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…esent value of the whole asset is the sum of present values of all the expected future satisfactions together. A more general case allows for transfers. The future events we foresee and discount are not always exhaust in taste satisfaction by ourselves at the time. Some might b...

…papers, past performance is no predictor of future results. Do Computers Understand? Today’s computers don't have our general-purpose ability to understand. Watson was thrown off by badly formatted English. The human contestants, by contrast, had no problem with this. Just how...

… but before proceeding any further, the SDFL provided you with 30 days to appeal the decision to the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Alice Fisher. As you recall, you chose to forego an appeal to AAG Fisher, and instead pursued a negotiated resolution which, ultim...

…use of cluster bombs that, though lawful, unduly endanger the lives of civilians. I have never believed that my strong, general support of Israel is in any way inconsistent with my opposition to, and criticism of, specific Israeli policies which violate neutral principles of huma...

…When the war was over, the Bolshevik Revolution had toppled the czars. Poland became independent, under the nationalist general Josef Pilsuldski. The Godins had a decision to make: either return to now-Communist Russia or stay in the new Polish state, though without citizenship b...

…n directly, such as prayer in the public schools, the right of religious groups and persons to be exempted from laws of general application, and religious discrimination—in law or in fact—against atheists, agnostics or members of unpopular religions or “cults.” The difficult que...

… not give much emphasis to investigations arising from the financial meltdown, an approach shared by his boss, Attorney General Eric Holder. Justice Department insiders say many of those inquiries withered not because they were unpromising, but because they had little support. B...

…, Ruemmler told the jury. “They concluded, definitively, that they had been defrauded,” she said. Lubna Qassim, group general counsel for Emirates Bank, said in a statement after the verdict that "Emirates Bank is gratified by today's decision and the opportunity to receive a f...

Ti v4 Expert Analysis income and have similar tax deductions (at least in amount) have generally been better off from a tax standpoint filing as However, that assessment tilts in favor of marriage and unmarried individuals. filing a joint return if one partner earns or deducts...

…flourish—or flounder. Others, including some of the authors in this volume, dismiss the building of an AGI (Artificial General Intelligence—an entity able to accomplish any cognitive task at least as well as humans) not because they consider it physically impossible but because...

…rs; this segment is commercial (non-res) installations Energy Conversions 101 What went wrong with renewables? Theories generally fall into 3 buckets: (i) why bother, since there are plenty of fossil fuels; (ii) renewable energy would have a larger share if it benefitted from the...

…ove, Donald Ornstein’s famous theorem says that the entropy of these kinds of hardware and software systems is the only general basis for finding correspondence between characterizations of two such irregularly behaving systems. The important idea here is that a series of 1’s and...

…ies are also unmistakable. According to a CIA document, even before Hassan Nasrallah rose to the position of secretary- general in 1992, he was "directly involved in many Hizballah terrorist operations, including hostage taking, airline hijackings, and attacks against Lebanese ri...

…nts relating to complaints of sexual harassment against you. However, Cynthia Jewett, the university's senior associate general counsel, noted that two individuals, neither affiliated with the university, had complained about you. "The University did not find either communication...

… apply OBSERVATIONS – INDIVIDUAL TAXES Under the Act, there will be winners and losers on the personal income tax side. Generally, wage earners from 5 no-tax statesP4F P could see tax savings under the Act. For instance, a Florida taxpayer earning $1 million with moderate itemize...