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mac1 3 73 of an intake of 1200 cadets at West Point cheat in a calculus online exam. Thats 6%. Wikipedia says "Candidates for admission must apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a member of Congress. Other nomination sources include the president and vice president"! "The academic program grants a bachelor of science degree. Cadets are required to adhere to the Cadet Honor Code, which states that "a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or toler...

Europe still has community transmission and an inadequate covid response. I mean, Im all for lessening flights further due to climate change, also happy for NZ to be forced by covid into a more regenerative way of living, but those are different rationales. Cricklewood 2.2.1 Ive been thinking about international air travel, I like the idea of a progressive taxation system as you dont want to make it impossible for people to visit family etc so for example you get one free...

Written By: advantage - Date published: 9:34 am, December 20th, 2020 - 22 comments New Zealand like most countries across the world in the last year, has gone deeper and deeper into public debt. It’s pretty clear that the New Zealand government’s response to economic crisis from lockdowns and global trade crashes by spending tonnes of debt money has been extremely effective. Yet for some, it’s simple: debts must always ...

"We have won so far because geographical isolation gave us about a week of decision-making space to lock down hard." The extra week was helpful – but much more important was being prepared to make that decision to lock-down hard. The Tory party would have been incapable of such a decision no matter how many extra weeks they were handed – and that was Eds point. A National government here would have (most likely) been unable to make that decision. Scomo looked like he wasnt capable of that ...

Population has always been a critical driver of events and prior to the Industrial Revolution we lived in a zero sum world, with energy and resources effectively limited to that which could be harvested from photosynthesis, one person’s gain was at the limit, always someone else’s loss. Very low density hunter gather populations could thrive (often quite nicely) because they rarely approached their local resource limits, but the invention of agriculture changed this dramatically. The next 1...

A great read Robert, thanks. This idea of the gift economy is deeply culturally bound in Asia, where at least twice a year families gather, and gifts, usually of money are exchanged. The head of the family (usually a grandmother) gets the bulk of the serious giving, and status is attached to generosity to her. Children also receive gifts, for which they bow to the responsible relative. One need not give gifts, but if not you lose the opportunity to gain status, and the children will not bow to ...

Backyard Explorer: Queenstown, king of the thrills Newsroom 17/12/2020 © Provided by Newsroom Jim Kayes does the most touristy things in the great tourist town of Queenstown, in the latest of our Backyard Explorer summer travel series with Canon. It was not the best way to start. “I really don’t want to do this,” my wife said as we stood on the stairs that go from the office and shop down to the river bank where the red Shotover Jet boats wait for us. “Just try and keep your eyes op...

Someone hasnt bothered reading the link. Macro 2 More ironic humour from Andy Borowitz (and very close to the truth!) WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—A furious Donald J. Trump attempted to fire the Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, sources report. According to the sources, Trump was so irate about the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his election challenge on Tuesday that he phoned Barrett directly to inform her that she was “history.” “I hired you to get a ...

But other options include: Mallard thinking a hug was akin to rape; a complainant who didnt want to be targeted by Soper and tories so did not want to take their complaint further, and Mallard is taking a hit for summarising the complaint accurately but prematurely in public; the initial confidential findings getting a massive backtrack when employment and more serious options started being pursued Mallard completely misread and conflated the allegations into something that nobody had described...

Here comes the sun: readers summer tips Newsroom 10/12/2020 © Provided by Newsroom Newsroom readers share their tips for a local escapes  - from our ongoing summer series Backyard Explorer, with Canon © Provided by Newsroom Get on your horse With overseas holidays off the cards, theres never been a better time see the country from a new perspective, and on horseback you are privy to some picturesque spots. Brenda Reading sent in this picture taken while in the saddle in the Oteake Cons...