Coldfusion

At first, Sam delights in her new neighborhood. Like a tourist in Paris, she discovers a bakery and a grocer, “marveling that everything she needed was in walking distance.” But she quickly realizes that she has not merely traded a new house for an old one, she’s abandoned the material safety of the suburbs. Even the money Matt doles out to her — thinking the house and the divorce a momentary whim — can’t protect her, a woman alone, in a neighborhood where “opioid zombies” roam the streets and shots ring out at dawn. But as the months wear on, Sam decides the house has given her purpose. “This was why you came here,” she thinks. “You came here to witness, to see the world and then to act and make it better.” This is, in some ways, familiar territory for Spiotta,… Source link

Call Recording | June 2, 2021 Call No. 28: For these wealthy families, deploying catalytic capital for impact is a privilege and responsibility ImpactAlpha, Jun. 2 – The very rich are different, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed. One of those differences is the prerogative to put … Source link

Dear Carolyn: I’m dating the most wonderful guy. I am 25 and have dated several guys over the years but never one like this. If everyone treated each other the way he treats me (and, I think, I treat him), the world would be a happy place. And, it’s not just that he treats me well, but we enjoy the same interests and share similar values and morals. Since the beginning I’ve been having one of those, “Ah, so this is what it’s supposed to be like,” moments. But, after all this gushing, I see these unhappy married couples and I think, they must’ve had the same thoughts I did. What is it that goes wrong? Source link

You know how everyone’s obsessed with superheroes these days? Every other movie is some kind of person with magical powers who combats evil. Even Disneyland has gotten into the action with its new Avengers Campus. Well, I was climbing the stairs to my front door yesterday, and it occurred to me that I, too, have a superhero power. Nowadays, I’m incredibly slow and gimpy. I walk slowly, I climb slowly and with great precision, I think slowly, well, you get the idea. The only thing I don’t do slowly is drink margaritas. I mean, there’s a limit to everyone’s abilities. The advantage to my companions is that they have plenty of time to do other things while they’re with me.  My friend invented cold fusion the other day while she waited for me to climb out of the car and get to… Source link

You know how everyone’s obsessed with superheroes these days? Every other movie is some kind of person with magical powers who combats evil. Even Disneyland has gotten into the action with its new Avengers Campus. Well, I was climbing the stairs to my front door yesterday, and it occurred to me that I, too, have a superhero power. Nowadays, I’m incredibly slow and gimpy. I walk slowly, I climb slowly and with great precision, I think slowly, well, you get the idea. The only thing I don’t do slowly is drink margaritas. I mean, there’s a limit to everyone’s abilities. The advantage to my companions is that they have plenty of time to do other things while they’re with me.  My friend invented cold fusion the other day while she waited for me to climb out of the car and get to… Source link

Meanwhile, back in North America… The western seaboard is boiling beneath an angry yellow sun and the good people of Earth exist precariously on the edge of heat-induced psychosis. At any moment the tension could erupt into chaos. And maybe that’s your thing. We try not to judge here at Neural. After all, planet Earth is currently at the mercy of at least half a dozen billionaires who could destroy life as we know it with the metaphorical wave of their hand. Anyone ever wonder what would happen if Jeff Bezos hit a killswitch on Amazon Web Services? Does anyone really think Elon Musk is the right person to be in charge of space ships, brain computer interfaces, and bleeding edge AI? And we won’t even mention the fact that Bill Gates is the biggest owner of private farmland in the US… Source link

Opening marks firm’s second Middle East location after Dubai and makes it the only international insurance-focused law firm in the country Shutterstock UK-headquartered firm Kennedys has strengthened its presence in the Middle East by launching an office in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman.   The new office will be the firm’s second in the Middle East, adding to its existing presence in Dubai. It will be led by insurance, construction and disputes partner Jamie Kellick, who joined Kennedys’ Dubai office in 2019 from Addleshaw Goddard.   Kellick will be joined by partner Nasser Al Shamli, who will be moving across from Nasser Ali Shamli, Advocates &… Source link

The Applied Research Laboratory of Penn State University has acquired SPEE3D’s LightSPEE3D AM machine (Courtesy SPEE3D) The Applied Research Laboratory of Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA, a US Department of Defense designated University Research Centre, has acquired a LightSPEE3D Cold Spray metal Additive Manufacturing machine from SPEE3D, Melbourne, Australia, which will allow the institution to advance its AM capability. SPEE3D machines use Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing, working on a cold fusion principle where compressed air is used to fuse powders, meaning no volatile gases or heat sources are required to bond layers together. In recent Australian Army field trials, the company’s LightSPEE3D and WarpSPEE3D machines have proven robust enough for harsh… Source link

“It seems that the prevailing view, both at the PTO and among some patent attorneys, is that patents on nonexistent and impossible inventions are mere curiosities—unfortunate, but ultimately harmless. But the recent assertion of the Theranos patents offers stark evidence to the contrary.” – Jorge Contreras The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Tuesday heard from four witnesses on the topic of “Protecting Real Innovations by Improving Patent Quality.” The topic has been addressed by the Senate IP Subcommittee before, and long-debated in patent circles generally. Under the leadership of its new Chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the Subcommittee now seems to be revisiting the conversation and looking for practical fixes. The… Source link

With the current focus on climate change and the need to reduce our global carbon footprint it would probably make sense to have an economic way for nations and companies to commoditize carbon in order to better track and deal with this problem. Well there is and it may come as a surprise to learn that there has been a fungible carbon emissions trading market since 2005 – the EU Emissions Trading System. Also known as EUAs (European Union Allowance), similar to other commodities, EUAs trade on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The carbon emission contract trades in Euro on a per tonne of CO2 equivalent basis, with yesterday’s closing price at just over €52 and a 52 week range of €23 to just under €57. There are many companies around the world, including financial… Source link