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The Problem With Building Good Habits | Stephan Joppich

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consider the habit-building lifestyle a nightmare. It’s not that
habit-building has ruined my life, but it has done me more harm than
good.

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Electronic warfare spooks airlines, pilots and air-safety officials -
WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
American Airlines Capt. Dan Carey knew his cockpit equipment was lying
to him when an alert began blaring “pull up!" as his Boeing 777
passed over Pakistan in March—at an altitude of 32,000 feet, far
above any terrain.

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Elliott Hill loved Nike and left It. Now he's back as CEO - WSJ (No
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Elliott Hill started working at the sneaker giant in 1988 as an
intern, taking calls from customers and moving boxes in a warehouse.
Over more than three decades, he climbed to be one of its top
executives before he was passed over for CEO and retired in 2020.















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Near-shoring is turning eastern Europe into the new China - The
Economist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
The european union has tried hard lately to restrict Chinese imports.
Yet this summer China made it easier to import one European product:
Polish poultry. The gesture was economically insignificant. But it is
part of a broader push by China to cultivate and invest in central and
eastern Europe (CEE).

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Aland is lovely, weapon-free and too close to Russia - The Economist
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“Everything has become more intense,” murmurs Juri Jalava as his
coastguard cutter plies the waters of the Aland Islands. Tension with
Russia means he is spending longer at sea than ever: “We do not want
to be caught out.” Aland, a Skye-sized island surrounded by 7,000
islets and rocks, is awkward for Finland. Over 95% of its trade passes
through or near the islands, as do crucial data and electricity cables
linked to the rest of Europe. But Finland is bound by treaty to keep
these Swedish-speaking islands demilitarised in peacetime. They have
been so since the Crimean War, when Britain and France tried to
strangle Russian trade through the Baltic.














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The breakthrough AI needs - The Economist (No paywall)
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Two years after Chatgpt took the world by storm, generative artificial
intelligence seems to have hit a roadblock. The energy costs of
building and using bigger models are spiralling, and breakthroughs are
getting harder. Fortunately, researchers and entrepreneurs are racing
for ways around the constraints. Their ingenuity will not just
transform ai. It will determine which firms prevail, whether investors
win, and which country holds sway over the technology.

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Its no longer glorious to get rich in China its dangerous - FT (No
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Why no one wants to be the nations top tycoon any more














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YouTubers like MrBeast are coming for Hollywood - The Economist (No
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FIVE MILLION DOLLARS were on offer to contestants in “Beast
Games”, a new game show being made for Amazon’s Prime Video
streaming service. Instead, some participants received physical
injuries, emotional distress and sexual harassment, according to a
complaint filed in a Los Angeles court on September 16th. Amazon and
the show’s creator, Jimmy Donaldson, a 26-year-old YouTuber known as
MrBeast, have not commented on the lawsuit. But the fiasco has
reassured some Hollywood executives that they have little to fear from
social-media upstarts.

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Meet The World's Oldest Captive Fish--Alive Since 1938 At This
Aquarium - Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
Australian lungfish are known to be ultra-survivors, but this lungfish
is pushing the boundaries ... [+] even for its own kind. At over 90
years of age, Methuselah is one of the oldest fish in the world–and
the oldest living in captivity.














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How to Vet Information Before Making a Decision - Harvard Business
Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
The daily decisions modern leaders face are increasingly complex. But
executives have a tool to combat these challenges – information. At
the click of a mouse or the press of a thumb, they can call up cutting
edge research on virtually any topic. With so much information
available, how do we know what to trust? What executives need is a
simple taxonomy of misinformation so they know what to look out for.
Drawing on the tools of social science research we can categorize
misinformation into four missteps. This framework can be useful to
leaders of all kinds who need to ask better questions to manage their
own information onslaughts.

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An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 per cent of the time - New Scientist
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Andreas Plesner at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and his colleagues
fine-tuned an AI model nicknamed YOLO (You Only Look Once) to become
an expert at solving the image-based challenges used to verify
identities on websites. The particular type of CAPTCHA it tackled –
reCAPTCHAv2, which was developed by Google – asks users to identify
certain types of…














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How Ancient Societies Viewed Mental Illness and the Horrific
Treatments of That Time - Discover Magazine (No paywall)
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Mental illness of today was typically thought of as supernatural
phenomenon in ancient times. People often thought that sorcery,
demons, or gods were punishing a person for their sin, explains Andrew
Scull, one of the world’s foremost scholars of the history of
madness.

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Chappell Roan's 'Both Sides' Non-Endorsement Divides the Internet
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Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has received the endorsements
of several popstars—most recently, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish
threw their support behind the Vice President and Democratic
nominee—but one particular chart-topper, whose feminist music and
“Midwest Princess” aesthetic the meme-embracing Harris campaign
has enthusiastically co-opted, has said she won’t be among them.














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Chip giants TSMC and Samsung discuss building middle eastern
megafactories - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
Two chip-making giants have discussed building huge factory complexes
in the United Arab Emirates that could transform the industry in the
coming years and become a cornerstone for artificial-intelligence
investments in the Middle East.

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At the world's largest shipyard, US courts an ally to face up to China
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ULSAN, South Korea—Just a few months ago, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos
Del Toro admired a new South Korean warship built in this port city at
the world’s largest shipyard. Del Toro was on a trip hoping to sell
top officials at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and others on a simple
pitch.














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Google emails show unease over advertising dominance | Mint - WSJ (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Trial proceedings in the U.S. government’s
antitrust case against Google’s advertising business have provided a
rare window into internal company anxieties about its central role in
the buying and selling of ad space online.

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China's central bank announces rate cut, injects liquidity - WSJ (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
The People’s Bank of China cut the 14-day reverse repurchase
interest rate by 10 basis points to 1.85%, and injected 74.5 billion
yuan, equivalent to $10.6 billion, of liquidity via the policy tool,
it said on its website on Monday.













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No One Builds in Public - laike9m's blog
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Since joining the indie hacker community a few months ago, I've been
observing what everyone is doing with great curiosity. One thing I
immediately noticed, is that everyone talks about "build in public".
In case you're unfamiliar with the term:

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London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More
active kids
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Restricting the volume of high-emitting vehicles roaming city streets
carries many benefits, from clearing the air to quieting the urban din
and beyond. Recognition of this simple fact has led to the
proliferation of clean air zones, designated regions within a city
where vehicles must meet strict pollution standards or pay a fee to
operate within it. At last count, over 300 such areas had been
established across Europe. In London, which boasts the largest
ultra-low emissions zone in the world, a study has found a secondary
benefit: Kids started walking and biking to school more.

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Mathematicians discover new class of shape seen throughout nature
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Soft cells shapes with rounded corners and pointed tips that fit
together on a plane feature in onions, molluscs and more.

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Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone
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Apple has made efforts over the years to remove the need to operate
iOS devices with computers. For example, it's already possible to use
an iPhone to wirelessly restore an Apple Watch or an Apple TV. Now it
looks like the same functionality is coming to new iPhone 16 models.

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The LinkedIn AI saga shows us the need for EU-like privacy regulations
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People began noticing this change in the settings on Wednesday,
September 18, when the Microsoft-owned social media platform started
training its AI on user data before updating its terms and conditions.

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Uber Caught Overcharging? How Having Credits in Your Account Might Be
Costing You - View from the Wing
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My hypothesis was that Uber seemed to be picking a higher price
because I had credits in my account. I might be willing to spend more
because my ‘real’ out of pocket cost was less, and those credits
were trapped anyway.

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Teen jailed for 18 months after McDonald's fight still in prison 18
years later
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His devastated mother Samantha, 57, said Luke, now 36, is trapped with
“monsters” inside maximum security HMP Wakefield, which is home to
some of Britain’s most serious criminals, having spent his entire
adult life inside.

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Roche chairman calls industrial subsidies a 'waste of money' - WSJ (No
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Roche’s Severin Schwan used a visit to Shanghai for a business forum
to criticize support that Western nations have increasingly offered to
give their manufacturing industries a boost against competition from
China and other nations.

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Stop the Meeting Madness - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
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Many executives feel overwhelmed by meetings, and no wonder: On
average, they spend nearly 23 hours a week in them, up from less than
10 hours in the 1960s. What’s more, the meetings are often poorly
timed, badly run, or both.

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Decarbonizing heavy industries with carbon capture
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In episode three of Voices in Tech, we hear from Henrik Utvik, CTO and
cofounder of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) startup Aqualung, as
PwCs Jrgen Peterseim shares his insights on the role of CCS technology
in tackling decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors.

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Worlds biggest banks pledge support for nuclear power - FT (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
Names including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs
boost COP28 goal of tripling capacity by 2050

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Trumponomics: the radical plan that would reshape Americas economy -
FT (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
In a bid to boost manufacturing, the Republican candidate is promising
sweeping tariffs. Critics warn they would cause huge damage and
heighten global tensions

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How Trump Hopes to Exploit the Myth of Voter Fraud in November - The
New Yorker (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68545&nl=daily]
The threat of voter fraud is one of the more durable myths in American
politics, probably because it has proved so useful. Lately, it has
taken a radical turn: Donald Trump and his allies have combined their
two principal obsessions—immigration and election
“integrity”—to conjure the spectre of immigrants crossing the
border to elect Kamala Harris President. “A lot of these illegal
immigrants coming in,” Trump said, at the September 10th
Presidential debate, “they don’t even know what country they’re
in.” Gesturing toward Harris, he added, “These people are trying
to get them to vote. And that’s why they’re allowing them to come
into our country.”

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Millions of Americans want to quit smoking. Critics say drugmakers and
the FDA are failing them - STAT (No paywall)
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WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 15 million Americans who tried to quit
smoking in 2022, 5 in 6 failed. It’s a jarring statistic — and an
indictment of the treatment options for an addiction that kills
480,000 people in the U.S. each year.

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A Vital Incubator Fund Turns 20 During Fashion Week - Inc.com (No
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In a little over a month, they will learn whether they have won of one
of the most coveted competitions for emerging designers: The Council
of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund.

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Mike Johnson delivers bad news to Donald Trump on government shutdown
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The stop-gap measure, set to fund the government through December 20,
notably excludes The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE
Act), a controversial immigration proposal backed by former President
Donald Trump.

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Exploding pagers and the tech race with China - WSJ (No paywall)
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Let’s call it Operation Chutzpah. If, as is widely believed, the
Mossad detonated pagers and walkie-talkies used by Lebanese Hezbollah
terrorists, killing dozens and wounding thousands, it will go down as
an intelligence operation for the history books. This strike is the
latest in a string of daring operations from the tunnels beneath Gaza
to the heart of Tehran. It also demonstrates how software has ushered
in a new phase of warfare.

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Are you fast, or furious? The best cities for commuters - WSJ (No
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For many Americans, the drive to and from work requires enduring
slow-moving, soul-draining traffic. The commute remains one of the top
gripes that workers have about returning to offices.

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Sean Combs's Arrest Has the Music World Asking: Is Our #MeToo Here?
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Shaunna Thomas, the executive director of UltraViolet, a women’s
advocacy group, pointed to the Combs case as a potential turning point
and noted the string of lawsuits filed recently when states and cities
temporarily lifted statutes of limitations on accusations of sexual
assault. In New York and California, sexual assault cases have been
filed against stars like Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses, Jermaine Jackson
and the producer L.A. Reid.

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Thousands of post office operators say they still have Horizon IT
problems
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Almost all operators who continue to face ‘discrepancies’ say they
involve a financial shortfall, survey finds

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Jump raises $12M to help freelancers get benefits just like employees
| TechCrunch
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Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk’s space exploration
company, SpaceX, for $15 million after it allegedly dumped
construction equipment all over the game company’s private land in
Texas. …

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Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller Is Selling Nvidia, Apple, and
Microsoft, and Buying These High-Yield Dividend Stocks Instead
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Adam Levy has positions in Apple and Microsoft. The Motley Fool has
positions in and recommends Apple, Kinder Morgan, Microsoft,
Mid-America Apartment Communities, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool
recommends Philip Morris International and recommends the following
options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January
2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Millions of Americans want to quit smoking. Critics say drugmakers and
the FDA are failing them
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It’s a situation that in most other areas of medicine would be
unacceptable, argued Nora Volkow, the head of the National Institute
on Drug Abuse. “We should not be passive about it. We’re not
passive about any other condition,” she told STAT. “Look at HIV,
how many antiretrovirals do we have? Look at Covid, how many vaccines
do we have?”

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On Chicago's South Side, White Sox Fans Know Misery. But Not Like
This.
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All Sunday afternoon, customers drifted in and out of BallPark, about
as Sox-centric as a bar can be. The walls are covered with Sox
memorabilia: a mural depicting the notorious Disco Demolition Night at
Comiskey Park in 1979 that ended in a riot, a black-and-white portrait
of the former maverick team owner Bill Veeck, a yellow vintage sign
advertising $3 grandstand seats.

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Defense Lawyers in Missouri Scrambling to Halt Death Sentence
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His effort to prove his innocence has faced hurdles, including the
deaths of two key witnesses against him; the abrupt exit from office
of a previous governor, Eric Greitens, who had appointed a board of
inquiry on the case; and evidentiary issues with the murder weapon
that dashed Mr. Williams’s hope that DNA found on the weapon would
point to a different suspect.

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A Majority in Arizona Supports Establishing Right to Abortion, Poll
Finds
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The amendment’s supporters see it as an important step to secure
abortion access. Opponents say it goes too far by allowing abortions
up until around 24 weeks of pregnancy. Arizona law currently allows
abortions up until 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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Supreme Court's Gun Rulings Leave Baffled Judges Asking for Help
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Looking for historical analogies to modern gun control laws, as
required by Justice Thomas’s 2022 majority opinion in New York State
Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, can yield surprising results.

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Trump Shows Signs of Strength in Sun Belt Battlegrounds, Polls Find
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But Arizona, which Mr. Biden won by just over 10,400 votes in 2020,
now presents a challenge for the Harris campaign. Mr. Trump is ahead,
50 percent to 45 percent, the poll found. A Times/Siena poll there in
August found Ms. Harris leading by five percentage points. Latino
voters, in particular, appear to have moved away from Ms. Harris,
though a significant number — 10 percent — said they were now
undecided. And Mr. Trump is benefiting from ticket splitting there:
While Ms. Harris is trailing, the poll shows that the Democratic
candidate for Senate is ahead.

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The World Is a Mess. That Makes the Climate Crisis Harder to Solve.
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China is the world’s largest producer of solar panels. Also wind
turbines. Also batteries for electric vehicles. It manufactures more
electric cars, buses and motorcycles than any other country.

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U.S. Research Aided Chinese Military Technology, House Republicans Say
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Georgia Tech also announced this month that it would discontinue its
participation in its joint institute and work to end its degree
programs in China, saying the inclusion of its Chinese partner on a
restricted U.S. trade list had made the cooperation “untenable.”

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Accurate Polls Hinge on a Tricky Question: Who's Actually Going to
Vote?
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Understanding these decisions will be useful to poll watchers this
fall. The share of election polls that show results among likely
voters has shot up sharply in recent weeks, as it usually does around
Labor Day.

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In a First, Young Men Are More Religious Than Young Women
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“We’ve been talking about it from the beginning,” said Phil
Barnes, a pastor at that congregation, Hope Church. “What’s the
Lord doing? Why is he sending us all of these young men?”

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Florida Sheriff's Deputy Charged in Fatal Shooting of His Girlfriend
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According to the arrest affidavit, the Ocala Police Department
responded to a call of a shooting at 10:52 p.m. on Thursday at Mr.
Boileau’s home in southeast Ocala, in Central Florida. In his
emergency call, Mr. Boileau described the shooting as an “accidental
discharge,” the document said.

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Stocks' post-Fed rally risks adding 'accelerant fuel' to sell-off
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“We continue to believe that central banks will have less leeway to
ease in 2025 than they and many investors believe,” wrote Berenberg
economist Holger Schmieding. “Continued loose fiscal policy,
persistent underlying inflation pressure and structural labor
shortages are reasons against cutting rates too deeply.”

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