First, a few records: The initial week of January was the driest in history.
In the initial weeks of the crisis in May, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia repeatedly rejected the boats, instead opting to provide fuel, water, and supplies and sending them back to sea.
Figures 2 and 3 show the rise of DTR during the initial weeks of the year, and it reaches its peak in mid-February, followed by a reduction in dengue incidence after a lag period of a few weeks.
Still, with a huge proportion of sales coming from the initial week or month (if not the first hour), even a temporary bulwark against would-be pirates may be considered a big win.
The Labor Department said the number of people still on jobless rolls after drawing an initial week of aid jumped 101,000, to 4.61 million, in the week ended Dec. 27.
The number of people still receiving benefits under regular state programs after an initial week of aid dropped 174,000 to 3.58 million in the week ended November 26, the lowest since mid-September 2008.
The results of the initial assessment will be ready and shared by the second week of September.
Auditions start the first week of September.
ET: Initial Jobless Claims for the week of Oct. 27.
As for the first week of February, there were initial signs that a big series of storms could come, but that has since fizzled.
In the first week of December, there were 18,386 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the state.
