Monday, October 18, 2021
La Pologne et la Hongrie suspendues aux fonds européens
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Dans leur bras de fer avec Bruxelles sur l’État de droit, les deux pays risquent gros: des milliards de subventions.
Attendu de pied ferme par un Parlement de Strasbourg très remonté, le premier ministre polonais, Mateusz Morawiecki, devrait l’assurer, ce mardi matin, de sa «loyauté» à l’Union européenne. Après l’arrêt du Tribunal constitutionnel du 7 octobre déclarant la primauté du droit polonais sur celui de l’UE, les eurodéputés pressent la présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, de déclencher enfin la procédure «État de droit», qui priverait des précieux subsides communautaires les pays membres qui ne respectent pas les règles. » | Par Florentin Collomp | lundi 18 octobre 2021
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Der Mann für die grossen Überraschungen: Peter Marki-Zay fordert Ungarns Ministerpräsidenten Orban heraus: Der Bürgermeister einer Kleinstadt gewinnt unerwartet klar die oppositionellen Vorwahlen. Sein Konservatismus ist sein grosser Trumpf – und eine Quelle der Spannungen im heterogenen Parteienbündnis, das ihn unterstützt. »
Attendu de pied ferme par un Parlement de Strasbourg très remonté, le premier ministre polonais, Mateusz Morawiecki, devrait l’assurer, ce mardi matin, de sa «loyauté» à l’Union européenne. Après l’arrêt du Tribunal constitutionnel du 7 octobre déclarant la primauté du droit polonais sur celui de l’UE, les eurodéputés pressent la présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, de déclencher enfin la procédure «État de droit», qui priverait des précieux subsides communautaires les pays membres qui ne respectent pas les règles. » | Par Florentin Collomp | lundi 18 octobre 2021
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Der Mann für die grossen Überraschungen: Peter Marki-Zay fordert Ungarns Ministerpräsidenten Orban heraus: Der Bürgermeister einer Kleinstadt gewinnt unerwartet klar die oppositionellen Vorwahlen. Sein Konservatismus ist sein grosser Trumpf – und eine Quelle der Spannungen im heterogenen Parteienbündnis, das ihn unterstützt. »
Homosexuality: It's about Survival - Not Sex | James O'Keefe | TEDxTallaght
Nov 15, 2016 • This passionate talk from Dr. James O'Keefe MD gives us a deeply personal and fascinating insight into why homosexuality is indeed a necessary and extraordinarily useful cog in nature's wheel of perfection.
James H O'Keefe MD, is a Board Certified Cardiologist and Director of both the Charles & Barbara Duboc Cardio Health & Wellness Center and the Preventive Cardiology service at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute. He is also Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His postgraduate training included a cardiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr O’Keefe is board-certified in Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Cardiac CT Imaging. He is consistently ranked among the ‘Top Doctor’ lists regionally and nationally as one of America’s Top Rated Physicians in Cardiology. He has been named as one of USA Today’s Most Influential Doctors. Dr O’Keefe has contributed more than 300 articles to the medical literature and has authored best-selling cardiovascular books for health professionals including: The Complete Guide to ECGs (which is used for Cardiology Board Certification), Dyslipidemia Essentials, and Diabetes Essential.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Since this video was made, homosexuality in India has been decriminalised. India's Supreme Court legalised consensual gay sex on September 6, 2018.
These two WIKIPEDIA links on homosexuality in India are very informative: Homosexuality in India amd LGBT rights in India. – Mark
James H O'Keefe MD, is a Board Certified Cardiologist and Director of both the Charles & Barbara Duboc Cardio Health & Wellness Center and the Preventive Cardiology service at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute. He is also Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His postgraduate training included a cardiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr O’Keefe is board-certified in Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Cardiac CT Imaging. He is consistently ranked among the ‘Top Doctor’ lists regionally and nationally as one of America’s Top Rated Physicians in Cardiology. He has been named as one of USA Today’s Most Influential Doctors. Dr O’Keefe has contributed more than 300 articles to the medical literature and has authored best-selling cardiovascular books for health professionals including: The Complete Guide to ECGs (which is used for Cardiology Board Certification), Dyslipidemia Essentials, and Diabetes Essential.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Since this video was made, homosexuality in India has been decriminalised. India's Supreme Court legalised consensual gay sex on September 6, 2018.
These two WIKIPEDIA links on homosexuality in India are very informative: Homosexuality in India amd LGBT rights in India. – Mark
Elegant Chinese Jewish Gay Wedding • Michael & Neil
Jul 24, 2020 • Michael & Neil’s wedding weekend was elegant, sophisticated, and truly special. These two grooms are literally from different corners of the globe. Michael is Turkish – Swiss – Russian and wished to include his Jewish traditions into the ceremony. Neil is Chinese from Shanghai and also wanted to represent his culture on their wedding day. Both men wanted to incorporate their families, their heritage, and traditions into the ceremony, which made it all so meaningful and rich.
The dynamic two met when Michael was visiting the hotel that Neil was managing. They quickly locked eyes, and to say the least, hit it off immediately. With many trips across the ocean to see one another, they fell in love while exploring the world together.
Neil proposed in front of Michael’s family at an intimate dinner with a ring that was custom made. Each of their wedding rings held a ruby because red is lucky in Chinese culture. The start of many traditions.
Michael was really thoughtful with every detail of the planning process keeping his guest’s happiness as his main priority. Every detail was given the utmost attention, from the guest gifts to the menus, to the entertainment, everything was planned to perfection so his friends & family would have an extraordinary experience during their wedding weekend on the Riviera. …
The dynamic two met when Michael was visiting the hotel that Neil was managing. They quickly locked eyes, and to say the least, hit it off immediately. With many trips across the ocean to see one another, they fell in love while exploring the world together.
Neil proposed in front of Michael’s family at an intimate dinner with a ring that was custom made. Each of their wedding rings held a ruby because red is lucky in Chinese culture. The start of many traditions.
Michael was really thoughtful with every detail of the planning process keeping his guest’s happiness as his main priority. Every detail was given the utmost attention, from the guest gifts to the menus, to the entertainment, everything was planned to perfection so his friends & family would have an extraordinary experience during their wedding weekend on the Riviera. …
Amazing Gay Wedding | Villa Vizcaya Museum & Garden Miami, FL | Hernan & William
Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretary of state and national security adviser, Mr. Powell died on Monday of complications of Covid-19, his family said.
Colin L. Powell in 2004, when he was secretary of state under President George W. Bush in the midst of the Iraq war. | Doug Mills/The New York Times
Colin L. Powell, who in four decades of public life served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser, and whose speech at the United Nations in 2003 helped pave the way for the United States to go to war in Iraq, died on Monday. He was 84.
He died of complications of Covid-19, his family said in a statement. He had been fully vaccinated and was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his family said.
Mr. Powell was a path breaker serving as the country’s first African American national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state. Beginning with his 35 years in the Army, Mr. Powell was emblematic of the ability of minorities to use the military as a ladder of opportunity.
His was a classic American success story. Born in Harlem of Jamaican parents, Mr. Powell grew up in the South Bronx and graduated from City College of New York, joining the Army through ROTC. From a young second lieutenant commissioned in the dawn of a newly desegregated Army, Mr. Powell served two decorated combat tours in Vietnam. He later was national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan at the end of the Cold War, helping negotiate arms treaties and an era of cooperation with the Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev. » | Eric Schmitt | Monday, October 18, 2021
Der Irak machte ihn gross und demütigte ihn – Colin Powell ist im Alter von 84 Jahren gestorben: Colin Powell wurde nach dem ersten Golfkrieg von 1991 als Held gefeiert. Aber seine Rolle bei der Vorbereitung des zweiten Irak-Feldzugs wertete er später selbst als Schandfleck in seiner Karriere. »
Colin Powell, secrétaire d'État sous George W. Bush, est décédé du Covid-19 : Il est décédé à l'âge de 84 ans ce lundi. Connu pour son allocution de 2003 sur les armes de destruction massives prétendument détenues par l'Irak, il avait par la suite qualifié ce moment de «tache» sur sa réputation. »
Colin L. Powell, who in four decades of public life served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser, and whose speech at the United Nations in 2003 helped pave the way for the United States to go to war in Iraq, died on Monday. He was 84.
He died of complications of Covid-19, his family said in a statement. He had been fully vaccinated and was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his family said.
Mr. Powell was a path breaker serving as the country’s first African American national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state. Beginning with his 35 years in the Army, Mr. Powell was emblematic of the ability of minorities to use the military as a ladder of opportunity.
His was a classic American success story. Born in Harlem of Jamaican parents, Mr. Powell grew up in the South Bronx and graduated from City College of New York, joining the Army through ROTC. From a young second lieutenant commissioned in the dawn of a newly desegregated Army, Mr. Powell served two decorated combat tours in Vietnam. He later was national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan at the end of the Cold War, helping negotiate arms treaties and an era of cooperation with the Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev. » | Eric Schmitt | Monday, October 18, 2021
Der Irak machte ihn gross und demütigte ihn – Colin Powell ist im Alter von 84 Jahren gestorben: Colin Powell wurde nach dem ersten Golfkrieg von 1991 als Held gefeiert. Aber seine Rolle bei der Vorbereitung des zweiten Irak-Feldzugs wertete er später selbst als Schandfleck in seiner Karriere. »
Colin Powell, secrétaire d'État sous George W. Bush, est décédé du Covid-19 : Il est décédé à l'âge de 84 ans ce lundi. Connu pour son allocution de 2003 sur les armes de destruction massives prétendument détenues par l'Irak, il avait par la suite qualifié ce moment de «tache» sur sa réputation. »
Bank of England Will Have to Act to Curb Inflation, Says Bailey
THE GUARDIAN: Governor signals central bank is preparing to raise interest rates amid surge in energy prices
The Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, said he continued to believe the recent jump in inflation would be temporary. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
The governor of the Bank of England has warned it will “have to act” to curb rising inflation, sending a new signal that it is gearing up to raise interest rates.
Andrew Bailey said he continued to believe the recent jump in inflation would be temporary, but he predicted a surge in energy prices would push it higher and make its climb last longer, increasing the risk of higher inflation expectations.
“Monetary policy cannot solve supply-side problems – but it will have to act and must do so if we see a risk, particularly to medium-term inflation and to medium-term inflation expectations,” Bailey said on Sunday during an online panel discussion organised by the Group of 30 consultative group. » | Guardian staff and agency | Monday, October 18, 2021
The governor of the Bank of England has warned it will “have to act” to curb rising inflation, sending a new signal that it is gearing up to raise interest rates.
Andrew Bailey said he continued to believe the recent jump in inflation would be temporary, but he predicted a surge in energy prices would push it higher and make its climb last longer, increasing the risk of higher inflation expectations.
“Monetary policy cannot solve supply-side problems – but it will have to act and must do so if we see a risk, particularly to medium-term inflation and to medium-term inflation expectations,” Bailey said on Sunday during an online panel discussion organised by the Group of 30 consultative group. » | Guardian staff and agency | Monday, October 18, 2021
Inside Peter Thiel’s Shadowy Political Dealings | The Mehdi Hasan Show
Sep 24, 2021 • Peter Thiel is a tech billionaire with influence in both Silicon Valley and… far-right politics? Max Chafkin, who wrote the biography on the mogul, joins the show.
The Mehdi Hasan Show: Insightful reporting and probing interviews that examine the day's events and provide a deeper level of context for the politics of our interconnected society.
The Mehdi Hasan Show: Insightful reporting and probing interviews that examine the day's events and provide a deeper level of context for the politics of our interconnected society.
Rachel Maddow: RNC's Openly Gay Speaker Peter Thiel a 'Tough Nut' | MSNBC | 2016
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Paris Allemand, de Dominique Veillon: les visages du Paris de l’Occupation
LE FIGARO : La vie quotidienne dans la capitale sous l’étau allemand à travers récits et témoignages vécus.
Il y a plusieurs livres dans Paris Allemand, de Dominique Veillon, où l’historienne a pour ambition d’«essayer de comprendre les réactions de la population parisienne alors qu’elle est placée dans une situation particulière: sous l’étau allemand, sans gouvernement et en proie à des difficultés de toutes sortes». Les «difficultés de toutes sortes» sont celles auxquelles la plupart d’entre nous, qui ont toujours mangé à leur faim dans des appartements chauffés, n’ont jamais été confrontés. Si certains ont oublié ce qu’a signifié concrètement l’occupation allemande - on se souvient du mot si frivole de Sartre: «On n’a jamais été plus libre que sous l’Occupation» -, la lecture du livre de Dominique Veillon leur sera fort utile. Grâce notamment aux rapports des Renseignements généraux et à des fonds d’archives diverses (Archives nationales, Musée Jean-Moulin, Musée du Général Leclerc…), mais aussi aux journaux et témoignages intimes de personnalités publiques ou privées qui ont vécu cette période, Dominique Veillon dresse le tableau des situations que la population parisienne dut endurer, en particulier durant les terribles hivers 1941 et 1942. » | Par Paul-François Paoli | mercredi 10 février 2021
Zemmour, un «révisionniste» pro-Vichy, fustige Beaune
LE FIGARO : Les propos du candidat non déclaré à la présidentielle de 2022 sont «à vomir», a estimé ce dimanche le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires européenne.
Les propos d'Éric Zemmour réhabilitant le régime de Vichy relèvent du «révisionnisme et de l'antisémitisme traditionnel» et sont «à vomir», a estimé dimanche le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires européenne, Clément Beaune, au Forum de Radio J.
Le polémiste, qui ne cache pas ses ambitions présidentielles, affirme notamment que le maréchal Pétain, chef du régime de Vichy, a sauvé des juifs français. «Eric Zemmour, c'est l'un des visages de ce qui est une longue tradition dans notre pays, l'extrême droite française haineuse antisémite (...) Il (en) est l'un des visages temporaires mais dangereux », a lancé Clément Beaune. «Le mythe du Pétain protecteur des juifs ne résiste pas une seconde à l'analyse historique (...) M. Zemmour se pare de mensonges historiques scandaleux», a ajouté le secrétaire d'État. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | dimanche 17 octobre 2021
The Guardian view on French politics: the great moving right show: The tone of France’s presidential election campaign suggests a society that is becoming increasingly illiberal – Since the election of Emmanuel Macron as president in 2017, it has been tempting to view French politics in somewhat Manichean terms. Four years ago, Mr Macron won by (comfortably) beating Marine Le Pen in the second round runoff. Until this autumn, it seemed extremely likely that next spring’s election would be a rematch. Division and disarray on the French left, and the continuing slump of the centre-right Républicains party, left voters with a seemingly stark choice: centrist liberalism or far-right nationalism. This normalisation of the Le Pen dynasty was bad enough. But recent polls suggest a more complicated picture; and from a progressive standpoint, perhaps a more disturbing one. »
L’armée canadienne décimée par les scandales sexuels
LE FIGARO : Les principaux hauts gradés des Forces armées canadiennes (FAC) font face à des accusations de harcèlement et ont été évincés.
«Une autre allégation d’inconduite sexuelle contre un haut gradé», a titré ce samedi Le Journal de Montréal. L’accusé est le chef du commandement du personnel militaire, Steven Whelan. Ce lieutenant général, également chargé de lutter contre les inconduites sexuelles dans l’armée, a remplacé en milieu d’année un autre militaire soupçonné de harcèlement sexuel. Autre accusé, le futur chef de l’armée de terre, Trevor Cadieu. Il a dû renoncer à sa promotion mercredi dernier. » | Par Ludovic Hirtzmann | dimanche 17 octobre 2021
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Délices des Grisons : Les plats typiques des Grisons | ARTE
Oct 10, 2021 • Situé dans les Alpes suisses, le canton des Grisons est surtout connu pour sa viande séchée et ses tartes aux noix. Phénomène rare, une espèce locale de pin, l'arole, aussi appelé pin arve, y est également utilisée en cuisine pour ses qualités aromatiques.
Dans ces montagnes des Alpes suisses, les étés sont courts, il faut donc des légumes résistants, comme les blettes. Leurs grandes feuilles permettent de préparer des roulades dont la farce se décline à l'infini. L’orge pousse aussi dans ces contrées. On l'accommode sous forme de potage avec des cubes de viande des Grisons. Phénomène rare, une espèce locale de pin, l'arole, aussi appelé pin arve, est également utilisée en cuisine pour ses qualités aromatiques. Menuisière et adepte de plats traditionnels, Barbara Schuler-Rozzi le travaille de moult façons : ses copeaux donnent du goût aux glaces quand ses planches composent des lits dans lesquels il fait bon dormir grâce aux subtiles huiles essentielles que le bois exhale.
Série documentaire (Allemagne, 2016, 26mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 09/11/2021
Diese Sendung auf Deutsch befindet sich hier
Dans ces montagnes des Alpes suisses, les étés sont courts, il faut donc des légumes résistants, comme les blettes. Leurs grandes feuilles permettent de préparer des roulades dont la farce se décline à l'infini. L’orge pousse aussi dans ces contrées. On l'accommode sous forme de potage avec des cubes de viande des Grisons. Phénomène rare, une espèce locale de pin, l'arole, aussi appelé pin arve, est également utilisée en cuisine pour ses qualités aromatiques. Menuisière et adepte de plats traditionnels, Barbara Schuler-Rozzi le travaille de moult façons : ses copeaux donnent du goût aux glaces quand ses planches composent des lits dans lesquels il fait bon dormir grâce aux subtiles huiles essentielles que le bois exhale.
Série documentaire (Allemagne, 2016, 26mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 09/11/2021
Diese Sendung auf Deutsch befindet sich hier
France Accuses UK of Violating Brexit Fishing Deal | DW News
Wo die Liebe hinfällt | SWR Nachtcafé
Former Models Expose the Ugly Truth of the Beauty Industry | 60 Minutes Australia
Viewer discretion is advised. This video is about filth in the fashion industry/modelling world and is DEFINITELY NOT suitable for children. – Mark
Ros Atkins on… China-Taiwan Tensions - BBC News
Another Meaningless Slogan – Low-skill/Low-pay to High-skill/High-pay?
Oct 17, 2021 • To cheers from the audience at the Tory party conference, Boris Johnson announced his plan to transform the UK economy from a low-skill//low-pay to high-skill/high-pay economy.
This is just another meaningless slogan. The UK has no chance of ever becoming a high tech centre to match Silicon Valley or Shenzhen in China. It is far too late. It is right that we should train those who are interested in tech and that we should do everything to develop this sector but, however successful, this will take years and will in no way affect the lives or jobs of the vast majority of the current workforce.
This is just another meaningless slogan. The UK has no chance of ever becoming a high tech centre to match Silicon Valley or Shenzhen in China. It is far too late. It is right that we should train those who are interested in tech and that we should do everything to develop this sector but, however successful, this will take years and will in no way affect the lives or jobs of the vast majority of the current workforce.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Hits Out at Government Handling of Case
THE OBSERVER: Richard Ratcliffe criticises failure to ‘deal with problems until they become crises’ after wife loses appeal
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter, Gabriella, during a temporary release from prison in 2018.Photograph: Free Nazanin campaign/AFP/Getty Images
The husband of jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe last night criticised the government’s handling of his wife’s case after it was revealed she had lost her appeal against a second jail sentence in Iran.
Richard Ratcliffe accused the government of failing to deal with problems “until they become crises”.
His wife was jailed for five years in 2016 after being accused of plotting against the regime. After her release earlier this year, she was charged and sentenced to another year allegedly for spreading propaganda.
Following the failure of her appeal in the propaganda case, Zaghari-Ratcliffe can be sent back to prison at any time.
Her husband said his wife was “traumatised at the thought of having to go back to jail”. » | David Connett | Saturday, October 16, 2021
The husband of jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe last night criticised the government’s handling of his wife’s case after it was revealed she had lost her appeal against a second jail sentence in Iran.
Richard Ratcliffe accused the government of failing to deal with problems “until they become crises”.
His wife was jailed for five years in 2016 after being accused of plotting against the regime. After her release earlier this year, she was charged and sentenced to another year allegedly for spreading propaganda.
Following the failure of her appeal in the propaganda case, Zaghari-Ratcliffe can be sent back to prison at any time.
Her husband said his wife was “traumatised at the thought of having to go back to jail”. » | David Connett | Saturday, October 16, 2021
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Die letzten Tabus - was keiner wissen darf | SWR Nachtcafé
Pete Buttigieg Hits Back at Fox News Host’s Criticism of His Paternity Leave
THE GUARDIAN: The US transportation secretary and his husband recently adopted newborn twins and praised ‘an administration that’s actually pro-family’
Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, recently adopted newborn twins. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP
US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has been on paternity leave since mid-August with newborn twins, called right-wing attacks on his paternity leave “strange” and from “a side of the aisle that used to claim the mantle of being pro-family”.
Buttigieg – who is gay – was the subject of criticism from Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday, who belittled the secretary’s paternity leave while making homophobic comments and criticizing the administration for supply chain woes.
“In his case, I guess he just doesn’t understand the concept of bottle feeding let alone the concept of paternity lave,” Buttigieg said about Carlson on MSNBC. “What we have right now is an administration that’s actually pro-family,” said Buttigieg, who adopted newborn twins with his husband Chasten.
“I’m blessed to experience that as an employee, being able to have the flexibility to take care of our newborn children, which is by the way, work, it’s joyful work, it’s wonderful work, but it’s definitely work,” Buttigieg added. » | Jessica Glenza | Saturday, October 16, 2021
Tucker Carlson's snide dismissal of paternity leave is in stark contrast to his colleagues' fervent support »
US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has been on paternity leave since mid-August with newborn twins, called right-wing attacks on his paternity leave “strange” and from “a side of the aisle that used to claim the mantle of being pro-family”.
Buttigieg – who is gay – was the subject of criticism from Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday, who belittled the secretary’s paternity leave while making homophobic comments and criticizing the administration for supply chain woes.
“In his case, I guess he just doesn’t understand the concept of bottle feeding let alone the concept of paternity lave,” Buttigieg said about Carlson on MSNBC. “What we have right now is an administration that’s actually pro-family,” said Buttigieg, who adopted newborn twins with his husband Chasten.
“I’m blessed to experience that as an employee, being able to have the flexibility to take care of our newborn children, which is by the way, work, it’s joyful work, it’s wonderful work, but it’s definitely work,” Buttigieg added. » | Jessica Glenza | Saturday, October 16, 2021
Tucker Carlson's snide dismissal of paternity leave is in stark contrast to his colleagues' fervent support »
Love and Sex in the Internet Age | DW Documentary
Nov 18, 2020 • The singles market is big and online dating businesses are booming. Digitalization seems to make finding the perfect mate simple. All it takes is a pair of clicks and you're in the "dating zone."
More than 20 million people live as singles in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Millions of them today use dating platforms, particularly apps. "That we kicked off a revolution - we certainly didn't expect that. Everything we do is aimed at directly linking people to each other. Today, no one has to be in a certain place in order to get acquainted," says Whitney Wolfe, about the most successful international dating app, Tinder. Wolfe is now the CEO of the dating app Bumble. The intuitive selection of a photo on a smartphone and access to others with similar interests (the famous "match") is a popular matchmaking principle today.
The big online dating services, on the other hand, use tests and algorithms to allegedly decide who's right for whom. The process is painstaking and mysterious. The formula that underpins German dating site Parship was developed by psychologist Hugo Schmale, who's now 87. Yet even he doesn't believe in love for life: "The boys and girls of tomorrow are all going to live to be 90. If they first meet each other at fifteen, then that's a strange idea, that they would remain in the same relationship from fifteen to 90. It's normal that people change and you need the chance to be able to split up again, too." Historian Moira Weigel says dating has long shared much with the world of work, and not just in the Internet age. Self-promotion and self-improvement aren't exclusive to the smartphone era. Sociologist Eva Illouz, however, warns that capitalism has appropriated love itself. This documentary takes the viewer into the world of online dating and tries to discover how courtship has changed in the digital age.
More than 20 million people live as singles in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Millions of them today use dating platforms, particularly apps. "That we kicked off a revolution - we certainly didn't expect that. Everything we do is aimed at directly linking people to each other. Today, no one has to be in a certain place in order to get acquainted," says Whitney Wolfe, about the most successful international dating app, Tinder. Wolfe is now the CEO of the dating app Bumble. The intuitive selection of a photo on a smartphone and access to others with similar interests (the famous "match") is a popular matchmaking principle today.
The big online dating services, on the other hand, use tests and algorithms to allegedly decide who's right for whom. The process is painstaking and mysterious. The formula that underpins German dating site Parship was developed by psychologist Hugo Schmale, who's now 87. Yet even he doesn't believe in love for life: "The boys and girls of tomorrow are all going to live to be 90. If they first meet each other at fifteen, then that's a strange idea, that they would remain in the same relationship from fifteen to 90. It's normal that people change and you need the chance to be able to split up again, too." Historian Moira Weigel says dating has long shared much with the world of work, and not just in the Internet age. Self-promotion and self-improvement aren't exclusive to the smartphone era. Sociologist Eva Illouz, however, warns that capitalism has appropriated love itself. This documentary takes the viewer into the world of online dating and tries to discover how courtship has changed in the digital age.
David Amess: MP’s Killing Declared a Terrorist Incident
THE GUARDIAN: Man, 25, in custody as police investigate ‘potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism’
The killing of the Conservative MP David Amess, who died after being stabbed several times at an open advice surgery for his constituents in Essex, has been declared as a terrorist incident.
The death of the 69-year-old veteran backbencher brought heartfelt tributes from all parties. Just five years after the murder of Jo Cox, it also prompted renewed worries about the security risks for MPs in an increasingly rancorous and polarised political era.
A 25-year-old man, believed to be a Briton with Somali heritage, is in custody and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Sources have told the Guardian he has the same details as someone who had previously been referred to the Prevent scheme, the official programme for those thought at risk of radicalisation. » | Peter Walker, Vikram Dodd, Matthew Weaver and Dan Sabbagh | Saturday, October 16, 2021
Le meurtre du député britannique David Amess qualifié d'attaque terroriste »
OBITUARY: Sir David Amess »
The killing of the Conservative MP David Amess, who died after being stabbed several times at an open advice surgery for his constituents in Essex, has been declared as a terrorist incident.
The death of the 69-year-old veteran backbencher brought heartfelt tributes from all parties. Just five years after the murder of Jo Cox, it also prompted renewed worries about the security risks for MPs in an increasingly rancorous and polarised political era.
A 25-year-old man, believed to be a Briton with Somali heritage, is in custody and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Sources have told the Guardian he has the same details as someone who had previously been referred to the Prevent scheme, the official programme for those thought at risk of radicalisation. » | Peter Walker, Vikram Dodd, Matthew Weaver and Dan Sabbagh | Saturday, October 16, 2021
Le meurtre du député britannique David Amess qualifié d'attaque terroriste »
OBITUARY: Sir David Amess »
Friday, October 15, 2021
Marie-Antoinette, ils ont jugé la reine | ARTE
Oct 14, 2021 • Disponible jusqu'au 14/01/2022 Dévoilant les arcanes d’un procès truqué, cette ambitieuse fiction historique livre la chronique rigoureusement documentée des derniers jours de Marie-Antoinette et du basculement de la Révolution dans la Terreur.
21 janvier 1793. Louis XVI est guillotiné en place publique, sous les clameurs de la foule. Pour les chefs révolutionnaires se pose, dès lors, la question du sort de Marie-Antoinette, enfermée au Temple avec ses enfants et sa belle-sœur. Alors que la jeune République est menacée en son sein par l’insurrection de la Vendée royaliste, et à ses frontières par une coalition de monarchies européennes, la Convention nationale vote, en avril, la création du Comité de salut public, principal et bientôt tout-puissant organe du gouvernement révolutionnaire. Le 2 août, la souveraine déchue, désormais privée des siens et de ses derniers biens, est transférée à la Conciergerie, dans l’attente de son jugement. Antoine Fouquier-Tinville, l’accusateur public du Tribunal révolutionnaire, et le pamphlétaire Jacques-René Hébert, qui déverse sa haine de "l’Autrichienne" dans les pages de son très populaire journal, Le père Duchesne, pressent Robespierre de fixer une date. Dans la nuit du 2 au 3 septembre, alors même que la dernière tentative d’évasion de la reine échoue, les membres du Comité de salut public, réunis en secret, scellent son destin funeste. En offrant au peuple la tête de "la veuve Capet", Robespierre a trouvé un moyen de faire tomber celles de ses opposants politiques (les Girondins, modérés), emportés par les débordements sanglants de la Terreur qui s’instaure. Témoignages contradictoires, absence de preuves, jury de sans-culottes recrutés par les hommes forts du régime, avocats de la défense arrêtés à l’issue de leurs plaidoiries : le 16 octobre, au terme d’un simulacre de procès qui aura duré seulement deux jours et deux nuits, Marie-Antoinette est condamnée à mort, puis conduite à l’échafaud quelques heures plus tard.
21 janvier 1793. Louis XVI est guillotiné en place publique, sous les clameurs de la foule. Pour les chefs révolutionnaires se pose, dès lors, la question du sort de Marie-Antoinette, enfermée au Temple avec ses enfants et sa belle-sœur. Alors que la jeune République est menacée en son sein par l’insurrection de la Vendée royaliste, et à ses frontières par une coalition de monarchies européennes, la Convention nationale vote, en avril, la création du Comité de salut public, principal et bientôt tout-puissant organe du gouvernement révolutionnaire. Le 2 août, la souveraine déchue, désormais privée des siens et de ses derniers biens, est transférée à la Conciergerie, dans l’attente de son jugement. Antoine Fouquier-Tinville, l’accusateur public du Tribunal révolutionnaire, et le pamphlétaire Jacques-René Hébert, qui déverse sa haine de "l’Autrichienne" dans les pages de son très populaire journal, Le père Duchesne, pressent Robespierre de fixer une date. Dans la nuit du 2 au 3 septembre, alors même que la dernière tentative d’évasion de la reine échoue, les membres du Comité de salut public, réunis en secret, scellent son destin funeste. En offrant au peuple la tête de "la veuve Capet", Robespierre a trouvé un moyen de faire tomber celles de ses opposants politiques (les Girondins, modérés), emportés par les débordements sanglants de la Terreur qui s’instaure. Témoignages contradictoires, absence de preuves, jury de sans-culottes recrutés par les hommes forts du régime, avocats de la défense arrêtés à l’issue de leurs plaidoiries : le 16 octobre, au terme d’un simulacre de procès qui aura duré seulement deux jours et deux nuits, Marie-Antoinette est condamnée à mort, puis conduite à l’échafaud quelques heures plus tard.
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A Year Later, a Schoolteacher’s Beheading Still Haunts France
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The killing of Samuel Paty by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee intensified debate over security and immigration, and prompted intense scrutiny of the French secular model.
Students at a high school in Paris on Friday participating in a minute of silence to honor Samuel Paty, a teacher who was beheaded last year by an Islamist fanatic. | Ian Langsdon/EPA, via Shutterstock
PARIS — Most schools throughout France observed a minute of silence on Friday in remembrance of Samuel Paty, a teacher whose attempt to illustrate free speech to his students led to his beheading a year ago by an Islamist fanatic.
As a history teacher, Mr. Paty was responsible for teaching civics. To illustrate the right to blasphemy, free speech and freedom of conscience, he showed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, setting in motion a swirl of lies and rumor that ended in his beheading.
The police investigation, it emerged in March, revealed that the girl who told her father, Brahim Chnina, a false version of what had taken place in the class and prompted the online frenzy that led to the killing had not been in the class at all.
The girl told the police that Mr. Paty had questioned all students on their religious allegiance, let Muslims know that they could leave because “they would be shocked” and then ordered her out of the class for causing a ruckus while images of a naked Prophet were shown. But the story was made-up; she was never there. » | Roger Cohen | Friday, October 15, 2021
PARIS — Most schools throughout France observed a minute of silence on Friday in remembrance of Samuel Paty, a teacher whose attempt to illustrate free speech to his students led to his beheading a year ago by an Islamist fanatic.
As a history teacher, Mr. Paty was responsible for teaching civics. To illustrate the right to blasphemy, free speech and freedom of conscience, he showed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, setting in motion a swirl of lies and rumor that ended in his beheading.
The police investigation, it emerged in March, revealed that the girl who told her father, Brahim Chnina, a false version of what had taken place in the class and prompted the online frenzy that led to the killing had not been in the class at all.
The girl told the police that Mr. Paty had questioned all students on their religious allegiance, let Muslims know that they could leave because “they would be shocked” and then ordered her out of the class for causing a ruckus while images of a naked Prophet were shown. But the story was made-up; she was never there. » | Roger Cohen | Friday, October 15, 2021
Der Versorgungskollaps im «Winter der Unzufriedenheit» veränderte Grossbritannien für immer – holt Boris Johnson die Geschichte ein?
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die Pandemie und der Brexit sorgen für Engpässe, die Erinnerungen an den Winter 1979 wecken. Damals brach Grossbritannien unter einer Streikwelle zusammen, bevor ein politisches Erdbeben Premierminister Callaghan aus dem Amt katapultierte. Doch droht sich die Geschichte wirklich zu wiederholen?
Nein, Grossbritannien werde im Winter der Strom nicht ausgehen. Und ja, die Ängste vor einer Dreitagewoche zum Energiesparen seien «alarmistisch, wenig hilfreich und völlig deplatziert». Schon nur der Umstand, dass der Wirtschaftsminister Kwasi Kwarteng jüngst solche Fragen beantworten musste, sagt einiges über die Stimmungslage in Grossbritannien aus. » | Niklaus Nuspliger, London | Freitag, 15. Oktober 2021
Nein, Grossbritannien werde im Winter der Strom nicht ausgehen. Und ja, die Ängste vor einer Dreitagewoche zum Energiesparen seien «alarmistisch, wenig hilfreich und völlig deplatziert». Schon nur der Umstand, dass der Wirtschaftsminister Kwasi Kwarteng jüngst solche Fragen beantworten musste, sagt einiges über die Stimmungslage in Grossbritannien aus. » | Niklaus Nuspliger, London | Freitag, 15. Oktober 2021
Deadly Clashes in Beirut Escalate Fears over Lebanon’s Dysfunction
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The fighting further traumatized the small Mediterranean country, a patchwork of sects that has tumbled into an abyss of devastating political and economic crises.
Protests led by Shiite political parties, including Hezbollah, turned violent as the groups pushed for the removal of the judge investigating the August 2020 Beirut Port explosion.Credit | Anwar Amro/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Armed clashes between sectarian militias transformed Beirut neighborhoods into a deadly war zone on Thursday, raising fears that violence could fill the void left by the near-collapse of the Lebanese state.
Rival gunmen, chanting in support of their leaders, hid behind cars and dumpsters to fire automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at their rivals. At least six people were killed and 30 wounded. Residents cowered in their homes, and teachers herded children into the hallways and basements of schools to protect them from the shooting.
It was some of the worst violence in years to convulse Beirut, aggravating the sense of instability in a small country already buffeted by devastating political and economic crises and inviting recollections of its civil war that ended more than three decades ago.
Since the fall of 2019, Lebanon’s currency has plummeted more than 90 percent in value, battering the economy and reducing Lebanese who were comfortably middle class to poverty. The World Bank has said Lebanon’s economic collapse could rank among the three worst in the world since the mid-1800s. » | Ben Hubbard and Marc Santora | Published: Thursday, October 14, 2021; Updated: Friday, October 15, 2021
Le Liban à nouveau face au spectre de la guerre civile : RÉCIT - Des échanges de tirs ont fait au moins six morts en marge d’une manifestation organisée par les mouvements chiites Hezbollah et Amal contre le juge en charge de l’enquête sur l’explosion du port de Beyrouth. »
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Armed clashes between sectarian militias transformed Beirut neighborhoods into a deadly war zone on Thursday, raising fears that violence could fill the void left by the near-collapse of the Lebanese state.
Rival gunmen, chanting in support of their leaders, hid behind cars and dumpsters to fire automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at their rivals. At least six people were killed and 30 wounded. Residents cowered in their homes, and teachers herded children into the hallways and basements of schools to protect them from the shooting.
It was some of the worst violence in years to convulse Beirut, aggravating the sense of instability in a small country already buffeted by devastating political and economic crises and inviting recollections of its civil war that ended more than three decades ago.
Since the fall of 2019, Lebanon’s currency has plummeted more than 90 percent in value, battering the economy and reducing Lebanese who were comfortably middle class to poverty. The World Bank has said Lebanon’s economic collapse could rank among the three worst in the world since the mid-1800s. » | Ben Hubbard and Marc Santora | Published: Thursday, October 14, 2021; Updated: Friday, October 15, 2021
Le Liban à nouveau face au spectre de la guerre civile : RÉCIT - Des échanges de tirs ont fait au moins six morts en marge d’une manifestation organisée par les mouvements chiites Hezbollah et Amal contre le juge en charge de l’enquête sur l’explosion du port de Beyrouth. »
MP David Amess Dies after Being Stabbed at Constituency Surgery
THE GUARDIAN: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after Conservative MP attacked at church in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex
David Amess pictured in May. He is the second MP to be killed in just over five years, following the murder of Jo Cox. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock
The Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after he was stabbed several times during a surgery at his constituency in Essex.
Amess, 69, an MP since 1983 and who represented Southend West in Essex since 1997, was stabbed several times at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. He is the second MP to be killed in just over five years, following the murder of Jo Cox.
Essex police said a 25-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder. Officers were called to the scene at about 12.05pm on Friday, a statement said, adding: “We attended and found a man injured. He was treated by emergency services but, sadly, died at the scene.”
The statement did not name Amess as the victim, but sources have confirmed to the Guardian that the MP had died. » | Peter Walker | Friday, October 15, 2021
Longtime U.K. Lawmaker Stabbed to Death, Stunning Britain »
Meurtre du député britannique David Amess : l'enquête confiée aux services antiterroristes : Cinq ans après celui de la députée travailliste Jo Cox, le meurtre de l'élu conservateur ébranle tout le Royaume-Uni. Un homme de 25 ans a été arrêté. »
Der Mord an einem Abgeordneten ist auch ein Schlag für die politische Kultur Grossbritanniens: Ein Tory-Abgeordneter kommt bei einem Messerangriff ums Leben. Über die Hintergründe der Tat, der ein 25-Jähriger verdächtigt wird, gibt es zunächst keine Informationen, die Ermittler prüfen ein mögliches terroristisches Motiv. Der Fall erinnert an den Mord an der Labour-Abgeordneten Jo Cox im Jahr 2016 vor dem Brexit-Referendum. »
The Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after he was stabbed several times during a surgery at his constituency in Essex.
Amess, 69, an MP since 1983 and who represented Southend West in Essex since 1997, was stabbed several times at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. He is the second MP to be killed in just over five years, following the murder of Jo Cox.
Essex police said a 25-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder. Officers were called to the scene at about 12.05pm on Friday, a statement said, adding: “We attended and found a man injured. He was treated by emergency services but, sadly, died at the scene.”
The statement did not name Amess as the victim, but sources have confirmed to the Guardian that the MP had died. » | Peter Walker | Friday, October 15, 2021
Longtime U.K. Lawmaker Stabbed to Death, Stunning Britain »
Meurtre du député britannique David Amess : l'enquête confiée aux services antiterroristes : Cinq ans après celui de la députée travailliste Jo Cox, le meurtre de l'élu conservateur ébranle tout le Royaume-Uni. Un homme de 25 ans a été arrêté. »
Der Mord an einem Abgeordneten ist auch ein Schlag für die politische Kultur Grossbritanniens: Ein Tory-Abgeordneter kommt bei einem Messerangriff ums Leben. Über die Hintergründe der Tat, der ein 25-Jähriger verdächtigt wird, gibt es zunächst keine Informationen, die Ermittler prüfen ein mögliches terroristisches Motiv. Der Fall erinnert an den Mord an der Labour-Abgeordneten Jo Cox im Jahr 2016 vor dem Brexit-Referendum. »
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Xavier Bettel’s Testimony – LGBTI Inclusion in the Workplace
avier Bettel’s testimony (Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) concerning LGBTI inclusion in the professional environment.
The project "LGBTI inclusion in the workplace" aims to raise awareness and provide tools to the company's different audiences to prevent discrimination against LGBTI employees. The testimonies from which this video is taken and multiple actors' contributions were used to construct a good practice guide to collect companies' inclusion ideas. Available on www.imslux.lu.
Project in collaboration with the Lëtzebuerg Diversity Charter, the Ministry of Family, Integration and the Greater Region, and the European Social Fund.
En français :
Témoignage de Xavier Bettel (Premier Ministre du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) concernant l’inclusion des personnes LGBTI dans le monde professionnel.
Le projet « LGBTI inclusion in the workplace » vise à sensibiliser mais également à outiller les différents publics au sein de l’entreprise pour prévenir toute situation de discrimination à l’encontre des collaborateurs ou collaboratrices LGBTI.
La série de témoignages, dont est issue cette vidéo, et les apports de multiples acteurs ont été utilisés dans la construction d’un guide de bonnes pratiques afin de recueillir des idées inspirantes d’actions inclusives. À retrouver sur www.imslux.lu
Projet en collaboration avec la Charte de la Diversité Lëtzebuerg, le Ministère de la Famille, de l’Intégration et à la Grande Région, et le Fonds Social Européen.
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The project "LGBTI inclusion in the workplace" aims to raise awareness and provide tools to the company's different audiences to prevent discrimination against LGBTI employees. The testimonies from which this video is taken and multiple actors' contributions were used to construct a good practice guide to collect companies' inclusion ideas. Available on www.imslux.lu.
Project in collaboration with the Lëtzebuerg Diversity Charter, the Ministry of Family, Integration and the Greater Region, and the European Social Fund.
En français :
Témoignage de Xavier Bettel (Premier Ministre du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) concernant l’inclusion des personnes LGBTI dans le monde professionnel.
Le projet « LGBTI inclusion in the workplace » vise à sensibiliser mais également à outiller les différents publics au sein de l’entreprise pour prévenir toute situation de discrimination à l’encontre des collaborateurs ou collaboratrices LGBTI.
La série de témoignages, dont est issue cette vidéo, et les apports de multiples acteurs ont été utilisés dans la construction d’un guide de bonnes pratiques afin de recueillir des idées inspirantes d’actions inclusives. À retrouver sur www.imslux.lu
Projet en collaboration avec la Charte de la Diversité Lëtzebuerg, le Ministère de la Famille, de l’Intégration et à la Grande Région, et le Fonds Social Européen.
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Oct 14, 2021 • A supply chain crisis is threatening to derail the world's economic recovery from the pandemic. New smartphones, toys, clothes, and even Christmas turkeys are among many items failing to reach consumers.
Container ports in the US and Europe are working at full capacity. Manufacturing hubs in China have slowed down output because of power shortages and high commodity prices.
So, what are the solutions?
Presenter: Imran Khan | Guests: Jas Kalra - Assistant Professor in Supply Chain Management, Newcastle University Business School; Dan Wang - Chief Economist, Hang Seng Bank China; Stavros Karamperidis - Lecturer in Maritime Economics, University of Plymouth.
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So, what are the solutions?
Presenter: Imran Khan | Guests: Jas Kalra - Assistant Professor in Supply Chain Management, Newcastle University Business School; Dan Wang - Chief Economist, Hang Seng Bank China; Stavros Karamperidis - Lecturer in Maritime Economics, University of Plymouth.
Daniel Craig Says He Goes to Gay Bars to Avoid Fights at Straight Venues
THE GUARDIAN: Bond star says he dislikes the aggression of hetero spaces, and gay bars were a good place to meet women
Daniel Craig: ‘[Gay bars] would just be a good place to go.’ Photograph: Valérie Macon/AFP/Getty Images
From his portrayal of a more vulnerable Bond to his cerise suit jacket on the red carpet, Daniel Craig has worked hard to defy expectations of masculinity – so it came as little surprise when the actor revealed he liked to frequent gay bars to avoid the “aggressive dick swinging” of hetero spaces.
“I’ve been going to gay bars for as long as I can remember,” Craig said on the podcast Lunch with Bruce. “One of the reasons: because I don’t get into fights in gay bars that often.”
The 53-year-old said he started going to gay bars when he was young because he wanted to avoid ending up “being in a punch-up” during a night out, which he said happened “quite a lot” in straight venues.
Craig, who has been married to Rachel Weisz for a decade, also said that when he was single it was a good way to meet women.
“[Gay bars] would just be a good place to go,” he said. “Everybody was chill, everybody. You didn’t really have to sort of state your sexuality. It was OK. And it was a very safe place to be. And I could meet girls there, cos there are a lot of girls there for exactly the same reason I was there. It was kind of an ulterior motive.” » | Nadia Khomami, Arts and culture correspondent | Thursday, October 14, 2021
From his portrayal of a more vulnerable Bond to his cerise suit jacket on the red carpet, Daniel Craig has worked hard to defy expectations of masculinity – so it came as little surprise when the actor revealed he liked to frequent gay bars to avoid the “aggressive dick swinging” of hetero spaces.
“I’ve been going to gay bars for as long as I can remember,” Craig said on the podcast Lunch with Bruce. “One of the reasons: because I don’t get into fights in gay bars that often.”
The 53-year-old said he started going to gay bars when he was young because he wanted to avoid ending up “being in a punch-up” during a night out, which he said happened “quite a lot” in straight venues.
Craig, who has been married to Rachel Weisz for a decade, also said that when he was single it was a good way to meet women.
“[Gay bars] would just be a good place to go,” he said. “Everybody was chill, everybody. You didn’t really have to sort of state your sexuality. It was OK. And it was a very safe place to be. And I could meet girls there, cos there are a lot of girls there for exactly the same reason I was there. It was kind of an ulterior motive.” » | Nadia Khomami, Arts and culture correspondent | Thursday, October 14, 2021
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