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We're proud of our progress and the industry is taking notice. In fact, Barron's has named Victory Capital one of its 25 best fund families every year since 2014.
A key differentiator for us is that each of our franchises maintains its own investment process and independent voice. This is a deliberate decision that ensures investment autonomy and unique thinking among our investment professionals and empowers them to spend 100% of their time doing what they do best: managing money and serving clients. We surround those franchises with what we consider to be a best-in-class centralized operations and distribution platform that is centralized, but not standardized.
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Barron's ranked Victory Capital 9th overall, 4th in the Mixed Asset category, and 5th in the Taxable Bond category out 57 fund families for the one-year period ended December 31, 2018; 10th overall and 2nd in the Mixed Asset category out 58 fund families for the one-year period ended December 31, 2017; 21st out of 61 firms for the one-year period ended December 31, 2016; 25th out of 67 firms for the one-year period ended December 31, 2015; and 15th out of 65 firms for the one-year period ended December 31, 2014.
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All mutual and exchange-traded funds are required to report their returns (to regulators as well as in advertising and marketing material) after fees are deducted, to better reflect what investors would actually experience. But our aim is to measure manager skill, independent of expenses beyond annual management fees. That's why we calculate returns before any 12b-1 fees are deducted. Similarly, fund loads, or sales charges, aren't included in our calculation of returns. Each fund's performance is measured against all of the other funds in its Lipper category, with a percentile ranking of 100 being the highest and one the lowest. This result is then weighted by asset size, relative to the fund family's other assets in its general classification. If a family's biggest funds do well, that boosts its overall ranking; poor performance in its biggest funds hurts a firm's ranking.
To be included in the ranking, a firm must have at least three funds in the general equity category, one world equity, one mixed equity (such as a balanced or target-date fund), two taxable bond funds, and one national tax-exempt bond fund.
We have historically excluded single-sector and country equity funds, but those are now factored into the rankings as general equity. We exclude all passive index funds, including pure index, enhanced index, and index-based, but include actively managed ETFs and so-called smart-beta ETFs, which are passively managed but created from active strategies. Finally, the score is multiplied by the weighting of its general classification, as determined by the entire Lipper universe of funds. The category weightings for the one-year results in 2018 were general equity, 34.8%; mixed asset, 21.3%; world equity, 17.1%; taxable bond, 22.4%; and tax-exempt bond, 4.4%.
The category weightings for the five-year results were general equity, 35.9%; mixed asset, 19.7%; world equity, 17.3%; taxable bond, 22.5%; and tax-exempt bond, 4.5%. For the 10-year list, they were general equity, 37.1%; mixed asset, 20%; world equity, 16.7%; taxable bond, 21.2%; and tax-exempt bond, 4.9%.
The scoring: Say a fund in the general U.S. equity category has $500 million in assets, accounting for half of the firm's assets in that category, and its performance lands it in the 75th percentile for the category. The first calculation would be 75 times 0.5, which comes to 37.5. That score is then multiplied by 34.8%, general equity's overall weighting in Lipper's universe. So, it would be 37.5 times 0.348, which equals 13.05. Similar calculations are done for each fund in our study. Then the numbers are added for each category and overall. The shop with the highest total score wins. The same process is repeated to determine the five- and 10-year rankings.
Source: "Barron's Fund Family Ranking: How the Best Active Managers Performed", March 8, 2019.


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Reserve Aug. 16 on your calendar now for the Summer Wine Festival, a fun and popular event that raises money for student scholarships. Last year's festival raised more than $10,000 for the Lasallian scholarship fund, and this year the scholarship needs are even greater.
This year, the festival will cost $25 for those who sign up before Aug. 1, and $30 for those who sign up later. Tickets for designated drivers will be $15.
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A replication-defective, recombinant adenoviral vector encoding the wild-type human tumor-suppressor protein p53 gene with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon intratumoral administration, rAD-p53 binds to the coxsakie-and-adenovirus receptor (CAR) on tumor cells and enters cells selectively via receptor-mediated endocytosis, which may result in the overexpression of wild-type p53 intracellularly and p53-mediated tumor regression. In addition, this agent may stimulate the immune system to mount a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) immune response against tumor cells, may activate natural killer (NK) cells to exert antitumor 'bystander effects' and may downregulate the expression of various oncogenes. The p53 protein blocks tumor cell cycle progression and directly initiates apoptosis; the p53 gene, a tumor suppressor gene, is deleted or mutated in a significant number of cancers. Check for active clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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The perturbation theory suggested by Shifrin is applied through the second order to the scattering of light from dielectric spheroids and finite cylinders. In the case of short dielectric cylinders, this technique provides an accurate prediction of the scattering pattern in its range of applicability, and this prediction is especially useful as no exact scattering solution exists. The validity of the perturbation theory is established by comparison with exact results for the spheroid, and excellent agreement is shown for ka(m − 1) ≈ 1, where k = 2π/λ, a is a representative target dimension, and m is the index of refraction. The results for the finite cylinder are refined from our previous work by a careful construction of the internal electrostatic solution. This allows the calculation of intensities for short cylinders. Comparisons are made between the spheroids and cylinders of equal volumes for aspect ratios ranging from ½ to 5, and significant differences are noted in some cases.
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Even though months of haggling ended in an impasse Monday, Major League Baseball apparently will play ball this year.
After the players union executive board reportedly voted 33-5 against team owners' offer of a 60-game schedule, Major League Baseball announced that the clubs voted unanimously "to proceed with the 2020 season."
The implemented schedule will be for 60 games, according to multiple media reports, though ESPN stated that it could be anywhere from 50 to 60 games.
There had been concern that a minority faction of owners wanted to cancel the season completely, with players' salaries possibly outweighing the income that could be generated by holding games with empty stadiums amid the coronavirus pandemic.
MLB's statement read, "In order to produce a schedule with a specific number of games, we are asking that the Players Association provide to us by 5:00 p.m. (ET Tuesday) with two pieces of information. The first is whether players will be able to report to camp within seven days (by July 1st). The second is whether the Players Association will agree on the Operating Manual which contains the health and safety protocols necessary to give us the best opportunity to conduct and complete our regular season and Postseason."
A short time earlier, the MLB Players Association tweeted a statement that read, "Earlier this evening, the full Board reaffirmed the players' eagerness to return to work as soon and as safely as possible. To that end we anticipate finalizing a comprehensive set of health and safety protocols with Major League Baseball in the coming days, and we await word from the league on the resumption of spring training camps and a proposed 2020 schedule.
"While we had hoped to reach a revised back to work agreement with the league, the Players remain fully committed to proceeding under our current agreement and getting back on the field for the fans, for the game, and for each other."
By rejecting MLB's latest proposal, the union preserves its right to file a grievance over the length and financial terms of the season, maintaining that owners didn't negotiate in good faith. Manfred has made the same accusation regarding the MLBPA's negotiation strategy.
Due to the union's vote on Monday, MLB announced that several facets of its final offer will not be enacted:
- Use of the designated hitter in both leagues in 2020 and 2021
- A guaranteed $25 million in playoff pools in 2020
- $33 million in forgiven salary advances, that, according to MLB, would increase the take-home pay of 61 percent of the players.
- Overall earnings for players that MLB stated would amount to 104 percent of their prorated salaries
- The removal of plans to expand the 2021 postseason "in order to address player concerns"
Last-ditch attempts for MLB and the MLBPA to reach an agreement reportedly were sought on Monday as the window to hold a season continues to close.
The Athletic analyst Jim Bowden tweeted that the proposal the union rejected Monday would have given players their full prorated salaries for 60 games, but it would not have guaranteed salaries if games weren't played.
The vote was initially due to be held Sunday, but a large number of positive COVID-19 tests caused a delay.
Citing two sources close to the situation, USA Today's Bob Nightengale reported that 40 MLB players and staff members tested positive in the last week. Nightengale added that Manfred and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark exchanged emails with "tweaks" to their proposals.
According to Nightengale, the recent uptick in COVID-19 infections will push the start of the season back to July 26 at the earliest, with spring training resuming no earlier than June 29.
On Sunday, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported Manfred wrote a letter to Clark offering to cancel expanded playoffs and the universal designated hitter for 2021 (the owners' latest proposal had those elements in place for 2020 and '21). But, Passan added, "Players are concerned about giving up leverage of playoffs for naught."
Nightengale reported Manfred also promised that players on non-guaranteed contracts who were arbitration-eligible in 2019 but released during spring training would receive full termination pay.
The season was scheduled to start March 26, but the coronavirus pandemic led to the ongoing delay.


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Rabbi Shlomo Matusof of Casablanca, the first Chabad-Lubavitch representative to take up an outreach position on behalf of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away Saturday night. He was 91 years old.
In 1950, Rabbi Matusof was sent by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, to Morocco where he established a network of some 70 Chabad-Lubavitch yeshivas serving Jews countrywide. He lived with his wife in Casablanca until recently, when the couple moved to New York.
Rabbi Matusof is survived by his wife and nine children, most of whom are Chabad Shluchim: Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Matusof, Chabad representative to Toulouse, France, Rabbi Yehuda Matusof, Chabad representative to Cannes, France; Rabbi Eliyahu Matusof, an editor at the Chabad-Lubavitch publishing house; Rabbi Yonah Matusof, Chabad representative to Madison, Wisconsin; Rabbi Reuvein Matusof, Chabad representative in Paris; Rabbi Shmaryahu, representative and Chasidic mentor in Brunoy, Paris; Baila Palatinesky of New Jersey; Rabbi Menachem Mendel, representative in Alberta, Canada, and Aidla Nemanov, of Brooklyn.
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Justin Bieber has returned! Listen to a snippet of his new song.
Justin Bieber will release his new single "What Do You Mean?" in 30 days.
During a sit-down interview on On-Air with Ryan Seacrest Wednesday morning, Bieber opened up about recording his new record and revealed the single, titled "What Do You Mean" because girls are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, is produced by Skrillex and drops Aug. 28.
"Well, girls are often just flip-floppy," Justin explained (in a whisper) to Seacrest. "They say something and they mean something else. So … what do you mean? I don't really know, that's why I'm asking."
We won't hear the song for an entire month, but Bieber describes the track as "fun" and "summery." "Definitely the first single is amazing. I worked really hard on it with a guy named Poo Bear." He adds, "It's really uplifting, clear, poppy, but cool," he revealed. "The sounds are super expensive. Skrillex is a genius. He's super futuristic and I just love his sound. So to be able to incorporate that sound with what I'm doing has been super cool because it's new and fresh. I feel like no one has done it before. I'm very excited."
And it's taken the Biebs three years to get to this point.
"I've been working a lot in the studio, just trying to have a consistent sound, a cohesive sound," he explained. "I get in my head a lot and I get kind of depressed because I want it to work so badly. I want people to love it. I want to inspire people. Sometimes I wonder, 'Is this good enough? Is this the direction I want to go?' I had kind of a rough week last week. I get in my head and I don't want to get out of bed sometimes."
Here's a preview of it that leaked from a party Bieber was at earlier in the month:
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Mohandas Gandhi
Life Path Number 9
Mohandas Gandhi was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.
He was born on Saturday October 2nd 1869, in Porbandar, India.
Mohandas Gandhi is the philanthropist, humanitarian, socially conscious, and is deeply concerned about the state of the world, for which he has great compassion and idealism. Mohandas is a utopian, and will spend his life trying to realize some aspect of his utopian dream, sacrificing money, time, and energy for a better world. It is in giving that Gandhi finds much satisfaction.
Mohandas Gandhi has a broad outlook on life. He tends to see the big picture, rather than the minute details. Mohandas naturally attracts people from all walks of life who can fit into his larger plans and take over the areas he finds uninteresting. The person with a 9 Life Path is rarely prejudiced or accepts social biases of people. Instead, they evaluate people on the basis of what they can do for the larger cause. They are the true egalitarian.
Mohandas is imaginative and creative, especially at harmoniously arranging the beauty already potential in the environment. These abilities can lead Gandhi into such fields as interior decorating, landscape art, and photography. But because of his strong social consciousness, Mohandas Gandhi can be an effective politician, lawyer, judge, minister, teacher, healer, and environmentalist. Vocations that require self-sacrifice and have a clear social impact are common among 9s.
He is often disappointed by the realities of life: the shortcomings of others, or of his own self's. Somehow, Mohandas Gandhi does not want to accept the imperfections of the world, a feeling that drives him constantly to try to improve upon it. But rather than be satisfied with his efforts, and those of others, Mohandas relentlessly pushes on, striving for greater accomplishments. He is often unsatisfied with the results. In short, Gandhi lacks the perspective that would otherwise make it possible for him to enjoy life more fully, and accept its natural limitations.
Mohandas Gandhi has a controlled enthusiasm and the ability to finish what he starts.
A key to Mohandas' personality is the necessity of sacrifice. Mohandas has to learn to let go of material possessions and relationships, the inherent lesson being that holding on too tightly to anything causes pain.
Money comes to Mohandas Gandhi through mysterious or unexpected ways: inheritance; the benevolence of someone who was inspired by Gandhi's work; or a lucky investment. Conversely, if Mohandas pursues money for its own sake, after giving up on his larger dreams, he is likely to find himself empty handed.
The most successful and satisfying road for a nine is giving; sharing and sacrificing for a larger goal, without expecting anything in return. Mohandas' greatest chance at success is to tie his personal fortunes to an endeavor that makes the world a better place for others. Very often, this turns into a highly successful and lucrative enterprise, providing amply for Mohandas Gandhi and his family. His life rests on the axiom that the more he gives, the bigger his reward.
Mohandas Gandhi is romantic, but his love is more impersonal. He tends to be focused on his dreams instead.
When Mohandas is not in harmony with his true nature, he can fall to moodiness, or become aloof, and withdrawn. He can become timid, uncertain, and ungrateful, putting the blame for his troubles on others or the world. Gandhi has a gift for examining his life objectively, and at some distance. He has to be honest with himself. By openly facing his shortcomings, as well as his strengths, he develops equilibrium. Mohandas Gandhi is thus able to love and better understand himself and all of life.
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If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Mohandas Gandhi's birth. In that instant, Mohandas stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Gandhi's numerology chart is based on the date of his birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Mohandas Gandhi's life.
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Fauja Singh (born April 1, 1911) is a centenarian Sikh. He is a marathon runner of Indian descent who is a world record holder in his age bracket. His current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6 hours 2 minutesl,and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5 hours 40 minutes, at the age of 92, at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2003.
Singh has stated, "I won't stop running until I die. The next target, God willing, is to be the oldest marathon runner ever." and, "At the time when people start retiring, I thought of running at the age of 63...and today I won the marathon at 93 years of age."
In 2004, Singh was featured in an advertising campaign for sportswear manufacturer Adidas alongside David Beckham and Muhammad Ali.
Singh, who is a vegetarian,holds UK records for the 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, mile and 3000 m for his age group, records all set within a single 94 minute period.


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Infantile amnesia, also called childhood amnesia, refers to the fact that people can remember very little about the first few years of their life. Surveys have shown that most people report their earliest memory to be between their third and fourth birthdays. Furthermore, people's memories of childhood generally do not become a continuous narrative until after about seven years of age.
Psychologists do not know what causes infantile amnesia, but they have several theories. One view is that brain structures critical to memory are too immature during the first few years of life to record long-term memories. Another theory is that children cannot remember events that occurred before they mastered language. In this view, language provides a system of symbolic representation by which people develop narrative stories of their lives. Such a narrative framework may be necessary for people to remember autobiographical events in a coherent context.
The phenomenon of infantile amnesia does not mean that infants and young children cannot learn. After all, babies learn to stand, walk, and talk. Scientific evidence indicates that even young infants can learn and retain information well. For example, one experiment found that three-month-old babies could learn that kicking their legs moves a mobile over their crib. Up to a month later, the babies could still demonstrate their knowledge that kicking moved the mobile. Infants and toddlers seem to retain implicit memories of their experiences.


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Judge Jackson today ordered Microsoft to be broken into two separate companies as part of his verdict in the U.S. government's antitrust case against the firm. In his verdict, he also imposed a variety of other remedies on Microsoft designed to curb its anticompetitive behavior.
"Portions of the judgement included conduct remedies, which Microsoft will appeal, but some are likely to survive the appeals process and could be implemented as early as 2001," said Chris Le Tocq, research director with Gartner Group Inc., based in San Jose, California. "Until the breakup, the remedies apply to the whole company, to some extent that might put pressure on Microsoft to bring the breakup forward."
The judge's verdict in the case today came as little surprise to industry observers given that he has leaned more and more strongly towards the U.S. government's case ever since determining in his findings of fact in November that Microsoft was a monopoly. Today, the judge wholeheartedly supported the government's key claims that Microsoft has abused its monopoly position in the operating systems market to dominate other markets, most notably Internet browser software, as well as squash competition.
The biggest problem for Microsoft in the period prior to the proposed breakup is the intense scrutiny the company will be placed under, according to Rob Enderle, senior industry analyst at Giga Information Group Inc., based in Santa Clara, California.
"Every time they do something they'll attract attention," Enderle said. "It's... like driving to work every day with the most strident back-seat driver, who's also a police officer."
Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies Inc., in Campbell, California, said such scrutiny could have a positive result as Microsoft develops a second generation of Web-based appliances. "Had they gone unchecked, they could have used their market dominance in the same way," he said.
However, Bajarin didn't welcome the judge's ruling.
"I don't believe it's a smart decision for two reasons," Bajarin said. "In the PC arena, Microsoft and Windows already won the war. Two years from now, consumers are still going to want to use Microsoft software. I don't think any of us want the government telling us how to write software."
Splitting Microsoft into two companies -- an applications firm and an operating system business -- could result in what Bajarin dubs a "potential tower of Babel" situation. "What you're going to end up with is two monopolies," he said.
The other side of the coin is the reaction of Ken Wasch, president of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), an IT trade association and a supporter of the plan to break up Microsoft. In fact, his organization proposed a three-way split of the software giant into applications, operating systems and Internet companies.
"Consumers won. Justice won. Microsoft lost," Wasch said. "There will be more choice in the software applications consumers can buy, and they will be cheaper."
At the other end of the reaction spectrum, Jonathan Zuck, president of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), an advocacy group for the IT industry that has been very supportive of Microsoft throughout the trial, made no bones about his opposition to the judge's ruling.
"This is a travesty of justice, where the ultimate losers will be the IT industry and consumers," he said. "This decision will ultimately lead to fewer choices; it will stifle innovation and will result in higher prices for consumers." Zuck described the breakup order as an "atomic bomb," and more of a punishment than a remedy.
Another Microsoft supporter, Keith Teare, chief executive officer of Internet keyword system provider RealNames Corp., worried about the implications of punishing Microsoft. "It sends a message to me that basically says 'Don't succeed too much, because if you do, if you become too powerful in the market, we'll come in and pull the rug from under your feet,'" he said. "I'm pretty sure that outside the U.S., that's how most people will see it. They'll be astounded that the U.S. is acting like the Soviet government, limiting the success of business."
Teare said Microsoft has been a good partner for RealNames to work with, and suggested that this aspect of the company didn't emerge during the trial. "The fact that Microsoft helps others innovate, that they don't try to own everything, is the hidden side of the story," he said.
Not surprisingly, an IT company that's no friend to Microsoft, Sun Microsystems Inc., warmly welcomed the judge's ruling. Sun has an ongoing lawsuit with Microsoft relating to the licensing of Sun's Java technology.
"These measures ... will protect Internet technologies from becoming the proprietary preserve of any one company -- which was, and Sun believes still is, Microsoft goal," Sun's Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy said in a statement. "Microsoft has expressed no regret for its actions throughout these proceedings, and the company has not recognized any wrongdoing."
So, who stands to benefit from the judge's ruling? Alternative operating systems to Windows may well find their fortunes much improved, Gartner's Le Tocq explained. "PC manufacturers are likely to look more readily on alternative OSes and alternative devices because part of the terms of the judge's ruling mean they will have a cafeteria-style system where companies can pick and choose their Microsoft technologies," he said.
Jon "Maddog" Hall, the executive director of Linux International, a nonprofit group that distributes information about the open-source OS, earlier this week looked forward to a Microsoft breakup as being beneficial for Linux. "(A breakup) would be the ideal time for people to say 'Hey, it's time to port Microsoft Office to Linux,'" he said.
Turning to the appeals process, Microsoft will likely have a difficult time of it, according to Robert Schneider, an attorney with Chicago law firm Chapman and Cutler, who has expertise in both antitrust and intellectual property law. He said either the U.S. Supreme Court or the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia would have to overturn Judge Jackson's November findings of fact that determined Microsoft to be a monopoly.
Mark Schechter, an attorney at Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C. and a former U.S. Department of Justice official, agreed with Schneider.
"Appellate courts don't like to second-guess findings of fact," he said. "Microsoft will have to focus on the conclusions of law." Schechter predicted that the focus of Microsoft's legal attack during the appeals process is likely to be the technological tying issue -- of its Windows OS with its Internet Explorer Web browser -- and some of the intellectual property issues. "I think they're going to attack the divestiture... arguing it's not proportionate to the violation," he added.
"If this case is litigated through the Supreme Court, it will be the case used to define (antitrust) rules... in the coming decades," said Bill Kovacic, a law professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., who has followed the case closely. The case will help determine "what a dominant enterprise may do," not only in the IT market, but for any large firms, potentially altering existing business practices, he added.
Mark Ostrau, an antitrust and intellectual property partner with law firm Fenwick & West, based in Palo Alto, California, doesn't think that Microsoft has good grounds for an appeal.
"The remedy is generally the least vulnerable to attack, because of the broad discretion the antitrust laws give a judge who finds a monopoly," he said. "(The decision is) designed to anticipate technology." The case is not likely to go to the Supreme Court, according to Ostrau. "It's an increasingly rare event that the Supreme Court would take a direct appeal like this, especially when the divestiture portion of the decision is stayed pending appeals," he said.
Looking back over the antitrust trial, Ostrau wasn't complementary about the performance of Microsoft lawyers during the case. "I don't think they took the resolve and the skill of the government seriously enough," he said. "In many respects, Microsoft is no more than a garage company that through strength of personality believed it was on the shining path."
Nor did he rate the government lawyers highly. "They pursued this case somewhat opportunistically," Ostrau said. "When they started the maze, they had no idea how to get to the end, or what it would look like. In a way, it's a very tactical approach, not a strategic one."
(George Chidi, James Evans, Doug Gray, Jack McCarthy, Rick Perera and Nancy Weil of IDG News Service contributed to this report.)


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Celebrate Easter with South American sandwich cookies filled with delectable dulce de leche. Dulce de leche is simply sweetened condensed milk with a dash of salt to cut the cloyingness. You can bake it in a water bath to keep from having to be glued to the stove forever, otherwise scorching it. Once you have the dulce de leche, you make the cookies, which use a whole cup of cornstarch, making the cookies satiny, tender, and bit crumbly. A 2-inch round cutter will help when you section off the dough for each cookie.
Alfajores are soft, delicate cookies from South America made, surprisingly, with cornstarch. The cornstarch gives the dough a smooth, satiny texture that makes it a dream to work with and produces a tender, crumbly cookie. Creamy Dulce de Leche holds the cookies together.... Read More
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EU energy package: What it means for coal, renewables and efficiency
More coal plants are being cancelled than built
The literature on EU energy regulations got longer by about a thousand pages [on 30 November], as the European Commission put forward its vision for achieving a "clean energy transition", writes Sophie Yeo for Carbon Brief. The vast collection of documents — including revisions to directives, impact assessments, enquiries and new regulations — will determine the future of energy in the EU up to 2030. It touches upon subjects including coal … [Read more...]
The global coal boom has started to slow, a new report says, as more plans for new power plants are now being shelved than completed. The number of cancelled coal projects across the world has outstripped those completed at a rate of two to one since 2010, according to Sierra Club and CoalSwarm - two campaign groups that have tracked the progress of 3,900 intended plants since 1 January 2010. Article by Sophie Yeo of The Carbon Brief. … [Read more...]


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Full of tangy citrus flavor, these moist lemon cupcakes provide a perfect vehicle for billowy meringue frosting. A sweet treat for lemon lovers, these Lemon Meringue Cupcakes are surprisingly simple to make.
My practical-joke-loving daughter Eliza hatched a plan to wear a shirt that reads "Life" while handing out lemons to passersby….


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Charlie loves picking up sticks but they end up in the garden! This is an ace idea xReplyDelete
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Oh, I love this idea! So simple, and I could see both of mine loving it! Have pinned :)ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous10 February 2015 at 22:16
Lovely idea, Izzy is obsessed with finding sticks when we are out walking, so this is a good craft idea for next time she brings one home!ReplyDelete
this is a great idea. my two haven't yet started hoarding sticks, but def one to do with them when they do!ReplyDelete
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Love these, we make then here on the farm for activity hour and waving spells in the fairy garden. Please joinme for my #Trash2Treasure link up, this fits perfectly!ReplyDelete
we have multiple magic wands all over the house. Some of them are sticks, some are broken pieces of other toys. They all have different powersReplyDelete
Thanks for linking up to #Imaginationmatters this week, I love this... I made Sprog an impromptu wizard costume yesterday and he turned his wand into a telescope ...turns out he'd rather be a pirate!ReplyDelete
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The interwebs is awash with reports and speculations about the Heartbleed. Post-Y2k it's difficult to recall any occasion when a security vulnerability managed to gain such widespread attention. But, exactly what is Heartbleed? Here's a quick summary of everything you need to know about Heartbleed.
What is Heartbleed?
Heartbleed is a critical vulnerability in the OpenSSL library. The official designation of this bug is CVE-2014-0160. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This bit of technology essentially ensures that no one can peek into the data sent between you and the webserver. Every website with an URL that begins with https:// (often indicated by a padlock in your browser's address bar) uses SSL to keep data, including the authentication information that you key in, private. OpenSSL is an extremely popular open source implementation of this protocol.
Heartbleed is a bug in the OpenSSL code, which can be theoretically be leveraged by an attacker to gain access to data transmitted between you and the webserver. This means that theoretically the attacker can see all of the data that you enter into an affected website, including your username and password. There has also been speculation that the bug can enable the attacker to gain access to a server's private key. This would essentially allow the attacker to impersonate any web service and conduct MTM (man in the middle) attacks. This would force every affected website to revoke and reissue their certificates. However, there's still debate about whether this worst case scenario is possible or not. CloudFlare has declared that after extensive testing it has been unable to grab private SSL keys by exploiting Heartbleed.
Update: The CloudFlare challenge has been cracked. So, it's possible to access a server's key with this exploit.
How did this happen?
Contrary to the conspiracy theories buzzing around the social media websites and discussion boards, there is a very simple explanation behind how the Heartbleed vulnerability was introduced. It was a simple coder oversight.
The bug was introduced by Dr Seggelmann, a German contributor to the OpenSSL project. He was working on patching existing bugs and adding new features. Unfortunately, in one of the new features, he forgot to validate a variable containing a length. The same mistake was also overlooked by the code reviewer Dr Stephen Henson, and thus the bug made its way into the production code of OpenSSL.
How does this exploit work?
As mentioned earlier, the Heartbleed vulnerability is due to a missing validation on a variable size. One of the reasons why the bug has been named as Heartbleed is that it occurs in the heartbeat stage of the protocol. A heartbeat is essentially a technique that enables a computer at one end of the SSL connection to double check that the recipient is still alive. The following XKCD comic does a pretty good job at explaining the issue in simple terms. Essentially, the hearbeat mechanism sends a key and requests a response from the recipient to confirm that the recipient is still active. However, the length of the request isn't validated. So, you can send a key that is just 3 characters long, but request an acknowledgement that is up to 65536 characters long. Since, the server isn't checking the length of the response requested, it would send you all of the requested characters, which will include whatever characters that are stored in the memory after your key. With some luck and persistence, you can exploit this oversight to gain access to confidential information.
Who discovered it?
The Heartbleed bug was introduced two years ago; however, in a strange co-incidence, it was discovered and reported by two parties on the same day. One of those parties was Google's Neel Mehta, who quietly reported the bug to OpenSSL. The other party was a Finnish security research firm called Codenomicon. Realizing that the discovered bug was extraordinary in its impact and severity, Codenomicon decided to create a campaign to make sure everyone took notice of the issue. They registered the domain heartbleed.com, came up with the compelling name, designed a logo, and created the initial narrative. Both researchers collaborated with OpenSSL to ensure that the vulnerability wasn't disclosed before an official patch was released.
What can you do?
To be honest there isn't much you can do. A fix for the vulnerability has already been issued by OpenSSL. Most major websites, including banks and other financial service providers, have already updated their OpenSSL installation. Given the massive publicity this bug has received, it's likely that most websites will implement the patch in the coming days. Mashable has published a massive list of popular websites affected by this vulnerability. It's wise to change your password at any website that was affected by the bug, but you should do so only after that website has patched the vulnerability. Otherwise, you risk exposing yourself further. As always, folks using unique passwords are considerably safer.
Lastpass, one of the most popular password managers, has updated its Security Challenge tool to include Heartbleed related information. It automatically scans websites in your vault and lists all the websites that have been affected. It also lets you know which websites have been patched, so that you can go ahead and change your password.


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Hannover wrote:In adding Himmler to this list see:
'Norbert Masur's report on his talk with Heinrich Himmler 1945'
- Hannover
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And Himmler continued: "In order to stop the epidemic, we were forced to cremate the bodies of the many people that died of the disease. That was the reason we had to build the crematoria, and now, because of this everybody wants to tighten the noose around our neck." This was the most convulsing try by Himmler to cover up his deeds. I loathed this explanation of the crematoria to such an extent that I could only remain silent.....
...Himmler then got to the subject of the concentration camps. "The bad reputation of these camps was because of the unfortunate choice of names for them, that was a mistake, we should have called them 'educational camps'. There were not only Jewish and political prisoners in the camps, but also criminal elements, who were detained after they served their sentence in prison. Because of this, in 1941, a war year, Germany had the lowest crime rate in decades. The prisoners had to perform heavy labor but that was true of the German people too. The treatment in the camps was sever but just." I interrupted: " But one cannot deny that many atrocities occurred in the camps," to which he answered:" I have to admit that this happened, but I then punished the guilty."...
Himmler continued on: "It was my intention to turn over the concentration camps without defending them, as I had promised. I turned over Bergen Belsen and Buchenwald, but I got no thanks for this. In Bergen Belsen they tied up a guard and photographed him with a few prisoners who had just died. And such pictures are now being published all over the world press. I also turned over Buchenwald without a struggle. Suddenly the advancing American tanks opened fire, hit the hospital building which consisted of a wooden barrack, and which of course caught on fire, burned down completely and the burned corpses were later photographed. With these kind of pictures the world press is now printing hate propaganda. When I released 2700 Jews into Switzerland yea ths also resulted in a press campaign again me personally. It was written that I only released these people in order to establish an alibi for myself. I do not need an alibi as I only did what I thought was necessary for my people,
Notably no gassing allegations are made, Not even by Masur himself. Auschwitz is mentioned though in the Masur text several times.


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UK is at the top of the offshore wind league with 487 turbines installed (1534 MW of capacity); a further 2 GW in construction; and 42.1GW tabled for future development as part of the Round 3 programme.
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The faith of Joseph is a wonder to behold. His life serves as an inspiration for all who profess faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. In the past several posts, we have seen the faith of Joseph unfold in the emerging drama. We have seen the role of doctrine in the life of Joseph. The specific role involves Joseph's proper understanding of doctrine. This man had an accurate understanding of the character of God. He had an accurate understanding of the purposes of God.
When we have an accurate understanding of God's character and his all-wise purposes, we will be ready when the day of calamity arrives. When we understand who God is and embrace the fact that he is in Providential control of everything, we may be shaken but we will not be moved. B.B. Warfield rightly says, "The fundamental thought is the universal government of God. All that comes to you is under his controlling hand. The secondary thought is the favor of God to those that love him. If he governs all, then nothing but good can befall those to whom he would do good. The consolation lies in the shelter which we may thus find beneath his almighty arms." So when the waves of life threaten to sweep us away, we will stand like a rock – to the glory of God.
Question # 28 in the Heidelberg Catechism adds theological concrete to our foundation:
Q: How does the knowledge of God's creation and providence help us?
A: We can be patient when things go against us, thankful when things go well, and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that nothing will separate us from his love. All creatures are so completely in his hand that without his will they can neither move nor be moved.
May Joseph's faith encourage you and embolden you in the days ahead. And may a steady belief in the doctrine of Providence strengthen your resolve when the day of adversity arrives.


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Torbay League of Friends volunteer Chris Evans has received a 'Wow' award from South Devon Healthcare Trust after the phlebotomy department described him as 'a Godsend'.
Chris's normal duties involve working as a volunteer guide showing patients where to go for appointments.
But he has become a firm favourite with the phlebotomy department for helping out delivering samples and products around the site.
The department nominated him for the prestigious award saying he was 'always cheerful and friendly' and always 'goes above and beyond' to help out.
A department spokesman says: 'Often Chris saves a member of the team from leaving their medical duties to make a collection or delivery and that helps the smooth running and efficiency of the department.
'He is so helpful, he rings us up to ask if there is anything that needs doing'.
Dave Rogers, the League Chairman, presented Chris with his award and paid tribute to his willingness to help out where needed.
'All our volunteers give up their time willingly and it is wonderful to see both the department and the Trust recognising Chris's help in this way'
Chris said: I'm very honoured but I see the award as going to all the League members and volunteers who give up their time.
'Both the staff and the volunteers are a pleasure to work with.'
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Faith Works 5-2-09
Jeff Gill
You're Going To Die, Get Used To It
Nearly 100 people died of the influenza today.
And about that number the day before.
Oh, and last week? Same number. Or a month ago today, or this day last year.
Right, I'm not talking about the swine flu. Which sounds nasty, and I hope me and mine don't get it.
What is clearly dangerous is influenza in general, which – news flash – affects the respiratory system in ways that doctors are still trying to fully understand. It's a virus (which means antibiotics don't do a lick of good) and we don't know as much as we'd like, but we can identify new strains, new types of flu virus, through laboratory means.
In the labs, they talk about H1N1, but it takes a news story to come up "swine flu" or "bird flu," neatly confusing people about whether you get it from eating those items (nope) or if you catch it from them (perhaps way back at the start, but not now).
There's also no little confusion about the nature of the threat, hence my distinctly uncheery note to church-going folk of "you're going to die, get used to it."
Of course we don't want to be casual about transmitting disease, and sick people and people with compromised immune systems – two often completely different categories! – should not be piled up next to each other. (And a hospital is where you do just that…)
What folks who are responsible for gathering and managing worship need to keep in mind is that there's essentially nothing to learn here that we shouldn't know and practice in general. Using "swine flu" as a way to focus attention isn't all bad, but let's not go pitching bathwater out upstairs windows without checking the contents, shall we?
First off, people who are coughing and sneezing shouldn't go into public gatherings if at all possible. Masks? C'mon. Just stay home and keep using fresh tissues. We don't need mass mask wearing (try that at the airport, ha ha), we need some common sense. And hand washing. Lots of hand washing.
Perfect attendance? Schools gently set most such recognitions aside for exactly this reason – good attendance plus (whatever) is worth rewarding, but awards or recognition for just showing up no matter what may not actually accomplish what you think. If it gets people who know they have a metabolism full of viruses to still go to church thinking "hey, I have a tissue in my pocket," then you really aren't promoting healthy anything, let alone healthy theology.
Inside the worship space and restrooms, keep tissues around. If you have relevant and meaningful worship going on, you'll need 'em for all kinds of reasons. Don't be cheap or chintzy with 'em, either: get ones that are better than sandpaper, and keep them stocked. I could go into detail here, but it may be your Saturday breakfast with the Granville Kiwanis or Jacksontown United Methodist folks I'm ruining, so I'll just say – use a new one, and dispose of the old. Now.
Should we ditch "the passing of the peace"? Many introverts quickly say "Yes!" if not "Hallelujah!" For some, that can be the most excruciating five minutes of their week, not to mention the service; for extroverts, the grim smile and perfunctory handshake from others is a mystery to be solved by a big, long hug.
There's a case to be made for siding with the introverts when public health situations are afoot, and any flu season, let alone swine flu, makes a case for inviting people to turn, smile (from a distance), and say "Peace be with you," letting "and also with you" replace the warm, two-armed embrace, let alone big kiss on the cheek.
Before 1890, many Protestant denominations had a common cup for their communion practice – many congregations in Licking County, Presbyterian, Disciples, Baptist, UCC, Methodist, and so on, still have a pewter or maybe even silver pitcher and chalice . . . in their historical cabinet.
The advent of little cups for communion (shot glasses, say the disrespectful) was in the 1890s and a growing understanding of tuberculosis. A fascinating book, "The Gospel of Germs," by Nancy Tomes (Harvard University Press), explains how the religion of hygiene collided, and ultimately ran over the theology behind a common cup.
Never mind that there is little or no data to show that you can get much of any disease from a common cup (especially if you use actual wine, a whole 'nother debate).
The swine flu flap may just be a handy time for churches to tell the sick it's OK to stay home, to stock up and keep clean the restrooms, and maybe lay in a few bottles of hand santizer next to the tissue boxes. Just in case.
Jeff Gill is a writer, storyteller, and supply preacher around central Ohio; he'd like folks to keep in mind almost 3,000 people died today of malaria, but not where you see it on TV. Let him know what you worry about at firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow "Knapsack" on Twitter.
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Stress management is a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies aimed at controlling a person's level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually for the purpose of improving everyday functioning. In this context, the term 'stress' refers only to a stress with significant negative consequences, or distress in the terminology advocated by Hans Selye, rather than what he calls eustress, a stress whose consequences are helpful or otherwise.
Stress produces numerous physical and mental symptoms which vary according to each individual's situational factors. These can include physical health decline as well as depression. The process of stress management is named as one of the keys to a happy and successful life in modern society.[1] Although life provides numerous demands that can prove difficult to handle, stress management provides a number of ways to manage anxiety and maintain overall well-being.
Despite stress often being thought of as a subjective experience, levels of stress are readily measurable, using various physiological tests, similar to those used in polygraphs.
Many practical stress management techniques are available, some for use by health professionals and others, for self-help, which may help an individual reduce their levels of stress, provide positive feelings of control over one's life and promote general well-being.
Evaluating the effectiveness of various stress management techniques can be difficult, as limited research currently exists. Consequently, the amount and quality of evidence for the various techniques varies widely. Some are accepted as effective treatments for use in psychotherapy, while others with less evidence favoring them are considered alternative therapies. Many professional organizations exist to promote and provide training in conventional or alternative therapies.
There are several models of stress management, each with distinctive explanations of mechanisms for controlling stress. Much more research is necessary to provide a better understanding of which mechanisms actually operate and are effective in practice.
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In the season premiere of Black Ink Crew, Donna receives a phone call from her husband Maxwell while he is behind bars. It quickly escalates, and Maxwell has some nasty insults for Donna. This season, Donna will open up more about their tumultuous relationship.
To help continue the conversation, VH1 has partnered with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to share information on the warning signs of abuse and what to do if you or your friend is in an abusive relationship.
Domestic violence can happen to anyone and doesn't look the same in every relationship because every relationship is different. But, there is one thing that most abusive relationships have in common – the abusive partner does many different things to have power and control over their partners. It can take on a lot of forms like verbal, emotional, digital (on text or social media) or physical. If you're beginning to feel like your partner – or your friend's partner – is becoming abusive, here are a few behaviors that you can look for:
• Insulting, demeaning or shaming you with put-downs
• Keeping you from seeing your friends or family
• Controlling who you see, where you go or what you do
• Keeping you from working or attending school
• Looking through your phone frequently, checking your pictures, texts and outgoing calls
• Stealing or demanding your passwords
• Maxing out credit cards in your name without permission
• Attempting to control your appearance
• Forcing or manipulating you into having sex
• Pulling your hair, punching, slapping, kicking, biting or choking you
Get Help for Yourself
Making decisions can be tricky when you're trying to figure out if your relationship is right for you, especially if there's no clear, "right" answer. It's important to trust your gut, but it can be helpful to get feedback from people who care about you. You can also consider talking to an advocate from The Hotline about how to leave a relationship safely. At the end of the day, no one else is living your life; you are. You are the expert in your situation, and you are the only person who can decide what's right for you.
Help Your Friend
If someone you care about is in an abusive relationship, it can be hard to know what to do. Your instinct may be to "save" them from the relationship, but it's not that easy. There are many reasons why people stay in abusive relationships, and leaving can be a very dangerous time for a victim. Because abuse is about power and control, one of the most important ways you can help a person in an abusive relationship is to consider how you might empower them to make their own decisions. You can also offer support by:
• Acknowledge that they are in a very difficult and scary situation.
• Be supportive and listen.
• Be non-judgmental.
• If they end the relationship, continue supporting them.
• Encourage them to participate in activities outside of the relationship with friends and family.
• Help them create a safety plan.
• Encourage them to talk to people who can provide help and guidance.
Whether you need help for yourself or a friend, remember that you are not alone and help is always available. To get help or learn more, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 24/7 at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit www.thehotline.org. Services are free and confidential.


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Convenience store plastic bag parody, says "Fuck You Pay Me / Love You Pay Me"
Unisex crew length socks with a ribbed leg and comfortable cushioned bottom. The foot is black with artwork printed along the leg with crisp, bold colors that won't fade. Socks are made of 60% nylon, 22% cotton, 18% spandex.
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I accept money orders, PayPal, credit and debit cards, and Etsy gift cards. Send me a message if you want to pay with a money order and I'll let you know where to send it. You can send cash at your own risk, but I don't guarantee cash sent through the mail. Thanks.
Please allow up to 2 weeks for me to ship your order. Ship time depends on whether the item is in stock or made-to-order (made-to-order items like hoodies usually take longer) and whether I will be out of town vending at an event or otherwise busy. In any case I will print and ship as soon as possible. You will receive a message with shipping information once I mail your package. Thanks.
For most items, I will accept a return for exchange or refund, depending on the circumstances. Please send me a message and I will let you know the address to send the return to.
Returned items must be in new condition (unwashed, with tags) to be considered for a refund or exchange.
Hats - Please return hats in the original packaging or in a box that is at least 6" x 8" x 8". I will not accept any hat that is squashed into a smaller sized box or crushed in any way.
Screenprinted hoodies - These are made to order so all sales are final (no refunds, only exchanges). For exchanges, there is a $18 restocking fee for fleece hoodies and a $14 restocking fee for regular hoodies.
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compile "org.grails.plugins:breadcrumbs:0.5.2"
grails install-plugin breadcrumbs
BreadcrumbsThis plugin will provide a fully functional breadcrumb with minimal effort. It allows you to specify your breadcrumbs by simply specifying a CSS selector for selecting an element on the current page to represent the breadcrumb name. It manages the saving of crumb information across page views and in many circumstances only requires adding a single taglib entry to your layout(s).
Please create tickets in JIRA if you encounter any problems or would like to provide suggestions!
To Install:
Plugin installation:
grails install-plugin breadcrumbs
Including resources:Breadcrumbs makes use of multiple resources, including:
- jquery.js http://jquery.com/
- jquery-easing.js http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/
- jquery-jBreadCrumb.js http://www.comparenetworks.com/developers/jqueryplugins/jbreadcrumb.html
- BreadCrumb.css
will result in the following code being injected into your page:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/appName/plugins/breadcrumbs-0.5.2/js/jquery.easing.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/appName/plugins/breadcrumbs-0.5.2/js/jquery.jBreadCrumb.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/appName/plugins/breadcrumbs-0.5.2/css/BreadCrumb.css" media="screen"/>
Adding the TaglibOnce you have the necessary resources, adding the following taglib to your layout to generate crumb names based on the contents of html <title> elements:
If you use a common element as the title of your crumbs for each page, for example a <title> element, you can specify this within your Config.groovy file by adding the following snippet:
<crumbs:trail selector="title"/>
Feel free to make use of both methods. Breadcrumbs will use the in-page taglib defined element over the Config.groovy defined element when it exists. Any standard jquery-style selector should work in specifying the element to use for crumb naming.


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8 Things Politicians Need To Stop Saying About Stay-At-Home Moms
As I write this, the United States is rapidly approaching the end of what might be the longest, weirdest, ugliest election cycle in recent history. There are so many things I could (and probably will) say about what I wish politicians would stop saying in general. However, for now I'll just focus on things politicians need to stop saying about stay-at-home moms (SAHMs), on the relatively rare occasions SAHMs are discussed at all, and what they should be talking about instead. As someone who's been a SAHM and done paid work from home for the entirety of my son's life, I can say it's really hard out here trying to make this work, and — surprise, surprise — most politicians' rhetoric about us truly isn't helping at all.
Real talk: very few people who choose to be a SAHM do so because we're about that 1950s, "cleaning in pearls and high heels" life. Nor are we all wealthy enough to be able to afford to be overlooked in conversations about how government can and should help families. A lot of folks make this choice out of combination of dismay with a contemporary workplace culture that makes it damn near impossible to balance work and family, and unfair pay and gender discrimination that frequently makes it more "logical" to sacrifice mom's income than dad's if the family can't afford or find childcare. Yet to hear some politicians tell it, SAHMs are either a disappearing relic of the distant past, or magic superwomen keeping the "traditional" family alive. Back on earth, though, SAHMs are a diverse group of real people, who can't trade empty compliments for housing, diapers, or food at the local grocery store.
Politicos, you're not fooling as many of us as you think. We know bogus lip service when we see it. Here's some free messaging advice to any future campaign that wants to sound more than halfway competent when discussing SAHMs, or talking points for anyone else who is totally over SAHMs being either flattered or ignored in public policy conversations.
Anything That Pits SAHMs Against Moms Who Work Outside The Home…
Enough of this divide-and-conquer mess. Any time politicians assume that staying home with kids is a mother's default choice, and that women working outside the home is always optional, they unfairly pit moms against each other. They're basically saying one group of moms is right and the other isn't, and that if moms don't stay home like they're "supposed to," they're on their own to figure out how to make it work.
As a mom group aficionado, I assure you that moms are perfectly capable of finding stuff to fight about without policy makers adding this to the list. (Flame war over rice cereal or screen time, anyone?) But seriously: SAHMs are people with our own reasons for their own choices, not political props to be used to badger moms who can't or don't want to be SAHMs, or as a shield for politicians who are too lazy to rethink public policy so that it works for all families, ours included.
...Or Suggests That Women Staying Home With Kids Are "Natural" Or "Traditional"
Yeah, no. One person rearing their own kids full-time — alone, without other family and community members working side-by-side with them and their other kids around — while their partner leaves their home or community to work elsewhere is actually kinda odd for humans. That's why being a SAHM is so lonely sometimes. Politicians, overwhelmingly men who already struggle in the whole, "knowing WTF they're talking about when discussing women" department, seriously need to stop with this already. It lets unfair expectations for SAHMs infect public policy, while beating up on moms who work outside the home.
Anything That Suggests SAHMs Don't Work…
Keeping kids alive is work. Keeping a home clean and safe is work. That's why people who do that work for people who aren't their family members demand to be paid for it (and are usually paid pretty damn well).
...Or That What We Do Is Magic Fairy Superhero Stuff That's Untouchable By Public Policy
Mothers aren't magic. We're ordinary people, living in a society that revolves around money. Part of why so many 1950s moms were able to stay home with kids is because of government assistance and public policies that enabled unprecedented numbers of their partners to more easily buy homes and make a decent wage.
We'll never (and shouldn't) recreate the economy of the 1950s, but we can build something way better, that benefits all families, not just white, middle class families led by straight, cisgender men. Policies like a universal basic income, a higher minimum wage, paid leave for all parents, better policies protecting and supporting freelancers, requirements that part time work should be paid fairly, universal high-quality childcare (for occasional or daily use), and more would all directly and indirectly benefit SAHMs — and all other adults trying to balance work and family — way more than empty praise.
Anything That Assumes SAHMs Are All "Old Fashioned..."
Members of the GOP and other conservative politicians often assume SAHMs are automatically part of their coalition, to which I say a hearty nope nope-ity nope nope nope. I ain't on your team, Radical Right. Plenty of "Nasty Women" work or stay at home and raise children.
...Or That Over Time, No One Will Choose To Stay Home With Their Kids
Feminist SAHMs exist. Stay-at-home dads exist. People of all genders who think going to an office every day kinda sucks, exist. Politicians, particularly on the Left who often completely ignore SAHMs when discussing families, need to understand that some segment of the population will always want to do this. Stay-at-home parents aren't a historical relic or a trend that's going to fade. We're a permanent part of the family landscape who need to be proactively factored into public policy, and not just as a way for conservative politicians to avoid having to figure out how to enact paid family leave and other workplace accommodations.
Anything That Assumes Only Cis Women Should Or Do Want To Stay Home With Kids
A lot of people, regardless of gender, would prefer to spend time with their adorable children rather than angry customers, unreasonable bosses, and co-workers who use terms like "Case of the Mondays." Policy proposals that specifically target moms who want to stay home, but not dads, or rhetoric that praises women for making that choice while ignoring (or denigrating) fathers who do the same thing, need to go.
Praising SAHMs' Sacrifices Without Offering Meaningful Support
Politicians: we don't need your compliments, unless they're backed up by concrete support for our work. Put your budget appropriations where your mouths are. Instead of just gushing about how being a mother is "the most important thing a woman can do," support moms. Support all moms. All those policy ideas I mentioned earlier? Look them up, and get to work making them a reality.


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Thanks to the speakers!
Just a quick thank you to those who spoke at last Friday's Bike-to-Work Day here in Providence including two opportunistic Providence Mayoral candidates who saw an open microphone and wasted no time getting to it. Thanks to you all:
Mayor David Cicilline
John Robitaille – Candidate for Governor
Ken Block – Candidate for Governor
David Gifford – Head of RI Department of Health
Angel Tavares – Candidate for Mayor of Providence
John Lombardi – Candidate for Mayor of Providence
Mark Dieterich – Executive Director of RI Bicycle Coalition
Be well,
Richard Durishin
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Thanks for posting the list of candidates and officials who spoke at Bike to Work Day. I don't think it is quite fair to disparage mayoral candidates Lombardi and Tavares as "opportunistic" for speaking, we should be glad of their interest. Having been a candidate for office myself, a rather grueling experience for serious candidates, how else can they get the word out about their interests and meet potential voters? I see nothing wrong with this. John Lombardi has indeed been at most bike to work days.
Tvares, who stayed around to talk with some bike advocates, indicated he was not an experienced bicyclist, but did bike with the help of a more experienced friend. He indicated an interest, should he become Mayor, in having his administration reach out and work with the bike community on various problem locations and intersections.
Ken Block, the long-shot Moderate Party candidate for Governor seemed to be an experienced bicyclist, and he and his staff also stayed around to talk with some of us.
David Cicilline outlined city plans for biking, including the upcoming striping of Broadway, and hopes for a more ambitious plan for a riverside off-road trail from India Point Park to the Henderson bridge (not currently funded.
Interesting that another Providence project came up at the meeting with RIDOT Director Mike Lewis, who indicated RIDOT was applying for a competetive "TIGER" grant to fund the idea of a pedestrian/bike bridge upon the abutments of the old I-195 across the Providence River, with some kind of connection to the Redman Linear Park across to East Providence. I think besides the nuts and bolts of sweeping, pothole repairs etc there also needs to be some visionary thinking about significant projects.
"there also needs to be some visionary thinking about significant projects."
Well, duh! What have I been saying for 12 years? A STATEWIDE BICYCLING NETWORK with on-road continuity for cycling (just like roadways for motorists that don't just suddenly disappear).
You know what? I'm not going to bother any more. It's like talking to a wall. If you so-called bike advocates still don't get it, it's because you don't want to.


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2016 America's Richest Families NET WORTH
Media moguls Samuel "Si" (pictured above) and Donald Newhouse, born into one of the country's most powerful publishing families, inherited Advance Publications from their father Sam (d. 1979). Under the two brothers' leadership, the group became one of the largest private companies in the U.S. Today, Advance's holdings include Condé Nast Publications --publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair - and newspapers in over 25 U.S. cities; plus social news site Reddit, and a substantial stake in Discovery Communications. In 2015, the Newhouse brothers sold cable TV outfit Bright House Networks to John Malone's Charter Communications for $11.4 billion in cash and stock; the transaction closed in May 2016. Donald, age 86, currently oversees the company's newspaper division, while his son Steven has been tasked with running the day-to-day operations; Si, age 88, quietly stepped down from his role as chairman of Condé Nast in early 2015 and now serves as the company's chairman emeritus. At least 3 family members share the fortune.
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Airbnb has just announced a partnership with American Express that allows American Express cardholders to use Membership rewards points for all or part of a booking
The partnership which for now looks limited to US cardholders only gives you
- Eligible Card Members will now be able to use Membership Rewards® points for all or part of your next Airbnb booking, and you can do so directly on the site.
- As a first time Airbnb user, you will now be able to use your Amex login to sign up — the one you already know and trust — and complete your profile on Airbnb.
- Once you've created your account with your Amex login, we'll introduce you to the Airbnb community with an additional layer of verification added to your Airbnb profile. If you already have an Airbnb login, it's easy to add the American Express badge to your profile by verifying your membership here.
- Also, Card Members now have access to a streamlined checkout. Simply select Amex Express Checkout when booking, confirm your information, and you're all set!
Hopefully we will see this rolled out worldwide, be great to be able to redeem my membership rewards points for Airbnb rooms worldwide.


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Police Violence is Still Violence
- Posted by tarekshawky
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Last week the city of Pasadena agreed to pay $1,037,500 to the parents of Kendrec McDade to settle civil cases involving two police officers that shot and killed the 19 year old on March 24, 2012. The young man was shot eight times after a brief pursuit. Police believed he was armed after receiving a call identifying an "armed suspect." The caller later admitted that there was no weapon and that he lied so police would respond faster. An investigation found the police conduct to be "lawful and within departmental policy." The loss is a scar that will forever leave a mark on this city. The million dollar settlement is also a painful reminder of the monetary cost of gun violence.
This story serves as one more lesson in a long list of recent tragedies resulting from gun violence. Just because the shooters in this case were uniformed officers, this loss is no less tragic than losses at Santa Barbara, Sandy Hook or anywhere else. America consistently has the highest rates of gun related fatalities on the planet, yet we refuse to address the issue of gun control in a more effective manner. Instead we continue to debate gun advocates who repeat the mantra "guns don't kill, people kill." We have a responsibility to advance the conversation to include viable alternatives to our current reality of widespread access to fatal weapons. England is one such example where neither police offices nor private citizens carry guns. Last year while 12,000 people in America died from gun violence, England had less than 200 gun fatalities. There may be several reasons for this disparity, and one of them is certainly the fact that handguns are not readily available to the public or the police.


text: I love the The Rumpus. It's great to see literate writing and criticism thriving online–a medium otherwise overrun with kittens that 'has' cheeseburgers, and drunk hulks, and girls saying shit. And best of all, as any paper of record should, The Rumpus has a comics section. It's got Tony Millionaire's Maakies, and Paul Madonna's All Over Coffee, and a work by a whole bunch of other talented folks, plus comics reviews by The Comics Journal.


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How to Check Voice Mail From a Different Phone on Your TracFone
If you don't have your TracFone with you, you can still check your voice mail messages using a landline or another mobile phone. This can be very convenient, especially if the TracFone is your business phone and you don't like to carry it with you all the time. To check your voice mail in this manner, you need your TracFone's phone number and the PIN you set up when you activated the voice mail service on that phone.
Dial your TracFone's phone number and wait for the voice mail message to begin; when it does, quickly press the "*" (star key) on the keypad.
Use the keypad to key in your four-digit PIN when the TracFone voice mail service prompts you to. Press the "#" (pound key) when done.
Follow the prompts given by the TracFone voice mail service -- it will tell you which keys to press to listen to, delete or store your messages. Hang up when you are done.
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With its aversion to rehearsals and infrequent touring schedule, the members of Witch have, as is customary in the realm of the heavy, forged a following by maintaining an ethic that's strictly their own.
"It's a matter of scheduling really," said bassist Dave Sweetapple, who formed the band in 2005 with drummer J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.). "The longest tour we ever did was a month straight; that was in Europe last spring. But for the most part we'll do runs from Montreal to New York, keeping it to four or five shows at a time.
"I remember years ago being in bands, it was like 'We have a show coming up. Oh my God, we got to practice, practice, practice.' And then you get the point where you get to the show, and the performance is so much worse then the practices were, because you rethought everything so much.' The way our sound is, it's loud enough where you can be as loose as you want and you still get the gist of it."
Sweetapple knows, however, that the band would have gone up in smoke long ago had it not been for the support of a rabid, relentless fan base.
"I don't consider what we do like a metal thing, but these people, metal fans, are truly the biggest fans out there; they will continue to listen to metal forever. Whereas all these other little, whatever offshoot of indie or punk rock that you can think of people tend to move on. I don't know what it is about the heavy music fans. They seem to be pretty loyal once they get in there."


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