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Congress passes bill to end shutdown and prevent default; President Obama signs bill Read more: htt

“Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell […] emphasized that it preserved a round of spending cuts negotiated two years ago with Obama and Democrats.” So wait a minute, by spending cuts does he mean the “compromise” known as the budget sequestration? Which had no compromise, only harsh cuts that everyone was supposed to hate… Why does …

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The problem with millennials

There is no problem. The term and the dialog are symptomatic of the human experience. Labels and stereotypes are what we do best. In popular culture the term millennials is a new label for a dated trope. In the scientific literature, which is so happily referenced but not actually analyzed, the term has only the narrowest of …

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UNB Technology Launched into Space

Heck yeah! Some of the science payload used for monitoring “space weather” (which doubles as the positioning and attitude system) came from my department here at UNB.UNB Technology Launched into Space After a two-week delay, a rocket carrying a GPS instrument designed by University of New Brunswick scientists was launched into space aboard the SpaceX …

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