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Q : My husband’s 8-year-old daughter has a birthday this weekend, and she decided she would like to take a few friends to the movies and then out for frozen yogurt around the corner from our home. My husband and his ex-wife plan to take her, and I was not invited. What’s good ex-etiquette? A: Let’s clarify something first. Your husband’s ex is this child’s mother, so the request may not be as off as presented at first. But it’s still inappropriate if you, as his wife, are not included when Mom also attends. If you decline the invitation because you are sick, for example, that would be understandable. But not invited? That’s not good ex-etiquette. Once a divorced parent lives with or marries someone else, the new partner becomes their primary companion. That means your husband and his ex continue to co-parent, but you are also integrated into the mix. Ideally, that would mean all three of you take the child to the movies — or, if that is uncomfortable because you have not progressed to comfortably co-parenting as a team, just one parent is designated to attend. I suggest this approach for three reasons: First, children often hope for parental reconciliation after a breakup, and when that doesn’t happen, it can be extremely disappointing. Still reeling from the first breakup, they may even perceive it as another breakup. So, if parents do attend a special occasion together, they must be mindful of how their friendly interaction is perceived by their children. Second, too-familiar interaction between parents can influence the children’s relationship with a new partner. Even though they love both parents, they can also feel protective of the new partner and not know where to turn or how to react when witnessing too-friendly parental interaction. By the same token, they might resent the new partner for getting in the way of their parents’ reconciliation. Either way, you can see how confusing this might be. Finally, the third reason is that if there is tension between any of the adults, it will embarrass the children and make them very uncomfortable. Never attempt this sort of interaction until you are confident that you are ready for it and can set a good example. I must clarify that these considerations apply to things like private birthday parties or outings, not events like Little League games or school plays where it is commonplace for both parents to support their children and where many other parents are also in attendance. I did not get the impression that you were asking this question because you were jealous. It appeared you felt overlooked and you wanted clarification. However, it seems fitting to now discuss jealous and insecure feelings and how misunderstanding your role can negatively influence both past and current relationships. Both past and current partners may experience jealousy or insecure feelings when their position is unclear or unstated. Basically, people need to know where they stand. Once parents divorce, everyone has new roles and responsibilities to consider. Parents are now co-parents. New partners are now the primary romantic interest. It is when these new roles do not match each person’s expectations that people become jealous and insecure. That merits a clarifying conversation right from the beginning. As a result, each person will better understand their position, they’ll become more confident about where they stand, and jealous and insecure feelings will hopefully be diminished. That’s good ex-etiquette. Email Dr. Jann Blackstone at dr.jann@exetiquette.com . Get local news delivered to your inbox!

HARRISBURG — The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania in this year’s election has prompted predictable vows to rebound, but it has also sowed doubts about whether Pennsylvania might be leaving the ranks of up-for-grabs swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s. The introspection over voters’ rejection of Democrats comes amid growing speculation about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as a contender for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination. Widely expected to seek reelection in the 2026 mid-terms, Shapiro was considered a rising star in the party even before he garnered heavy national attention for making Vice President Kamala Harris’ shortlist of candidates for running mates. Some Pennsylvania Democrats say 2024’s losses are, at least in part, attributable to voters motivated specifically by President-elect Donald Trump . Many of those voters won’t show up if Trump isn’t on the ballot, the theory goes, leaving Pennsylvania’s status as the ultimate swing state intact. “I don’t think it’s an indicator for Pennsylvania,” said Jamie Perrapato, executive director of Turn PA Blue, which helps organize and train campaign volunteers. “I’ll believe it when these people come out and vote in any elections but for the presidency.” Pennsylvania’s status as the nation’s premier battleground state in 2024 was unmistakable: political campaigns dropped more money on campaign ads than in any other state, according to data from ad-tracking firm AdImpact. Plenty of that money was spent by Democrats, but their defeat was across the board. Democrats in Pennsylvania lost its 19 presidential electoral votes, a U.S. Senate seat, three other statewide races, two congressional seats and what was once a reassuring advantage in voter registration. Some of those losses were particularly notable: Democrats hadn’t lost Pennsylvania’s electoral votes and a Senate incumbent in the same year since 1880. The defeat of three-term Sen. Bob Casey is especially a gut-punch for Democrats: the son of a former governor has served in statewide office since 1997. The same debate that Democrats are having nationally over Harris’ decisive loss is playing out in Pennsylvania, with no agreement on what caused them to be so wrong. Some blamed President Joe Biden , a Pennsylvania native, for backtracking on his promise not to run for reelection. Some blamed the party’s left wing and some blamed Harris, saying she tried to woo Republican voters instead of focusing on pocketbook issues that were motivating working-class voters. In Pennsylvania, finger-pointing erupted in the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia — where Trump significantly narrowed his 2020 deficit — between the city’s Democratic Party chair and a Harris campaign adviser. The nation’s sixth-most populous city is historically a driver of Democratic victories statewide, but Harris’ margin there was the smallest of any Democratic presidential nominee since John Kerry’s in 2004, and turnout there was well below the statewide average. Rural Democrats suggested the party left votes on the table in their regions, too. Some said Harris hurt herself by not responding forcefully enough in the nation’s No. 2 natural gas state against Trump’s assertions that she would ban fracking . Ed Rendell, the former two-term governor of Pennsylvania and ex-Democratic National Committee chair, said Trump had the right message this year and that Harris didn’t have enough time on the campaign trail to counter it. Still, Rendell said Pennsylvania remains very much a swing state. “I wouldn’t go crazy over these election results,” Rendell said. “It’s still tight enough to say that in 2022 the Democrats swept everything and you would have thought that things looked pretty good for us, and this time we almost lost everything.” That year, Shapiro won the governor’s office by nearly 15%, John Fetterman was the only candidate in the nation to flip a U.S. Senate seat despite suffering a stroke in the midst of his campaign, and Democrats captured control of the state House of Representatives for the first time in a dozen years. Bethany Hallam, an Allegheny County council member who is part of a wave of progressive Democrats to win office around Pittsburgh in recent years, said the party can fix things before Pennsylvania becomes Ohio. But she cautioned against interpreting 2024 as a one-time blip, saying it would be a mistake to think Trump voters will never be heard from again. “They’re going to be more empowered to keep voting more,” Hallam said. “They came out, finally exercised their votes and the person they picked won. ... I don’t think this was a one-off thing.” Shapiro, assuming he seeks another term in 2026, would likely benefit from a mid-term backlash that has haunted the party in power — in this case, Republicans and Trump — in nearly every election since World War II. The political landscape never stays the same, and voters two years from now will be reacting to a new set of factors: the state of the economy, the ups and downs of Trump’s presidency, events no one sees coming. Rendell predicted that Trump’s public approval ratings will be badly damaged — below 40% — even before he takes office. Democrats, meanwhile, fully expect Republicans to come after Shapiro in an effort to damage any loftier ambitions he may have. They say they’ll be ready. “He’s on the MAGA radar,” said Michelle McFall, the Westmoreland County Democratic Party chair. “He’s a wildly popular governor in what is still the most important battleground state ... and we’re going to make sure we’re in fighting shape to hold that seat.” In 2025, partisan control of the state Supreme Court will be up for grabs when three Democratic justices elected a decade ago must run to retain their seats in up-or-down elections without an opponent. Republicans have it marked on their calendars. Democrats will go into those battles with their narrowest voter registration edge in at least a half-century. What was an advantage of 1.2 million voters in 2008, the year Barack Obama won the presidency, is now a gap of fewer than 300,000. University of Pennsylvania researchers found that, since the 2020 presidential election, Republican gains weren’t because Republicans registered more new voters. Rather, the GOP’s gains were from more Democrats switching their registration to Republican, a third party or independent, as well as more inactive Democratic voters being removed from registration rolls, the researchers reported. Democrats have won more statewide elections in the past 25 years, but the parties are tied in that category in the five elections from 2020 through 2024. Daniel Hopkins, a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said it is hard to predict that Pennsylvania is trending in a particular direction, since politics are evolving and parties that lose tend to adapt. Even when Democrats had larger registration advantages, Hopkins said, Republicans competed on a statewide playing field. Hopkins said Democrats should be worried that they lost young voters and Hispanic voters to Trump, although the swing toward the GOP was relatively muted in Pennsylvania. Trump’s 1.8 percentage-point victory was hardly a landslide, he noted, and it signals that Pennsylvania will be competitive moving forward. “I don’t think that the registration numbers are destiny,” Hopkins said. “That’s partly because even with Democrats losing their registration advantage, whichever party can win the unaffiliated voters by a healthy margin will carry the state.”Asia’s middle distillates markets remained thinly discussed on the spot front as January negotiations were yet to go into full swing, with traders keeping a close eye on China export availability and demand in the West. Supply movements will hinge on demand expectations from the West, with some traders already expecting swing cargoes to pivot West once the market there picks up. Focus was also on China’s announcement on export quotas for next year, with some traders already closing their trading programmes for this year. On spot sales front, refiner offers were scant for a second straight session, though January discussions are expected to begin soon from northeast Asia. Term negotiations continued, with Petrolimex closing its tender to buy two cargoes of 10ppm sulphur gasoil and one cargo of 500ppm sulphur gasoil per month for January-December delivery. Offers need to be valid until Dec. 15. Meanwhile, the arbitrage price spread for jet fuel between Asia and the U.S. west coast remained open, with traders still expecting flows on this route to continue for December. Refining margins slipped further for a second straight week, closing at around $14.4 a barrel on Friday. Cash differentials declined slightly to a premium of 35 cents a barrel, as lower-priced offers for prompt loading cargoes stayed prevalent. Regrade dipped by almost 40 cents week-on-week to close at around 33 cents a barrel on Friday, though some traders were still bearish on the jet fuel market fundamentals. – No deals for both fuels – Gasoil stocks, which include diesel and heating, fell by 5.5% on the week to 2.13 million tons due to higher exports from ARA to northwest Europe and the Baltics. – OPEC+ on Thursday pushed back the start of oil output rises by three months until April and extended the full unwinding of cuts by a year until the end of 2026 due to weak demand and booming production outside the group. – U.S. oil producer Chevron on Thursday said it will take up to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter charges for restructuring, asset impairments and property sales costs. Source: Reuters (Reporting by Trixie Yap; Editing by Varun H K)

President-elect Trump’s proposed (and aspirational) Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is the latest incarnation of a new Administration’s attempt to leave its mark on the federal government. In the November 20, 2024, Wall Street Journal , Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy published an Op-ed about the DOGE effort they will lead and the three kinds of reform DOGE will pursue: regulatory recissions, administrative reductions, and cost savings. We propose that DOGE add a fourth, equally important focus, to improve the efficiency and productivity of federal agencies, especially the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With nearly everything in commerce, from autos to electronics, touched by chemistry, improving the process by which EPA evaluates industrial chemicals would be significant. EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) is charged with conducting safety reviews of existing products and is the gatekeeper for new products. If DOGE can identify ways to improve the operation and efficiency of OCSPP ( e.g ., by ensuring appropriate resources and updated technology), this could lead to economic gains, greater investment, innovation, and sustainability, and yes, more jobs in the United States. Most chemicals enter commerce in the United States after government review and approval under statutes such as the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and agricultural chemicals under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), both of which are managed by OCSPP. Research commissioned by the Coalition for Chemical Innovations shows a significant drop off in applications for approval of new chemicals under TSCA and a significant reduction in company spending on research and development. If a company cannot gain approval to manufacture a chemical in the United States, it goes elsewhere. The average time for EPA to review a new chemical application has risen from 472 days in 2021 to 674 days in 2024, while the number of submissions has dropped from 251 in 2021 to 182 through October (on pace for 218) in 2024. OCSPP is hampered by aging software and hardware, and the lack of specific, written guidance on how it is to review cases. When EPA takes two, three, or in several cases, over eight years to make a decision, companies commercialize these new, innovative, and often more sustainable chemistries outside the United States, including in Asia and Europe. These crushing delays cause promising innovators to stop trying to commercialize new chemistries in the United States under TSCA. Either way, the United States loses — on innovation, jobs, new products, and more sustainable products. Under FIFRA, EPA also routinely misses its deadlines under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). A computer system’s problem in 2023 led to significant delays in thousands of PRIA and other actions. OCSPP is still working through many of those cases as they struggle with new submissions. Staff shortages and inexperienced staff in the pesticides office also hamper efficient operations. Workforce issues are one aspect of improving efficiency. Having and using current technology is another. In their Op-ed, Musk and Ramaswamy write that DOGE will be “... aided by advanced technology ...” to follow its mandate. We urge DOGE to consider how deploying advanced technology in federal agencies such as EPA also will contribute to improved efficiency. OCSPP needs to be adequately staffed and equipped with current technology to evaluate properly chemicals and pesticides in a timely, consistent, predictable, and scientifically and legally supportable manner. Cutting or gutting OCSPP will exacerbate, not relieve, the much-delayed reviews under TSCA and FIFRA and further drive chemical innovation overseas. The products that rely on new, innovative, and sustainable chemistries will benefit greatly if DOGE were able to expand its mission by adding “improve the efficiency and productivity of federal agencies.” The innovations are here, waiting for OCSPP to act. Help them get into commerce by supporting OCSPP and boost U.S. manufacturing in the process.CORK, Ireland , Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI) (the "Company" or "Johnson Controls"), a global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today announced the pricing of its offering of $250 million senior notes due 2032 (the "Additional Notes"). The Additional Notes will be a further issuance of, and form a single series with, the existing $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.900% senior notes due 2032 that were originally issued on September 14, 2022 by the Company and Tyco Fire & Security Finance, S.C.A., a subsidiary of the Company, as co-issuer. The net proceeds of the Additional Notes will be used for general corporate purposes, including the repayment, redemption or refinancing of outstanding commercial paper and other near-term indebtedness. General corporate purposes may also include acquisitions, additions to working capital, repurchase of ordinary shares, dividends, capital expenditures and investments in the Company's subsidiaries. The closing for the transaction is expected to occur on December 10, 2024 , subject to certain customary closing conditions. BofA Securities and US Bancorp are serving as joint lead book-running managers to facilitate the transaction. Barclays, BBVA and UniCredit Capital Markets are also serving as book-running managers of the offering. The offering of the Additional Notes is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, prospectus and related prospectus supplement. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the base prospectus may be obtained by contacting BofA Securities, Inc. toll-free at 1-800-294-1322; or U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. toll-free at 1-877-558-2607. Investors may also obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov . This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. About Johnson Controls: At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet. Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation, we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive digital offering. Today, with a global team of experts, Johnson Controls offers the world's largest portfolio of building technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most trusted names in the industry. Johnson Controls International plc Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Johnson Controls International plc has made statements in this communication that are forward-looking and therefore are subject to risks and uncertainties. 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(Reuters) -Microsoft on Wednesday denied claims that it uses customer data from its Microsoft 365 applications, including Word and Excel, to train artificial intelligence models. The response came after some users pointed out on social media that the company requires users to opt-out of its “connected experiences” feature, which they argued was used to train AI models. “These claims are untrue. Microsoft does not use customer data from Microsoft 365 consumer and commercial applications to train foundational large language models,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters. The spokesperson added that the “connected experiences” enables features such as co-authoring and cloud storage, and has no connection to how the company trains its large language models. The conversations on social media indicate that people remain concerned about their data being used to train AI models without permission. (Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibilty for its content. var ytflag = 0;var myListener = function() {document.removeEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);lazyloadmyframes();};document.addEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);window.addEventListener('scroll', function() {if (ytflag == 0) {lazyloadmyframes();ytflag = 1;}});function lazyloadmyframes() {var ytv = document.getElementsByClassName("klazyiframe");for (var i = 0; i < ytv.length; i++) {ytv[i].src = ytv[i].getAttribute('data-src');}} Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition

No. 5 UCLA snaps No. 1 South Carolina's 43-game win streakForeign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would take place on Friday, without specifying a venue. "A range of regional and international issues and topics, including the issues of Palestine and Lebanon, as well as the nuclear issue, will be discussed," the spokesman said in a foreign ministry statement. Baghaei described the upcoming meeting as a continuation of talks held with the countries in September on the sidelines of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. On Thursday, the 35-nation board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution denouncing Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation. The move came as tensions ran high over Iran's atomic programme, which critics fear is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon -- something Tehran has repeatedly denied. In response to the resolution, Iran announced it was launching a "series of new and advanced centrifuges". Centrifuges enrich uranium transformed into gas by rotating it at very high speed, increasing the proportion of fissile isotope material (U-235). "We will substantially increase the enrichment capacity with the utilisation of different types of advanced machines," Behrouz Kamalvandi, Iran's atomic energy organisation spokesman, told state TV. The country, however, also said it planned to continue its "technical and safeguards cooperation with the IAEA". During a recent visit to Tehran by IAEA head Rafael Grossi, Iran agreed to the agency's demand to cap its sensitive stock of near weapons-grade uranium enriched up to 60 percent purity. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in power since July and a supporter of dialogue with Western countries, has said he wants to remove "doubts and ambiguities" about his country's nuclear programme. In 2015, Iran and world powers reached an agreement that saw the easing of international sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme. But the United States unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump and reimposed biting economic sanctions, which prompted Iran to begin rolling back on its own commitments. On Sunday afternoon, the United Kingdom confirmed the upcoming meeting between Iran and the three European countries. "We remain committed to taking every diplomatic step to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, including through snapback if necessary," London's Foreign Office said. The 2015 deal contains a "snapback" mechanism that can be triggered in case of "significant non-performance" of commitments by Iran, allowing many sanctions to be reimposed. Ali Vaez, an Iran expert with the International Crisis Group think tank, told AFP that Friday's meeting was set to happen earlier, but "those plans were derailed as a result of Iran-Israel tensions" over the Gaza war. Though the parties will be meeting "without knowing what the incoming Trump administration wants to do", Vaez said that "after a lose-lose cycle of mutual escalation, now both sides are back to realising that engagement might be the least costly option." Tehran has since 2021 decreased its cooperation with the IAEA by deactivating surveillance devices monitoring the nuclear programme and barring UN inspectors. At the same time, it has increased its stockpiles of enriched uranium and the level of enrichment to 60 percent. That level is close, according to the IAEA, to the 90 percent-plus threshold required for a nuclear warhead, and substantially higher than the 3.67 percent limit it agreed to in 2015. pdm/smw/ami

Zoe Ball's son Woody Cook says he is looking forward to spending more time with her after she announced during the week that she would be quitting the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show at the end of December. Woody, who is the son of Zoe and Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook, has shared a loving post about his mum on social media. Woody, 23, who appeared on reality TV show The Circle, posted unseen family photos which showed both his parents with him and his 14-year-old sister Nelly, who is rarely seen in public posts. Woody, wrote on Instagram: "Well done Mama on a fabulous stint on Radio 2! Here's to more time at home! Excuse the whole family pic can't find enough crackers with @zoetheball. YOU ARE AMAZING. 4AM is a crazy time to get up!" Zoe, 53, was among the first to reply to her son's post. writing: "Love you Bear. beyond xxx." She announced her departure from the Breakfast Show earlier this week, and also confirmed that Scott Mills would be replacing her in the New Year. After returning briefly to radio in August, Zoe took another extended break in September , when it is believed she took stock of her life and made her decision to quit her show. Zoe succeeded Chris Evans in 2019 and her final broadcast is scheduled for December 20. Updating listeners on her next steps , she said that she wasn't "going to be a stranger" and is staying with her "Radio 2 crew", though didn't share any more details. Zoe said: "While I'm stepping away from the Breakfast Show, I'm not disappearing entirely - I'll still be part of the Radio 2 family, with more news in the New Year." Citing the reason for her departure, Zoe said she plans to "focus on family" and be "a mum in the mornings" again, adding she "can't wait to tune in on the school run". Stay up to date about London's hottest events, latest restaurant openings, and best deals with our Going Out Out newsletter. Sign up HERE!

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