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Thu, 28/03/2024 - 23:00

First person to go to space

First person to walk on the moon

First person to wait in the ship while other astronauts walked on the moon

President

Vice president

Former president (non-disgraced)

Decorated general

National hero

Local hero

Singer of “Anti-Hero”

Flew around the world (early 1900s)

Octogenarian

Olympian

World champion

Intercontinental champion

Local weatherman

National weatherman

Governor (local)

Musician with multiple hits

Musician with multiple hits, home runs, and stolen bases

Musician in the band Walking on the Moon

Won a Golden Globe

Nominated for a Golden Globe

Harlem Globetrotter

“World’s Greatest” title holder

“Guinness World Records” record holder

Former “Guinness World Records” record holder (non-disgraced)

Former player (Hall of Fame)

Former player (fan favorite / very popular)

Former player (cut yesterday)

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Thu, 28/03/2024 - 22:54

‘It’s a death zone,’ said Athanasios Gargavanis, a trauma surgeon for the World Health Organisation, upon reaching the now defunct emergency department of Nasser medical complex. There were dead bodies in corridors, no tap water at all and no electricity beyond a small backup generator. At least eight patients had died due to a lack […]

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Thu, 28/03/2024 - 22:47

As Easter approaches, let us consider Pope Francis.

https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/1771152349698142589

The difference between Francis and his critics isn’t as wide as some people make out, and he’s far less unorthodox than his enemies claim, but this is the difference: Francis wants to welcome people, and believes in a God whose primary trait is love, while Church conservatives want to exclude people.

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Thu, 28/03/2024 - 20:00
Tim Willems and Rick van der Ploeg Since the post-Covid rise in inflation has been accompanied by strong wage growth, interactions between wage and price-setters, each wishing to attain a certain markup, have regained prominence. In our recently published Staff Working Paper, we ask how monetary policy should be conducted amid, what has been referred … Continue reading Markup matters: monetary policy works through aspirations
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Thu, 28/03/2024 - 18:30

Shapurji Saklatvala was the Labour Party’s first MP of colour. A largely forgotten figure today, he was a card-carrying member of the British Communist Party and champion of both colonised peoples and the global working class. Sitting awkwardly in the history of the British left, Saklatvala offers an example of an anti-imperialist parliamentarian agitating at the heart of empire. A […]

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Thu, 28/03/2024 - 17:33

FRANKLY Health Care (FHC) is seeking compassionate general practitioners (GPs) to help care for people experiencing homelessness in Coffs Harbour. Led by Dr Ryan Partridge, the FHC team has been making a positive impact for nearly four years, working on a voluntary basis out of a clinic room at Pete’s Place at the Coffs Harbour...

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Thu, 28/03/2024 - 16:13
For years, those who want selective access to government spending benefits (like the military-industrial complex and other parasitic sectors), while claiming the government cannot afford to provide adequate income support to the most disadvantaged citizens have used various ruses to give an air of authority or legitimacy to their claims. So in the UK, the…