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In this episode, Jeremie and Edouard Harris, co-founders of Gladstone AI and national security advisors, join us to break down the real score in the U.S.–China AI race. We unpack what it actually means to “win” in AI: from cutting-edge model development and compute infrastructure to data center vulnerabilities, state-sponsored espionage, and the rise of robotic warfare. The Harris brothers explain why energy is the hidden battleground, how supply chains have become strategic liabilities, and why export controls alone won't save us. This is not just a geopolitical showdown - it's a race for superintelligence, and the clock is ticking. ------

"As homes get tighter, ventilation isn't optional—it's essential." — Patrick Nielsen   In this episode of RESTalk, host Bill Spohn sits down with Patrick Nielsen, Global Technical Products Manager at Broan-NuTone, to discuss the evolving world of home ventilation. With over two decades of experience, Patrick walks us through the major drivers shaping residential ventilation practices today—from tighter building envelopes to the growing emphasis on indoor air quality and energy efficiency. Patrick explains the importance of dwelling unit ventilation (DUV), spot vs. whole-house strategies, and the increasing role of energy recovery ventilators (ERVs) as builders and raters seek practical ways to meet stringent codes and achieve better HERS scores. He also touches on upcoming developments like capture efficiency standards for range hoods, automated balancing features in modern ERVs, and the implications of makeup air requirements. Whether you're a builder, rater, or HVAC pro, this episode is packed with actionable insights for navigating the ventilation challenges in today's high-performance homes. Patrick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-nielsen-48b93a3/   Broan's website: https://broan-nutone.com/en-us Broan Specficier tools (A variety of code-compliant specification tools for project applications.): https://broan-nutone.com/en-us/home/specifier-tools   The Home Ventilating Institute (HVI): www.hvi.org   Links to ASHRAE 62.1 and 62.2 standards: https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/standards-62-1-62-2   One of many sites to find building codes by state: https://ibhs.org/public-policy/building-codes-by-state/ To the RESNET® community, we hear you and want to engage. Learn more at www.RESNET.us. For more info on this topic, contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US  

When the semiconductor industry first started on EUV lithography, almost everyone believed that the optics would be the hardest things to do. Wavefront error—deviations of a light wave from its ideal—comes from imperfections in mirrors and lenses. A good lens aims for lambda/10 error; EUV optics must hit lambda/50. With EUV's 13.5 nm wavelength, that's 260 picometers. For context, a water molecule is 275 pm wide. That's the total error budget—for the entire six-mirror system. Because errors add in quadrature, each mirror gets 106 pm rms. But mirrors double light deviation on reflection, so surface accuracy must be halved: 53 pm rms. That's the radius of a hydrogen atom. It is 20 times harder for an EUV system with six mirrors to achieve the same wavefront performance of a DUV system with 60 surfaces. In this video, we go back to the machine you guys all know and love (again) and the finest multilayer mirrors ever made in history.

When the semiconductor industry first started on EUV lithography, almost everyone believed that the optics would be the hardest things to do. Wavefront error—deviations of a light wave from its ideal—comes from imperfections in mirrors and lenses. A good lens aims for lambda/10 error; EUV optics must hit lambda/50. With EUV's 13.5 nm wavelength, that's 260 picometers. For context, a water molecule is 275 pm wide. That's the total error budget—for the entire six-mirror system. Because errors add in quadrature, each mirror gets 106 pm rms. But mirrors double light deviation on reflection, so surface accuracy must be halved: 53 pm rms. That's the radius of a hydrogen atom. It is 20 times harder for an EUV system with six mirrors to achieve the same wavefront performance of a DUV system with 60 surfaces. In this video, we go back to the machine you guys all know and love (again) and the finest multilayer mirrors ever made in history.

Hernán Peláez y Martín De Francisco analizaron la victoria del América de Cali y el rendimiento de Juan Fernando Quintero y Duván Vergara, ¿ambos deben estar en Selección Colombia?

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After a tumultuous start to the new year, we are BACK cooking more Pixel Pizza!

El ELN en paro armado pero hablando de paz ¿Qué pasó con Pegasus? Las declaraciones de Bolívar sobre su conversación. “Privada”Gobernador de Antioquía rechaza diálogos con bandas criminales Así va el nivel de los embalses El caso de la UNGRD y Carlos Ramón González- Caso Name y Andrés Calle. La compra de los aviones de combate Lorena Gómez, esposa del patrullero Duván Perdomo, asesinado en Norte de Santander, le manda mensaje a PetroPrimera vez que un magistrado no se posesionarán ante el presidente Evento por la niñez con Petro y ministros del mundo 

ASML zag vorige week zijn beurskoers naar beneden duiken en was even niet meer het grootste techbedrijf van Europa. Dit was het gevolg van nieuwe tegenvallende kwartaalcijfers. Hoewel de omzet van ASML rooskleurig is, is het aantal bestellingen voor nieuwe machines ingestort. Voornaamste reden hiervoor is het exportverbod naar China, min of meer afgedwongen door de Amerikaanse regering. Het Nederlandse ASML is de spil geworden van een wereldwijd #politiek spel.De nieuwe #EUV-machines van het bedrijf hebben ze nooit aan bedrijven in China mogen leveren. Nu vallen ook diverse oude #DUV-machines onder het #exportverbod, met als gevolg dat de bestellingen vanuit #China, voorheen goed voor zo'n 50 procent, zijn ingestort. Daarmee zet het verbod druk op de resultaten van ASML op de lange termijn. De politiek gemotiveerde restricties waar ASML mee te maken heeft, doen de positie van het bedrijf vanzelfsprekend geen goed. Niet dat het bedrijf zomaar failliet zal gaan overigens. De resultaten zijn nog steeds goed, evenals de vooruitzichten voor volgend jaar. Concurrentie is er niet en de vraag naar chips zal voorlopig niet ophouden. Inmiddels is de koers weer een beetje hersteld en heeft het ook de koppositie als meest waardevolle techbedrijf van Europa weer van SAP overgenomen. In deze aflevering van Techzine Talks bespreken we de gebeurtenissen van vorige week, de impact ervan op de bredere techindustrie en behandelen we wat de implicaties zijn voor #ASML zelf. #techzine #techzinetalks

Peter and Rob are back for another episode of the Talking Toro podcast as the 3-2 defeat against Inter is overshadowed by captain Duván Zapata's season ending ACL injury.Although the next Toro match is over a week away, the next match against Cagliari is previewed as Toro will look to end a run of three successive defeats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En la Jugada conversamos sobre la convocatoria de Andrés Felipe Román a la selección Colombia por la lesión de Daniel Muñoz, la actitud de Wilmar Roldan en el partido Cali vs Millonarios, la lesión de Duván Zapata y mucho más.

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Estos fueron los temas tratados en Mañanas Blu de este martes, 1 de octubre de 2024: El representante de la Cámara de representantes Hernán Cadavid habló en Mañanas Blu sobre las acusaciones que está realizando la oposición sobre algunos artículos de la reforma laboral, el representante asegura que están haciendo cambiar votos para que sean aprobados los artículos. El agente interventor de la EPS Sanitas, Duver Vargas, explicó el proceso de transición que tendrá esta EPS para la entrega de medicamentos y aseguró que amplió sus gestores farmacéuticos. También el agente debatió sobre las PQRS que se han incrementado en el último año. El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Jaime Raúl Salamanca, aclaró los rumores generados en torno a si los congresistas tendrían o no semana de receso escolar. El representante dijo que fue una propuesta de algunos miembros, pero no se aprobó. El hermano de Derlys Panesso, Duván Panesso, dio detalles sobre la desaparición de su hermana y de otras cinco mujeres en México. No se tiene conocimiento de ellas desde el día 25 de septiembre. El alcalde Yondó, Antioquia, Yerson Ariza, indicó los detalles de una masacre de cinco personas que fue perpetrada en las horas de la tarde del día 30 de septiembre. También contó que las autoridades aún no hacen presencia en el lugar por su difícil acceso. El secretario de Seguridad de Bogotá, César Restrepo, habló sobre las protestas realizadas en la Universidad Nacional, algunos de los protestantes contaban con hachas y machetes, lo que tornó tensa la situación sobre la calle 26. La relatora de la ONU Gina Romero indicó sus preocupaciones por la situación de los derechos humanos en Colombia tras el estallido social de 2021. La relatora aclaró que las cartas enviadas por los relatores de la ONU al gobierno colombiano no son concluyentes y buscan más información, en medio de denuncias de abusos cometidos durante las protestas. La relatora hizo un llamado a la justicia y la reparación de las víctimas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

中國工信部公開全新曝光機，洋洋灑灑寫著「套刻8奈米」，難道習近平的晶片大夢真的要實現了嗎？中國晶圓製造超美日趕台韓，追上先進製程了？ 根本不可能！賣擱騙！ 台積電ASML聯盟二十年前的曝光機就海放中國DUV，規格全面輾壓。不只是爽爽笑習近平，這一集影片我們仔細介紹DUV、EUV，讓你看懂曝光機再也不受騙上當！ 全台獨家的世界經濟追劇深入報導，精彩萬分，持續連載中！ （現在就加入會員支持我們，還可以看到更多專屬影片～） https://www.youtube.com/@emmytw/join

Carlos Antonio Vélez, en sus Palabras Mayores del 19 de agosto de 2024,habló de la actuación de los futbolistas colombianos en el inicio de las grandes ligas de Europa. Vélez resaltó lo hecho por Luis Díaz, Johan Mojica, Daniel Mosquera, Jhon Jáder Durán, Duván Zapata y Roger Martínez. Finalmente, el periodista cuestionó el trabajo de los árbitros en Colombia.

This week on Sinica, Paul Triolo rejoins the show for a deep, deep dive into China's response to American export controls on advanced semiconductors and related technologies. How much hurt has the policy put on Chinese firms — and how far along is China in finding its way toward technological autonomy? Kevin Xu, author of the fantastic "Interconnected" newsletter, joins to talk about some of the big ideas he's written about in recent months and to play co-host as we grill Paul on China's efforts to get out from under American controls.9:10 – The downplaying of generative AI in the Third Plenum's decision document 18:25 – Why the Middle East is an appealing and important region for major AI players 26:20 – Why chip wars have evolved into to cloud wars 29:36 – How China has fared in trying to achieve its goal of indigenous advanced semiconductor manufacture31:50 – Semiconductors: What lies within the “small yard” versus what products are unaffected under U.S. export controls35:42 – The quality and reliability caveat to China's goal of self-sufficiency in semiconductor manufacture 38:35 – The success of the Biden administration's export controls and whether the controls have really put the hurt on anyone 46:00 – The Harmony operating system 47:47 – The importance of packaging 50:45 – Paul explains what he calls “China Semiconductor Industry Policy 3.0” and its predecessors57:03 – China's EUV lithography challenge1:03:14 – DUV lithography and multi-patterning, and the importance of collaboration across the ecosystemin the process of making semiconductors at scale 1:11:50 – Huawei's progress so far and remaining major hurdles and bottlenecks 1:18:42 – Paul and Kevin's thoughts on whether the American strategic class will regret its approach to export controls and whether there is an off-ramp Recommendations:Paul: Ed Conway's Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization Kevin: Thurston Clarke's The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America Kaiser: The House of the Dragon (2022- ) TV series See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Carlos Antonio Vélez, en sus Palabras Mayores del 23 de julio, habló del futuro de James Rodríguez, después de rescindir su contrato con Sao Paulo y de las posibilidades que tendría para volver a Europa. Vélez también se refirió al reconocimiento que recibió Duván Zapata al ser nombrado como capitán del Torino de Italia. Finalmente, el periodista analizó los audios del VAR del partido entre Nacional y América.

Hernán Peláez y Martín De Francisco analizaron la actuación de los refuerzos con mayor renombre en el FPC como Radamel Falcao, Duván Vergara, William Tesillo, Candelo y más.

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The final short instalment of our rummage through The Duv's imaginary backpack.  Check out Duv's charges Poison Sky here: https://poisonsky.bandcamp.com/album/spirits-bloom?logged_out_mobile_menubar=true&search_item_id=414776155&search_item_type=b&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=3482695141&search_page_no=0&search_rank=1       Discord:  http://discord.ggvVQKUsxBvw  

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金馬獎司儀德仔獻聲推薦-KICKS HIGHLIGHT 特仕版 跳色塗裝挑紅線條外型，集動力、舒適、安全於一身 93%超高車主滿意度，如同德仔一樣擁有「好聲量」！ 德仔都來報佳音的五星安全好車，邀你至門市體驗KICKS的不凡魅力 KICKS HIGHLIGHT特仕版，Highlight你的不凡！ https://bit.ly/4aL8AKe －－－－以上訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－ 三星噩耗接二連三，不只路透社獨家爆料HBM被輝達退貨，更傳出連合作九代的Pixel手機晶片都將轉單給台積電！更可憐的是第二代三奈米製程良率超低，被台積電海放連神仙都難救！ ** 為了力挽狂瀾，三星近期大動作，陣前換將全永鉉換下慶桂顯，還提出NEMO計畫要彎道超車台積電，有可能實現嗎？** ** 全台獨家的世界經濟追劇深入報導，精彩萬分，持續連載中！** ** （現在就加入會員支持我們，還可以看到更多專屬影片～）** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkwvRrpvWkocNdk9qIpRSw/join

迎接十年一遇的存債良機，富養自己不是夢！ 中信優息投資級債【00948B】，甜甜價10元入手，還有「平準金」及「月配息」， 小資也能輕鬆跟隊。【00948B】投資就是發！ 5/22-5/28飛躍募集，一同「債」現王者新高度! 詳細資訊請見：https://bit.ly/3y7XL7A -- 韓亞航空聯合旅行社推出最夯韓國團體商品！帶你直衝愛寶樂園水槍慶典，打卡最熱門水原星空圖書館2.0 https://bit.ly/44NpA1p －－－－以上訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－ 中芯最近居然傳出在晶圓製造排行榜上，超越聯電和格羅方德坐三望二的消息！還傳出五奈米研發成功，即將往三奈米技術前進！但大家萬萬沒想到中芯表面光鮮亮麗的背後，卻是無數股東的血淚。 ** 中芯不只股價直直落，毛利淨利還一季比一季低！這一集，我們帶大家來看隱藏在中芯財報當中的大地雷。更一起看晶圓先進製程產業面臨中國成熟製程產能狂開的挑戰下，究竟會不會變成下一個電動車、太陽能慘業呢？** ** 全台獨家的世界經濟追劇深入報導，精彩萬分，持續連載中！** ** （現在就加入會員支持我們，還可以看到更多專屬影片～）** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkwvRrpvWkocNdk9qIpRSw/join

韓亞航空聯合旅行社推出最夯韓國團體商品！帶你直衝愛寶樂園水槍慶典，打卡最熱門水原星空圖書館2.0 https://bit.ly/44NpA1p -- 迎接十年一遇的存債良機，富養自己不是夢！ 中信優息投資級債【00948B】，甜甜價10元入手，還有「平準金」及「月配息」， 小資也能輕鬆跟隊。【00948B】投資就是發！ 5/22-5/28飛躍募集，一同「債」現王者新高度! 詳細資訊請見：https://bit.ly/3y7XL7A －－－－以上訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－ 中芯最近居然傳出在晶圓製造排行榜上，超越聯電和格羅方德坐三望二的消息！還傳出五奈米研發成功，即將往三奈米技術前進！但大家萬萬沒想到中芯表面光鮮亮麗的背後，卻是無數股東的血淚。 ** 中芯不只股價直直落，毛利淨利還一季比一季低！這一集，我們帶大家來看隱藏在中芯財報當中的大地雷。更一起看晶圓先進製程產業面臨中國成熟製程產能狂開的挑戰下，究竟會不會變成下一個電動車、太陽能慘業呢？** ** 全台獨家的世界經濟追劇深入報導，精彩萬分，持續連載中！** ** （現在就加入會員支持我們，還可以看到更多專屬影片～）** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkwvRrpvWkocNdk9qIpRSw/join

Pi is joined by Duv on a late night transatlantic Zoom up for Halmstead Havresack XIII   Discord: https://discord.ggvVQKUsxBvw

Carlos Antonio Vélez, en sus Palabras Mayores del 8 de abril de 2024, destacó el rendimiento de Miguel Ángel Borja, Juan Fernando Quintero y Luis Díaz el fin de semana con sus respectivos equipos. Vélez también analizó la situación de Deportivo Cali y las malas decisiones deportivas y administrativas que tienen al equipo muy cerca del descenso. Finalmente, el periodista elogió el momento de Duván Zapata.

Duván Duque Vargas (1991) es un director, productor y guionista colombiano. Estudió dirección de cine en la escuela CICE en Madrid y humanidades y estudios de pensamiento en la Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona.Estrenó TODO INCLUIDO (2022), su corto más reciente, en la competencia del Toronto International Film Festival. Desde entonces el corto ha competido en más de 70 festivales (Clermont-Ferrand, La Habana, Palm Springs...) y ha recibido más de 20 premios (Aspen, Bogoshorts, Huelva, Hollyshorts, Versión Española...).MASMELOS, su anterior cortometraje, compitió en más de 30 festivales nacionales e internacionales, entre ellos Guanajuato, Moscú y Vancouver. Sus trabajos previos incluyen PAILA (mejor guion y mejor actor en Bogoshorts) y los cortos documentales TUMACO (Premio Nacional FICME) y PASÓ. Actualmente escribe su ópera prima, profundizando los temas de TODO INCLUIDO, y produce proyectos dirigidos por otros directores, tales como BEBÉ (2022) y MALMIRADA (largo en desarrollo) de Cristina Sánchez. Es co-fundador de Continente Pictures, desde donde también ha producido videoclips para artistas como Måneskin, Lido Pimienta y Chelsea Wolfe.Este episodio cuenta con el patrocinio de:Umaña Abogados, los mejores aliados legales para tu proyecto audiovisualEste episodio es posible gracias a: Nuestra productora Gente queLa producción ejecutiva de Lemaitre ConsultoresEl amor y confianza de nuestros amigos en Patreon (Carolina Rodríguez, Manuela Paredes, Hamilton Casas, Juliana Núñez, Marco Antonio Ramírez, Diana Piñeres, Felix Riaño y Diana Páez). Apóyanos como ellos desde 1 dólar.Asistencia de Producción y edición de video: Nicolás SeguraEdición de audio y maquetas: Valeria López Asesora de marca: Camila Guerrero.Visita nuestro canal de Youtube para más contenido Esta es nuestra web: https://gentequehacecine.com/

De meeste bedrijven verliezen geld aan ziektes en oorlogen. Maar één bedrijf verdient er goud geld mee, en het is nog onschuldig ook: Maersk. Het aandeel van de containervervoerder schoot deze week met dubbele cijfers de lucht in en liet zo alle Europese aandelen achter zich. Met dank aan Houthi-rebellen die containerschepen bestoken met raketten. McDonald's lijdt dan weer wel onder de oorlog in Gaza. Restauranthouders boden Israëlische militairen gratis maaltijden aan. Die hulpactie schoot bij sommige klanten in het verkeerde keelgat en daarom boycotten ze McDonald's. Op het hoofdkantoor waren ze ook niet blij met deze franchisers. Sterker nog: topman Kempczinski spreekt van desinformatie. Tesla wordt verslagen door het Chinese BYD. En precies in die week moet Tesla ook nog eens 1,6 miljoen auto's in China terugroepen. Geluk bij een ongeluk: ze hoeven niet naar de garage. Een software-update blijkt genoeg om gebruikers beter te beveiligen bij het gebruik van de automatische piloot. Jerome Powell van de Amerikaanse centrale bank hintte vorige maand vanuit het niets op renteverlagingen. Maar uit de notulen blijkt dat Powell voor z'n beurt heeft gepraat en dat andere Fed-leden helemaal niet zo overtuigd zijn van een snelle verlaging. Toen werd het Payroll Friday en viel het Amerikaanse banenrapport op de mat. De kater komt later: het zou wel eens maanden kunnen duren voordat de beloofde renteverlagingen een feit worden.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het is gelukt. Tesla is van de troon gestoten. Vorig kwartaal verkocht het Chinese BYD meer elektrische auto's. Is Tesla voorgoed zijn titel als grootste elektrische autobouwer ter wereld kwijt? En veel beleggers willen het niet, beleggen in Chinese aandelen. Maar moet je voor BYD een uitzondering maken?  Het was ASML beloofd: de krachtige chipmachines mochten tot begin dit jaar naar China. Maar nu blijkt dat Washington daar een stokje voor heeft gestoken. De reden en impact bespreken we in deze aflevering. Daarin gaat het ook over Apple. Dat was vorig jaar nog één van de beurslievelingen, nu wordt het afgeschreven.  Deze hele week gaat het over goede voornemens. Het gaat niet over afvallen, meer bewegen of stoppen met roken. Nee, we bedoelen goede voornemens op de beurs.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ASML, the world's leading semiconductor lithography machine maker, faces serious geopolitical risks. Things could get even more complicated in 2024. In this video, Nick and Kasey discuss the biggest risk of all: new restrictions on the export of immersion DUV equipment to China, which could join the list of already restricted EUV equipment. These export restrictions, which will go into effect on January 1, 2024, could have a major impact on ASML's business. China is a key market for the company, and the new restrictions could make it difficult for ASML to sell its workhorse products to Chinese customers. It will need to file for an export license with the Dutch government. In this video, Nick and Kasey delve into the geopolitical factors behind these risks for ASML. They also discuss how ASML is responding, and what it means for investors in the company. We use data, charts, and KPI's from our friends at Main Street Data. If you would like to check it out and subscribe to a premium membership here is a link that will get you 10% off

ASML levert nog dít jaar de eerste compleet nieuwe generatie High NA EUV-machines. Dat heeft CEO Peter Wennink laten weten.   Een tijd was onduidelijk wanneer die nieuwe generatie precies zou komen. Wennink spreekt van wat problemen met toeleveranciers en het juiste kwaliteitsniveau van de technologie. Nog voor het eind van dit jaar zal de eerste verscheept worden. De nieuwe High NA EUV-machine (NA staat voor Numerical Aperture tool) zijn zo groot als een vrachtwagen en kosten 300 miljoen euro per stuk. De grootste chip-producenten ter wereld, zoals TSMC, Intel en Samsung, hebben die nodig om nóg compactere chips te maken. Wie de gelukkige klant is, weten we niet. Eén ding weten we zeker: die gaat in elk geval niet naar China, dus. Alleen oudere apparaten mogen nog naar China (wegens de sancties die onder aanvoering van de VS worden opgelegd), de vorige generatie DUV machines (deep ultra violet light). Die categorie zal dit jaar nog voor de meeste omzet zorgen, aldus Wennink. In 2024 zal EUV het belangrijkste product worden qua omzet. China wil ondertussen 40 miljard dollar uittrekken om de eigen chip-industrie een flinke 'boost' te geven. Maar dat geld moet nog wel even worden opgehoest: de overheid wil nu namelijk maar 8,2 miljard inleggen. Dergelijke fondsen werden eerder ook betaal vanuit een publiek-private samenwerking, met staatsbedrijven overigens, zoals de China Development Bank Capital, China National Tobacco Corporation en China Telecom. Verder in deze Tech Update: Videobelplatform Zoom heeft twee opvallende aankondigingen gedaan rond generatieve AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nvidia announced that its AI chips are seeing regulation controls expanding into other markets. ASML stock has also experienced regulation controls for its DUV machines.A portion of this video is sponsored by The Motley Fool. Visit https://fool.com/jose to get access to my special offer. The Motley Fool Stock Advisor returns are 512% as of 8/2/2023 and measured against the S&P 500 returns of 135% as of 8/2/2023. Past performance is not an indicator of future results. All investing involves a risk of loss. Individual investment results may vary, not all Motley Fool Stock Advisor picks have performed as well. I have a position in $NVDA $AMDSemiconductor Podcasthttps://www.fool.com/josenajarroDISCORD GROUP!! https://discord.gg/wbp2Z9STwitter: https://twitter.com/_JoseNajarroDISCLAIMER: I am not a financial advisor.  All content provided on this channel, and my other social media channels/videos/podcasts/posts, is for entertainment purposes only and reflects my personal opinions.  Please do your own research and talk with a financial advisor before making any investing decisions.

"On this episode of The Traveling Introvert, our host Janice Chaka sits down with guest DuVäl for an insightful conversation about career and introversion. DuVäl highlights the importance of setting aside time to be alone and recenter oneself, even in the context of being married and having a dog. They explain how their spouse is understanding and supportive of their need for personal space. DuVäl also shares how they use time blocking to maintain control over their schedule, preferring structure over spontaneity. These strategies not only help with introversion but also benefit their business.DuVäl also discusses their journey as an entrepreneur and expresses a wish to have started their business sooner. They believe their business is thriving, thanks in part to the systems and processes they have put in place to manage energy and relationships. They even share their approach to communication, including moving conversations to email to create more space and sending small gifts to show appreciation without requiring further follow-up.As an interior architecture and design professional, DuVäl sheds light on the misconceptions about their industry, emphasizing that it involves much more than just pillows and fabrics. They explain how they make holistic design decisions and the importance of boundaries in their work environment. DuVäl acknowledges their introverted nature and the need for personal space, which is supported by their understanding team. Networking is also discussed, with DuVäl explaining their intentional approach to maintaining positive interactions while managing energy levels.Throughout the episode, DuVäl emphasizes the significance of time blocking, culture, and reserving energy in order to successfully navigate their career and business. They provide valuable insights for both introverts and listeners interested in the world of interior design and entrepreneurship. Grab your headphones and join us on this episode of The Traveling Introvert with DuVäl!"Guest informationDuVäl Design is a full-service interior design firm, based in Fairfax, VA. Honored by magazines as “The One to Watch'', “Hot Talent”, and House Beautiful's Next Wave, he's been seen in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Washington Post, and more. He currently serves on the Interior Design Advisory Council for Marymount University, as the co-chairperson for HPMKT Diversity Advocacy Alliance, and has recently launched his e-commerce furnishings site, House of DuVäl.

Up and comer DuVäl Reynolds meets with John to share his perspectives on the design industry; as well as what it takes to operate a business in a creative field. They touch on all things from his processes with clients to his work promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In the last episode, a missing NBA basketball player named Wally Jones had suddenly turned up at our house to visit my father, the owner and General Manager of the 76ers, who had made a trade for him to join the team. They had gone into my father's office to have a consultation and I had set myself up in the kitchen, which was nearby and had begun doing my homework. I was working on a psychology assignment where I had to describe two brushes with fear and how I eventually found safety. I had described the first one in the last episode, where my friend and I had unexpected run into a mass event where Martin Luther King had made an impromptu appearance on the front steps of a large church in Philadelphia. Now it was time to write about my second brush with fear. It had been quite different from the first because this one had brought me into a direct, face-to-face encounter with real danger and there was severe intensity to it. By way of background, I had inherited a beat-up sports car that had been handed down from my brother to my sister to me. It was a 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite, the famous “bug-eyed” model. Eddie Gottlieb, one of the founders of the NBA and a close family friend, had picked it up for my brother on one of his trips to Europe. It was brand-new, white as a cloud, and the incarnation of pure fun. My brother kept it in perfect condition and drove me everywhere in it. When he got married three years later, it went to my sister. My parents told her she could spruce it up, so Sybil had it painted jet-black with a red-and-white racing stripe down the back. She took off in it like a bat out of hell and drove it nonstop for the next three years. By her second year at Temple University, she had outgrown it. It was only a two-seater and didn't work for her anymore. So as soon as I got my license, it came to me. Now, they say that when a family's first baby drops its pacifier on the floor, the parents sanitize it in boiling water. With their second baby, if the pacifier falls on the floor, they rinse it off with hot water. And with the third baby, if the pacifier falls on the floor, they just let the dog lick it. By the time I got the Sprite, it had clearly been to the dogs. But I loved it. It had a manual four-speed stick shift. I had been driving it for about two weeks and hadn't quite gotten the hang of it yet, but I was getting there. One sunny afternoon, as I was out driving, I pulled into the parking lot behind some stores. I was trying to turn around but had trouble getting it into reverse and was stuck, just sitting there. All of a sudden, a big car - an older Buick - backed up and smashed right into me. The jolt of the accident and the sound of shattering glass shook me to the core. I got out to take a look. The front-left side was mangled and bent, and the headlight was smashed. I looked at the dark-green Buick, which was the size of a tank, and it didn't even have a scratch. Then the car door opened, and my worst nightmare got out—a tough-looking, lanky hoodlum with a lit cigarette in his mouth and a mean snarl on his face. He didn't really look all that human. “What da fucksa matter with you, dude?” he growled furiously. As he walked toward me, I thought he was about to hit me. The parking lot was behind a place called Kelley's Bar, which was one of the seedier establishments in the township. It was about four-thirty in the afternoon and the guy smelled like he'd been drinking for hours. I was too shocked and scared to say anything, so I just stood there staring at him. He must have concluded that I was no threat, and he relaxed a little. “Tough shit, kid,” was the next pearl of wisdom that came out of his mouth. “Too bad you hit me. Now, what do you want to do about it?” “I hit you?” I asked, finding enough strength to speak. “I didn't hit you. I couldn't even get the car into reverse. I was just sitting there. You backed into me.” The hoodlum chuckled, took a leisurely drag from his cigarette, and blew out a long stream of liquor-laced, grey smoke into my face. “You know that, and I know that,” he said. “But we're the only ones who do. You see anybody else here? No. It's just me and you. So, the truth is gonna be what I say it is. And when we go in front of the judge, the truth is that you hit me. You got that, asshole?” He had a mean smile on his hard face, and it was clear that he was starting to enjoy himself. The cruelty of it took my panic to a whole new level. Like a stunned rabbit in the grip of a python, I could feel the iron coils tightening around me. I don't remember how I did it, but I got him to write his name and phone number down on a piece of paper. I'm pretty sure it was on the back of a racing form. There was a horse track about ten miles away. I got back into the Sprite and drove home. It still moved, but it was a shaky mess as it rattled along. I backed into the garage, so my father could see the damage. I shut the engine off, and to my surprise, I burst into tears. I cried like I was six instead of sixteen. I couldn't believe I could still fall apart that easily. I thought I was much more grown-up than that. It didn't really matter. I knew my back was against the wall and the situation was hopeless.   About an hour later, when my father came home from work, I was sitting at the kitchen table waiting for him. I did my best to keep it together as I told him what had happened. We went right out into the garage to take a look. As we both stared at the crumpled side of the car and the smashed headlight, I started giving him the details. I was fine until I got to the part when the guy said he was going to make me lie to the judge in court. At that point, I got choked up. I tried to go on, but my father simply held up his right hand, signaling me to stop talking. In his stillness, he looked like a mighty Indian chief who had stopped time. “Did you, uh, happen to get any information from this guy?” he asked quietly. “You know what I mean? His name, his phone number? Anything like that?” His tone was completely calm and ordinary, and it surprised me. Instead of being rattled by this horrible situation, he sounded like we were sitting at a casual lunch and he was asking me to pass him the salt. It was nothing to him, which did something to me. “Sure,” I responded and pulled the crumpled racing form out of my pocket. “Give it to me,” he said simply and extended his right hand.  There was no emotion in his voice and no expression on his face, but there was also no question about what was going on. I was now face to face with the enormous, unmistakable power that was firmly and forever on my side. Nothing was going to hurt me. I put the paper in his hand, and as soon as he took it, the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders and I could breathe again. He looked at the information for a long moment. “OK,” he said. “Here's what's gonna happen. You're just going to take the car over to a place called Frese and Fishers in town, and they'll handle it. Frese and Fishers.” I tried to concentrate and remember the name, but it flew right out of my mind. “You know what? Don't worry about it,” he said, sensing I was struggling. “Just call my office tomorrow morning, and Bernadette will take care of the whole thing.”  He put his hand on my shoulder and held it there, as steady as a mountain and as reassuring as the dawn. “OK?” he asked me, looking in my eyes for the all-clear. I nodded to him.  “OK,” he said with finality, indicating that the episode was over.  “Enough already!” he exclaimed. “Come on. Let's go back inside.” We left the garage. He put his arm around my shoulder, and with synchronized steps, we walked back to the house. As we approached the kitchen window, I could see my mother through the glass, working at the sink. She lifted her head, and as a Madonna Amongst the Dishes, with a subtle Mona Lisa smile, she gazed sublimely at the sight of her youngest child, walking along the path under the shelter and protection of his father. Once we were inside and he started down the hall to his office, he called back to me. “Don't worry about this, Duv. It's no big deal.” And it wasn't. I called his secretary in the morning, and she told me exactly what to do. She had already set up the appointment, and the body shop treated me royally. Within another day, the car was fine, and I was driving it as though nothing had ever happened. And I never heard another word about it again. I started making some notes for the essay. I realized that in my extreme fear, the situation seemed completely hopeless. It had never occurred to me that my father might have been able to help. In fact, I forgot I even had a father. But in truth, he was one of the most powerful attorneys in the city, his protégé was the President Judge of the Philadelphia Court System and his partner was the Police Commissioner of Cheltenham Township. So, in reality, that half-drunk degenerate who had threatened me in the bar's parking lot, had no power over me at all. But try explaining that to sheer terror. The panic we feel when we encounter darkness makes us forget that there is such a thing as light.  But for me, everything changed the instant my father took that nicotine-stained racing form out of my hand. Light had dispelled darkness and I realized I was safe again. It was as simple as that. Suddenly the door to my father's office opened, and Wally Jones stepped out, with my father right behind him. I closed my notebook and followed them into the hall but hung back and watched. I don't think they even noticed me. They had only known each other for an hour, but you could've sworn they were old friends. Wally still looked dirty and disheveled, but he certainly didn't look like a bum anymore. My father walked him to the opened door and put his arm around his shoulder. “Now, this is all going to be OK, Wally. I promise you we can handle it. It's time to put the whole thing behind you.” “I'll do that, Mr. Richman,” Wally said. “I will.” “Call me first thing Monday morning,” my father said. “And don't forget, the important thing now is to get back in the game and start working on your jump shot. You gotta get that rust off.” They both chuckled. Wally walked out to his car, and my father turned to me, with the smile of a job well done. I'd seen that look on his face a million times. *** A few days later, the 76ers announced that Wally Jones had come back to Philly and had joined the team. Amazingly, all his legal problems were quickly resolved, and the whole city was buzzing with anticipation. When he met the reporters after his first practice, he said, “I think my problems are more mental than physical, and Mr. Richman already has helped me see some sunshine for the first time in a long while. I have a little peace of mind for the first time in three years, and I want a chance to show the world what I can do.” Soon, he would do just that. And along with the recent signing of Billy Cunningham, my father's dream team was complete. Billy, the great star from the University of North Carolina, was his number-one draft pick. He and my father had grown quite fond of each other, but contractually, they had hit a snag. My father had offered Billy $12,000 for the year. But Billy wanted $12,500 and was holding out. Neither one would budge. Finally, right before the season was about to begin, my father threw in the towel and gave Billy the extra five hundred. Now everything was in place, and we were ready to begin the new season. And our quest for destiny. So, this story pretty much speaks for itself. I guess the idea is that when times get tough and the threatening clouds of fear encompass our vison and darken our lives, even though it may be hard to see the cloud's silver lining, it's still there. Sometimes all we can do is just remember the existence of light until we can see it again. And sometimes, all we have to do is ask. Well, that's the end of this episode. As always, keep your eyes, mind and heart opened and let's get together in the next one.

美国、荷兰和日本在上周五达成协议，限制向中国出口一些先进的芯片制造设备。目前协议细节尚未公布，但外界普遍猜测，荷兰可能会限制阿斯麦公司向中国出口一些深紫外（DUV）光刻机。日本也会对尼康等公司做出类似的出口限制。荷兰、日本加入美国对华禁芯的战略，是否意味着全球半导体封锁线形成合围

Bloqueo litográfico masivo / MiniDisk con Bluetooth / Ex-empleado de Yandex filtra todo / James Webb analiza los anillos de Cariclo / Trolls cambian fecha de vídeo en YouTube Patrocinador: Aunque el Gobierno haya eliminado las ayudas, en BP siguen los ahorros de 10 céntimos por litro utilizando la tarjeta MI BP, que puedes instalar como aplicación en tu móvil, y en cuestión de segundos empezar a ahorrar y acumular puntos. — Te dejo el catálogo de regalos y privilegios como los descuentos en Amazon. Bloqueo litográfico masivo / MiniDisk con Bluetooth / Ex-empleado de Yandex filtra todo / James Webb analiza los anillos de Cariclo / Trolls cambian fecha de vídeo en YouTube

Una conversacion muy entretenida con el visionario Duván Gómez. NUESTROS SHOWS: https://lacomedymafia.eventbrite.com/Suscríbete a nuestro canal o siguenos en las redes sociales!https://www.instagram.com/lacomedymafiahttps://www.facebook.com/LaComedyMafiaEscúchanos en:SPOTIFY - https://spoti.fi/3pRiZPoITUNES (Apple Podcasts) - https://apple.co/3GJH7KB Duván Gómez: IG: https://www.instagram.com/dudagogaLa Comedy Mafia es un grupo de comedia (en español) de New York creado por: https://www.instagram.com/pedrosjokeshttps://www.instagram.com/santiagocomedy

Whose voice counts? Whose visualization informs the design of cities? And how do we collaborate in nurturing resilient equitable futures? Join a conversation led by Ananth Udupa between Duván López, Mathieu Feagan, Melissa Moreno, Theresa O'Neil, and Daniela Moreno. Follow the hosts on Twitter:@duvanhernan@MathieuMatt@ttttheresa@DanielaGarMo---If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, e-mail us at futurecitiespodcast@gmail.com or find us on Twitter @FutureCitiesPod. Learn more about the NATURA project at natura-net.org.

On this episode of the One Football podcast, Chloe Beresford is joined by Serie A writer Conor Clancy. Atalanta are currently joint-top of Serie A, so what better time to look at what's made them so successful in recent years, why they might have changed their ultra-attacking approach recently and what's in store for them in the future. Both Juventus and Roma are doing well in the Women's Champions League, which gives a perfect opportunity to discuss where Italy as a country is up to with the women's game. With another defeat to lowly Monza, Juventus are once again on the agenda, and finally Italy's national team has failed to qualify for the World Cup after their Euro 2020 success. What's up with them? Finishing as always with an Atalanta-themed look at whether Conor prefers Luis Muriel or Duván Zapata and a tricky trivia question thrown in too.  

This month's episode was initially published in Spanish -- the co-hosts' native language. Today, we are publishing a dubbed English version.---The episode discusses the NATURA Thematic Working Group  'Urban Informality and Innovation for Resilient Futures,' and the work strategy that has been developed in Bogotá, Colombia, so-called Local Labs, supported by @catunescosost, @ccdUPC, and @Unisalle.Initially, the differential focus of research on informality is discussed by Duván H. López (@duvanhernan) and Tony Pererina (@peregreenmx), and the relevance of approaching exploratory sites immersed in deep environmental conflicts, and strong social conditions of vulnerability, for Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) scholars and practitioners.NbS are envisioned as a stepping stone, working in informal cities to introduce the natural assets harmonizing with the urban form, facilitating social inclusion, and triggering adaptive trends. Finally, the voice of communities is amplified. @Tuarraigo calls for the international collaboration and engagement of academics into collaborative networks to encourage knowledge spillover and break the inertias of exclusion, therefore, opening transformative opportunities in marginalized areas.---If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, e-mail us at futurecitiespodcast@gmail.com or find us on Twitter @FutureCitiesPod. Learn more about the NATURA project at natura-net.org.

This month's episode is initially being published in Spanish -- the co-hosts' native language. On September 15th, we will be publishing a dubbed English version.---The episode discusses the NATURA Thematic Working Group  'Urban Informality and Innovation for Resilient Futures,' and the work strategy that has been developed in Bogotá, Colombia, so-called Local Labs, supported by @catunescosost, @ccdUPC, and @Unisalle. Initially, the differential focus of research on informality is discussed by Duván H. López (@duvanhernan) and Tony Pererina (@peregreenmx), and the relevance of approaching exploratory sites immersed in deep environmental conflicts, and strong social conditions of vulnerability, for Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) scholars and practitioners.NbS are envisioned as a stepping stone, working in informal cities to introduce the natural assets harmonizing with the urban form, facilitating social inclusion, and triggering adaptive trends. Finally, the voice of communities is amplified. @Tuarraigo calls for the international collaboration and engagement of academics into collaborative networks to encourage knowledge spillover and break the inertias of exclusion, therefore, opening transformative opportunities in marginalized areas.---If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, e-mail us at futurecitiespodcast@gmail.com or find us on Twitter @FutureCitiesPod. Learn more about the NATURA project at natura-net.org.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why I Am Skeptical of AI Regulation as an X-Risk Mitigation Strategy, published by A Ray on August 6, 2022 on LessWrong. Epistemic Signpost: I'm not an expert in policy research, but I think most of the points here are straightforward. 1. Regulations are ineffective at preventing bad behaviors Here's a question/thought experiment: Can you think of any large, possibly technology related, company who has broken a regulation. What happened as a result? Was the conclusion the total cessation of that behavior? I'm not bothering to look up examples (at the risk of losing a tiny bit of epistemic points) because these sorts of events are so freaking common. I'm not going into the more heinous cases, where it wasn't even plausible to anybody that the behaviors were defensible (and instead just expected to not get caught) or cases where the behavior was more profitable than the fine imposed. My point is that the regulations failed to prevent the behavior. If you try to defend this with "Regulations are about incentives and not safety (prevention)" -- then I think you, too, should be pessimistic about AI Regulation as a strategy for X-Risk mitigation. 2. What does effective regulation look like Lest I be accused of making a fully-general counterargument, here's some examples of regulations that seem to actually work: 2.1. Defense Export Controls The United States has a long history of enforcing export controls on defense-related technologies, and I'll just focus on the USML (United States Munitions List) and CCL (Commerce Control List) here. The USML is the more "extreme" of the two, and this is what people are talking about if they're talking about ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations). It covers things like firearms, missiles, and nuclear weapons, and licenses/export of these are pretty strictly controlled. I don't think anyone doubts that putting AI technology on the USML would cause some sort of impact, but it seems pretty unlikely (and also undesirable for other strategic reasons). Lesser known is the CCL, and how it regulates a much more lightweight (but still strongly enforced) export license requirement. It's designed to facilitate American technology companies selling their tech abroad, even if the technology is relevant to national security. An example relevant to AI technology is when the US government prevented the export of computer chips to China for use in a supercomputer. Everyone building a (publicly known) supercomputer claims it will be used for publicly good science, but also supercomputers are a very important tool for designing nuclear weapons (which is one of the reasons supercomputer parts are export controlled). 2.2. Weirdly Strongly Enforced IP Laws While the US has a fairly strong internal system of IP protections, they are often insufficient at preventing IP from being used outside of US jurisdiction. Normally I think this means that IP protections are not good candidates for AI regulation, but there is at least one example I like. (It's possible this is just defense export enforcement, but sometimes people talk about it as an IP enforcement, in particular for the older and longer ban on EUV export, as opposed to the recent pressure in DUV export.) Semiconductor manufacturing equipment I think are also relevant to AI technology, and ASML is one of the most important manufacturers. Despite being a Dutch company, it's being prevented from selling latest generation (EUV) manufacturing equipment to China. This is ostensibly because the Dutch government hasn't approved an export license, but it seems to basically be common knowledge that this is due to the US government's influence. 3. What I would like to see in AI Regulation proposals I think there's two things I would like to see on any AI regulation policy research that's purportedly for x-...

This week we talk about wheat, DUV lasers, and shortages.We also discuss Russia, supply chains, and microprocessors.Show notes / transcript: https://letsknowthings.com/episode317 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letsknowthings.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk about wheat, DUV lasers, and shortages. We also discuss Russia, supply chains, and microprocessors. Support the show: patreon.com/letsknowthings & letsknowthings.com/support Show notes/transcript: letsknowthings.com Check out my other shows & publications: understandary.com

Hernán Peláez y Martín De Francisco hablaron de las posibles contrataciones de la Juventus, en las que destacan Duván Zapata y el argentino Ángel Di María.

The last podcast episode marked the end of a series of excerpts from my upcoming book called, “The Friend at the End,” which tells the story of the major stroke that I suffered in 2011.  As that series began, I was in the prime of my life, all was well, and I was about to enjoy the beginning of the summer season. But by the last episode, the stroke was well underway, I was in the midst of a near-death experience and was facing the possible end of my life.  By the way, if you plan to read the book when it comes out, here's a spoiler alert about the stroke – I lived! Anyway, that series about the stroke was actually a lead up to the next series that's about to begin with this episode. This series will feature some excerpts from my memoir, Wilt, Ike and Me and will portray the times just before and just after my father died of a sudden, major heart attack. I had some remarkable experiences during this time. I think you will find the story fascinating. And it all leads up to a rather enlightening conclusion.   So, let's get into this next series. It begins at the end of the summer of 1965. Our family had a place at the Jersey shore and I had spent the summer there, working at a day camp. But those days had unexpectedly turned into a coming of age, rite of passage era for me, because I had run headlong into a wild teenage romance that was as every bit as hot as the summer was.   The day before the story opens, Wilt Chamberlain had come down to have dinner with us and he had taken me out for a ride in his new car.  But as soon as the ride started, he unexpectedly gave me a quick, but very detailed talk about how not to get a girl pregnant. And so, the story begins…  The next day, as I thought about my car ride with Wilt, I realized that my father might have set it up. The whole thing seemed a bit contrived. Wilt had come down early, by himself. And as soon as we said hello, the next thing I knew, we were driving around in his Bentley and he was giving me a pregnancy prevention seminar. If my father had done it, I had to hand it to him. It was a pretty cool way to make sure I had all the information I needed to keep me out of trouble. But it really wasn't necessary. I had been going to overnight camp for nine years, and other than sports, all we ever talked about in the bunk was sex. And besides, as heated as our interludes ever got, my girlfriend and I were always careful to keep things out of the danger zone.  But now, it looked like things might be about to heat up a bit. There was a chance I could be getting the house all to myself for a few days. Although the idea was incredibly exciting, unfortunately, it was for a sad reason. My mother's uncle, Uncle George, had gotten critically ill and was failing. He probably had less than a week to live. That meant a funeral was coming up, and it would be in Brooklyn. My parents would go, but they wouldn't take me. I never went to funerals. They thought I was still too young.   As Uncle George kept slipping away, I went over the situation in my mind. My parents would be gone for at least a full day, maybe two. My brother and sister were both already back in Philadelphia. He was getting ready for his last year of law school and her college classes were about to begin. All I had to do was come up with a reason why I had to stay down the shore, which shouldn't be too hard.  I could hardly wait. My girlfriend and I had been limited to the back seat of cars, the beach, or anywhere else we could sneak in our steamy escapades. But now, finally we'd have the whole house to ourselves.  A couple of days later, my mother got the bad news. Uncle George was gone. My parents and I sat down for dinner that night, and, of course, the mood was somber. I had only seen Uncle George a few times in my life. He was from my grandparents' generation and lived in Brooklyn. But he had been very close to my parents and I could see the deep sorrow on my mother's face. A big part of me definitely felt sad. But I had another part that was equally as big. And it had just popped the cork on the champagne bottle. My imagination was already drunk.   In my mind, there I was, walking out of the dining room into the living room. But I was wearing a freshly pressed, white tuxedo, just like James Bond, and carrying two martinis. I had no idea what a martini was, but those glasses were so cool, whatever was in them had to be good.  My girlfriend sat on the couch wearing a black, low-cut evening gown, a long string of pearls lazily draped around her elegant neck. She crossed her shapely legs and dangled a black high-heeled shoe off the end of one foot. I handed her a martini. She took it and moistened her lips with her tongue. Then she brought the goblet up to her mouth. Oh, man, this was going to be great. “Duv?” I heard my mother's voice calling, from somewhere beyond the fairy dust. “Duvid, are you OK?” I was still waist-deep in my dreamworld and must have looked pretty distracted.  “We know how hard it is,” she said sympathetically. My parents had a quick conversation in Yiddish. And then the killer came. “Duv, we think it's time – we think you should come with us to this one,” my mother finally said. “Huh?” I grunted. I heard exactly what she said, and I knew what it meant, but I hoped like hell I had gotten it wrong.  “To the funeral, to Uncle George's funeral,” she explained. “We talked it over, and we think you're old enough now. You really should come with us. It's time.” I thought my head was going to explode. “Oh no! Oh my God, no!” I shouted silently. “This can't be happening!” But as I looked at them, I knew immediately that I was going. End of story. Dream dead.  I kept a calm, pensive expression as if considering the wisdom of the idea, but I was devastated. A moment earlier, I was a step away from romance heaven. Now, instead of being alone in the house with my girlfriend, doing God knows what, I'd be sitting in a long car ride with my parents, driving up to my first funeral. Reluctantly, my imagination switched from sex to death.   “Listen, Shortstop. I know how upset you must be,” my father said. A master of the double entendre, he really knew how to say things without saying them. I realized that he probably knew exactly what I was planning to do with the house. In fact, I'm sure he knew it long before I did.  “But this is a perfect one for you to go to,” he continued. “It's exactly right for you now. You were close enough to Uncle George that it matters, but not so close that it's gonna be a killer. It's always a good idea to get one of these under your belt before you have to go through a big one, you know what I mean? One that really hurts.” It was obvious what he was referring to. His parents, my beloved grandparents, were getting older. Before too long, they'd both be gone. I had to accept it; going to this funeral made perfect sense. For a lot of good reasons, it was definitely the right thing for me to do. And besides, I had no choice. The next morning, as we started off for Brooklyn, both my parents were solemn. They had long, fond memories of Uncle George, and also, he was the last member of his generation to go. That always adds an extra dimension to a death. Now your generation becomes the oldest in the family. And every time someone goes, it hits you on a deeper level than before… that in reality, the bell tolls for thee. It was a quiet ride. But as we got closer to Brooklyn, my father began instructing me on the process of burying someone you love. He explained what a funeral home was, what would happen when we got there, what it would probably be like at the cemetery, and what would happen at the shiva back at the house. We pulled up to the funeral home, went inside, and were greeted by a large group of relatives from my mother's side of the family. We all hung around together for a few minutes. We didn't get to see each other all that often, so we couldn't help being glad, but it was obviously for the wrong reason. It's amazing how much a funeral is like a party, only it's not.  We all went in and sat in the middle rows. I could see the lid of the open coffin over the heads of the people sitting in front of us. According to my father's instructions, I knew that soon we'd walk past it, and I would see a dead person for the first time. I started to prepare myself. “It's not really real yet,” my father muttered in my ear. “Maybe it's a mistake. Maybe it's even a dream. But when you go up there, and you look in and you actually see him, and you know it's really him, then it's real. Then you know it's over.” “OK, Ike, let's go,” my mother said to him. I felt him stiffen a little. Emotionally, everybody knew she was fifty times tougher than he was. “Yeah,” he said with a sigh. “Yeah. OK.” I braced myself for whatever was next. We stood up and went to the front of the room. We walked up to the coffin, and I looked in to see what was left of Uncle George. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. He didn't even look real. Actually, he looked like a figure in the wax museum on the Boardwalk. Still, it was clearly him, and he was clearly dead. My father linked his arm in mine as we stood there staring at the lifeless form. “Now it's over,” he said quietly.  We went back to our seats, and the service began. The rest of the day was uneventful—a standard funeral followed by a burial at a huge cemetery. Then, we headed back to the house for a couple of hours with some of our favorite relatives. That was the nice part of a rather sad day.  On the ride home, once we hit the Jersey Turnpike, I actually felt pretty good. I had gotten one under my belt, and it really wasn't all that bad. So that's the end of this episode.  As subtle as it was, this marked the beginning of a major change in my life and things really start to build as the series continues. As always, keep your eyes, mind and heart open and let's get together in the next one.