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The United States is unique in the Western world in that it has only ever mildly flirted with socialism.
Aside from Eugene Debs' five ill-fated tilts at the White House in the late 1800s, textbook socialism has rarely raised its head above the parapet of mainstream American politics.
Though some hard-line conservatives would use the term to describe Barack Obama – or even the Wall Street-friendly Clintons – true devotees of Marx and Engels around the globe would no doubt vehemently (and accurately) disagree. Instead, the country's Left has more often been preoccupied with progressive cultural causes than with any real plans to overthrow the capitalist system.
And yet, a self-described (democratic) socialist has now not only broken into the spotlight, but – if you were to listen to the fever pitch squeals of cable news and social media over the past week – is actually a serious contender to take on the best-funded and most well-oiled political machine in history in the form of Hillary and her somehow-still-popular and philandering 'husband'.
Bernie Sanders not only openly describes himself as a socialist but actually looks like one.
In the 'Obama Age' of election campaigns, when smooth-as-silk telegenic performance can outweigh policy or professional experience, Bernie is the most unlikely of success stories: a grumpy and crumpled former Kibbutznik at the head of a million-strong army of fed-up millennials.
From obscurity as a fairly inconsequential senator from a fairly inconsequential state, Sanders has swiftly become a cultural icon, parodied (brilliantly) by doppelganger Larry David on SNL and worshipped on college campuses and, increasingly, at the Democratic primary polls.
He tied with Hillary Clinton in Iowa and defeated her in no uncertain terms in New Hampshire.
And it's not difficult to see the appeal. With student debt at all-time highs and dissatisfaction with federal politicians even higher, Bernie – who enjoys an 'outsider' persona despite his decades in Congress – offers a radical message that many hope will result in a turning tide.
When compared with his opponent, the shine from Bernie's hairless scalp is illuminated even further.
Hillary Clinton is the ultimate politician, railing against Republicans while lunching with billionaire donors; preaching feminism publicly while privately working to silence and shame the many women who have accused her husband of sexual indiscretion and assault.
By contrast, Bernie is undeniably genuine, with a campaign supported by small individual donations and legions of enthusiastic volunteers, super PACs or superstars.
On the economics, of course, Bernie's vision is fundamentally flawed.
Wherever socialism has been tried – and versions of it have been attempted almost everywhere – it has resulted more often in oppression and depression than any uplifting of the people.
But before this becomes a rant about the virtues of free markets and limited government, let's turn back to the realities of the 2016 race.
Regardless of whether you think a Bernie presidency would bankrupt the nation and perpetuate poverty, or whether you think he is the second (or first) coming of the Messiah, either way it is almost certainly destined to be consigned to peoples' dreams (or nightmares).
True, Bernie did well in New Hampshire, but as a representative of neighbouring Vermont this is perhaps unsurprising. He also exceeded expectations in Iowa, but both of these states are largely white and rural and are a poor reflection of the broader demographics of the Democratic-voting public on which the nomination hinges.
More importantly, the rules of the Democratic Party stack the chips heavily in favour of its Royal Family.
Alarmingly, despite a draw in the first caucus and a resounding victory in the first primary, Bernie's crucial delegate count for the nomination is just 40. Hillary's is almost 400.
This tenfold discrepancy – despite the clear preference of the voters thus far – is due to the influence of so-called 'Super Delegates', supposedly un-tethered individuals whose votes count for more than others within the so-called 'Democratic' party.
Despite the inherent injustice, Bernie Sanders has already had remarkable success. He has engaged young people in the political process and fought back against his party's corrupt Establishment.
He is an honest, decent and likeable fellow. But he will not be President of the United States.
Then again, that's what they said about Barack Hussein Obama.
Those 'feeling the Bern' should be preparing the egg for my face just in case.
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text: From UPWORTHY – When AC Milan's midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng hears some vulgar and racist chants from the crowd, he decides enough is enough. He punts the ball toward the racist fans, and in a display of sportsmanship that will surely be talked about for some time, he proceeds to leave the field followed by his teammates and the ENTIRE opposing team. As all the players left the field together, the message to the fan community couldn't be clearer: It doesn't matter if you're a supporter, we will not play for racists. The player hears the chant and retaliates at 0:09, and both teams make their decision by 0:31. My favorite shot is at 0:52. What a beautiful, strong statement. I really love that both teams were on board for this!


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Blocking is a complicated volleyball skill; arms, feet, hands and timing all have to work in conjunction. Today we'll go over a few simple tips on hand movement that should help improve your roofing possibilities.
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The crawl space has an integral role towards a home's overall value as well as the living space above. Most homeowners in Pleasant Ridge Knoxville don't think twice about their crawl space unless they have to make repairs to plumbing, heating ducts or house wiring. While often thought of as no more than a storage area, it also has a tremendous impact on the overall indoor air quality of the entire home.
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By default, the air quality of a crawl space is typically poor. Mold, mildew, radon gas and poor energy efficiency all create several problems. The air that circulates within it eventually makes its way up through the living space. Scientific studies show that up to 50% of living space air originates from the lowest level of the home. With homeowners more concerned about their home's indoor air quality, the encapsulating of crawl spaces has become a popular solution for such problems.
A damp crawl space creates a safe harbor for harmful molds, in addition to dust mites, termites and other bugs that can infest the home. The presence of excessive moisture will also create a serious problem with the probability for the wooden structure of a home to deteriorate. Crawl space vents pose a further problem. While believed to be a solution to moisture problems, they, unfortunately, make the problem worse. As it turns out, the vents allow cold air and moisture in, which rises into the living area and therefore decreases the heating efficiency of the entire home.
Another all-too-common problem associated with crawl spaces is radon gas. Though it cannot be seen, smelled or tasted, radon is a radioactive gas that can contribute to poor health, including cancer. Radon gas makes its way through the earth, into the crawl space and the home's living space. According to the U.S.E.P.A., radon gas is the number one leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers.
Ignoring these various conditions is not recommended for both long-term health and energy usage. Fully encapsulating a crawl space – by both sealing and insulating – is a fully efficient measure in addressing such problems. It makes sense to maintain and improve the lower level area in order to maximize healthy living conditions and home resale value.
While there are several systems for encapsulating, a zero perm liner system that also insulates and reflects heat provides the most benefits. With a proper floor and wall liner, the area will not only be well insulated but will seal out moisture, bug infestation, and radon gas. Other components to look for in a system include a radon gas-dispersing drain fabric, a radon gas ventilation pipe, and a ceiling heat shield.
A complete system with all of the above components will allow any soil gasses – including radon gas – that naturally occur under the liner system, to wick through the drain fabric and escape out through the ventilation pipe. While improved indoor air quality is the primary benefit of a sealed and insulated crawl space, the homeowner will also appreciate a bright, clean, and dry storage area; the ridding of musty smells; less energy usage; and tax credits. Contractors encapsulating crawl spaces will have more to offer to their clients when they can assure the peace of mind with improved indoor air quality.
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The single best thing you can do to eliminate moisture and odors coming from the crawlspace is to apply a heavy sheet of plastic. Plastic wrap comes in clear or black and in different thicknesses. Purchase either color and with a thickness of at least 6 mil or better yet 10 mil.
Roll out the plastic so that all of the crawlspace floor is completely covered with plastic. When you have to cut the plastic to go around something, be sure to cover the cut with additional plastic or lap the original layer over the cut out. It's OK to use duck tape on the plastic vapor barrier as well. Just be sure to not have any voids in the plastic where moisture and odors can still get through.
The walls of the crawlspace should be covered as well to better eliminate moisture concerns as they can harbor condensation, a major source of moisture issues. Just roll out extra length of plastic so that you can run it up the crawlspace wall and using the stapler, tack along the ledger board located just above the concrete block or poured wall.
If you eliminate odors, moisture from the crawlspace and other undesirable elements coming from the ground beneath your home, your family will be living in a much healthier environment.
Although this task can be accomplished by yourself, it will be much easier if you can get a buddy or helper to go into your crawlspace and aid in the rolling out of the plastic barrier.
6 mil plastic is fine, however, if you can find thicker plastic (greater than 6 mil) then it will be much harder to rip or tear as you move along the crawlspace.
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If you get three general contractors together and the topic of discussion turns crawlspaces and moisture control, you will probably hear six opinions. Even the experts seem to have different and often conflicting opinions about what tack is the best to take.
There has been much research on crawlspace encapsulation during the past decade. The US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Energy, the ZEBRAlliance at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and a non-profit research organization called Advanced Energy have all done excellent and groundbreaking research in the area of crawlspace encapsulation. Their research findings were instrumental in the last revision of the International Building Code. They all agree in a few, very important areas.
When considering your home, think of it as a single system. Your HVAC system, insulation, windows, attic, living space, and crawl space all work together. All of these building components need to be optimized and balanced to achieve maximum comfort, performance and energy efficiency. Your crawlspace is an important part of this system.
Your house is like a giant chimney. By natural convection, air is drawn in through crawlspace vents and air leaks. Because warm air rises, the outside air is drawn through the living space (along with mold spores, odors, and moisture) and exhausted through the attic. In the summer, your crawlspace is naturally cooler than the ambient outside temperature. So when the warm, humid outside air reaches the cooler crawlspace surface areas, the moisture condenses on framing, plumbing, wiring, insulation and especially HVAC ductwork and "sweats", just like an iced tea glass sweats on your kitchen table in the summer. In the southeast it is not unheard of for crawlspace humidity to approach 100% and actually rain inside the crawlspace.
The moisture in your crawlspace creates an ideal environment for wood destroying organisms, mold, and mildew. It can saturate and destroy the effectiveness of your insulation and promote wood rot. And because of the chimney effect, the humid crawlspace air, full of mold and mildew spores, eventually finds its way into your living space creating an unhealthy environment and causing your air conditioning to work overtime to dehumidify the air. Just a vapor barrier might help a bit, but most of the moisture is coming from outside, not your dirt, crawlspace floor.
So, the alternative to a vented crawlspace is an encapsulated (sealed) crawlspace. Crawlspace encapsulation involves sealing all outside vents, installing a high-performance vapor retarder on all exposed wall and floor surfaces at or below grade, insulating the walls and rim joist, and conditioning the air.
The prevailing research claims that by insulating the walls and rim joist, it is unnecessary to insulate the floor. However, if the existing floor insulation is in good condition, leave it in place. We generally recommend a rigid foam board insulation that is fire-retardant, low VOC, and offers an R-13 value or greater. It cuts easily and can be used for sealing existing crawlspace vents too. The sill plate should be caulked and paper-faced fiberglass insulation is used to insulate the rim joist.
The building codes in most areas require the air in an encapsulated crawlspace to be conditioned. That generally means adding a dehumidifier or using the existing HVAC system to condition the air. The EPA and the Department of Energy recommend using the existing HVAC system at a rate of one cubic foot per minute of conditioned air per fifty square feet of crawlspace area. A qualified HVAC contractor can add one or two 4" or 6" vents to a system for a nominal cost. The vents are usually equipped with a butterfly valve that can be adjusted to get the desired air flow.
We prefer using this method since the installation of the vents is generally less expensive than a crawlspace dehumidifier. And since running a dehumidifier is about the same as running a small refrigerator, the cost of conditioning the air with an HVAC system is generally less than running a dehumidifier. Remember that you're not trying to heat and cool your crawlspace; you're just adding a small amount of conditioned air. A relative humidity target of 60% or lower is a good place to start.
When comparing high performance vapor barriers, look at puncture and tear resistance. Other than being absolutely water tight, a high performance vapor barrier should also be flexible, fire resistant, low VOC, and lightweight. There is a world of difference between the 6 mil vapor barrier material sold in most hardware stores and a high performance specialty product. Most reputable suppliers will provide samples.
In addition to dramatically increasing indoor air quality and protecting the structure of your home, several research studies from Advanced Energy indicate that crawlspace encapsulation can actually lower energy usage. These studies were done in several parts of the country with varying climates.
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I got into it with an old friend from high school on Facebook the other day about the Confederate flag. It's funny, because I have not seen this person in about twenty years, and I have nothing but good memories of him. We weren't best buddies, we never slept over or anything, but we ran in the same circles and I always liked him. He was a fun, funny guy who I was always happy to see when we showed up at the same parties, and there were a lot of those.
Other than being Facebook friends, we've had no contact at all in a million years, but through Facebook I was aware that he is married with kids in North Carolina and just a bit to my right politically. That's fine by me — my whole family is to my right politically, and we don't yell at Christmas dinner. To me a difference of opinion between friends is just that, and I remember this person as a friend, so I have no interest in fighting with him about matters I'll never change his mind about, nor he mine.
I was on vacation in Grenada with my family when the shooting in Charleston happened. I was slow to read about the story because I was on vacation, consciously trying not to look at my phone every five minutes. We found out about it from a taxi driver, who was deeply upset about it, and over the next few days everywhere we went people asked us about it because, in a 99% black country, we stood out as obviously American.
These people were far more upset about it than, from what I could tell on social media, the average person in America was. When the national discussion turned to the Confederate flag, my old friend posted the following:
I didn't reply to this post right away, but it stayed with me for a couple of days, on the plane back to Brooklyn, into the next night. He seemed to be angrily arguing against a straw man position. No one is blaming the flag, they're suggesting that we stop poking African Americans in the eye with it. And by the way, while I'm sure that not all people who wave that flag are racist, let's not pretend that when racists want a flag, it's overwhelmingly the one they turn to.
Then a couple of days later, he posted something else:
I guess my friend knows some history that I do not, that explains how the Confederate flag was not the battle flag of an army formed to fight for the right to continue slavery. I'm willing to allow that this is possible. I haven't read all the books. But what does "the South and the Democrats" have to do with anything? The Democrats sucked on Jim Crow, everybody knows that. George Wallace was a Democrat, Strom Thurmond was a Democrat. So what? The South was uniformly Democrat when Kennedy and then Johnson started moving on civil rights, and Southern Democrats (the racist ones, at least) were not down with that; Richard Nixon shrewdly courted those voters (it was called the "Southern Strategy"), turned them into Republicans, and the South has been Red ever since. I'm not sure what that has to do with whether the Confederate flag is a racist symbol, though. Parties change. The Democrats used to suck and they've gradually gotten better, and let's just say the Republicans are trending down. Is the idea that I vote Democrat, so I'm duty bound to support any and everything Democrats have ever done? That's silly. Does it work that way in reverse, too?
Anyway, this guy was such a nice guy when I knew him, I had a hard time squaring the startling lack of empathy in what he wrote with the genuinely lovely guy I remember. But politics sometimes has that effect on people, by reducing everything to abstractions, to groups pursuing opposing goals in a zero-sum game. A metaphor came to me, and against my better judgement — I have never engaged a political argument on social media, except for the time I got into it with Roseanne Barr on Twitter — I replied to his first post:
I was fully adrenalized when I hit Reply, like I would be if I was about to get in a fight, which is obviously silly. In practical terms, who cares if this guy hates me now or whatever? I haven't seen him since 1998. It will have zero effect on my life if he doesn't consider me a friend anymore. But I still felt weird about engaging him on a topic he clearly has little sense of humor about. I left the computer for a while and when I came back there were two replies:
My hypothetical is embarrassing? I actually thought it was a pretty solid metaphor. What I wanted to do was think of a situation requiring a similar type of empathy, only on a much smaller, more human scale, to try to take the Red and the Blue out of it, and look at it as a human question between you and your neighbor.
I chose "Don't Worry, Be Happy" to represent the flag in my metaphor because it's a song no one could have an objection to on any philosophical level. By doing this, I am stipulating that sure, your love of the Confederate flag is pure and real and untainted by genocides or white supremacy, that it's a totally harmless piece of cloth with a positive sentiment (let's call it Southern Pride) at its core. I'm taking your argument that the flag is not an inherently racist symbol at face value in my little hypothetical. I then tried to think of a similar trauma that could befall your neighbor that would be roughly equivalent to an entire race suffering a 400-year Holocaust; having his daughter raped and murdered in front of him seemed to fit the bill. (Would it make more sense if it was his Grandmother? I dunno — now that you know what I'm going for, maybe you can suggest a better calamity to befall your neighbor to stand in for slavery.)
Anyway, the harmless song reminds your neighbor of the worst thing that's ever happened to his family, so he asks you not to play it so loud anymore. Again, I think this is a pretty good metaphor. I thought maybe if you thought of it in terms of a human person who you have to see most days and look in the eye occasionally, and if I bent over backward to give you every benefit of the doubt to assume you're not racist, that you might see this differently.
But then everyone knows a metaphor's no good if you have to explain it, so I apologize.
In your reply, you offer a hypothetical of your own, uncloaked by metaphor, suggesting the flag might mean more to me if I'd lost ancestors in the war. Your reply overall was so angry, and so loaded with talk-radio buzzwords (telling me to "stop being a victim" when I'm just suggesting a little empathy for your fellow man doesn't even make sense) that I decided not to reply because it was obviously going to devolve into namecalling and insults. I unfollowed the thread so I wouldn't get sucked back into it.
But again, the thought stayed with me for a day or so. What if I had innocent, non-slaveowning ancestors who died for that flag? Would I feel differently about this? Rather than just fire back and defend myself and make fun of your spelling, I took a step back and thought about it for a couple of days.
The truth is, the Confederate flag doesn't really bother me at all. Like a lot of white dudes my age, my main association with the Confederate flag is on the roof of the car from my favorite show when I was 9, The Dukes of Hazzard, Friday nights at 8 on CBS. There were no black people in Hazzard County, so there was no racism. To me, that flag represented hollering "Yeee-haw" while jumping over a closed bridge in an orange GTO, a fantasy I reenacted with my own scale-model General Lee in my bedroom. At no time was I thinking of slavery or white supremacy, just good clean fun.
The flag doesn't bother me because I'm a white dude; no one has ever waved it while demeaning my humanity. But there is a whole segment of the population that suffered grotesquely under that flag. It's not hard to understand why they don't want it flying over government buildings. It's like flying a Nazi flag in Tel Aviv and then wondering why people don't like it.
I am willing to believe that your associations with the Confederate flag are 100% positive and centered on family and tradition and sacrifice and Mint Juleps and whatever else. I don't question your totally honorable, legitimate regional pride. But you seem to feel that pride will be canceled out by the acknowledgement of black people's pain, or that the flag is closely tied to that pain. Is rubbing their nose in that pain really the only way you can feel your pride? You really have to blast "Don't Worry, Be Happy" even though your neighbor's telling you it reminds him of the worst thing that ever happened to him?
Your bosom warms with pride, you think of family and country and heritage every single time you lay eyes on that flag? That's great. But for black people it's pretty much the opposite. You seem to be arguing that reminding them every day that they were and (let's face it, still are) seen by some as lesser citizens is an acceptable price to pay for you getting to feel your Southern Pride. The idea that another group's feelings or perceptions or sense of pride is less important than yours is like thinking that they are less important than you, and I don't want to use labels, but there is a word for that — it rhymes with "Gay Jizzum."
You might say, all their suffering happened a long time ago, none of them were ever slaves, they're trading on crocodile tears for a past they no longer have any real connection to. And I might suggest that you appear to be doing exactly the same thing. You say "Everybody is offended by something, get over it." Well, old friend, you seem to be offended by the idea that you might have to confine your love of this flag to private spaces; this might be a good time to take your own advice and get over it.
I don't mean to suggest that getting rid of the flag is going to turn any racists away from the dark side. It obviously won't. If anything it will inflame them. Nor will it do anything to prevent future massacres. It's just good manners, which I always heard were important in the South. Treating this huge segment of our society with the basic human compassion of acknowledging that they have a real grievance here, that their associations with the flag, while very different, are no less valid than yours, would go a long way toward helping them believe that racism is as over and gone as you say it is.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go try to be a productive human being instead of being a victim.


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The soft touch of Tria's hand against my chest is the only thing that keeps me going, but there are consequences. As a fighter, I should be able to deal with anything life throws at me, but there is one circumstance I simply can't handle. I only have one coping mechanism: a tube around my arm and a needle in my vein.
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This is the raw, brutal underground of no-holds-barred combat. Yet, when she began standing outside of the cage, everything changed. I was no longer fighting for the money or the glory – I was fighting for her.


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Heroin Maintenance and More: Switzerland's Great Drug Policy Experiment
Former Swiss president Ruth Dreifuss talks about the radical policy changes that helped to mitigate her country's AIDS crisis.
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In the 1980s, Switzerland suffered from the highest HIV rate in Western Europe, thanks largely to soaring levels of intravenous heroin use. How the country successfully mitigated this problem—with harm reduction approaches including prescribed heroin, or Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT)—is instructive.
Last night, at an event hosted by the Open Society Foundations (OSF) in New York, former Swiss president Ruth Dreifuss—who became her country's first female leader in 1999—related Switzerland's journey to some of the radical changes that she oversaw.
"We were confronted in the '80s with the peak of the AIDS epidemic," she said. "We were also touched by the presence of a great number of people being injecting consumers of heroin, consumers of other substances, in a really marginalized way." Swiss law enforcement reacted by keeping some neighborhoods of cities clear of open drug use, while allowing other areas—most famously Zurich's "needle park"—to become de facto decriminalized zones.
But concentrating public drug use into certain areas wasn't enough, said Dreifuss: "It was very clear that we couldn't abandon the people in this open scene. We had to give them the means to protect themselves. We had to develop a public health policy."
She explained the need to "enlarge the spectrum of treatment," to include abstinence-based programs alongside harm reduction provisions like clean needles, supervised drug consumption rooms, expanded methadone programs and the headline-grabber: HAT—which prescribes heroin to long-term users in order to bring them into contact with the health system, keep them safer and cut associated crime.
"Everything can be a treatment if we help people take one step forward," said Dreifuss. "So why not prescribe heroin to people who failed at every step before, who even failed in methadone programs because they couldn't comply?"
Switzerland's highly scrutinized five-year "experiment" with HAT, involving 1,000 long-term heroin users for whom other approaches had failed, was a resounding success, despite some international opposition. The OSF's report, From the Mountaintops, summarizes some of the findings:
It was possible to stabilize dosages of heroin, usually in two or three months, without a continuing increase of dosages, which some had feared.
There was significant and measurable improvement in health outcomes for patients, including significantly reduced consumption of illicit heroin and even illicit cocaine.
There was a significant reduction in criminal acts among the patients, to the point where the estimated benefits of this effect well exceeded the cost of the treatment.
Heroin from the trials did not find its way into illicit markets.
Initiation of new heroin use did not increase.
Utilization of treatments other than HAT, especially methadone, increased after the advent of HAT rather then declining as some had feared.
"Generally people are really satisfied with this new policy," said Dreifuss last night, "including people who fought against it that now accept the good results."
In 1988, 64% of Swiss people thought that drugs were one of their country's five biggest problems—in 2002, only 12% did. After several votes—including a 68% "yes" in a 2008 referendum—HAT has now been legally endorsed as one element of Switzerland's broader drug strategy. Interestingly, this happened even though Switzerland is a relatively conservative country in some ways: Voters in that 2008 referendum rejected marijuana decriminalization, although it's back on the political agenda now.
Political realities have prevented the adoption of HAT in all but a handful of other European countries, and despite further positive study outcomes, it still seems a long way from happening in the US.
Switzerland's former president believes that rather than pursuing what she calls "the myth of a drug-free world," policy should focus on doing all of the things that help people to stay safer: "The only good addicted person is a living person. She is the only one who has the chance to become free and to live a normal life."
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If you are a fashion lover, you probably follow Coco Rocha on one of her many social media channels, the model is a social media powerhouse and along with her husband James Conran, she will be visiting Australia to speak to The Australian Financial Review Magazine's Bespoke Fashion & Business Summit on May 16th, 2013.
A supermodel who has worked with many luxury fashion labels – from Karl Lagerfeld, Longchamp and Christian Dior, she has fronted campaigns, hosted TV shows and even took over the social media channels for Sass&Bide earlier this year. When you do the maths, Rocha has amassed millions of followers on 13 different social media platforms.
According to Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive, Rocha was the "the first model to surpass 1 million followers on Google+", and has built a following of over 4 million in China on both Sino Weibo and Tencent Weibo.
"You have to be all the platforms," Rocha said in her chat with Leive. "Because the Tumblr followers? They are a cult. The Twitter followers? They are a cult. You think, 'Well, I have Twitter so I'm hitting everyone.' No, you're not. You need Vine, Viddy, Sino Weibo, Tencent Weibo, Tumblr, Twitter. And all of them have their own identity."
"My content is from me. It's not some PR firm that's deciding to sell other things. It's me and my voice and I think only I know it best. Some people can pretend to be someone else and that's okay, great for them."
Rocha and Conran are also known for their shared humanitarian efforts, having been recognised for their philanthropic work in Haiti and raising awareness and funds for the battle against human trafficking, Rocha is also active in working to alter the prevalence of eating disorders in modeling and promote positive body image in young women.
Tickets are currently on sale to attend Bespoke, the fashion and business summit by The Australian Financial Review Magazine.
Early bird tickets of $550 are still available until April 8, 2013 with student tickets are only $100. Buy your tickets now from sydneyoperahouse.com/bespoke or by phoning the Sydney Opera House Box Office on 02 9250 7777.
Keep up to date with all things Bespoke via their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts.
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Vyon Early Origins
Emilia-Romagna, capital of the province of Forli-Cesena. The Church of S.Mercuriale is notable. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor.
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Vinegar has been used for centuries for many different purposes, from making pickles and dressing salads to polishing armour.
Nowadays the benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar makes it an attractive, and affordable option for both weight loss and your overall health.
Let us look at Apple Cider Vinegar in more detail to see what benefits it can provide.
What is Apple Cider Vinegar?
Apple Cider Vinegar is simply pulverized and fermented apples.
After pulverization the apples are left to ferment, where the sugars are broken down by bacteria and yeast, and turned into alcohol.
When the alcohol is left to ferment even further vinegar is the result.
How can Apple Cider Vinegar help with weight loss?
Following the publication of the book 'Folk Medicine' that was written by D.C. Jarvis, Apple Cider Vinegar has become increasingly popular as a weight loss aid.
It is believed that it can burn body fat rather than storing it, while studies have shown that it can lower the glycemic index of high carb foods such as pasta, therefore slowing the release of glucose into your bloodstream.
In simpler terms Apple Cider Vinegar can make you feel fuller for longer by reducing the speed that your stomach is emptied.
These are not the only weight loss benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar as it can aid digestion too, which can help to remove the stored waste from your colon and intestines.
Other health benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
Weight loss is not the only benefit of Apple Cider Vinegar, the following health benefits can also be experienced:
Healthy hair
If you want to add extra body and shine to your hair then Apple Cider Vinegar may be the solution.
Just mix a cup of water and 1/2 a tablespoon of vinegar in an old shampoo bottle and rinse through your hair a few times week for improved hair health.
It can also be used to treat dandruff by mixing both water and vinegar together in equal measurements.
Simply spray the mixture onto your hair and wrap with a towel, leaving for 15-60 minutes before rinsing.
By running a bath (not too hot) and adding a cup of vinegar you can ease the pain of sunburn by soaking for around 10 minutes.
Just a teaspoon of vinegar followed by a glass of water has been shown to help ease heartburn.
Although research is still in its early stages there is evidence to suggest that Apple Cider Vinegar could help to lower blood sugar levels.
If you have diabetes however, you may want to speak to your doctor beforehand as this form of vinegar contains chromium that may affect your insulin levels.
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If you are looking to buy Apple Cider Vinegar then you cant go far wrong with than Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar, which is available to buy from the Vitamin Shoppe in both a 16oz and 32oz bottle.
The 32oz bottle is particularly cost effective at just $4.69 a bottle.
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The St Jude's Day storm which hit Britain at the start of the week will cost insurers up to £500 million, experts say.
Willis Re, the insurance brokers, has calculated the bill for damage caused by the near 100-mph gale at between £300 million and £500 million.
Tim Edwards, from the firm, said there had been "significant damage" from downed trees - which were heavily laden with leaves because of the time of year - fallen tiles and smashed windows.
LV, which insures more than 500,000 homes said that it had seen an eightfold increase in calls, and more than 750 new claims registed as a result of the weather.
Meanwhile, the Energy Networks Association said that 57,000 properties, mostly in the east, still had no electricity, almost 48 hours after the winds arrived.
Engineers have already restored supplies to more than 600,000 properties since the gale hit, but are facing difficulties in reconnecting some affected areas, where British Red Cross volunteers have been on hand to help residents.
Many of those still without power are in coastal areas, which are at the end of the energy network. In Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast, residents were yesterday facing their second day without power. Shops reported a rush on batteries, restaurants were forced to turn customers away, and hotels in the resort had to relocate guests.
The Brudenell and White Lion hotels, both operated by Suffolk-based TA Hotel Collection, have had to move guests to other hotels out of town.
The local pharmacist, Barry Shooter, said he and his staff were having to handwrite prescriptions and deliver them to the housebound.
Mr Shooter said: "We need light to dispense accurately. Our pharmacist is wearing a head torch and her assistants are working with hand torches. We are not 100 per cent happy about releasing prescriptions with checking the records on our computer. We also supply over-counter-medicine. Working only by light coming through the windows is not desirable."
Around 2,500 engineers are working on the network to repair cables and reconnect affected areas. They are using helicopters to locate and assess the damage.
As recovery work continued, tributes were paid to those killed during the storm, which is estimated to have caused around £1 billion of damage.
Tess Peirce, the mother of 17-year-old Bethany Freeman, killed when a 30ft tree toppled on her caravan as she slept, said the family had been "absolutely devastated" by the death.
Ms Peirce, who had been sleeping in another caravan while renovation work was carried out on the family property at Hever, Kent, spoke with Bethany, a Tunbridge Wells Grammar School pupil, while firefighters and neighbours fought to free her but she died a short while later. In a statement, the mother said: "We are all absolutely devastated at the loss of my daughter. I would like to thank the emergency services for their tremendous efforts in attempting to save her."
Bethany's brother, Guthrie Freeman, 36, a television researcher, said: "She is and was a great friend for everyone and the best sister I could have asked for."
In Hounslow, west London, the bodies of Suhail Akhtar, 46, and Dorota Kolasinska, 34, were found in the wreckage of their home after a falling tree ruptured a gas main, leading to an explosion. Friends said the IT contractor and his girlfriend, understood to have worked for Hackney Council, would be "sorely missed".
The other confirmed death was of Donal Drohan, 51, a father of three, from Harrow, west London, who died when his car was hit by a tree in Watford, Hertfordshire. A fifth person, Dylan Atkins, 14, is feared dead after being swept out to sea in the storm. His body has not been recovered.
The St Jude's Day storm, named after the patron saint of lost causes, was the worst gale to hit Britain in more than a decade.
The brunt was borne by southern and eastern England, which suffered major road and rail disruption on Monday, the effects of which were still being felt yesterday, with closures on the Watford to St Albans, Marks Tey to Sudbury, Witham to Braintree, and Ipswich to Lowestoft lines.
More than 300 trees have been removed from railway lines and several miles of overhead power lines have been repaired. Around 500 engineers were called out to resolve the problems – including 27 "chainsaw teams".
The cost to the insurance industry could be up to £500 million, according to Willie Re, the brokers.
Mohammad Khan, an insurance partner at PwC, said: "The storm is hitting the largest exposure in insurers books: where the density of properties is highest and where buildings are the least tested to high wind speeds."
Yesterday, there were still 47 flood warnings in place across the country – down from 111 at the peak of the storm. But only 14 properties were reported as having been flooded.