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3 min to read “In this year part of what made it difficult was the same thing that’s made everything else difficult, and that’s the pandemic,” said Andrew Downs, associate professor of political science at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Submitted photo INDIANAPOLIS — In a year when candidates spent enormous sums on competitive races, overall spending in statewide contests was down by almost half from the last presidential el...

Click the above figure to make it larger) .What do you notice in this figure? That the temperature constantly changes from year to year? If so, youre right! Surface impacts 2. Sea levels: The sea levels go up, and they go down 3. Temperature: The temperature of the Earths surface goes up and it goes down. The current change in climate is not particularly special or unique, as even a cursory examination of the facts of the case clearly demonstrates. It is definitely not a matter of concern. Ins...

SHARE US President Donald Trumps longtime banker at Deutsche Bank will be stepping down from the German lender. Rosemary Vrablic, a managing director and senior banker in the lenders wealth management division, recently handed in her resignation, which the bank accepted effective as of the end of the year, Dan Hunter, a spokesman for the lender, confirmed. The New York Times first reported on her departure. Ms Vrablic, who worked in the private banking division, helped manage Mr Trump’s rela...

Is there still research to be done in Programming Languages? This essay touches both on the topic of programming languages and on the nature of research work. I am mostly concerned in analyzing this question in the context of Academia, i.e. within the expectations of academic programs and research funding agencies that support research work in the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). This is not the only possible perspective, but it is the one I am taking here. ...

How smart do they look now, all those Amber Rudds, Dominic Grieves, Gina Millers and Jo Swinsons? They could have accepted the result and voted through one of the many versions of a deal proposed by Theresa May. Most of these involved a close and ongoing alignment with the EU.   Instead, they will end up with an arrangement which is the stuff of their nightmares. Spare a thought, too, at this festive time for the hapless first minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford. Towards the end of October, he ...

Source: The Economist, May 29 2010, p.28. Note how Socialist North Koreas income has been precipitously dropping as a share of Capitalist South Korean income. It is merely about 6% of South Korean income now.  Addendum Comment on Facebook: "What abt Chinas growth compared to G 8 countries??? N Korea is closer to dictatorship (with son following father) than socialism???" My response: China has not been socialist in terms of its economic policies since 1979, well before India dismantled its li...

no? weve got to build our way out if were going to get out of this hole and joining us first with his thoughts on how to do it, outgoing chair, mike pence of indiana. nice of the you back. what is your, again, understanding the power of the congress and politics in this country, how can you use the newfound power that youve accumulated to incentivize, create, that builds those jobs as opposed to just sort of cutting, but we know cuttings not going to fix our problems. >> look, i couldn...

and its important that they have the ability to choose among the variety. host: is one more popular or less expensive or more time-consuming than the other? guest: number one, the data seems to indicate that the best strategy is both psychotherapy, thats a relearning of how you respond to things that happen to you in your life, or to memories you have that happened earlier in your life. . . often the most effective strategy. the classification of the drugs refers to the fact that these...

deficit disordered thats the issue. i had a piece a few years ago, well, quite a few years ago, that ran 18 minutes. >> im weeping. >> you remember george burns once said he loved the newshour, he went to sleep to it every night. he may have been watching that piece. i dont really know. but no, its -- in the culture in general there is a shrinking of the sound bite. . we had moments in the panel where, as an aside, i would ask somebody requester and, what do you mean by that. its a com...