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Schroedinger's crystal
What is life? The Von Neumann machine is a persuasive model, but examples can be given of things that behave like Von Neumann machines despite being obviously not alive. Erwin Schrödinger suggested somewhat enigmatically in 1948 that we should instead try to understand protein molecules and the organisms made from them as 'aperiodic crystals' Since he made this suggestion, the nature of aperiodic order has been illuminated by the invention of Penrose and Wang tiles, and other kinds of aperiodic tile-set. Does any of this new knowledge make Schrödinger's idea about what life is easier to make sense of, or more plausible? Some implications of the analogy for our understanding of its origin and evolution are investigated. A connection is drawn between this approach and the Chomskian model of protein evolution presented by Nils Jerne in his Nobel address. Together, they may explain why biological macromolecules, and systems made from them, are the kind of thing that can evolve under natural selection, while hurricanes, snowflakes, and forest-fires are not.
Dissertation
Interrupting Iran's Oil: The Price The West Can Now Afford
The severe inflation Iran is now experiencing is the result of the government's attempt to make up for this lost revenue by just printing more money. Since printing money creates inflation -- because more money is chasing the same goods -- everything the government has to pay for is also made more expensive as a result, which means that they have to print more and more money each month just to keep up. Thailand and Indonesia in 1997, or the Russian ruble in 1998, are examples of what milder shocks can do to the economies of countries with much less serious current-account imbalances. Since the Iranian government shows no sign, from its response so far, of appreciating the seriousness of the economic situation -- and appears to be actively doing whatever it can to make things worse -- the current regime's survival is suddenly in doubt.
Report
FROM THE PEOPLE
I have read the speech of Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, of the prominent and highly respectable firm of Kuhn, Lobe & Co., before the Chamber of Commerce of New York, and also the following item from the New York Evening Post, indicating the general effect of his remarks: \"Mr. Schiff's address before the Chamber...
Newspaper Article
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ALIVE, WELL NEW FACILITY SOLID FINANCIALLY
According to Moody's Investors Service, the fundamental credit factors enjoyed by Phoenix Children's remain strong, and the hospital will be able to meet its debt obligations.
Newspaper Article
