Researchers soon started exploring how to apply this advance to the maximum flow problem. The idea is to imagine our highway network as a network of wires and to turn up the resistance on the highways that don’t have much available capacity, to discourage electrons from running through them. Because of Spielman and Teng, we… Continue reading Researchers Achieve ‘Absurdly Fast’ Algorithm for Network Flow
You Don’t Have to Like It
The 4th PSYOP Group (Fort Bragg, NC) created quite a hullaballoo with their May 2, 2022 recruiting video “Ghosts in the Machine” (which you can find at: https://bit.ly/3GeYEuX and is a photo source). The video employs Koko the Clown, which first appeared in Out of the Ink Well from 1918 – 1929. You can… Continue reading You Don’t Have to Like It
Detachment in the Spiritual Life
Last night my daughter heard a giant crack in the backyard during a thunderstorm. A few seconds later, the familiar engulfment in darkness ensued. We lost power for a total of about five hours. We were all together, and though it was a hot day it wasn’t life-threatening sweltering. We had some lanterns and some… Continue reading Detachment in the Spiritual Life
Powell Delivers Semiannual Testimony To House Financial Services Committee
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, part of the Fed chair’s semiannual testimony to Congress about the state of the economy. Most analysts expect Powell’s interlocutors to focus on his outlook for inflation as expectations for Q1 GDP growth continue to slide, stoking fears of stagflation. Oil… Continue reading Powell Delivers Semiannual Testimony To House Financial Services Committee
Stock Market Overview for Week of June 6, 2022
Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. This is the unofficial start of summer, especially in the finance world, and typically marks an overall decrease in volume as Wall Street starts to split its focus between Fire Island, the Hamptons, and work. Following the long weekend, we had a shortened trading week this… Continue reading Stock Market Overview for Week of June 6, 2022
How We Found the Universe (Science and Faith)
Podcast: Download MYS206: How did humanity come to know the world around us, the structure of our planet, our solar system, and the universe. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the mystery of the nature of the universe and the historical figures who found the answers we have today. Get all new episodes automatically and… Continue reading How We Found the Universe (Science and Faith)
The Devastating Loss of Grandparents among One Million COVID Dead
Think of the dead grandparents and everything they’ll miss. All the milestones, the middle school graduations and bar mitzvahs and quinceañeras. All the victories, on soccer fields or piano recital halls. All the ordinary shared moments, dancing to “Baby Beluga,” or making banana bread, building extravagant Lego towers, watching The Wizard of Oz and cuddling… Continue reading The Devastating Loss of Grandparents among One Million COVID Dead
Gun Policy, Ukraine’s Best Chance for Peace, Equity and Public Policy: RAND Weekly Recap
This week, we discuss which gun laws work—and which ones don’t; a toolkit to help defend against mass attacks; one plausible path toward peace in Ukraine; programs that support families affected by incarceration; how to address homelessness in Los Angeles; and RAND’s role in the Evidence and Equity Collaborative. Photo by Veronica G. Cardenas/Reuters On… Continue reading Gun Policy, Ukraine’s Best Chance for Peace, Equity and Public Policy: RAND Weekly Recap
The Letters of St. Paul of the Cross: ‘Live Abandoned’
“This is a very important point: great perfection is found in resigning yourself in all things to the divine will; an even greater perfection is to live abandoned, with complete indifference to the divine good pleasure; still the pinnacle of perfection is to nourish yourself on the divine will in a spirit of pure faith… Continue reading The Letters of St. Paul of the Cross: ‘Live Abandoned’
Bank Of Canada Hikes Rates As Expected, Says Ukraine “Major Source Of Uncertainty”
The Bank of Canada begins its tightening cycle by lifting interest rates by 25bps – as expected – and signaled more hikes to come in its attempts to tamp inflation down from a three-decade high. “The policy rate is the Bank’s primary monetary policy instrument. As the economy continues to expand and inflation pressures remain… Continue reading Bank Of Canada Hikes Rates As Expected, Says Ukraine “Major Source Of Uncertainty”