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MANILA, Philippines – The planned May 2 superfight between two of boxing’s top brawlers would not push through after all due to problems in the revenue split.In a report at 24 Oras, Manny Pacquiao’s camp would not accept the 50-50 split in his fight against British boxer Ricky Hatton earlier agreed upon by Top Rank boss Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions chief executive officer Richard Schae

MANILA, Philippines – The planned May 2 superfight between two of boxing’s top brawlers would not push through after all due to problems in the revenue split.In a report at 24 Oras, Manny Pacquiao’s camp would not accept the 50-50 split in his fight against British boxer Ricky Hatton earlier agreed upon by Top Rank boss Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions chief executive officer Richard Schae

Image via WikipediaThe "no atheists in foxholes" myth is not only alive and well, but it is being applied to all sorts of other stressful situations. Take, for example, this commentary from The Buffalo News. The author, Lisa Earle McLeod, begins with the foxhole claim and then takes it a step further, "I would also say there aren’t too many atheists during an economic collapse or when your kid g

Here’s a really informative article from CTV Real estate prices in decline, but no collapse in sight Updated: Fri Jan. 02 2009 6:56:52 PM Bill Doskoch , ctvtoronto.ca The big question for any Toronto property owner is this: Will my home be [...]

Honda Motor Co Ltd's President and CEO Takeo Fukui made comments on the impact that the possible bankruptcy of the US "Big Three" could exert on Japanese automakers at the Year-end CEO Speech Dec 17, 2008.

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England takes full control at the end of day 2 play at Chepauk with the help of some fine bowling performance by their bowlers. At stumps India were struggling at 155/6 with Harbhajan Singh batting on 13 runs with the skipper M.S. Dhoni on 24 runs. India are still 161 runs behind from England 1st inning total. England right arm off spinner G.Swann made a sensational debut as he picked up two

England's debutant off-spinner Graeme Swann took two wickets in his first over to leave India at 37 for three at tea on the second day of their first Test at MA Chidambaram stadium here on Friday.Gautam Gambhir (19) became Swann's first victim in the last over before tea. Swann then removed Rahul Dravid (3) on the last ball. Earlier, opener Virender Sehwag (9) fell to pacer James Anderson.Sachin T

U.S. Senate Rejects Bailout 52-35 On A Procedural Vote A bailout-weary Congress killed a $14 billion package to aid struggling U.S. automakers Thursday night after a partisan dispute over union wage cuts derailed a last-ditch effort to revive the emergency aid before year's end.Republicans, breaking sharply with President George W. Bush as his term draws to a close, refused to back federal aid for

Have you seen the news lately? Pretty depressing isn’t it? The automakers are begging Congress to bail them out, the banks aren’t lending money, and the financial markets are plunging and in total disarray. Can things get any worse? Unfortunately… yes, they can… and they will.

This year we have witnessed many currency's suddenly collapse. Iceland, Argentina, Hungary, Ukraine and others have all seen a sharp fall in the value of their currency. What causes this? and are other economies at risk?Causes of Currency Collapse1. Inflation.Inflation reduces the value of money. If there is rampant inflation, then a currency will depreciate in value. For example, the hyper inflat

One of the most amazing things to me in the recent electoral process was the complete absence of serious discussion by either camp of anything relating to Latin America. While Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecuador have formed a new anti-U.S. and pro-Iranian axis, perhaps the most dangerous developments are taking place directly on our southern border. It is to the point where the Mexican gover

The CitiGroup Bailout Week-end reading about the "Too big to fail" CitiGroup collapse and the recent bailout. Vikram pandit has got a sweet deal for Citi: - Citibank did not see red flags - Citi;s woes started with the failed Wachovia bid - Vikram Pandit scores a great deal for CitiGroup . Decide if this sounds should be read as US Tax-payers screwed-over again, here is the bailout summ

In a year of financial chaos, how can one even narrow the choice of most shocking financial collapse to just five candidates? Financial collapses took down venerable Wall Street firms and government enterprises. Even an entire country fell on the weight of this worldwide financial storm. There were so many financial casualties that the task to narrow this down to just five was difficult. We have c

If the big three automakers fail, a chain reaction will tear through the economy. More than $150 billion in tax revenue will be lost over a period of three years, and over 3 million jobs wiped out, according to a study by the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor on the economic impact of [...]

GM A.J. Smith made plenty of questionable decisions leading up to what has become a miserable season.

Most people have no real understanding of the impact of the American Insurance Group or AIG on the mortgage market and the global banking system and how close we came to Financial Armageddon. All of a sudden the dominoes started to fall and the Federal Reserve Bank of America started to pick and choose who [...]

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As reported by the Guardian newspaper, the situation in Zimbabwe may soon "implode" as a cholera outbreak spreads causing basic services collapse, South African leaders and a group of international statesmen warned yesterday.On the eve of talks in South Africa between Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and opposition rivals, South African leaders sharply upgraded their crisis assessment and warned of Z

Broncos running backs only gained 84 yards on the ground. (Getty Images) After two missed Matt Prater field goals and a Peyton Hillis fumble five yards shy of the end zone, the Broncos remained tied with the Raiders 3-3 with one minute left in the first half. Then Oakland returner Johnny Lee Higgins took [...]

Nothing proves a point like satire. Sometimes a whimsical approach to an issue makes the facts undeniably clear. The following video chronicles all of the common themes in the last few years and even today, to provide four minutes of entertainment.

A little over a week ago, in the early hours of Friday 14 November, one of the silo's at Port Ellen Maltings collapsed. After the first article provided by George Rhind and the pictures from Yvonne Anderson, today the story as it was published in this weeks Ileach newspaper:A grain silo at Port Ellen Maltings collapsed shortly before 6am on the morning of Friday, 14th November. The silo contained

Remember when Putin invaded Georgia? Remember when Chavez called Bush the devil at a UN Conference? Remember when Ahmadinejad threatened to wipe Israel off the face of the earth? Remember when all of these guys mysteriously came out of the woodwork and rattled their sabres? Well, they were awash in petro dollars and were feeling pretty good about life when oil hit $147/barrel. Well now this

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LONDON - FREIGHT shipping prices for transporting dry raw materials collapsed in November, slammed by the global financial crisis, slowing economic growth and falling commodity prices, industry experts said.The Baltic Dry Index, an indicator of economic trends which tracks the cost of moving goods such as coal, iron ore and grain across the oceans, has slumped over the past five months.The index h

Financial Post recently said that if Detroit’s automakers shrink further - even fail - the U.S. economy would suffer a crushing blow, losing at least 2.46 million jobs in the first year alone. If Detroit cut output and employment by 50% to meet ever-shrinking market share, which would mean contraction by two of the automakers, [...]

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Perhaps no venue outside the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region is a more important venue for radical Islamists than Somalia. Somalia is viewed as an historic battleground where the United States and United Nations were defeated once, and where al Qaeda and like-minded groups can build the beginning of the caliphate, that will rule the world according to Sharia law. Now, it seems the jihadists hav

Over the past year, the building industry has been pretty vocal about the impact to the economy if home builders are allowed to go bust without any government intervention. With the domestic auto industry on the ropes, they're making a similar argument:

The End by Portfolio.com - snip:To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to me. I was 24 years old, with no experience of, or particular interest in, guessing which stocks and bonds would rise and which would fall. The essential function of Wall Street is to allocate capital

Gerald Celente, the CEO of Trends Research Institute, is predicting huge changes for America in the coming years. Celente has quite a track record - he successfully predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union. Now Celente is forecasting coming food riots, tax rebellions and a "revolution" in America - all within four years. Check out what Celente told Fox News:In another

Here we go again. The taxpayers are being or at least deep thought is being given to the American people bailing out yet another industry. This time it's the automobile industry. I'm not nor have I ever been very keen on economics. However, what do we do? If the U.S. auto industry (the big 3) goes bust....there's goes millions of jobs; propelling the unemployment rate to levels unheard of in decad

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Will an Obama administration reverse the tide? by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, 9 Nov, 2008 Most Serious Economic Crisis in Modern History The October 2008 financial meltdown is not the result of a cyclical economic phenomenon. It is the deliberate result of US government policy instrumented through the Treasury and the US Federal Reserve Board.  This is the most serious economic

VIDEO! Watch video of Rihanna’s Australia concert collapse! Rihanna fainted and collapses at Syndey’s Australia concert. The Acer Arena featured Chris Brown and Rihanna on Friday night. Rihanna is fine. Her rep has issued the following statement. “It was very hot at the venue, so after Rihanna’s set was over, she went off stage to sit down, [...]

Manchester United 4 - Hull City 3ScorersManchester United: Ronaldo (2, 43), Carrick (29), Vidic (57)Hull City: Cousin (23), Mendy (69), Giovanni (pen 81)Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Neville, Carrick (Giggs 72), Anderson (O'Shea 88), Nani (Tevez 64), Ronaldo, rooney, BerbatovMy terrible weekend just seemed to get worse. The laptop I was using may have been old and slow, but it gave me plent

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Twenty five workers were killed Thursday after a sand mine collapsed in Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi province, media reports said.The Health Ministry crisis center head said the mishap occurred Thursday afternoon when the miners were collecting sand in a local sand mine. A huge amount of sand fell down and buried the workers.The rescue team found five dead bodies Friday morning as rescue operati

The depth of the recession was revealed today as truckmaker Volvo admitted demand across the Continent has crashed by 99.7% as it took orders for just 115 new lorries in the last three months. That compares to orders totalling 41,970 in the third quarter of 2007. Global orders for Volvo slumped 55% in the last three months while Scania, of which Volvo has majority control, said its western Europe

Iceland has become the first Western country since 1976 to need aid from the IMF.  Its government bailed out three of its nations’ banks, but because its currency - the krona - has fallen to 50% of its previous value, the country is basically in ruins now. That’s bad enough, but it also affects UK citizens [...]

CNN - Anderson Cooper 360 segment profiling the 10 most wanted culprits of the collapse; people who greatly contributed to the country's financial crisis.

There I was, innocently collecting a few words for a possible story in November's NaNoWriMo, when all of a sudden the press seems to have grabbed most of them for its own story. Sometimes you just can't make it up.darknessamoralelitismbullingdonoligarchallegationpolitical toysretributionspinfundraiserpartyprinceinsoucianceclub rulespoisonboattavernOh wellTechnorati Tags: rashbre, taverna, agni, m

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(4-traders.com) Citing people close to the probe who requested anonymity, the Times said federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, Manhattan and New Jersey were examining events leading to Lehman's collapse and bankruptcy filing. One...-ABS-CORP-105153/news/LEHMAN-ABS-CORP-Probe-of-Lehman-collapse-escalated-report-591190/

Which index do you like, the Case-Schiller? Lets actually look at it then. It was 100 for the 20 metro areas that it tracks in the year 2000, it peaked 206.52 in July of 2006, and for July 2008 (latest month available) it is at 166.23, a drop of 19.5%. Big deal, almost 20% was [...]

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I love Charlie Rose's show, and he's been doing some excellent interviews as our financial system has come to the brink of collapse (better than the important but scatter-brained coverage by CNBC).Last night he had a great interview with Nouriel Roubini, an NYU professor known as Dr. Doom who predicted this collapse in 2006 and earlier this year laid out what was going to happen and was correct, e

The UAE is following the advice of Professor Nouriel Roubini is guaranteeing all bank deposits. But more needs to be done if the world is to avoid an economic collapse. In this video he explains what needs to be done. However, the economic consequences of these actions are not being properly considered as everything has [...]

The following video is from a 2006 interview with Peter Schiff , a financial consultant.Peter Schiff is the President, Founder and Chief Global Strategist for Euro Pacific Capital. He is widely acknowledged as a expert in international markets, and in global economic strategy. He is a speaker at all the major investment conferences. He is regularly featured on CNBC and Bloomerg TV , and often quot

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When you're poor, not only does the money on the top not trickle down - but also these crazy loses in the market take that much longer to be felt at the bottom. Until inflation kicks in and bread becomes too expensive to buy, the poor are actually insulated from this disaster because they never were invited to play the game.For those of us in the middle class, with health insurance, loans and a sh

Asia markets were very sharply lower. The Nikkei was off 9.6% to 8,276. The Hang Seng was down 7.3% to 14,694. The Shanghai Composite dropped 3.5% to 2,001.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The news from the automobile industry did not improve today. Research firm JD Power warned that 2009 could be a more troubled year for sales that 2009 was.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Manchester United's American owners insist the club will not be affected by the credit crunch. The financial meltdown currently affecting the global economy has already begun to infiltrate the football world, with clubs feeling the pinch after years of over-spending. Billionaire chiefs such as Chelsea's Roman Abramovich and Manchester City's Abu Dhabi United Group can handle the cash catas

Last weeks global stock market falls seems like a distant memory and a much bigger sequel looks to be in the works in this week. The world has caught up to the US, and the domestic credit crisis has officially become a Global one. Who knew that struggling home owners in small town USA facing foreclosure due to dodgy mortgages could impact the financial well being of people living here in Australi

According to the New York Times, the US Economy is going from bad to worse. Markets Plunge Despite Hint of Rate Cut Stocks plunged on Tuesday afternoon — shedding 200 points in the final hour of trading alone — despite reassurances from the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, that the central bank was [...]

West Ham United have dismissed reports that the club may be about to be sold in the wake of the collapse of Landsbanki.The bank - in which Hammers Chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson had a 40% stake - was taken under the control of the Icelandic government yesterday to prevent it from going under, the latest victim of the worldwide banking crisis. All Landsbanki board members were dismissed as a resul

There was an awkward moment on the Business News Network the other day when an interviewer asked eminent Yale University economist Robert Shiller whether an American-style real estate crash could happen in Canada. He appeared visibly uncomfortable and prefaced his remarks with an admission that he had never studied the Canadian housing market. He ventured [...]

Last weeks 700 plus point drop in the Dow seems like a distant memory and a much bigger sequel looks to be in the works. The world has caught up to the US, and the domestic credit crisis has officially become a Global one. Who knew that struggling home owners in Flint, Michigan facing foreclosure due to ARM's resets could impact the financial well being of people living in Seoul, South Korea, so

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Rick Sanchez from CNN talks with personal finance guru Suze Orman about what happens when a bank collapses. About Suze Orman A two-time Emmy Award-winning television host, New York Times bestselling author, magazine and online columnist, writer/producer, and motivational speaker, Suze is undeniably America’s most recognized expert on personal finance. Suze Orman has been called “a forc

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By ATİLLA YAYLA: The crisis in the financial markets and financial institutions that has affected the US and the UK and has the potential to slowly spread from these countries to other countries throughout the world has given the circles that hate the monster known as capitalism the chance to raise their voices once again. Opponents of the concept of a market economy, both right wing and left

Most philosophers think that the past is one of the greatest sources of answers to present questions. For instance, in the world of the housing industry, the collapse of the subprime market actually started the foreclosure crisis. If you have been confused with this nationwide problem, it will be better if you learn about what happened.

High prices rather than tightening credit conditions are curbing Canadian home buyers’ enthusiasm, says a new Desjardins Economic Studies report that argues Canada is not headed for a U.S.-style housing market collapse. “Price advances had been supported by fundamentals - strong employment and low interest rates - not softening credit conditions. Canada’s real estate market [...]

The global credit crisis has had its share of impact on the commodities sector both in India and globally which was not the case in the first half of 2008 when the sector seemed to be insulated from the crisis. There were major corrections in commodities prices, including precious and base metals and crude oil on [...]

I don't have to tell you unless you live in a cave in Pakistan, although even there some Muslim is probably laughing at American stupidity: the bailout package was rejected by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Some commentators are suggesting that the current financial crisis could cause an unprecedented fall in the value of the dollar.Reasons Why Dollar Could Collapse1. Switching Reserves away from the Dollar.The US is currently the world's reserve currency. Central banks currently hold upto 90% of their foreign reserves in the dollar. However, as the US economy and finance sector looks very weak, it m

The Associated Press reports that the House of Representatives took time out today to recommend (by voice vote) that Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, "should be granted a presidential pardon for a racially motivated conviction 75 years ago that blemished his reputation and hurt his boxing career." Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act in 1913 and fled the country. He t

There was a mine in a small town that completely collapsed. One of the engineers who miraculously survived the disaster went into the local watering hole.The bar was empty except for one lonely soul at the other end of the bar. "Hey bartender" said the Engineer, "I'll have a beer and pour another one for my friend down at the end there."The bartender responded, "I'm sorry sir but that guy's a comm

Cheer up. With the biggest decision of the day being whether to use your spare change to buy a cup of coffee or a share of stock in a national bank---there hasn't been this much fun since the Berlin of the Wiemar Republic. So it is that a band for our times is a group of of demented ex-Vegas show girls, turned evil cyberpunks, who do raw electro punk. Here, from somewhere on the strip, are seven

There was a mine in a small town that completely collapsed. One of the engineers who miraculously survived the disaster went into the local watering hole.The bar was empty except for one lonely soul at the other end of the bar. "Hey bartender" said the Engineer, "I'll have a beer and pour another one for my friend down at the end there."The bartender responded, "I'm sorry sir but that guy's a comm

This week’s events have severely shaken the confidence of many in the U.S. economy, our currency, and world wide markets as a whole. Many politicians seem certain that times will get a lot worse. Even Jim Cramer and other uber-investors seem to be pointing toward a very bad time for our nation. This situation got me thinking. [...]

Many of us are concerned about the future of social security. We have a legitimate reason to be concerned. With the population of the country growing older and the costs increasing every year it is not hard to see that eventually the tax payers may not be able to support the benefits. Plus if you look at the state of the financial market right now with the government proposing a bailout of the

NEW DELHI: Mumbai-based Kalpesh Malhotra (name changed) was on top of the world when he joined the iconic investment bank, Lehman Brothers, early this year. He was among the select few, picked after a rigorous recruitment session, from one of India’s premier B-schools at a salary of Rs 18 lakh a year.But in a matter of months, the dreams of a great future, global business travel and meetings wit

Amazing incident occurred on the U.S. stock market last week. In the financial newsletter Bloomberg got news that the airline United Airlines has applied for bankruptcy. Bear market responded predictably, and stocks immediately fell down. Within a few minutes, the total capitalization of the company fell by about $ 1 billion only after five to ten minutes, people figure out what's wrong: to trader

Amazing incident occurred on the U.S. stock market last week. In the financial newsletter Bloomberg got news that the airline United Airlines has applied for bankruptcy. Bear market responded predictably, and stocks immediately fell down. Within a few minutes, the total capitalization of the company fell by about $ 1 billion only after five to ten minutes, people figure out what's wrong: to trader

Laing Blames AIG On Globalization: By TAMARA McKENZIE - Nassau, Bahamas: After American International Group (AIG) – one of the world’s most prominent insurance companies – had to be bailed out of massive debt on Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of America, Minster of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing attributed the collapse to globalization. "It was globalization that put AIG in a pos

The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression has forced the Federal Reserve (the Fed) and central banks in other countries to inject billions of dollars into the world's banking system in an urgent bid to cut total global financial collapse. The Fed injected as much as $180 billion into money markets overseas. Meanwhile, in the domestic area, the New York Federal Reserve acted to ease a

Ron Paul predicted current economic problems a year ago. Unfortunately, few in the government listened, and nothing was done.

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Economists Warn Anti-Bush Merchandise Market Close To Collapse

You should be.If you do not yet understand how bad things are getting, then you need to read this article:The Financial System Is Collapsing And Neither John McCain Or Barack Obama Can Do A Thing About ItWe also found this political cartoon today which sums things up almost perfectly:

As with most U.S. financial troubles in the past 12 months, the Lehman Brothers collapes too has spread to the UK with thousands of jobs already lost. Some of Britains biggest companies were shaken as worry spread across the capital’s financial district. Volatile trading ensued as the market headed for a 2nd day of losses during [...]

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We teach the Great Depression as history. We teach that after so many American banks went bankrupt in the 1930s, the government instituted proper regulation so that banks would never be able to fail and confidence will always be maintained in the banking system.For a long time, this notion of banking infallibility was well ingrained in the national psyche. It was just taken for granted that banks

Super Collapse is back again - and I do not think the fun! The third chapter of this highly addictive series has more action and surprise than ever. Adventure expected as you explore 10 fun and unique in our land all the news so Quest. Earn coins in the strategic path to purchase items in the store, or take a break and try their luck in one of the 10 mini-games at the Casino. And for the true afic

In recognition of the OC Register's San Clemente high-end foreclosure tour, we're going to post today on a luxury Ladera Ranch foreclosure property.19 Dennis Lane, 92694Asking price: $1,600,000 Asking price/ sq ft: $350Bank purchase price: $2,002,160Purchase date: 6/27/07Size: 5 beds, 5.5 baths, 4,576 sq ft (built in 2005)MRMLS: C08062676 (127 days on Redfin)ZipRealty price

Despite early signs of a turn in the housing market, prices still have a long way to fall. In fact, we’re probably only halfway there. There’s no perfect valuation metric for houses, but two measures–price-to-rent and price-to-income–are the best we know of. Asha Bangalore of Northern Trust provides recent charts of both, and a quick glance [...]

In Plaquemines Parish, a levee was in danger of collapse, and officials scrambled to fortify it.

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Columbian Bank and Trust Co. of Topeka, Kansas, was closed by U.S. regulators, the nation’s ninth bank to collapse this year amid bad real-estate loans and writedowns stemming from a drop in home prices. The bank, with $752 million in assets and $622 million in total deposits, was shuttered by the Kansas state bank commissioner’s office [...]

Juan Santos writes some great pieces in his fourth-world blog. The good news is that the death system is dying. It could come to no other end. The bad news is that it has become so all encompassing that there is nowhere left to run if we were able to escape it. Escaping global warming would be [...]

LONDON -- The global financial crisis is set to get worse, with a large U.S. bank likely to collapse in the next few months, a former International Monetary Fund chief economist has warned, the BBC reports on its Web site Tuesday.Kenneth Rogoff said that despite hopes that the U.S. economy had turned the corner, it was "not out of the woods.""I would even go further to say "the worst is to come',"

By Jan DahintenSINGAPORE (Reuters) - The worst of the global financial crisis is yet to come and a large U.S. bank will fail in the next few months as the world's biggest economy hits further troubles, former IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff said on Tuesday."The U.S. is not out of the woods. I think the financial crisis is at the halfway point, perhaps. I would even go further to say 'the worst

This video may be about the US but I'm guessing it also applies to the UK. We may think we are richer than previous generations, but in fact we are spending more on housing, healthcare and have more debt, even though we generally have two parents in work. The problem with having two parents in work is we have no slack in the system. If one parent falls ill or loses their job, we pretty quickly r

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