The most eagerly anticipated aspect of the IFR was how the PBGCwill calculate the amount of SFA available for eligiblemultiemployer plans. Under ARPA, the PBGC was given latitude toprovide "such amount required for the plan to pay all benefitsdue during the period beginning on the date of payment of thespecial financial assistance payment and ending on the last day ofthe plan year ending in 2051." The PBGC took a narrowinterpretation of this language and determined that the amount ofSFA is calculated after taking into account all of a plan'sexisting and projected obligations and resources

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It’s official: China has eliminated malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) today is certifying China as free of malaria, after a decadeslong effort drove an estimated annual toll of 30 million cases in the 1940s, including 300,000 deaths, to zero in 2017. Along the way, China developed new surveillance techniques, medicines, and technologies to break the cycle of transmission between the Anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria parasites and humans. Antimalaria efforts started in the 1950s with programs to distribute antimalarial medicines to people at risk, reduce mosquito breeding

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Headline inflation is roughly on target but core consumer prices have accelerated. This has caused some alarm. When leaving his job on June 30th Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, warned that British inflation, currently 2.1%, would be closer to 4% than 3% by the end of the year. This is not just an issue for rich countries. A measure of aggregate inflation in emerging markets produced by Capital Economics, a consultancy, rose from 3.9% in April to 4.5% in May. Rising inflation has set off a cycle of monetary tightening. Since the start of June central banks in Brazil, Hungary,

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As Madricardo and her colleagues write in the journal Scientific Reports , their findings suggest the area that became the lagoon was home to extensive Roman settlements long before the founding of Venice in the fifth century C.E. At the time, far more of what is now underwater would have been dry land. “The Venice lagoon formed from the main sea-level rise after the last glaciation, so it's a long-term process,” Madricardo tells Live Science ’s Tom Metcalfe. “We know that since Roman times—about 2,000 years—that the sea level there rose” up to eight feet. Per Krista Charles of New Scientist

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And just like your credit cards, you can pull your insurance card up on your Apple Watch. And now the company is adding ID cards to the Wallet app. “We're early on this, obviously,” Apple VP of technology Kevin Lynch explained. “You'll be able to have it in your Wallet. You can see your ID there like your other cards. And then you can present that if you choose to, for example, TSA.” When presenting your driver’s license, your watch will display information like your name, age, address, and other information based on what you’re required to show. “Very much like how Apple Pay works, you can

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The processes are all in place, Peo said, but documenting and testing them is a different challenge. “Some people thought the same thing about SOX 404 when they first implemented,” Peo said. “It was like, ‘How hard can that be?’ They already have the processes in place. And you pretty quickly realized, it’s a different exercise when you have to go through and document it all and then test it.” “My first piece of advice,” Haskell said, “would be to figure out where you are in relation to the new standard, figure out the quality objectives in the new standard, and line them up against what you’re

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“The voters have spoken, it’s just that these politicians don’t like what the voters said,” Lydgate said. The concern among some officials is that as the fear and disinformation spreads, it will lead others to take action that could mirror the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. “The specifics differ from state to state but they are all based on the lie,” Lydgate said. That lie has been that the elections were unsafe or even riddled with fraud. The new website also has tools for tracing the individuals and groups that are behind the audit efforts in the different states, as well as the money they

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Road safety cameras to be installed on Cheshire's accident blackspot The Department of Transport will fund the new facilities The A537 Cat and Fiddle Road (Image: Google) It's more important than ever to stay informed - Get the free CheshireLive newsletter direct to your inbox Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Thank you for subscribingWe have more

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Global Server Microprocessor Market summary Market Competition in terms of Manufacturers Production, Revenue (Value) by geographical segmentation Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type Industrial Chain, Raw material sourcing strategy and Downstream Buyers Marketing Strategy comprehension, Distributors and Traders Global Server Microprocessor Market Forecast To get this report at a profitable rate.: https://www.reportsinsights.com/discount/489918 The analysis objectives of the report are: To know the Global Server Microprocessor Market size by pinpointing its sub-segments. To study the important players and analyse

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Yet puzzlingly few have enrolled. "There are millions of people who are passing up free health insurance," says Cynthia Cox , director of check my blog the Program on the ACA at the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation, who authored a recent brief on the topic. "That free health insurance — most of the time — actually comes with very low deductibles, too. So a lot of times, people could have all — or the vast majority — of their health care costs paid for." Among the uninsured, 5 million are eligible not for free plans, but are for subsidized ones, and an additional 10.7 million people are not

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