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Could you claim tax relief from your spouse?
Forget about roses, chocolates or attention, are you making the most of the tax benefits of being married?
The idea of marriage is something that is becoming increasingly unpopular. Marriage rates continue to decline as couples prefer to co-habit and forget the fancy ceremony, but is there a financial reason why more of us should be walking down the aisle?
Perhaps so…here our Wrotham Partner, Donna McCreadie summarises some of the tax benefits.
This is a tax break that allows a husband, wife, or civil partner, to transfer £1,260 of their personal allowance to the higher earning partner. This could result in a tax saving of £252 per year and claims can be backdated up to four years if you’ve missed out previously.
You may be eligible if:
• You are married or in a civil partnership
• The lower earner has income below the Personal Allowance (£12,570)
• The higher earner has income between £12,571 and £50,270 (before receiving marriage allowance)
Often between partners, there is the flexibility to organise income in a tax efficient manner. For example, when running a business through a limited company and taking dividends. Both spouses should look to use their tax-free dividend allowance, as well as utilising both basic rates band, before paying higher dividends taxed at the higher rate.
If you jointly own buy-to-let property and one of you is a higher rate taxpayer, you could consider changing the ownership to Tenants in Common, so that more of the rental profit is taxed on the basic rate partner. However, if changing the ownership of the property in this way, don’t forget to submit an election to HMRC, otherwise the profits will still be taxed 50:50.
Capital Gains Tax Planning
When selling assets, it is worth considering a change in ownership prior to disposal, to reduce your capital gains tax liability. With a tax-free annual exemption of £6,000 for 2023/24 (reducing to £3,000 from 2024/25), it might be worth moving an asset from sole name into joint names prior to sale. As well as doubling the amount of gain which is tax-free, you might also reduce the liability further by dropping an element of the gain into a lower tax band. However, careful planning is required before making any changes, in particular where property is concerned.
Every individual has a nil rate band for Inheritance Tax of £325,000, which is available to set against all assets within their estate on death. An additional residence nil rate band of £175,000 may also be available for those passing a qualifying residence worth £500,000 or more to a direct descendant. With mirror wills in place, a surviving spouse would take over the first spouse’s nil rate band on death, thereby delaying what could be a hefty inheritance tax bill and allowing more time to plan. Inheritance tax planning is however a complex area and one worth sitting down with a specialist to talk through in detail.

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Nice week! Before I Fall looks really good.
WOW what a fantastic selection - I would not even know where to start! ENJOY!
I need to catch up on my Sookie Stackhouse books. They have been at the bottom of my reading pile for months. Enjoy your reading!
Before I fall looks good. I am on my way to the gym and need to take a book with me... looking at your choices here reminds me that I have Club dead on the shelf.... maybe thats the one!
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The Taoiseach says he believes it would be appropriate for media and sports organisations to have nothing to do with the upcoming Tyson Fury - Anthony Joshua fights.
The government is in contact with authorities in the UAE over the fight organised by Daniel Kinahan.
Kinahan was named in the High Court as being a senior figure in an international drugs gang.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has urged sporting and media companies not to cover the fight:
"It’s not a decision for me, but I think it would be entirely appropriate for sporting organisations and media organisations to have nothing to do with this.
"Maybe they don’t know the facts or they don’t know the truth. But they need to know them, and I wouldn’t like to see them giving it any attention at all given the circumstances."


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Garden roses and colorful rose hybrids have long been favorites to those of us who admire beautiful flowers. I daresay that a rose garden may often be characterized as the most distinguished undertaking for master gardeners. Although the wild Virginia rose deserves its position as the most colorful local wild rose, there lurks a delicate-flowered wild wood rose (Rosa carolina) inconspicuously embedded along woodland edges. From May to mid July its pale pink flowers and sharp, straight thorns confirm its identity as a true member of the rose family.
It seems appropriate for me to quote from the writings of the English philosopher Francis Bacon:
“And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that best perfume the air.”
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The development of a short money ethic scale. Attitudes toward money and pay satis - faction revisited. Personality and Individual Differ - ences, 19 , Table H Because achievement, aptitude, and intelligence tests overlapped considerably, the distinctions proved to be more illusory than real.
Even so, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale had appeared at a time of strong demand and high optimism for the potential of measuring human behavior through tests. World War I and the creation of group tests had then added momentum to the testing movement. Shortly after the appearance of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Army Alpha test, schools, colleges, and industry began using tests. It appeared to many that this new phenomenon, the psychological test, held the key to solving the problems emerging from the rapid growth of population and technology.
Achievement Tests Among the most important developments following World War I was the development of standardized achievement tests. Standardized achievement tests caught on quickly because of the relative ease of administration and scoring and the lack of subjectivity or favoritism that can occur in essay or other written tests.
In school settings, standardized achievement tests allowed one to maintain identical testing conditions and scoring standards for a large number of children. In , the development of standardized achievement tests culminated in the publication of the Stanford Achievement Test by T. Kelley, G. Ruch, and L. By the s, it was widely held that the objectivity and reliability of these new standardized tests made them superior to essay tests.
Their use proliferated widely. It is interesting, as we shall discuss later in the book, that teachers of today appear to have come full circle. Currently, many people favor written tests and work samples portfolios over standardized achievement tests as the best way to evaluate children Boerum, ; Harris, Rising to the Challenge For every movement there is a countermovement, and the testing movement in the United States in the s was no exception.
Critics soon became vocal enough to dampen enthusiasm and to make even the most optimistic advocates of tests defensive. Researchers, who demanded nothing short of the highest standards, noted the limitations and weaknesses of existing tests. Near the end of the s, developers began to reestablish the respectability of tests. By , the Stanford-Binet had been revised again. Among the many improvements was the inclusion of a standardization sample of more than individuals.
The Wechsler-Bellevue scale contained several interesting innovations in intelligence testing. Among the various scores produced by the Wechsler test was the performance IQ. Performance tests do not require a verbal response; one can use them to evaluate intelligence in people who have few verbal or language skills.
The Stanford-Binet test had long been criticized because of its emphasis on language and verbal skills, making it inappropriate for many individuals, such as those who cannot speak or who cannot read. In addition, few people believed that language or verbal skills play an exclusive role in human intelligence. In , the Binet test was drastically revised to include performance subtests. More recently, it was overhauled again in , as we shall see in Chapter 9.
Whereas intelligence tests measured ability or potential, personality tests measured presumably stable characteristics or traits that theoretically underlie behavior. Traits are relatively enduring dispositions tendencies to act, think, or feel in a certain manner in any given circumstance that distinguish one individual from another. For example, we say that some people are optimistic and some pessimistic.
Optimistic people tend to remain so regardless of whether or not things are going well. A pessimist, by contrast, tends to look at the negative side of things.
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As you will learn, however, the notion of traits has important limitations. The earliest personality tests were structured paper-and-pencil group tests.
These tests provided multiple-choice and true-false questions that could be administered to a large group. History indicates that tests such as the Binet and the Woodworth were created by necessity to meet unique challenges.
Interpretation of the Woodworth test depended on the now-discredited assumption that the content of an item could be accepted at face value.

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Retail mogul calls for radical economic shift
BILLIONAIRE retailer Gerry Harvey, executive chairman of Harvey Norman, says Australia would be wise to follow the lead of the United States and introduce quantitative easing if our interest rate drops to zero.
Speaking at the Geoff Shadforth Memorial Lecture to a Sunshine Coast business audience tonight, he said the US had taken the step in an attempt to curb the effects of the Global Financial Crisis.
"The conventional wisdom at the time was that this was inflationary," he said.
"It's like printing money. You put it all in the economy and it will cause inflation."
Much to the world's surprise, he said, it worked.
"It fixed the American economy," he said.
Mr Harvey said there was a very real risk the interest rate would fall to zero in Australia, causing "a big change in the lives of a lot of people".
"We have a possibility interest rates will come down to zero and and we can have quantitative easing," he said.
Speaking to the Daily yesterday, Mr Harvey explained that Australia's mining boom was the only thing that protected us from the GFC, and said now mining was in decline there was a real risk that interest rates would plummet further.
Read about Mr Harvey's advice to small businesses in this exclusive interview in Tuesday's Better Business.

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I’ve always been drawn to simple yet effective, design elements and Argentan is one of my favorite designs thus far!
The lines of brioche and baby cables create a vertical stripe to emphasize the split hem and drop shoulder seam line. It’s a great sweater project for those interested in brioche but may be intimidated by the technique. To accentuate the brioche side seams the main body is worked in reverse Stockinette stitch and finished with a shallow scoop neck.
For Argentan I knew the sheen and drape of The Fibre Co. Organik was the perfect choice for this sweater. Add the subtle duotone of Majestic and I was sold! However, if I were to knit Argentan for myself, I would chose one of the four colors below.
The latest issue of Knitscene is on newstands now (unless my mom hasn’t bought every copy)! Click here for more information on the latest issue of Knitscene and here to view the projects on Ravelry. -LM

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Pals remember racing legend Joey Dunlop on his 65th birthday
Old friends of legendary Northern Ireland biker Joey Dunlop have paid tribute to his memory - the world champion racer would have turned 65 today.
Pals Bill Kennedy and Mervyn White visited the Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden in Ballymoney to remember him, and to wonder what might have been.
Mr Kennedy, brother of the late Frank Kennedy, also one of the famous 'Armoy Armada', said: "Had Joey Dunlop still been alive he would no doubt have been about the race paddocks, he would have been involved some way or other."
Mr Whyte, event director of the Vauxhall International NW200 races - where Joey was so loved by fans over the years - said he couldn't have pictured hero Joey as an OAP.
"I don't think Joey would have given up (racing), because it was in his blood, and it was in his family," Mervyn said.

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The collection is the latest in an outpouring of fashions aimed at trend-driven, round-figured teenagers and young women, a population that has long echoed Ms. Ditto’s complaint that it is ignored by most merchants and brands.
Other stores and designers have picked up the message. Forever 21, a purveyor of cheap chic, introduced its plus-size line, Faith 21, this spring. Target recently began offering Pure Energy, exuberantly patterned dresses and tops for young women. Those follow hip niche labels like Karen Kane and Kiyonna, which are sold at boutiques.
All the lines see potential profit in offering stylish alternatives to the ubiquitous track suit. From a business perspective, that makes sense: the customer base is increasing, as health authorities have long pointed out. Some 17 percent of teenagers are overweight, according to the surgeon general’s office, more than three times the rate of a generation ago.
The market for youth-oriented plus sizes (usually 14 to 24) showed strong growth a couple of years ago, several years after the fast-fashion chain H&M entered the business. (H&M has since dropped its plus-size line, for reasons it would not disclose.)
With consumer spending falling everywhere, that momentum has been lost: Sales declined 15.3 percent for plus-size shoppers 13 to 17 and 10.1 percent for those 18 to 34 in April and May, compared with the period a year ago, NPD says.
Faith 21 was introduced “because our customers were asking for larger sizes, and to fill a void in the market for trendy and fashionable plus-size clothing,” said Linda Chang, the senior manager of marketing for Forever 21. It includes some 250 styles.
Smaller stores are also catering to shoppers who want figure-hugging fashions like their thinner friends. “Some of those girls feel like they have the brio to pull off a fitted look,” said Stephanie Sack, the owner of Vive la Femme, a plus-size boutique on fashionable Damen Avenue in Chicago. She confided that when she was 20, “I would have choked somebody to get my hand on a studded belt to fit me.”
Round-figured young women have found inspiration in popular culture. Ms. Ditto, who settled her girth on tiny gilt chairs at some 10 fashion shows this year, along with the actress Jennifer Hudson and the singer Adele, all appear in full-figured glory in the current issue of Elle.


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Sapanca, a dream city, is in Sakarya, Marmara Region. Masukiye, a hilly village north of Sapanca Lake, is 20 km away. Both are strategically located, just 130 km from Istanbul and 60 km from Sabiha Gokcen Airport.
Embark on a Sapanca-Masukiye trip with Istanbul E-pass. The 12-hour tour begins at 9 AM, taking you through Sapanca, Masukiye Waterfalls, Sapanca Lake, Gol Park Sapanca, and Masukiye Village. Click here to see more details.
Highlights of the tour include the breathtaking Masukiye Waterfalls, crystal-clear Sapanca Lake, and the scenic Kartepe Mount. Gol Park Sapanca, an 11 km drive from Sakarya city center, boasts walking tracks, sports zones, and captivating sunset views.
Masukiye, meaning "love" in Arabic, is a charming village with green farms, dense forests, and beautiful waterfalls. Join this full-day excursion for a mix of adventure, fun, and relaxation. Maşukiye, once a village, gained municipality status in 1986 and later became a neighborhood.
The tour kicks off with a 9 AM pick-up from your hotel in a fully air-conditioned bus. Explore Sapanca Lake, visit Sapanca Zoo, enjoy lunch in Masukiye Village, marvel at Masukiye Waterfall, and shop at a local outlet. The day ends with a drop-off at your hotel in the afternoon.
Extend your stay to explore nearby regions like Izmit and Sakarya. Masukiye, close to the Black Sea, offers various daytime excursions with its restaurants, picnic spots, and natural beauty.
Wondering where Masukiye is? Located in the south of Sapanca Lake, at the foot of Kartepe and Samanlı mountains, it belongs to Kocaeli. Accessible from Istanbul, Pendik, Gebze, and Bursa, Masukiye is a nature lover's paradise.
A paradise for nature enthusiasts, Masukiye offers free and paid picnic areas, hiking trails, and fresh air. Sapanca, nearby, is known for its nature walks, barbecue places, and photography spots.
In Sapanca, explore Derpent Sapanca, have dinner at barbecue places, and capture stunning nature photos. Visit Sapanca Aygır Creek and enjoy lakeside meals at creekside restaurants.
Kartepe, connected to Masukiye, is a Kocaeli district attracting tourists with its ski centers. It takes around 30 minutes to reach Sapanca Kartepe by car.
Sapanca and Masukiye offer a perfect blend of nature, adventure, and relaxation. For those seeking a quick escape, this day tour promises excitement, fun, and laughter. Don't miss the chance to explore a charming village, a serene lake, a mesmerizing waterfall, an interesting zoo, and indulge in some shopping. Suitable for all ages, the Sapanca Lake & Masukiye Tour promises a joyful and pleasurable day. Istanbul E-pass provides this daily tour. Join us for an unforgettable experience!

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Terms of reference of the Oversight Advisory Committee
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 2 April 2014
at the 1196th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
The Committee of Ministers,
Determined to strengthen further internal and external control mechanisms which are essential for ensuring effective and efficient management and governance of the Council of Europe;
Having regard to the recommendations and comments of the independent external review of the Audit Committee arrangements commissioned by the Secretary General;
Having regard to Resolution CM/Res(2011)1 on the revised terms of reference of the Audit Committee;
Recognising the need for enhancing the Council of Europe oversight mechanisms to provide the member States with assurances that the Organisation’s controls are in place and operating;
Recognising the need for strengthening the evaluation culture within the Organisation;
Considering that the terms of reference of the Audit Committee should reflect international best practice and allow the Audit Committee to make an even greater contribution to the good governance of the Organisation;
Considering that the Audit Committee should be renamed into Oversight Advisory Committee to more accurately reflect its role and its various oversight functions,
1. adopts the terms of reference of the Oversight Advisory Committee contained in the appendix to this resolution;
2. decides that the administrative costs of the Oversight Advisory Committee shall be funded through the Ordinary Budget;
3. agrees that Resolution CM/Res(2011)1 will be replaced by the present resolution from the date of its adoption.
Appendix to Resolution CM/Res(2014)3
Terms of reference of the Oversight Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe
1. Guiding principle
An Oversight Advisory Committee shall be established by the Committee of Ministers to exercise an independent appraisal function as defined in Article 2 below. It shall perform this function through independent appraisal of internal and external control systems and of follow-up given to Internal Oversight and External Audit recommendations. The work of the Oversight Advisory Committee shall be conducted in accordance with internationally accepted best practices and in compliance with Council of Europe policies, rules and regulations.
2. Role of the Committee
The Oversight Advisory Committee shall serve in an expert advisory capacity and report to the Committee of Ministers and may advise the Secretary General, as appropriate within the limits of his or her responsibilities:
(i) on the scope, adequacy, efficiency and effectiveness of the Organisation’s system of internal and external controls, as well as risk management, including the evaluation and internal audit functions, the external audit functions and the implementation of their recommendations;
(ii) on the quality of financial reporting and accounting policies, on the basis of the reviews by the internal and external auditors;
(iii) on all corporate governance issues relating to the system of internal and external controls and its performance; and
(iv) on any matters of policy requiring corrective action and improvements in the area of controls, including appraisal of policies, procedures, evaluation, audit, investigation and risk management.
In accordance with the Deputies’ decision of 8 July 2009 (CM/Del/Dec(2009)1063/11.2) amending the procedure for the appointment of the External Auditor, the Oversight Advisory Committee shall provide an advisory opinion to the Committee of Ministers on the conformity of the candidatures received with the selection criteria.
3. Membership of the Committee
(i) The Oversight Advisory Committee shall be composed of five members, who shall collectively possess relevant professional, financial, managerial and organisational qualifications, with senior-level expertise in accounting and financial reporting, auditing, evaluation, organisational governance and accountability, risk management, internal control, fraud prevention and investigation.
(ii) The members of the Oversight Advisory Committee shall be fully independent of the Council of Europe and national governments of the Council of Europe member States. While members of the committee, they shall not hold a position nor engage in any activity that could impair their independence from the Council of Europe or other entities maintaining a working relationship with the Organisation. While members of the committee and for a period of two years prior to appointment, neither they nor members of their family shall be employed by the Council of Europe. Members of the committee will not be eligible for employment with the Council of Europe for a period of two years immediately following the last day of their tenure on the Oversight Advisory Committee. The members of the committee shall sign conflict of interest declarations in relation to private, financial and other interests in a form required by the Council of Europe, on appointment and annually.
(iii) The Committee of Ministers shall appoint the five members of the Oversight Advisory Committee upon proposal of member States; the Secretary General may propose one candidate.
(iv) The members of the committee shall elect the chairperson, who will serve in that capacity for a term of one year, renewable twice. Other parties may be requested to attend the meetings of the committee for specific agenda items but they shall not be members of the committee.
4. Terms of appointment
The members of the Oversight Advisory Committee shall serve for terms of three years, renewable once.
5. Rules and procedures
(i) The Oversight Advisory Committee shall decide on its own rules of procedure and communicate them to the Committee of Ministers. It shall normally meet for its regular sessions three times a year. Any three members shall constitute a quorum for meetings. Additional meetings may be scheduled on an ad hoc basis if necessary. The chairperson of the committee shall determine the timing of meetings and the need for any additional meetings in the course of the year. He/she shall also set the agenda of the meetings, taking into account relevant requests of the Committee of Ministers. The Oversight Advisory Committee shall be able to call upon Council of Europe officials and request meetings with other parties as it deems necessary to obtain information relevant to its work. In particular, the Director of Internal Oversight and the External Auditor shall be readily available to respond to inquiries and make presentations to the committee. The Director of the Internal Oversight shall meet with the committee at least once a year without the presence of the management; such restricted meetings can also take place with the external auditor and other parties, as appropriate. In performing their functions, the members of the committee shall neither seek nor receive instructions from any government authorities. They shall act fully independently of any individual Council of Europe bodies and structures, and shall be guided solely by their expertise and professional judgement, with due regard to the relevant decisions of the Committee of Ministers. Members of the Oversight Advisory Committee serve in their personal capacity and cannot be represented by alternate attendees.
(ii) The annual work programme and related budget of the evaluation and internal and external audit functions shall be brought to the attention of the Oversight Advisory Committee.
(iii) The Oversight Advisory Committee shall adopt its recommendations on a consensual basis. In the case of dissent among committee members, the conclusions of the chairperson in charge of the meeting, together with the dissenting opinion, shall be presented in the subsequent committee report.
6. Access to documents
The Oversight Advisory Committee shall have access to all records and documents of the Organisation, including audit and evaluation reports, investigations, and work documents of the Directorate of Internal Oversight as well as the reports and management letters from the External Auditor. Committee members shall sign non-disclosure statements at the beginning of their tenure.
(i) The Oversight Advisory Committee shall submit an annual report to the Committee of Ministers, covering the areas defined in paragraph 2 of the current resolution and including the Organisation’s responsiveness to its observations and recommendations.
(ii) The Oversight Advisory Committee may also submit ad hoc reports to the Committee of Ministers as necessary.
(iii) The Secretary General shall be given the opportunity to comment on all reports prior to their submission. Comments of the Secretary General, which he/she deems necessary, shall be incorporated in the relevant reports.
(iv) The Oversight Advisory Committee shall review its terms of reference at least every three years and report as appropriate to the Committee of Ministers.
(i) The Oversight Advisory Committee shall be provided with administrative and secretarial support as and when required.
(ii) Members of the Oversight Advisory Committee shall be reimbursed travel and subsistence costs in accordance with Council of Europe administrative rules and regulations; they will receive no fees.


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Leaders have pledged to provide every child with 12 years of education by 2030. Yet today, about 124 million children and youth are denied a basic education, according to the UIS and it will take considerable funding to reach them.
To fill the gap, a new high-level commission will be finding ways to raise more funds and make better use of existing resources. But to do this, they need accurate data on the financing of education.
In response, the UIS is working closely with countries to strengthen their ability to produce the data while collaborating with partners to leverage wider initiatives in the field. To this end, a new UIS study compares five initiatives involving the collection and compilation of education finance data:
While each of the tools has a different scope and purpose, the study identifies several areas of similarities and overlaps. To reduce duplication, the study proposes a roadmap to leverage the different tools in order to produce the indicators needed for policymaking. This strategy will involve close coordination with all of the key partners, while the UIS retains its role as the main source of finance data at the international level.
The central aim is to improve the effectiveness with which education finance data are collected and the quality of the resulting indicators. Currently, the same data can be processed multiple times through various tools, sometimes in collaboration with the same (often overburdened) government units.
In addition, the different data processing methods can yield different results in the same country for the same year, which can potentially create confusion among data users.


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Holy moly. I’ll be honest and say that I don’t generally expect great things from Roc Books covers. But this? This is just gorgeous. Eloquent and impactful, great little details all around. The House of Shattered Wings is one of my most anticipated novels of the year, and I’m glad to see it has a cover to match my excitement.
The first details about The House of Shattered Wings were released several weeks ago, but now we have a new blurb with more details about the story:
Multi-award winning author Aliette de Bodard, brings her story of the War in Heaven to Paris, igniting the City of Light in a fantasy of divine power and deep conspiracy…
In the late Twentieth Century, the streets of Paris are lined with haunted ruins. The Great Magicians’ War left a trail of devastation in its wake. The Grand Magasins have been reduced to piles of debris, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine has turned black with ashes and rubble and the remnants of the spells that tore the city apart. But those that survived still retain their irrepressible appetite for novelty and distraction, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over France’s once grand capital.
Once the most powerful and formidable, House Silverspires now lies in disarray. Its magic is ailing; its founder, Morningstar, has been missing for decades; and now something from the shadows stalks its people inside their very own walls.
Within the House, three very different people must come together: a naive but powerful Fallen angel; an alchemist with a self-destructive addiction; and a resentful young man wielding spells of unknown origin. They may be Silverspires’ salvation—or the architects of its last, irreversible fall. And if Silverspires falls, so may the city itself.
The House of Shattered Wings, the first volume in a duology, is due out on September 1st, 2015 from Roc Books (North America) and Gollancz (UK).

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NORWICH, EnglandA new crystallized protein may help probiotics stick to the digestive tract, according to new research funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (J Biol Chem. 2009 Nov 20;284(47):32444-53). This protein, which helps gut bacteria bind to the gastrointestinal tract, has recently been crystallized by scientists and could potentially be used in probiotic products to help enhance bioavailability.
The protein was obtained from a strain of Lactobacillus reuteri, a lactic acid bacterium naturally found in the gastrointestinal tract. By crystallizing a type of this protein called Mub2, the probiotic strain may be able to better interact with its host within the digestive tract.
They also found these proteins recognize human immunoglobulin proteins, which are an integral part of the immune system. Therefore, Mub2 may also play a role in encouraging immune health benefits of probiotics.
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As we move into mid-December, we get a great urban chic look form Charlotte and a LOT of party inspiration from the Bellas!
Charlotte totally got my attention with this black-on-black look! I love the texture of her fitted top, especially matched with the smooth sheen of her leather leggings and the velvety look of her suede OTK's. Not only does this outfit look aaaaaahmazing on her body, it's s flawless example of how mixing textures can bring drama and interest to an outfit that's otherwise quite minimalistic. Loving this look!
The Bellas have always shone in the area of party and event dressing and, this month, they've given us a line-up to be alive for! Ivory is incredibly beautiful choice for the holidays and the Twins showcase different aspects of it here at the Diamonds Unleashed event. Brie's maxi dress gets an arts-and-crafts feel from bold stitching and leather applique. It's a subtle boho vibe with a big couture feel. the uniqueness of this dress makes it event-appropriate! Ivory with gold has always been a fav combination of mine and this high-neck mixed stripe fit and flare dress of Nikki's might just be my #1 of this set because of it. This magnificent piece is a perfect blend of understated sparkle and bold, feminine style. It's perfect for special events, but also for holiday dances and parties as well because of the metallic. Simply breathtaking!
From ivory, Brie transitioned to black for the evening part of the DU event. The dramatic bodycon silhouette of this dress (the Juliet from Free People, available here, in both ivory and black) is set off by monochromatic embroidery for a jawdroppingly chic ensemble. I'm a fan of Brie's choice of tiny jewelry to set off her neckline. I could also see going jewelry-free with this look. I love her addition of warm and textural fur to create a luxurious counterpoint to this fabulous dress. Next up, it's Nikki's turn to go dark as she rocks another pantsuit, this one a seductive black-lace-over-nude lining turtleneck version. This piece gives me the idea of femme fatale-meets-secret-agent; it's sexy, powerful and bit dangerous! Her slick,confident ponytail is just the right kind of hairstyle to pair with this look. It's de rigeur among current trendsetters to go for that hint of lingerie show-through as Nikki has, but if you're the more demure type, a bodysuit beneath this piece would give you a bit more coverage/peace of mind :). Last up is Brie's metallic turtleneck asymmetrical sheath which inspired some of our Holiday Party looks. This is a fantastic option: it's trendy and artsy due to the unusual hemline, fancy due to the bit of metallic, and winter-ready because of the high neck and long sleeves. Brie's nude lace-up sandals really make this outfit come alive, by keeping the palette neutral and adding a second texture...and a blast of fierce! Where more metallic could easily have been over-the-top, these are just right. #BellaSlaysAgain
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text: The Santa Ynez band of Chumash Indians were like my second family. I grew up going to Reservation dances with my cousins during spring breaks. Last night while at a Star Magazine party, I heard Salt and Pepa’s “Push It.” It through me into the vortex of buried memories. Yes. The Reservation and all those tall indian boys doing the Kid and Play and break dancing. Yes. The girls with their bangs, looking Mexican. Yes. Our host (RIP) Levi walked us around with his denim jacket on, rolling cigarettes. This particular dance that comes to mind happened before junior high. The Res hall was packed with kids dancing, spilling outdoors. It was the first time I danced to Tigra and Bunny in a parking lot, looking up at the blanket sky and stars above. I was at a Reservation.


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ontroversy has erupted at a popular park in Beijing after a rather active grandpa collided hard with an unsuspecting girl while exercising.
In video from the capital’s Ditan (Temple of Earth) Park, the elderly man, who is purportedly quite the local celebrity, is seen impressively spinning around while attached by his shoes to a horizontal bar. Then, into the frame comes the little girl who is looking the other way…
The two smack heads sending the girl sprawling to the ground.
Staff at Ditan said that the girl was quickly sent to the hospital and that her life is not in danger. They also revealed that the girl’s parents had reported the incident to the police.
On Weibo, netizens have blasted the parents for going to the cops, charging that they themselves are really the ones to blame for this mess. “Parents are responsible for their children. It’s the grandpa that should be going to the police, not you,” reads one popular comment.
Other net users were more even-handed, declaring that each party was somewhat at fault for the accident. “It’s a public park, not the Bird’s Nest stadium,” one pointed out.

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Asset performance management (APM), like manufacturing itself, is evolving to leverage the digital technology associated with Cloud, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Mobility, and Big Data and the associated Analytics. This overall industrial shift has been referred to as both Industry (or Industrie) 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing. Accordingly, LNS has set forth a vision of how APM must evolve in support of these highly digital, capable manufacturing assets which we call APM 4.0.Read More
On May, 2, LNS Research hosted the webcast, “APM 4.0: Get Ready, Make the Move.” The presentation examined the global state of asset performance, the key capabilities of APM 4.0, how to prepare for and execute a successful APM 4.0 strategy, and recommendations to advance APM 4.0 throughout the organization.Read More
Hannover Messe is the Super Bowl for industrial technology analysts, and 2017 did not disappoint. LNS Research had a very successful show, with myself, Andrew Hughes, and Greg D’Andrea in attendance. Across the three of us, we met with over 25 vendors and this post represents our version of the ESPN highlight reel.Read More
This infographic explains what it takes to redefine Asset Performance Management into APM 4.0 to align with an Industry 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing strategy.
In this monthly Roundup, LNS Research explores recent announcements and events, such as Wind River releases control systems virtualization software; Honeywell announces a new cyber security solution; a new smart steel mill in Arkansas; PTC’s Industry 4.0 initiatives; IQMS mainstage speakers lineup; and Ideagen’s acquisition of PleaseTech.Read More
LNS Research has blogged several times on the Open Process Automation Forum and why we thought the initiative was important enough that not only end users should get involved, but decided to commit to joining the Open Group and become engaged with the effort.Read More
Digital Twins are all the rage. They seem to be more popular than Pokemon Go was in July of last year. Nearly every article, blog post, or story about Digital Transformation or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) mentions Digital Twins. The term Digital Twin has been around since 2003 when Dr. Michael Grieves introduced the concept. Since its introduction, the term Digital Twin has evolved considerably from its rather engineering design-centric roots.Read More
Are maintenance professionals, including reliability engineers, about to go the way of blacksmiths? Digital Transformation makes it possible for IT staff to deliver Predictive Maintenance (PdM) results, but there is still tremendous value and need for maintenance pros.Read More


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text: Annual host to tournaments and golf outings, this 18-hole private links-style golf course was originally designed by Walter Travis in 1916. Since then, Devereux Emmet, Frank Duane, Geoffrey Cornish and Brian Silva have all redesigned the layout for maximum enjoyment and challenge. The course has a length of 6,705 yards from the longest tees, a par value of 72, a rating also of 72 and a slope of 127. Small fast greens, water hazards and comfortable fairways combine to make this a fun place to play for golfers of all skill levels. For those who wish to spend some time improving their skill set, an 8-tee driving range, chipping area and practice bunker are on site. The in-house teaching professional offers private and group lessons. Walking is allowed, but both rental carts and caddies are also available. In addition to the Pro shop, Cherry Valley has its own full bar, restaurant and snack bar for the convenience of its members and their guests. The course is open year-round, weather permitting.

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The court ruling of the the Great Chamber of the Supreme Court as of June 26, 2018 on acceptance of the case No. 826/7380/15 to consideration
Is a taxpayer entitled to submit to the court documents, which were not previously provided to the tax authority, and is there a ground for the court to disregard these documents?
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This month I’m focusing on my writing group’s recently released anthology, 18. In addition to the interviews I’m doing with some of the collection’s authors, I’m also sharing my thoughts about the individual works and writers in the manuscript.
Nightfall: Kirstie Olley
I think people in the know say Kirstie Olley does Fairytale Punk. She takes those ideas you hold precious, spikes them and forces you to rethink about everything you’ve ever believed. It’s supposed to hurt, but when you’re deep in her fantasylands where the skies are pretty and the imagination is soaring, it’s difficult to feel the cuts to your psyche.
I guess that’s why she was a finalist for the Aurealis Awards and went to some swanky dinner with all the people I’ve always wanted to meet. What can I say? She rocks the English in a rad way?
Nightfall is no different. It’s about Marrielle who’s torn between the love of her family and her love of science and logic. Should she ignore what she knows and watch the end come? Or should she leave everything behind to save them?
It’s these types of questions that make people sit up and listen. And it’s Kirstie’s way with words that holds you to the bitter (or sweet) ending.
So, what are you waiting for? A hyperlink? Nightfall can be found on Amazon. It’s kind of free (during the right time periods), but you can definitely, absolutely, download it for the bargain price of 99 cents. And, let’s be truthful between ourselves, how insignificant a sum is that when you’re finding out how the world ends?


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Nanoscale Observation of Alkane Delayering
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Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy and synchrotron x-ray scattering measurements on dotriacontane (n-C32H66 or C32) films adsorbed on SiO2-coated Si(100) wafers reveal a narrow temperature range near the bulk C32 melting point Tb in which a monolayer phase of C32 molecules oriented perpendicular to surface is stable. This monolayer phase undergoes a delayering transition to a three-dimensional (3D) fluid phase on heating to just above Tb and to a solid 3D phase on cooling below Tb. An equilibrium phase diagram provides a useful framework for interpreting the unusual spreading and receding of the monolayer observed in transitions to and from the respective 3D phases.


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MADISON (WKOW) -- Crews were busy making snow at Elver Park in Madison Wednesday morning.
The snow machines were throwing out flakes when our crew stopped by at 10 a.m.
Along with sledding and cross-country skiing at the park, there's an ice skating rink for more winter fun.
The City of Madison Parks Division plans to release information about when the activities begin soon.
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Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information as of January 2016.
Update: new options to serve Sylvania
In spring 2016, the Southwest Corridor steering committee will consider several options for serving PCC Sylvania in addition to what's described in this story. Get the latest in these two documents:
The slopes of Mount Sylvania – an extinct volcano in parts of Southwest Portland and Lake Oswego – mean different things to different people.
For many residents, Mount Sylvania is a place of quiet living amid the shade of towering Douglas firs.
For leaders at Portland Community College – whose Sylvania campus covers 120 acres on the hill's western slopes – Mount Sylvania is a place of opportunity, serving the largest student body in the largest community college district in Oregon.
But for planners working on the Southwest Corridor Plan, Mount Sylvania represents another difficult decision about how to bring faster transit to an area with a lot of potential but a lot of constraints.
Come July, the Southwest Corridor Plan Steering Committee – elected and executive leaders from each of the plan's participating communities and agencies – must decide which options for serving Mount Sylvania seem more promising for further study: largely bypassing it with light rail or bus rapid transit on Barbur Boulevard, digging a light rail tunnel under a residential street or weaving bus rapid transit up Capitol Highway to the PCC campus.
Update, January 8, 2016: In July 2015, the steering committee chose to delay the Sylvania decision to keep studying options and considerations for serving the campus. The committee is now expected to decide which PCC service options to advance in spring 2016.
Update, April 8, 2016: On April 4, Southwest Corridor planners released their recommendations that the steering committee select light rail for the corridor and end study of a tunnel to PCC Sylvania, focusing instead on alternative surface options to improve access to the campus. The committee will decide when it meets May 9. Learn more
Quiet neighborhood, busy campus
Far Southwest Neighborhood Association chair Marcia Leslie has lived on Mount Sylvania for 38 years, watching it transform from a woodsy, unincorporated area with plenty of dirt roads, to a woodsy neighborhood inside Portland city limits, still with plenty of dirt roads but quite a few more houses.
Leslie laments some of the development that has happened, but to her and many of her neighbors, Far Southwest is still as quiet as they would like it -- even with those dirt streets. "We would like some measure of improved safety, but by and large [residents] like it the way it is," she said.
"It's almost really rural without being rural," Leslie said. "We're so close to so many amenities and yet it's quiet."
But, she said, it's also attracting a lot of new people – bringing welcome diversity but also concerns about lot-splitting, demolition and disruptive infill in some parts of the neighborhood.
And just beyond the edge of those quiet woods, a busy campus hums.
Thousands of students and staff come up the hill every weekday, filling most of the 2,400 parking spots that surround the campus academic core, which has almost a million square feet of buildings. Among the programs: engineering, nursing, auto repair instruction, English language instruction, and other classroom spaces.
More than 31,000 students take classes here, including many that aren't available at PCC's three other primary campuses. Many are first-generation college students, and the campus also has a strong international program.
"PCC is where the rubber meets the road, where you can really address issues of income mobility and social disparity. This is the game changer," said PCC Board Member Denise Frisbee on a recent tour of the campus.
Frisbee points to the campus as a hotbed of innovation and sustainability in PCC's system. She especially loves to show off the MakerSpace, where students use 3D printers and other gadgets to create interesting and useful products, like an artificial hand that captured the attention of local press last year.
The lab was created from extra space by faculty on a "shoestring budget," said MakerSpace coordinator and engineering instructor Gregg Meyer.
But it's proven enormously popular.
"Students have that mindset of 'I can do anything,'" Meyer said. "You come in here in the afternoon, the energy is just crazy."
There's a strong sense of opportunity in the air. But just what role the campus will play in the future of PCC is "evolving," said PCC bond program manager Linda Degman. A new district strategic plan, adopted last fall, seeks to build academic success in part by giving each campus more of a distinct identity, though that identity hasn't yet been determined.
"The campus has a lot of potential," Degman said.
So, the question for the Southwest Corridor is this: how can a new light rail or bus rapid transit line feed into this energy and build on potential without exposing unacceptable risks of cost, geology and neighborhood impacts?
Three options are on the table to try to achieve that balance.
53rd Avenue tunnel: More riders but more risks
Perhaps the most controversial option on the table would excavate Southwest 53rd Avenue, lay down light rail tracks and cover them over with a new street. The tunnel would provide direct service to PCC Sylvania before continuing down the hill to Tigard.
Update, January 2016 | As of October 2015, an additional tunnel option is under consideration for connecting light rail to PCC Sylvania: a deeper bored tunnel that would cause fewer impacts to the neighborhood around 53rd Avenue. Planners are also exploring other options, like new direct bus service. For more details, click this document. The steering commmittee will decide which options to advance in spring 2016.
Current projections suggest this option will substantially increase transit ridership to the college and on the line overall. But it also would cost $244 million more than light rail on Barbur alone and carries with it considerable geological risks, such as an exceptionally high water table in the area.
Perhaps most concerning to many: the tunnel would require relocating residents from several dozen homes during at least two years of construction.
At a May forum in nearby Hillsdale, several residents of 53rd Avenue and nearby streets voiced their disapproval of the tunnel concept.
TriMet capital projects manager Dave Unsworth assured forum attendees that the agency is experienced and fair in compensating property owners, businesses and residents who must be relocated – even temporarily – because of a transit project.
But Kelly Knapp – a 10-year resident on 53rd Avenue – remained bluntly opposed to a tunnel. "I adore my neighborhood," he said. "I love it. I don't want to go anywhere."
"It's alarming," said Ankesh Khadakia, who lives on a dead-end street off 53rd Avenue. Even with a house not right on the potential tunnel route, Khadakia said he is concerned about his foundation and access to his home, which would likely be impossible during construction. "I really don't want to move," he said. But Khadakia added that he would like to see some improvements for people walking and biking on 53rd, including better lighting.
George Vranas and Peter Johnson, who have lived nearby for five years and successfully pushed to have a Haines Street route removed from the table last year, said by phone that they understand why PCC wants direct service – but said the tunnel raised a lot of red flags for them, too.
"I think they (PCC) see this as part of their duty to serve the community. It's a growing community," Vranas said. "Ideally I would love to see light rail at PCC, but personally I cannot see part of our neighborhood and the people living in it destroyed because of a tunnel."
Johnson suggested Metro, TriMet and other partners engage in a "full diplomatic effort" to communicate with residents along 53rd if indeed the PCC tunnel is pursued any further.
"That means more than just saying, 'We'll buy you out,'" Vranas added.
Neighborhood chair Leslie said many in the neighborhood are signing a petition to ask the Southwest Corridor steering committee to remove it from further study in July. "It's a hot-button issue," she said.
Barbur option: an uphill climb
A second option would simply route bus rapid transit or light rail along Barbur Boulevard, low on the western flank of Mount Sylvania. This option would include a station at Barbur's intersection with 53rd Ave., a mostly desolate crossing anchored by a pair of strip clubs, a medical marijuana dispensary and several small office buildings. It's cheaper and slightly faster than other options and technically much simpler. It could also foster some welcome redevelopment of a blighted area, Leslie said.
But it's also a third of a mile from PCC's campus – an uphill walk without sidewalks on a street that is partially gravel. So this option would require redoing SW 53rd Avenue, adding sidewalks and bike facilities and possibly even stairs or ramps for some steep sections. Even with those improvements, whether many people would be willing to cover that distance is a concern.
"Ideally, we would have direct service to PCC," said Associated Students of PCC executive director David Betts, who thinks a stop at 53rd and Barbur is probably too far away to ask most students to walk. Analysis shows that few riders use the existing 12-Barbur stops at 53rd Avenue, compared to those who ride directly to campus on the 44-Capitol Highway, 78-Beaverton/Lake Oswego or one of PCC's intercampus shuttles.
Betts thought a Barbur alignment could work with a PCC shuttle connection from the Barbur Transit Center or 53rd Avenue. Although shuttles between the four PCC campuses are a big part of PCC Sylvania's transportation portfolio, with tens of thousands of rides annually, the college has not studied a shuttle option that would connect to a nearby transit station, Degman said.
Update, January 2016: At its Feb. 29 meeting, the steering committee will also consider options that could link more direct buses to the PCC campus from downtown Portland if light rail is chosen and a tunnel is not selected. For more details, read this document.
Capitol Hwy. bus rapid transit: middle option, maybe
A third option, for bus rapid transit only, could split the difference – but with its own tradeoffs. This route would run up four-lane SW Capitol Highway and 49th Avenue from Barbur, providing front-door service to PCC. This route costs about the same as bus rapid transit on Barbur alone, and direct-to-PCC service could be a big attraction, adding a couple thousand daily riders on the line over bus rapid transit on Barbur, according to current projections.
But this option adds 90 seconds each way to an overall bus rapid transit alignment from Portland to Tualatin. And it would require the plan's steering committee choosing bus rapid transit instead of light rail for the whole Southwest Corridor – because light rail couldn't take the steep grades to get up to PCC via this route.
That could have even bigger implications for ridership, potentially causing ridership on the whole transit line to drop by thousands. The steering committee won't make a final decision between bus rapid transit and light rail until December.
Leslie said she thought the Capitol Highway option was worth a close look – particularly if it could provide direct service to PCC Sylvania at a lower cost and with lower impacts than a light rail tunnel.
Yet Vranas and Johnson said they thought light rail was still the better choice – even if it bypassed PCC by using Barbur – because it's faster and enticing for more potential reiders. "I think a train bespeaks a modern, forward-looking system," Johnson said.
PCC plans undefined
Southwest Corridor planners might have an easier time justifying the costs of providing direct service to campus because of the potential for redevelopment on the acres of parking lots there. But PCC Sylvania is nearing the end of implementing its current master plan, as it wraps up a flurry of renovations funded by a bond voters passed in 2008.
Without a clear plan for future growth, PCC Sylvania and the Southwest Corridor find themselves in a classic chicken-and-egg situation, board member Frisbee said. "We can either say, 'Here are our plans and you build around those,' or 'Tell us what you can do and we can build around that,'" she said last week.
Either way, the master plan would need a major update, which could take a year or more.
Vranas and Johnson said they would support new academic buildings or athletic facilities on campus, but would likely draw the line at on-campus student housing. "They're generally good neighbors," Vranas said of PCC. "It's just that they are big and they will grow bigger."
'You have a way here'
Frisbee and other PCC officials clearly don't want to miss the train – or rapid bus – when it comes to this part of Southwest Corridor. Frisbee pointed to recent analyses that showed PCC needs to greatly reduce the number of car trips to its campuses in order to meet its sustainability goals.
"Accessibility is key to what we want to do [at PCC] – improving sustainability and reaching out to people to say, 'you have a way here,'" Betts said.
Roughly 60 percent of students drive to the Sylvania campus, where they pay $50 per term for a parking permit. One third take TriMet or one of the college's shuttles, though PCC students recently doubled their own transportation fees to be able to make more subsidized TriMet bus passes available.
If new high capacity transit doesn't directly serve PCC-Sylvania, a draft service enhancement plan from TriMet could also help. The draft plan, to be finalized this spring, would increase frequency on line 44-Capitol Highway, which serves PCC from downtown Portland via Hillsdale. The proposal would also extend the line's route south, providing new service Lake Grove and Bridgeport Village on every other trip.
Better transit could help connect the college's campuses and students with the opportunities of a broader region, Frisbee said. "As much as [the Southwest Corridor project] can do, we'd have more and more students here," she said.
"The role the community college plays in the regional economy is critical," Frisbee added. "So you come back to that question: How do we get students here, and how do we get them here in a way that can fit into their lives?"
When it meets in July spring 2016, the steering committee must balance that question with neighbors' concerns and the needs of travelers across a wide spectrum and long corridor.
An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the total area of parking lots at PCC Sylvania. This version has been corrected.


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SALT LAKE CITY — If you'll be traveling with your family this summer, Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman prefers that you not fly.
Ernman is one of a growing number of Swedes who have stopped traveling by air because they're worried about aviation's effect on the environment, and she is urging others to do so as well, using the newly coined word “flygskam,” which means "flight shame," and the hashtag #stayontheground.
Flight shame is internal — it's the sense of being embarrassed or ashamed of flying because you are environmentally "woke." It's not related to passenger shaming, the social-media trend of posting pictures of fellow flyers doing things you don't like.
The "flygskam" campaign has yet to affect commercial aviation in the U.S., where air travel hit an all-time high in 2018, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
But with air travel down 8 percent in Sweden this year, and the anti-flying campaign spreading to other countries, airlines are paying attention.
Flight shame was a hot topic at a recent airline conference in Seoul, Reuters News Service reported. Alexandre de Juniac, head of the International Air Transport Association, warned CEOs gathered at the event: "Unchallenged, this sentiment will grow and spread," and he later told reporters to "stop calling us polluters."
Already, the European Aviation Safety Agency has announced that it is developing a plan to give airplanes a grade based on carbon emissions and other forms of pollution.
For summer travelers needing to make a long trip in a short time, there are few modes of transportation that don’t negatively affect the environment. Horse-drawn carriages are no longer readily available, and manure-filled streets were once a serious problem for cities. Even proponents of hot-air ballooning are on the defensive these days because of the propane balloons use.
Some analysts, skeptical that flying deserves so much hate, are examining the true costs of different modes of transportation. Here's what they've found, and why "flygskam" may remain a European trend.
The no-fly zone
The Swedish opera singer promoting flight shame is the mother of Greta Thunberg, a teen climate activist who was featured on the cover of Time magazine in May.
Thunberg, who is 16, was inspired by the activism of the survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and began a weekly school strike, skipping school every Friday, in order to draw attention to the problem of carbon emissions.
"I believe that once we start behaving as if we were in an existential crisis, then we can avoid a climate and ecological breakdown. But the opportunity to do so will not last for long. We have to start today," she has said.
Others promoting flight shame in Europe include Bjorn Ferry, a prominent sports commentator, who said last year that he would only cover events if he could get there by train, the U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported.
In their arguments against flight, Thunberg and others cite reports that say aviation could be the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide within three decades, as the carbon footprint of cars declines.
"While direct emissions from aviation account for just 3 percent of the European Union's total greenhouse gas emissions, it’s also true that on a measure of C02 emitted each kilometer traveled by a passenger, air travel is the most polluting means of transportation with 285 grams of C02 per passenger/kilometer," Davide Banis wrote for Forbes.
And Danny Westneat, a columnist for the Seattle Times, puts it even more starkly: "In terms of carbon emissions that lead to global warming, there’s probably nothing worse we can do on an individual basis than take an intercontinental flight."
The solution, for Thunberg and others, is to take the train, which is powered by electricity. This has led to yet another new Swedish word, "tagskryt," or "train bragging."
People are posting pictures and tips on social media about train travel, and train operators are taking advantage by billing trains as "climate-smart travel."
When Thunberg spent 65 hours on a train recently to travel to Davos, Switzerland, where she spoke at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, the forum's website reported that the train emitted just 44 kilograms of carbon, compared to 262 kilograms if she had traveled by plane.
Challenges for families
Of course, the flight's carbon dioxide output was the same, even if the plane took off with one less passenger, so to make an impact, large numbers of people would have to stop flying. And some families are saying they don't find this feasible.
"My toddler doesn’t sit still for long, and how many snacks would I need to pack for that length of journey?" Helen Hamston, a mother of four in the U.K., told Jo Thornhill, writing for The Guardian.
"Changing trains would be like a military operation, and when everyone is tired and hungry it just doesn’t sound like much fun. At least a flight is over more quickly," Hamston said.
And Carlton Reid, reporting for Forbes, took a 28-hour train trip from Newcastle, England, to Stockholm and wasn't a fan.
"The 2,190-kilometer journey was split over seven connections, took 28 hours, and cost £260 (about $330). Flying with cheap airlines and booking in advance, I could have flown for half the price," Reid wrote.
And even factoring in time spent getting to airports, going through security and waiting to board, flying would have taken 18 fewer hours than taking the train, he said.
That said, flying with young children can be challenging, too, and long uninterrupted stretches of time on trains offers time to play a board game or create art, especially if you are able to get seats with a table, according to the travel website The Points Guy.
What about cars?
Two years ago, Salon reported that it's better to take a short-distance flight than to drive the same distance by car.
"The car emits 0.38lb of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, while a short-haul flight emits just 0.2lb CO2 (per km or 0.6 miles, per person)," Reynard Loki wrote.
The cleanest way to travel, Loki said, is by bicycle, followed by electric car, rail and ferry. (Although this was before recent reports about how mining for lithium and copper for electric-car batteries is destroying desert habitats.)
If you're short a ferry and don't have time to wait for the electric minivan that Mercedes plans to produce, a plain, old-fashioned car that uses gasoline may not be as bad as it used to be.
The same report that predicts aviation to be the biggest carbon offender in the future notes that gasoline consumption was slightly down in 2018 even though carbon emissions rose more than 3 percent, according to Vox. The reduction was just a fraction, but still significant because we traveled more miles, and it can be attributed to improved fuel economy, as well as more electric cars on the road.
Average fuel economy for cars produced in 2017 hit a record high of just under 25 miles to the gallon, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's Automotive Trends Report.
In addition, "the average estimated real-world CO2 emission rate for all new vehicles fell by 3 grams per mile (g/mi) to 357 g/mi, the lowest level ever measured," the report said.75 comments on this story
The travel blogger René de Lambert predicts that "flyskam's" influence won't reach the U.S. because our rail system isn't as good as Europe's. Also, de Lambert wrote, "This country really just is too big to not fly where you want to go."
Of course, the easiest way to reduce your family's carbon footprint from travel is to stay closer to home, which is what the Swedish president of the organization "We Stay on the Ground" advocates.
Speaking to Outside magazine, Maja Rosén said, "I think it’s important to change this norm that you have to go far to have a good life."


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A huge fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. It is believed that most of the 20 million items in the country's most important scientific and historic institution have been destroyed in the blaze, the cause of which is unknown.
The 200-year old museum was overtaken by a fire that started on Sunday evening and spread rapidly across a building originally constructed as a palace for the Portuguese royal family. The museum was home to Egyptian and Greco-Roman artefacts, the oldest human fossil in the Americas, countless items of geological and anthropological significance as well as an extensive collections of indigenous literature and artefacts.
Questions have been raised about how a site of such cultural significance could have fallen prey so quickly to fire, with some reports that nearby hydrants did not supply firefighters with adequate water. Commentators were quick to point the finger at austerity policies and corruption for the negligence of safety measures.
Anthropologists, scientists and spokespeople for Brazil's indigenous population are among those to have expressed dismay at the catastrophe, with the journalist Leandro Beguoci writing on Twitter that 'few things symbolise the crumbling of Brazil more than the fire of our oldest museum. A tragedy like this has individual culprits, of course. But it's also a collective work. Destroying our Louvre is a feat.'
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In this episode, I address the outrageous demands being made for the next presidential debate, and how President Trump should handle them. I also address Jim Comey’s meltdown on Capitol Hill yesterday, and the connections he’s hiding.
- President Trump should NOT agree to new debate rules.
- Presidential debate moderators want to be able to cut off the President’s microphone.
- Jim Comey plays dumb, and he does it well.
- The worst of Joe Biden in 40 quotes.
- This is clearly the dumbest “fact-check” in the history of the cosmos.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Lady Godiva Myth
The painting is by John Collier
The Godiva myth is filled with contradictions. The lady is obedient to her husband, yet boldly challenges his position on taxes. She rides naked through the streets of the city, yet remains chaste. She is a member of the ruling class who nonetheless sympathizes with the plight of ordinary people. Like other myths, this one offers ways to resolve—symbolically, at least—such conflicting social and sexual dynamics. Myths have also traditionally done what Donoghue describes as the “cultural work” of passing down history, tradition, and shared values. Now movies and television have essentially taken over that role from written and spoken tales. “One reason I decided to write this book was that the legend is dying out,” says Donoghue. “Our children know about Godiva Chocolates, and they may have a visual image of a naked woman on a horse, but really know nothing about the story.” Read More...


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The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 18 January 2017 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests from circuit courts across the commonwealth. Six members– four circuit court clerks, appointed annually by the president of the Virginia Court Clerks’ Association; and two staff members from the Library of Virginia, currently the State Archivist and the Deputy of Collections and Programs–comprise the board. Members meet twice a year to evaluate proposals. Clerks of the Circuit Courts apply for funds to conserve, secure, and increase access to circuit court records. A total of eighty applications were submitted from seventy-nine localities with requests totaling $1,746,149. After careful evaluation and discussion of all applications, the board approved seventy-nine grant projects totaling over $250,000 (CCRP Grant Awards 2017A). Seventy-seven of the approved applications covered professional conservation treatment for items including deed books, will books, order books, surveyor books, minute books, birth and death registers, and plat books housed in circuit court clerks’ offices which had been damaged by use, age, or previous non-professional repairs. The remaining two grants were for records reformatting projects and plat cabinets.
The following are a few of the items that received grant funding:
The CCRP is administrated as part of the Library of Virginia’s Government Records Division. Funded through $1.50 from the circuit court clerk’s … read more »
As told in an earlier blog, James Dunlop of Petersburg emancipated his slave, John Brown, in April 1822 through a deed of manumission. One would imagine that Brown must revel in his freedom following a lifetime of bondage. However, his joy over being emancipated was surely tempered by the fact that his wife and children remained slaves. Worse, Virginia law required that slaves emancipated after May 1806 leave the Commonwealth within twelve months. One year after receiving his freedom, Brown would be forced to leave his family and reside in a free state where he knew no one.
Prior to emancipating Brown, Dunlop filed a petition with the General Assembly in December 1821 to permit Brown to remain in the Commonwealth following his emancipation. Dunlop asked the General Assembly “to suffer this faithful slave to spend the remainder of his days, in the enjoyment of freedom, and in the bosom of his family.” Dunlop had nearly one hundred white citizens of Petersburg sign the petition. They acknowledged Brown as worthy of emancipation and deserving of the opportunity to remain in Virginia. The committee in the General Assembly found the petition “reasonable,” drew up and reported a bill, however, the full legislature never acted on the bill.
Brown then had to apply to the local court for permission to remain in Petersburg. Before applying, Brown … read more »
The naming of the local history and genealogy reading room at Newport News Public Library after Martha Woodroof Hiden is well deserved. Born in Orange County, Virginia, in 1883, Hiden graduated from Randolph-Macon College and went on to graduate school at the University of Chicago and The College of William & Mary. In 1909 she married Philip W. Hiden, who became the first mayor of Newport News, the city where she spent the rest of her life. She ran her husband’s business after his death in 1936, and went on to serve as a member of the board of visitors at William & Mary, an executive at the Virginia Historical Society, and a board member of the Virginia State Library (now the Library of Virginia). An accomplished and scholarly researcher, she authored numerous reviews, articles, and books on Virginia history and genealogy.
With all those accomplishments, however, her work with Virginia city and county court records might be her most important achievement. More than most, she understood the historical significance of the records and their need to be preserved. Among her writing on Virginia history, she published essays on court records, outlining the importance of each of the “classes” or record groups, explaining their use and purpose as few had done before, and laying the groundwork for social historians of the future. In her aptly … read more »
The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 23 May 2016 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant requests from circuit courts across the commonwealth. The board is comprised of six members: four circuit court clerks, appointed annually by the president of the Virginia Court Clerks’ Association; and two staff members from the Library of Virginia, currently the State Archivist and the Deputy of Collections and Programs. The board meets twice a year to evaluate proposals. This cycle’s grant applications requested funds for processing, conserving, securing, and increasing access to circuit court records. A total of seventy-nine applications were submitted from seventy localities with requests totaling over one and a half million dollars. After careful evaluation and discussion of all applications, the board approved seventy-three grant projects totaling nearly $900 thousand. Seventy-two of the approved applications were for funding to perform professional conservation treatment on more than 250 volumes housed in circuit court clerks’ offices that had been damaged by use, age, or previous non-professional repairs. The remaining seven grants were for security systems, reformatting projects, and plat cabinet.
The CCRP is a part of the Library of Virginia’s Government Records Division. Funded through $1.50 from the circuit court clerk’s recordation fee, the CCRP provides resources to help preserve and make accessible permanent circuit court records. The program awards … read more »