, because of potential conflict of interest. Donnelly said Martin could have an improper advantage, because he was with the state's attorney's office part of the time during which the alleged overtime pay was being taken.
Martin has hit back, saying Donnelly is the one who should be kicked off the case.
Martin said Donnelly, as state's attorney, has a duty to represent the auditor's office, as well as prosecution witnesses, several of whom are county employees or county elected officials.
In Martin's view, these witnesses are compromised, because they may testify favorably for the state's attorney out of fear of what could happen if they don't.
Martin subpoenaed transcripts of closed sessions, since Sept. 25, of the county board and the board's Salary and Labor Committee, which dealt with the auditor situation.
Martin said he believes Donnelly brought up with the board, after the auditors were charged, the issue of firing or suspending the auditors, as well as prohibiting them from entering the auditor's office. Martin further said the deputy auditors were called to a meeting Dec. 14 with county board officials to go over their "conduct" as county employees.
Donnelly took these steps to gain "leverage" and "coercion" against the auditors in the criminal case, according to Martin.
Wilkinson and her deputies remain on the payroll, but are banned from their office.
Donnelly is fighting the subpoena, saying the closed session transcripts are protected from release by law.
Martin also alleged Donnelly launched the criminal investigation into the auditor's office, because of her "professional and personal disputes" with Wilkinson. Specifically, Wilkinson refused reimbursement for a number of items Donnelly bought for the state's attorney's office.
The situation culminated in an "altercation" at a county board committee meeting in which Wilkinson refused reimbursement for a book Donnelly bought for her office, for which Donnelly did not have a receipt, Martin said.
About 30 minutes after the altercation, Ottawa police detectives arrived at the auditor's office to question the auditors, Martin claimed.
Ottawa police handled the auditor investigation.
Martin wants Donnelly and her staff replaced on the auditor case by a special prosecutor. If this happens, Martin said he will withdraw as defense attorney.
The next court hearing is Friday, Jan. 25 before Circuit Judge Cynthia Raccuglia.


The Winning Garment of Uncommon Thread International 2014 will be invited to show their garment in Baton Rouge Louisiana which is the home of the original Uncommon Thread.Uncommon Thread International will be hosted by the multinational artists collective, Expanded Draught.
Having worked together previously in Louisiana in 2010, We are excited to begin our latest endeavour which will take the form of a wearable art show. Born in Baton Rouge Louisiana, Uncommon thread has proved incredibly successful. it until now has been a national competition that seeks the very best in wearable art. Since 2007 Uncommon Thread has fostered a respectful and accessible environment for artists and audience alike by providing a stunning venue and an excited atmosphere to showcase talent from across the country. Uncommon Thread is a visually captivating presentation of art accompanied by inventive musical collaborations, lighting, set, design, and modern dance Expanded Draught will use Culture candy's ethos and continue these ideas in Galway Ireland in 2014. This year's international uncommon thread competition will award the wearable artist with the best design a chance to show their garment in the USA Uncommon thread in Baton Rouge Louisiana in 2014,along with various other prizes.The show will take place at the Harbour Hotel on February 28th 2014, The winner will be selected by jurors Edel Ramberg (Edel Ramberg Designs, a galway based Milliner) Kat O Donoghue Make up artistry professor. The deadline for entry is November midnight.
Theme: This year's theme is Carte Blanche, a convenient, French phrase us English speakers use when we want to give someone a blank check to do whatever they want. Uncommon Thread is applying that theme of freedom to this year's show with the added emphasis on the "blanche" or color white. The challenge is to create a full garment wearable piece of art that is primarily white—minimal accent colors are allowed—that demonstrates the sculptural, narrative, and/or technical possibilities of wearable art.


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"""Asyncio backports for Python 3.6 compatibility."""
from asyncio import coroutines, ensure_future, get_running_loop
from asyncio.events import AbstractEventLoop
import concurrent.futures
import functools
import logging
import threading
from traceback import extract_stack
from typing import Any, Callable, Coroutine, TypeVar

_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

T = TypeVar("T")

def fire_coroutine_threadsafe(coro: Coroutine, loop: AbstractEventLoop) -> None:
    """Submit a coroutine object to a given event loop.

    This method does not provide a way to retrieve the result and
    is intended for fire-and-forget use. This reduces the
    work involved to fire the function on the loop.
    """
    ident = loop.__dict__.get("_thread_ident")
    if ident is not None and ident == threading.get_ident():
        raise RuntimeError("Cannot be called from within the event loop")

    if not coroutines.iscoroutine(coro):
        raise TypeError("A coroutine object is required: %s" % coro)

    def callback() -> None:
        """Handle the firing of a coroutine."""
        ensure_future(coro, loop=loop)

    loop.call_soon_threadsafe(callback)

def run_callback_threadsafe(
    loop: AbstractEventLoop, callback: Callable[..., T], *args: Any
) -> "concurrent.futures.Future[T]":
    """Submit a callback object to a given event loop.

    Return a concurrent.futures.Future to access the result.
    """
    ident = loop.__dict__.get("_thread_ident")
    if ident is not None and ident == threading.get_ident():
        raise RuntimeError("Cannot be called from within the event loop")

    future: concurrent.futures.Future = concurrent.futures.Future()

    def run_callback() -> None:
        """Run callback and store result."""
        try:
            future.set_result(callback(*args))
        except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
            if future.set_running_or_notify_cancel():
                future.set_exception(exc)
            else:
                _LOGGER.warning("Exception on lost future: ", exc_info=True)

    loop.call_soon_threadsafe(run_callback)
    return future

def check_loop() -> None:
    """Warn if called inside the event loop."""
    try:
        get_running_loop()
        in_loop = True
    except RuntimeError:
        in_loop = False

    if not in_loop:
        return

    found_frame = None

    for frame in reversed(extract_stack()):
        for path in ("custom_components/", "homeassistant/components/"):
            try:
                index = frame.filename.index(path)
                found_frame = frame
                break
            except ValueError:
                continue

        if found_frame is not None:
            break

    # Did not source from integration? Hard error.
    if found_frame is None:
        raise RuntimeError(
            "Detected I/O inside the event loop. This is causing stability issues. Please report issue"
        )

    start = index + len(path)
    end = found_frame.filename.index("/", start)

    integration = found_frame.filename[start:end]

    if path == "custom_components/":
        extra = " to the custom component author"
    else:
        extra = ""

    _LOGGER.warning(
        "Detected I/O inside the event loop. This is causing stability issues. Please report issue%s for %s doing I/O at %s, line %s: %s",
        extra,
        integration,
        found_frame.filename[index:],
        found_frame.lineno,
        found_frame.line.strip(),
    )

def protect_loop(func: Callable) -> Callable:
    """Protect function from running in event loop."""

    @functools.wraps(func)
    def protected_loop_func(*args, **kwargs):  # type: ignore
        check_loop()
        return func(*args, **kwargs)

    return protected_loop_func


text:
const socketio = require('socket.io')
const sharedsession = require('express-socket.io-session')
const RoomDB = require('../db/roomdb').Rooms
const UserDB = require('../db/userdb').Users
var io
const socketDetails = []
exports.listen = function (server, session) {
  io = socketio.listen(server)
  io.use(sharedsession(session))
  io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
    if (socket.handshake.session.user) {
      createSocketDetailArrObj(socket)
      paintView(socket)
      fetchMessageFromDB(socket)
      chkServerForExtraGroupMsgs(socket)
      relayMessage(socket)
      disconnectUser(socket)
      createGroup(socket)
      switchGroup(socket)
      getGroupDetail(socket)
      getNonMemberNames(socket)
      addNewMemberToGroup(socket)
      removeMemberFromGroup(socket)
      exitGroup(socket)
      logout(socket)
    }
  })

  /* creates array of Objects with {username and socket id pair} */
  const createSocketDetailArrObj = socket => {
    let name = socket.handshake.session.user.userName
    if (getSocketObjByUserName(name) === -1 || getSocketObjBySocketID(socket.id) === -1) {
      socketDetails.push({
        socket: socket, // Added to get Active socket for joining rooms
        id: socket.id,
        userName: socket.handshake.session.user.userName
      })
      updateUserListInCreateGroup(name)
    }
  }

  const updateUserListInCreateGroup = name => {
    for (let socketDetail of socketDetails)
      socketDetail.socket.emit('updateUserList', name)
  }
  const paintView = socket => {
    let userName = getUserName(socket)
    RoomDB.getUserDetailList(userName, (groupObjList) => {
      if (!groupObjList || groupObjList.length === 0) socket.emit('disableMessageSenderBoxAndSendButton')
      else {
        socket.join(groupObjList[0].groupId)
        setDefaultGroupId(socket, groupObjList[0].groupName, groupObjList[0].groupId)
        populateGroup(socket, userName, groupObjList)
        populateFromLocalStorage(socket, groupObjList[0])
      }
    })
  }

  const setDefaultGroupId = (socket, groupName, groupId) => {
    socket.emit('setDefaultGroupId', groupName, groupId)
  }
  const populateGroup = (socket, userName, groupObjList) => {
    for (let groupObj of groupObjList) {
      socket.emit('createGroup', {
        groupName: groupObj.groupName,
        groupId: groupObj.groupId
      })
    }
  }
  const populateFromLocalStorage = (socket, groupObj) => {
    socket.emit('chkAndFetchLocalStorage', groupObj)
  }
  const fetchMessageFromDB = socket => {
    socket.on('fetchMessageFromDB', groupObj => {
      populateMessageList(socket, groupObj)
    })
  }
  const populateMessageList = (socket, groupObj) => {
    // populateFromLocalStorage(socket, groupObj)
    RoomDB.getGroupMessages(groupObj.groupId, (messageList) => {
      if (messageList.length > 0)
        emitMessageList(socket, groupObj, messageList)
      else
        socket.emit('populateGroupWithEmptyMessageList', groupObj)
    })
  }
  const emitMessageList = (socket, groupObj, messageList) => {
    socket.emit('messageList', {
      groupName: groupObj.groupName,
      messageList: messageList,
      groupId: groupObj.groupId
    })
  }
  const chkServerForExtraGroupMsgs = socket => {
    socket.on('chkServerForExtraGroupMsgs', groupObj => {
      RoomDB.getGroupExtraMessages(groupObj, messageList => {
        console.log('<chat_server.js chkServerForExtraGroupMsgs> messageList = ', messageList)
        if (messageList.length > 0)
          emitMessageList(socket, groupObj.groupObj, messageList)
      })
    })
  }
  const joinRoomByActiveSocketForUserName = (name, groupDetails) => {
    for (let socketObj of getActiveSockets(name))
      socketObj.join(groupDetails.groupId)
  }
  const joinNewRoomByActiveSocketsInGroup = (admin, groupDetails) => {
    groupDetails.users.forEach(userName => {
      joinRoomByActiveSocketForUserName(userName, groupDetails)
    })
  }

  const createGroup = socket => {
    socket.on('createGroup', groupDetails => {
      let admin = socket.handshake.session.user.userName
      chkAdminInUserList(admin, groupDetails)
      RoomDB.saveGroupDetail({
        groupName: groupDetails.groupName,
        admin: admin,
        users: groupDetails.users
      }, groupId => {
        groupDetails.groupId = groupId
        joinNewRoomByActiveSocketsInGroup(admin, groupDetails)
        io.in(groupDetails.groupId).emit('createGroup', {
          groupName: groupDetails.groupName,
          groupId: groupId
        })
      })
    })
  }

  const chkAdminInUserList = (admin, groupDetails) => {
    if (groupDetails.users.indexOf(admin) === -1) {
      groupDetails.users.push(admin)
    }
  }
  const relayMessage = socket => {
    let sender = getUserName(socket)
    socket.on('chatMessage', (msg) => {
      RoomDB.saveGroupMessage(msg, sender, function (groupName) {
        if (groupName.length > 0) {
          io.in(msg.groupId).emit('chatMessage', {
            groupId: msg.groupId,
            groupName: groupName,
            sender: sender,
            text: msg.text
          })
        }
      })
    })
  }

  const switchGroup = socket => {
    socket.on('switchGroup', (groupObj) => {
      socket.join(groupObj.groupId)
      populateFromLocalStorage(socket, groupObj)
    })
  }
  const getGroupDetail = socket => {
    socket.on('getGroupDetail', groupObj => {
      let groupInfoObj = {}
      RoomDB.getGroupDetailList(groupObj.groupId, (userList) => {
        groupInfoObj.userList = userList
        RoomDB.getGroupAdminName(groupObj.groupId, adminName => {
          setIsAdminProperty(groupInfoObj, adminName, socket)
          groupInfoObj.adminName = adminName
          socket.emit('populateGroupInfo', groupInfoObj)
        })
      })
    })
  }
  const setIsAdminProperty = (groupInfoObj, adminName, socket) => {
    if (adminName === socket.handshake.session.user.userName) {
      groupInfoObj.isAdmin = true
    } else {
      groupInfoObj.isAdmin = false
    }
  }
  const getNonMemberNames = socket => {
    socket.on('getNonMemberNames', groupId => {
      UserDB.allUserNames((err, userNamesList) => {
        if (err) throw new Error(err)
        RoomDB.getGroupDetailList(groupId, memberList => {
          let nonMemberUserList = userNamesList.filter((user) => {
            return (memberList.indexOf(user.userName) === -1)
          })
          socket.emit('populateNonMemberList', nonMemberUserList)
        })
      })
    })
  }
  const addNewMemberToGroup = socket => {
    socket.on('addNewMembersToGroup', (groupMembersObj) => {
      RoomDB.saveUserDetailList(groupMembersObj, () => {
        RoomDB.saveGroupUserList(groupMembersObj, () => {
          for (let newUser of groupMembersObj.users) {
            RoomDB.getGroupName(groupMembersObj.groupId, groupName => {
              groupMembersObj.groupName = groupName
              joinRoomByActiveSocketForUserName(newUser, groupMembersObj)
              populateGroupInActiveSocketsOfNewUsers(newUser, groupMembersObj)
              getGroupNameForNewUser(newUser, (groupName) => { // Update groupName if this user has just one group for which he was added through this function
                updateCurrentGroup(newUser, groupMembersObj)
              })
            })
          }
          RoomDB.getGroupName(groupMembersObj.groupId, groupName => {
            groupMembersObj.groupName = groupName
            updateGroupInfoInOlderMembers(groupMembersObj, socket)
          })
        })
      })
    })
  }
  const populateGroupInActiveSocketsOfNewUsers = (userName, groupMembersObj) => {
    for (let socketObj of getActiveSockets(userName)) {
      socketObj.emit('createGroup', {
        groupName: groupMembersObj.groupName,
        groupId: groupMembersObj.groupId
      })
    }
  }
  const updateGroupInfoInOlderMembers = (groupInfoObj, socket) => {
    RoomDB.getGroupDetailList(groupInfoObj.groupId, members => {
      let olderMembers = members.filter(member => {
        return groupInfoObj.users.indexOf(member) === -1
      })
      helper_updateGroupInfoInOlderMembers(olderMembers, groupInfoObj, socket)
    })
  }
  const helper_updateGroupInfoInOlderMembers = (olderMembers, groupInfoObj, socket) => {
    for (let olderMember of olderMembers) {
      getMemberActiveSocketObjAndEmitUpdateEvent(olderMember, groupInfoObj, socket)
    }
  }
  const getMemberActiveSocketObjAndEmitUpdateEvent = (olderMember, groupInfoObj, socket) => {
    for (let socketObj of getActiveSockets(olderMember)) {
      if (olderMember === socket.handshake.session.user.userName) {
        groupInfoObj.isAdmin = true
      } else {
        groupInfoObj.isAdmin = false
      }
      emitUpdateGroupInfoListwithNewUsersEvent(groupInfoObj, socketObj)
    }
  }
  const emitUpdateGroupInfoListwithNewUsersEvent = (groupInfoObj, socketObj) => {
    socketObj.emit('updateGroupInfoListwithNewUsers', {
      userList: groupInfoObj.users,
      groupName: groupInfoObj.groupName,
      isAdmin: groupInfoObj.isAdmin,
      groupId: groupInfoObj.groupId
    })
  }
  const getGroupNameForNewUser = (newUser, cb) => {
    RoomDB.getUserDetailList(newUser, (groupObjList) => {
      if (groupObjList.length === 1)
        cb(groupObjList[0].groupName)
    })
  }
  const updateCurrentGroup = (newUser, groupMembersObj) => {
    let activeSocketList = getActiveSockets(newUser)
    if (activeSocketList.length > 0) {
      for (let socketObj of activeSocketList) {
        socketObj.emit('setCurrentRoom', groupMembersObj.groupId)
        socketObj.emit('populateCurrentGroupName', groupMembersObj.groupName)
      }
    }
  }
  const removeMemberFromGroup = socket => {
    socket.on('removeMemberFromGroup', userGroupObj => {
      removeGroupContentFromUserView(userGroupObj, socket)
      deleteUserAndGroupFromDB(userGroupObj, () => {
        RoomDB.getGroupDetailList(userGroupObj.groupId, (userList) => {
          removeMemberFromAllGroups(userList, userGroupObj)
        })
      })
    })
  }
  const removeGroupContentFromUserView = (userGroupObj, socket) => {
    if (getActiveSockets(userGroupObj.userName).length > 0) {
      for (let socketObj of getActiveSockets(userGroupObj.userName))
        socketObj.emit('removeGroupContentFromUserView', userGroupObj)
    }
  }
  const deleteUserAndGroupFromDB = (userGroupObj, cb) => {
    RoomDB.deleteUserFromGroup(userGroupObj.userName, userGroupObj.groupId, reply => {
      RoomDB.deleteGroupFromUserList(userGroupObj.userName, userGroupObj.groupId, reply => {
        if (typeof (cb) === typeof (Function)) cb()
      })
    })
  }
  const removeMemberFromAllGroups = (userList, userGroupObj) => {
    userList.filter(userName => {
      let userActiveSocketList = getActiveSockets(userName)
      if (userActiveSocketList.length > 0) {
        for (let socketObj of userActiveSocketList)
          socketObj.emit('removeMemberDetailFromGroupInfoPannel', userGroupObj)
      }
    })
  }
  /* Exit Group function start */
  const exitGroup = (socket) => {
    socket.on('exitGroup', (groupObj) => {
      groupObj.userName = socket.handshake.session.user.userName
      deleteUserAndGroupFromDB(groupObj, () => {
        RoomDB.getGroupAdminName(groupObj.groupId, adminName => {
          if (adminName === groupObj.userName)
            updateAdminFlow(groupObj, socket)
          else
            updateNormalUserFlow(groupObj, socket)
        })
      })
    })
  }
  const updateAdminFlow = (groupObj, socket) => {
    RoomDB.getGroupDetailList(groupObj.groupId, userList => {
      if (userList.length === 0) {
        removeGroupContentFromUserView(groupObj, socket)
        RoomDB.delGroupAdminSet(groupObj, () => {
          console.log('<chat_server.js updateAdminFlow> delGroupAdminSet callback Empty userList = ', userList)
        })
      } else {
        groupObj.admin = userList[0]
        RoomDB.saveGroupAdminSet(groupObj, groupObj.groupId, () => {
          removeGroupContentFromUserView(groupObj, socket)
          updateRemainingMemberOfGroup(groupObj, socket, userList)
        })
      }
    })
  }
  const updateRemainingMemberOfGroup = (groupObj, socket, userList) => {
    userList.forEach(userName => {
      let userActiveSocketList = getActiveSockets(userName)
      if (userActiveSocketList.length > 0) {
        let groupInfoObj = {
          userList: userList,
          adminName: groupObj.admin,
          isAdmin: false,
          groupId: groupObj.groupId
        }
        if (userName === groupObj.admin) groupInfoObj.isAdmin = true
        for (let socketObj of userActiveSocketList) {
          socketObj.emit('repaintGroupInfo', groupInfoObj)
        }
      }
    })
    // })
  }

  const updateNormalUserFlow = (groupObj, socket) => {
    removeGroupContentFromUserView(groupObj, socket)
    RoomDB.getGroupDetailList(groupObj.groupId, userList => {
      removeMemberFromAllGroups(userList, groupObj)
    })
    // socket.leave(groupObj.groupId)
  }
  /* Exit Group function end */
  /* Logout fature Start */
  const logout = socket => {
    socket.on('logout', () => {
      let userActiveSocketList = getActiveSockets(socket.handshake.session.user.userName)
      if(userActiveSocketList.length > 0) {
        for (let socketObj of userActiveSocketList) {
          socketObj.emit('logout')
        }
      }
    })
  }
  /* Logout fature End */
  const disconnectUser = socket => {
    socket.on('disconnect', () => {
      let userName = getUserName(socket)
      let msgText = userName + ' with socket id : ' + socket.id + ': is disconnected'
      console.log(msgText)
      dropUser(socket)
    })
  }
  const getUserName = socketObj => socketDetails[getSocketObjBySocketID(socketObj.id)].userName

  const getActiveSockets = userName => {
    let t = socketDetails
      .filter(user => user.userName === userName)
      .map(socketObjs => socketObjs.socket)
    return t
  }

  const dropUser = socket => socketDetails.splice(getSocketObjBySocketID(socket.id), 1)

  const getSocketObjBySocketID = sid => socketDetails
    .map(user => user.id === sid)
    .indexOf(true)

  const getSocketObjByUserName = userName => socketDetails
    .map(user => user.userName === userName)
    .indexOf(true)
}


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President's letters to Leeds IMC re. diversity and inclusivity
By Liz Herbert McAvoy On July 31, 2017 · 1 Comment
It is with deepening concern that I have responded to the recent controversy regarding racially offensive comments made at the introduction of one of the plenary sessions at the Leeds IMC this year and, on behalf of SMFS, wish to support the current demands of many medievalists for systemic changes to be made in the way policies and programming at the IMC appear to be operating. Indeed, I raised just such concerns with the IMC management in August of 2016, when the theme of 'Otherness' was announced for the 2017 Leeds IMC. At that point, I wrote to express our entirely valid concerns about the combined whiteness and maleness of invited plenary speakers over the years and to suggest a number of very fine people who could be invited to offer an array of diverse and exciting perspectives. I was therefore more than dismayed to see one of the plenary sessions, in particular, play out in utterly reprehensible ways. As a result of this ongoing situation, I am making public both letters below to add to the full context of the present complaints, campaigning and petitioning. I also wish to make it clear that the IMC quickly responded to both letters, assuring me that real and meaningful diversity is their aim and that they are just beginning to assimilate all feedback regarding the 2017 conference.
Liz Herbert McAvoy
1. Letter to IMC, dated 2 August 2016
Re: Equality and Inclusion at the Leeds IMC
I am writing to you in my capacity as President of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) and a member of the UK-based Gender and Medieval Studies group (GMS) steering committee, both of whose presence at the Leeds IMC has been made most welcome and whose contributions have developed considerably over the last decade or so. I am also writing to you in my capacity as a scholar who has attended, contributed to and organized sessions at almost every congress since 1997. The event has therefore proved to be a major point in my annual academic calendar and I have been very pleased to see it grow from strength to strength and to witness its highly successful transition to the city-centre campus under your guidance.
The work of SMFS and GMS at this conference has also served to encourage new generations of scholars of all genders and sexual orientation, who have found in us and at Leeds a supportive space in which to develop their academic careers. Indeed, this is a central part of the SMFS mission, with a new fund having been established this year to facilitate the conference attendance and safe passage of those whom society continues to identify as other and to help challenge the latter term in this capacity. In this context, I was pleased to have been given the opportunity to participate in the additional session on harassment organized by Bettina Bildhauer in July and to witness the widespread concern about academic abuses of privilege and status that the session threw up. These remain pressing issues that will not be going away anywhere soon, of course, and certainly not ones that will comply with being brushed under the carpet.
My reason for writing, in addition to emphasizing the above, is to express SMFS and GMS concern, which I share on a personal level too, on the lack of diversity in terms of the plenary speakers being invited to speak at Leeds. I do not need to point out how overwhelmingly male, white and mainstream these have been to date and I am sure this is not the first time this has been brought to the IMC attention. Even this year, when such issues are very much part of medievalists online conversations and formed part of the discussions at the additional Roundtable, there was only one woman plenary whom, I believe, was sponsored by the Medieval Academy, rather than by the Leeds IMC. In an academic world famously populated with extremely gifted medievalists, it is disappointing, to say the least, to see such a fine and well-structured organization as the Leeds IMC generally closed to all but a very discrete demographic anything but other in terms of plenary invitation. The inevitable arguments about quality and diversity, moreover, that still tend to use the scholarship of older, white, western men as a template, simply do not bear the same weight in 2016 and, in many medievalist circles with a presence at Leeds, this has now become a huge clich something, Im pleased to see, that the conference theme for 2017 has seemingly attempted to address. In many ways, therefore, this is a very appropriate move within the zeitgeist of 2017 and much to be commended. It carries the potential to produce a diverse and intellectually challenging conference participation that breaks down all kinds of barriers. However, we firmly believe that such good work will be readily undermined subjected to ridicule even should a concerted effort to offer diversity of plenary speakers not be consciously made. Indeed, there is little doubt that social media will explode with outrage if the tenets of the conference theme and Call for Papers are not honoured in the IMC choice of plenaries. To have a group of traditionalist male plenaries lecturing a room of diverse peoples on diversity issues and otherness would be, of course, completely untenable, insulting and risible, even a potentially damaging issue easily solved by wider consideration of what actually constitutes the qualitative term suitable.
I believe a good number of people from SMFS and outside have already sent in an array of names of high-achieving, intellectually rigorous and highly respected speakers who both embrace and embody diversity. I would therefore exhort you and your team not only to embrace these suggestions but also to take this opportunity to break through the very limited but deeply entrenched boundaries surrounding the academic demographic of those scholars who have been deemed suitable in the past. As the recent Roundtable (along with a similar one at Kalamazoo in May) and its widespread responses demonstrate, there is an overwhelming desire for change within the enforced hierarchies and privileges of academic culture and a loud call for courage and creative lateral thinking on the part of those desirous of effecting such change. We would dearly love to see the Leeds IMC now take up with enthusiasm what could become a major lead on such change a lead potentially begun with the impetus behind the recent Call; and, were that to happen, both SMFS and GMS would be happy to offer their support in such an endeavour.
Liz Herbert McAvoy, President, Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
2. Email to IMC dated 18 July, 2017
I am grateful for having been copied into correspondence echoing most clearly many of the concerns that have been circulating in SMFS and GMS circles and elsewhere since this particular plenary session at the Leeds IMC, which, in discussing 'otherness' failed to reflect any real sense of diversity at all. This, of course, follows after a flurry of emails to the IMC earlier in the year regarding the need for more diverse plenary speakers – by which we did not mean 'just' women plenary speakers, of course. Whilst fully understanding that, by that time, these particular speakers would have been contracted, our misgivings were wholly upheld by the wholly inappropriate 'joke' made by the moderator regarding issues of colour (and, therefore, race), before the session had even begun. Not only did this demonstrate most publicly a complete lack of understanding of issues he was purporting to be moderating but a complete ignorance of the fact that such issues in academia are very carefully and rigorously theorised, so that platforms for informed and meaningful (never mind productive) discussions are established. With a conference topic such as 'Otherness' offering the presumption of informed and careful theorisation, to have a session like this framed by ill-informed 'humour' reinforcing the untenability of the entire session's set-up, does the IMC no favours at a time when it is clearly trying to get its act in kilter with the twenty-first century world in which its many and diverse members are living. Most people attending Leeds in 2017 are not middle-aged to elderly white men and this needs now to be reflected systemically and systematically, if this great conference series is to retain its reputation and credibility.
I'm a great believer in action speaking louder than words and, in the light of our earlier correspondence regarding the need for far more diverse plenary speakers at the Leeds IMC (and my sending you a list of suggested names in this capacity), I wonder if this Chronicle article should now become the apt watershed for the IMC committee to bite the bullet and demonstrate its real commitment to real – and meaningful – diversity? I know there are a good number of members of that committee who would be more than ready – and extremely well-informed and capable – of taking this forward, and thus save the IMC's reputation from more denigration for what looks from the outside to be ill thought-through policies based on a bygone age.
Liz Herbert McAvoy, President Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
One Response to President's letters to Leeds IMC re. diversity and inclusivity
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