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When people get married and plan to have children‚ they expect that they will be in a partnership where their partner takes on equal parts of the parenting role. This doesn't just include changing diapers and cooking meals. Parenting is much more than a few actions‚ it's sharing the mental load and showing up without needing to be asked because you see what needs to be done.A young woman still in the dating world put a call out to older women to ask how to know they're picking someone who will be an equal parenting partner. Cheryl Neufville shared the moment that let her know that her now husband would make a good father‚ she encourages others to look for the sings. While dating some of these signs may be easily overlooked if you don't know what you're looking for. Neufville's example shows just how subtle the signs can be.The experienced mom explained that before she and her husband started dating they were visiting a friend that had given birth to her fifth child. While visiting the baby was being fussy and having trouble calming for the friend‚ so the future husband stepped in instinctively taking the baby to help it calm. He even took the baby outside to get some fresh air giving the stressed new mom a break. "I think about that quite often in regards to what I saw before we were dating. Where he didn't have to wait to be told what to do‚ he just kind of took charge and helped that woman out with her baby and I just knew that he would be the same way towards our children‚" Neufville reveals.Commenters agreed‚ one person saying‚ "No‚ for real a man will definitely show signs of being a good dad before becoming a father. And it will be in the simplest of ways‚ we just gotta pay attention.""I think men who are good fathers stick out. Like I don't know how to explain it‚ but the signs are there! I knew my husband was going to be a good father‚" another says.Someone else chimes in‚ "yes!!! I knew my husband beforehand and he was always helpful to his friends and I KNEW who he was. Watch how they treat others."Neufville shares a couple of beautiful stories that may help people looking for an equal parenting partner that spills into the comments with a plethora of more experienced women chiming in. You can check out the entire video below: @heyy..cheryl @Justine’s Camera Roll 📸✨ ♬ original sound - Cheryl Neufville

It's no secret that Americans on average have too much stuff. Yay‚ capitalism!Seriously‚ though‚ most of us bring new things into our homes pretty regularly‚ and if we aren't purging regularly‚ they start to accumulate. We fill drawers‚ closets‚ bins‚ basements and garages with it‚ and then at some point realize we're swimming in stuff and need to declutter.The problem is‚ as much as we may want to pare down and simplify‚ a lot of us are really bad at getting rid of things. Decluttering involves decision-making‚ and decision-making can be exhausting. There are also psychological and emotional reasons we hold onto things‚ and those mental hurdles are often what we need the most help overcoming. So along with practical decluttering tips like having a garbage bag and a giveaway box with you as you go through different areas of your home‚ try using these four mantras to help clear the mental clutter that makes physical decluttering difficult.1. "Stuff = stress"There's plenty of research that shows clutter causes stress and anxiety‚ and it's pretty hard not to have clutter when you have too much stuff. Keeping the why of decluttering front and center can help keep you motivated as you start to purge.Every item in your home costs you time and energy every time you encounter it. Moving the thing from one place to another‚ deciding where to put it‚ cleaning or dusting it‚ or even just having it take up space in your life costs you something mentally. Lots of small things add up to a large mental load‚ so ask yourself—Is this item worth what it's costing me?Stuff = stress. Less stuff = less stress. Keep that simple‚ freeing truth top of mind as you declutter. 2. "Maybe means no"We've all been there with something in our hand trying to decide whether to keep it.This notebook might come in handy sometime…Maybe I'll want to wear this dress one day…But I might need that gadget in the future…Nope‚ nope‚ nope. As soon as the words "might" or "maybe" come into your decision-making process‚ it's a sign to ditch the thing. "Maybe" or "might" means you don't need it right now‚ you aren't using it right now‚ and you don't know if you ever will. If you keep things on the off chance that you might need them someday‚ you'll never get rid of anything. The reality is there are very few things that you won't be able to get in the future if you really need it. Your home is not a general store. And you are living in your home right now‚ not in the future. When it comes to decluttering‚ maybe means no. Every time. 3. "Things aren't memories"This is a tough one for a lot of people to swallow‚ but some of us hold onto way too many things for sentimental reasons because we tie them to memories. Souvenirs‚ playbills‚ concert tickets‚ wedding gifts‚ grandma's knick-knacks—so many things that make us go "Aww‚ remember when…" when we look at them‚ but here's the thing: Things are things. Memories are memories. Things aren't memories. You can 100% still have the memories without keeping the things.Things might trigger memories‚ but you can easily accomplish that by taking a photo of the thing that triggers the memory and getting rid of the thing itself. Make a "mementos" photo album for all those "but that reminds me of that happy thing" memory triggers and pass on the things themselves.Of course‚ there may be some genuinely meaningful and valuable personal treasures that you truly love and want to hold onto. But most memory-associated items aren't that. They're just things. Keep the memories. Let the things go.4. "Keep it flowing"This is the main mantra to hold onto as you move forward. Once you've decluttered to a point where you feel light and free and good about what you have‚ it's time to think about how to maintain that sense of freedom. And the key to that maintenance is‚ "Keep it flowing." Rather than seeing your home as a receptacle to inevitably get filled up‚ see it as a channel that things naturally flow in and out of. Look at it as a flowing river‚ not a stagnant pond. New things will always be coming into our lives‚ therefore old things need to go out. The reason we end up with so much stuff is that we fail to recognize this flow. Some of us come from a deprivation mindset‚ so we are afraid to let things go even when new things come in. Some of us are influenced by the "more is more" mindset of consumer society‚ so we keep adding without subtracting to keep a balance. In our modern world‚ things come and go. Keep that flow going on purpose whenever you bring something into the house‚ and you won't have to do another big declutter project again.

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Harvard University has had a rough few months. It seemed as though the series of scandals that beset the once-revered university had culminated in the resignation of Claudine Gay‚ its former president. But this week brought forth revelations that dealt another blow to the reputation of Harvard University‚ which these days looks to be an institution defined more by overhyped prestige than by excellence. READ MORE from Ellie Gardey: Backlash Against Harvard’s Claudine Gay Is Indictment of ‘Diversity‚ Equity‚ and Inclusion’ On Monday‚ a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital‚ the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute‚ disclosed that it is investigating over 50 papers by some of its most senior scientists. Dana-Farber’s investigations are evidently finding plentiful problems‚ as the institute is now seeking the retraction of six papers and the correction of 31 others. The scientists whose work is being investigated include the hospital’s chief executive and president‚ Dr. Laurie Glimcher; the hospital’s chief operating officer‚ Dr. William Hahn; the director of its Clinical Investigator Research Program‚ Dr. Irene Ghobrial; and the program director of the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center‚ Dr. Kenneth Anderson. All four of the scientists are faculty members at Harvard Medical School. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s decision to seek the retractions and corrections follows the publication of a blog post in early January by molecular biologist and data sleuth Sholto David. In the post‚ David argues that the work of Glimcher‚ Hahn‚ Ghobrial‚ and Anderson displays evidence of purposeful manipulation. “[T]he level of data forgery is pathetically amateurish and excessive‚” reads the blog post’s introduction. In his article‚ David meticulously outlines instances where images in the published works of the four scientists appear to dishonestly present research results. Data plots‚ bands‚ and blots‚ he says‚ appear to be duplicated‚ suggesting that they were copied and pasted using image-editing tools like Photoshop in order to create desired research outcomes. For example‚ in an image from Glimcher’s work‚ blots in a research image appear identical to one another even though they are purportedly showing something different. In another example‚ David shows research from Ghobrial in which several images of mice that are proclaimed to be under different conditions appear to be the same image. In addition‚ in the work of Anderson‚ David found many series of bands that appeared to have been copied and pasted from other parts of the research. David even photoshopped Ghobrial and Anderson’s faces onto a picture of Barbie and Ken driving in the Barbie Dream Car. “Testing out my own photoshop skills!” he wrote. “Much to learn from the masters.” The fact that the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is actively pursuing the retraction or correction of 37 papers implies that David has correctly identified significant issues in at least several of those papers. If this holds true‚ these scientists are in major trouble because David did not allege benign or accidental mistakes in the scientists’ research; rather‚ the problems he alleges inherently suggest research misconduct. Indeed‚ the manipulation of images does not happen by chance. A data plot or band doesn’t get copied to a different part of a research image by happenstance. If the research authored by these scientists is found to contain fraudulent data and image manipulation‚ it constitutes a far greater offense than Claudine Gay’s copy-and-paste-happy essays on social justice. While Gay penned totally useless research papers on topics that appealed to a few woke professors in Africana studies departments‚ these scientists used federal tax dollars under the supposed mandate of finding cures for cancer — and‚ if David is right‚ engaged in deceit. Therefore‚ if at least some of these allegations are born out as true‚ they will constitute a much greater strike against the reputation of Harvard. In speaking on the allegations‚ the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s research-integrity officer‚ Dr. Barrett Rollins‚ was adamant in arguing that problems with images do not necessarily indicate a scientist was acting unethically. “The presence of image discrepancies in a paper is not evidence of an author’s intent to deceive‚” Rollins said in a statement to CNN. “That conclusion can only be drawn after a careful‚ fact-based examination which is an integral part of our response. Our experience is that errors are often unintentional and do not rise to the level of misconduct.” Notably‚ Rollins authored two of the articles that David alleged contained doctored imagery. The institute has stated that it has yet to determine whether the scientists whose work is being investigated committed misconduct. Harvard’s reputation — along with that of all of elitist higher education — is being driven into the ground. Gallup found in 2023 that 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education; this represents a 20-percentage-point decline from the 57 percent that was reported in 2015. With research misconduct scandals like these afflicting numerous top universities alongside the rampant anti-Semitism‚ total dominance of DEI departments‚ over-the-top grade inflation‚ and ideological indoctrination‚ Americans’ trust in higher education is bound to get much worse‚ and universities’ positions in society are set to decline. READ MORE: Combatting Academic Hucksters in the Sciences Goodbye Science‚ Hello Night The post Harvard’s Reputation Is Dealt Another Major Blow: A Research Misconduct Scandal Ensnares Its Top Scientists appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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by Mike Whitney‚ Global Research: In America‚ we have an oligarch problem‚ and it’s much bigger than the oligarch problem that Putin faced when he became president in 2000. The entire West is now in the grips of billionaire elites who have a stranglehold on the media‚ the political establishment and all of our important […]