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Every book's Kindle page lists the five passages most highlighted by readers. If every reader is getting to the end, those highlights could be scattered throughout the length of the book. If nobody has made it past the introduction, the popular highlights will be clustered at the beginning. |
That last line is the best part. |
The standard bearer is Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, which is known as the most unread bestseller, and which lends its name to this Ellenberg's "unscientific" yet illuminating system. |
So using the highlights method, where do current bestsellers fall on this index? The Wall Street Journal determined that people get through 98.5% of Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize winner (how literary of them), people get through on average almost half of Catching Fire, mainly because of the romance near the end, and hil... |
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11:30 a.m. Baggy Tuesday: Shepherds pie, mixed vegetables, angel food cake with strawberries. |
2 to 3 p.m. Page Turners with Jane Granatino, library director. |
11:30 a.m. BBQ chicken, pasta salad, potato salad and fresh fruit. |
11:30 a.m. Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli and sugar free pudding. |
11:30 a.m. Lunch and Learn – catch your balance – Baked fish, couscous, green beans and ice cream. |
11:30 a.m. Assorted sandwiches, pasta salad, garden salad and sugar free pudding. |
11:30 a.m. Baggy Tuesday: Tuna casserole, peas and carrots, and lemon blueberry cake. |
11:30 a.m. Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, stuffing, butternut squash and sugar free pudding. |
11:30 a.m. Hot dogs with roll, coleslaw, potato salad and fresh fruit. |
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• An Iraqi Named Bush: While reporting on Iraq's elections Sunday in Najaf (page 1), staff writer Dan Murphy got turnout estimates from three polling stations. Each was more than 70 percent. Hours before the close of voting, one official told him that 1,500 out of 2,000 registered voters at his station had voted - a 75... |
"They told me that two uncles had been executed by Saddam Hussein. One son had been jailed and tortured after the 1991 Shiite uprising in Najaf. Another son died while serving in the Iraqi Army. The father tried to get his son transferred to a better hospital, but when the military officials found out his name, they re... |
His name? Bush Hamudi Hussein. |
"After the Gulf War, his name became a major handicap. Eventually, he told me, he decided to take it a step further and named his daughter Marilyn Bush, in defiance of Saddam. He thought it was the name of the sister of President Bush. (It isn't.) When he went to register the name, he says he was jailed for a month," s... |
Apparently, growing up, Marilyn was harassed and was left behind when her school took a field trip to Baghdad on Saddam's birthday. But on Sunday, she seemed to be enjoying the election process. "I met her. She seems like a perfectly impish 9-year-old," Dan says. |
LITTLE ROCK — The state Department of Human Services expects to submit a request in August for a federal waiver allowing Arkansas to use federal money to buy private insurance for thousands of the state’s working poor, DHS Director John Selig said Thursday. |
Selig and other state officials gave lawmakers an update on the so-called "private option" for expanding health care coverage during a joint meeting of the House and Senate committees on public health, welfare and labor. It was the first time the committees had met since the end of this year’s legislative session, duri... |
The federal Affordable Care Act of 2010 proposes that states expand their state Medicaid rolls to cover people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, with the federal government paying the entire cost of expansion for three years, after which state’s share of the cost would gradually increase to 10 per... |
Arkansas instead is seeking to use the federal money to pay for its working poor to buy private health insurance through the state health exchange, a marketplace where people and small businesses will shop for plans that suit their needs. The private option has received informal approval from federal officials but stil... |
"In August is when we anticipate actually submitting the document to (the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services), with the hope that we’ll get approval back by Oct. 1, because Oct. 1 is when … we can start enrolling people in these plans for coverage that begins Jan. 1," Selig told lawmakers Thursday. |
Cindy Crone, director of health insurance exchange planning for the state Insurance Department, said the state is in the process of contracting with 30 organizations — three of them government-based and the others non-government-based — that will provide workers known as guides to help consumers enroll in insurance pla... |
Guides are one of four types of assisters who will help people use the exchange. The others are navigators, who will be hired by the federal government; certified application counselors, who will be employees of entities such as hospitals, community health centers or consumer nonprofit organizations; and insurance agen... |
The assisters are required under the Affordable Care Act and would be needed with or without the private option. |
Training for all four groups of assisters will be provided through the state’s two-year colleges and will begin in mid-June. Federal grants will fund the training. |
"It’s a Herculean task in a short time frame" to have the assisters ready to help people begin enrolling in the exchange in October, Crone said. |
Meanwhile, the Insurance Department is working on the requirements for insurance providers that will offer plans through the exchange, Crone said. Participation in the exchange by private insurers is voluntary. |
"We think we could have six to eight (insurance providers). We know we have that many who have shown an active interest," Crone said. |
The deadline for letters of intent from insurance providers is June 3, and the deadline for full applications is the end of June. |
"What this means for the department is a really hard July, because another hard deadline is that we must approve the plans and get our approval to the federal government by July 31," she said. |
Some legislators questioned whether the guides’ efforts to reach out to Arkansans about the insurance exchange would go smoothly. |
"Y’all know Arkansas as well as me," said Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, chairman of the House panel on public health. "Six hundred people walking around with clipboards asking for Social (Security numbers)? I just see it going on borderline disaster in a lot of ways." |
"I hope we can gain your confidence as we go forward," Crone said. |
Imagine living somewhere where you're 100% responsible for your own economic security, regardless of your age or health, with no one to bail you out if you find yourself in need of financial assistance. If you're a U.S. citizen, you don't have to worry about it. Through a little program called Social Sec... |
There's a good deal of confusion surrounding Social Security and how this vast program works, so let's go over the basics that every American should know. |
How does Social Security work?Social Security works by pooling mandatory contributions from workers into a large pot and then paying out benefits to those who are eligible for them. When you work, you pay into the system by having a portion of your earnings taxed and earmarked for Social Security. For 2015, the maximum... |
The Social Security Administration reports that $0.85 of every Social Security tax dollar goes to a trust fund that pays monthly benefits to retirees and their families, as well as the surviving spouses or children of eligible recipients who have died. The remaining $0.15 goes toward benefits for people with disabiliti... |
Who can collect Social Security?You can collect Social Security once you reach a certain age or become disabled (note: the SSA has a strict definition of "disability," and benefit applicants must go through a rigorous disability determination process). You may also be able to collect survivor benefits if you're th... |
In order to be eligible for Social Security benefits, you must earn enough "credits" during your working years. In 2015, you'll receive one credit for every $1,220 in earnings, up to a maximum of four credits per year. These credits will count toward your future eligibility even if you switch jobs or take a break ... |
If you're eligible for survivor benefits, then you'll receive a percentage of the original beneficiary's Social Security benefit. The amount typically falls into the 75% to 100% range. |
When to claim your Social Security benefitsI can hear what some of you are thinking: "I can work 10 years and get benefits? Sign me up." |
Even if you've accumulated your 40 credits, you can't start claiming retirement benefits until you're aged 62 or older, and the longer you wait to start collecting those benefits, the bigger the payout will be. If you wait to claim Social Security until you reach your "full retirement age" -- which is de... |
The earlier you claim your Social Security benefits, the lower your monthly payment will be. For example, if your full retirement age is 67 and you opt to claim benefits at age 62, then you'll get just 70% of your primary insurance amount. If you begin collecting at 65, you'll get 86.7% of your monthly benefi... |
If you're receiving Social Security disability benefits at the time you reach your full retirement age, then your disability benefits will automatically convert to retirement benefits, but the amount won't change. |
How much will I get?Your Social Security retirement benefits will depend on how much money you earned during your working years and your age at the time you start collecting benefits. Similarly, your Social Security disability benefits are based on your eligible lifetime average earnings. |
The Social Security Administration sends out annual benefit statements, and yours should include an estimate of how much money you'll get once you reach your full retirement age. You can also use the Social Security online benefits calculator to estimate your monthly benefits. Keep in mind that the younger you are... |
Will I be able to live off my Social Security benefits?Your Social Security benefits are only designed to replace about 40% of your pre-retirement income. Most financial experts say you'll need about 70% of your pre-retirement income to live comfortably in retirement, so you have to take steps to bridge that 30% g... |
Will Social Security even be around by the time I retire?According to the Social Security Administration's 2015 report, the combined funds used to pay retirement and disability benefits are likely to be depleted by 2034. |
But that doesn't mean all is lost. |
The report also states that once those funds are gone, ongoing taxes should be sufficient to pay 79% of scheduled benefits in 2034 and 73% in 2089. Still, with the future of Social Security on relatively shaky ground, if you're nowhere close to retirement at this point, your best bet is to take matters into your o... |
The article How Does Social Security Work? originally appeared on Fool.com. |
Discussion in 'Pakistani Siasat' started by PaklovesTurkiye, Feb 9, 2019. |
Guys...We should be ashamed of ourselves. |
Guys, why do you think, why Imran is continuously talking about NRO? Does he feel that some people sitting somewhere in Rawalpindi are trying to protect corrupt assholes? Does he feel that Army is trying to protect and give safe passage to Nawaz/Shahbaz and Zardari? Does he feel that there is some backdoor deal going o... |
We'll definitely gonna see where Army throws its weight....Guys, it will be interesting to see where our army sides on.....either with competent middle class supporting honest and patriotic PM Khan or with ASSHOLES ? |
Now army should be thankful and respect their supporters...Our support shouldn't be taken for granted. We will not support you if you do wrong or play game with our country. |
Phir ye rotey hain k Nawaz ne ye kardia woh kardia....usney dawn leaks kardi .... usne kulbhushan ka naam nhi liya....Abey unko bachatey bhi tou tum hi ho...rotey Q ho baad me phir. |
If army decides to supports corrupt or sign NRO, Imran should come on TV, resigning immediately and tell people who supported whom and what happened. Imran has such support within country and among overseas Pakistanis that people from abroad will come and join the protest...This educated middle class is not in mood of ... |
On 11 Feb Nawaz Sharif will be granted bail on medical ground and his sentence can be suspended. |
Nawaz lawyers registering an Application on medical ground in SC registrar office. this was the main reason why Nawaz filed another application to cancel previously both applications of his bail. Because Now Nawaz can easily be granted bail on medical ground according to "constitution". Gablow dablow but corrupt to cor... |
1. Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC). |
2. Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). |
3. rawalpindi institute of cardiology (RIC). |
All three hospitals and their six Doctor are going to submit recommendations of Nawaz bail but also the suspension of court verdict by SC in Al-Azizia case. |
Q1. Did SC form this medical board? And the Answer is Big NO, So who would take the responsibility of authenticity of this medical report? yet you would not listen this breaking news on media. |
Anyone can argue on a basis of humanity but the fact is that Nawaz is fine if freely moving around the Globe & looting country wealth but now in jail then suddenly fell ill. |
Note: Just find out who formed this medical board and we will have the traitor. |
Q.2 Shouldn't Panjab Govt take responsible to find out on what basis & recommendations this board is working? |
Note: SC will defiantly ask this Question from Panjab Govt but right now Usman buzdar is out of country. Going to perform "Umrah". Despite the fact this Question will be asked from him by SC on upcoming Monday hearing of Nawaz's bail. |
Zardari and co continuously emphasizing and even pressuring the SC to transfer fake accounts case to Sindh, So that PPP can also have "level playing field" on home ground in Sindh just like nawaz has in panjab. |
Zardari, Faryal’s interm bail extended till Feb 14 by banking court of sindh. It was 2nd time when banking court of sindh extended the interm bail. |
Zardari's mafia have had strong hold in sindh bureaucracy even a control of sindh resources too. |
Zardari can do anything in Sindh not just burning the record but shortage of Gas, electricity etc. |
Companies & public office holder have to follow zardari's co order willingly or unwillingly. Sindh is not sindh right now. It has becomes zardari system. |
SC has ordered to NAB on 7 January 2019 to wrap up investigations into fake accounts case in 2 months, but a month has passed since SC ordered to NAB and no progress has been done yet regarding the investigation of fake accounts case by the NAB except forming the NAB's CIT & forming different teams. |
NAB's CIT has submitted the same 16 reference against zardari which references were submitted by JIT. Which means it would be claimed as weak references by PPP lawyers in future. |
Let's see either SC support accused or the NAB.. |
Let's see either NAB is doing some favour to accused or strictly investigate the case. |
i am 100% sure our pakistani fellows would not listen this current but hidden back door diplomacy. Because media will never talk about it. |
Q. Does constitution of Pakistan allow the accused to persuade Supreme Court that how should investigation be Done? |
Note: If SC is working according to the wishes of accused then the serious question will be raised regarding the credibility of SC. |
I just told you the loopholes within system, Pakistan's System has become pathetic, A garbage for poor and honey for even corrupt rich. |
Only IK & his patriotic approach, his honesty can not do the trick, institutions have to be with him which I really doubt. On the other end politicians surrounding IK are not trustworthy. |
he pawned our strategic friends in Kabul [Taliban] for few dollars enabling it to be given to NA and India. The consequences of which Pakistan still faces today. |
he helped to place mullahs in power of K-Pk laying the ground for Swat, Malakand etc being lost to extremists. |
*He blamed it on Nawaz. This does not wash with me. I would like to ask this bas'tard if overthrowing Nawaz's was justified because he was about to replace you as COAS why did you not overthrow that cnut earlier when the Kargil fiasco was unfolding? Was the lives of our jawans not worth a coup? But your life in a plane... |
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