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…n may call to mind Biosphere 2, the large artificial habitat plopped down 20 years ago in the Arizona desert, where 14 onearth WINTER 2008 Biotron’s climate chambers can be varied from —40 degrees Fahr- enheit to 122 degrees, to simulate anything from the Arctic winter to a tro...

…the record of published books is fragmentary and incomplete, and because the definition of book is _ itself ambiguous. One way of estimating the number of books ever published is to calculate the number of editions in the comprehensive catalog of books which was described in Sec...

…tent with stable FX policy Our view is still that the USD peg holds. However, the NTP provides a mixed message. On the one hand, it blurs policymaking incentives given the need for a competitive Fx if diversification progresses. On the other, unrealistic fiscal targets mean cons...

…se of Al is inevitable. Attacks and/or responses are likely to happen at computing rather than human speeds. As soon as one side has autonomous cyber warriors systems (ACWs), other actors will have to adapt similar offensive or new defensive technologies. Given this context, imag...

…ent officials normally demand that those seeking a deal come to them. The fact that Acosta didn’t is another sign — if one were needed — that this was a capitulation. It also casts further doubt on the claim that Acosta was capitulating for the purpose of sparing the folks who w...

…ed equipment. The police were still researching the purchase when Epstein came under suspicion, and Reiter ordered the money returned. (Guy Frostin, one of Epstein’s local attorneys, told police that Epstein also gave $100,000 to the Florida Ballet for massages, because he was ‘v...

e He (Epstein) had gone to jail in Florida for soliciting prostitution for no reason; e Ifthe same thing (i.c., sexual abuse of minor girls) had happened in New York, he (Epstein) would have received only a $200 fine; e Bradley J. Edwards was the one causing all of Epstein’s pr...

…con- tempt proceedings. Civil contempt sanctions, brought by SEC, are remedial rather than punitive in nature and serve one of two purposes: to compensate the party injured as a result of the violation of the injunction or force compliance with the terms of the injunction. Where...

…ation, Las Vegas is driven by a consumer services economy where “the experience” is its primary commodity. Las Vegas is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the United States and it possesses a unique international appeal that draws a remarkable 3.4 million visitors ea...

…n oligarch. That is, Trump had either miraculously earned $55 million, without putting up a dime, or Rybolovlev, or someone such as Rybolovlev, paid Trump Properties, LLC—actual owner unknown—$96 million, thereby providing a clean payment of $55 million to someone. This at the ve...

… of: If you're afraid of pain, you have to find out what pain is. ~ Marina Abramovic I'd like to thank all the brave pioneers of the BDSM community, for exploring the reaches of human sexuality, and coming back with maps. ~ an unsourced quotation offered by one of my blog comme...

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…lionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the term “little black book” takes that phrase to a whole new level. Manhattan money manager Epstein’s book reads like a laundry list of the world’s richest and most powerful people, including some Palm Beachers. Referred to as “The Holy G...

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