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Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% for 2022
Increase in payments for seniors and other Americans reflects surging inflation during pandemic
Roughly half of Americans aged 65 and older relied on Social Security for 50% or more of their income in 2019.
Photo: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press
Amara Omeokwe
@TheAmaraReport
amara.omeokwe@wsj.com
Updated Oct. 13, 2021 12:41 pm ET
Seniors and other Americans receiving Social Security benefits in 2022 will see the largest increase in their payments in four decades, reflecting surging inflation during the pandemic.
Next year's cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will be 5.9%, the Social Security Administration said Wednesday. The increase will translate to an addition of $92 to retirees' average monthly benefit next year, bringing the amount to $1,657, the agency estimates.
The nearly 6% cost-of-living adjustment is the largest since 1982, according to Social Security Administration data. The adjustment is calculated based on the Labor Department's measure of inflation faced by blue-collar workers.
The Labor Department said its broader measure of inflation, the consumer-price index, rose 5.4% in September from a year earlier, the largest annual gain since 2008.
The Social Security Administration also said the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax will increase to $147,000 in 2022 from $142,800 this year, a 2.9% increase.
That smaller increase is based on the agency's own calculation of the change in annual wages. Other data shows recent wage increases are not keeping up with inflation. Average hourly earnings for private-sector workers rose 4.6% in September from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department.
The extent to which the larger-than-usual Social Security adjustment makes retirees' and other recipients feel more well off will largely depend on whether inflation eases next year compared with 2021, said Naomi Fink, a retirement economist at Capital Group, an investment manager.
The Social Security Administration each year bases its cost-of-living adjustment on the Labor Department's consumer-price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers.
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Consumer prices have risen at the fastest rate in more than a decade this year because trillions of dollars in economic stimulus have supported consumer demand at a time when supplies for everything from toilet paper to new cars have been constrained because of pandemic disruptions.
"If price rises turn out to be fleeting and reflect temporary supply shocks and they subsequently show much more modest rises in 2022, then that would be quite positive for those that got that windfall cost-of-living adjustment," said Ms. Fink, who added that scenario could position Social Security recipients to boost consumption.
"If in 2022 we see equal or even greater price rises and revisions to long-range inflation forecasts, it's a different picture," she said.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other Fed officials have said they expect elevated inflation to be temporary and to ease as frictions associated with the economy's reopening fade. Mr. Powell told lawmakers recently that it was difficult to pinpoint when that cooling in inflation might happen.
"Higher prices are generally not good for people who are living on fixed incomes," said David Certner, legislative counsel at AARP. "Social Security may have a cost-of-living adjustment, but most other income sources that seniors may have—for example, pension income—are not adjusted for inflation. So even if Social Security is keeping up with inflation, it may very well be that other sources of income are not."
About a quarter of seniors 65 and older relied on Social Security benefits for 90% or more of their income in 2019.
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Roughly half of Americans aged 65 and older relied on Social Security for 50% or more of their income in 2019, according to an AARP analysis of Census Bureau data. About a quarter of seniors 65 and older relied on the benefits for 90% or more of their income, the analysis found.
Mr. Certner said that items seniors tend to purchase more frequently, such as medical care and prescription drugs, often have costs that consume a significant portion of the annual cost-of-living increase.
Medicare's trustees in August projected the standard 2022 monthly premium for Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits and other types of outpatient care, would increase by $10 to $158.50. That would consume around 11% of the increase in retirees' average monthly Social Security benefits.
Kathy Dykstra, of St. Clair Shores, Mich., retired in January from her role as a special-education teacher. Ms. Dykstra, age 63, said she had intended to retire between age 65 and 67, but the stresses of her job during the pandemic caused her to stop working earlier than planned.
"The demands were just really, really, really hard. So I ended up choosing my mental health over all the expectations," she said.
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Ms. Dykstra said she now lives on an income of roughly $1,700 a month, $1,100 of which comes from Social Security, compared with about $3,200 monthly when she was working.
She said she has noticed higher prices recently, particularly for gas and groceries. Those increases, combined with her reduced income, have made her choosier about how she spends her money, she said. For instance, Ms. Dykstra would dine out two to three times a week when she was working, but now does so once a week or every two weeks.
"At the point I'm at right now, any increase would be just wonderful. It really is down to budgeting every dollar that I have," she said of the coming Social Security adjustment.
Among those who receive benefits are elderly Americans, those with disabilities and minor children and spouses of recipients who have died.
The Social Security Board of Trustees in an August report said the trust fund that pays benefits is projected to become depleted by 2034, a year earlier than estimated in 2020. At that time, Social Security income would be sufficient to pay about 78% of scheduled benefits.
Anqi Chen, assistant director of savings research at Boston College's Center for Retirement Research, said her rough calculations show that 2022's cost-of-living adjustment could move up that depletion date by about three months, given its larger-than-normal size. The determining factor will be how quickly overall wages paid to U.S. workers rise relative to the adjustment, Ms. Chen said, since payroll taxes fund the program.
"If wages are not increasing at the same rate as inflation in a given year, then what's going in is going to be increasing less than what's going out in benefits," Ms. Chen said. "That's when you get the mismatch."
Write to Amara Omeokwe at amara.omeokwe@wsj.com
Appeared in the October 14, 2021, print edition as 'Social Security Benefits to Rise 5.9%.'
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The highest remaining seed in the Class 7A bracket following the loss of top-seed Bradley-Bourbonnais last week, the second-seeded Flyers (11-0) made the 280-mile trek north to the western suburbs on Friday and will take on the Warriors in Villa Park on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m.
Willowbrook is the 23rd seed and is the second-lowest seed remaining in what has turned out to be a wide open Class 7A bracket. Of the top eight seeds before the playoffs, only four remain.
The Flyers, champions of the Southwestern Conference, needed a touchdown pass in the closing seconds from quarterback Reyondous Estes to All-American wide receiver Jeff Thomas to defeat Glenbard North 32-28 last week. The Warriors upset seventh-seeded Glenbrook North 49-21 in week two of the postseason.
Although playing in a very good conference, Willowbrook probably hasn't faced a team with the speed, size and athletic ability that the Flyers possess.
Temperatures at game time Saturday are expected to be in the low 50's with little chance for rain in the Chicago area.
'That is perfect football weather," Sunkett said. "We're ready to go. All the work and the preparation to get ready for this week is over. It's been a great week of practice and the kids are excited. All we have to do now is go out and play a solid football game.
Next Week: The winner advances to the Class 7A semifinal game against either No. 3 Rolling Meadows (11-0) or No. 11 Lisle Benet Academy (9-2) who are playing at 6 p.m. on Saturday.


The very eighties ska-popsters return with a new single taken from 'Please Describe Yourself'. 'Lounger' is a jaunty number on the joys of slackness. This is definite pop material with its upbeat tone and jangly guitars, sure to do well if the albums performance is anything to go by.
Ending a run of performances that included Reading/Leeds, Glasto and T-in-the-park, as well as their tour dates with The Zutons and The Ordinary Boys, Dogs Die have a few dates left supporting Embrace and a headline show at LSE in London.


Kenny Jackett says he has a good idea about who he will pick for Pompey's Wembley adventure.
He is not expected to make many changes to the side which won at Shrewsbury when he sends his troops out under the arch to face Sunderland in Sunday's Checkatrade Trophy final.
He has an XI in mind - but says it could still change between now and the day.
The big question is whether Ronan Curtis will be fit - and early indications from his return to training are that the Irishman could make it.
Jackett told The News: 'I've got a good idea about my Wembley team. I want to try to keep it consistent, but obviously it's about where you are with the injuries – and also how people look in training during this week.
'The important thing for us is having options. Like any manager, you would want options and then to try to pick the right team on the day.
Jacket used numerous fringe members of the squad - including plenty of youngsters - in the earlier Checkatrade rounds but fielded a stronger side at Bury in the semi-finals with Wembley in sight.
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Sheridan: Lakers A Larger 2021 NBA Title Favorite After Free Agent Frenzy
Posted By Chris Sheridan on November 26, 2020 - Last Updated on November 29, 2020
LeBron. Again.
Free agency is still going on, and the new NBA season is now just 28 days away. But major US sportsbooks are already convinced that the league's "King" will again lead the Los Angeles Lakers to the title.
After a crazy few days of signings and not even a week after the NBA Draft, the only difference between all of the major books was the price they were putting on the 2021 favorites.
No matter that Dwight Howard has left the Lakers for Philadelphia. He has been more than adequately replaced by reigning Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell, along with veteran Marc Gasol.
No matter that Rajon Rondo is now with the Hawks, and Avery Bradley left for the Heat. Dennis Schroder has been acquired from the Thunder, and Wes Mathews has been brought in from the Bucks.
On paper, the Lakers are better now than they were when they defeated Miami 4-2 for the 2020 NBA championship. Their main regular season competitor in 2019-20 – the Los Angeles Clippers – have been relatively quiet outside of replacing Harrell with Serge Ibaka.
At the top US sportsbooks, the Lakers are +250 to win the title at PointsBet, +290 at FanDuel Sportsbook, +300 at DraftKings Sportsbook, +300 at BetMGM and +325 at William Hill. The next closest Western Conference team is the Clippers, who are +550 at DraftKings, +650 at FanDuel, +575 at PointsBet, +650 at BetMGM and +550 at William Hill.
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These odds, as anyone in Oregon would tell you, are a terrible sign of disrespect toward the Portland Trail Blazers – who added Robert Covington (one of the NBA's best 3-and-D guys and a terrific glue guy) and Enes Kanter to back up Jusuf Nurkic (who was All-Bubble material in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.). The team owned by Paul Allen's sister is sitting anywhere from +4000 at PointsBet to +5500 at FanDuel.
And then we have the Dallas Mavericks, who already had top MVP candidate and triple-double machine Luka Doncic alongside Kristaps Porzingis. Dallas added former Heat and T-Wolves enforcer James Johnson, re-signed beastly center Willie Cauley Stein, added 3-point/defensive specialist Josh Richardson, along with free agent Wes Iwundu and draft pick Josh Green of Arizona – who may end up starting alongside de facto point guard Doncic. Mark Cuban's team is on the board at anywhere from +2000 to +2500, and they are getting action.
"FanDuel customers are showing early faith in the Nets, 76ers and Mavs," spokesman Kevin Hennessy told TheLines. "Over the last week, the top two selections by bet count in the NBA championship market are the Mavs and 76ers. Also, over the last week the top selection by bet count in the NBA MVP market was Luka Doncic. The top two teams overall by handle in the NBA Championship market are the Mavs and 76ers, and the top two players by handle in the NBA MVP market are Doncic and Kevin Durant."
No doubt the Lakers are worthy favorites given the fact that LeBron James has been to nine of the past 10 NBA Finals. The one he missed was 2018-19 when he sat out a chunk of the season with an injury, showing that one misstep can change an entire team's fortunes.
Just ask the Golden State Warriors, who were among the West favorites until Klay Thompson went down with a torn Achilles on draft day during a workout in Los Angeles. The Warriors' odds have dropped to anywhere from +1000 (BetMGM) to +3000 (DraftKings).
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Assuming the Sacramento Kings do not match the offer sheet for 28-year-old Bogdan Bogdanovic, there is no team in the Eastern Conference that has improved as much as the Atlanta Hawks – who now have a young core of Trae Young (22), John Collins (23), Clint Capela (26) and Cam Reddish (21). They also brought in veterans Danilo Gallinari and Rajon Rondo.
Nobody is saying that the Hawks are true title contenders at this point, but expectations with this franchise are low based upon their history. There is an argument to be made that they can be in the mix in the East. Atlanta is +5500 to win the conference at FanDuel, and only the Bucks, Nets, Celtics, Heat, Raptors and Sixers have lower odds.
The books are slowly putting up team over/under win totals, which we will examine on a team-by-team basis next week. But as a preview, William Hill has the Hawks at a mere 31.5 wins, while PointsBet puts that number at 34 (remember, it will be a 72-game season, not an 82-game season.)
Getting back to the main angle here, who will win the title?
The Lakers, Clippers, Bucks and Nets are the chalk teams for obvious reasons. But how soon we forget that Erik Spoelstra's Miami Heat came out of the East last season, and right now they are sitting at +1500 to +2000.
Gamblers typically do not like to sit on their tickets for months and months and months, but preseason wagering offers opportunities to those who lean on facts like James being 4-6 in the finals during his illustrious career. And if it is not the Lakers coming out of the West – for whatever reason – there are nice prices on other West contenders including Denver (best price is +2500 at PointsBet), Utah (best odds are +4000 at DraftKings) and the Phoenix Suns – who added Chris Paul and Jae Crowder. Phoenix went 8-0 in the bubble and they are priced as high as +5000 at BetMGM.
"The Lakers were the favorites to win the NBA championship before the draft and free agency. LA has made smart moves in the offseason to improve their team and bettors agree – as we have received the most handle on LeBron's team," said Jason Scott, vice president of trading at BetMGM – where the Lakers have moved from +400 to +300 and have received 17% of the wagers.
DraftKings is seeing especially heavy action on the Lakers, who are accounting for 35% of the handle. Brooklyn is second, and the Sixers are taking about 10% of the money wagered. William Hill is seeing 24% of the tickets and 39% of the dollars on the Lakers, with the Warriors second and the Nets third. The Sixers are drawing only 3% of the tickets and 1% of the dollars.
"It's similar to last year at the very top, except the Clippers are nowhere to be found in terms of money wagered," said Johnny Avello, head oddsmaker at DraftKings.
That is somewhat of a surprise, because with a new coach (Ty Lue), two superstars (Kawhi Leonard and Paul George) and a new big man (Ibaka) – they are not all that different from the team that was a co-favorite to win the title throughout the majority of last season.
But the Lakers rule L.A.. Both in the hearts of fans, and with the wallets of sports gamblers.
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How Lipper Award-winning funds are playing expected inflation jump
By David Randall
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could send inflation sharply higher in the year ahead, boosting the appeal of assets ranging from the shares of regional banks to some government bonds, Lipper Award-winning fund managers said.
FILE PHOTO: A man is reflected on a stock quotation board in Tokyo, Japan February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Concerns about rising inflation have stalled the more than 70% rally in the S&P 500 since its pandemic lows last March as investors price in higher borrowing costs for companies and consumers.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields are near 13-month highs, while the break-even inflation rate on 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of expected annual inflation over the next 10 years, hit its highest level since 2014 on Monday.
Yet inflation could be considered a positive for the market because it implies a much steeper growth rate for the economy, said Chris Retzler, portfolio manager of the Needham Small Cap Growth fund. The International Monetary Fund expects the global economy to grow 5.5% this year after falling 3.5% last year.
"We think that we are observing the beginning of good inflation," Retzler said. "The markets are weak at this moment from the bond market repricing an expectation of higher growth, but when that repricing ends we think that equities should begin to move higher."
As a result, Retzler is betting on a global auto sector recovery through shares of Aspen Aerogels Inc, which produces insulating material used in the electric vehicle industry to minimize fires from lithium batteries. Shares of the company are up 32% for the year to date.
"We believe the company is going to be working with almost every battery maker in the world. It's selling the picks to the miners," he said.
Jeff Kripke, portfolio manager of the Pioneer Fund, said that expectations for higher inflation are pushing his fund toward financials that could benefit from a "super-charged global economy" over the next two to three years.
Among his fund's bullish positions are credit card companies such as Visa Inc, which Kripke thinks will be among the biggest beneficiaries of a rebound in global travel, and regional banks that he expects will be taken over during a rebound of mergers and acquisitions activity.
"There will be a period of several quarters of an inflation scare, but in the long term digitalization, China and globalization will really keep inflation probably close to the Fed's 2% target," he said.
The annual Lipper Fund Awards, granted by Refinitiv, formerly the financial and risk business of Thomson Reuters, recognize the top funds and fund management firms in more than 20 countries based on risk-adjusted returns. Winners were announced on March 11 in New York.
Not every Lipper Award winning fund is as sanguine about the effect of inflation on the economy.
Mark Egan, a portfolio manager of the Carillon Reams Core Bond Fund, said that the combination of central bank stimulus and fiscal relief packages like the Biden Administration's $1.9 trillion plan that is expected to become law shortly will send inflation shooting higher on a long-term basis.
"If economic theory has any basis in fact, and we think it does, we are likely to see a considerable and perhaps shocking pickup in inflation that won't be transitory unless it is quelled by painful central bank action," he said.
As a result, Egan said, his fund is "underweight risk" and has virtually no high-yield exposure, preferring instead to remain in Treasuries despite the likelihood that any potential gains will be limited.
"People need to get used to the idea that fixed income is there to provide safety and liquidity and not to provide return," he said.
Brian Flanagan, portfolio manager for the Thrivent Mid-Cap Stock fund, said that longer-term secular trends such as declining population growth and increasing productivity will keep inflation in check.
The recent sell-off in growth stocks that outperformed during the pandemic rally due to concerns about rising inflation and interest rates are making those companies more attractive, Flanagan said. Software companies Nuance Communications Inc and Ansys Inc, both among the fund's top holdings at the end of the quarter, are down more than 15% over the last month.
"The technology names have been really beat up in the last month, but their long-term position hasn't changed," Flanagan said. "If the opportunity presents itself to add to some of the growth names or churn some cyclical names, we will be taking it."
Reporting by David Randall; Editing by Lauren Young and Steve Orlofsky


Invasive alien plant species (IAPS or 'invasives') threaten Nepal in a multitude of ways. They undermine the ecological integrity of agricultural areas, forests, and grasslands. They put livelihoods at risk by reducing natural resources. And they degrade Nepal's cultural and world heritage sites. Unfortunately, despite growing research and scientific engagement, few proactive management solutions to combat invasives have been implemented in Nepal. Research must now be translated into policy: feasible solutions incorporating both social and ecological knowledge must be forged to address this complex, costly problem.
Specialists define invasives as "alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health." Not all alien plant species are invasive, however; in fact, only a few are. An invasive is a non-native plant that proliferates unaided by human interactions and causes environmental damage. Several factors contribute to a plant becoming invasive: environmental adaptability, the ability to spread rapidly, and a lack of native predators, parasites, and pathogens.
Globally, invasives are an expensive problem. The Unite States alone spends over $5 billion annually to control them. But invasives also cause damage that is more difficult to quantify, such as habitat loss and diminished aesthetic appeal.
Humans help invasive plants spread across the globe—sometimes deliberately and sometimes accidentally—by introducing crops, timber, and ornamental species to new environments. Increased global trade and travel speeds the spread of invasives, making it more difficult to suppress their entrance into new territories.
By displacing native plants, out-competing crop plants, or altering ecosystem properties, invasive species can devastate environments. Nepal has currently identified 25 invasive plants, a number likely to increase with more research in understudied hill areas.
Chitwan's 'lahare banmara' shows how a rapidly invading vine, Mikania micrantha, puts Nepal's biodiversity at risk. Mikania grows up to 7cm per day, crowding out native vegetation, blanketing the grasslands that one-horned rhinos depend upon, and reducing thatch grasses, a valuable resource for people in Chitwan National Park and the surrounding buffer zone community forests.
Two other notable invasives in southern Nepal, Chromolaena odorata and Lantana camara, (both also called 'banmara,') decrease forest plant diversity, living up to their name 'forest killer.' Lantana causes photosensitivity in dairy cows and obstructive jaundice, whereas Chromolaena is known for its toxicity to livestock.
Some invasives develop deep roots capable of destroying powerlines, breaking sewage pipes, and damaging homes, historic buildings, and structures. Invasive alien plants diminish the aesthetic quality of heritage sites and alter the structural integrity of ancient buildings.
Aquatic invasives can be equally devastating. In Pokhara, Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) threatens recreational activities and the beauty of picturesque Phewa Lake.
In Nuwakot, Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) invades rice fields, damaging crops and decreasing the livelihoods of farmers.
Controlling invasives demands a comprehensive management plan. Unfortunately, most management programmes are short-sighted, single application approaches that fail to address the social and ecological complexities of the problem concerning invasives.
For instance, management efforts far too often focus on herbicides. Herbicides are frequently applied without personal protective equipment, thus harming human health. They can also leave residues in the soil that reduce the growth and abundance of vulnerable native plants. Another management strategy, biological control techniques—releasing 'natural enemies' from the invasive's native territory—can yield unpredictable ecological effects, in some cases destroying native plant species.
In addition, control methods often fail when research neglects social perspectives. In some places, local communities come to rely on fast-growing invasive plants for livestock fodder, firewood and building materials. In such cases, IAPS eradication efforts might deny these communities of available resources.
Confronting invasives in Nepal will not be easy. But we can strengthen our capacity to respond. First, Nepal must recognise the threat of invasives and construct comprehensive management strategies to address them. An integrated management approach should consider local perspectives and the social effects of controlling plants. Second, prior to applying management decisions on a large-scale, we must assess their unintended ecological consequences—that is, the possible harm to desirable or native plants. Third, a successful management programme requires public outreach to help communities navigate the causes of invasive species and to learn best management practices. Finally, a national strategy must be developed to regulate the unintentional arrival of IAPS.
Local institutions play an important role towards raising awareness about invasive species. The Natural History Museum in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and a number of other organisations recently held the nation's first Invasive Weed Awareness Day on September 17, 2017.
Nepal needs scientific evidence to support management actions to address the invasives already causing problems and to develop proactive measures to restrict further introductions. More than just an ecological problem, invasives require management approaches that consider their social, cultural, and political context.
Given the magnitude of the problem globally and the immediate danger to Nepal's biodiversity and livelihoods, a comprehensive IAPS management programme should be developed with urgency.


Many people who are approved to receive Social Security disability benefits want to know whether or not they will also receive health insurance. This is often a very important concern for disability recipients since many people receiving disability benefits have lost their health insurance by the time they are approved for disability by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
This tends to be a concern because often people who are receiving Social Security Disability benefits have pre-existing conditions. These conditions can prevent them from being able to obtain private health insurance or can make the private health insurance available to them extremely expensive.
The SSA understands that its disability recipients have a need for health insurance. However, the SSA does not make Medicare coverage immediately available to its disability recipients. Instead the SSA requires a two-year waiting period for its disability recipients to begin receiving Medicare. This time frame is calculated as twenty-four months from the month you were first eligible to receive Social Security Disability benefits, and not the date that you became disabled.
Thus, it is important that disability recipients who are able to continue their current health insurance, not drop their coverage at the time they begin receiving Social Security disability payments. If it is possible for you to continue to keep your health insurance coverage during this two-year waiting period , you should try to do so to ensure that you maintain your health benefits. The alternative, if you do not keep your current coverage, is that you may be without health insurance for up to two years.
There is one important thing to note about the start date for the two-year waiting period. As we explained above, the date of this period begins when you were first eligible to receive your monthly disability benefit. However, this does not mean that every person who is approved for Social Security disability benefits will have to wait two years to receive Medicare coverage.
This is because the day you first become eligible to receive disability benefits may have been far enough in the past that you have already completed much or all of the two-year waiting period by the time you receive an award of benefits from the SSA. For example, it can take one to two years to get a disability decision when going through the appeals process.
If you suffer from end stage renal disease with kidney failure and require ongoing dialysis or need a kidney transplant, you can receive Medicare coverage starting the third month after your dialysis began.
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We may not understand the purpose behind another's actions, so we should strive for understanding before a natural negative response. With a rethought and peaceful mentality, we can move forward in more situations than we thought possible.
Believe that everyone can contribute to your growth in some way. The talents and experience in others can sponsor great growth within us if we allow it. When we allow ourselves to view to goodness in others, flattery changes to sincerity, and will come through in all of our actions.
We are all interested in what we want. The only way to influence people, as stated in the text, is to talk about what they want, and show them how to get it. William Winter once noted that self-expression is the dominant necessity in humanity, so if we can make our wants belong to them, we have created a successful method of motivation.


Over the past several decades, advances in communications have allowed astronomy research to shift away from being conducted largely by individual scientists working with the instruments available at their own institutions. Today, large, international research teams collaborate on projects, often using instruments shared by several institutions across multiple countries.
The research instruments themselves are also vastly more powerful today than in the past. Older instruments could only detect visible light (with wavelengths from about 400 to 700 billionths of a meter). New instruments examine everything from gamma rays (extremely high-energy waves with wavelengths less than a trillionth of a meter) to radio waves (with wavelengths as big as a meter).
"These ambitious projects will test scientists' ability to handle data," Meyer writes. Archives will need to have capacity to store, and then make accessible, a million times more data than can be stored on a typical 1 terabyte external hard drive.
Meyer has taken advantage of huge, stored data sets in her own work studying the jets of high-speed plasma that spew from black holes. She collected 400 raw images taken over 13 years by Hubble to reveal the structure of these jets for the first time.
Meyer's article, originally published on The Conversation, has been republished in Salon, Popular Science, Smithsonian Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Space.com, Raw Story, Phys.org, and several other outlets, receiving nearly 90,000 views to date.


For the past few years, I've been privy to a tradition so sweet and meaningful that it brings tears to my eyes when I think about it. It's called "the Happy List" and it was started by a friend of mine when her friend was sick a few years ago.
Kirsten (my dear friend and former nanny to my children) and Rae had been best friends since high school. Rae had been diagnosed with cancer as a child, and had radiation and other treatments throughout her childhood. She not only made a recovery, but was also known as a ray of sunshine and bright light to those who knew her. Over the years, Rae and Kirsten would send each other "happy lists," lists of things that made them happy, when they were feeling down or knew the other needed a lift. Their happy lists contained items from the mundane to the deeply meaningful, but each that made them really happy. Sometimes the lists made such an impression on the young women that they would forward them to other friends or family members, who would sometimes add their own items to the lists.
In the fall of 2008, Rae became ill. The effects of the radiation she'd had as a child had weakened her heart and caused her to go into cardiac arrest. As Rae lay unconscious in the hospital, Kirsten tried to think of a way to connect all the people who were visiting Rae and praying for her recovery. It soon occurred to her to compile a "Happy List" and forward it to Rae's friends and family.
Kirsten also decided to send the list to other friends of hers who never knew Rae, and that's when I got involved. In honor of Rae, Kirsten asked all those on the expanded email chain to pray for her friend, to send along their own "happy lists," and to forward the email to any friends or family of theirs who might be willing to join the effort in Rae's honor.
I sent my list to those on the email chain as well as my own family and friends who I thought would appreciate it and join in. I began getting dozens of emails from people I'd never met containing lists of things that brought them joy. It impressed me as such an intimate thing to share with strangers, but so many of those who heard Rae's story couldn't help but join in. So the "happy lists" grew and spread. Many of my friends to whom I forwarded the list not only sent along their own lists, but also mentioned to me how moved they were by the whole thing.
I, too, felt so affected by the process and really felt impacted by Rae, though I had never had the occasion to meet her. I felt as though I could feel Rae's life and the power of her spirit through the happy lists that were bringing so many people together. Her light clearly shone so bright and affected so many, and I prayed along with so many that Rae would recover and her light shine on.
Rae died on October 21, 2008, at the tender age of 24. A year later, to memorialize her, Kirsten sent out another "happy list" to the expanded email list of people who had been praying for Rae. Again, many dozens of emails poured in from both people who had known Rae, as well as those who hadn't. Each list was so personal to the individual who had written it, and so meaningful. The outpouring of emails, the "happy lists" that grew and spread, were evidence that Rae's light indeed shone on, despite the loss of her physical presence.
As a parent, the lists move me so deeply. Imagining the loss of a child is so difficult, and each year as the lists go around I think of Rae's parents, whom I've never met. I pray for them and mourn their loss. But I also feel gratitude for the way that they are able to see (from the "happy list" emails, as well, I'm sure, as in so many other ways) the beautiful light their daughter spread to so, so many people, and continues to spread. It seems a perfect tribute that Rae's dear friend Kirsten started and continues.
Last month, the third annual "happy lists" were exchanged for the anniversary of Rae's death. This year, not only did dozens of people send their "happy lists," and Rae's friends mentioned how much they missed her and appreciated the lists, but many people wrote that, though they'd never met Rae, they felt so grateful for being included on the email chain.
I feel the same. Thank you, Kirsten, for your beautiful act of friendship (and for including me on the lists), and thank you Rae, for your bright spirit and shining example of joy, even in difficult situations. You have changed my life, though I never knew you. Your spirit shines on.
Ali, your words are beautiful and I too cherish receiving and sharing these happy lists. May we all continue to appreciate all our blessings in life-big and small. What you put out always comes back to you. Rae must have been so special.


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FORT BRAGG, N.C.(AP)- An Army brigadier general who served five combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan has been charged with forcible sodomy, multiple counts of adultery and having inappropriate relationships with several female subordinates, two U.S. defense officials said Wednesday.
The defense officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to provide details on the case.
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair faces possible courts martial on charges that include forced sex, wrongful sexual conduct, violating an order, possessing pornography and alcohol while deployed, and misusing a government travel charge card and filing fraudulent claims.
Sinclair, who served as deputy commander in charge of logistics and support for the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan, was sent home in May because of the allegations, the officials said.
The charges were announced at a brief press conference Wednesday at Fort Bragg, the sprawling U.S. Army base in North Carolina that is home to the 82nd Airborne. After reading a prepared statement, base spokesman Col. Kevin Arata refused to take any questions. Reporters were told all questions would have to be made in writing and that no response was likely to come until the following day.
Sinclair was informed of the charges on Monday but has not been placed under arrest. The next step will be an Article 32 investigation, including a preliminary hearing to determine if the matter should go to trial. No date has been set for the hearing, which Arata said would be open to the public.
Sinclair had arrived in Afghanistan for his deployment in September 2011, but had been serving as the division's deputy commander since July 2010.
Sinclair, a trained paratrooper who has been in the Army for 27 years, was serving his third deployment to Afghanistan. He had also served two tours in Iraq, as well as a tour in the first Gulf war.
It's rare for an Army general to face court martial. There have been only two cases in recent years.
Earlier this year, Army Brig. Gen. Roger Duff pleaded guilty to charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, wearing unauthorized awards or ribbons and making a false official statement. He was sentenced to two months confinement and dismissal from the military. Under a pre-trial agreement, only the dismissal may be imposed. The case is still pending, said Army spokesman George Wright.
Prior to that, Maj. Gen. David Hale pleaded guilty to seven counts of conduct unbecoming an officer and one count of making a false statement, also in connection with adultery. He was fined $10,000 and was ordered to retire at the reduced rank of brigadier general, Wright said.


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The Brownlee brothers have taken the world of triathlon by storm, with outstanding performances in competitions from the ITU World Championships to the Olympics. With so many achievements over the last decade, we take a look back at some of their best moments…
Heroics at WTS Cozumel
Our top Brownlee moment has to be the emotional scene of Alistair Brownlee supporting his exhausted younger brother across the finishing line at this year's World Triathlon Series final in Mexico. Not only was he giving Jonny the best chance of being awarded the world champion title, but also ensuring he could get medical assistance as quickly as possible.
Alistair said: "I have been in that position before, when it happened to me in London a few years ago, I remember being in second place and then coming around and someone telling me I was in tenth. I couldn't remember all of those people passing me. So I swore that, literally if it happened to anyone I would help them across the line… I just had to do what was right in that situation."
What an incredible moment to witness. Alistair's actions showed the true meaning of sportsmanship and demonstrated what a great sport triathlon is.
Double Olympic Champion
At the Rio 2016 Olympics, Alistair Brownlee made history on the Copacabana by becoming the first athlete in history to defend his Olympic triathlon title. Continuing Great Britain's winning form, Alistair's win also marked Team GB's 20th gold medal of Rio 2016.
The multiple world and European champion made his move over brother Jonny with 4km left of the run to cement his position as the greatest Olympic-distance athlete in history. Alistair's relentless pace saw him hit the finish in an outstanding time of 1:45:01. Jonny followed 6secs afterwards and went one better than at London 2012 to take silver. Henri Schoeman of South Africa was third.
At the press conference at the Fort Copacabana Alistair said: "Four years is a long time until the Tokyo Olympics and we shouldn't be thinking about it too much. We should be enjoying what we've managed to pull off today and be appreciative that the last three months of hard training paid off. When we crossed the line we looked at each other and said 'We've done it'."
Jonny dominates at ITU World Championship
In 2012, the ITU World Triathlon Stockholm was the race that clinched the world title for Jonny Brownlee. Following previous wins at San Diego and Madrid, achieving first place at Stockholm put Jonny in an ideal position to go for the overall series win.
In Stockholm Jonny was eighth out of the water and had a good transition that got him into a lead group on the bike. A group of eleven stayed together and made it to the second transition with a small lead over the chase pack, which contained Olympic silver medallist, Javier Gomez. Richard Varga was first out of transition and into his running, but Jonny soon passed him and moved into first position. He held his lead through to the finish, despite a storming effort by Javier Gomez to catch him, and finished in 1:34:18.
With such impressive performances under his belt, even slipping into second place in the Grand Final race didn't stop Jonny from claiming the overall title. Hence, the year of the London Olympics saw Jonny succeed his brother Alistair as the ITU world champion. "It's good to keep the title in the family, it's pretty special. At the start of the year if someone had said year that Alistair would be Olympic champion, I'd be Olympic bronze medalist and I'd be world champion too I'd definitely take that", said Jonny.
Alistair triumphs at WTS Leeds
To win the inaugural ITU World Triathlon Series race in Leeds, the brothers' home city, was a pretty special moment for Alistair. A reported crowd of 100,000 spectators visited Roundhay Park to see the Brownlee brothers race on home soil and they certainly didn't disappoint. After 1:49hrs of frenetic racing, Alistair achieved first place and Jonny followed him home in second.
After the swim, Slovakia's Richard Varga led into T1 with the main contenders seconds behind. But Alistair's speedy transition saw him exit first and fly out of the bike course start. Within minutes he was followed by Jonny, Australia's Aaron Royle and France's Aurelien Rapheal. By the end of the 40km bike route the quartet had a 1:07min lead over Javier Gomez and Richard Varga, and this gap only continued to increase. By the end of the first run lap, Ali had broken away from Jonny to create a 20sec gap and surged to victory with a 10km split time of 31:10.
Alistair said: "I can't quite describe it really. I've been lucky to have had a lot of good performances in my time, but you know, wow, today, that was brilliant. And I think by far the best crowd on the World Series circuit, by a long way, not even close."
Jonny thrives at Helvellyn Triathlon at young age
In 2007 both Brownlee brothers conquered the Lake District's Helvellyn Triathlon, a race that holds a reputation as one of the most challenging triathlons in the UK. The brutal course consists of a 1-mile swim in Ullswater lake, a tough 38-mile cycle and a 9-mile fell run up Helvellyn, England's third highest peak. With some extremely tough climbs and rocky scrambles, this isn't one to be undertaken lightly.
Although Jonny was too young to take part in 2007, his father was happy for him to go around with a timing chip as a training run. He managed to complete the race in a brilliant time of 3:45:47, slotting in between the fifth and sixth finishers. Older brother Alistair won it in 3:28:14 and set a new course record, which would stand for four years.
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By haysfreepress on	 September 12, 2018 Community, Education
Just before Labor Day weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott released a School Safety Action Plan Summary that lists actions taken by school districts to harden campuses in the wake of the deadly Santa Fe Independent School District shooting in May.
"Elected leaders, community members, students, teachers, parents and everyday Texans all share the common goal of making schools a safe place for our children," Abbott said. "Our goal is being realized as school districts across the state continue to put immediate and long term plans aimed at prevention and protection in place. While progress is being made, there is still much work to be done and I encourage everyone in Texas to continue the discussion surrounding school safety to ensure that we put in place measures that will benefit the safety and well-being of our state's greatest resource — our children."
Highlights from the summary include developments such as:
• 1,705 public school employees attended Mental Health First Aid training courses during June and July;
• The Texas Department of Public Safety expanded its"iWatchTexas" program to include school incidents as reported via mobile app, Internet or phone by students, teachers, parents and others in the statewide centralized system designed to provide law enforcement the opportunity to detect and prevent an attack;
• The Texas School Safety Center has worked with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to provide introductory school-based law enforcement, behavioral threat assessment and emergency operations plan development courses to more than 500 people;
• An additional 92 school marshals had been appointed, with 73 prospective marshals in the training process as of Aug. 17, tripling the number of trained and licensed school marshals; and
• The Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training program at Texas State University has provided direct training to nearly 1,300 police officers, firefighters, dispatchers, EMS personnel and others since May 18.
7 now in race for speaker
State Reps. Walter "Four" Price, R-Amarillo, and Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, last week announced their candidacies for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
The 150-member House will vote to elect a new speaker after the 86th Texas Legislature convenes on Jan. 8. Already having declared intentions to run for speaker are Reps. John Zerwas, R-Sugar Land; Eric Johnson, D-Dallas; Travis Clardy, R-Nacogdoches; Phil King, R-Weatherford; and Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound.
Almost a year ago, the current speaker, Rep. Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, announced his intention not to seek re-election, after having presided over the House for a record five consecutive terms.
Governor forms committee
Gov. Abbott on Sept. 5 issued an executive order establishing the Governor's Committee to Support the Military.
Abbott appointed 22 Texas-resident military veterans, community leaders and business leaders to the committee and commissioned the body to look for "ways to maintain and enhance military value at installations within the state."
The committee's first report, due by Dec. 1, is to contain recommendations for legislative action during the 2019 legislative session.
Revenue totals announced
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Sept. 5 announced state revenue totals for fiscal 2018, which began Sept. 1, 2017, and ended Aug. 31, and state revenues for the month of August.
For the fiscal year, sales tax revenue totaled $31.94 billion, an amount 10.5 percent great than the total reported for fiscal 2017.
Details were given as follows:
• Oil and natural gas production tax revenue: $4.82 billion, up 56.1 percent over fiscal 2017;
• General revenue-related revenue: $57.2 billion, up 9.3 percent over fiscal 2017;
• All-funds tax collections: $55.6 billion, up 12 percent over fiscal 2017; and
• All-funds revenue: $120.2 billion, up 8.1 percent over fiscal 2017.
Hegar also said state sales tax revenue totaled a record $2.87 billion in August, an amount 15.8 percent greater than the amount reported in August 2017. The amount eclipsed the previous monthly record amount of state sales tax revenue, which was $2.78 billion in November 2017, he added.
Coalition seeks to end ACA
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 19 other states on Sept. 5 asked a Fort Worth U.S. District Court to issue a nationwide injunction to halt the Affordable Care Act while a lawsuit attempting to repeal the 2010 federal law proceeds.
One of the coalition's main arguments before the court was that Obamacare's key "individual mandate" was rendered meaningless when Congress passed the Trump administration's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
The court had not ruled on the motion for an injunction as of Sept. 9.
Ed Sterling is Director of Member Services for the Texas Press Association.
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Q: Determine the number of ordered triples The question:
Determine the amount of ordered triples of sets $(A_1,A_2,A_3)$ such that:

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*$A_1 \cup A_2 \cup A_3 =\{1,2,3....,10\}$,

*$A_i \cap A_j=\emptyset$ for $i\neq j$.

My approach:
Consider the following variables: $p_1,....,p_{10}$.
I want to divide them over $A_1,...,A_3$ such that the intersection of the three sets is empty. Since the order of the $p_i$ does not matter in this state, we can divide them by order so we start with set $A_1$ put numbers in there (or not), for instance $p_1,p_2$ then we switch to $A_2$ for instance $p_3,p_4,p_5$ and then we put the rest in $A_3$.
We can see this type of division of the $p_i$ over the $A_{i}$ as a chain of 12 events where 2 of them are the event 'switch', so ${12 \choose 2}$ possibilities.
Now we have to assign to $p_i$ to a number. We can say that $p_{1}$ has 10 options, $p_{2}$ 9 etc. That brings us to ${12 \choose 2} \times 10!$
Lastly we have to see how many options there are to order $A_{1},..,A_{3}$. This is $3!$.
So the final answer would be:
$${12 \choose 2} \times 10! \times 3!$$
Is my approach correct? Thanks in advance
This question is not a duplicate since the other question doesn't mention an approach/check my proof.

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The current version of the UI.marketing software, 1.0, had carried the company from inception on through to profitability, but just like anything, as time goes on and things age, one weighs the costs / benefits of simply performing on-going maintenance versus upgrading to something more robust that can ensure long-term support and stability.
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El chef con 30% de hierro es el episodio 54 (vigésimo segundo de la tercera temporada) de la serie de televisión de dibujos animados estadounidense Futurama.

Sinopsis
En un programa de la tele, el chef Elzar prepara un plato de cocina. Bender, a pesar de ser robot y de no tener sentido del gusto, está cocinando el almuerzo según las instrucciones del programa. Fry se entera de ello y va avisar del peligro al resto del equipo que está admirando una nave en una botella que hizo el Profesor. Después Bender descubre que a sus amigos no le gusta su comida y decide marcharse a aprender a ser un buen chef, pero Elzar se niega a ayudarlo. Mientras Zoidberg la sigue observando, y accidentalmente la rompe, e incrima a Fry; y el Profesor le obliga a pagar el costo de los materiales: $10. Zoidberg se siente culpable. Bender accidentalmente escucha a Fry quejándose de la comida y todo el mundo está de acuerdo con él, entonces Bender comienza a llorar y huye, dejando caer todos los vasos con bebidas al suelo –y marcando un agujero ácido en el suelo–.

Bender se convierte en un vagabundo y va a parar al lugar donde se encuentra el rival de Elzar, este le enseñaría todo lo que sabe, hasta que Bender lo mata accidentalmente. Antes de morir, mientras agonizaba, le da un salero, donde tiene una poción que hace que cualquier alimento se transforme en un delicioso. Es entonces cuando el robot reta a Elzar a ver quien es el mejor chef en el programa Iron Cook, en castellano Cocinero de Hierro, que gana Bender. En ese mismo lugar, Zoidberg admite lo que hizo e intenta suicidarse, pero no puede y al final destruye la espada de los 5000 dólares; y vuelve a falsear con que Fry lo hizo. Luego del torneo, el profesor descubre que nada más era agua lo que había en el salero combinada con una pequeña porción de LSD.

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Cocinero de Hierro es una alusión al programa de cocina Chef de Hierro (Iron Chef, en inglés, y Ryōri no tetsujin en su idioma original, el japonés), producido por Fuji TV.
Cuando anuncian que al ganador del programa, el animador japonés le dice a Bender "Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto" haciendo referencia a la canción popular "Mr. Roboto" del grupo musical Styx.
También parodia a Austin Powers 3, cuando Austin visita al Sr. Roboto, de Industrias Roboto, para preguntarle dónde está su padre.
La canción que Fry está cantando mientras se baña, cuando Zoidberg intenta inculparlo por haber roto la botella del profesor cambiándole su polera por una que lleva escrito "I hate bottles" ("odio las bottellas"), es una composición de Salvador Flores Rivera llamada "Los quince años de Espergencia".

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fr:Le Chef de fer à 30%

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