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1) Deutsche Post
For some reason, every single piece of mail that our friends have sent to us at our German address (whether it be addressed to just me or to the both of us), has gotten returned to sender saying that there is insufficient address information provided. Yet somehow, Deutsche Post has no problem delivering our bills or an incessant pile of junk mail to us.
2) New York Magazine
For the past month or so, I have been receiving a weekly subscription to New York Magazine. This on its own is not odd. What is odd about it is that I have never bought a subscription to New York Magazine. I also never received a card in the mail telling me that someone had purchased a subscription for me. Apparently my subscription just kind of materialized out of thin air? If anyone reading this did buy the subscription for me, please let me know so that I can thank you properly.
Friday, October 15, 2010
two things I just don't understand
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Please tell me that when I re-sent your package you got it??ReplyDelete
Oh that has to be completely frustrating about the mail. Ironic about the bills though. Shame those never seem to get lost in the mail and never found again!ReplyDelete
AARRRRGGGHHH I DO NOT LOVE YOUR POSTAL SERVICE.ReplyDelete
but dont you just love NYmag? i'm not a new yorker and have never been and started getting it and ADORE it! ive re-subscribed twice!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM
nymag is the best thing ever! DO You read their blogs? i literally would not be able to function at work if they ever blocked the websiteReplyDelete
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Apple has introduced its new 16-inch MacBook Pro, promising an upgrade in both design and performance. Models will be available in silver and space gray next week, with a starting price of $2,499.
The new Pro is configurable with the M1 Pro and the M1 Max, Apple's new 10-core processors with eight "high-performance" cores and two "high-efficiency" cores. The M1 Max has double the Pro's GPU cores (32 to the Pro's 16) and double the memory bandwidth, as well as 64GB of unified memory (the Pro has 32GB).
The chassis has also received a modern redesign. The device is 4.7 pounds and 16.8mm thick, with a 16.2-inch display. The Touch Bar has been replaced by physical keys, and there's an HDMI port on the right side in addition to a Thunderbolt 4 port and an SDXC slot, with a headphone jack and two Thunderbolt 4 ports on the left. It's the most connectivity we've ever seen from a Mac notebook, according to Apple — the M1 Pro model supports up to two Pro Display XDRs, and the M1 Max config can handle up to three in addition to a 4K TV.
The first MacBook Pro 16 debuted in November 2019. It had a very similar design to previous 15-inch MacBook Pros and was powered by Intel's 9th Gen processors (which are now two generations old). Reviewers praised its outstanding keyboard and audio, in addition to its power, but moaned about the limited connectivity — there were only two Thunderbolt ports on each side.
There's a new 1080p camera, which Apple says delivers twice the low-light performance of previous MacBook shooters. A new six-speaker sound system supports Spatial Audio, and a Liquid Retina XDR display delivers up to a claimed 1,600 nits of peak brightness. The enclosure is entirely aluminum, and Apple says the new cooling system can move "50 percent more air" than previous MacBooks with lower (and thus, quieter) fan speeds.
Apple claims the 16-inch Pro will deliver 21 hours of video playback on battery, which is "the longest battery life ever on a Mac notebook", per the company. Battery results can vary by workload, so we wouldn't expect most people to see that result — but anything close would be category-topping without a doubt. The MacBook also supports MagSafe 3 and fast charge for easy juicing.
The M1 Pro and M1 Max have big shoes to fill. The M1 chip that Apple announced last November (which now powers the MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, the Mac Mini, the iPad Pro, and the 2021 iMac) has blown competing offerings out of the water when it comes to processing power, efficiency, and integrated graphics.
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When I started wearing a headcovering, I did a lot of cringing. In public, I looked weird. I wasn't exactly comfortable with wearing it yet, so it still felt a little bit like a costume, instead of my everyday habit. Since I felt uncomfortable myself, others, especially the public at large, sensed my discomfort and it made things increasingly awkward. Over time things became less awkward. It took time though. I think the first 2 years it was still pretty weird for me at times. After 2 years, wearing the headcovering was closer to second nature. After 5 years it was mostly normal. After 10 years, I don't even give it a second thought. A headcovering is simply part of my way of life.
During those early months I prayed a lot when I had to go out in public. Grocery shopping, going to church, going to cub scout meetings, took a measure of courage that I didn't have on my own. I prayed, and God gave me some of his courage, so it got easier. Still, it wasn't overnight. By 2 months into it, I was doing much better. I was less intimidated by the odd looks and some outright staring. Now it doesn't bother me when people look at me. And since I'm more secure in my self, and wearing a headcovering, I think my comfort telegraphs itself to others, so they are more comfortable around me too.
There is one bible verse (well, actually two connected verses) that really helped to shore up my courage while I was still feeling peculiar about wearing my headcovering, especially in public.
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks.
Ezekiel 3:8-9
The Geneva bible commentary (1560) say about this verse: "God promises his assistance to his ministers, and that he will give them boldness and constancy in their calling." I really took this to heart. I asked God to give me a strong face when I was out in public. I needed a strong face and a forehead harder than flint so that the dismayed looks wouldn't intimidate me or turn me from my calling. I used to chant the above verse to myself when I felt especially overwhelmed and it helped more than I can articulate.
Sometimes doing something that God has called us to do is hard. It's outside of our comfort zone and we might even feel a little bit crazy for doing it. It's still worth following his calling for us. Sometimes it seems to me that the things that He asks me to do that are the hardest for me personally, are also the most necessary. The most worthwhile.
So for anyone wearing a headcovering and feeling the cringe that sometimes comes with it, I offer encouragement. My headcovering has brought me more blessings that I can even describe. It's done so much for my walk with the Lord. It has shown me that I really can rely upon Him and His grace to see me through, moment by moment. Breath by breath.
I started out with wearing bandanas. I made some headcoverings myself, but came back to the bandanas over and over because they were the least "weird" for me to wear in public. I bought some patterns for other types of heacoverings from shaker bonnets to oblong shaped veils that were clipped in place over a bun. Eventually I settled on a snood like the one Mrs. Martin Luther is wearing in the portrait here. I tie a scarf around my head where you see the band on Mrs. Luther's. It covers the clips I use to hold the snood in place. I buy them from Amazon, or sometimes at beauty supply stores. I prefer black snoods. Sometimes they're called "heavy weight hair nets." For me they are the easiest to wear and I feel the most normal in them. Plus I like wearing different scarves around the band to match my outfits.
I've found that showing some of my hair, near the front of my face, keeps people from thinking I'm in chemotherapy and losing my hair. I'm also careful to wear a cross necklace so that people know I'm Christian, and not Muslim. I live in the deep south and this simple distinction smooths things for me socially, especially in smaller redneck towns. Some of my more mainstream outfits don't shout Christian as loudly as my plain jumpers do, so seeing the cross gives other people a quick clue that I'm dressed this way for a specific religious reason, which seems to make them more comfortable around me.
Figuring out which type of headcovering was most comfortable for me went a long way to making it easier to wear. I had to try a lot of different alternatives before I settled upon my snood. Giving other people social clues makes things easier too. It gives people a box to categorize me in, which makes it more convenient for them to makes sense of me. And thus easier to be friendly with me. I personally don't think any "box" really fits any human being, but I admit that my life is easier when other people know which box I fit in, in their understanding of the world.
And now, after 13 years in the trenches, my headcovering is second nature. It's muscle memory. It's just one of the many facts about who I am and the woman God is helping me become. No more interesting than my fingernails or my socks. Just a part of me.
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There are many hairstyles that will help you look simply amazing on your wedding day. The right bridal updo is just as crucial as the right wedding dress. Click the link above to listen. This podcast is based on the full Bridal Updo article at WhirlaStyle.com.
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Curly hair is one of the most difficult hair categories to style because dealing with it can sometimes be quite a heavy burden. If you happen to have curly hair, you are certainly aware that it can be a trick to control and manage. Curly updos can be very beautiful and elegant if managed correctly. Whether attending a formal event or you are just going to your job, curly updos can add that sophistication to your appearance. Click the link in this sentence to listen to us cover some fast and easy curly updos you can do by yourself.
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Kai and Jenna were one of the first couples to hit it off on the newest season of MTV's Are You The One, but they encountered some rocky roads pretty soon after they met. Kai seemed enthralled with Jenna at first, and there's still obviously something between them. But his immediate flirtations with some of the show's other castmates put a damper on things, and it's unclear how they'll proceed from here. If it's destiny that Kai and Jenna are together after Are You The One, they'll have to make some serious changes to how they operate as a couple, and hope the predetermined matches work in their favor.
First of all, there's really no sign on Kai's Instagram feed as to whether the couple is enduring to this day. The most Jenna can be found on his feed is in a post advertising the start of the season, and his caption says "the one could be anyone." So, take that to mean whatever you want. Jenna's Instagram also shows no signs of Kai beyond the general photos of the entire cast, and neither of them seem to be flaunting any other romantic partner, either.
Of course, they could totally be together, or dating other people, and simply hiding those details for the sake of keeping things spoiler-free. They're likely under some kind of secrecy contract with MTV, so as fun as social media snooping is, it might not yield any solid results.
Regardless of how things play out, fans are already rooting for Kai and Jenna. They have palpable chemistry, and even shared some super intimate moments that had nothing to do with romance. Jenna held Kai's hand while he administered his hormone treatment, and they had refreshing, honest conversations about their sexualities and his trans identity.
It seemed like a great start to a relationship, but as any Are You The One viewer knows, first impressions can be deceiving. People were quick to turn on the relationship once it became clear that Kai wasn't as invested as Jenna was right off the bat.
Kai threw things off early by sleeping around a bit, but in his defense, it's early in the game, and it might make strategic sense to mingle with more than one person. Though the name of the game is to find love, it's not as easy as simply cultivating a relationship with someone. Are You The One tosses a group of singles into a house together, all of whom have a predetermined match somewhere within the cast. If they all figure out who their "perfect match" is by the end of the season, they split a $1 million prize.
So, even if Kai and Jenna move past Kai's relationships with other people, that might not be the wisest decision in terms of actually winning the game. Hopefully they'll get voted into the truth booth — the only tool at the contestants' disposal that can confirm or deny that a couple is a match — before too long, and this whole thing will be settled for the house, and curious viewers, once and for all.
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- This collection of stereoviews and lantern slides was assembled by Alexis "Lex" du Pont (1928-2016), the son of Du Pont Motors founder E. Paul du Pont (1887-1950). The founder of New Garden Aviation and New Garden Flying Field in Pennsylvania, Alexis "Lex" du Pont was also a collector and dealer of motorcycles, automobiles, and antique aircraft.
- This digital collection represents a small part of the Alexis du Pont stereoviews and lantern slides (Accession 2016.303) collection, which includes albumen silver prints, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, stereoviews, lantern slides, and a lantern slide projector.
- Many of the items included here are mechanical lantern slides, early forms of animated entertainment. These include glass phenakistiscope discs, a choreutoscope, an astronomical rackwork slide, single and double slip slides, and slip panorama slides. Animated video files accompany these items to demonstrate them in use.
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What Neuroimaging Tells Us about Trust and Pricing
Dr. Angelika Dimoka wanted to know more about how the brain functions under trust and distrust. So, she designed a study and found a few willing participants to subject themselves to a brain scan. Their compensation: $35.
With MRI technology, she was able to see images of brain activity based on blood flow changes. One of her findings was that "the brain areas associated with trust and distrust adequately predict price premiums." This has important implications for sales professionals because in an increasingly competitive marketplace, it's become difficult to protect the full value of the sale. Customers, with greater access to information and buying options, are demanding lower prices. Meanwhile, as differentiation diminishes, sales professionals have few places to go. Too often, they reduce the scope of the sale to meet pricing demands, or they relinquish valuable terms. Fortunately, Dr. Dimoka's work offers some interesting ways for sales professionals to overcome this challenge.
After exhaustively reviewing the scans, she learned that "the neural correlates of distrust are stronger predictors of price premiums than those of trust." What does this mean? It tells us that distrust is, in fact, likely to have a bigger effect on price than trust.
Why is this?
The answer may be hidden in the fact that additional research shows that "distrust usually involves a strong emotional component while trust does not." These strong emotions invigorate the customer to hold firm on their demands for a lower cost. In more extreme cases, it provokes them to walk away entirely. However, distrust is much more than the absence of trust. For sales professionals, avoiding the characteristic of distrust is just as important as fostering trust. Moreover, "low distrust is not the same as high trust," because the two are such independent constructs.
The question remains: given the clarity of these findings, how can sales professionals avoid distrust to preserve the financial value of the sale? Here are a few ways to earn trust:
Foster a Relationship of Openness
In a piece published in The Journal of Consumer Research, Harvard Professor Leslie K. John and others found that using less formality in asking for sensitive information yielded better results. Sales professionals, therefore, should foster a relationship and openness rather than resort to formality that distances one another. This idea does not mean taking a casual approach to the sale. Sales professionals still need to execute plenty of preparation and follow through. Rather, the takeaway from this research is that there is value in developing a relationship with a customer to a point in which the conversation flows. Reaching this point requires the sales professional to gain more self-awareness. That is, they must observe their presence and understand not only how they appear to themselves, but how they appear to the customer.
Rise to the Status of an Adviser
Less than half of customers believe that sellers adequately address their problems, according to Gallup. Why? Too often, the sale is characteristic of a transaction and nothing more. Once completed, the relationship ends. Meanwhile, the original nature of the challenge changes; therefore, the solution must change. This trend underscores the need for longer-term solutions, which can only come from sales professionals who rise to the status of a trusted adviser. Customers develop trust when they see that the sales professional will remain a resource through implementation and beyond. Doing so means taking the time to understand impending industry challenges while keeping communication open with the customer. When the sales professional becomes a trusted adviser, the customer seeks their opinion and offers access to more senior-level decision makers. Value doesn't just reside in the product; it resides in the relationship.
Demonstrate Conscientiousness
Conscientiousness becomes a competitive advantage when it's applied to interactions with the customer. In these instances, the sales professional takes the time to understand customer needs. They do this by asking questions and truly listening to their answers. As a result, the relationship becomes less transactional and more collaborative. Taking this approach offers an advantage because so many other businesses have built their models around volume rather than value. Conscientious sales professionals uncover the customer's conception of the problem. Buyers today are bombarded with opinions and options. There can be a multitude of ways to solve an issue, and navigating the best path is challenging. As a result, customers may misunderstand the nature of their needs. They misdiagnose the problem.
The strongest sellers take the time to determine if the customer has fallen into this trap. The intention is not to agree on all points; it is to understand all points. Sales professionals can overcome this inertia by eliciting feedback. Without this kind of exchange, it's difficult to gauge how well the solution will fit the need. Purchasing decisions are inherently emotional. The customer has professional and financial stakes in play. A thorough sales professional understands these stakes and how they connect to the customer's world. Therefore, they foster openness to keep the customer talking.
As Dr. Dimoka's work shows, distrust is a powerful, emotional response that has an even bigger influence over price than trust. Therefore, sales professionals need to be cognisant of how to avoid missteps that may surface distrust. Doing so means encouraging openness in the relationship, earning the status of a trusted advisor, and taking a conscientious approach to every step in the selling process.
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Why Tech Companies Are Choosing Boston Over The Suburbs
Bose is the latest suburban business heading to Boston. The audio equipment company announced last week it will move part of its operation from Framingham to Boston Landing in Brighton (that's the site of the New Balance campus).
"We chose Boston Landing because it provides our employees with a desirable work location that's easy to access by public transportation and the highway," Joanne Berthiaume, a Bose spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement.
The company says it does not yet have information to disclose on the specific office plans or number of employees who will be in working in Boston, but insists the company as a whole won't relocate; Bose headquarters will remain in Framingham.
Still, the move signals a broader trend. There's a long list of companies that in recent years have said goodbye to cloistered suburban campuses and opted for city living, including Reebok, PTC, Autodesk, Converse and LogMeIn. Plus, of course, GE, which left the Connecticut suburb of Fairfield for Boston's Seaport.
Based on interviews with company executives, there seem to be three main factors that have led to the pendulum shift in corporate lifestyle: access to talent, public transportation and a collaborative open-source culture.
"There's a whole generation in the technology workforce [who are] in their 20s and early 30s, and they live in urban areas. Many of them don't have cars, [they] walk to work, ride the subway to work," said Ben Hicks, who leads the software technology division at the recruiting firm WinterWyman in Waltham. "And you put yourself at a big disadvantage if you're in Framingham, as Bose is, or you're in Burlington or Andover."
Hicks' company helps find tech talent for roughly 200 to 300 companies in the Boston area, and it also tracks those hires by geography.
"For this past year, for the jobs we worked on," he said, "40 percent were in downtown Boston, 22 percent were in Cambridge -- generally that means Kendall Square."
That means Boston and Cambridge alone accounted for over 60 percent of all its tech job hires in the last year.
As a comparison, Hicks points out that two decades ago, when he first joined WinterWyman, only about 5 percent of tech hires were in the urban core of Boston.
Route 128 was the innovation highway, but over time as millennial workers chose the city, companies have followed.
One of the earlier trendsetters was LogMeIn. The company relocated from its Woburn headquarters to Boston's Seaport in 2013.
"A good chunk of our employees are either walking to work or biking to work," said Dena Upton, vice president of people and talent at LogMeIn. "[And] a lot of our employees are taking advantage of public transportation to get in here."
Upton said it was nearly impossible to visit the company's old Woburn headquarters without a car.
Plus, she insists there's an energy in Boston that the company didn't feel before. The innovation ecosystem around the Seaport has only expanded in the last few years with more companies moving into the neighborhood.
One of those companies is PTC. It's currently based in Needham, but the software company is building a new headquarters in the Seaport, and planning to move into the area by early 2019.
"We are in a very competitive marketplace in the software industry," said Eric Snow, PTC's senior vice president of corporate communications. "And we believe that being in an urban location will assist [us] with both attracting new employees we're looking for, as well as giving existing employees a reason to stick around."
But beyond talent, some companies say being in Boston is critical for corporate culture.
Earlier this fall, Reebok began moving its 700 employees from a massive 60-plus-acre campus with soccer fields in Canton into a new office on the edge of Boston's Seaport.
"Companies are realizing how interconnected they are to other businesses, and the need to be more collaborative," said Matt O'Toole, president of Reebok Brand. "I think it's difficult to do that in a more cloistered environment."
And he candidly points out his competitors are also based in Boston. Both New Balance and Converse have headquarters in Boston, and these sneaker companies feed off one another.
In fact, many company executives say the tech space itself is more collaborative than it was 20 years ago, which is why businesses as survival strategy don't want to be as insulated or insular as they once were.
Tech companies in the city routinely host meetups where young talent from a range of companies share ideas, and Upton, with LogMeIn, says her company is able to do that more effectively in Boston.
"You want to attract people to come in to your facility, to give back to the overall tech community," she said. "It would have been much more difficult for us to attract people to come to our space if we were out in Woburn."
There are a few other reasons for moving: Upton points out that lifestyle and food options are just so much tastier.
When the company was at an office park in Woburn, she said people had to hop in a car and drive under a highway any time they wanted to go out to lunch.
"Here there's tons of different places to just walk out, get out of the office after work, and meet up with other people," she said.
Access to food, the airport and public transportation are all major selling points, but as more companies have moved back into the city, rents have skyrocketed.
"Affordable real estate in the city, because of the movement into the city in the last five years, has become harder to come by and more expensive," said Hicks, with WinterWyman. "Because so much of the tech hiring is small companies and startups, they have a defined budget, they can't go out and have the most expensive or the fanciest office space. So I think that's where we've seen it level out a little bit."
Hicks points out that even though tech hiring in Boston is strong, it's not as high as what his company witnessed a couple of years ago. In 2015, over 50 percent of the tech jobs WinterWyman hired for were in Boston.
And so it's a tricky balance because as more companies are lured back into the city, rents will inevitably rise, pushing out smaller startups and midsize companies that can't afford Boston's cost of living.
Plus, not everyone at a company wants to pay thousands of dollars in rent for an apartment or commute into downtown Boston.
And so perhaps we'll see more hybrid moves, like TripAdvisor. The company chose to build its new headquarters a couple years ago not in Boston but in Needham — where suburban executives could drive in and urban commuters could hop on a TripAdvisor shuttle from North Station or Cambridge.


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The California Walnut Commission announced today the second annual "Power of 3" global marketing campaign, which builds on the successful 2020 campaign. "Power of 3" will launch on March 3rd with a first-ever global event celebrated in the USA, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the Middle East to showcase how they like to get their daily handful of walnuts.
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- Launches March, the 3rd month of the year.
- Emphasizes the rich essential plant-based omega-3 ALA content of walnuts (2.5 grams/ounce).
- Encourages at least 3 handfuls (28-30 grams) a week as a simple way to improve overall nutrition.
This campaign is a fun and engaging way to build on one of California walnuts' core benefits as the only nut that is a rich source of plant-based omega-3 ALA (2.5 grams/ounce). ALA is an essential nutrient needed by the human body that can only be provided through the diet and has been associated with benefits for heart health, brain health and healthy aging. A one ounce serving of walnuts provides plant-based protein (4 grams), fiber (2 grams) and is good source of magnesium. Walnuts are also a good source of vitamin B6 (0.2mg/oz) and an excellent source of copper (0.45mg/oz) and manganese (0.1mg/oz) all of which contribute to the normal functioning of the immune system.
"There was tremendous excitement around the globe for the Power of 3 campaign last year and we are thrilled to bring it back on an even bigger scale in 2021," shares Pamela Graviet, Senior Marketing Director, International, for the California Walnut Commission. "This campaign makes it simple for consumers to remember just how easily they can improve their overall diet with a handful of walnuts."
The campaign will employ a variety of communications tools, including a video that is a core component of the campaign and will be used across all markets. Recipes, developed by influencers in each country, will be shared across the globe providing inspiration to consumers.
The Science behind Plant-Based Omega-3 ALA
All omega-3s provide health benefits, so it's important to get these good fats from a variety of sources. As the only nut significantly high in omega-3 ALA (2.5g per one ounce/28g), one of the easiest ways to get more ALA into your diet is to start with walnuts.
ALA and Heart Health
According to a clinical trial published in The Journal of Nutrition, eating a diet rich in omega-3 ALA, from foods like walnuts, may help to lower the risk of heart disease through anti-inflammatory effects.
ALA and Brain Health
Evidence from a variety of studies suggests dietary ALA may be able to fulfill the human requirement for DHA in the body when higher levels of ALA (at least 1.2g) are consumed.
ALA and Healthy Aging
In addition, research from one of the largest clinical trials looking at the benefits of a Mediterranean diet suggested older Spanish individuals (ages 55-80) with a high cardiac risk who supplemented a high fish diet with dietary ALA saw a reduced risk of all-cause mortality.
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San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said cornerback Jason Verrett injured his hamstring during Wednesday's practice. Keep track of the latest news and notes from NFL training camps.
49ers WR Jalen Hurd feared to have suffered torn ACL
San Francisco might be without wide receiver Jalen Hurd for the entire 2020 season. Hurd is undergoing an MRI for what is believed to be a torn ACL, per Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo.
49ers adding receiver help with Tavon Austin, J.J. Nelson
Reigning NFC champions are set to add WR/RB Tavon Austin along with another veteran wideout in J.J. Nelson to add depth to a unit currently dealing with the injury to Deebo Samuel.
Roundup: Colts remove T.Y. Hilton (hamstring) from NFI list
T.Y. Hilton is ready for action. The Indianapolis Colts removed the receiver from the active/non-football injury list Wednesday.
2020 NFL Free Agency: Notable departures by team
After a frenzied first wave of free agency, NFL rosters look stunningly different than they did just one year ago. Here is a team-by-team listing of the notable departures during a wild 2020 free agency period.
McCarthy: Goal is to have Cooper, Cobb back with 'Boys
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NFC East rookie grades: QBs power Giants', Redskins' classes
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Roundup: Jaguars LB Myles Jack suffers concussion
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EDWARDS: So you would agree with my proposal to ban contributions from lobbyists?
GEPHARDT: Yes, I'm with you.
FACTCHECK: But Gephardt's various campaigns have received $8 million from political action committee's since 1989-amounting to one dollar of every five he has raised. Counting both PAC money and donations from individuals, Gephardt got $4.4 million from lawyers and lobbyists during that period, making that industry his biggest supporter by far. In second place is the beer, wine and liquor industry at $1.3 million. To be sure, it isn't necessarily inconsistent to take lobbyists' money while advocating a ban. In fact, Edwards himself is heavily funded by fellow trial lawyers even though he turns away money from registered lobbyists. But we thought you would like to know.
Also, too many Americans have lost faith in the possibility of principled compromise. With Congress so closely divided, some would say that finding common ground is simply impossible. We refuse to believe that.
The Republican Party has run its campaigns for the last two decades on the premise that government doesnÆt solve peopleÆs problems but is itself the problem. IsnÆt it the height of cynicism for Republicans to deliberately foster an attitude of contempt for government as a means of grabbing power?
Real campaign reform must be the highest priority of our leaders. If it takes an amendment to the Constitution to make it possible to enact campaign spending limits-on the grounds that the candidatesÆ ōfree speechö would otherwise be infringed-so be it. I rarely favor tinkering with the framework our Founders devised, but IÆd approve a thoughtfully crafted exception in this case.
In many countries, voting takes place on a Saturday, Sunday, or national holiday, so voter participation is easier. Our Constitution calls for presidential elections to be held on the first Tuesday of November. IÆd support a constitutional amendment to change elections to weekend days or holidays. If that canÆt be passed, we should consider making every national election day a holiday. It should be simple to vote no matter where you live or how recently you may have moved.
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How did the data-driven ad economy experience and best respond to the crisis? We open the summit sharing best learnings from the crisis about what happened to media budgets during the crisis, how automation adjusted to a new cultural tone, and where buyers found the inventory they needed.
- Guest Host
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- Steve Smith, VP, Editorial Director, Events, MediaPost @popeyesm
A tsunami of cash on behalf of hundreds of brands is about to eat your inventory, inflate prices, flood the zone. Politicians and PACs may spend more money in a shorter time span than at anytime in Internet history. But what is the plan? Where will the money go, into which media, with what targeting and to what effect? GMMB is the agency that the Democratic Party and candidates up and down their ticket have gone to for many cycles. We explore with them what has been learned and implemented in the last two election cycles about the role digital media really plays in driving behaviors – which channels will they lean on and how? Meanwhile, outside of the Beltway, how will the political season constrain other brands's plans.
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- Interviewer
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How do you plan when media, consumer patterns, the economy itself are in flux? How are brands and media buyers rethinking their digital campaigns through 2020 and into 2021? What is the new normal?
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- Michael Melia, Media Director, Dashlane
- Dan Williams, CRO, 3 Day Blinds @easyquestion
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How did you advertisers and media buyers rethink both your media and creative strategies as a result of the crisis? And what did we learn about emergency response itself that can be brought forward into the next crisis?
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- Abigail Mallick, Online Marketing Manager, Penguin Random House
- Joe Weaver, President & CEO, PROMATICA
- James Wilson, Growth Marketing Manager, Beardbrand
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- Eric Tsai, Vice President Of Marketing and Business Development, Joybird
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It's Data Day at the Summit. We explore how buyers adjust to the looming cookieless world, how they are valuing the data they do acquire and how location may trump identity in many cases.
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- Elizabeth Kim, D2C & Data Manager, Lionsgate
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Even before Covid-19, data-driven advertising was facing a perfect storm over cookie-based tracking. We know the drill, but what is the plan? For tracking and targeting consumers reliably across channels? To mix and match first- and third-party data to establish identity? To measure across incompatible metrics? We explore what a long-term brand strategy for privacy, data management and hygiene looks like in a post-cookie world.
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- Lisa Singer, Senior Director, Event Programming, MediaPost @LisaMSinger
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- Freddie Liversidge, Global Head of Media, HP
- Andrew Ronnfeldt, Manager, Digital Marketing – Paid Social & Display, Sprint
Facing increasing competition at both the high and low end of the market, Crunch Fitness needed to create greater focus with their marketing communications. Greater focus on each gym with customized geo-location trading zones; greater focus on audience with 1st party data seeded segments; greater focus on messaging with customized creative served to different segments all contributed to significantly improved lead gen costs. Chad and Melissa will outline how it happened and Crunch Fitness's plans for the future as the market slowly opens up again.
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CTV was the big winner in mindshare shifts during the pandemic lockdown. But what did the surge in inventory, usage and media buying tell us about the fastest growing category of TV buying?
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- Sarah Koch, VP, Programmatic Strategy, Havas Media
- Matt Myers, Head of Customer Acquisition, Haven Life
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By Kavya Kamal
The Kashmir Valley is all set to celebrate the annual Kheer Bhawani Festival which is celebrated with great devotion and joy followed by fast and a gathering at the place where the temple is located on the eighth day of full moon in the month of May and June which is the time when the goddess changes the color of spring's water which is ascribed as different manifestations of the goddess as per the believes
The Goddess Mata Ragnya Devi is symbolised as a sacred spring at Tula Mula village, near (27 kms) Srinagar, Kashmir in J&K India. The spring of Kheer Bhawani is quite large and has always been held in veneration by the Brahman population of Srinagar.
The Temple, dedicated to the Goddess Mata Kheer Bhawani (originally Bhawani Mata), has been constructed over a Sacred Spring. Within the spring is a marble Temple. The Temple-Spring complex is affectionately known as Kheer Bhawani as thousands of devotees offer milk and 'kheer' to the Sacred Spring.
The nation has always been sensitive when it comes to the issue of Kashmir and the views which appears in our minds is all about the AFSPA and the turmoil with the scenic beauty, but wait this is the time to add something new to it. This very festivals brings and sets the biggest example of the wishes of both kashmiri pandits and them muslims to unite and live together with peace,brotherhood and happiness. If you take a look around the joyous atmosphere of this very temple,surrounded by happiness and togetherness, one could see Muslim brothers setting up stalls and shops making the event much more meaningful and exciting adding the colors and urge for unit.It is the Muslim brothers of that area who help the pandits to make the event more extravagant through manufacturing and selling the prayer related materials all around the temple.Rare scenes of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood is witnessed as locals in Tulmulla village serve milk in earthen pots to the Pandits, keeping alive the centuries-old local tradition. The Kheer Bhawani is an example of the communal amity between Hindus and Muslims in the Valley as the latter take an active part in making arrangements every year. The Muslim brethren who want to meet their old time friends are seen searching for them in the shrine premises.
In the outer compound of the pantheon, stalls set up by local Muslims sell everything needed to perform the rituals of the festival. 'Puja thalis', the plates carrying commodities offered as tributes to the goddess, are prepared by Muslims, who place them in the nearly two dozen stalls that dot the outer compound of the shrine.
The Kashmiri pandits who migrated from the valley in 1990s after the attack by militants are divided by the proposal of establishing different land while some are staunch op-posers of the very same.
"we do not want separate colonies,we want to live with our muslim brothers"-said K.Bhatt. a kashmiri pandit. Another kashmiri pandit,Vijay Bhatt said "locals are not our enemies ofcourse there are some miscreants, but they are everywhere. we have lived as brothers for ages and we will continue to do so"
When someof the government policies tries it hard to crack the wall of unity through the specter of some fundamental ideas ,promoting vested interest, festival like kheer bhawani sets the actual example of the simplicity and love for every single individual.


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In a day when first principles of reason are at a steep discount, it is unsurprising to see that inductive reasoning is doubted or dismissed in some quarters.
And yet, there is still a huge cultural investment in science, which is generally understood to pivot on inductive reasoning.
Where, as the Stanford Enc of Phil notes, in the modern sense, Induction " includes all inferential processes that "expand knowledge in the face of uncertainty" (Holland et al. 1986: 1), including abductive inference." That is, inductive reasoning is argument by more or less credible but not certain support, especially empirical support.
How could it ever work?
A: Surprise — NOT: by being an application of the principle of (stable) distinct identity. (Which is where all of logic seems to begin!)
Let's refresh our thinking, partitioning World W into A and ~A, W = {A|~A}, so that (physically or conceptually) A is A i/l/o its core defining characteristics, and no x in W is A AND also ~A in the same sense and circumstances, likewise any x in W will be A or else ~A, not neither nor both. That is, once a dichotomy of distinct identity occurs, it has consequences:
Where also, we see how scientific models and theories tie to the body of observations that are explained or predicted, with reliable explanations joining the body of credible but not utterly certain knowledge:
As I argued last time:
>>analogical reasoning [–> which is closely connected to inductive reasoning] "is fundamental to human thought" and analogical arguments reason from certain material and acknowledged similarities (say, g1, g2 . . . gn) between objects of interest, say P and Q to further similarities gp, gp+1 . . . gp+k. Also, observe that analogical argument is here a form of inductive reasoning in the modern sense; by which evidence supports and at critical mass warrants a conclusion as knowledge, but does not entail it with logical necessity.
How can this ever work reliably?
By being an application of the principle of identity.
Where, a given thing, P, is itself in light of core defining characteristics. Where that distinctiveness also embraces commonalities. That is, we see that if P and Q come from a common genus or archetype G, they will share certain common characteristics that belong to entities of type G. Indeed, in computing we here speak of inheritance. Men, mice and whales are all mammals and nurture their young with milk, also being warm-blooded etc. Some mammals lay eggs and some are marsupials, but all are vertebrates, as are fish. Fish and guava trees are based on cells and cells use a common genetic code that has about two dozen dialects. All of these are contingent embodied beings, and are part of a common physical cosmos.
This at once points to how an analogy can be strong (or weak).
For, if G has in it common characteristics {g1, g2 . . . gn, | gp, gp+1 . . . gp+k} then if P and Q instantiate G, despite unique differences they must have to be distinct objects, we can reasonably infer that they will both have the onward characteristics gp, gp+1 . . . gp+k. Of course, this is not a deductive demonstration, at first level it is an invitation to explore and test until we are reasonably, responsibly confident that the inference is reliable. That is the sense in which Darwin reasoned from artificial selection by breeding to natural selection. It works, the onward debate is the limits of selection.>>
Consider the world, in situation S0, where we observe a pattern P. Say, a bright, red painted pendulum swinging in a short arc and having a steady period, even as the swings gradually fade away. (And yes, according to the story, this is where Galileo began.) Would anything be materially different in situation S1, where an otherwise identical bob were bright blue instead? (As in, strip the bob and repaint it.)
"Obviously," no.
Why "obviously"?
We are intuitively recognising that the colour of paint is not core to the aspect of behaviour we are interested in. A bit more surprising, within reason, the mass of the bob makes little difference to the slight swing case we have in view. Length of suspension does make a difference as would the prevailing gravity field — a pendulum on Mars would have a different period.
Where this points, is that the world has a distinct identity and so we understand that certain things (here comes that archetype G again) will be in common between circumstances Si and Sj. So, we can legitimately reason from P to Q once that obtains. And of course, reliability of behaviour patterns or expectations so far is a part of our observational base.
Avi Sion has an interesting principle of [provisional] uniformity:
>>We might . . . ask – can there be a world without any 'uniformities'? A world of universal difference, with no two things the same in any respect whatever is unthinkable. Why? Because to so characterize the world would itself be an appeal to uniformity. A uniformly non-uniform world is a contradiction in terms.
Therefore, we must admit some uniformity to exist in the world.
The world need not be uniform throughout, for the principle of uniformity to apply. It suffices that some uniformity occurs. Given this degree of uniformity, however small, we logically can and must talk about generalization and particularization. There happens to be some 'uniformities'; therefore, we have to take them into consideration in our construction of knowledge. The principle of uniformity is thus not a wacky notion, as Hume seems to imply . . . .
The uniformity principle is not a generalization of generalization; it is not a statement guilty of circularity, as some critics contend. So what is it? Simply this: when we come upon some uniformity in our experience or thought, we may readily assume that uniformity to continue onward until and unless we find some evidence or reason that sets a limit to it. Why? Because in such case the assumption of uniformity already has a basis, whereas the contrary assumption of difference has not or not yet been found to have any. The generalization has some justification; whereas the particularization has none at all, it is an arbitrary assertion.
It cannot be argued that we may equally assume the contrary assumption (i.e. the proposed particularization) on the basis that in past events of induction other contrary assumptions have turned out to be true (i.e. for which experiences or reasons have indeed been adduced) – for the simple reason that such a generalization from diverse past inductions is formally excluded by the fact that we know of many cases [of inferred generalisations; try: "we can make mistakes in inductive generalisation . . . "] that have not been found worthy of particularization to date . . . .
If we follow such sober inductive logic, devoid of irrational acts, we can be confident to have the best available conclusions in the present context of knowledge. We generalize when the facts allow it, and particularize when the facts necessitate it. We do not particularize out of context, or generalize against the evidence or when this would give rise to contradictions . . . [Logical and Spiritual Reflections, BK I Hume's Problems with Induction, Ch 2 The principle of induction.]>>
So, by strict logic, SOME uniformity must exist in the world, the issue is to confidently identify reliable cases, however provisionally. So, even if it is only that "we can make mistakes in generalisations," we must rely on inductively identified regularities of the world.Where, this is surprisingly strong, as it is in fact an inductive generalisation. It is also a self-referential claim which brings to bear a whole panoply of logic; as, if it is assumed false, it would in fact have exemplified itself as true. It is an undeniably true claim AND it is arrived at by induction so it shows that induction can lead us to discover conclusions that are undeniably true!
Therefore, at minimum, there must be at least one inductive generalisation which is universally true.
But in fact, the world of Science is a world of so-far successful models, the best of which are reliable enough to put to work in Engineering, on potential risk of being found guilty of tort in court.
How is such the case? Because, observing the reliability of a principle is itself an observation, which lends confidence in the context of a world that shows a stable identity and a coherent, orderly pattern of behaviour. Or, we may quantify. Suppose an individual observation O1 is 99.9% reliable. Now, multiply observations, each as reliable, the odds that all of these are somehow collectively in a consistent error falls as (1 – p)^n. Convergent, multiplied credibly independent observations are mutually, cumulatively reinforcing, much as how the comparatively short, relatively weak fibres in a rope can be twisted and counter-twisted together to form a long, strong, trustworthy rope.
And yes, this is an analogy.
(If you doubt it, show us why it is not cogent.)
So, we have reason to believe there are uniformities in the world that we may observe in action and credibly albeit provisionally infer to. This is the heart of the sciences.
What about the case of things that are not directly observable, such as the micro-world, historical/forensic events [whodunit?], the remote past of origins?
That is where we are well-advised to rely on the uniformity principle and so also the principle of identity. We would be well-advised to control arbitrary speculation and ideological imposition by insisting that if an event or phenomenon V is to be explained on some cause or process E, the causal mechanism at work C should be something we observe as reliably able to produce the like effect. And yes, this is one of Newton's Rules.
For relevant example, complex, functionally specific alphanumerical text (language used as messages or as statements of algorithms) has but one known cause, intelligently directed configuration. Where, it can be seen that blind chance and/or mechanical necessity cannot plausibly generate such strings beyond 500 – 1,000 bits of complexity. There just are not enough atoms and time in the observed cosmos to make such a blind needle in haystack search a plausible explanation. The ratio of possible search to possible configurations trends to zero.
So, yes, on its face, DNA in life forms is a sign of intelligently directed configuration as most plausible cause. To overturn this, simply provide a few reliable cases of text of the relevant complexity coming about by blind chance and/or mechanical necessity. Unsurprisingly, random text generation exercises [infinite monkeys theorem] fall far short, giving so far 19 – 24 ASCII characters, far short of the 72 – 143 for the threshold. DNA in the genome is far, far beyond that threshold, by any reasonable measure of functional information content.
Similarly, let us consider the fine tuning challenge.
The laws, parameters and initial circumstances of the cosmos turn out to form a complex mathematical structure, with many factors that seem to be quite specific. Where, mathematics is an exploration of logic model worlds, their structures and quantities. So, we can use the power of computers to "run" alternative cosmologies, with similar laws but varying parameters. Surprise, we seem to be at a deeply isolated operating point for a viable cosmos capable of supporting C-Chemistry, cell-based, aqueous medium, terrestrial planet based life. Equally surprising, our home planet seems to be quire privileged too. And, if we instead posit that there are as yet undiscovered super-laws that force the parameters to a life supporting structure, that then raises the issue, where did such super-laws come from; level-two fine tuning, aka front loading.
From Barnes:
That is, the fine tuning observation is robust.
There is a lot of information caught up in the relevant configurations, and so we are looking again at functionally specific complex organisation and associated information.
(Yes, I commonly abbreviate: FSCO/I. Pick any reasonable index of configuration-sensitive function and of information tied to such specific functionality, that is a secondary debate, where it is not plausible that say the amount of information in DNA and proteins or in the cluster of cosmological factors is extremely low. FSCO/I is also a robust phenomenon, and we have an Internet full of cases in point multiplied by a world of technology amounting to trillions of cases that show that it has just one commonly observed cause, intelligently directed configuration. AKA, design.)
So, induction is reasonable, it is foundational to a world of science and technology.
It also points to certain features of our world of life and the wider world of the physical cosmos being best explained on design, not blind chance and mechanical necessity.
Those are inductively arrived at inferences, but induction is not to be discarded at whim, and there is a relevant body of evidence.
Going forward, can we start from this? END
PS: Per aspect (one after the other) Explanatory Filter, adapting Dembski et al:


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It can't happen here. Surely the Bill of Rights, built in to the American Constitution, will save us slumbering frogs from being boiled alive in the proverbial pot of water. We can delude ourselves into thinking that totalitarianism is so 20th Century. The ubiquitous web will shine disinfectant light on the insurgent dictatorships of the world. The case of China is anomalous. The Great Firewall of China is merely a Maoist hangover in a country still gripped by a geriatric Communist Party. It can't happen here. Right?
It can't happen here. Surely the Bill of Rights, built in to the American Constitution, will save us slumbering frogs from being boiled alive in the proverbial pot of water. We can delude ourselves into thinking that totalitarianism is so 20th Century. The ubiquitous web will shine disinfectant light on the insurgent dictatorships of the world. The case of China is anomalous. The Great Firewall of China is merely a Maoist hangover in a country still gripped by a geriatric Communist Party. It can't happen here. Right?
Mayor Bloomberg successfully ran NYC according to the motto: "The goal is algorithmic governance." Data driven policies are the enlightened way to govern. Steven Pinker, in his convincing book, Enlightenment Now, has documented that science based technocracies have moved the population upward if we consider the measurable data of well being. And it is the richness of current behavioral data that provide the empirical basis for rational policies that will continue the trend toward greater well-being. Martin Chorzempa, who is responsible for the quote above, is a fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. However, that quote was made in connection with his observation that invasive mass surveillance is what offers this new way for the government to MANAGE the economy and society. ("Inside China's Dystopian Dreams: A.I. Shame and Lots of Cameras", New York Times, July 8, 2018. Paul Mozur is the reporter)
In spite of the regime put in place after 9/11, the idea of mass surveillance provokes an indifferent shrug. Companies like Google and Facebook have normalized the reality that our every move is tracked and recorded. It's a fair exchange. We trade privacy for convenience. It is so pervasive that Soshana Zuboff has labelled it "surveillance capitalism." Instead of timber, cotton, and oil, the new raw material is human experience. Our behavior is processed for the sake of "hidden commercial practices of extraction, production, and sales." ("The Definition", The Age of Surveillance Capitalism) In hundreds of pages, Dr. Zuboff, professor emerita of the Harvard Graduate School of Business, details how our behavioral data is exploited to tune, herd, and modify our behavior for commercial purposes.
In China, commerce and government are not quite separate. It is an authoritarian regime whose goals supersede the individual. That is true of all totalitarian governments. The almighty State. Stalin once toasted author Maxim Gorky with the words: "The production of souls is more important than tanks…And that is why I raise my glass to you, writers, engineers of the soul." (Age of Surveillance, p. 535). Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, etc., are now the ones engineering our souls. Just as totalitarianism seeks to refashion the soul and bind it to the goals of the State, ours are being massaged by the Tech Oligarchy. It did not end well in Stalin's Russia. Millions were slaughtered for the good of the Almighty State.
It can't happen here, right? Google and Facebook just want to make money, not turn us into zealots for the Reich. Of course, we ever vigilant Americans would never tolerate a social credit system like China's. As CNN's Roger Creemers reports:
"China's core internet agenda is to leverage the explosions of personal data…in order to improve citizen's behavior…Individuals and enterprises are to be scored on various aspects of their conduct—where you go, what you buy and who you know–and these scores will be integrated within a comprehensive database that not only links into government information, but also to data collected by private businesses."
Dr. Zuboff points out that the aim of the Chinese government is to guarantee social outcomes rather than market outcomes (Age of Surveillance, p389)."China's Chilling Plan to Use Social Credit Ratings to Keep Score on its Citizens"
Paul Mozur, of the New York Times, has recently revealed how the Chinese government has automated racism. They are using facial recognition technology to track 11 million Uighers, a Muslim minority, for "search and review." Moreover, they have detained nearly a million in "indoctrination camps." The idea is to pressure them to become more "Chinese." The technology is also used to keep tabs on the day to day activities of the Uighers. Facial recognition technology now extends to the entire Chinese population. Government surveillance includes people with criminal records, mental illness, drug addicts, and THOSE WHO HAVE PETITIONED THE GOVERNMENT OVER GRIEVANCES.
The madness of King Donald no doubt would not extend to ordering facial recognition of the US population, even if they rejected him at the voting booth. Unless, perhaps, Congress has been neutered. The Intercept reported on April 29 that Looking Glass Solutions, a Virginia based intelligence firm, gathered information on more than 600 demonstrations across the country, information that was the shared with DHS, and state level enforcement agencies. These demonstrations were protesting the Trump Administration's policy of ripping children from their parents at the border. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Immigrant's Rights Project said, "They [the protestors] will again be outraged to learn that, rather than focusing resources on reuniting these families, the Administration was instead spying on them for expressing themselves."
Our First Amendment rights have been trampled on by our government for centuries. Vietnam taught us that. Protestors, unions, have long been spied on and profiled over the years by government agencies. So what else is new? The difference is that in the age of pervasive behavioral data collection, incremental moves by these same agencies can profile virtually the entire population. And then, Chinese style social credit policies can begin to fan out from federal hiring, to federal contracts, into student loans, the banking system, all the way down to the average person in the street who may thinking about buying a TV. Totalitarian tiptoe.
One may think that China is merely an outlier on the world stage. And yet I have noticed in the reporting on the trade negotiations between the US and China that China's Belt and Road Initiative, which offers its trade partners generous terms for infrastructure development, has made drastic inroads with Asian, African, and South American partners. I have also noted that these arrangements can be instantly cancelled if the partner voices too loudly a criticism of the Chinese government. Given the ascendency of the Chinese economy, and its very real encroachments onto the world stage, why not emulate the Chinese model of government also? Isn't that the basis of its success? Market socialism? Authoritarianism. Total control.
Keep people well fed and distracted. Punish criticism. Eliminate rival ideologies. By the way, did I forget to mention the murderous regime of Saudi Arabia? Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, General Electric, General Dynamics are proud of the billions they've made selling tools of death to the Saudis. While Jared Kushner's buddy MBS is slaughtering opponents, his underlings finally acquired enough grey matter to figure out how to use these toys to kill hundreds of innocent Yemeni civilians. But let's not criticize the Trumps, they need to pay off debts. Jeez, I hope my boss doesn't fire me for writing this. Make Amerika Great Again!


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So far, we have looked at a broad selection of the ideas that have been used in the past to make more powerful computers.
As it has been envisaged that these ideas would be applied to a computer on a single chip, a major limiting factor in the speed at which computations can be carried out by such a chip is the speed at which information can be exchanged between that chip and external random-access memory.
This has been dealt with, up to this point, by placing some memory internal to the chip, either in the form of cache memory, or as large banks of registers, and having the computer do as much as it can with that memory, between references to external memory, and by reducing the amount of memory bandwidth needed to supply a program to the chip, both by making the machine language efficient and by providing numerous alternate modes of operation, so that one may be found suitable to any given type of problem.
The problem of bringing data to where there is processing power can also be addressed in the more direct fashion of bringing the processing power to the data. This section deals with some ways in which this might be accomplished.