Answer quickly

 When determining whom to hire, employers care about how quickly they receive replies from the job seekers and service providers they contact. Across transaction data from a large real-world marketplace (N = ∼11.66 million) and experiments (three main studies (total n = 3,603) and five supplemental studies (total n = 5,039)), we show that providers benefit from responding to employers’ messages quickly. First, we document substantial real-world consequences of reply speed in Fiverr marketplace transaction data (Study 1), finding a strong negative relationship between the length of delay in replying to a service request and the likelihood of securing a contract. Even delays of just 5–10 minutes dramatically reduce providers’ likelihood of being hired.

Gulf Countries in War

The German press notes the disappointment of the Gulf countries, which suffered heavy losses in the war. The Europeans are deeply resentful of America. Always were. 

Satellite image of a Saudi oil facility in Abqaiq damaged by an Iranian attack on April 8. “Although our governments publicly condemned the war, the Gulf was attacked with around 7,000 missiles and drones.” (Photo: European Union / Copernicus Sentinel-2 / REUTERS)

Live long and Prosper

 For an 80-year-old in Israel today, the remaining life expectancy from the latest mortality tables is about 9.2 years for men and 10.4 years for women - so the average 80-year-old man reaches roughly 89, and a woman about 90. Put another way, total life expectancy at age 80 in Israel is about 89.9 years, well above the figure calculated from birth, precisely because you've already survived all the earlier mortality risks.

Rising Power

Russia, China, and North Korea leaders are meeting in Peking. These are disciplined people, the wives standing firm in the background.  Impressive. North Korea is selling weapons and prospering. 

NBA

 

New York won the NBA championship. 

Hawara

Hawara is an Arab village in Northern Samaria. The main road passed in the middle. I felt uneasy each time I travelled to Alon Moreh. Two acquaintances were murdered in that village. The government built a bypass road, a "solution". Now, a group of Jewish youngsters made their presence felt in that place of evil. 

In the Bible, "places of evil" encompass both actual historical cities associated with extreme wickedness and symbolic, spiritual realms representing cosmic darkness.

Origins

My mother's grandfather. I don't know for sure if the younger man is his son or what. They were a very religious family.

The grandfather of my father was also very religious, but no picture remains.