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Red Flag

Study finds religious conflict in French workplaces on the rise


RT
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:25 UTC
muslim employee
© Mohammed Salem / Reuters
The presence of religion in workplaces is rising in France, with 65 percent of employees saying they've noticed it, according to new research.

The study was published on Thursday by the Observatory for Religion in the Workplace (OFRE) and the Randstad Institute. A total of 1,405 people participated, and all religions were taken into account.

"The 2016 survey by Randstad Institute and OFRE shows a significant increase of religion in business," says Laurent Morestain, secretary general of the Randstad France group and president of the Randstad Institute for Equal Opportunities and Sustainable Development.

Last year, the same survey showed 50 percent, so the jump is significant.

Among those polled, 21 percent said they saw people wearing religious symbols, 18 percent said they'd heard people ask for time off work for religious reasons, and 8 percent saw people praying during breaks.

"The majority of the time, these instances do not hinder work," Lionel Honoré, director of the OFRE, told French newspaper Le Figaro.
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Question

Professor who has predicted 30 years of presidential outcomes correctly says Trump is headed for a win

Peter W. Stevenson
The Washington Post
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:45 UTC
Prof. Allan Lichtman
© Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post
Nobody knows for certain who will win on Nov. 8 — but one man is pretty sure: Professor Allan Lichtman, who has correctly predicted every presidential election since 1984.

When we sat down in May, he explained how he comes to a decision. Lichtman's prediction isn't based on horse-race polls, shifting demographics or his own political opinions. Rather, he uses a system of true/false statements he calls the "Keys to the White House" to determine his predicted winner.

And this year, he says, Donald Trump is the favorite to win.
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Mr. Potato

Trump calls on Killary to return donations from pervert Anthony Weiner

Daniel Halper
New York Post
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:43 UTC
Anthony Weiner, Hillary Clinton
© AP; Getty ImagesAnthony Weiner, Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump's campaign is calling on Hillary Clinton to return money it received from Anthony Weiner, the husband of the vice chair of the Clinton campaign.

"The announcement by the FBI and New York Police Department that they are investigating close Clinton ally Anthony Weiner's inappropriate relationship with an under-aged female is extremely disturbing," deputy communications director Jessica Ditto said in a statement released Thursday night.
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People 2

More than a million Brits trapped in miserable relationships with their partners


RT
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:54 UTC
happy couple
© Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
More than a million people in the UK are trapped in miserable relationships with their spouse or long-term partner, new research has found.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate the number of people in an "extremely unhappy" relationship has doubled since 2010, while the proportion of those who described their relationship as "perfect" took a sharp fall.

Experts at Relate, the relationship counseling charity, said the economic downturn caused by the 2008 financial crash has been followed by a "social recession" which is making people unhappier.

One in 20 of those polled (4.8 percent) in 2014 said they were "extremely unhappy" - double the proportion in 2010, according to the ONS' annual wellbeing survey.

Comment: This data begs the question, if one is extremely unhappy in a relationship, why do they continue to stay in that relationship?

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Red Flag

Classical image of man disappearing as fashion industry blurs line between men and women

Thomas Urbain
Yahoo
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:38 UTC
man walkway
© AFP Photo/Angela Weiss
Muscular, classically chiseled male models are a dying breed as men are ever more chosen for thinness, even androgyny, in a fashion world playing with the notion of gender.

It only takes looking back a decade to male fashion shows -- at Versace, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton or Gucci -- to see the change on the catwalk.

Shoulders have lost their squareness, chests have sunk.

Back then, "male models were a little bit bigger... not so, so skinny," said Tricia Romani, head of the Canadian branch of the Wilhelmina international modeling agency.

Hedi Slimane, while at Saint Laurent and Dior, was among the designers who transfigured the dominant vision of the masculine look into lank, languorous and unique.
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Stormtrooper

Cops manhandle and pepper spray 15yr old girl after she was knocked unconscious in a bike accident


RT
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:59 UTC
pepper-spraying arrest of a 15-year-old girl
Police in Maryland have defended the pepper-spraying arrest of a 15-year-old girl as "justified" after police body-cam footage of the incident sparked protests.

The black teenager was arrested last Sunday by Hagerstown Police for "not cooperating" with officers after she allegedly hit a moving car with her bicycle.

Police released two officer bodycam videos of the incident Wednesday. In the footage, the girl refuses questioning and attempts to cycle away from officers who then pull her off the bike by her backpack and forcibly handcuff her hands behind her back.

Comment: Is this the standard procedure for cops to manhandle and pepper spray a 15-year-old girl after she was just knocked unconscious in a bike crash?! It seems almost unbelievable but for the fact that it's happening more and more all the time.

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Attention

War weary U.S. soldiers deeply skeptical about America's foreign interventions


RT
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:34 UTC
U.S. soldiers Afghanistan
© Tim Wimborne / Reuters A boy watches soldiers from the U.S. Army's Charlie Company during a patrol near Dokalam village in Kunar Province.
After 15 years of wars, a majority of US service members are deeply skeptical about America's foreign interventions. The US should focus on homeland defense and jobs instead of invading and "stabilizing" countries like Afghanistan or Iraq, a new poll shows.

Most active-duty members of the US military would prefer the government to refrain from overseas missions involving so-called nation-building, a number of costly and ambiguous efforts to reconstruct post-war countries, according to a poll run by the Military Times and Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF).

The survey, described by the Military Times as a first-of-its-kind study, included a question: "How do you view the US government's continued involvement in nation-building efforts, establishing democracies in the Middle East and North Africa using US military and financial support?"

About 55 percent of service members said they "strongly oppose"or "somewhat oppose" those efforts, while 23 percent responded positively to an idea of carrying out such missions. The remaining 22 percent were either unsure or of no opinion on the issue.
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Dollar Gold

Sanctions not getting in the way of business as multiple nations plan investments in Crimea


RT
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:47 UTC
Yalta Crimea
© Sergey Malgavko / Reuters Yalta as seen from the Black Sea. Crimea, Russia
Businessmen from Germany are ready to propose projects worth €250 million for Russia's Crimea and Sevastopol, according to Bernhard Miller, a member of the visiting German delegation to the peninsula.

"We are considering investing in the entire Crimean peninsula; first of all we are interested in recycling waste, secondly - in the activities related to hotels and tourism. We're talking about €250 million, but that's just to start with," he told reporters in Sevastopol.

Miller said regional authorities have expressed their willingness to cooperate but it's too early to talk about specific projects and the timing.

According to him, there are many businesses in Germany ready to invest in the Crimean economy despite sanctions. It's the second time a German delegation has visited the Crimea, Miller said, adding the first visit to the peninsula resulted in the establishment of the German-Russian Society for cultural and industrial relations. At present, the organization has about 80 participants.

Comment: The Crimeans chose wisely when they made the decision to become part of Russia as they now have the stability and peace that makes Crimea attractive to investors, unlike their Ukrainian neighbors.

As Ukraine flounders, Crimean economy grows up to 18 percent year-on-year

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Cell Phone

Shocking moment woman distracted by her smartphone is hit and killed by a tram in Moscow

Will Stewart
Daily Mail
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:03 UTC
The woman, blissfully unaware she is standing between tram tracks, is engrossed in her smartphone as the tram approaches
The woman, blissfully unaware she is standing between tram tracks, is engrossed in her smartphone as the tram approaches
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Horrific footage has emerged of a woman obliviously using her smartphone unaware she is about to be hit and killed by a tram.

The pedestrian, who was standing on tram tracks, suddenly looks up but has no time to react or jump out of the way.

She was rushed to hospital in Moscow but died soon afterwards.

The tram had emerged from under a railway bridge and the female driver appears to see the woman late before trying in vain to stop.

Footage from the cab shows the driver opening the door to get out of the tram to help the woman.

The pedestrian was waiting to cross busy Rusakovskaya Street but was paying more attention to her mobile and seemed to be unaware she was standing in the path of a tram, which runs on tracks.

The name of the victim and the driver have not been made public.

Suddenly she looks up as the tram approaches and is caught in the glare of headlights
Suddenly she looks up as the tram approaches and is caught in the glare of headlights
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Airplane

Plane forced to make emergency landing after cabin fills with smoke in Australia

Jyoti Rambhai
Daily Express (UK)
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:41 UTC
The pilot switched off one of the plane's engines as a precaution
© Courier Mail The pilot switched off one of the plane's engines as a precaution
Video footage shows the cabin crew and passengers on a Jetstar flight panic as smoke appears.

One air hostess appears to be looking out the windows and another is on the phone trying to contact someone.

Passengers can be seen looking around as hazy spoke appears during an emergency landing.

At one point the overhead lights can be seen flickering on and off.

The flight from Sydney to Cairns in Australia, which departed at 3.40pm on Thursday, had to be diverted to Brisbane.

According to a statement on the airline's website, flight JQ956, encountered an issue with one of it's engines.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that passengers heard a scraping noise as the aircraft began to fill with smoke.

A Jetstar spokesperson told the Herald: "The captain decided to shut down one of the engines as a precaution and divert the aircraft to Brisbane."

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