Films! Novels! Springsteen! The Obamas and Clintons seem to be having the time of their lives.
Karen Heller, The Washington Post
March 5, 2021
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Former presidents long slipped into a life soaked in sepia. They farmed on bucolic homesteads with graceful names. They golfed. Eventually, inking memoirs became standard post-presidency practice, sometimes because they needed money, odd as that seems today. There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president, said John Quincy Adams, who went on to serve in the U.S. House for almost two decades after the White House. After the White House, what is there to do but drink? asked Franklin Pierce, who did, prodigiously.
Climate change risk to icy East Antarctica
Is Antarctica really safe from climate change? A new study suggests even the icy east of the frozen continent could be at risk, with consequences for global sea levels. Scientists say the changes could be irreversible. While the Arctic is melting twice as fast as the rest of the planet, the icy regions around the south pole were long considered immune to climate change. But melting glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula in recent years sparked doubts in the scientific community about just how stable the western region of Antarctica really is. Only the huge icy vastness of Eastern Antarctica still appeared to be safe from the perils of a warming climate. Now, experts from Germany s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have published findings indicating that this too might no longer be the case.
Kasingsing, who approaches his photography methodologically says, “Whenever I take pictures of architecture, I first walk around leisurely around my subject before I take photos of whatever catches my attention; it is imperative to get to know your architectural subject first: to formally assess its form and appreciate how it stands, how it works, how the spaces flow and connect, and how people interact with it”.
Despite the PICC s long lifetime, it remains to be a top consideration for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE). This is thanks to its continuous rehabilitation, and its timeless design. Not to mention its quick adaptive strategy to circumstances in the new normal. Upgrades to WiFi and technological capacities help to address the requirements of virtual or hybrid events. Safety protocol is also strictly implemented to help people feel safe.
ANAROCKs latest consumer survey, at least 73% NRIs now prefer properties priced between Rs 90 lakh to Rs 2.5 cr. In the pre-COVID survey (H2 2019), just 41% preferred properties within this price bracket - most favoured affordable and mid-segment homes. 3 and 4 BHK options currently top their wish-list.
The People s Insurance Company Group of China (PICC), China s leading insurer, posted 566.1 billion yuan (about 87.9 billion U.S. dollars) in premium income in 2020.
Last year, PICC donated more than 35 million yuan in epidemic prevention funds and provided about 32,000 enterprises with comprehensive insurance for work and production resumption.
The company has launched 385 exclusive insurance products for poverty alleviation, and agricultural insurance has provided 2.4 trillion yuan in risk protection for 86.07 million households.
In 2021, PICC will accelerate its development of agricultural product insurance and commercial endowment insurance, and will promote the upgrading and expansion of science and technology insurance.