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Joe Biden Is Back. Here’s How He Did It.

COLUMBIA, S.C.—Joe Biden had taken blow after blow. The former vice president had come in fourth place in the debacle that was the Iowa caucus , and it looked like he might do the same, or worse, in New Hampshire. So before the results putting him in fifth place were announced, he fled, literally, to the state whose support he needed most: South Carolina. And tonight South Carolinians delivered Biden a decisive victory, with most of the major news networks projecting him as the winner as soon as polls closed. It is his first presidential-primary win in three runs for president over more than 30 years , one he hopes will prove his continued popularity with core Democratic constituencies and reinvigorate his flailing campaign. Biden is popular with black voters—he enjoyed roughly 50 percent of their support nationwide when he joined a crowded presidential field in April, according to CNN polls . So the question was never whether Biden could get black voters to support him, but rather ...
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If anti-Bernie Democrats were serious, they’d unite around Joe Biden right now

Joe Biden campaigns in Georgetown, South Carolina on February 26, 2020. | Scott Olson/Getty Images How are Bernie’s elite Democrat opponents this incompetent? Democrats opposed to Bernie Sanders want you to know they’re scared. The New York Times’ Lisa Lerer and Reid Epstein reported last Thursday that 84 of the 93 Democratic superdelegates they spoke with opposed giving the party’s nomination to Sanders if he wins a plurality, but not majority, of delegates in the primaries. “How you can spend four or five months hoping you don’t have to put a bumper sticker from that guy on your car,” former Sen. Chris Dodd told the paper. Anti-Bernie columnists like my colleague Jonathan Chait are expressing enthusiasm for a move by party elites to block Bernie . Exactly zero “frontline” Democratic members of the US House — those the party has designated as most vulnerable and in need of support in November — have endorsed Sanders with many endorsing moderates . But here’s the thing: The wor...
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Four winners and three losers in the South Carolina Democratic Primary

Joe Biden campaigns in Sumter, South Carolina, on February 28, 2020. | Scott Olson/Getty Images A good night for Biden, a bad one for Bloomberg South Carolina is the end of the beginning — and it turned out to be a big enough blowout to transform our understanding of the race to come into what really looks like a two-person race between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. First came the traditional two — Iowa’s caucuses and New Hampshire’s “first-in-the-nation” primary. Then came Nevada, moved close to the front of the calendar to give Latino voters more voice in the process, and now, South Carolina, which serves a similar role but for the African-American electorate. None of these states are particularly large or rich in delegates (though South Carolina is the biggest of the four) but they matter because each one stands along on its own day — a beautiful unique snowflake that drives narratives and builds momentum. Collectively the opening four don’t determine the winner of a nominat...
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Cloud Data Science 9

Lots of announcements this week, so without delay, let’s get right to Cloud Data Science 9. News Google Announces Cloud SQL for Microsoft SQL Server Google’s Cloud SQL now supports SQL Server in addition to PostgreSQL and MySQL Google Opens a new Cloud Region Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, it is named us-west3. They are promoting it as the Silicon Slopes region, so that is good news if you or your customers are near that location. Women in Data Science Livestream This is a conference with a ton a great speakers. The livestream is free and available on the Data Science 101 blog. The event is Monday, March 2, 2020 at 9am PST. Azure Sphere for IoT security goes GA This is a comprehensive security solution for IoT. It is now generally available (GA). Microsoft retires MCSA, MCSD, and MCSE certifications Microsoft has gone to more role-based certifications, so these legacy certs are going away. Amazon Transcribe can now remove PII Amazon Trascribe is a speech recognition ser...
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SR2 Chapter 2 Medium

[This article was first published on Brian Callander , and kindly contributed to R-bloggers ]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here ) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. SR2 Chapter 2 Medium Posted on 29 February, 2020 by Brian Tags: statistical rethinking , solutions , conditional probability , counting , grid approximation Category: statistical-rethinking-2 Here’s my solutions to the medium exercises in chapter 2 of McElreath’s Statistical Rethinking, 1st edition. My intention is to move over to the 1nd edition when it comes out next month. \(\DeclareMathOperator{\dbinomial}{Binomial} \DeclareMathOperator{\dbernoulli}{Bernoulli} \DeclareMathOperator{\dpoisson}{Poisson} \DeclareMathOperator{\dnormal}{Normal} \DeclareMathOperator{\dt}{t} \DeclareMathOperator{\dcauchy}{Cauchy} \DeclareMathOperator{\dexponential}{Exp} \DeclareMathOperator{\duniform}{Uniform} \DeclareMathOperat...
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Biden Wins South Carolina Primary, AP Projects

The crucial win has the potential to resurrect Joe Biden's campaign after a series of poor finishes in other early voting states. The Associated Press projected the former vice president's victory. (Image credit: Sam Wolfe/Bloomberg via Getty Images) News : NPR https://ift.tt/2wcMCSZ March 01, 2020 at 03:01AM
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Joe Biden gets his first primary win in South Carolina

Joe Biden campaigns Raleigh, North Carolina, on February 29, 2020. | Gerry Broome/AP The former Vice President picked up a much-needed victory going into Super Tuesday. Joe Biden just got the win he’s been waiting for — and by a healthy margin, too. The former vice president is the projected winner of the South Carolina primary, according to our partners at DecisionDesk, who have him edging out both Sen. Bernie Sanders and billionaire activist Tom Steyer . The victory is a critical one for Biden, who’s built up a strong base among older black voters, and long looked to South Carolina as his so-called “firewall,” particularly after disappointing finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire. Given the margin of success that he’s seeing in the state thus far, Biden’s win puts him in a strong position going into Super Tuesday next week. Biden’s performance in South Carolina — the first state he’s won at this point — also infuses some much-needed energy into his flailing candidacy. The former...
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Heading into Super Tuesday, Biden gets big funding boost

Former Vice President Joe Biden poses for photos at a campaign event in Charleston, South Carolina. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Ahead of a promising finish in South Carolina, Biden received an infusion of cash — just in time for Super Tuesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden expects to win the South Carolina Democratic primary, and in the days leading up to that contest, his candidacy has received a number of significant boosts, from strong polling to endorsements. All of this has come just in time for the first contest in which the former vice president is a serious contender — and just ahead of Super Tuesday. After Tuesday’s debate in Charleston, South Carolina , Biden’s campaign raised $2 million in four days . More than half of that was brought in the day after the debate , when he raised more than $1.2 million. Unite the Country, a Biden super PAC, has also had successful days of fundraising of late, bringing in $2.5 million last Thursday — a haul that led to a last minute sev...
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Biden projected as winner in South Carolina, halting momentum of front-runner Sanders

Joe Biden was projected to win South Carolina's Democratic primary on Saturday, reviving his faltering White House campaign and halting the surge of national front-runner Bernie Sanders, who appeared headed to a distant second-place finish. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/38buwhF March 01, 2020 at 03:02AM
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Biden projected to win South Carolina Democratic presidential primary

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary on Saturday and is expected to defeat rival Bernie Sanders decisively for his first victory of the 2020 election campaign, according an analysis of exit polls by Edison Research. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/38eiS5o March 01, 2020 at 03:01AM
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Washington state man becomes first U.S. coronavirus fatality

A Washington state man in his 50s with underlying health issues became the United States' first fatality from the coronavirus, officials said on Saturday, as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to combat the spread of the global outbreak. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2VzxBp6 March 01, 2020 at 02:58AM
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Weinstein stir crazy at New York hospital days after sex crimes conviction, spokesman says

Harvey Weinstein is sitting under guard in a cinderblock room at a New York City hospital days after his conviction for sexual assault and rape, and at times "can go stir crazy just staring at the emptiness," according to a spokesman. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/32Dt7Py March 01, 2020 at 02:56AM
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Clyburn's endorsement of Biden 'a factor' for a majority of South Carolina voters: poll

Voters in South Carolina's Democratic primary on Saturday appeared to be more moderate than those who took part in earlier presidential nominating contests, and a majority said a senior black congressman's endorsement of Joe Biden influenced their vote, according to exit polling by Edison Research. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/32DUDMK March 01, 2020 at 02:39AM
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Bloomberg in South Carolina: Not on the ballot and not liked - poll

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was not on the ballot in Saturday's Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina, but he was still on voters' minds - and not in a good way. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/387LI7v March 01, 2020 at 02:26AM
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How to Acquire Large Satellite Image Datasets for Machine Learning Projects

[This article was first published on r – Appsilon Data Science | End­ to­ End Data Science Solutions , and kindly contributed to R-bloggers ]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here ) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Introduction Historically, only governments and large corporations have had access to quality satellite images. In recent years, satellite image datasets have become available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection. The quality, quantity, and precision of these datasets is continuously improving, and there are many free and commercial platforms at your disposal to acquire satellite images. On top of that, the prices of acquiring the images have fallen significantly, as well as the prices and availability of the tools that will allow you to analyze the images for machine learning and data science projects.  In this article, I hope to inspire you to start ...
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