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The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.
More than 500 Israeli soldiers have survived serious injuries fighting in Gaza, according to the military, thanks largely to lessons learned and advances in medicine.
After canceling an earlier meeting, President Trump is planning to meet with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders on Monday. Congress must pass or extend a spending bill before Oct. 1 to prevent a shutdown.
There’s a Ukrainian hospital so old it treated wounded soldiers during the Crimean War in the 1850s. Yet neurosurgeons at Mechnikov Hospital also play a critical role in today’s Russia-Ukraine war.
I analyzed some surprising properties of the conference publication system and paper acceptance using queueing theory. I added an interactive model you can play with.
It turns out that if you accept papers based on a fix percentage of submission number, increasing rates of acceptance reduces the pool of unaccepted paper and this larger percentage of the smaller queue ends up giving about the same number of accepted papers overall.
I also have this funnel simulation https://i.postimg.cc/gz88S2hY/funnel2.gif
+ Same number of new produced papers per time unit.
+ Different acceptance rates.
+ But… *same number of accepted papers* on equilibrium! With lower rates you just review more.
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Chancellor backs Keir Starmer’s statement that policy to end indefinite leave to remain is racist, but says many Reform supporters would be ‘horrified’ by it
In her Today interview Rachel Reeves was asked about a FT report saying she will urge business leaders to highlight the risks of a Reform UK government in her speech later.
The FT say Reeves will tell the Labour conference.
Who is standing up for Britain’s stability. A Labour government that is resolute in cutting interest rates and borrowing or a Reform party that cheered on Liz Truss’ mini-budget?
Who is standing up for Britain’s businesses? A Labour government that is forging a closer relationship with our nearest trading partners or a Reform party that talks Britain down and is hungry to cut us off from the world?
President Maia Sandu had accused Russia of using underhand tactics in attempt to sway voters
Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has also taken to social media this morning to congratulate Moldova on the election outcome.
On X, he says:
“It took real courage of the Moldovan nation and Maia Sandu personally to win this election.
Not only did you save democracy and kept the European course, but you have also stopped Russia in its attempts to take control over the whole region.
“Despite interference and pressure, the will of the Moldovan people has prevailed. France stands with Moldova in its pursuit of European aspirations and towards freedom and sovereignty.”
The star delays her Las Vegas residency by almost a year, saying she needs “multiple procedures”.
FTSE 100’s second-biggest firm will also retain HQ in Cambridge and maintain its London listing
The drugmaker AstraZeneca is preparing to directly list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, but said it will continue to be listed in London amid speculation over its future.
The FTSE 100 company said its direct listing in New York will replace trading in its “American depositary receipts” (ADRs) – which give US investors exposure to a non-US company – on the Nasdaq.