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Tower of “Vietnam”: A Broader Version of “Tower of Hanoi”
Get PDFThe traditional problem, “Tower of Hanoi”, might seem familiar to you. The “game” is believed to have been invented in 1883 by the French mathematician Édouard Lucas, although this fact is still disputed. In Vietnam (or sometimes India), there is a legend of a very tall temple with so many floors, and the floor’s diameter gets smaller as the temple gets higher. Priests would then lift each floor up, and move from one peg to another, using another peg as an auxiliary, such that no lower floor is smaller than the upper one. The legend said that once the priests have managed to rearrange (transfer) the temple, then the world would end
Impacts of Recent US Supreme Court Administrative Law Jurisprudence on the Electricity Wholesale Markets
Get PDFRecent decisions by the US Supreme Court have prompted a shift toward limiting the authority of US federal administrative agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency that oversees the nation’s wholesale electricity markets. This Article explores the impact of several of the Court’s major decisions on rules and administrative orders by FERC that govern the wholesale markets. These include decisions empowering judges to overturn agency regulations, enabling challengers to agency enforcement to force agencies to pursue cases in federal courts, and allowing lawsuits to challenge agency rules long after their issuance. These decisions promise to have significant relevance to the continued proper functioning of the wholesale markets. In particular, challengers have requested that courts overturn recent FERC rules and orders, citing these decisions. In this new regulatory environment, the outcomes of these and other anticipated lawsuits are uncertain. But in general, the impacts of the Supreme Court decisions may be less adverse than possibly anticipated, due to factors such as FERC’s long-standing demonstrated expertise and a series of judicial decisions over the past several decades (including several by the Supreme Court itself) that confirm FERC’s authority over the electricity wholesale markets
Destinations and Conversations - Episode 2 - An Interview with Rabbi Josh Jeffreys
No full textAn interview with Rabbi Jeffreys on antisemitism and its complex nature in the context of modern culture and current events. There is some history covered and topics like modern Israel and the problematic issues of anti zionism vs anti semitism are lightly discussed. It is a deep and broad topi that could use several more hours to discuss in more depth
Parkinson’s on the Radar, A Revolution in Disease Diagnosis
Get PDFAccording to the Parkinson’s Foundation, Parkinson’s disease is one of the fastest-growing neurological diseases in the world, second only to Alzheimer’s. The National Institute on Aging loosely defines Parkinson’s disease as a brain disorder that develops over the course of several years resulting from nerve cell death in the basal ganglia, a section of the brain that controls movement. These nerve cells are known to produce the neurotransmitter, dopamine, that is necessary for proper movement of your body. As more of these cells die, less dopamine is produced than normal and patients begin to experience symptoms