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Trump win could be a double whammy for Hungary's economy

By Gergely Szakacs and Karin Strohecker BUDAPEST/LONDON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's victory may be a political boon for Hungarian leader Viktor Orban but on the economy, Trump is bad news for Hungary - adding to inflationary risks due to a weak forint and lower output due to possible tariffs on…




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Smoking, Drinking a Double Whammy for Teens' Arteries: Study

Title: Smoking, Drinking a Double Whammy for Teens' Arteries: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 8/29/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/29/2018 12:00:00 AM




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Can Malaysia cope with a ‘triple whammy’ economic shock?

There was little sign of cheer in Malaysia last week even as the government began easing the gruelling nationwide lockdown it had put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19, with all eyes now on the bleak economic road ahead.Government data released on Friday showed the unemployment rate in Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy rose to 3.9 per cent in March – the highest rate since 2010, and a 17.1 per cent jump from a year ago. Expectations are that the figure will continue to surge.While…




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155: No curses, no whammies

After several technical hiccups, Jessamyn and I managed to record a podcast, and here it is! Lots of MeFi and Ask; lots of users' first posts, lots of animal posts, even several first animal posts. Runs about 90 minutes.

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Misc
- jessamyn and the Virgo month of leisure
- it's post your animal month!
- pb (hi pb!) scraped up and posted old school bloggers via an Ask thread

Jobs
- Quickie: Fix Blogger Indexing Issue via Google Search Console by Quisp Lover
- Looking to speak with people who've had bad experiences with bereavement leave. by jimandtammy

Projects
- The Radiotopia Index: A Final Project in Organizing Information Class by CMcG
- Chinese poetry translations by Quasirandom
- Oregon Coast to Kentucky WITH NO FLAT TIRES! by JeffL
- Living #Ferguson by brentajones

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- THE WONDER FUL MAGIC TO TELL THE FORTUNE! by capricorn
- more weird and magnificent mustelids by sciatrix
- The Ruling Class. by dhartung
- RELENTLESS DOPPELGANGER m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ m/ by Ten Cold Hot Dogs
- just absolutely wet as hell by chrchr
- "I want it to look like a comebacker hit me in the nuts," I said. by filthy light thief
- I Didn't Count On This Package Deal by chavenet
- On the Hunt for Boston's Signtronix Signs by capricorn
- Malignant tissue expectorated upon the pages by metaquarry
- Welcome! To LibraryLand. You can do anything in LibraryLand. by not_on_display
- Pow!Pow!Pow!Pow!Pow! by ChurchHatesTucker
- The Cutest Eels! by GoldenEel
- Just some ducks jumping out of a box (SLYT) by just_ducky
- Pavlov's Ducks: Ding dong ducks commit lunch time crime by quacks like a duck
- The Figure 8 Voyage by jackmakrl
- Nooo they be stealin mah donut by Orange Dinosaur Slide
- "only one slice...was necessary to fill the can." by jessamyn
- "on any given day half a million raptors might be gliding overhead" by jessamyn
- All my life Ive felt like an alien by ArbitraryAndCapricious
- Bird Watching Goes Both Ways by dinty_moore
- A penny sawed is a penny earned by oulipian
- Ishkur's guide to electronic music updated for 2019 by gen

Ask MeFi
- Any old-school bloggers still posting? by y6y6y6
- What is this mystery machine? by introcosm
- "bring me the red dog ball" by komara
- That's some good ink, bub. by curious nu
- No Regerts? by sockandawe
- Taming the mechanical dragon's breath by umbú
- Blank / bogus books by aubilenon
- Pith fact, not fiction by uans
- What is/was the maximum number of rings on a landline? by swheatie
- Where can I go to see the most beautiful night sky, within reason? by wooh
- Tell me about some ill-conceived opening acts for concerts! by mattholomew
- You're Killing Me Smalls by WalkerWestridge
- Tell me about your experiences owning a lake house by AgentRocket

MetaTalk
- Metafilter Dialup group – Get to know your fellow MeFites by KTamas
- Post Your Animal Month by If only I had a penguin...
- Share your ThinkPad Love! by Chairboy
- Anxiety/depression/ADHD/autism/bipolar & other neurodivergences on MeFi by diss track able
- Person of color only thread #3 by Brandon Blatcher
- Alas, MrBill by ColdChef
- Update on my wife's passing away by mrbill
- Thank you for all the support and caring. by mrbill
- MeFi helped me through the darkness. by mrbill
- Ten years of thanks. by mrbill

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Featured on this episode:
- Red Prairie Dawn by CarrotAdventure
- 06 - dwarfdub headache - vampire deer by pyramid termite
- Permanent Temporary Structures by srednivashtar
- Continue Save Retry by q*ben




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Kern County city gets hit with triple whammy: Lockdowns, oil slump and prison closing

A small oil town in Southern California is pummeled by the economy during the coronavirus outbreak and economic downturn




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The Wham-O Pudding Essay Contest Theory of Educational Innovation

I regularly receive invitations to participate in essay contests devoted to rethinking American education. These competitions, I fear, are the worst way to spur real change.




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RHSU Classic: The Wham-O Pudding Essay Contest Theory of Educational Innovation

If I've learned anything after hanging out at a think tank for close to two decades, it's that dreaming up education innovations is easy. Number 12 in our countdown is my take on the goofy contests that talkers seem to be so fond of.




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Newham 'stabbing': Young man dies after 'being stabbed' in east London street

A young man has died after he was found injured in an east London street.




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Newham stabbing: Double tragedy as NHS worker knifed to death in east London days before father's funeral

A young NHS worker was stabbed to death in east London just days before his father's funeral.




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Photo of 'getaway car' released by police after NHS worker David Gomoh stabbed to death in Newham

Police have released a photo of a car believed to have been driven by the killers of a key worker.




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Newham stabbing: Two arrested on suspicion of murder after young NHS worker knifed to death in east London

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a young NHS worker was stabbed to death in east London.




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Newham stabbing: Two charged with murder after NHS worker David Gomoh fatally knifed in east london

Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of NHS worker David Gomoh in east London.




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Wham! singer slams X Factor for its 'brutality' and says rejected contestants may suffer mentally 

Wham! star Andrew Ridgeley says he 'wouldn't be surprised' if the consequences were 'very harsh' for children who are rejected from X Factor, at Cheltenham Literary Festival, on Saturday.




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Struggling against the double whammy of caste and gender


As part of a study on the socio-economic status of women from the ‘Most Backward Castes’, women from the Nayibrahmin or barber community talk of their lives of oppression and deprivation. Akhileshwari Ramagoud recounts their tales.




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Rising costs, political unrest, Covid-19: Triple whammy for tea industry

The tea industry, hit by rising costs, falling prices and political unrest in the North Bengal plantations, is especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 lockdown




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The yellowhammer war [electronic resource] : the Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama / edited by Kenneth W. Noe




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Wham!, George Michael, & me: a memoir / Andrew Ridgeley

Lewis Library - ML420.R54 A3 2019




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For victims of the Delhi riots in Feb, lockdown is a double whammy

Arvind Kejriwal is perceived to have betrayed them in North East Delhi where communal violence and Covid-19 has pushed residents into poverty and hunger