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Virgin Atlantic has suspended a policy allowing staff to wear gender neutral uniforms on the flight taking England to the World Cup in Qatar. The policy, announced in September, allows staff the option of wearing whichever of the airline’s distinctive uniforms best “expresses how they identify or present themselves”. But the airline said it was being suspended for the flight following a “risk assessment”, which considered “laws and attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community and expressions of identity”.

Hong Kong’s flag carrier came under the spotlight last year after its staff were accused of breaching Covid protocol. South China Morning Post Two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants were on Thursday (Nov 17) convicted of breaching Covid-19 quarantine rules while infected with the coronavirus at the outset of Hong Kong's fifth wave late last year. Eastern Court remanded Wong Yoon Loong and Nilsson Lau Kok Wang in custody pending next month's sentencing, noting their offences were serious and warranted immediate imprisonment. "You two have abused the rights and privileges given by the government [to be subject to] less stringent...

This is Count Vlad's tribute to early Led Zeppelin and the Middle-Eastern sound of the late 60s. To hang out in Marrakesh and Morocco was groovy – almost as groovy as in India with the Beatles. I have edited out most of the fret noise in a previous version and this is the final one. If you enjoy the music please subscribe.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Respect for Marriage Bill to codify gay marriage nearing final passage, Representative Ilhan Omar has asked for an additional amendment to allow another form of marriage people might want to take advantage of from time to time. "Hey guys, I dunno, can we add, let's say, 'marriage to your own brother' to the list of officially recognized marriages?" said the Congresswoman from Minneapolis. "Like, say, if you want to rig the immigration system in your favor by marrying a relative, maybe we should just go ahead and legalize it, just in case. Not that I...

"And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season." Luke, Chapter 1 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us,...

Update from Ukraine | We are going to cut Ruzzians and Destroy their Army in Massive Counterattack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Eb6_lpcRk Follow on Instagram up to date uploads. https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/ Military maps here: https://militaryland.net/ https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-264-summary/

A “path to citizenship” should be granted to “all” illegal aliens in the United States, according to Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer who received backlash online after arguing that such a move could solve the problem of the country’s declining population. Standing outside the U.S. Capitol grounds on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told the press that immigrants “make us stronger now more than ever.”

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports” during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, then President Donald Trump “thought that he would enter like Mussolini being carried on the shoulders of his supporters.” Discussing former Secret Service agent Bobby Engel’s testimony before the January 6 Committee, Raskin said, “Well, I can’t enter into specific details about this testimony. But I will tell you that from everything we’ve learned, we know that the former president was incensed and enraged when he was not being taken to the Capitol. He was adamant that he be able to join...

Yitang Zhang, a number theorist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has posted a paper on arXiv that hints at the possibility that he may have solved the Landau-Siegel zeros conjecture. The paper has not yet been validated by anyone else at this time, and Zhang himself has yet to explain the purpose or even meaning of his paper. The paper posted by Zhang is not in a traditional format. There is no introduction or summation, or even any sort of explanation of its contents. Instead, it is a proof—a very long proof, 111 pages of math. Zahn does...

Democrats mourned the end of House Speaker Nance Pelosi’s (D-CA) position as a leader following the 82-year-old politician announcing that she will not seek reelection as Democrat House leader, prompting President Biden to state that America “owes her a debt of gratitude.” “This I will continue to do as a member of the House — speaking for the people of San Francisco, serving the great state of California, and defending our Constitution, and with great confidence in our caucus, I will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress,” Pelosi stated on the House floor Thursday.

A Moscow, Idaho restaurant owner where two of the victims worked said that its employees are 'shook' by the incidentAn elite Federal Bureau of Investigations unit has joined the search for the suspect who allegedly killed four University of Idaho students on early Sunday morning. Four University of Idaho students, Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were killed inside a King Street home in Moscow, Idaho between the hours of 3 and 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, according to Moscow Mayor Art Bettge. Police found the four deceased students while responding to an unconscious...

I have a question regarding SecureBoot for the Dell 3260 compact workstation. I'm trying to create a custom iso to load our operating system from and it appears we'll need to import secureboot keys into the BIOs for the workstation (or else SecureBoot will not allow the booting/installing from that custom ISO). I'm wondering if it's possible to import secure boot keys to a Dell factory image for our computers. I can't seem to find any guidance on this topic anywhere on Dells site. Any computer gurus have some wisdom to share. Thank you 😊

Heather Wallace plead guilty to child endangerment and can no longer work with kids.Heather Wallace's oldest son, 8-year-old Aiden, was driving his two brothers crazy in the car as they all returned from karate one afternoon in October 2021. Wallace asked Aiden to walk the rest of the way home—half a mile in quiet, suburban Waco, Texas—so that he could calm down. For this she was arrested, handcuffed, and thrown in jail. She was charged with endangering a child, a felony carrying a mandatory minimum of two years in prison. "It really brought us into deep trauma," says Wallace. She...

Another excellent interview. Scott Ritter differs from Col. MacGregor who thinks the errant Ukrainian missile crashing into Poland was "probably" a mistake. Ritter thinks it was a deliberate strike on Poland to force NATO into the conflict (Article4/5) But, he thinks it was done by a rogue "nationalist" (read neo-nazi) who control the missile batteries in the Western part of Ukraine which is where the missile strike originated from without Zelensky's knowledge. He also feels there is no possibility of a negotiated settlement at this time because Zelensky will not accept reality. "Ritter: How do we end this conflict? And...

Sam Bankman-Fried was allegedly directed by Bahamas regulators to gain unauthorized access to his collapsed crypto platform after quitting as CEOFTX made the bombshell claims in an emergency legal filing in the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Thursday Bankman-Fried was accused of 'hacking' FTX systems to transfer digital assets to Bahamas government while he was 'effectively in custody'SEC chair Gary Gensler is now under scrutiny over his failure to prevent the implosion of FTX The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX claims former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried 'hacked' its systems after filing for bankruptcy to transfer 'digital assets' to Bahamian regulators.FTX...

A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of the word “witch” has evolved through the centuriesFrances F. Denny (b. 1984). Shine, (New York, New York), 2017, from Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America series. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of Frances F. Denny and ClampArt, New York, NY Kate Wheeling In 1692, a panic swept through Salem, Massachusetts. More than 200 people—mostly women—were accused of witchcraft; 20 were executed, and five more died in prison. What led a quiet New England town to turn against itself, and why, three centuries later, do these trials continue...

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Florida law aimed at restricting state colleges and universities from teaching students certain ideologies related to race or sex.Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida blasted the "Individual Freedom Act," originally pitched as the "Stop WOKE" Act, for censoring what professors are allowed to teach, granting a preliminary injunction against its enforcement while litigation continues."The law officially bans professors from expressing disfavored viewpoints in university classrooms while permitting unfettered expression of the opposite viewpoints," Walker wrote in a Thursday order. "Defendants argue that, under this Act, professors enjoy "academic...

Operation Mockingbird was an alleged CIA project that recruited journalists to write fake stories promoting government ideas while dispelling communist ones. Is this still happening today? Today I’m sharing why I think it is and how it poses a serious threat to the Republican Party. Plus, Casey Anthony appearing in her first sit down interview in which she blames her father for the murder of her daughter and suggests that he killed her to cover up sexually abusing her. https://youtu.be/g0SFjgarHX4

Last night, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) continued his crusade against the FBI and the DOJ.

Turkey is a classic main course for Thanksgiving dinner, but that certainly doesn't mean you have to serve it. We've rounded up plenty of alternative Thanksgiving dinner ideas that can take center stage at your table, including Pomegranate-Glazed Salmon with Oranges, Olives, and Herbs, Crackling Coppa Roast with Fennel and Onions, and Garlic-Butter Rib Roast. Need something meatless? We've got veggie "steak" options for that, too. Read on for those recipes, and even more alternatives to turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. 01 of 19 Beef Chuck Eye Roast with Paprika-Herb Rub Beef Chuck Eye Roast with Paprika-Herb Rub © JOHN KERNICK...