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Teachers feel frustrated and afraid. Parents are overburdened. Guidance from officials has been scant. For the schools preparing to welcome students back next month, nothing about the planning process has been easy. On Episode 14 of The Politics of Everything, the writer Keith Gessen joins hosts Alex Pareene and Laura Marsh to talk about why the city’s fight to safely return kids to public schools has been so difficult. 

In the political paradigm created by the coronavirus pandemic, Donald Trump and the Republican Party are having a harder time than usual executing some of the standard fare from their electoral playbook—and not just because the rising death count and unemployment rates create some inconvenient storylines. As the party swings into the heart of the election season, Republicans would typically rely on their ability to pump out a steady stream of culture war red meat simply by reacting sanctimoniously... Читать дальше...

He still hasn’t seen the real me.

Fifteen years ago, the writer Natasha Stoynoff went to Mar-a-Lago to interview Donald and Melania Trump on the occasion of their first anniversary.

Over the past 23 years, I’ve worked to trick my brain into staying in the moment, and not dwelling on the future or the past.

1. OECD: 'Unprecedented' economic collapse in second quarter  Yahoo Finance UK
2. Saving lives or UK economy from Covid a 'false choice', MPs warn  The Guardian
3. Coronavirus: UK worst hit among major economies  BBC News
4. OECD sees 'unprecedented' economic fall of 9.8% in Q2  RTE.ie
5. OECD economies shrink by a record 9.8% in second quarter on pandemic hit  The National
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The finding could potentially help wildlife managers keep better tabs on their herds. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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Grilled top round steak with Parmesan asparagus. | Cattlemen’s Beef Board

Thinking ahead to your next few meals? Here are some main dishes and sides to try.

The Victorian economy is facing the biggest single year hit of any state or territory on record due to the coronavirus recession.

Melbourne multi-millionaire Mark Simonds and his family face criminal investigations in two states over their super-yacht's voyage to the Gold Coast.

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Any massive trade will bring plenty of social media reaction along with it and the Kapanen trade was no exception.

Falling prices for multi-gig (2.5/5/10GbE) equipment make upgrading your network to a faster standard very affordable.

The benchmark indices ended with decent gains on Wednesday. The Nifty managed to close above the 11,550 mark. The indices witnessed bouts of volatility ahead of monthly F&O expiry tomorrow.

Sports Mole rounds up Arsenal's latest injury and suspension news ahead of Saturday's Community Shield encounter with Liverpool.

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Cups schmups.

Yesterday the Toronto Maple Leafs, eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs weeks ago, became the biggest story in the hockey world when they traded winger Kasperi Kapanen, and others, to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Kapanen was a big part of the return the Maple Leafs got for trading Phil Kessel back in the summer of 2015. The team they acquired Kapanen from? The Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded away several players that day... Читать дальше...

“It was kind of a ‘love it or list it’ story,” says the designer. “The couple, who are expecting a baby, ended up loving it and reclaiming it for themselves

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Probably not. But the Air Force checked, anyway.

Key Point: The flying branch has tried more than once to retire the ungainly A-10.

The U.S. Air Force has a complicated relationship with its low- and slow-flying A-10 Warthog attack jet. And that’s putting it mildly. The flying branch has tried more than once to retire the ungainly A-10 in favor of speedier planes, only for lawmakers to block the move.

But on at least one occasion... Читать дальше...

In theory, any Python code is OK as long as it’s syntactically correct and runs as intended. In practice, you want to adopt a consistent style across your projects, preferably one guided by Python’s own style recommendations. The good news is you don’t have to do this by hand. The Python ecosystem contains a variety of tooling, from the highly focused to the wide-ranging, to ensure that Python source code adheres to style conventions.

The cloud has, for the most part, become a commodity. Most enterprise cloud workloads require a small variety of hardware. After all, how many organizations are actually doing quantum computing or even AI training workloads in the cloud? The fact is, the majority of businesses simply need core cloud services: compute, block and object storage, CI/CD and testing environments, backup and failover, and low-risk options for hybrid cloud or multicloud deployments.

$233.4 billion. That’s how much analyst firm IDC said the world spent on cloud (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) in 2019. It sounds like a lot of money, right? According to a quick Internet search, $233 billion is how much China plans to spend on defense. It’s now much Bill Gates could save by “reinventing the toilet.” And it’s how much the meeting industry expects to lose due to the pandemic curtailing travel.

A big reason why we all use clouds these days is to save money from running our own server rooms and data centers. But, if you don't use clouds correctly, you can still lose money. Here's how to avoid those costly mistakes.

The NSW economy could shrink to where it was in 2017-18 as its shuttered border with Victoria and the world weigh on the state economy.

Australia's most beloved - fictional - sporting figure fronts an ad we can all be proud of... but some people just can't help themselves.

Melbourne multi-millionaire Mark Simonds and his family face criminal investigations in two states over their super-yacht's voyage to the Gold Coast.