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Every Furry & Animal Game in Steam's Next Fest - October 2024

We have another GIANT list of games this season for the Fall 2024 Steam Next Fest! We're looking forward to a ton of these, and have compiled as many as we could find with animals and/or anthropomorphic characters featured in them! Be sure to let us know of any others you find by commenting below!

We'll be playing some of these demos this week and next, and hopefully providing some previews and progress updates throughout development! Additionally, we have an actively updated Furry & Animal Games List over at @GamingFurever that you can follow and get updates for lots of indie titles with TONS of lovely furry characters!

If you're a developer of any of these games, feel free to hit us up on email over on our Contact Us page!

We're sure everyone will find at least a couple games that strike their fancy during this Next Fest!

Check out the full October list here!




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OCBC Has Enough Capital For M&A, Business Growth, CEO Says

Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. has enough capital for business growth even as Chief Executive Officer Helen Wong signals her appetite for deals while keeping the bank’s dividend policy. Most Read from Bloomberg “We are well-capitalized,” Wong said Wednesday in an interview with Haslinda…




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Keine Eiscreme, Habecks Kampf gegen Windmühlen, Respektkodex

1. Wir produzieren keine Eiscreme (journalist.de, Jacob Goldmann (Pseudonym)) In seinem Essay “Wir produzieren keine Eiscreme” beschreibt Jacob Goldmann, ein Pseudonym eines Lokaljournalisten, wie wirtschaftliche Interessen zunehmend redaktionelle Entscheidungen beeinflussen. Als ein Beispiel nennt er die Berichterstattung über die Nosferatu-Spinne, die aufgrund der hohen Klickzahlen zu einer Überflutung des Nachrichtenangebots geführt habe. Goldmann argumentiert, dass […]



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Bike Check: Dangerholm's Scott Spark RC Visione



Another next-level build from Mr. Dangerholm.
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'Sing and cry with him': Shlomo Artzi performs for evacuees of Kibbutz Be'eri


Artzi, with his vast experience performing for soldiers and civilians through Israel's wars, had said, "I've never seen pain like in this war."




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Việt Nam có nên theo mô hình phát triển của Nhật Bản?

Ý kiến cho rằng Nhật Bản là một nước giàu nhưng người dân không giàu của ông Nguyễn Thiện Nhân đã khơi lên nhiều tranh luận. BBC News Tiếng Việt hỏi chuyện những người sống ở Nhật Bản và các nhà nghiên cứu để cung cấp thêm góc nhìn.




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Nhận diện công ty Trung Quốc non trẻ mà Việt Nam muốn trao hợp đồng lắp cáp biển

Nếu không phải Trung Quốc, thì lựa chọn nhà thầu Mỹ liệu có khả thi hơn trong bối cảnh Việt Nam chịu nhiều sức ép địa chính trị từ người hàng xóm khổng lồ?




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Lý do bầu chủ tịch nước mới mà không để Tổng Bí thư Tô Lâm kiêm nhiệm

Đại tướng Lương Cường đã được Quốc hội bầu làm chủ tịch nước tại kỳ họp thứ 8 Quốc hội khóa 15, thay cho ông Tô Lâm. Vì sao ông Tô Lâm không tiếp tục kiêm nhiệm hai chức vụ?




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O cemitério de bebês criado para ajudar mães que perderam filhos antes ou durante o parto

A capital espanhola inaugura um espaço para enterrar bebês que não chegaram a nascer.




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'Devoram tudo que encontram': a ilha nos EUA com milhões de serpentes que ameaçam floresta

Guam tem 40 vezes mais aranhas do que as ilhas vizinhas — e uma população de cobras invasoras tão vorazes que acabaram com os pássaros das florestas.




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How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum's life

A mother-of-three shared her story with Dame Deborah's mother Heather on BBC Breakfast.




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Verstappen 'got what he had coming to him'

Lando Norris likes Max Verstappen as a person. So Norris was trying not to criticise the Dutchman too much after the Mexico City Grand Prix.




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Missing boy's dad praises train firm's focus on vulnerable

Doncaster teenager Andrew Gosden was last spotted on CCTV leaving Kings Cross in September 2007.




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How difficult is Amorim's start at Man Utd?

Monday Night Club's Mark Chapman is joined by Rory Smith to discuss Ruben Amorim's arrival at Manchester United and how difficult his first game will be.




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News24 | 'We already miss him': Brackenfell family looking for missing teen last seen visiting a friend

A family in Brackenfell, Cape Town, is looking for their missing teenage son, whom they last saw on Saturday morning heading to visit a friend in the area.




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Sport | Khanyiso Tshwaku | Markram's T20 run drought no laughing matter as leadership crown weighs heavy

As captain, Aiden Markram is allowed a long rope from a wonky form perspective, but how long can that rope be as the run river continues to shrivel, asks Khanyiso Tshwaku.




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Mum's 'ome-made froot cake, perfick fer pusslin'!

WendyHarris1955 posted a photo:

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TED: "I fink this lickle cat an' tiger pussle's cute. It's got pussycat wimsys an' it's shaped, so it's gonna be a keeper. The wobbly edj wuz a bit fiddly an' I 'ad to check the pikchur to make shure I 'ad it rite, but uvverwise it's a good'un.
That peece of cake I'm abowt to eat is Mum's 'ome-made froot cake spredd wiv butter - s'nice cuz she puts whisky in it. That's the cake, not the butter!"




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The cation diffusion facilitator protein MamM's cytoplasmic domain exhibits metal-type dependent binding modes and discriminates against Mn2+ [Molecular Biophysics]

Cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) proteins are a conserved family of divalent transition metal cation transporters. CDF proteins are usually composed of two domains: the transmembrane domain, in which the metal cations are transported through, and a regulatory cytoplasmic C-terminal domain (CTD). Each CDF protein transports either one specific metal or multiple metals from the cytoplasm, and it is not known whether the CTD takes an active regulatory role in metal recognition and discrimination during cation transport. Here, the model CDF protein MamM, an iron transporter from magnetotactic bacteria, was used to probe the role of the CTD in metal recognition and selectivity. Using a combination of biophysical and structural approaches, the binding of different metals to MamM CTD was characterized. Results reveal that different metals bind distinctively to MamM CTD in terms of their binding sites, thermodynamics, and binding-dependent conformations, both in crystal form and in solution, which suggests a varying level of functional discrimination between CDF domains. Furthermore, these results provide the first direct evidence that CDF CTDs play a role in metal selectivity. We demonstrate that MamM's CTD can discriminate against Mn2+, supporting its postulated role in preventing magnetite formation poisoning in magnetotactic bacteria via Mn2+ incorporation.




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Quelques remèdes de grand-mère pour soulager les symptômes de la fibromyalgie

En France, environ 2 à 4 % de la population, souvent des femmes, est touchée par la fibromyalgie. Mais en réalité, qu’est-ce que la fibromyalgie ? Quelles sont les astuces naturelles permettant de soulager les patients qui présentent des symptômes de cette maladie ? Quels sont les symptômes de la fibromyalgie ? La fibromyalgie, ou syndrome fibromyalgique, […]

L’article Quelques remèdes de grand-mère pour soulager les symptômes de la fibromyalgie est apparu en premier sur Ortho Doc France.




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Review: Islam's role in shaping Europe

Review: Islam's role in shaping Europe The World Today rsoppelsa.drupal 1 February 2022

Maryyum Mehmood on a work that recasts the role of Muslim minorities

Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe
Emily Greble, Oxford University Press, £26.99

When discussing the historical role of Muslims in Europe, most authors focus on Muslims in the western part of the continent, many of whom arrived as immigrant settlers from Muslim-majority nations. As a result, Muslims are easily identifiable as a foreign ‘other’. 

Emily Greble takes a different trajectory. In Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe, Greble centres her analysis on south-eastern European Muslims who are native to the region and, despite this fact, have still been subject to continuous stigmatization. 

In light of the present-day political tensions and targeted attacks on Muslims in Bosnia, which has seen inter-ethnic and religious hostility at its worst in 30 years, Greble’s nuanced retelling of the region’s social and political landscape has renewed urgency. Her work serves as a refreshing intervention to the literature on various fronts. It subverts stereotypical assumptions promulgated by the ‘Eastern Question’, whereby Muslims are portrayed as a simple ethnic minority living under colonial rule. Instead, Greble shows how they are a marginalized indigenous group that is by no means a monolithic, homogeneous entity. 

By uncovering the history of the region through the lens of Muslims, Greble highlights their capabilities as agents of change. Muslims were not just passive subjects but active citizens whose engagement was vital in the framing of social norms, political, ethical and legislative structures. 

By uncovering the history of the region through the lens of Muslims, Greble highlights their capabilities as agents of change

Greble’s neatly crafted thesis serves as a counterpunch to a decades-long clash-of-civilizations discourse, which pits Muslims of the region as Ottoman outsiders to be scapegoated as and when deemed necessary. 

The author offers a proposition that while secularism was the overarching aim of the new European state-project, the role of religion, especially marginalized or ‘othered’ religious communities cannot be overlooked or relegated to a simple ‘minority’ issue. 

This argument is laid out in three historical parts, beginning with the post-Ottoman transition of power (1878-1921), to the Yugoslav nation-building project (1918-1941) and finally to the political overhaul in a post-Second World War Europe (1941-1949).

Most historical analyses of the region focus on state actions towards Muslim minorities. Greble points out that such an approach is lacking because it is riddled with institutional biases from the very sources and methods used to understand them. 

Instead, the author takes Muslims, their lived realities and agency as her starting point and effectively manages to avoid such pitfalls.

What is most remarkable about this book is Greble’s self-reflective approach to confronting such a sensitive topic with great care.

The reader is shown how Muslims affected change and steered the trajectory of democracies in Europe at key historical junctures

Almost every chapter begins with an insightful and deeply personal historical account from a Muslim from the region which sets the scene for Greble’s assessment of key social, political and legal struggles.

With an enriching methodology, Greble explores the topic through first and second-hand accounts of how Muslims manoeuvred in both the secular realm and within religious spaces, such as madrasas (Islamic seminaries), waqfs (local community funds), muftis and ulemas (religious scholar), and the shariah courts. As a result, the reader is shown how Muslims affected change and steered the trajectory of constitutional democracies in Europe at key historical junctures. 

By taking this lens, Greble does not just offer another retelling of the significance of the 1878 Congress of Berlin, which enabled the demarcation of new territorial boundaries in a post-Ottoman world, but also conveys the story of how Muslims contributed to the emerging narratives around citizenship. 

Crucially, we are exposed to Muslim leadership as more than just a docile, homogenous grouping, but a defining entity that shaped the European citizenship project by refashioning both imperial secular norms, as well as Islamic jurisprudential rulings to suit their unique context, as opposed to a remnant of bygone Ottoman rule. 

A fundamental difference that sets this book apart from other contemporary work on the topic is that the author brings forth multiple intra-faith complexities found within Muslim groups of the region, from revivalist to reformists, and all else in between. The fluctuating relationship between the traditionalist ulema, muftis and qadis (religious scholars, clergy and judges) and the secular state powers is intricately captured across most chapters in this book. 

At times, the ulema would be seen to bandy with the state to acculturate Muslims to the emerging polities of the region. As Greble shows, muftis in 1914 travelled across southern Serbia giving dawah (missionary work) to locals to encourage them to support the Serbian state. Similarly, qadis in Montenegro in 1902 reassured local Muslims that by following the law of the land, they would be guaranteed their ‘shariah rights’, which were loosely defined by the Muslim clergy. 

This created a paradox for the states: the role of nation-building and liberalizing orthodox religious communities was given to conservative clerics who, in turn, were gatekeepers setting the boundaries and thus interpreted and applied Islam to preserve their position of power. The consequences were twofold. As Greble suggests, ‘instead of becoming more tied to secular structures of state and society – through centralized law, conscription, political representation – Muslims in formerly Ottoman lands were becoming more deeply bound to Islam’. 

Simultaneously, the rhetoric used further embedded Muslims firmly as a minority. 

Ironically in contrast, it was the liberal reformist thinkers who, sometimes, stood in opposition to the state regimes. Such internal divisions within Muslim spaces became more overtly discernible under communist rule, wherein members of the same Muslim community fought in different camps. 

The author offers a complex perspective not only of Balkan Muslims and their lived experiences, but also, their impact upon wider society and the states themselves

For instance, the author notes how some were aligned with the communist regime, while others were fighting with the allied forces and many were still backing revivalist Islamic groups. In light of this, what is perhaps most intriguing is how the communist takeover in 1945 managed to tear down any seemingly progressive movement that benefited the region’s Muslims. And it brought them back to square one, with the scrapping of shariah law and the removal of a mufti-led judiciary. Such crackdowns caused greater frenzy among the region’s Muslims and led to resistance movements in the form of activism and insurgencies. 

Ultimately, the author offers a complex perspective not only of Balkan Muslims and their lived experiences, but also, the implications of this upon wider society and the states themselves.

Greble’s remapping of the historical underpinnings of the tale of Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe is not just a clear example of how Muslims are not a foreign entity to the region, but a call to overturn the entrenched Great Replacement theory which uses this foreign ‘othering’ to further prejudice and calls for the ousting of Muslims and other minorities from Europe, a land which has forever been their home.
 




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Public and Private Sectors Team up to Solve HPC Software Problem 

Software implementation in high-performance computing is getting more fragmented as organizations opt for tools in their walled garden environments.  However, a new organization formed under the Linux Foundation could bring […]

The post Public and Private Sectors Team up to Solve HPC Software Problem  appeared first on HPCwire.




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'Harlem' to return for Season 3 on Jan. 23

Popular Prime Video series "Harlem" will return for a third season on Jan. 23.




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School Choice Program's Funding Source Unlawful, Nevada High Court Rules

The decision was based on how the voucher-like program is financed, not on the program itself, which is unprecedented in its scope.




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Canucks Putting Jonathan Lekkerimäki In A Position To Succeed During NHL Debut

Jonathan Lekkerimäki will make his NHL debut when the Vancouver Canucks take on the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.




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'Just Like Them': Urban and Rural Students Make Friends on the Alaska Frontier

A group of high school students from Anchorage spent spring break at a remote Native Village as part of an unusual cultural exchange program in Alaska. See what they learned.




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National Treasure: The Hirshhorn Is Brutalism's Boldest Donut

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is renowned for its striking architecture and impressive collection of contemporary art. Whether you're an art enthusiast, a history buff, or simply curious about that concrete donut on the National Mall, learn more about its Brutalist background in this new episode of National Treasure. --------- To find out more about the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, read below: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hirshhorn-museum-building-went-from-iconoclast-icon-180984914/ Digital Editorial Director: Brian Wolly Director of Programming: Nicki Marko Supervising Producer & Scriptwriter: Michelle Mehrtens Producer & Editor: Sierra Theobald Motion Designer: Ricardo Jaimes




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Astronomers Uncover the Origin of Most of Earth's Meteorites, Shedding Light on Our Solar System's Past

Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet




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Admire the World's Largest Collection of Fossilized Poop at the New 'Poozeum' in Arizona

Owner George Frandsen has some 8,000 coprolites from dinosaurs, sharks and other creatures




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Swiss museum exhibit features 1820s Métis saddle alongside modern beaded items

A Métis pad saddle from the early 1800s is on display at the Cantonal Museum of Archaeology and History in Lausanne, Switzerland, sitting alongside contemporary beadwork created by other Red River Métis artists. 




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Blues' Holloway visits team's practice facility day after being hit in neck by puck

St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway was back at the team's practice facility Wednesday and appeared to escape serious injury a day after being struck in the neck by a puck and leaving the ice on a stretcher against the Tampa Bay Lightning.



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GEMÜ chooses SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software

Design tables automate wide range of configurations;




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SOLIDWORKS Corporation announces 1,000 additional software grants for 'STEM' teachers

3D CAD software goes to instructors promoting science, technology, engineering, and math




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Modification of Cleared Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) Interest Rate Swap Products Referencing the Banco de México 28 day TIIE and Limitation of Acceptance for Clearing - Effective November 22, 2024




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Vouchers 'Harm' Public Education




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Más que un recibo de sueldo

Los obreros de OM en la Península Arábiga usan sus empleos de forma intencional como una fuente oportunidades para desarrollar relaciones y compartir la verdad con sus compañeros de trabajo en las naciones menos alcanzadas.




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On Aitraaz's 20th Anniversary, Subhash Ghai Announces Film's Sequel. Read Post

Subhash Ghai, who produced the original film through his production company Mukta Arts, revealed that the sequel is already in the works




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"In Good Health": NASA Amid Reports Of Sunita William's Declining Health

Amid growing concerns over Sunita Williams' health, NASA recently clarified that all the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are in "good health".




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DOJ secures felony conviction in first of several cases related to abuses of the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program 

The Delaware Department of Justice secured a felony conviction in the first of several pending cases stemming from an ongoing investigation by the Delaware Division of Revenue and the Department of Justice into fraud related to the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program. That program provided Delaware residents with a one-time $300.00 check and was intended […]



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DART to Make Improvements Based on Rider Feedback from Recent Community Conversations

WILMINGTON, Del. – After reviewing customer feedback from three Community Conversations in Wilmington and Newark last week, DART will make a series of improvements. The recent Community Conversations offered DART riders, and the general public, the opportunity to provide feedback and share their experiences since DART’s service changes in mid-December. “The Community Conversations were intended […]




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Décimo Año de Inscripción Abierta en el Mercado de Seguros Médicos de Delaware Comienza Nov. 1

Los residentes de Delaware encontrarán más opciones en aseguradoras y planes, y subsidios federales incrementados continuos para ayudar con la asequibilidad; la registración se extiende hasta el 15 de Enero del 2023 NEW CASTLE (1º de Noviembre, 2022) – Saliendo de un año con sin precedentes por la inscripción en el Mercado de Seguros Médicos […]



  • Delaware Health and Social Services
  • Governor John Carney
  • News
  • ACA
  • Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester
  • DHSS Secretary Molly Magarik
  • Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
  • Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio
  • Mercado de Seguros Médicos
  • Westside Family Healthcare

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Suspect charged with hate crime following UD vandalism 

Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust worked with UD Police Department  A University of Delaware student, who has since been banned from campus, now faces three misdemeanor charges, including Hate Crime, after vandalizing a Holocaust memorial sponsored by a Jewish student group and going on an antisemitic tirade. On the evening of May 8, […]



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The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Julieta Zavala’s “Mercado Kitsch México”

“Mercado Kitsch México” presents a vibrant and eclectic exhibition inspired by the rich visual and cultural heritage of kitsch art in Mexico City. Zavala celebrates the creativity and artistic expression of the working class, who, with ingenuity and passion, combine textures, colors, and shapes to reflect their unique essence. Her Mexican heritage “has been and will continue to be my strongest inspiration. Everything about our art, culture, and traditions inspires me.”




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¿Qué hace que los cristianos estén más agradecidos? A

La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día.




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¿Qué hace que los cristianos estén más agradecidos? B

La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día.




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El hombre más grande A

La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día.




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El hombre más grande B

La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día.




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Syria: the Misnomer of 'Combating Terrorism'

In Syria and across the Middle East, every actor embroiled in conflict is considered a terrorist by someone, making resolutions exceedingly difficult to achieve.




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Jeremy Berkovits: The face of Jerusalem's popular American Colony Hotel


At the table: Maintaining the massive 12,000-square-foot compound amounts to many thousands of shekels a month, and the owners are eager for a return to normalcy.



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  • business
  • The October 7 Massacre
  • Israel-Hamas War
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Tiniest 'ruler' ever measures distances as small as an atom's width

A new technique uses glowing molecules, laser light and microscopes to measure distances as minuscule as 0.1 nanometres – the width of a typical atom