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Prince William’s trip to Paris sees him take on major new responsibilities with new role

Prince William’s trip to Paris sees him take on major new responsibilities with new role

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Prince William is stepping further into his role as a global statesman. The Prince of Wales will represent the UK at the reopening of Paris’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral today. Before the event, William is set to meet with First Lady Dr Jill Biden and President-Elect Donald Trump. These meetings will take place at the UK Ambassador’s Residence in Paris this evening. WATCH: The Wales children attended their mother’s Christmas carol service A symbolic event in Paris © GettyPrince William is to have a new major role Notre Dame Cathedral is reopening to worshippers after its devastating fire in 2019. The event marks the completion of a five-year restoration of the 861-year-old Gothic landmark. Around 1,500 guests, including world leaders, dignitaries, and worshippers, will gather under the cathedral’s famous arches. The reopening will be led by Archbishop Laurent Ulrich in a grand ceremony filled with tradition and symbolism. Prince William’s growing role © GettyPrince William will be in Paris today attending the reopening of Notre Dame William’s presence in Paris highlights his growing responsibilities on …

Don’t Want “Spoiled Kids”? Give Them Real Responsibilities

Don’t Want “Spoiled Kids”? Give Them Real Responsibilities

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On July 2, 2012, The New Yorker magazine published an article on American parenting provocatively titled “Spoiled Rotten: Why Are Kids Ruling the Roost?” The article cited a TIME/CNN poll that reported a striking self-indictment of American parents: two-thirds said they felt they had spoiled their children. Surveying the latest crop of child-rearing books, The New Yorker article noted a common theme: Parents are going to have to raise the bar and expect much more of kids if they want to avoid producing progeny who are self-centered, demanding, inconsiderate, and entitled. One example of an entitled attitude: a single mother who works full time says that when she gets home from work and asks her 16- and 14-year-old daughters for help with dinner, they respond, “That’s your job.” Children of Six Cultures What have American parents been doing wrong? Clues come from a Harvard study from decades ago. In Children of Six Cultures (1975), anthropologists Beatrice and John Whiting reported their investigation of the origins of altruism (helping others without expecting a reward). They found …

Donald Trump Confirms Candidates He’s Considering for VP (Responsibilities Include Breaking the Law for Him)

Donald Trump Confirms Candidates He’s Considering for VP (Responsibilities Include Breaking the Law for Him)

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Who is going to be Donald Trump’s 2024 pick for vice president, a role that involves literally putting one’s life on the line and being called a pussy for not breaking the law? Currently, no one, including Trump, seems to know the answer. But the ex-president has confirmed a few names that are under consideration. Speaking at a town hall with Fox News on Tuesday, Trump confirmed to host Laura Ingraham that Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Byron Donalds, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kristi Noem are all on his short list for the gig. X content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. “Honestly, all of those people are good,” Trump said. “They’re all good; they’re all solid.” Speaking specifically about South Carolina lawmaker Scott, who was in attendance at the event and has made his feelings about Trump very clear, the ex-president told Ingraham, “He’s been such a great advocate. I have to say this in a very positive way: Tim Scott, he has been much better for me …

The ‘right to roam’ in Scotland comes with responsibilities | Access to green space

The ‘right to roam’ in Scotland comes with responsibilities | Access to green space

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The discussion about access to the countryside in England and Wales would benefit from a more accurate use of language (‘Gates left open and crops destroyed’: the risks and benefits of right to roam, 26 December). We in Scotland do not have a “right to roam”. What we have is a “right of responsible access” to the countryside. Exceptions, and the rights and responsibilities of both landowners and access takers, are defined within the Land Reform (Scotland) Act and the associated outdoor access code. Of course there are still problems with people who either don’t know of or don’t care about their responsibilities, but at least the act makes it clear that there is no blanket right to go anywhere without any consideration for others. I write not as a landowner but rather as someone who enjoys the access that is available to me under this legislation. Fiona ZeinerMusselburgh, East Lothian Do you have a photograph you’d like to share with Guardian readers? If so, please click here to upload it. A selection will be published in our Readers’ best photographs galleries …

The ‘right to roam’ in Scotland comes with responsibilities

The ‘right to roam’ in Scotland comes with responsibilities

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Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian” fifu-data-src=”https://i0.wp.com/www.skepticsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/f62627cd728bcd62c3dfad95dc5c50ca.jpeg?ssl=1″ data-src=”https://i0.wp.com/www.skepticsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/f62627cd728bcd62c3dfad95dc5c50ca.jpeg?ssl=1″/> Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian The discussion about access to the countryside in England and Wales would benefit from a more accurate use of language (‘Gates left open and crops destroyed’: the risks and benefits of right to roam, 26 December). We in Scotland do not have a “right to roam”. What we have is a “right of responsible access” to the countryside. Exceptions, and the rights and responsibilities of both landowners and access takers, are defined within the Land Reform (Scotland) Act and the associated outdoor access code. Of course there are still problems with people who either don’t know of or don’t care about their responsibilities, but at least the act makes it clear that there is no blanket right to go anywhere without any consideration for others. I write not as a landowner but rather as someone who enjoys the access that is available to me under this legislation. Fiona ZeinerMusselburgh, East Lothian • Do you have a photograph you’d like to share with Guardian readers? If so, please click here to upload it. …

Jeffrey Goldberg: The Media Challenge Before Us

Jeffrey Goldberg: The Media Challenge Before Us

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two men apparently starving for both attention and meaning, have lately been promising to fight each other in a “cage match.” Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic’s in-house expert on this relationship (he has other responsibilities as well), recently wrote, “As the result of an inexplicable series of firing neurons, Musk managed to not only type but also send the following two-sentence tone poem: ‘I will be in Palo Alto on Monday. Let’s fight in your Octagon.’ ” Explore the October 2023 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. View More “At a sentence level,” Charlie explained, “these words, strung together in this order and seemingly without irony, are hilarious. From the standpoint of being a human, the Musk-Zuck cage match is an offensive waste of time—the result of a broken media system that allows those with influence and shamelessness to commandeer our collective attention at will.” Read: The Musk-Zuck rivalry isn’t worth your time Charlie’s acid commentary reminded me of our colleague Megan Garber’s March …