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Requiring a credit card to sign up as a Partner keeps administrative costs lower, which allows us to keep product prices as low as possible for the MSP community. If we don’t collect a credit card upfront, then MSPs convert from their trial to an agreement without any payment method. Then we are chasing people down to enter a payment method. This takes time/money and in several cases MSPs used our software for free for several months, promising to pay, but actually never paying. This is a double whammy for us because we spent the time and effort to collect payment and also lost the money it takes us to deliver the service. So this is why we have implemented this process, which has been very effective. In nearly 3 years, over 1,800 MSPs have tried the platform and less than 10 MSPs have declined to trial SaaS Alerts because of this policy.
SaaS Alerts now has over 900 MSP partners and based on positive Partner feedback, multiple case studies and 76 Channel Program reviews we have a solid reputation in the channel. We’re definitely not trying to rip people off on trials, just trying to keep our administrative costs as low as possible so we can deliver the best SaaS security platform for the most competitive price possible.


Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that Iran's talk of a possible rapprochement with the kingdom was laughable.
- Qatar Restores Full Diplomatic Ties With Iran in Slap to Saudis
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- The Hajj Tangled in a Web of Saudi Politics
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told reporters in London that Iran would have to change its policies for any rapprochement.
Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, last month said the Islamic Republic would soon exchange diplomatic visits after the regional rivals severed diplomatic ties last year.
"The comments of the foreign minister are laughable," al-Jubeir said. "If Iran wants to have good relations with Saudi Arabia, it has to change its policies. It has to respect international law."
"At this time, we do not see that they're serious about wanting to be a good neighbor," al-Jubeir said.
Iran's Zarif was quoted by the Iranian Students' News Agency that diplomatic visits could take place after the hajj pilgrimage ends in the first week of September. But al-Jubeir said that diplomatic exchanges with Iran over arrangements for the hajj did not represent a normalization of relations and that such contacts had nothing to do with politics.
"We had the hajj season, and when we have the hajj, we try not to politicize it. But this is not normalization," he said. "The meetings around the hajj, have nothing to do with the politics. It's a religious issue."
Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are at their worst in years, with each accusing the other of subverting regional security and supporting opposite sides in conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
Al-Jubeir also said that if the rift with Qatar continued for two years, then "so be it."
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates severed ties with Qatar in June over Doha's alleged support for militants.


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With the new remake about to come out February 14, I've been wondering if a female version of the character would work for today instead of a male, and so I've come up with a list of actresses that could play the part based on some fan art that I've seen:
As Alexandra Janet Murphy:
*Sarah Polley (provided they film the movie in Toronto!)
*Jada Pinket Smith
*Mary Elisabeth Winstead
Sam Lewis (Ann Lewis):
For the villians:
The Old Man (male version):
The Old Man (female version)
*Alfre Woodward (played a fictitious version of Condalezza Rice in the short-lived Black Panther
Dick Jones (male version)
Robert Downey Jr.
Dick Jones (female version, called Liz Jones):
I have nobody for the main bad guy Clarence Boddicker or anybody else in the movie, so if anybody wants to come up with their own casting, go ahead.
The plot would be the same except adjusted for the fact the the main character is female, as would some of the others, and with some other changes and updates.

domain: artistic


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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is listed as “Vulnerable” in the IUCN Red List since 2014, and the total of the individuals living in the wild does not reach 10,000. Cheetahs have disappeared from vast areas of their historical distribution and their density is very low. Now in Africa they cover only the 10% of their original range, whereas in Asia it’s possible to find small populations only in Iran’s central deserts. Given their low density, cheetahs need very wide areas to survival, making them particularly sensitive to habitat loss and fragmentation. Furthermore, Namibia and Zimbabwe’s communities persecute cheetahs as they hold them responsible to the loss of livestock.
Genetic studies of cheetahs have shown that there is very little genetic variation within the species, possibly due to a severe bottleneck event during its evolutionary history; this complicates even further the protection of this beautiful carnivore, making it more susceptible to diseases and environmental alterations.

domain: biology


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Have you ever had someone make a decision that was so deeply disappointing to you that you just wanted to walk away from the relationship?
I'm not talking about someone being disloyal to you, or acting in a hurtful way to you, but rather a person that you care about doing something that you thought was wrong or stupid, and because they did it you wanted end your relationship them.
I have- several times, most recently about 2 weeks ago. I was so angry, and so disappointed, that I was ready to walkout and slam shut the door on the relationship. (I'm not going to name the other party but it was NOT my wife.)
My initial emotion, my disappointment, was so strong that I had some sort of "fight or flight" type of reptilian brain response. I was angry. In fact I was flat out pissed.
Today, all is well, the relationship is intact and all is good.
Why? Because my core beliefs quickly righted my course.
The reason that I have Beliefs as the first Gift in the "9 of Life's Greatest Gifts" series is because Beliefs are so foundational to everything else in our lives. By consciously choosing our beliefs we can maximize the amount of time we spend being happy, fulfilled and content. And minimize the time we spend angry, worried and regretful.
Shortly after my initial emotional reaction my consciously chosen core belief that, 'everyone is doing the best they can with what he they have', caused me to reevaluate how I was reacting to this persons decision.
This, 'everyone is doing the best they can with what he they have' belief, serves me well. It allows responsibility to remain with the correct person and at the same time allows me to step outside of my visceral reaction of blame or condemnation.
If I experience anger it's because that's the best I can do in the moment, but I find it impossible to simultaneously be both angry and happy, and since I prefer to be happy I deliberately seek the shortest path back to my natural happy state.
For me that shortest path includes 2 things:
1. Allowing personal responsibility of others. That is, I believe each person is responsible for their own decisions, choices and behavior.
2. Accept personal responsibility of myself. By this I mean that I accept responsibility for how I choose to respond to the behaviors of others and my own behaviors.
I do not look to place blame or fault. I strive to for acceptance of what is and allowance for everyone to experience consequences of their own choices.
So what am I saying here?
I'm simply saying that it's very human to have an initial reaction to something that is less than ideal. That said, it's also wise to allow ourselves to quickly reconnect with your more evolved self and see the event through the lens of our consciously chosen beliefs.
I believe, happiness is our normal, natural, state. Anger, worry and regret do not improve the quality of our lives, they simply distract us, and keep us from experiencing how wonderful life is in the present.
Each day allows us many opportunities to see the dark, the worst in people; each day also provides us with at least as many opportunities to see the light, the best in people. This is the reality of our existence.
The beauty is that we each get to choose what were are going to focus on and our personal foreground. I have found that choosing to focus on the light does not make me naive, it makes me happy. I invite you to join me.

domain: psychology


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Creme fraiche is a thick cream used in sauces and soups and as a condiment for fresh fruits. Learn how to make homemade creme fraiche. Plan ahead as this will take some time.
Time Required: 8-14 hours
- 1 cup whipping cream mixed with 2 tablespoons buttermilk.
- Combine well in glass jar and cover.
- Let stand at room temperature (about 70 degrees F.) for 8 to 24 hours, or until thickened.
- Stir well and refrigerate.
- Use within 10 days.
- Use as a thickener for soups or sauces.
- Spoon over fresh fruits, puddings or warm cobblers.
- Can be used in boiled recipes as it will not curdle.
What You Need:
- whipping cream
- glass jar

domain: food


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Mindfulness has recently become a very popular concept not for only mentally ill patient but all individuals.
In simple terms, mindfulness involves paying attention to what is going on inside and outside us, moment by moment.
It is thought that we have easily stopped noticing the world around them and are losing touch with the way our bodies are feeling. Consequently, we are caught up in our thoughts without stopping to notice how those thoughts are driving our emotions and behaviour.
Mindfulness helps us to reconnect with our bodies and the sensations our bodies experience. This involves sessions of paying attention to the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the present moment and having an awareness of our thoughts and feelings as they happen moment to moment.
Although it is a self help technique for public but has recently been offered in combinations with other structured therapies by the trained therapies like mindfulness based CBT.

domain: medical


Recognizing the signs that a cartridge filter needs replacement is vital in maintaining the effectiveness of a dust collection system. Common indicators include:
- Increased Pressure Drop: A notable increase in pressure drop across the filter may suggest that the filter is becoming clogged with particulates.
- Decreased Airflow: Reduced airflow through the dust collector is often a sign of filter obstructions or damage.
- Visible Emissions: Dust or particles being emitted from the system may indicate filter failure or inefficiency.
- Physical Damage: Any visible damage, such as tears, holes, or excessive wear on the filter material, warrants immediate replacement.
Proactively attending to filter replacement at the first sign of these issues will safeguard the system’s performance and maintain the quality of the filtered air. Always follow safety protocols and manufacturer guidelines when inspecting and replacing filters.


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Got to bed around midnight last night. I was on the computer too long and didn't want to take more time taking a detox bath. I was awake by 6:30am and out of bed.
I made breakfast for me, hubby and ES. We had omelets with homemade pork sausage. For hubby I scrambled four eggs [affiliate link] in my Magic Bullet [affiliate link], then poured the eggs into a hot cast iron skillet that had plenty of melted butter (about one tablespoon). I typically cook at medium heat (we have an electric stove that goes from Low 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, High so medium is 5) but I am finding with this new way of cooking that 4 is better and sometimes 3. Otherwise I'm burning food. I let the eggs set up at 4 with a lid on top. Before I started the eggs, I sauteed fresh spinach. Hubby has been buying lots of avocados, they are on sale right now 3 for $1.00. So I mashed up two avocados and we had spinach and avocado omelets.
Since I only had six and a half hours sleep last night, I will probably be taking a nap soon. I need to get the nap done and over with, so I can concentrate on work that I need to get done today.
I guess I forgot to finish the day.


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CITYWIDE HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS RECOMMENDATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT ROCHESTER HOUSING STUDY WEBSITE (City of Rochester News Release - 07/26/2007)
Mayor Robert J. Duffy today announced the release of the recommendations portion of the Citywide Housing Market Study. The full recommendations portion of the Housing Market Study can now be viewed at www.rochesterhousingstudy.com.
"Now we can embark on formulating a housing policy and continue to ensure that investment is based on community input and thorough data analysis," said Mayor Robert J. Duffy. "The next stage of policy-making will involve taking the Study to residents through public meetings in each quadrant of the city, meetings with neighborhood leaders and other community stakeholders, and working closely with City Council. The recommendations and public feedback will be used to form our new policy. It’s important that we offer everyone a seat at the table as we continue to shape our City’s housing policy."
The Study involved a thorough analysis of the city and its neighborhoods, including research of national best practices, more than 100 personal interviews and several focus groups representing residents, neighborhood leaders, realtors, bankers, developers, City staff, and service providers.
A wide range of ideas and strategies resulted from the Study, including:
• Capitalize on the growing number of people who want to live in the city and provide them with greater range of housing options. Grow and build on successful efforts like the City’s "City Living Sundays" campaign.
• Strategically focus public investment, using an inclusive public process and a consistent process for monitoring trends, to ensure that investments are having the intended impact.
• Build on the City’s considerable Brownfield redevelopment successes. Lobby Albany for additional resources to provide developers with the resources and technical assistance to continue our Brownfields recovery.
Sign up for announcements and email reminders at the Study website, www.rochesterhousingstudy.com.

domain: sociology


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Hawaii's Great 18
Check out a few of the best holes to play throughout the islands of Hawaii !
Travel Hawaii : Jerry Kelly
Travel Hawaii : Jerry Kelly shares his hopes of incorporating paddle boarding into his workout routine when he visits the islands.
Travel Hawaii : Jim Furyk
Travel Hawaii : Jim Furyk discusses the diversity of the Hawaiian Islands.
Travel Hawaii : Zach Johnson
Travel Hawaii : Zach Johnson loves whale watching when he visits the Islands.
Sony Open in Hawaii
Sony Open in Hawaii T1 -17 F T1 -17 F 3 -14 F T4 -13 F ..... Episodes More Full Episodes Sony Open in Hawaii Photo 11 / 29 Scott Langley HONOLULU ..... during the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club on January 12
GolfNow - Hawaii
GolfNow - Hawaii
LPGA Lotte Championship
Images from the LPGA Lotte Championship presented by J Golf at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii .
Top Photos of the Week
From the PGA Tour's stop in Harbour Town to the LPGA in beautiful Hawaii , enjoy this week's edition of Top Photos of the Week.
U.S. Open local qualifying results
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First in line: Langley waits for Players spot to open
know if I will, but it is the only way to do it,” said Langley, who tied for third in his first start as a Tour member in Hawaii . Among the players Langley should keep an eye on this week are , who withdrew from last week’s Wells Fargo Championship with
More than one path to the top for Park, Lewis
the world rankings so close, there is added pressure on Park and Lewis to keep pace with each other. “I found myself after Hawaii being disappointed with a ninth-place finish, when anyone's usually happy with a top 10, so I needed to kind of take some
Jutanugarn sisters reunited, contending in Hawaii
sisters miss each other. They’re relishing their reunion in Hawaii at the Lotte Championship this week even as they occasionally ..... confident,” Ariya told media after her round Wednesday in Hawaii . “It [makes] me stronger.” Ariya has earned $215
Park, Lewis, Tseng to battle for No. 1 in Hawaii
The Rolex No. 1 world ranking is up for grabs in Wednesday’s start of the LPGA’s Lotte Championship in Hawaii . New No. 1 faces challenges from No. 2 and No. 3 . Nobody else, though, can leave the event with the No. 1 ranking, according
2013 PGA TOUR Season Kicks Off in Hawaii
The 2013 PGA TOUR season kicks off this week at the , and Golf Channel will be onsite bringing you all the excitement from Hawaii . Delivering exclusive coverage and analysis, Golf Channel will broadcast LIVE throughout the entire course of the tournament
Hot Seat: Wie feeling the heat in Hawaii
the LPGA to the Lotte Championship in Hawaii , here is our special heat index: Hawaiian ..... summer run. With the LPGA returning to Hawaii for the first time in three years, Wie will ..... goes in.” Putt like a kid again? Hawaii ’s the place for that with Wie returning
Tseng one back of Bader in Hawaii ; Wie shoots 78
KAPOLEI, Hawaii – Beth Bader shot a 4-under 68 on Wednesday ..... Texan won the last LPGA event played in Hawaii , overtaking Michelle Wie in the 2009 ..... back,'' Stanford said. ''I love Hawaii . I love being here. I love just the
Going global: LPGA Hawaii event starts Wednesday
Wondering why the LPGA is playing its Lotte Championship in Hawaii from Wednesday-Saturday instead of the traditional Thursday ..... across the world. It's one of the benefits of playing in Hawaii . “The other thing is that one of the things we've been
Aloha, LPGA: Tour returning to Hawaii in April
The LPGA will be returning to Hawaii for the first time since 2009, the LPGA said Thursday in a release ..... event. "We are honored to host the LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii and to showcase our business, as well as the world's best golfers
- SCORING: BMW PGA | Colonial | Senior PGA | LPGA
- Euro chief: Sergio has several 'colored' friends
- Garcia calls O'Grady's remarks 'unfortunate'
- Zoeller expects Garcia controversy to 'blow over'
- Sergio's 'chicken' jab | Apology | Tiger: Hurtful
- Colonial member Palmer fires 62 | At a glance
- Grill Room: Trevino regrets 'Happy Gilmore' cameo
- USGA, R&A ban anchored stroke | Explanation
- Anchor lawyer: Hope for best, prepare for worst
- Haas, Waldorf co-lead Senior PGA Championship
- LPGA Bahamas playing 12 holes in Round 1
- Tip of the Week: Stop scooping your chip shots

domain: geography


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This Sunday we’re starting a sermon series on stewardship called “the world is Mine”. To go along with that series, I reworked the hymn “This Is My Father’s World.” I liked the feel of Aaron Niequist‘s version, but I wanted a different chord structure for the song (his structure is more traditional). The lyrics are a beautiful reminder of the already-and-not-yet-ness of God’s Kingdom, recognizing that in our present reality the “wrong seems oft’ so strong” and simultaneously looking forward to the day when “Jesus who died shall be satisfied, and earth and heav’n be one”. As such, I felt like it needed to move between minor and major, keeping that tension in play musically as it does lyrically. I also wanted to add a joyful crescendo at the end–a celebratory response to God’s reign.
For my friends who have been asking to hear the new guitar (a Larrivee OMV-10)–here’s your first chance. Even with cheap mics, I think it sounds pretty good. Now if I could just get a vocal mic that makes me happy… 😉 (I love the Shure Beta 87C I use for live vocals, but recording is kind of a different animal.)
Anyway, before I keep blabbing, here’s the recording:
…and here is a chord chart (PDF).


Eat Sleep Pickleball Repeat Kitchen Towel
This funny pickleball dish or hand towel features the saying, "Eat Sleep Pickleball Repeat" along with orange and blue paddles, making this a unique gift for any pickleball lover, or a great team gift. The towel fabric is called a waffle weave because the towel has raised looped edges on the surface in the shape like that on a Belgian Waffle. These “pockets'' that are created hold water while the surface of the cloth stays dry making it an exceptional drying towel! The raised looped edges on this lint free towel make it great for all around use, while also being great on glass
- Measures approximately 16”x 24”
- Made of 80% Polyester and 20% Polyamide.
- Design is permanently printed


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British indie pop/dream pop singer The Japanese House, aka Amber Bain, will be performing in Bangkok, Thailand for the first time this September.
The Japanese House’s concert will be on September 10th at Siam Square’s Lido Connect, the new downtown cultural space which is set to open officially on July 30th.
Relatively new to the indie pop/dream pop world, The Japanese House has already released four EPs, a full-length debut album and an astonishing 18 singles.
She also works closely with The 1975’s George Daniel, and even opened for that iconic band on a recent tour.
Tickets for The Japanese House’s Bangkok concert are currently available via Ticketmajor.
Tickets during Phase 1 of the selling process are 1,700 baht (approx. $55), and will then be bumped up to 2,200 baht ($72) for Phase 2. You can buy a maximum of six per transaction.
And, of course, to get ready for the concert (which should be superb), listen to The Japanese House’s ‘Maybe You’re The Reason‘ in the official music video below:


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A 23-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 2-month history of episodic headaches associated with dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Over-the-counter pain medications have failed to reduce her symptoms. An MRI of the brain shows isolated dilation of the left lateral ventricle. This dilatation is most likely caused by blockade of which of the following structures?
The interventricular foramina (foramina of Monro) drain ventriculomegaly may occur as a complication of CNS infection, neoplastic changes, or congenital defects, primarily during childhood. Idiopathic cases, on the other hand, have only rarely been described. Affected individuals may have signs of increased , e.g., chronic headache.from the lateral ventricles to the centrally located third ventricle. Thus, one-sided obstruction of either channel leads to dilation of the corresponding lateral ventricle and the associated mass symptoms in this patient. Unilateral
The only available treatment options are neuroendoscopic septostomy or foraminoplasty, both of which can reduce symptoms. However, it appears that the reduction of ventricular size does not affect clinical outcome.

domain: health


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Rich India, Poor Indians
Right from the days of the first planning commission to the present-day Niti Aayog, policymakers have pushed for India to industrialise. However, somewhere on the way, India forgot to put its people in focus. Despite the progress the country has made since the independence, its per-capita income is low. There is a raging inequality debate in a high-growth India. Can India increase the income of its people alongside its national income?
The first-generation tech entrepreneur story in India is perhaps just a few decades old. Somewhere around the turn of the millennium, we saw more people increasingly move away from the “Engineering + MBA = Banking Job” formula to strike out on their own.
Such assertions abound, and since they are serious assertions, they need to be carefully examined. From the point of view of development and deprivation, inequality and poverty are related. But, inequality is relative, while poverty is absolute. This column is only about inequality, and not poverty.
There are three different propositions about inequality which should be distinguished from each other: (1) there is inequality in India; (2) inequality increased pre-Covid; and, (3) Covid-19 has accentuated inequality. Empirically, as well as theoretically, growth often results in an increase in inequality, at least until a certain level of per capita income is attained, and India is still far away from reaching that threshold. No one can deny that growth in India has slowed. It slowed before Covid-19, and Covid-19 and subsequent geopolitical uncertainty have compounded the slowing process. If that is the case, how could inequality have been increased? That does not sound logical. Before making a case like this, one should explain what one means, explain what one is measuring and explain the source of data.
Inequality can be interpreted as inequity in access to inputs, which can be physical and social infrastructure, financial products, access to markets, technology and information. Since May 2014, the government’s inclusion attempt has been to extend these inputs to deprived sections and geographical areas. That is spliced with targeted subsidies.
Have these measures led to an improvement in access? The indices on the provision of basic necessities, aspirational districts programme, dashboards, third-party audits and surveys like the National Family Health Survey 2019–21 show that there has been an improvement. Indeed, if inequality is viewed with a rural-urban lens, by any indicator, inequality between rural and urban areas has declined. This is also true of propositions based on gender or religion.
Data will not substantiate a case of increasing inequality, not even for the digital divide. That is the reason one should differentiate between Argument 1 and Argument 2. Indeed, had it not been for this, arguably, India would have suffered much more because of the epidemic. Covid-19, the lockdown and a slowdown in economic activity affected everyone. An exogenous shock tends to move people below the poverty line. For India, is there any evidence of this having led to a differential impact across different sections of society? Not really, and that evidence is required to establish Argument 3.
Sometimes, by inequality, we mean inequality in its spatial or geographical dimension, such as inequality among the states. The issue of divergence versus convergence among the states has been researched and debated. The answer depends on the metric one uses to measure inequality. According to some variables, there has been convergence. According to others, there has been divergence. But, since growth has slowed, divergence, where it exists, would also have been muted.
In its spatial sense, there is a normative point one should remember. More and more villages are increasingly being mainstreamed. It is as if the radius of development increases and the periphery becomes smaller. This reduces the economic distance between a village with a population size of 5,000 and a town/city, but it increases the economic distance between a village with a population size of 5,000 and one with a population size of 500. The former leads to a decrease in inequality, while the latter leads to an increase in it. Is this increase in inequality, resulting from development spreading, undesirable? That is the reason I spoke of a correlation between urbanisation and economic development and inequality.
Most of the time when people speak of inequality, they mean inequality in personal distribution of income or consumption expenditure. Such an aggregate measure of inequality is the Gini index. The lower the value of Gini—the value ranges between 0 and 1—the lower is inequality. In India, we do not have satisfactory data on distribution of income. Therefore, any assertion about the Gini which is based on the distribution of incomes should be taken with a pinch of salt. How did inequality estimates get data on income distributions? Are assumptions used in methodology robust? Is Indian data on pre-tax incomes being compared to Western data on post-tax incomes?
We do have data on distribution of consumption expenditure in India, and, typically, a Gini based on consumption distributions will have a lower value than that based on income distributions. This data is obtained through the consumption expenditure surveys of the National Sample Survey (NSS). The last such NSS survey was conducted for 2011–12, earlier ones being done for 2004–05 and 2009–10.
Between 2004–05 and 2011–12, and between 2009–10 and 2011–12, Gini coefficients did increase, particularly for urban India. (There were question marks about the 2009–10 data, which is why it is not often used.) Since data does not exist for after 2011–12—and one can legitimately complain about it—is an old assertion about an increase being mechanically applied today? In the absence of the NSS consumption expenditure surveys, one can use the periodic labour force survey data to form an idea about what has happened to personal distributions of income. If one uses data for 2020–21, measured by Gini and both for rural and urban India, there is a slight decrease in the Gini coefficient compared to 2011–12. In other words, this kind of inequality has not increased.
So, why is there a sense that inequality has increased in India? This is because of a different dimension of inequality, which is the sectoral distribution between capital and labour. This is a global problem. In India’s case, it has to do with micro, small and medium enterprises and unorganised sectors suffering in relative terms, compounded by a stagnation in urban employment, especially at the lower end of the skills spectrum. In measuring this, it is important to differentiate between concentration in wealth and inequality in income/consumption distributions. Wealth is a stock, while income is a flow, and wealth, particularly when computed on the basis of stock market or real estate valuations, can be misleading. This kind of inequality is the real policy conundrum, not the personal distribution or the spatial one. In part, the solution lies in growth and a revival of the labour market.
I repeat, growth does lead to an increase in inequality, and, if it is not excessive, one should not worry much. There is no evidence that the Gini coefficient is unduly high in India. Some years ago, a volume of essays was published in honour of former chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia. Late Suresh Tendulkar, the doyen of poverty and inequality studies in India, wrote an anecdote in it. This was about a conference in Bangkok when Manmohan Singh was the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission. “After other delegations presented their experiences in managing a market economy, the Chinese vice-minister presented an outline of the Chinese reform programme. At the end of the presentation, Singh, in his usual gentle but forceful tone, asked, ‘Would not what you are trying to do result in greater inequality in China?’ To that, the minister replied, with great conviction, ‘We would certainly hope so!’”
That sums it up neatly. We should worry about inclusion and inequity in access to inputs. That is what the government has been attempting since 2014. Growth and empowerment will ensure reduction in poverty and generation of employment since perceptions about inequality are usually dynamic: if a person’s situation improves in absolute terms, they worry less about the relative aspect of inequality.
Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

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life, or at least that is what he can remember to be true, believing
in it. His heart is devoted to a woman with the beauty and poise of a
model, but a sudden injury finds him in a place questioning who he
is, where he is from, and twisting his frame of thought. Everything
seems real, even the dreams touching all senses, yet slipping back
and forth between each one, to a place where he is with Isabella, and
to another with a new love beginning.
There is far more to Isabella than
meets the eye, bringing him through memories but ones he struggles to
recall, and the merging love with Lillian contains unusual
connections from her life to his, scattered amidst the dreams, and
this surreal sense of reality. John finds himself grasping portions
of each moment to hold onto as he discovers more of how imperfect his
life and relationship really had been, or even if those portions he
feels aware of had occurred at all.
"SLIPPING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
PARALLELS" twists in the wonders of the mind, with trauma,
infidelity, tragedy, and a passionate love, leaving the reader
questioning each moment to figure out what part of John's life is
real, and what part is a dream. A tale of what it means to push to
the back of the mind pain, and the attempts to recall, let go, and
move forward, but can it move forward, and will love stay?

domain: library


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Your favorite early logic stage earth science/space books and resources?
Posted 03 July 2013 - 04:12 PM
She'll be doing Runkle's Geography this fall, and it has some physical science in it (minimal, from what I hear), so I'm looking for some INTERESTING resources to steer DD towards along the same lines. She's very interested in weather, space, etc. Resources that do not take much time (read: not experiments) and are high content, interesting, but semi easy reads.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 05:16 PM
Posted 03 July 2013 - 06:00 PM
Thanks! I'll definitely order MP's astronomy.
Well, I can't tell you how it is going to work out as we haven't done them yet, but here is what I have planned for the year: Memoria Press Astronomy. It is aimed for 3rd grade and up, so I think it would qualify under your easy to read category. And for the Earth Science I went with the John Tiner, Exploring Planet Earth. It is a mixture of science history and explorer history. I wanted a simple year too for space and earth science this year. We will supplement with Arty Facts Science and Art books (space and weather among others,) a microscope and books, and a telescope, and science museum and co-op classes for experiments. (Plus a month of Robotics team and competition)
Do you know if the Tiner book takes a young earth or old earth stand?
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The DK Eyewitness series has beautiful books on Earth, Weather, Hurricane, Volcano, Astronomy, etc.I also really like their Visual Dictionary series which has books on Earth and Universe. Apart from those, you could also try some of these for Earth Science:
For Space Science, apart from the DK books, you could try the George series by Stephen and Lucy Hawking. I found another couple of books recently which look interesting but I have not seen myself - Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space and Journey By Starlight: A Time Traveler's Guide to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
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My favorite book for earth science by far was Shaping the Earth by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. We read most of it aloud, but it was a stretch for my young'uns. It's solidly logic stage, but it might be too much for a struggling reader.
The other great earth science set of books are the Seymour Simon ones that cover most basic earth science topics. They would probably be just right for a struggling middle school reader. The information is going to be on the simpler end, but the books themselves are excellent and not young look at all.
Posted 09 July 2013 - 02:22 PM
NOAA and NASA web-sites= Dh and the kids are on them almost daily.
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On the Tiner book: They are sold as Creationists books, but I am not young earth. I don't have any problems w/it or the two other Tiner books I have used (History of Medicine and Exploring Biology). The age of the Earth is not addressed. It is more that it was created, yk? It starts in the ancients w/how the earth was measured accurately during Greek times and moves forward.


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THOMAS FRANK says he would welcome Christian Eriksen back to Brentford with the midfielder currently out of favour at Manchester United.
The 31-year-old has featured only once for the Red Devils since the turn of the year – starting against his old club Tottenham three weeks ago.
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With just nine Premier League starts to his name this season, he may decide to consider his options this summer.
He played 11 matches for the Bees as he returned to football in 2022 – a few months after his heart scare at the Euros.
The Brentford chief told Tipsbladet: “He will always be welcome back, Christian – always.
“I think he knows that. And we know that he had a good time here.
“I understood well why he went to United back then, and I’ve said that publicly.
“I also think he’s done well. Of course, he had an injury before Christmas for a while. But if Christian wants, he’s very welcome.”
Eriksen remains a useful squad player but with the club now out of Europe, he may find chances are hard to come by.
He will have just 12 months remaining on his contract in the summer so both the player and the club will have a decision to make.
Meanwhile Frank told the publication he expects bids to come in for star striker Ivan Toney in the summer – but says the phone never rang in January.
He said: “This winter, we actually had no bids for him, but it would surprise me if there aren’t a lot of clubs interested in him.
“He’s a really good striker who is in his prime footballing age. Personally, as a coach, I would prefer to keep Toney, but one day it could be fun to see him at a top team.”

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Our holiday cottage is the most wonderful place to stay – and that’s not just my opinion, take a look at our reviews! Each season of the year is just as beautiful. Our garden isn’t finely manicured but is a happy mix of flowers, trees, people, toys and wildlife! Spring brings daffodils in abundance and the bird song is amazing! The Lodge garden is private and a real sun trap for most of the day in summer. Apples, pears, plums, cobnuts, figs and quince all ripen in the sun whilst blackberries are abundant in the garden hedgerows as Autumn draws in. Last winter, we had exciting falls of snow and living in a village at the top of a hill, we had a few days when we couldn’t get out of the village – total peace! Come and experience the joys of Greenacre Lodge in 2019, we are looking forward to meeting you!
This is Hinderclay church, where services are held at least twice a month. You can find out more at this address www.hinderclaychurch.org.uk
The church has amazing modern stained glass windows which are worth a visit all for themselves! You can find the bell ringers there most Mondays, sounding out a tune (do you call it that in bell ringing??) and they are always looking for new recruits – perhaps you are a bell ringer and you want to keep your hand in even when you are on holiday? We have an amazing flower festival in June each year where the flower fairies (sorry, villagers!) follow a theme to design their flower arrangements around. This year it was favourite tunes and there were a huge variety of songs and interpretations! Included were some beautiful old pictures of school classes, village people from long ago and more recently and some brilliant wedding pictures!
The church yard is still in use for burials but if you are interested in grave stones and who lies beneath, you can find some really historical ones in this church yard. Come along for a visit, the church is open daily for you to look round, sit quietly or enjoy the time spent with God.

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When your favorite Disney Channel actors aren't being total pros at rocking red carpets at fancy events, they're also rocking pretty looks at school occasions like Homecoming! Best Friends Whenever actress Lauren Taylor got all glammed up in a black and white dress to attend a party with her BFFs.
"Homecoming with my frannnnds," Lauren shared on Instagram. We're loving both girls' sparkling and bold statement necklaces!
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The 286th Judicial District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday afternoon that Ricky Don Henderson, 58 of Levelland has plead guilty to the 2nd Degree Felony charge of Delivery of a Controlled Substance to a minor and was sentenced to 20 years in prison by District Court Judge Pat Phelan.
Angela Overman, District Attorney, said that she was pleased with the quick resolution to the case which was alleged to have been committed in 2016, but only recently came to light and was indicted by the Hockley County Grand Jury in October of this year.
Henderson is also facing prison time on a parole revocation from a 2007 Hockley County drug case as well as a recent sentence of 25 years on a drug case in Taylor County. Overman stated, “I was aware of the longer sentences, but felt it important to bring Henderson back to Hockley County to face the charge for two reasons: First, he needed to be held accountable for his crime committed against a minor in his hometown, and, more importantly, an additional conviction could help some future Board of Pardons and Parole see Henderson as a continuing threat to society and deserving of continues incarceration.”
Overman continued stating, “Unfortunately, Henderson remains a suspect in two serious crimes, the death of 20 year old Jeannie Quinn in Taylor County and the 1993 disappearance of Henderson’s wife, Stephanie Henderson, here in Hockley County. She said, “we will continue to treat Stephanie’s disappearance as an open case and cooperate with the Hockley County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Rangers in trying to secure evidence to bring that case to justice.”

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For creditors looking to better understand how Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVA, Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA), and Debt Relief Order (DRO) fees work, here are the latest guides for creditors from the Association of Business Recovery Professionals:
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The report explains how the amount of money available for creditors is affected within each of these arrangements work, particularly related to the fees charged by Insolvency Practitioners. It also covers the role of a creditor in arrangements, and what information that creditors are entitled to.
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Copper Metalized 2×2 Twill Carbon Fiber Fabric/Cloth 50″ 3k 6oz 203.43gsm. This Fabric is Toray T-300 carbon fiber. This fabric normally has a width of 50″ but this is a 4″x4″ sample with a tow size of 3k and is woven in a 2×2 twill weave. This is the most widely used pattern in the automotive industry. This material is woven tighter than most of our competitors’ fabrics. This will help ensure a straight weave and a better looking final product.
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World-class public transportation.
Some hills, excellent bike lanes.
1019 Terry Avenue has a Walk Score of 94 out of 100. This location is a Walker’s Paradise so daily errands do not require a car.
This location is in the First Hill neighborhood in Seattle. Nearby parks include First Hill Park, Freeway Park and Boylston Place.
Nearby schools include O'dea High School, Childhaven Elementary School and Seattle Academy.
The closest grocery stores are Plaza Select Foods, Deluxe Foods LLC and Union Park Grocery & Deli.
Nearby coffee shops include Sugar Bakery & Cafe, Tully's Coffee and Starbucks. There are 306 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Rhododendron Restaurant, The Rhododendron Restaurant and Corner Cafe.
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There are excellent bike lanes and the terrain has some hills. 1019 Terry Avenue is very bikeable, biking is convenient for most trips.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from 1019 Terry Avenue.
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Embark on a journey of healthcare empowerment with “Medicare Health Insurance Plans: Maximizing Your Benefits.” In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the intricacies of Medicare health insurance, offering insights to help you make informed decisions. Discover how to tailor coverage to your specific needs, navigate plan options wisely, and unlock the full spectrum of benefits available. Join us as we explore the landscape of Medicare health insurance, ensuring you maximize your coverage to embark on a path to enhanced well-being.
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Medicare health insurance plans serve as comprehensive healthcare solutions for individuals aged 65 and older, providing coverage for hospital stays, medical services, and preventive care. These plans include Original Medicare (Part A and B), Medicare Advantage (Part C), and supplementary options like Medigap policies. Understanding their foundational elements is essential for navigating the complex landscape of healthcare coverage effectively.
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Customizing Medicare coverage involves tailoring plans to match individual health needs. By assessing specific healthcare requirements, individuals can opt for plans that cover critical areas such as prescription drugs, vision, dental, or specialized medical services. This customization ensures that healthcare coverage aligns with individual preferences and medical concerns, optimizing benefits and addressing unique health priorities.
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Maximizing Medicare benefits is crucial for ensuring comprehensive healthcare coverage and financial security. By optimizing benefits, individuals can access a broader range of medical services, including preventive care, specialist visits, and prescription medications. This proactive approach safeguards against unexpected healthcare expenses, providing peace of mind and allowing individuals to focus on their well-being without undue financial stress.
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Enrollment Period Awareness: Be mindful of Medicare enrollment periods, such as Initial Enrollment, Annual Election, and Special Enrollment periods, to make timely and informed decisions:
Assess Individual Healthcare Needs: Evaluate personal health requirements, considering factors like prescription medications, specialist visits, and preferred healthcare providers.
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Consider Network Coverage: Assess in-network and out-of-network options to ensure preferred healthcare providers are accessible, balancing convenience with comprehensive coverage.
Evaluate Out-of-Pocket Costs: Understand and compare out-of-pocket costs, including premiums, deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance, to choose a plan that aligns with budget constraints while maximizing benefits.
Types of Medicare Health Insurance Plans
Original Medicare (Part A and B): Provides foundational coverage for hospital stays, medical services, and preventive care.
Medicare Advantage (Part C): Integrates additional benefits beyond Original Medicare, often including vision, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
Medigap Policies: Supplementary plans filling gaps in coverage, such as copayments and deductibles, enhancing overall protection.
Prescription Drug Coverage Plans: Offers coverage for prescription medications, ensuring individuals have access to necessary drugs without significant financial burden.
Special Needs Plans (SNPs): Tailored plans catering to individuals with specific health conditions or chronic illnesses, providing targeted and comprehensive coverage.
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Maximizing benefits extends beyond coverage to include proactive wellness strategies. Incorporating preventive care, adopting a healthy lifestyle, and staying engaged in routine health check-ups are crucial for long-term well-being. These wellness tips complement Medicare health insurance coverage, fostering a holistic approach to healthcare that prioritizes not just the treatment of existing conditions but also the overall promotion of health and vitality.
Maximizing Prescription Drug Coverage
Prescription drug coverage is a vital aspect of Medicare health insurance plans. Maximizing this benefit involves understanding formularies, exploring generic options, and leveraging medication therapy management programs. By optimizing prescription drug coverage, individuals can access necessary medications cost-effectively, ensuring consistent adherence to prescribed treatments without compromising financial stability.
Navigating Medicare Network Benefits
Understanding and navigating the network benefits of Medicare health insurance plans are essential components of maximizing coverage. In-network providers offer cost advantages and coordinated care, while out-of-network options provide flexibility. Navigating these benefits involves evaluating the accessibility of preferred healthcare providers and choosing a plan that balances personal preferences with comprehensive coverage, ensuring a seamless healthcare experience within the Medicare network.
“Medicare Health Insurance Plans: Maximizing Your Benefits” unfolds as a compass guiding individuals through the intricate landscape of healthcare coverage. By defining, customizing, and optimizing Medicare plans, this guide empowers individuals to make informed choices that align with their unique health needs. The journey includes navigating various plan options, understanding wellness strategies, and leveraging prescription drug coverage. Ultimately, the pursuit of maximizing benefits ensures not only comprehensive healthcare coverage but also a pathway to proactive well-being, where individuals can confidently embrace a healthier and more secure future.


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Internships cost thousands of pounds for interns and are increasingly required as a route into work.
And some industries take advantage more than others.
We obtained data about the worst offenders and the ones that treat interns most fairly: from the manufacturing sector, to retail, finance, the media industry and health service, and many others.
Hospitality is the best sector for paying interns
According to the survey, 45% of the companies asked said that they usually paid their interns "more than minimum wage".
...And it turns out Education is the worst sector
43% of Education businesses admitted to not paying interns at all, and they don't pay expenses either. Here are the 8 worst industries:
BUT... There's a caveat
The education sector is the least likely to employ interns.
While a large chunk of companies in the education sector (43%) don't pay interns, around two-thirds don't even actually have interns at all.
Proportion of companies that don't use interns
Nearly half (49%) of hospitality and leisure businesses don't tend to take on interns either - but they are also more likely than other sectors to pay more than minimum wage.
The data is from a YouGov poll commissioned by the campaigning group InternAware, but it excludes a few notable sectors like the fashion industry which you'd expect to be more dependent on interns.
We are also sceptical - from experience, ahem - about the claim that only 4% of media companies don't pay their interns.
Britons think interns should get paid
The public stand right behind young interns, with the large majority (85%) saying that interns should be paid SOMETHING, whether that's minimum wage or living wage. And just 2% of people believe it's acceptable to not pay interns.
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Raghuram is a specialist in love marriage, and can help you if you're facing difficulties with your parents or society. He understands the challenges that come with love marriage, and can help you overcome them. If you're looking for a love marriage specialist in Bangalore, look no further than Astrologer Raghuram. He has helped countless couples overcome the challenges that can occur when parents don't agree with their child's choice of partner, or when society is against their marriage due to factors like color, sect, or racial discrimination. He knows how to deal with the disappointment, depression, and frustration that can come with love marriage, and he can help you overcome these challenges so that you can have the happy life you deserve.
Marriage is a formal union of two people of the opposite, organized by their families and legalized by the government. If two people are getting married, it is important that they have similar mentalities and mutual understanding, respect, and trust for each other. If a marriage is lacking trust, mutual understanding, and respect, it can be challenging for the couple. Some people may choose to accept the situation, while others may seek help to find a solution. Our experts have been helping people for a long time and know how to make your husband or wife fall back in love with you.
Although it’s quite common to face problems in your married life, everybody should handle their own set of problems. While some couples are ready to solve their problems through mutual discussions and thru the intervention of adults, others don't seem to be so lucky and aren't able to hear anybody. this is often because they could also be facing various issues like extramarital affairs from the wife or husband's side, bad habits like drinking and smoking, lack of physical intimacy, lack of trust between both parties, and far more. those who don't seek help to search out an answer to those problems either compromise with their situation or take it as a will of god. However, you'll challenge the case and make your husband or wife fall back dotty with you. Yes, there's an answer to your problem. Being husband Vashikaran specialists, we've been helping people for an extended time and have made it easy for them to regulate their partner.


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Season 2, Episode 4 Holy Sheep
First Aired: December 15, 2002
Byron becomes involved in a religion that worships a sheep; Jessica tries mightily to ignore the appearance of an otherwise great guy. Tracy: Molly Sims. Minister: Jim Jansen. Pickering: John Bliss. Nick: David Herman. Byron: Jonathan Slavin. Keith: James Patrick Stuart. Jessica: Paget Brewster.
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As leaves fall and the sun highlights each one as it drops to the ground, the happy sound of children playing is all that can be heard.
In front of Granny’s House, dozens of kids wait to be picked up as their parents get off work. The boys play basketball as the girls sing and dance on the sidewalk. The teenagers sit together around a table.
Student volunteers from the University of Missouri are scattered about playing with the kids or letting them braid their hair.
Amid it all, a lady sits watching over everyone with a smile that seems almost permanent. Pam “Granny” Ingram plays hand-clap games with the kids as they take their turns. “I think I’m going back to my childhood here,” she says. “The kids are so used to the tech age. We like to do face-to-face things here.”
Pam is founder and director of Granny’s House, an after-school program for children in public housing in Columbia.
“I grew up in public housing, and I know what it’s like to grow up in poverty,” Pam says. “By interacting with the student volunteers, the kids get to see the light to outside of public housing.”
One by one, the yard slowly thins out as parents pick up their children. A box of fruit snacks sits by the door for the kids to take on the way out. Pam sits on the bench with a smile on her face and kids on each side of her, watching over everyone — just like a firstname.lastname@example.org


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Wherever the Clintons go and whoever they are close to often meet mysterious ends, often very strange suicides. The latest person to face this tragic end is Sabrina Bittencourt, an activist who exposed Bill Clinton’s “faith healer,” Joao Teixeira de Faria (John of God), as a child rapist and running a “sex slave farm.” Bittencourt was found dead over the weekend, just days after making the claims.
Largely, the media is silent over Bittencourt’s alleged suicide in her own home.
Sabrina Bittencourt, 38, died at her home in Barcelona just days after accusing John of God – real name Joao Teixeira de Faria – of running a ‘sex slave farm’.
She claimed young girls were held captive in a farming operation which exported babies on the black market.
The women would be murdered after ten years of having babies in the alleged scheme run by the 77-year-old celebrity faith healer, who was arrested last year after hundreds of women accused him of abuse, she said.
Ms Bittencourt left Brazil and was forced to live under protection after receiving death threats.
Her eldest son Gabriel Baum confirmed her death, writing on Facebook: ‘She took the last step so that we could live. They killed my mother.’
Ms Bittencourt had received reports of children being sold for between £15,000 and £40,000 in Europe, Australia and the United States, she said.
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For two decades, Kuwait Airways has bled millions of dollars as it struggled to compete with the oldest fleet in the region and political tampering. Even its own citizens gave up on the airline. But new CEO Rasha Al Roumi is already making headway in her plan to turn around one of the world’s worst-performing airlines
Flight FZ057 from Dubai lands at Kuwait International Airport and the majority of the passengers on board flow through immigration. But 20 or so — those without residency, given that Kuwait is hardly a tourist destination — are left to linger. They need visit visas but there is no one to process them and the Gulf state is yet to set up an online or pre-service facility.
A pleasant airport assistant takes each foreign passenger through the cumbersome process of buying stamps, peeling them back and plastering them onto a piece of paper that then must be filled out with the usual details.
Those unprepared with a passport copy are directed to another assistant in charge of the photocopy machine.
But it’s another half-hour before an immigration official who can approve entry to the country becomes available to process the detailed applications. At KD3 ($10.60) per visa, the process seems hardly worth the Kuwaitis’ time.
Even the lovely assistant acknowledges the inefficiency, but what she can do?
It’s a typical welcome to Kuwait and an unexaggerated reflection of the country’s entire aviation industry: old, inefficient and unappealing.
In a startling rejection, the country’s publicly-owned flag carrier, Kuwait Airways, has just 14 percent of the local market, with passengers preferring international competitors. It would be difficult to find another government airline that suffers from such a dismal level of backing from its own people.
Kuwait Airways has not received a new plane — leased or bought — since 1998 and the average age of its existing fleet is nearly 20 years.
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Nazi doctors were responsible for a lot of the death and illness in the concentration camps. Not only were they required to care for people who need their services, such as valuable laborers, but they were also allowed to do medical experiments and testing on Jews and other prisoners. There were so many thousands of doctors, including those who were tried in the Doctor's Trial after the end of World War II. Some of the most notable doctors under the Nazi regime included:
Dr. Josef Mengele: Auschwitz was all about industrialized extermination. His job was to provide people for the gas chambers, and he was allowed to perform medical experiments of his own free will. Mengele once solved a lice problem by putting all 750 women in the infected area into the gas chambers, for which he was rewarded by his superiors. One experiment he performed used twins as young as 5, where he conducted his experiment, dissected their bodies, and murdered them.
Dr. Carl Clauberg: This doctor is known for his experimentation. He would inject chemical substances into women to sterilize them, but these injections would often cause bleeding, pain, inflammation, and more. He also exposed a lot of men and women to x-ray machines pointed at their sexual organs, which caused severe radiation burns. If they didn't die as a result, they were sent to the gas chambers because they were deemed useless.
Dr. Herta Oberheuser: This doctor was responsible for killing children with evipan and oil injections. It took 3-5 minutes for the children to die, during which they were fully conscious until the end. She then removed their organs and limbs. She created some painful experiments that were actually designed specifically for torture purposes.
Dr. Karl Brandt: This man was Hitler's personal doctor. He was also the highest health authority in the Reich. He was allowed to make medical decisions and issue rules to medical organizations. He also took part in the Euthanasia program, which involved systematically killing the ill, insane, the old and deformed children by injections or gas in hospitals, nursing homes, and asylums.
The Nuremburg Medical Trial began in 1946, where 23 doctors and scientists were accused of crimes like torture, medical malpractice, murder, inhuman treatments, and more. Dr. Mengele was never accused of or tried for any crimes for the things that he did from the Holocaust. Many doctors were sentenced to life in prison or death, while some were acquitted.


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“And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice” (1 Kings 19:11, 12 KJV).
So Jesus was to do His work, not by the overturning of thrones and kingdoms, not with pomp and outward display, but through speaking to the hearts of men by a life of mercy and self-sacrifice.
The kingdom of God comes not with outward show. It comes through the gentleness of the inspiration of His word, through the inward working of His Spirit, the fellowship of the soul with Him who is its life. The greatest manifestation of its power is seen in human nature brought to the perfection of the character of Christ.
The followers of Christ are to be the light of the world; but God does not bid them make an effort to shine. He does not approve of any self-satisfied endeavor to display superior goodness. He desires that their souls shall be imbued with the principles of heaven; then, as they come in contact with the world, they will reveal the light that is in them. Their steadfast fidelity in every act of life will be a means of illumination.
Wealth or high position, costly equipment, architecture or furnishings, are not essential to the advancement of the work of God; neither are achievements that win applause from men and administer to vanity. Worldly display, however imposing, is of no value in God’s sight. Above the seen and temporal, He values the unseen and eternal. The former is of worth only as it expresses the latter. The choicest productions of art possess no beauty that can compare with the beauty of character, which is the fruit of the Holy Spirit’s working in the soul.
When God gave His Son to our world, He endowed human beings with imperishable riches—riches compared with which the treasured wealth of men since the world began is nothingness. Christ came to the earth and stood before the children of men with the hoarded love of eternity, and this is the treasure that, through our connection with Him, we are to receive, to reveal, and to impart. MH 36.1-MH 37.1 [Ministry of Healing, Ellen G. White]
Dear Heavenly Father, Please bless me with that genuine fellowship with Heaven through which the infinite power of Your Holy Spirit can bless me to be a light to the world, reflecting only You and the wonderful love of Your Son, Jesus, in whose name I pray and thank You. Amen.
NOTE: These devotionals began as daily texts to encourage my academy roommate and dear friend of nearly 50 years, until she suddenly passed a few weeks ago (Feb 2023). Now I continue to compile and send them to anyone who wants to receive them and to her family in honor of their mom. First, I pray and look for a Bible verse or passage and find a suitable commentary (or vice versa) and add a prayer. Some days, only a Scripture and prayer are ordered. I might even add a song. If you agree to receive them, then this way I not only honor God but the memory of a very dear friend whom I desperately miss. My personal prayer is that God will bless me to find ways to multiply this gift. So please feel free to forward to your loved ones or to anyone, as God leads you. I’m calling them Barb’s Devotionals.

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The Clinton administration's attempt to increase flight-free zones in Grand Canyon upsets air-tour operators and conservationists who say the new rules aren't tough enough.
An out-of-court settlement with public agencies will give more than $2 million to survivors of an outing in Utah's Kolob Canyon that killed two Explorer Scout leaders.
The installation of cellular transmitters in Yellowstone National Park means hikers can now use cellular phones on the trails.
The survey "American Views on National Park Issues" shows that parks are very important to citizens.
A 15-year-old Boy Scout finds the Grand Canyon deadly, and park rescue crews point out that all visitors need to be prepared.
More than 60 state parks in Oregon face closing - and possible selling off to developers - as victims of budget crisis.
Transportation Secretary Federico Peûa proposes a ban on commercial scenic overflights in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.
The ski industry seeks to slip a bill through Congress that would preserve the current low Forest Service fees resorts pay and let them renew 40-year leases without environmental review.
A federal judge rules that Devils Tower National Monument cannot prohibit commercial climbing in June to accommodate Native American religious practices at the tower.


Star Wars: The Old Republic – Legacy of the Sith shows itself with a spectacular cinematic trailer titled Disorder and made by BioWare, LucasFilm Games and Industrial Light & Magic, the world’s leading specialty effects company.
Available today, Legacy of the Sith marks a new step in the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of Star Wars: The Old Republicwhich will see the arrival of new content and updates throughout 2022.
The trailer, characterized by an extraordinary quality as much technical as it is artistic, tells the story of a Padawan, Sa’har, who finds himself fighting together with his master against a powerful Sith warrior in front of a mysterious machine.
“In addition to the expansive next chapter in the exciting story of Star Wars: The Old Republic, the highly anticipated feature Combat Styles will add a brand new level of customization to a character’s weapons and abilities, giving players even more options to create the Star Wars character of their dreams, “the press release reads.
Legacy of the Sith is the new expansion of Star Wars: The Old Republic. This expansion kicks off a year of celebration for our 10th anniversary and sets the stage for a whole year of galactic intrigue, conflict and mystery.


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Thomas Farber preempts his lyrical collection with an author’s note that alerts readers to the primary subject of the book: death. He writes regarding a previous memoir:
“Acting My Age was published in early 2021. As I started to write again, one impulse was to avoid—as Ernest Becker (1924-1974) put it—The Denial of Death. As for what ensured...
Indeed, as Farber intimates, Penultimates is a deeply poetic exploration of the end of all our lives, the inevitable destination of all our journeys, but it is more than that. It is an exploration of life, of ageing— the beauties, vagaries and complexities associated with losing our youths. It is a laser-sharp commentary on the current political issues swirling in our climate. It is an adept corrective to a world and writing industry routine in its ageism. In this book, Farber calls into question our common views on what it means to be facing the end of our lives—if we give it any thought at all. He forces readers to pause and consider, the fact we all know but are capable of banishing: that we can’t and won’t live forever.
Written in beautiful, playful language and forms which straddle the line between prose and poetry, Farber observes the subject of death from multiple angles. Taking an almost 360 view to it, he examines it first from the vantage point of a person barreling towards the end of his life—he is seventy-eight, slightly older than the average life expectancy in America. Repositioning himself, he considers with deep empathy, what it means to be the other side—as a person surviving those who have passed on. He turns still and explores the not altogether kind gazes of others when trained on those approaching death.
In his consideration of the former, the subject of his own mortality, Farber delivers a poignant reflection on ageing. One cannot reckon with their own death without first considering what it means to die i.e. without considering what it means to physically weaken and be so far from the healthiest period of one’s life. In his meditations on the issue, he states: “one aspect of ageing for the curious or apprehensive: waiting to learn the next part to break down, malfunction” (32). Going forward, he draws on the work of Helen Small to make clear that there is a “loss of the felt value and sustainability of the life one has had and the person one understands oneself to be” (32). In only a few lines, he captures both the physical and psychological difficulties associated with death. But while he does not glorify this proximity to an ending, he doesn’t bemoan it either. Handled with delicacy, thoughtfulness and lightness of touch, his reflections ring true even for the uninitiated.
Similar in its lightness, Farber tackles the death of loved ones. In one essay, he begins, “The list of people I’ll never see again keeps growing...” and he provides the names of many whom he has lost over the years and the various ways they have passed on. Heart wrenching in its subject matter, it is nevertheless conveyed with a subtlety that it is both deeply admirable and adeptly rendered. Embedded in darkness—because we can’t think about death without thinking about the dark—the list, nonetheless, feels like a statement of inevitability, of fact—again the final point we all end up— rather than a descent into something more ominous.
It is in Farber’s delineation in of the gazes of others on the ageing, though, that we are afforded something truly interesting. Penultimates, in many ways, is a book of observations. We are let in as Farber observes other people, as he observes nature, as he observes the world around him and even the art of others. But we come to the sense that this is only made possible because others are observing him less. Such is the blessing and curse of being a certain age. With the passage of time, a cloak of invisibility is thrown over most of us which Farber shows without always having to tell us in so many words. What it produces is a deeper sense of recognition of our culpability in dismissing the ageing as well as an awareness of who might be observing us at any given moment and why.
While death is undeniably the primary focus of the collection, it also tackles other issues. The author, for example, grapples with such topical issues as Trump, Covid 19 and climate change. He takes to task Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s misinformation scandal and condemns the hunting of pelicans as well as “habitat destruction, oil spills, [and] human overfishing threatening food” (23). The latter connects to the collection’s overwhelming interest in nature and the small beach on an island which Farber repeatedly refers to as his “church and office” (10). It is also strongly indicative of the book’s connection to life. For all its discussion of death, there is still a lot of life left to be discussed, appreciated, and fixed, which the book makes clear.
Perhaps the most beautiful and artful part of this text lies in its deep and abiding intertextuality. A book of voices, many voices, Farber pulls in the words and thoughts of a wide range of artists and critics. Hemmingway makes an appearance. As does William Blake, John Berger, Helen Vendler, Joni Mitchell, Jean Cocteau, James Merrill, Michael Lesy, Slyvester Stallone, Hannah Arendt, his own poet mother, and many, many more. This rich collage creates a sense of community, transcendent in its effect, even over death, as many of the contributors have now passed. Death is not final, this multiplicity of voices seems to communicate. In the way we live our lives, we have the potential to continually shape the world we leave behind. That knowledge might not take the sting out of death but, with any luck, it helps soften it.
Zainab Omaki is a Nigerian writer currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She has a masters in the same field from the University of East Anglia where she was the recipient of the Miles Morland African Writer’s scholarship. She was artist-in-residence at the University of Bayrueth’s inaugural creative writing residency and is an alum of the Tin House workshop. Her work has appeared in Passages North, Transition Magazine, The Rumpus, Isele, and others. She is an assistant genre editor at Prairie Schooner.


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Rare Diseases: More Common Than You Think
Rare diseases may be “rare,” but collectively they’re quite common and affect up to 30 million Americans, which is nearly one in 10 people. Half of those are children.
To really grasp how many people are impacted by rare disease, picture this. The National Organization for Rare Disorders says if everyone with a rare disease held hands, they would circle the globe almost one-and-a-half times. When you start to talk to colleagues, friends and neighbors, you begin to realize just how many families are dealing with rare diseases.
What are Rare Diseases?
Any disorder, illness or condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people is considered a rare disease.
It's difficult to put a finger on how many distinct rare disorders exist because our understanding of them has changed so rapidly in recent years. This is especially true for disorders caused by mutations in a single gene. Nearly 7000 inherited disorders have been recognized in humans. When I first joined the Genome Center at Children’s Mercy in 2011, the cause was only known for about 2,500 of these. That number has since doubled to over 5000, which is great news, but our work is not done. Many families are left without answers. And even among the rare disorders whose causes are known, treatment options are limited.
Rare Disease Diagnosis
For patients whose conditions do have effective treatments, early diagnosis can be transformative, even lifesaving. But, the power of early and accurate diagnosis is bigger than that. It may lead to an awareness of other tests that are needed to catch the effect on other organs such as the heart or kidney early. Or steer us away from treatments that may be ineffective, even harmful.
Identifying the cause of a rare disorder allows specific genetic counseling to occur so families can begin to understand whether or not other relatives might be at risk. And of course, for many, getting an answer to "why" helps as they adapt to the challenges of having a rare disease in their family.
In my clinic as a Developmental Pediatrician I see this first hand. When I started 15 years ago, it was unusual for our families to come in knowing the cause of their child's rare disorder. Now we see it every day.
Genetic Testing and Research
Research is extremely important when it comes to studying rare diseases, because it leads to new breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatments. Genomic sequencing technologies are continually becoming less expensive and more widely available across the country. Technological advances will continue to increase the rate of diagnosis through additional discovery and better detection. For example, when we sequence a genome, we do it chunks (called reads) and line them up together. However, the technology is improving and the lengths of these reads is growing which allows us to detect genetic changes that used to allude us.
Sometimes what we learn from studying rare diseases teaches us about the overall human biology, which can be applied more broadly across medicine. One of the exciting directions the Genome Center Children’s Mercy, is taking is a move toward a broader “integrated genomics” approach to help us understand what’s going on in complex diseases. Integrated genomics combines numerous next-generation sequencing methods to understand the effect of a disease on the body and allows deeper investigation into the relationship between genes, environment and disease.
Advice for Parents
There's not a one size fits all approach to dealing with a diagnosis.
Find a support system. Many families enjoy the opportunity to connect with other families whether or not they have same disorder, because the struggles are the same whether it’s navigating education systems, sub-specialty clinics or the change in the parenting dynamics. All these things are common across many conditions, even if you’re not battling the same rare disease. A really good organization here in Kansas City is The RareKC Project. Another good source of information is the National Organization for Rare Diseases.
Be organized. Having a rare disease usually means you’ll be dealing with complicated health care. Make sure you have a digital file (or notebook) with all your child’s medical history. This way you’re prepared for all your appointments and you’ll feel a sense of control.
Feel empowered. You’re the expert of your child. Let your doctor or school district know if there’s a better way to interact with you. If it doesn’t feel right, speak up. Your voice is not just important, it is perhaps the most crucial tool your family has.
Learn more about Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children’s Mercy.
Learn more about Children’s Research Institute at Children’s Mercy.
The Children’s Mercy Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine is offering a four-day CME/CEU program for researchers and healthcare professionals interested in translational genomics. Click here for event dates and registration.


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Room-scale VR headset HTC Vive is now being bundled with Star Trek: Bridge Crew.
HTC made the announcement on Twitter, noting that this will be true of every kit sold from this point forward. There's no mention of when the promotion will end.
This will help sweeten the pot for anyone on the fence about getting a Vive, though the fancy VR headset is still prohibitively expensive for most. Right now it retails for £759 / $799, while Star Trek: Bridge Crew, on its own, is £40 / $49.99. So it's cheaper, but not that much cheaper.
Star Trek: Bridge Crew, which launched today, tasks up to four players with manning the bridge of the U.S.S. Aegis, a ship that isn't the Enterprise, but still lets players boldly go where no one has gone before.
You can watch our own Chris Bratt and Johnny Chiodini brave their intergalactic voyage with friends of Eurogamer Pip Warr (Rock, Paper Shotgun) and Matt Lees (Cool Ghosts) in the video above. Or watch Eurogamer fan Corvine:Games adapt our Let's Play into an episode of the Star Trek animated series.


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James G. Babb, 2013 July 18
Scope and Contents
In this interview, James G. "Jim" Babb, long-time Charlotte resident and student at Charlotte College in the 1950s, recalls his early years in New York City, Boston, and Charlotte, North Carolina; his school days at Dilworth Elementary School, O'Donohue School, and Central High School in Charlotte; his employment at The Charlotte News, The Charlotte Observer, and WBTV; his service in the United States Army during the Korean War; and his education at Newberry College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Belmont-Abbey College, and Charlotte College. Specifically, he shares about the circumstances that led to each of these associations throughout his life and comments on memorable individuals he met along the way. He describes Bonnie Cone and Edyth Winningham from Charlotte College and discusses fellow students John Kilgo, Ken Harris, and Merwin Foard. He speculates about the origin of Dr. Cone's tenacity and compassion, shares his opinion of her being passed over for the chancellorship of the newly created University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and identifies what he believes is her legacy. Other topics include Mr. Babb's parents' occupations, his opinion of segregation, his first relationship with an African-American individual as a child, his assessment of World War II's effect on his family and community, his involvement from childhood in playing and reporting on sports, his opinion of Chancellor Dean Colvard, and his association with political campaigns, including the pioneering use of television in local campaigning.
- Creation: 2013 July 18
- Babb, James G., Jr., 1932- (Person)
Language of Materials
The material is in English
Conditions Governing Access
Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use. Please contact Special Collections to request the creation of use copies for particular items; requests will be accommodated when possible. The remaining materials are open for research.
James G. “Jim” Babb, Jr., was an 81-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place at WCCB TV in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in New York City, New York, in 1932 and was educated at Charlotte College and Belmont-Abbey College. He was employed in several positions at WBTV and WBT Radio in Charlotte and served as president and CEO of Jefferson Pilot Communications in Greensboro, North Carolina, president of Outlet Communications in Providence, Rhode Island, executive vice president of Bahakel Communications in Charlotte, and president of Babb Communications.
Part of the Oral Histories, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
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Charlotte NC 28223 United States

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Pod casting is the latest way to learn new things and crochet is no exception, I often find myself listening to pod casts while I crochet so a pod cast on the topic of crochet is pretty darn relevant for me. Don’t let the word POD confuse you. You do NOT need an Ipod to listen to pod casts. You can listen to them by installing realplayer onto your computer.
My favorite Crochet Pod caster at the moment is Jeanie from crochetcast . We all have high expectations from Jeanie as she is one of the first Crochet only Pod Casters.


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Encounters with Canada Winners
Meet the Winners of the Encounters with Canada contest and read their winning essays
NEXTSchool: Whats Next? The Future of High School
When High School is the best it can be at engaging students and preparing them for the world ahead… what will it look like?
This is the guiding question for NEXTschool – an inclusive, research-based, design initiative facilitated by LEARN – that aims to transform change-ready High Schools in systemic and sustainable ways with minimum investment. The driving force of the initiative is the urgent need and moral responsibility we have to align our schools with the information age – to reconstruct the traditional structural and cultural paradigms so that schools can ‘decompartmentalize’ teaching and learning and become more proactive and adaptive in their approach to the constantly changing needs of students and their communities.
Our latest post: A Culture of Feedback

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Heavy rain could bring flooding in areas of NH
The Weather Service said heavy rainwas expected to fall late Monday in southern New Hampshire, including the cities of Manchester, Nashua and Keene.
Urban areas are susceptible to the flooding, the Weather Service said, and people should take steps to protect any items that could be damaged by floodwaters. People who live in flood prone areas should have a safe place to go if needed.
"Due to recent heavy rainfall, the ground is already saturated, so any additional rainfall will quickly run off into streams and rivers," the Weather Service said.
Rainfall of an inch an hour is possible in southern New Hampshire, especially if accompanied by thunderstorms, the Weather Service said. The rainfall average will be 1 to 2.5 inches through Tuesday evening.
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Gun-rights rally against Scott Brown gets rejection from city of Nashua; protesters say event will go on
Plymouth hosts hearing on bill for tougher scrutiny of power projects such as Northern Pass


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Oven-Baked Tradition Soft & Chewy All Natural Bacon Dog TreatsSold Out
Oven-Baked Tradition Bacon Flavour treats are crafted with all-natural ingredients such as chicken, pumpkin, bacon flavouring and more. Then gently mixed with milled whole grains with additional glucosamine, chondroitin then slowly oven-baked. For a crunchy treat that is irresistible in flavour and aids with joint and hip function.
Dental Dog Treat from Oven-Baked Tradition contains zero trans fat, contains only 31 kcal per treat and are baked in small portions for the perfect every day treat. Suitable for dogs of all life stages, please see the specifications tab for more information. Available in a 227 g (8 oz) bag, the product may contain traces of peanuts. Made in Canada.
- All Natural crunchy treats for dogs - Bacon Flavour
- Uses milled whole grains with chicken, pumpkin and bacon flavour
- Contains Glucosamine and Chondroitin
- Contains zero trans fat - only 31 kcal per treat
- Suitable for dogs of all life stages
- Available in an 8 oz bags - product may contain traces of peanuts
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Ground hulled barley, Glycerin, Chicken meal, Modified corn starch, Fresh deboned chicken, Chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Guar gum, Pumpkin, Natural bacon flavor, Inulin (prebiotic) Lecithin, Glucosamine hydrochloride, Chondroitin sulfate, Green tea extract, Rosemary extract. May contain traces of peanuts.

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We have recently released our latest, 12.5-year data set, which consists of observations from the Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Telescope on 47 millisecond pulsars. We have introduced two pulsars into this data set, J1946+3417 and J2322+2057, for which we have timing baselines over 2 years; however, our longest baselines are nearly 13 years in length and make our pulsar timing array sensitive to low-frequency, nanohertz gravitational waves. This data set has two varieties: a “narrowband” version, which is very similar in its form and construction to our previous data sets (the 11-, 9-, and 5-year data sets), and a “wideband” version, which is the first data set of its kind. The timing analyses of the data sets are mutually consistent, and we are in the process of analyzing these data for the presence of gravitational waves.
The data are available on our website, here!


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Family Photography: On Location
Fall in the Pacific Northwest is the perfect time for family portraits. The light is softer than it is in the summer, and the sun sets earlier, which means you don't have to wait around for that golden hour. My coworker and his family agreed to come to Vashon for the day, and it was such a beautiful afternoon! We walked along the beach, had a little picnic at the library and even got baby his first ice cream cone.
Although I've only shot a few families so far, I think the key to success is to shoot constantly and wrap it up in under an hour. Everyone gets a little cranky after an hour of posing, even the photographer! I also learned that although I make it a priority to get the shots they are looking for — everyone looking in the same direction and smiling — for my own purposes, I prefer to take photos when they're not looking right at my camera, to grab those moments in between the smiles.
I've been following a few professionals who specialize in documentary family photography and I've fallen in love with the craft and the approach. Documentary style means you don't photoshop something out, you don't manipulate the situation by asking them to "do that again" — you literally document what happens in the field. So you move your own body to a different spot to clean up the background of the scene, or you get in close to focus on a detail. It's a skill and an art form that takes patience, perseverance and stamina. I hope to convince some of my friends with kids to let me follow them around for a day and document their lives. It makes for such impactful photos! Images of the every day shenanigans of life are the stuff of memories.
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Kraft is under pressure to make a formal takeover bid for Cadbury by November after the UKâ€™s Takeover Panel gave it less than six weeks to put an offer on the table or walk away.
The Takeover Panel said recently thatÂ it had set a deadline of November 9 for the US food group to come forward with a formal offer after the UK confectionery group approached it with a so-called â€œput up or shut upâ€ request last week.
Kraft said it had â€œnotedâ€ the decision of the Takeover Panel and understood the implications of the deadline.
Cadburyâ€™s Chairman, Roger Carr, said the confectionery company had not changed its view on Kraft, and stood by its rejection of the companyâ€™s $10.2bn ($16.3bn) indicative offer. He said: â€œThe board is confident in Cadburyâ€™s pure play strategy and growth prospectsâ€.Cadburyâ€™s shares closed 4p higher in London at 803p while Kraftâ€™s shares had slipped 13 cents to $25.89 in New York in Wednesday trading.
The timing of Kraftâ€™s and Cadburyâ€™s third-quarter results could influence when Kraft formalises its offer.Cadbury is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on October 21, while Kraft is due to report in the first week of November.
The earnings announcements will allow both companies the opportunity to stress the strengths of their businesses.Kraft predicted in August that it â€œwill again grow both the top and bottom lines while expanding margins and improving market shareâ€ during its current fiscal year, as it enters â€œthe home stretchâ€ of efforts to transform its business under chief executive Irene Rosenfeld.
Meanwhile, Todd Stitzer, Cadbury chief executive, has been emphasising the companyâ€™s growth prospects in emerging markets.
Kraft is also closely watching foreign exchange rates. Recent weakness in sterling against the US dollar helps to strengthen Kraftâ€™s negotiating position as its share price weakens.Cadbury is not expected to release a formal defence document to shareholders until it receives a formal bid. If Kraft makes a formal offer, it will have 28 days to publish offer documents. If Cadburyâ€™s Board does not accept the offer, Cadbury would then have 14 days to publish a defense document.