Efficient Aircraft Boarding

Joanna Thompson describes the Steffen boarding method , and why it is not utilized by airlines.

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Eating the Invader

Erin Huggins suggests that many invasive species can be eaten for food!

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Minimizing Sonic Booms

Darren Orf reports on supersonic flight with little or no sonic boom on the earth's surface.

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Lizards as an Invasive Species

Olivia Young recounts how wall lizards populations are surging in Cincinnati, Ohio, which has a climate similar to their native Milan, Italy.

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Simplify Estate Planning

Howard Sharfman and David Handler write about six steps to good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous. .

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Gentle Leadership

Caroline Wazer has researched and validated that the following text was used repeatedly by Jimmy Carter:

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.

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Danish Post Office Curtailing Personal Letters

Adrienne Murray & Paul Kirby note that the Danish Post Office made the decision to cease accepting personal letters. . The reason for this is mentioned in the attached article.

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Lunar Eclipse Night of March 13-14

Jamie Carter reports on the total lunar eclipse occuring the night of March 13-14. NASA also posted information on the eclipse.

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Memorable Thank-You Notes

Leah Fessler suggests how to create memorable thank-you notes .

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Nuclear Fusion Technologies

David Szondy reviews current efforts to tame nuclear fusion for power production. Szondy lists some of the major organizations and summarizes the technologies which were explained at ITER's "Inaugural Private Sector Workshop" held on May 27, 2024.

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Intercultural Leadership Scholarship Available

Indiana Wesleyan University is offering full-tuition scholarships for qualified students to develop skills for intercultural leadership. This program is only available to students willing to reside on the Marion Indiana campus.

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Periodic Nova

Jamie Carter reports that it is about time for a recurrent nova (T Coronae Borealis) is about to re-appear near the Big Dipper.

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Timing Withdrawls of Invested Funds

Adam Shell notes that we are living in a volatile financial times . Shell notes that tapping retirement reserves in a down market can ravage the value of the investment. He cites Amy Arnott that "Taking the same withdrawals early in retirement during an up market allows you to maintain your account value over the long term while paying yourself along the way" (para. 3). He notes that Arnott also recommends "to set aside a bucket of cash [from your investments] equal to one or two years’ worth of living expenses so you can ride out a lengthy market storm without having to sell . . . (para. 10).

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Healthcare and HIV

Ruth Madievsky decided to use her skills as a pharmacist to help those at risk of dying from HIV . In the process she discovered a population of compassionate caring people.

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Concerning Weather Striking New Orleans Area

Renee Straker warns that rough weather is slated to occur in Louisiana and Mississippi the afternoon of March 4, 2025. This has curtailed or changed the times of events this day in New Orleans.

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I am praying for the tourists exposed to the weather and the travelers on the road.

Baking Crackers

Aimée Wimbush-Bourque provides a recipe for pepper-parmesan crackers which results in crackers which can be shaped by cookie-cutters. It appears Kelly Foster's broccoli-chedder crackers or Meghan Splawn's cheese crackers might possibly be prepared so as to be amenable to cookie-cutting.

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