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Later this year, Terraqueous Distributors will be re-releasing their whole range of previous unofficial Doctor Who annuals, starting with the 1972 annual.
Terraqueous Distributors said:
"When we announced that we would give access to the 1988 annual alternate contributors edition cover to everyone who donated to the Lullaby Trust, we were asked if we would do the same for the past annuals, when we re-release them. We originally said no.
Our friends over at Weird Rainbow Films have been in touch about a new comedy feature film, starring Colin Baker (the 6th Doctor). Secrets of a Wallaby Boy will be shot in Manchester this Spring, and is a modern, queer update on the cheeky British comedies of the ‘70s, such as Confessions of a Window Cleaner.
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Just a quick post to remind myself of the data URI scheme. This is something I should be incredibly familiar with given my history of work but I am mostly clueless.
This morning I have been helping my partner compose a bunch of words …
A cathedral’s plan to host standup comedy has been criticised, but if it keeps places of worship relevant I’m a believer
Continue reading...Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper analyzes the economic stimulus packages announced by the Indian national government and tries to identify some plausible fiscal and monetary policy coordination. The shrinking fiscal space due to revenue uncertainties has led to a theoretical plausibility of a reemergence of finite monetization of deficits in India.
The mail carrier used to think I was away from home, traveling. Nope, just scared to open the mailbox.
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John Banville’s first novel, Nightspawn, published more than fifty years ago, is set in Greece, which was then ruled by a military junta. The Irish protagonist, Benjamin White, is asked, “As a visitor, Benjamin, what do you think of the situation here, I mean the political situation?” He shrugs: “I’m not a political animal.” In […]
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This paper estimates the distribution-led regime of the US economy for the period 1947-2019. We use a time varying parameter model, which allows for changes in the regime over time.
What’s the boldest thing the Morrison government could do in next month’s budget?
It would be to forecast an unemployment rate below 4% (a rate of three-point-something), then to pledge to go further, to two-point-something.
Neither have happened for half a century; not since the long Coalition reign of Robert Menzies and his successors from the 1950s to the early 1970s, when unemployment was between 2 and 3%.
Astoundingly, both are now within Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s reach in a way they weren’t mere weeks ago.
Liftoff is when the FOMC raises the target range for the federal funds rate from a near-zero level.
Like everyone who cares about Crisis Text Line and the people we serve, I have spent the last few days reflecting on recent critiques about the organization’s practices. Having spent my career thinking about and grappling with tech ethics and privacy issues, I knew that – had I not been privy to the details and […]
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, January 31, 2022 -- The
Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced Hundred Rabbits
will join LibrePlanet 2022 as keynote speakers. The annual
technology and social justice conference will be held virtually
on March 19 and 20, 2022, with the theme "Living Liberation."
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...the platform exposes even beginner programmers to the gender-biases of technical communities.
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British schools with branches in the Middle East are abandoning principles for profit and it’s simply wrong
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Australia’s leading forecasters expect the Reserve Bank to resist pressure to lift interest rates all year, despite rising interest rates overseas, much higher inflation, plunging unemployment, and financial market traders pricing in two hikes in the next six months.
The 24-person forecasting panel assembled by The Conversation also predicts:
- weaker economic growth
- much lower housing price growth
- next to no growth in the Australian share market
- little or no further inroads into unemployment
- and wage growth so weak that real wages go backwards.
Two-thirds of the forecasting panel expect the Reserve Bank to leave rates ultra low until at least the first quarter of 2023, when it will have a better read on price pressure, wages and the jobs market.
Publisher: Pear Tree Publications
Written By: Thorne Moore
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Reviewed by: Sebastian J. Brook
Most service providers for low- to moderate-income areas in the St. Louis Fed’s District said it would take at least a year for their communities to return to pre-pandemic conditions.