Intro There Will Come Soft Rains Summary Next There Will Come Soft Rains After a nuclear explosion kills a California family but leaves their artificially intelligent house intact, the house continues to act as though nothing has happened. The day starts at 7:00 a.m. with the ringing of a clock. Review: There Will Come Soft … Read more
To calculate probabilities for an exponential probability density function, we need to use the cumulative density function. As shown below, the curve for the cumulative density function is: f(x) = 0.25e -0.25x where x is at least zero and m = 0.25. For example, f(5) = 0.25e (-0.25)(5) = 0.072. In other words, the function … Read more
All this family time has given me pause to consider the evolution of family dynamics in comedy. The American family has come a long way. Importantly, the TV family is a means to examine gender dynamics through the interaction of husband and wife. The dynamic between husband and wife undergoes some tremendous stages along its … Read more
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the world’s leading writers, speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his new book and how he folds history and contemporary politics into his writing. Go Deeper 1001 Book Review: Los Jefes/Los Cachorros by Mario Vargas Llosa | The Reader’s Room Mario Vargas Llosa, (born March 28, 1936, Arequipa, Peru), … Read more
Some states adopt a “rolling” conformity date and, as such, automatically conform to the latest version of the IRC, while other states use a fixed or static IRC conformity date and calculate state taxable income as contemplated as of a certain date. New Minnesota Omnibus Tax Bill Signed into Law This paper updates and builds … Read more
“A Satire against Reason and Mankind” is a poem written by John Wilmot the Second Earl of Rochester. Two things are argued against in this poem. First, mankind and its base nature that causes men to exploit each other for seemingly no reason. Second, mankind’s ability to reason which causes them to compare themselves to … Read more