An old and common law on many cities’ books was meant to crack down on houses of prostitution. Today those same laws are used to ban boarding houses or college student housing.
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manqué adjective 1. that falls short of the goal; unsuccessful or defective 2. potential but unrealized; would be placed after the noun it modifies [a scholar manqué]: also used of a woman, in which case it is spelled
manˈquée Ety: after a noun, "that might have been but is not," 1778, from French manqué (fem. manquée), past participle of manquer "to miss, be lacking" (16c.), from Italian mancare, from manco, from Latin mancus "maimed, defective," from PIE *man-ko- "maimed in the hand," from root *man- (2) "hand." Also "defective, spoiled, missing" (1773). Compare obsolete or dialectal mank "maimed, mutilated, defective" (1510s), which seems to be a nativized form of the French word. Modern British slang manky "bad, inferior, defective" (by 1958) might also be from these. Fascinating pedigree: It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Hittite maniiahh- "to distribute, entrust;" Greek mane "hand," Latin manus "hand, strength, power over; armed force; handwriting," mandare "to order, commit to one's charge," literally "to give into one's hand;" Old Norse mund "hand," Old English mund "hand, protection, guardian," German Vormund "guardian;" Old Irish muin "protection, patronage." Hittite!!!
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A recent study conducted by researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven has strengthened the argument that Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) should be classified as distinct species.
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Stats
Average vs. median. According to Federal Reserve data, the average retiree's net worth is $1.79 million. Still, the median net worth for retirees aged 65 to 74 is just $409,900 – less than a quarter of that lofty $1.79 million. And it gets worse for those 75 and older, whose median net worth drops to $335,600.
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Europe accounts for just over 7% of the world’s population, 25% of its economy, and 50% of global social welfare spending.
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Nearly half of American households have no retirement savings at all.
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According to Vanguard data,the average 401(k) balance for people nearing retirement (ages 60–69) is just $182,100.
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Amazon paid $250 million to buy the television rights to The Lord of the Rings from the estate of British author JRR Tolkien who wrote the original books in the 1950s. The six movies by New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson then grossed a combined $5.9 billion.
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California's solar power is not being used. In some cases, power lines in the state don’t have the capacity to take on and deliver energy; in others, generation exceeds customer demand. Either way, California’s grid operator tells solar producers to cut production using price drops or direct orders. According to the Times, oversupply has occasionally gotten so bad in California that the prices go negative, forcing solar plants to pay energy traders to take it off their hands. “
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The opioid epidemic has been ravaging the country for more than a decade, killing hundreds of thousands, and has reduced US male life expectancy by a whole year. But the deaths are declining.
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In June 2020, the Prince of Wales and the head of the annual Davos summit launched an initiative calling for the pandemic to be seen as a chance for what they called a Great Reset of the global economy. A flashy launch video interspersed images of a world in chaos - a dead killer whale, a hurricane, a kangaroo caught in a fire - with a speech by Prince Charles. "We have an incredible opportunity to create entirely new sustainable industries," the prince said. "The time to act is now."
The 'program' is vague with some chestnuts such as wealth tax, withdrawal of petroleum financing, and the like.
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