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Thu, 30/11/2023 - 10:18

The Technical Working Group (TWG) is announcing two coding standards changes for final discussion. Feedback will be reviewed at the meeting scheduled for Wednesday 20 December 2200 UTC.

Issues for discussion

The Coding Standards project page outlines the process for changing Drupal coding standards.

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Thu, 30/11/2023 - 10:08
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Even those of the intelligent who believe that they have a nostrum are too individualistic to combine with other intelligent men from whom they differ on minor points. […] Perhaps we shall […]
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Thu, 30/11/2023 - 10:00
It’s a major pillar of Trump’s vengeance agenda Of course Republicans hate  Obamacare and will repeal it it the first chance they get. Why would anyone think otherwise? Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Republican presidential primary front-runner Donald Trump revived calls to roll back Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, if he returns to the White House. “The cost of Obamacare is out of control, plus, it’s not good Healthcare. I’m seriously looking at alternatives,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Saturday. Trump’s post resurrects an issue on which he and his party are vulnerable. A Sept. 15-19 NBC News poll found that when it comes to health care, voters trust Democrats over Republicans by a margin of 45%-22%. The same survey found that Democrats trail the GOP on many other issues, including the economy, immigration and crime. After trying and failing to repeal the ACA, and suffering for it at the ballot box, Republican candidates abandoned their calls for eliminating the law in the 2022 midterm elections, recognizing the push as a political loser.
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Thu, 30/11/2023 - 09:56
Yesterday (November 29, 2023), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest – Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator – for October 2023, which showed a sharp drop in inflation. This release resolves some of the uncertainty that arose when the September-quarter data came out last month, which showed a slight uptick. I analysed that…
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Thu, 30/11/2023 - 08:22

The US and Israel have been planning the construction of brand new trade routes, which are only possible through normalization agreements signed between Tel Aviv and the Arab World. So, what is the Ben Gurion Canal, India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, and why is this so important to Washington's considerations when backing the current Israeli onslaught on Gaza?

The post Ben Gurion Canal: US Supports Israel’s Gaza War Over A Trade Route appeared first on MintPress News.

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Thu, 30/11/2023 - 06:00

Have you recently written an honours thesis for your Bachelor’s degree? Or another similar in-depth study? If so, did you enjoy the research and writing process? Did it turn out well in the end?

If so, you might consider capping it off by applying for this year’s JAPE Young Scholars’ Award.

Each year the editors of the Journal of Australian Political Economy consider applications from students who are interested in converting their research and writing into an article for publication in an academic journal. The successful applicant gets $2,000 and personal advice and guidance about producing an article of publishable standard. The article can be considered for inclusion in a future issue of JAPE.

Applications normally close at the end of November each year. This year, however, the deadline has been extended to December 10th.

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Thu, 30/11/2023 - 05:17
Always, but always, plot your data. Remember that data quality is at least as important as data quantity. Always ask yourself, “Do these results make economic/common sense”? Check whether your “statistically significant” results are also “numerically/economically significant”. Be sure that you know exactly what assumptions are used/needed to obtain the results relating to the properties of any estimator or […]