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Very few things can make you as thrilled to bits as those early days of a new relationship. You get stirred up by the idea of love. You feel like walking in a fog of bliss and can’t stop thinking about the person. But an apparent match made in heaven can potentially cloud your judgment and make you ignore or miss the bright red flags waving directly at your face. Luckily, seriously negative behaviors are obvious-looking from afar. And if relationship warning signs somehow go over your head, friends and family members are on a mission to keep an eye...

For business travelers, 2019 is looking more and more like a high-water mark. We may all be looking forward to being face to face in the age of vaccinations, as COVID-19 case counts are well off peaks. Companies want to keep vendor relationships intact, and forge ahead into new markets. It’s fair to say we are all suffering from Zoom fatigue, and nothing sounds better than a face-to-face, business-to-business meeting, even if masks are part of the deal. But the getting there — well, that’s another story. Airlines and the hotels don’t have the staff they once had (labor shortages...

  By Daniel T Cross Most people are familiar with flash floods, those sudden deluges triggered usually by downpours that can wash away homes and infrastructure seemingly in an instant. Flash droughts are less-known phenomena whereby dry spells can dessicate crops within days or weeks, wiping out crops and battering economies. Yet we should be more aware of flash droughts as the speed at which they can appear seemingly out of the blue and dry out landscapes has increased markedly as a result of rising global temperatures, warn an international team of researchers from the United States and Hong Kong....

Access to weather reports is an important component of our day. We all know how weather affects businesses such as delaying commuters, canceling events, disrupting deliveries, and more – we all need accurate data on weather patterns. Besides this bad weather leads to poor online reviews as reviewers are more inclined to pen negative online reviews on days with bad weather. Thanks to modern technology we now have access to weather reports within our palms thanks to weather apps on our phones. Today rather than relying on regular news broadcasts we can access weather reports 24/7 through our mobile devices....

Photographs by Jonno Rattman“Before I turn to the Word,” the preacher announces, “I’m gonna do another diatribe.”“Go on!” one man yells. “Amen!” shouts a woman several pews in front of me.Between 40 minutes of praise music and 40 minutes of preaching is the strangest ritual I’ve ever witnessed inside a house of worship. Pastor Bill Bolin calls it his “diatribe.” The congregants at FloodGate Church, in Brighton, Michigan, call it something else: “Headline News.”Bolin, in his mid-60s, is a gregarious man with thick jowls and a thinning wave of dyed hair. His floral shirt is untucked over dark-blue jeans. “On...