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Status and Role
Commonly expected
role of a father around
the world is as a
protector and provider
In all of the many social groups that we as individuals belong to, we have a status and a role to fulfill. Status is our relative social position within a group, while a role is the part our society expects us to play in a given status. For example, a man may have the status of father in his family. Because of this status, he is expected to fulfill a role for his children that in most societies requires him to nurture, educate, guide, and protect them. Of course, mothers usually have complementary roles.
Social group membership gives us a set of statuses and role tags that allow people to know what to expect from each other--they make us more predictable. However, it is common for people to have multiple overlapping statuses and roles. This potentially makes social encounters more complex. A woman who is a mother for some children may be an aunt or grandmother for others. At the same time, she may be a wife for one or more men, and she very likely is a daughter and granddaughter of several other people. For each of these various kinship statuses, she is expected to play a somewhat different role and to be able to switch between them instantaneously. For instance, if she is having a conversation with her mother and young daughter, she is likely to politely defer to the former but will be knowledgeable and "in-control" with the other. These role related behaviors change as rapidly as she turns her head to face one or the other. However, her unique personal relationships might lead her to think and act differently than what would be culturally expected. In other words, social group membership gives us a set of role tags that allow people to know what to expect from each other, but they are not always straight jackets for behavior.
Three generations of
women in a family,
each playing several
different roles in their
casual interaction.
Acquiring Statuses
The way in which people get our statuses can vary significantly in detail from culture to culture. In all societies, however, they are either achieved or ascribed. Achieved statuses are ones that are acquired by doing something. For instance, someone becomes a criminal by committing a crime. A soldier earns the status of a good warrior by achievements in battle and by being brave. A woman becomes a mother by having a baby. She also can acquire the status of widow by the death of her husband. In contrast, ascribed statuses are the result of being born into a particular family or being born male or female. Being a prince by birth or being the first of four children in a family are ascribed statuses. We do not make a decision to choose them--they are not voluntary statuses. We do not pick the family we are born into nor do we usually select our own gender.
Bill Clinton rose from relative
poverty to the Presidency of
the United States. His life
exemplifies the national ideal
of a "self-made man". In
contrast, his daughter was
accorded special treatment
while he was in the White
House because of her
ascribed status as the child
of a president.
Both achieved and ascribed statuses exist in all societies. However, some cultures choose to emphasize the importance of one or the other. In North America today, achieved statuses outside of the family are reinforced while ascribed ones are generally rejected. Children are encouraged from an early age to be independent and self-reliant. They are told to better themselves in life. This can be seen in the admiration of "self-made people" and in the somewhat negative image in the mass media of people who are rich only because they inherited it. This strong cultural bias has led to the enactment of anti-nepotism laws for government jobs. These make it a crime to hire and promote people because they are your relatives. In addition, the North American emphasis on achieved status has led to an acceptance and encouragement of social class mobility and a rejection of gender and ethnicity based restrictions. Children are taught in school from an early age that, despite the fact that they may be from a poor family, male or female, they should aspire to get a good education, better themselves and their family economically, and even become a leader in society.
In India, ascribed, rather than achieved, social status has been strongly reinforced for more than 3,000 years and permeates most areas of life even today. As a result, social mobility has been very difficult to achieve until recent generations. Even now, it is limited for those at the bottom of society. At the heart of the Indian ascription system are castes (or varnas ). These are carefully ranked, rigidly hereditary social divisions of society.
(listed from highest status to lowest)
1. Brahman priests and teachers 2. Kshatriya rulers, warriors, and landowners 3. Vaishya farmers, merchants and artisans 4. Shudra serfs or laborers 5. Scheduled castes (also called
untouchables, Harijan , or
Dalit )
"polluted" laborers
Lower caste woman
from Ajmer, India
Each of the Indian castes have sub-castes, or jatis , that in turn are ranked relative to each other. The whole system is reinforced by the Hindu religion and historical traditions. The one sixth of all Indians who are members of the "scheduled castes" are essentially so low in status as to be outside of the formal caste system. They are the poorest people, and they mostly do the "unclean" ritually polluting jobs of sweeping streets, cleaning toilets, tanning leather, etc. Members of the other castes are not as restricted in their occupations and aspirations today. However, caste identity largely determines who one can marry in India and it prevents socializing across caste lines.
Underlying and constantly reinforcing the Indian caste system is the Hindu religion and its concept of ritual pollution. People in the higher castes must take great care not to be polluted by contact with members of the lower castes and especially the "untouchables." Being polluted puts one out of one's caste and requires ritual cleansing. As a result, Indian restaurants usually have chefs who are from the Brahman caste. Since they are at the top of this ascribed status system, they cannot pollute any customers, regardless of their caste. Likewise, a Brahman doctor would be more acceptable to all.
The Indian national government has attempted to encourage achieved status by outlawing many of the traditional aspects of the caste system. They also have instituted affirmative action programs to increase the number of lower caste and "untouchable" students in universities and government. This social engineering has faced considerable resentment and resistance from members of the higher castes. However, the Indian government continues to encourage this change with the hope that social mobility will ultimately make the caste system less relevant to public life.
Castes are not limited to India. They may be found in one form or another in most nations today. In Europe, the royal families traditionally were a separate caste from the peasant farmers, tradesmen, and other classes. Only rarely were "commoners" allowed to become members of the royalty. In North America, one's race or ethnicity is often a caste identity. Most black, white, or other Americans do not have the option of waking up tomorrow and deciding that they will be a different race. Society generally will not allow them to do it. While race is greatly a socially and culturally constructed reality rather than a biological one, it is still a reality just the same in North America and in much of the rest of the world as well.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, June 27, 2006.
Copyright © 2003-2006 by Dennis O'Neil. All rights reserved.
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Christmas is getting closer, so you might hurry up with that list. Santa is not going to wait forever. Either you want something for yourself or you want to surprise your friends with a nice gift, the LOL Santa is everything you need!
This is a fantastic USB which plays the drums and sings 4 Christmas songs: "Joy To The World," "The First Noel," "Jingle Bells and "Silent Night" . It has a simple mechanism of functioning (start and stop button), LED drum lights and is compatible with any computer OS.
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The Stamps and Postal History of Nyasaland
Most stamp collections of Nyasaland begin with the stamps of British Central Africa whose name changed to 'Nyasaland Protectorate' in 1907. Nyasaland's first stamps were the 1d to £10 values of Rhodesia issued on 20 July 1891 overprinted "B.C.A.".The rarest basic stamp of Nyasaland is probably the 1896 £25 black and green in mint condition. Forgeries exist of some of the high values from this period, others may have had their "Specimen" overprint removed, so expensive items must always be purchased from a trustworthy source.
The Large Key Plate 2 shilling to £10 values of the King George V reign are particularly interesting to collectors and a wide range of constant plate flaws such as "Bullet holes" flaw, or the "Damaged Crown" flaw can be found, many are rarities. Beautiful pictorial sets continued until after the country was renamed Malawi in 1964.
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CHOP at Virtua Patient Story - Lisa
During the spring when allergens are at their highest, it's typical for Lisa Wick, age 4, to experience a little congestion and minor wheezing.
So when Lisa came home from school a bit congested, her mom didn't think much of it. "Typically, it just clears up on its own," says Elizabeth Wick, Lisa's mom.
But when Lisa woke up the next morning lethargic, out of breath and wheezing, Elizabeth knew something was wrong. Elizabeth took Lisa to the clinic located at the McGuire Air Force Base where they discovered her oxygen level was low.
Elizabeth immediately took her daughter to Virtua Mount Holly (Memorial) as recommended by the clinic doctor.
When they arrived at the hospital, Elizabeth took Lisa to the emergency room. "I didn't realize that Virtua Memorial offers emergency services especially for kids," says Elizabeth. "I was pleasantly surprised."
Virtua Mount Holly opened its brand new Pediatric Pavilion in April of 2013, right before Lisa's first visit. Lisa ended up staying for three days in the Pediatric Pavilion, which houses both emergency and inpatient services for children in partnership with the Children's' Hospital of Philadelphia.
At the Pediatric Pavilion, Lisa had everything she needed: "Lisa was taken care of by knowledgeable doctors and caring nurses," says Elizabeth. "Lisa was very comfortable in her private room and enjoyed playing in the media room."
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Managing Director & Senior Partner
Ian Walsh is the co-leader of Boston Consulting Group's Financial Institutions practice in the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium, with experience in retail banking, commercial banking, and asset management. He advises CEOs and senior executives on strategic, organizational, digital, and operational matters. As the head of BCG's retail banking work for many years, Ian has supported over 100 organizations in 35 countries. Ian is the primary author of multiple BCG products and publications, including Bionic Banking. He is a regular speaker and panelist at industry conferences. Ian also has considerable experience in the media, energy, and private equity sectors.
Ian has served on BCG's global leadership teams for the Financial Institutions, Operations, and Marketing & Sales practices. He also led BCG's customer experience work for many years. He was a core member of BCG2020, BCG's internal strategic review, and has held a wide range of internal roles within BCG UK. He currently sits on BCG's partner performance and senior partner selection committees.
Ian is a board member of the Sutton Trust, a charity that pilots programs and advocates for improvements in social mobility through education and employment. He has been an advisory board member of the Education Endowment Foundation, a £250 million fund established to improve educational performance in the UK, and a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. He also led BCG's support of the London Olympics 2012.
Banks need to start acting like digital giants before digital giants act like banks.
Consumers increasingly expect their banks to approach them with helpful offers—without being intrusive. Welcome to the next digital challenge.
Retail banks that blend the best of the digital and physical worlds to reshape their distribution models, personalize their value propositions, and create end-to-end customer journeys can generate a 30% increase in net profit by 2020.
Retail banks must develop digital capabilities that radically simplify their businesses while improving customer experience. This mandate for digital simplicity emerges from BCG's report on global retail banking excellence.
Consumer expectations, fueled by digital retail innovators, are disrupting retail banking. Banks must embrace the digital opportunity to improve the customer experience or risk becoming mere utilities.
How do leading banks achieve operational and digital excellence—and the financial rewards that excellence brings? How can other banks join them at the top?
BCG's fifth annual operational-excellence benchmarking survey, involving 15 of the world's 35 top retail banks, explores four trending practices of leading institutions.
Retail banks today must provide digital functionality for speed and convenience, as well as thoughtful human interaction when the customer demands it. Retail banks must become, in a word, bionic.
BCG's fourth annual retail-banking operational excellence benchmarking found that the top performers among the world's leading retail banks improved operational effectiveness while also becoming more customer centric than their competitors.
Retail banks need a proven methodology to turn their branches into the brand-building, loyalty-enhancing pillars of profitability that they can truly be.
In order to thrive in a market environment we call the "new new normal," retail banks must take bold steps—among them, becoming more customer-centric.


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On Wednesday February 5th, celebrate winter with a walk outside!
This provincial initiative gets Albertans moving during winter months... dress appropriately, open the door and go for it!
Register your participation as a group or individual on the Winter Walk Day website: www.winterwalkday.ca
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Sweden is on track to become the world's first cashless society
Sweden is set to become the first cashless society in the world, researchers report, crediting the shift towards electronic-only transactions to a new mobile payment system called Swish, which facilitates real-time deposits with no minimum spend.
"Cash is still an important means of payment in many countries' markets, but that no longer applies here in Sweden," says Niklas Arvidsson from Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology. "Our use of cash is small, and it's decreasing rapidly."
Right now, there's less than 80 billion Swedish crowns in circulation (about EUR8 billion) and Arvidsson says out of that, only 40 to 60 percent is actually still in regular circulation. The remainder has been buried in people's backyards, in their sock drawers, or is being used for criminal activity. To give you an idea of how quickly the Swedes are rejecting cash, just six years ago, that figure was up around SEK106 billion.
There are a couple of main factors that appear to have contributed to Sweden's rapid swift towards electronic-only transactions. Not only have businesses done away with the 'minimum spend' rule when it comes to EFTPOS and credit card transactions, but there's been a huge uptake of mobile app called Swish, which is the result of a collaboration between several major Swedish and Danish banks.
The app allows for real-time transactions to take place, with users able to transfer money straight from their bank account to anyone else with a bank account, whether they're at a restaurant, in a cab, or at the flea market. According to Arvidsson, the Swedes love Swish so much, it's already revolutionising the local banking system, with several major banks refusing to accept cash at all, and as of late last year, four out of every five purchases in the country were being made electronically.
"Swedes are pretty trusting and we're used to embracing new technology so this was the perfect solution," Pia Stolt from Situation Stockholm, a local street paper sold by homeless vendors that made itself Swish-friendly early on, told The Guardian late last year. "The cashless society campaign we're seeing in Sweden is definitely a good move as far as we are concerned – it's unstoppable."
The other factor at play is the country's crackdown on money laundering and organised crime, which has set so many guidelines in place about cash use, most people just opt for Swish or bank cards.
"At the offices which do handle banknotes and coins, the customer must explain where the cash comes from, according to the regulations aimed at money laundering and terrorist financing," says Arvidsson, adding that if any cash transactions are considered 'suspicious' by bank staff, they're required to file a police report.
"In general, the rule of thumb in Scandinavia is: 'If you have to pay in cash, something is wrong,'" writes Mikael Krogerus for Credit Suisse.
While Sweden is closer than any other country on Earth towards the goal of cashlessness, there are some major challenges to overcome first. Besides a possible uptick in cybercriminals trying to access bank servers and parents having to figure out how to responsibly give their 10-year-old child access to a debit card, pensioners who are unfamiliar with the technology, and those who don't have access to it will continue to use cash in the near future, and cannot be discriminated against for doing so. Arvidsson points to a recent survey that showed two-thirds of Swedes think carrying cash is a human right, whether or not they actually want to do it.
"We like having our own currency and it fits in with the identity of being a Swede; we're even releasing new banknotes in 2015," he told Helen Russell at The Guardian. "So people like to know their cash is there, even if they don't necessarily use it."


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Product Description
PrestaShop GSPay module is a PrestaShop Payment Gateway extension that will integrate GSPay Payment gateway with the PrestaShop eCommerce Software and accept payments through credit cards. The module will collect the Customer information and cart information and send to GSPay server and the Payment information are collected at GSPay server by redirecting the user to GSPay payment processing page. The module will require Third party subscription, GSPay Merchant account.
- Supports Major Credit and Debit Cards, Accepts Credit Card payments and process payments at GSPay Payment page
- Provides PCI compliance solution for your business
- Update Users and Orders info in PrestaShop based on responses received after payment
- Process orders using PrestaShop Admin User interface
- Multi-currency (EUR-GBP-USD) support
- Sends Shipping and Tax information to GSPay.
- Ability to send payment information as individual line items to GSPay rather than consolidated amount information that available in other similar payment modules.
- Handles success and failure acknowledgements by redirecting to respective URLs after payment processing at GSPay.
- Supports Multi-language using PrestaShop Admin UI - under Translation tab.
- This module works with GSPay Merchant Accounts
- Requires GSPay Merchant Account from GSPay
- SSL Certificate may be required and installe
- This module may require Ion Cube loader.The server should have the ionCube loader installed. If it is not available or not installed, you can request your hosting provider to install this version of ion cube loader available at http://www.ioncube.com/loader_installation.php
Installation and Configuration:
Installation :
- Unzip the downloaded module archive file.
- Copy the folder "egrgspay" from the path "YOUR_PrestaShop_ROOT/MODULE" and paste to the related path in your PrestaShop folder.
- Alternatively you can install the module using the Prestashop's Module upload and install feature. For this you may require write permission enabled for the modules folder.
- Go to Admin section, select payment module under 'Payments & Gateways' and install 'GSPay' (egrgspay).
- After successful install, under Settings Tab, Configure the following,
- Sandbox mode or Live Mode (if Yes - Sandbox Mode, No - Live or Production Mode)
- GSPay Site ID - assigned by GSPay should be used for testing as well as for live mode
- Payment Logo - Logo to be displayed in the Payment Options page during Checkout, by default the GSPay logo will be added.
- For text at Payment option - 'Pay with GSPay Payment Gateway' can be changed through, Tools -> Translation -> under Modify Translation box -> Select Modules Translation and English language (flag next to the drop down box), then find GSPAY text in that page and update the text you require for, 'Pay with GSPay Payment Gateway' as you desire like, Pay with Credit Card through GSPay Payment Gateway'.
- Same applies for other languages also.


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Many years ago, when I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a friend of mine introduced me to her mother—an elegant woman named Julia Kronhill, who told me her amazing story. She and her husband, Jacob, had left their home in Lublin, Poland, and crossed the border to Lithuania on September 6, 1939, just after WWII started. They lived in Vilna until January 1941 when, courtesy of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara and his life-saving transit visas, they were able to travel across Russia to Vladivostok and then to Kobe, Japan. In September 1941, the Japanese transferred all nonresident aliens to Shanghai, where the two lived until the war ended. Then, with the help of the Joint Distribution Committee, they moved to Melbourne, Australia, where Julia raised two children—including my friend Irene Pletka, who was living in Brookline, Massachusetts, when I met her, shortly before Julia passed away.
As Julia told me her personal history, she also described to me a luscious raspberry tart that she remembered from growing up in Lublin. I wanted to taste it—immediately. A few days later, as I watched Julia carefully crafting the crust with her hands, patting a long thin strand of dough around the sides and filling it with pints of raspberries, then, with a pastry dough cutter, weaving a lattice crust on top.
A few years later, when I moved into my first house in Chevy Chase, Maryland, I inherited from the previous owner an entire backyard filled with wild raspberry bushes. Often anticipating the intense flavor of this dessert, I gently and patiently picked the raspberries, taking care not to bruise them as I put them one by one into a basket, collecting them for the filling, sweetened by the berries cooked down to their essence.
Whenever I make this amazing tart for family and friends, I like to tell of the luck of two people from Poland and the memory of a flavor that followed them halfway around the world.
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Joan Nathan is Tablet Magazine's food columnist and the author of 10 cookbooks including King Solomon's Table: a Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World.
Joan Nathan is Tablet Magazine's food columnist and the author of 10 cookbooks including King Solomon's Table: a Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World.


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Following a ruling of the CJEU, termination fees in the event of early termination of a contract are often triggering VAT. Especially in B2C-situations, were the customer does not have a right to recover VAT, such VAT is likely to result in a significant VAT burden for businesses.
Vodafone Portugal
On June 11, 2020 the CJEU issued its long-awaited judgement in the Vodafone Portugal case (C-43/19). In the context of its business activities, Vodafone Portugal concluded various contracts with its customers for rendering e-commerce services. Some contracts included special promotions subject to the condition for the customers to agree upon a minimum contract period. Failure by the customers to comply with such tie-in period resulted in them having to pay a termination fee amounting to certain pre-determined costs, computed in accordance with Portuguese legislation.
The CJEU was asked to rule as to whether the termination fees would be subject to or free from VAT. In short, the CJEU decided that the termination fees at hand are subject to VAT, for the reason that the termination fees (i) have been pre-agreed upon and (ii) equal a certain statutory cost base. It remains uncertain whether terminations fees would be free from VAT, if the termination fees would not have been pre-determined or would have served as a compensation of damages.
Practical impact
In many industries, not only e-commerce, non-compliance with contractual obligations often results in the customer having to pay termination fees. From the Vodafone Portugal case, it can be derived that termination fees are often triggering VAT. However, we feel that – under certain conditions – termination fees could still be free from VAT. We would therefore recommend to (timely) conduct a brief VAT check on non-compliance / early termination clauses in commercial agreements.


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A new study suggests the vaccine can provide a great benefit to those who have had COVID-19.
The research examined an incident where the delta variant tore through a Texas prison, infecting three-quarters of the incarcerated people there. Nearly 80% of those infected were fully vaccinated, most with the Pfizer shots. But while the new study shows that breakthrough cases can absolutely happen in high-risk settings like prisons and jails ― where it's often impossible to maintain physical distance and where proper ventilation is a major concern ― it also contained some good news.
First, the COVID-19 vaccines largely prevented severe illness, even in the face of delta. Four of the 172 people who caught the coronavirus were hospitalized during the outbreak. Three were unvaccinated.
And by far the lowest attack rate was among fully vaccinated people who'd also been previously infected with COVID-19 — "highlighting the importance of vaccination, even among persons with previous infection," argued the authors of the study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week.
One limitation of the study is that the pool of people who had been infected with COVID-19 and who also had been vaccinated was relatively small.
Still, the research offers more evidence that the fully vaccinated have a high degree of protection against hospitalization or death — even in really high-transmission settings and even in the face of the delta variant, which is about twice as contagious as previous variants.
And it adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that people who have had and recovered from COVID-19 — and who have been vaccinated — are likely the safest of all.
Why vaccines are recommended even if you've had COVID-19
Some people, like former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, have argued against vaccination for those who've been infected, saying that "natural" immunity is safer and possibly stronger. They've pointed to a study out of Israel that suggested the strength of natural immunity.
But that study was not subject to peer review, and it has been widely shared on social media with parts of its findings omitted ― namely, that immunity was higher among people who got a dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
In fact, the CDC has been saying for months that people who have had COVID-19 and recovered should still get vaccinated, in part because researchers still don't know how long natural immunity lasts (though if you received certain treatments, like monoclonal antibodies, you should wait three months before you get the shot).
Additionally, prior studies have shown that, among people who get COVID-19 and recover, those who do not get vaccinated are more than twice as likely to get COVID-19 again when compared with those who are fully vaccinated.
All of which goes to show: Getting vaccinated is important, even if you've already had COVID-19.
And while vaccination does an excellent job of keeping people out of the hospital, it doesn't stop the virus's spread altogether. Mitigation strategies like masking, social distancing, hand-washing and improving ventilation continue to be necessary to contain the virus, especially in high-risk settings.
Experts are still learning about COVID-19. The information in this story is what was known or available as of publication, but guidance can change as scientists discover more about the virus. Please check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the most updated recommendations.


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House of the week: 25 Fallingbrook Drive
This house located at 25 Fallingbrook Drive in Birchcliffe-Cliffside is a dream come true for those looking for a serene lake view within short commuting distance of downtown Toronto. Even better, the house is located on a lush ravine. You can tan on the deck of the in-ground pool and enjoy a drink at the outdoor bar or take a swim and look out at Lake Ontario. It's just like swimming in the lake but warmer and without the algae!
The interior is nothing to shake your head at either. Large floor to ceiling windows bring tons of light into the spacious living room. The master bedroom isn't lacking for space or light either, and the high ceilings just add to the general openness of the space. Oh, and don't forget about the large walk in closets - plenty of room for your shoe collection to grow too. Next time someone makes a negative barb about Scarborough, send them a link to this gorgeous property.
Address: 25 Fallingbrook Drive
Price: $2,199,000
Lot Size: 12,000 ft2
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 4
Parking: 3
Taxes: $13,000
Walk Score: 68
Entertainers. This house is just screaming for people who love to put on parties. If it's the summer, invite friends over for a dip in the pool and a barbeque. Don't let the winter months stop you, though - the living room has plenty of room for quests too. Break out the wine and canapĂŠs, and you're good to go.
You're not willing to shell out the extra dough for large furniture. It may be hard to think of the spacious 5000 square feet of this house as problematic. But the large size of the living room and master bedroom (just for starters) make regular sized furniture look comically undersized. You'll have to put on your design glasses to really make use of all of the space that's available. After all, if you're spending over $2 Million on a home, you have to make the most of it!
Read other posts in this series via our House of the Week Pinterest board.
Writing by Isabel Ritchie
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|Rotorway Javelin
In 1958, B.J. Schramm set up a company to market a single-seat amateur-built helicopter known as the Schramm Javelin. This machine had a tubular steel structure with a formed aluminium body shell and was powered by a 100hp Mercury powerboat engine. It first flew in August 1965. Schramm subsequently redesigned the Javelin as the "Scorpion", and he formed Rotorway Aircraft Inc. to market kits for this revised version, and claimed that 250 were flying by 1970.
R.Simpson "Airlife's Helicopter and Rotorcraft", 1998
The Schramm Javelin was an American single-seat light helicopter designed during the early 1960's by a man unable to fly. The Schramm Javelin was designed to be very easy to fly, use very few components and be quick and easy to disassemble for maintenance. It was powered by a Continental O-200 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 137km/h and an endurance of 2 hours 15 minutes flying time.
The RotorWay success story didn't happen overnight. It is the culmination of thirty-three years of perseverance, progress in design and engineering development, resolute determination against the odds, tireless dedication, and genuine, hard work by a group of people who believe in the company's mission: to provide the rotorcraft customer worldwide with a safe, affordable way to experience their dream of helioflight.
Now the world's oldest and largest kit helicopter company, RotorWay (employee owned since 1996), and it's helicopter had very humble beginnings.
Though relatively unknown even to this day, there was a prototype for a model that actually preceded the "Scorpion", with testing having begun as early as 1961 using a 40hp motorcycle engine for power. Named the "Javelin" (in several different forms), this first attempt by RotorWay Aircraft founder, designer and builder, B.J. Schramm, turned into a learning process that led to the eventual success of the "Scorpion", the company's first production helicopter, offered in 1967.
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The miracle comeback will have to wait another day. Game Four of the ALCS was postponed due to rain on Wednesday night, as MLB wanted to "preserve the integrity of a nine-inning game." The Yankees and Tigers will instead resume the series at 4pm ET on Thursday, though it should be noted that the forecast calls for a ton of rain that day as well. I guess they'll wait that one out as long as possible.
As far as the Yankees are concerned, the biggest impact of the rain out is that CC Sabathia will not be able to start a potential Game Seven on three days' rest. He would have to go on two days' rest a la Derek Lowe in 2004, which Brian Cashman already confirmed they would not allow Sabathia to do. Despite finishing with the best overall record in the league this year, the Yankees really got the shaft with the schedule. This stinks. Oh well, at least CC will be lined up to start Game One of the World Series.
I assume that if the Yankees actually win Game Four, Game Five would be played Friday night. Andy Pettitte has already been announced as the scheduled starter for that game. Phil Hughes may or may not be able to start a potential Game Seven given his stiff back, which could mean David Phelps gets the ball or Ivan Nova will be added to the roster. That's quite a ways off right now though. The Tigers lead the best-of-seven series three games to none.


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Finally, somewhere safe to w*nk
The first porn site to use a .xxx web address has gone live, and domain manager ICM Registry has announced another way to make internet perving a "safer" experience.
Casting.xxx (NSFW, incredibly) started doing its bit to feed the world's appetite for "adult entertainment" last night.
While ICM has had a corporate site online at about.xxx for a few months, casting.xxx is the first actual porn site to use a .xxx domain name.
The domain is registered to a company called Really Useful, based in the Turks and Caicos Islands. According to ICM, it has been given several .xxx addresses under its so-called Founders Program.
This program is a pre-launch marketing initiative aimed at drumming up interest in the new extension, which has attracted a great deal of criticism from the porn industry in the last few years.
Roughly 1,500 .xxx domains have been allocated to 35 porn companies, and many could go live ahead of the extension's official general launch, which is scheduled for early December.
"It's actually a perfect example of a Founders site," ICM president Stuart Lawley said of casting.xxx. "It's a generic name... but with a special niche in the .xxx world."
The company also recently announced the second of three initiatives aimed at building up the .xxx brand as a "safe" place to get your jollies – or not – on the web.
ICM has inked a multimillion dollar deal with San Francisco upstart MetaCert, a web-content classification service, to give surfers blocking options if they don't want to stumble onto porn.
MetaCert makes a free browser plug-in that can block sites and insert mouseover warnings into search engine results, based on its hosted database of known porn sites.
Under its deal with ICM, every .xxx site will be automatically labelled as adults-only in this database.
MetaCert chief executive Paul Walsh said the system uses the W3C labelling standard POWDER, which replaced PICS, an earlier standard which Walsh said is "completely broken".
The company, which is chaired by Salesforce.com chief scientist JP Rangaswami, plans to make money in part by selling privacy policy certificates to site owners inside and outside the porn business for half the price of TRUSTe, Walsh said.
The announcement follows a deal ICM inked with Intel-owned McAfee in June, under which all .xxx websites are automatically scanned daily for malware and other threats.
ICM has come in for a lot of criticism for the high price of .xxx domains – at least $75 a year at the checkout – and hopes its range of free extra services may make the cost seem less extortionate.
This is unlikely to persuade ICM's main opponent, the California porn trade group Free Speech Coalition, of the extension's value, however. The FSC has called for a boycott of .xxx domains, using the slogan ".XXX is bullshit!".
Larry Flynt's Hustler publishing empire has also reportedly written to ICM demanding that it take action to specifically protect Hustler's trademarks in the .xxx space, accusing the company of a "shakedown". ®


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Speak now or there will never be peace
The reason I am speaking now is because I see a great number of people trying to shove their biases on others.
In Pakistan it takes a great deal of commitment and training to not have a black or white opinion on any given issue – on any given day.
Some call me naive but I have always believed in the millions of shades of grey in the world and the people around us.
As a journalist, I always felt the need to keep my perspective on situations, and personal opinion about people, guarded and especially never allow them to influence my work. In doing so over the years, the practice became a habit, allowing me to avoid many unpleasant situations. But it is also true that there are exceptions to every rule and, therefore, in certain cases a left-or right-wing judgement is the need of the hour.
The reason I am speaking about this now is because I see a great number of people trying to shove their opinion and biases on others.
Salmaan Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti were not those people. They were speaking for society against those elements who wish to wrongfully oppress others who are unable to defend themselves. They were killed because some elements in our society did not agree with their agenda.
No one says everyone should think in the same manner, but no one should have to pay with their life just because another does not agree with them. Taseer and Bhatti forfeited their lives. The rest of us are paying with our freedom.
Sometimes we need to not be so vigilant with our opinions, simply because we fear the repercussions. We need to speak up.
I realise it is tough. Especially while we are living in times when killing someone over a Rs3,000 cell phone seems nothing out of the ordinary. Speaking out against some blind ideology is more like pinning the bull's eye on one self. Still, I urge the liberal, the moderate and the sane of this country to speak up now or, I fear, there will be no peace.


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This is our fifth Christmas without our daughter, Mary-Linda. This reality shocks my system. I can't believe it. Five Christmases. How? We actually never had a Christmas with her alive on earth. We were pregnant with her in April of 2017, she passed in Mid August and was due to be born at the end of December, beginning of January 2018.
As a grieving person, I've learned that we can be both- we can be thankful for what and who we have in our lives and grieve those who are no longer with us. That's okay. And, as far as I know, it's normal. The happy and joy-filled times come a little easier for me now. But, I'm still sad. I'm happy and I'm sad. I'm thankful for all I have and devastated that I don't have two daughters on earth.
I am also very aware that there are people who long to be mothers and don't have any living children with them. I promise you, I do not take my living children for granted. But, just as each person has unique characteristics and DNA, so do our children. Our living children are not replacement children for our baby in heaven.
Our living children are not replacement children for our baby in heaven.El Momma
Rebekah Maddux El-Hakam
Years ago, in the space between losing Mary-Linda and expecting Jimmie, I would attend a support group with a non profit org called MEND. There I met mothers who had also experienced the loss of their babies in pregnancy, through stillbirth or in the first year of life. These women became dear friends who I love very much. One thing that was always said before the start of each meeting was that we don't compare our losses. We look at every loss as devastating for that precious momma and daddy. And each baby matters, whether or not they were an early loss or late term loss. They matter. That has impacted me so much as we have faced more grief in the following years.
Our grief is unique to our story and our experiences. We can share our grief and our burdens with others without comparing our grief.El Momma
Rebekah Maddux El-Hakam
The space between is different for me now. I am constantly in the space between celebrating the wins and accomplishments of my living children and wishing Mary-Linda was here sharing a room with Trinity and loving on Baby Jimmie. I am also in the space between the struggles with raising three teenagers and a tween and trying not to compare them to a daughter in heaven, who can do no wrong.
And then there come the holidays in the middle of the crazy of the last several years. As author, Ashley LeMieux stated last week, I find myself using the word AND a lot. For example, I am incredible grateful to spend the holidays with my husband and five living children AND I'm deeply saddened and heartbroken to have our fifth Christmas without Mary-Linda on earth!
I honestly don't know any other way to be. I believe it's acceptable and should be encouraged that we feel all of our feelings. It's valid to be happy AND sad. Angry AND grateful. Depressed AND hopeful.
As a grieving mother AND a celebrating mother, I wanted to share with you that it's okay. I am comforted knowing that the Lord meets me exactly where I am and gives me comfort and strength that is not my own. I pray you find comfort and peace this year, friends. Time just seems to move faster and faster. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


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Red wine. Cornas, Northern Rhône, France. 100% Syrah. A delWell this is an insanely delicious young wine, wow! Gunpowder and smoke mixing with spiced blackberries, tapenade and freshly cracked black pepper. This is quite a nose, really! The palate is less forgiving, young, tight, mineral, very wound up. Juicy, fresh acid, and saline. It is not a pleasure bomb yet, but it is stunning in its purity and reserve even if a bit austere at the moment. Very exciting and definitely reminds me of my first taste of Allemand.


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If ever in our lifetimes there was going to be a time for Europeans to question the efficacy of democratic capitalism, this was surely it. If ever there was a time for them to raise the red banner of socialism, prime-the-pump Keynesianism, and nationalization of the means of exchange, it is today. Behold the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Yet what has the European Union done, right across the continent? Exactly the opposite of what the left said it would.
Across Europe, left-leaning governments, as much as those of the right, have been cutting budgets and imposing austerity measures. Far from being the much-heralded "crisis of capitalism" that the left has so long and salivatingly augured, this recession has in fact seen capitalism's ultimate triumph. Greek rioters, Spanish trade unionists, German regional governments, French pension protesters, Britain's Labour Party, general strikes: Capitalism—in the shape of its Archangel Gabriel, the IMF—has outmaneuvered them all.
If socialism can't triumph under these circumstances—anywhere—shouldn't its adherents consider winding the whole idea up at last?
The reason is that competition—the fons et origo of capitalism, as Adam Smith teaches us—works between states just as successfully as it does between corporations and individuals. The country that tried to step outside the immutable laws of what Smith called capitalism's "invisible hand" would have been condemned to bankruptcy by the rest of the world, as Greece so nearly discovered. Of the twin engines of capitalism—fear and greed—it was the former that worked superbly in this regard.
Smith said that because everywhere in the world a product becomes cheaper when plentiful, and conversely dearer when in short supply, the laws of capitalism therefore stem from the laws of nature—rather like Newton's laws of physics—and thus the law of God. European leaders have certainly been acting that way in recent months, even at significant cost to their own political standing.
Consider the punishment that all European leaders have taken in their approval ratings since they embraced austerity packages, but also the fortitude with which they are (for the present at least) seeing them through. Greece's Papandreou is down 10 percent since January, Berlusconi 7 percent, Zapatero 4 percent, Sarkozy 2 percent, and Merkel 1 percent. Jose Socrates of Portugal has dropped a massive 19 percent since October 2009. Brian Cowen of Ireland won the 2007 general election with 41 percent of the vote; currently he's at 23 percent.
Yet such is the iron fist into which capitalism's invisible hand can on occasion fashion itself that every single leader has had to embrace the center-right strategy over budget deficits, debt-to-GDP ratios, and subprime sovereign debt. The only European leader with an election in this period, Gordon Brown, was also the only one who hoped to put off the cuts until 2011, and he is presently looking for another job.
Between 1929 and 1931, in the last depression of this magnitude, capitalism was also bruited as being in its death throes by the left, but budgetary restraint and parliamentary compromises tended to see the democracies through, at least until everything was wrecked by the one major European country that foreswore internationalist democratic center-right capitalism for a toxic combination of nationalism and socialism. Today, nationalist autarchy is out of the question under globalization and EU rules, and socialism hasn't been chosen by anyone.
The British response of 1929 to 1931, whereby Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was expelled by the socialists of his own his party but patriotically carried on to run the country in a budget-cutting National Government coalition until 1935, is the template for what is happening today in Europe, rather than any end-of-capitalism utopianism. The question ought therefore to be asked: If socialism can't even make any ground today in a massive economic crisis covering over half the world, when on earth can it? If it can't triumph under these circumstances—anywhere—shouldn't its adherents consider winding the whole idea up at last? There's a moment in The Simpsons when Bart suggests to Homer that they should "all just disband and join other families." Socialists must be feeling like that today.
The rumors coming out of Brussels suggest that during the last few months of his ministry, Gordon Brown did all he could to alter the European Union joint communiqués to minimize the glaring fact that every government except his wanted to embrace immediate cuts, while Brown wanted to postpone the pain until after the May general election. He paid the price against a credible centrer-right opposition. The £6.24 billion ($9 billion) in cuts that the Tory-Liberal coalition has so far announced to the £157 billion Public Spending Borrowing Requirement are completely negligible, of course, but at least they are timely and point in the right direction.
Meanwhile, in Spain, the Zapatero government has passed its €15 billion ($18.4 billion) in cuts, including a reduction of 5 percent for civil servants' pay, albeit by a single vote; Sarkozy is ending France's legal retirement age of 60, steamrolling trade union protests; Berlusconi has announced €25 billion of cuts, and is under attack from the right for not going far enough. In Holland and Sweden, parties offering center-right budget cuts are even proving popular with the voters, at least in contrast with their left-wing alternatives.
If this turns out to be double-dip recession, then all bets must be off. But at present, Europe is seeing precisely the opposite of what the left always predicted would take place during its much-heralded "forthcoming crisis of capitalism." Instead of embracing socialism, we are all Thatcherites now.
Historian Andrew Roberts' latest book, Masters and Commanders, was published in the U.K. in September. His previous books include Napoleon and Wellington, Hitler and Churchill, and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900. Roberts is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts.


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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday decorated the new Service Chiefs with their new ranks.
The ceremony held at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.
In their new ranks, the Service Chiefs are now General Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defense Staff; Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Marshal Ishiaka Oladayo Amoo, Chief of Air Staff.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha; Defense Minister, Major-General Bashir Magashi (Rtd); and the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.
The new service chiefs were accompanied to the State House by their wives and other senior officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Valentines day is just around the corner and a major staple colour to associate with valentines day is without a doubt RED! Today I am collaborating with the gorgeous Taslyn who blogs over at Hiddenbeau-t. We have come together to show what Red lip colour you could rock on Valentines day to blow your partner away! […]Read More


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In two thousand seventeen, the 3-Day shared with me…
Twelve walker stalkers
Eleven Youth Corps kiddos
Ten camp mail letters
Nine awesome photo ops
Eight Seven-City Walkers
Seven amazing host cities
Six wacky costumes
Five super cool crew members
Four Sweep Vans sweeping
Three delicious Grahamwiches
Two Achy Feet
And the promise of a world breast cancer-free.
From all of us at the Susan G. Komen 3-Day®, we send our humble and profound gratitude to every walker, crew member, volunteer, donor and supporter. Your presence in our special little pink corner of the world is better than all the presents under the tree. Thank you, and happy holidays!


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Now it's my turn, as He asked me. Hades has to be one of my favorites in terms of greek gods, but then again I always felt to dark spirits. Hades is the greek god for the underworld and of death, the greek version of Satan, to put it that way.
He is Saturnian with a hint of Plutonian, unsurprisingly (28° in Capricorn- public) and is coercive by nature, very forceful and domineering; He can aid one in matters of clairvoyance & necromancy, and other general affairs e.g. financial aid, developing bonds with others and prominence.
He has told me that He isn't just good at the necromancy bit that all know Him for, and likes to commit to the other tasks too. He appears as a man encircled by darkness, and also as a dark roman infantryman.


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I'm such a stubborn wotsit when purchasing games for my iPad. I have started to only put games on my iPad and use my iPhone for calls, texts, WhatsApp, twitter and the other randomness I have on there. I have also tried to stop downloading so many games... that's not gone so well admittedly.
Plants Vs Zombies has always intrigued me but it's a paid app and whilst not being skint, I prefer to try out a game first and see whether I really do like it. It's just what I do! So at the end of February this game was free for two weeks I think.
In true "me" style I downloaded the game at gone midnight one Friday and I was up until 2am playing! Oops. I simply had to go to bed so off I went, dreaming of zombies...
The next morning I woke up and in another "me" style I grabbed my iPad to get playing again. The game wouldn't load. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Deleted the app and start over, all my progress lost. It worked again and then repeat the process. I could continue to do this but this app was the App store's 'app of the week'. Update please!
I tweeted popcap and got nothing! Tweeted Plants Vs Zombies and I got a reply but that was weeks ago. The thing that really annoyed me was that they didn't acknowledge any complaints until the free period was over. They were tweeting loads about it being free BUT the app doesn't work we would cry!
The sceptic in me has seen they are waiting to bring out No 2 this year, anyone else think they won't bother to fix this app and just wait for the No 2 version to come out? The game is no longer free and yes I know that 69p will not break the bank for buying an app BUT buying an app that doesn't work would seriously p*** me off!
Also the lack of real feedback and announcements from Popcap make me think they don't care.
Shame really, the game was good but I am one of those if you p*** me off once I won't hang around for it to happen again. Thoroughly put off No 2 and Popcap in general. So all round bad PR... oh no wait, non existent PR. Awful.


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A very pink painting party
I did quite a bit of crazy crafting for Lillian's birthday. So I'll just let you look at some photos and describe everything that warrants description under each of the photos. In the future I will document my late night crafting craziness while it is occurring but, since this blog is new and I wasn't prepared in advance, I obviously can't show you the "making of" photos...unless you have a time machine I can borrow. :)
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Torture in 'Zero Dark Thirty'
The controversial film is a necessary reminder of the ugliness of war.
Published January 22, 2013
Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" is receiving extensive condemnation for its graphic depiction of torture. Critics, however, are denying a depiction of the reality of the enhanced interrogation methods used by the CIA in their quest to capture Osama bin Laden.
The movie shows an Arab man inside a cell, at an undisclosed location, being interrogated about the whereabouts of his alleged co-conspirators. The man is starved, sleep deprived, beaten, paraded in a dog collar, made to sleep in a box, stripped naked and waterboarded. Actress Jessica Chastain's character, Maya, a high-ranking CIA official, looks relaxed while the man is being tortured. She then offers the man a chance to help himself by talking and giving up his al-Qaida accomplices.
The scenes are graphic, yet accurate depictions of what went on in places like Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and other secret cells throughout the world. The CIA and parts of the U.S. Armed Forces used these techniques despite our promises against these actions in Habeas Corpus, the Geneva Conventions and our Constitution.
It was extensively reported during the Bush administration that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and many others were waterboarded more than 100 times. The administration was castigated by the media, the Arab world and the international community when reports of torture saw light. The nation was split between those supporting freedom from cruel and unusual punishment and those touting national security.
In 2008, then-presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama had criticized the Bush administration's stance on torture and promised that those practices would not continue. McCain, a former prisoner of war who had himself been subjected to waterboarding, was very outspoken and branded it torture while also calling it ineffective. In 2009, Obama outlawed such practices via executive order.
In the "Zero Dark Thirty" torture scenes, the chain of information from the detainees to big al-Qaida players and the execution of bin Laden have many pundits recently defending torture. Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Mohammed "broke like a dam" under harsh techniques, including waterboarding, and his "torrent for information" included "the nickname of a trusted courier of bin Laden," perhaps the one who is central to the movie's narrative.
But there are those who see the moral bankruptcy in idolizing cruelty and the lack of effectiveness with torture, claiming that a person will say anything to make it stop, even throw out fictionalized information.
I have no sympathy for jihadists, murderers or anyone that wages war on the U.S., and I really want to thank organizations like the CIA and Department of Homeland Security for standing between my loved ones and those who would harm them. But I'm not comfortable with torture. It is morally wrong and ineffective.
The U.S. has a volatile standing throughout the world. Our words must be backed by our actions. Torture jeopardizes the fairness and equality we seek to build throughout the world.
Those who claim torturing individuals traumatized by war will be an effective intelligence strategy are delusional. It took us nearly 13 years to find bin Laden. To say that torture was an effective part of our plan would fail to see it the context of an intensive, decade-long investigation.
Let us treat the torture scenes in "Zero Dark Thirty" as a dark but necessary reminder of our past and let it caution us into not treading down that road again.


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Ocean-crossing ships leave more than just wakes in the water. They also emit particles that ultimately form thin, winding clouds known as "ship tracks." For decades, scientists have been studying the phenomenon in order to understand the complex interactions between aerosols and clouds and to decipher what those interactions mean for climate change.
But researchers have not had enough ship tracks to study. The way a cloud reacts to the presence of aerosols can vary wildly in different environmental scenarios, so researchers need a lot of examples from which to draw solid conclusions. They could soon have more ship tracks to study thanks to a new model that can automatically detect ship tracks in satellite images.


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The economic foundation at the heart of conservative political philosophy is that markets are the best way to allocate the bulk of society's resources.
That faith in markets explains the Republican Party's preference for, say, private medical insurance over a government-run American health system. And it informs their push to loosen regulations that have governed big banks since the 2009 financial crisis.
This emphasis on markets is also on display in many policies that conservative parties across the globe are enacting to address climate change. Climate change may be a partisan issue in the United States, but numerous surveys of other countries reveal that tackling climate change is not incompatible with conservative principles.
Conservative governments with a strong climate record
Across Europe, Conservatives have gotten behind cap and trade, a market-based system for reducing carbon emissions.
The European Emission Trading system, passed by the European Commission in 2005 with support across the ideological spectrum, sets limits on the continent's annual carbon emissions. Companies that pollute more may purchase carbon rights from those who find innovative ways to reduce their own emissions, capping total pollution while giving individual firms the freedom to buy and sell their share.
The cap-and-trade strategy was first put into practice in the United States in 1990, under President George Bush, to combat acid rain.
In Germany, an industrial powerhouse, Chancellor Angela Merkel of the center-right Christian Democratic party, has strongly supported a comprehensive climate law that would combine cap and trade, tax incentives for renewable energy and major investments in energy efficiency.
To be fair, the political spectrum in Europe skews left. But conservatives in more right-leaning countries are fighting climate change, too.
India's hard-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi – leader of the world's largest democracy – is a strong proponent of renewable energy. While his administration maintains support for the coal industry, solar production is set to increase five-fold in India by 2022.
And Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, who holds strong conservative views on many social issues, has nonetheless embraced some of the most stringent climate goals in Latin America.
According to the Climate Action Tracker, which monitors countries' progress toward reducing carbon emissions, Chile will generate 65% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2035, and has imposed strict new energy efficiency standards on manufacturing, mining and transportation.
In Jamaica, the Labour Party – the island's conservative party – has endorsed a new "climate accelerator." Backed by billionaire Richard Branson and the Inter-American Development Bank, the initiative aims to make this vulnerable region more resilient by attracting financing to scale up renewable energy, build low-carbon infrastructure and increase investments in green technology.
Climate change is a market failure
I am an environmental economist, but it doesn't require advanced training in economics to recognize the basic principles underlying all these conservative-backed environmental policies.
The first is conservative faith that financial markets can adapt and innovate to address today's climate challenge.
There's evidence for this belief. Renewable power – which was economically unviable just a decade ago – is so affordable now because governments and companies around the world have invested immensely in solar and wind. What is expensive today can be made cheap tomorrow if governments put the right incentives in place.
The second basis for the climate policies conservatives worldwide support is an understanding that, under certain circumstances, markets can and do fail.
Markets function properly only under certain conditions.
First, the harmful impacts of producing a given good – which economists call "negative externalities" – cannot hurt anyone other than the producers and consumers of that good. There must also be clear and enforceable property rights over every good in the marketplace.
When these bedrock principles are violated, market breakdown ensues.
Take air pollution, for example. When a chemical factory that produces a cleaning product releases toxic fumes, the cost of that pollution – the negative externality – is not borne exclusively by the buyer or seller of that product. Everyone who inhales the fumes suffers.
Yet because no one owns the "property rights" to the atmosphere, no one can hold the chemical factory or its clients legally responsible for contaminated air.
This is market failure. And in the environmental realm, it is the norm.
Every coal plant or natural gas field that emits the greenhouse gases that drives climate change free of charge is violating the fundamental principle of well-functioning markets.
Policies like Europe's cap and trade system or Britain's carbon tax, which will soon require companies pay a fee for every unit of pollution they emit, are designed to fix this problem.
Global outliers
Not all conservatives embrace market-based environmental policies, of course.
Republicans in the U.S. voted overwhelmingly against a proposed carbon tax in 2016. Then-House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said it would be "detrimental to American families and businesses."
Australia's conservative party, which won a surprise victory in May's national election, is propelling the country backwards on climate. A few years ago, they repealed a 2010 carbon tax. Now the country's new prime minister, Scott Morrison, is reducing the emission-reduction target Australia signed onto in the Paris climate accords and renewing his government's commitment to the coal industry.
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, too, has rolled back his country's strict environmental regulations. That's left the Amazon rainforest open to deforestation and fire.
The current governments of the United States, Australia and Brazil are global outliers who defy overwhelming basic economics and overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change is one of the gravest risks facing humanity.
From Jamaica to India, rightist leaders have shown confidence that with the right incentives companies can and will innovate to transform the economy in a more sustainable direction.
Jason Scorse, Associate Professor, Chair, Director, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.


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Kimberly See, assistant professor of chemistry, is one of 10 people in the country receiving a Beckman Young Investigator Award this year. The awards support research by chemistry and life sciences faculty members who are still early in their careers.
"We're very excited to welcome these exceptional scientists to the Beckman family, and look forward to seeing their progress over the next few years," said Anne Hultgren, executive director of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, in a press release.
As a recipient of one of the awards, See will receive $600,000 over four years to fund her research, which focuses on new battery technologies.
"I am extremely humbled and honored to receive the Beckman Young Investigator Award," See says. "Dr. Beckman's exceptional ability to use fundamental science to solve societal problems inspires the central goal in my lab: to understand and develop new battery chemistry by probing the fundamental mechanisms that govern the electrochemistry. The BYI Award allows us to explore the very exciting new field of divalent solid-state batteries that use abundant, safe, and inexpensive materials."
The Beckman Young Investigator Awards are presented by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Arnold Beckman began his association with Caltech as a chemistry graduate student in 1923. He later became a professor at the Institute. In 1935, while still at Caltech, he founded Beckman Instruments, a company that sold a pH meter he had invented the year prior. In 1940, he left Caltech to focus on running the company, which developed a line of scientific testing equipment.


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The weak performance of many shelf-stable grocery categories in the past year reflects the impact of consumers' return to sourcing meals from restaurants for more occasions after having cooked at home amid the pandemic.
Nearly all of the top grocery subcategories showed a decline in sales for the 52 weeks through April 17, including some that fell by double digits after an overall strong performance during the first year of the pandemic.
At SpartanNash, customers have been opting for products that make meal prep more convenient, reported Bennett Morgan, senior vice president and chief merchandising officer at the wholesaler/retailer.
"As people are spending more time outside of the home, we're seeing a shift to convenient, easy-to-make meal solutions rather than individual items used for cooking from scratch," he said. "On the other hand, when it comes to at-home baking, both mixes and from-scratch supplies both continue to perform well."
Overall, however, IRI reports that sales of baking supplies have declined compared with a year ago, as have spices and seasonings, cold cereal and other items that had performed well a year ago. Baking supplies were down 12.1% for the year, compared with sales gains of 10.4% in the year-ago span.
Some meal-cooking supplies are also performing well for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based SpartanNash, Morgan said, citing mixes and products that make meal-prep easier, such as canned meat and dried pastas.
Still, inflationary pressures could help swing the pendulum back in favor of home cooking, and supermarkets have an opportunity to capitalize with the right merchandising strategies, according to Sally Lyons Wyatt, executive VP and practice leader of client insights at IRI.
Although consumers may be suffering some "cooking fatigue" from the pandemic, and prices are rising on many grocery items, retailers can still entice shoppers with fun and affordable at-home cooking and dining experiences, she noted.
"If retailers and manufacturers can collaborate and put product promotions together for different occasions, that might help," Lyons Wyatt said. "It could be pizza night or taco night. If they promote those products together, and show that shoppers can still come [to the supermarket] and feed a family of four or five for less than going out, that message will resonate."
Consumers, too, have felt a price crunch from restaurants, which could steer many back to the grocery store.
"We feel that we're going to be turning a corner, because you now can't even go to a quick-serve restaurant for an inexpensive meal," Lyons Wyatt explained. "I think, for a lot of consumers, it is going to come down to, 'What can I buy to feed my family as healthy a diet as possible for the least amount of money?' They are going to be trying to figure that out."
Morgan said SpartanNash seeks to encourage cooking at home as a family activity and as an outlet for creativity.
"Regardless of trends, we are always thrilled to support the next generation of home cooks and bakers by engaging families to make home cooking a fun event that includes everyone," he said. "By encouraging our shoppers to take advantage of simple but creative moments in the kitchen, and creating an accessible path to cooking by offering easy-to-use seasoning blends or baking kits, we're happy to inspire a new wave of at-home chefs."


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We're about just one thing – tender loving repair.
We lovingly return our customers' faulty or damaged iPhones, iPads and iPods to a happy, working condition. We aim to do so quickly and efficiently, all the while ensuring a hassle- and stress-free experience for you.
We're based in the North East, but we repair devices for people all over the UK (and even Europe). Never before have we been so dependent on our mobile devices. In fact, we use them to such an extent that they have become integrated into our daily lives. People of all ages are now joining this new mobile generation. But when things go wrong, it can be a real problem.
I founded iTechfixit because there was clear lack of choice about where to get devices repaired. Either pay extortionate rates from the manufacturers or 'try your luck' with a local repair shop where the staff are not always well trained, the parts may not be of a good standard and usually there is no warranty.
With an experience of over 10 years in the electronic repair sector, we offer cost-effective fault rectification solutions to our customers. Choosing iTechfixit as your aftermarket services partner you decide to be in favour of economic, environmentally conscious, innovative and future-orientated company.
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East Fork & Center Creek Trail Fire Update
September 25, 2020
Yesterday: Increased fire behavior generated visible smoke on the northern and eastern sections of the East Fork Fire. Firefighters, supported by "scooper" fixed wing aircraft dropping water from the skies, quickly responded to help mitigate fire spread. Helicopters conducted bucket drops to assist firefighters and reduce heat sources throughout active fire areas. The Center Creek Trail Fire saw minimal activity.
Today's Operations: Crews will attempt to fully suppress spotting from yesterday's wind event and continue monitoring containment lines throughout the eastern perimeter. Winds may increase fire behavior and crews will be prepositioned to respond. Crews are installing a hose lay to reinforce structure protection measures near Moon Lake, as fire along Brown Duck Creek moves closer. An excavator is repairing drainage features and removing debris caused by suppression activities on a canal along Moon Lake Road. Minimal activity is expected on the west side of the fire. Utah National Guard Blackhawk helicopters will assist with fire suppression efforts today.
Weather: A red flag warning has been issued due to high winds and dry conditions. Winds could gust up to 34 mph on the ridges, with sustained speeds of 18-23 mph. Fuels are very dry and humidities remain low. Today will be sunny and warm, with temperatures in the mid-70s.
Resources: 5 Helicopters, 2 fixed-wing aircraft, 13 Engines, 6 water tenders, 2 Type 2 Initial Attack handcrews, 2 dozers, and 2 Wildland Fire Modules. Currently 242 firefighters are assigned to the East Fork Fire. The Center Creek Trail Fire has 9 firefighters assigned.


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Complement the longer Summer days by keeping your home fresh and bright with some gorgeous seasonal scents. Candles aren't only for the dark winter days; you can still light a beautiful fresh candle to liven up your home in the warmer months.
There's plenty of lighter candles that can bring the beach into your home and it's the perfect time to introduce some scents you wouldn't usually choose.
Our summery picks are a delicious combination of zesty and refreshing, warm and breezy, sensual and adventurous. So keep reading to check out our top picks and here's our favourite little tip… make sure you burn your candles for at least two hours to really allow the aroma to release, this also helps them burn evenly rather than pooling and leaving wax up the sides of your candle jar.
Woodwick Sea Salt Vanilla Large Candle
Soft Vanilla blossoms swirled with notes of Sea Salt and Jasmine, the natural wooden wick creates a soothing sound of a crackling fire to take you back to those bonfires on the beach… Woodwick candles have some of the longest burn times in the industry and fragrance your entire room with an inviting scent.
Candlelight Large Ring Pull Gin & Tonic Scented Candle
This candle is guaranteed to take you straight back to that exotic cocktail bar. With a gorgeous, fresh scent of gin & tonic, this candle will definitely get you in the mood for Summer.
Shearer Candles Vanilla & Coconut Large Candle Tin
A heavenly scent of warm baked coconut infused hints of vanilla pod. This gorgeous tin candle is super portable so you can take it anywhere with you to use at a moment's notice. The beautiful coconut scent will transport you back to those lazy holiday days…
Heart & Home Ellipse Candle Jar White Jasmine & Freesia
This gorgeous 4 wick candle will fill your home with evocative scents that will last all day long. White Jasmine and Freesia is a beautifully fresh scent that leaves you dreaming of warm summer days spent with picnics in meadows.
Shearer Candles Lemon Zest Tin Candle
With a burn time of 20 hours you can be sure that this cute tin candle will keep your home smelling fresh throughout the summer months. A fresh, juicy lemon fragrance that is enhanced by sparkling verbena and lemongrass.
Orla Kiely Fig Tree Scented Candle
This gorgeous candle is fragranced with a Mediterranean blend of balsamic base notes with leafy fig and lavender, finishing with fresh citrus notes. A super fresh, light and summery candle that will transport you off to those Italian gardens in no time.
Candlelight Two Wick India Kashmir and Fig Candle
This beautifully scented candle is Indian-inspired with Pear and Fig, housed in a striking jar that's decorated with Eastern-influenced motifs in hues of pink, orange and pink. If you're looking for Asian aromas in your home then this is the candle for you.
Still not inspired? Take a look at the amazing collection of Yankee Candles!


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Lack of international uniformity for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been a clinical problem. The International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) suggested new criteria for diagnosis and classification of diabetes in pregnancy (1) based on the association of maternal glycemia with perinatal outcomes reported in the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study (2).
Clinical outcomes are the best way to define diagnostic thresholds, and this approach to GDM diagnosis has already been reported in the Brazilian population. The study by Schmidt et al. (3) merits mentioning since it is one of the few large studies of unselected pregnant women universally evaluated with the 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The authors compared the 2-h 75-g OGTT criteria for GDM diagnosis by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) (fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l or 2-h ≥7.8 mmol/l; and at least two of fasting glucose ≥5.3 mmol/l, 1-h ≥10 mmol/l, or 2-h ≥8.6 mmol/l, respectively) and showed their ability to predict macrosomia, preeclampsia, and perinatal death. Subjects were 4,977 women from the cohort of the Brazilian Gestational Diabetes Study.
No significant differences between the two diagnostic criteria were observed regarding the frequencies of clinical outcomes. GDM diagnosis resulted in greater risk for macrosomia (RR 1.29 and 1.45, based on ADA and WHO criteria, respectively), preeclampsia (RR 2.28 and 1.94), and perinatal death (RR 3.10 and RR 1.59) (3). In comparison with the IADPSG proposal of an RR 1.75 for pregnancy outcomes (1), ADA criteria resulted in greater risk for preeclampsia and perinatal death (3). The higher ADA threshold detected only pregnancies with major risk for adverse outcomes. GDM incidence was 2.4% based on ADA criteria, 7.2% based on WHO criteria, and 17.8% based on IADPSG proposed criteria.
In 2008, the same study group reported the evaluation of a shorter version of the 2-h 75-g OGTT, a 1-h 75-g test (4). Again, the diagnosis threshold was evaluated by assessing its capacity to predict adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. The 1-h and 2-h tests' receiver operating characteristic curves virtually overlapped for predicting fetal macrosomia and composite outcome (macrosomia, preeclampsia, or perinatal death). The 1-h cutoff point that maximized sensitivity (83%) and specificity (83%) was 141 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l), but at the cost of a high GDM prevalence of 22%. The value of 180 mg/dl (10 mmol/l), as suggested by IADPSG, reached very high specificity in detecting GDM (99%), but would identify only 3.2% of the women as GDM. An intermediate value (160 mg/dl; 8.9 mmol/l) had high specificity (94%) and reasonable sensitivity (62%) for the detection of GDM, diagnosing 8.6% women as having GDM. It is important to remember that in the IADPSG analysis, fasting glucose plus 1-h plasma glucose levels identified a large majority of GDM woman.
In conclusion, in comparison with Brazilian studies, IADPSG criteria would result in a higher frequency of GDM with lower-risk pregnancies being diagnosed as GDM. The advantages of shortening the duration of the test include convenience for the patient, lower cost, and a good diagnostic accuracy in all populations evaluated.
No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article are reported.


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POSTPONED: Frank Youngman and Seth Bernard
January 21, 2022 @ 7:30 pm-
January 21, 2022 @ 10:00 pm
University United Methodist Church (UUMC)
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Frank Youngman and Seth Bernard have known each other since 1983, when Seth was 3 years old and Frank and the Lost World String Band were putting out vinyl on Wheatland Records and playing dances in the barn at Earthwork Farm, Seth's birthplace and home. Mentor and mentee, these two have been longtime pillars of the Michigan Music community, stewarding a culture of collaboration and cooperation among artists, and using the power of song to raise awareness. Having been marinated in the rich cultural offerings of the Ten Pound Fiddle for decades, with peak experiences and magical memories imbedded in their souls, Frank and Seth will bring a pile of instruments to the stage to serve up a mighty feast of music from the heart.
Click here to watch Frank and Seth's set from Wheatland's 2020 Virtual event.
Frank has been playing all types of music his whole life. A multi-instrumentalist, he has performed in places as diverse as The Improv Comedy Club in New York City to A Prairie Home Companion. A founding member of The Lost World Stringband, The Pets, and Jive at Five, he continues to keep a busy recording and performing schedule. He has just finished up his 35th year of teaching, the last seventeen years as the Director of Instrumental Music for the Lake City Area Schools. The Uke was his first instrument.
Born and raised on Earthwork Farm in rural Northern Michigan, Seth Bernard was brought up in the folk and farmstead culture with an enriching integrative experience of the arts, agriculture, and community. In 2001, Seth founded Earthwork Music, a renowned Michigan-based collective of successful independent musicians who focus their efforts on environmental advocacy, social justice, creative empowerment and community building.Seth has traveled the world and blanketed the US as a magnetic performer and uplifting cultural worker and is equally at home fronting a large electrified ensemble as he is holding a crowd with nothing but an acoustic guitar. Seth has served as the Director of the Musical Ambassador Program for On the Ground where he helped cultivate partnerships and cultural exchanges between communities in southern Mexico, Ethiopia and eastern Congo and communities in Michigan with a focus on solidarity and creative collaboration. "Eggs" Bernard is a NMEAC Environmentalist of the Year Award winner for Arts Education and has worked with SEEDS and On Stage for Kids bringing nature-based experiential creative empowerment to young people across the Great Lakes region and beyond.
"I know that the future of music is in good hands with people like Seth around to be its caretaker. More importantly, I know the future of our world is in good hands."
-Greg Brown, Folk Legend
In early 2018, Bernard launched the Clean Water Campaign for Michigan, a social movement using storytelling and music to amplify the groundswell of support for water issues.
Seth is a prolific songwriter and recording artist with 12 solo albums and a dozen more collaborative projects in his catalogue. He's won 8 Jammie awards as a recording artist and producer, and has been a longtime iconic leader and steward of Michigan's music community. Learn more about Seth's newest work, "My Heart is My Home" here.
"This music not only swings, rocks, and grooves–it matters. It's the voice of a real community, with a sound and a message the world needs to hear."
-Bill McKibben, Author, environmentalist, journalist
"The argument for the most influential human in the Michigan music uprising of the past decade may begin and end with one Seth Bernard."
-Jack Clark, Red House Concerts


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BOSTON, JUNE 6, 2017 – Global athletic leader New Balance is celebrating Global Running Day Wednesday, June 7th 2017 by hosting a virtual running relay around the world with Team New Balance athletes. The brand's athletes in Australia will start the day by taking over the @newbalance Snapchat channel and pass to other global locations to inspire runners around the world to commemorate Global Running Day.
Team New Balance athlete Olivia Easton will kick things off in Australia and pass the baton to Camille Buscomb in the Netherlands. Then Harry Aikines and Team New Balance Manchester in the U.K. will take over followed by Bruna Guido and Ciro Violin in Brazil with Reid Coolsaet and Khamica Bingham in Canada joining and culminating in the U.S. with Brenda Martinez, Boris Berian and the Big Bear Track Club in California. The virtual race will show the favorite routes of Team New Balance athletes and give viewers around the world a look into how they are celebrating Global Running Day.
"Global Running Day brings athletes together to celebrate the sport of running and what better way to do that than to host a virtual global relay," said Tom Carleo, VP Running. "Our goal is to inspire athletes of all ages and ability around the world to join us in a run."
Runners and New Balance followers worldwide can join in Global Running Day simply by running and tagging @nbrunning or using the hashtags #seemyrun and #globalrunningday. Additional team New Balance athletes not participating in the virtual relay will be posting their runs on Snapchat and Instagram.
To join the movement, please sign up and pledge your miles at https://globalrunningday.org/embed.html and for more information on New Balance please visit, www.newbalance.com.
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New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2016 reported worldwide sales of $3.80 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.