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Wikipedia on the Grand Harbor.

The Apostle Paul was shipwrecked on Malta (Acts 27).

Flying south, above the Alps.

It was a gorgeous, but unusually chilly afternoon upon arrival in Malta. The sun offered a stunning backdrop for our Lufthansa A320.

Glancing east from our bus to the terminal, I smiled as the lead flight attendant helped a family disembark.

Malta via wikipedia.

Book: The Kappillan of Malta by Nicholas Monsarrat

The Apostle Paul was shipwrecked on Malta (Acts 27).

Zion Market Research:

The report analyzes and forecast digital photography market on a global and regional level. The study offers past data of 2015 along with forecast from 2016 to 2021 based on revenue (USD Billion). Assessment of market dynamics gives a brief thought about the drivers and restraints for the digital photography market along with the impact they have on the demand over the forecast period. Furthermore, the report includes the study of opportunities available in the digital photography market on a global level.

The report gives a transparent view on the digital photography market. We have also included a detailed competitive scenario and portfolio of prominent vendors operative in the digital photography market. To understand the competitive landscape of digital photography market, an analysis of Porter’s Five Forces model for the market has also been included. The report offer market attractiveness analysis, wherein product, application and regional segments are benchmarked based on their general attractiveness, market size, and growth rate.

Co.Create

WHY WE CARE: Not long ago, Amazon unveiled its plans for a beta version of its new cashierless grocery shopping experience called Go. Here, Monoprix sidesteps all the “computer vision,” “deep learning algorithms,” and “sensor fusion much like you’d find in self-driving cars” that Amazon touted about Go, and instead trolls the tech giant with an almost exact remake of the Go promo—actor doppelgangers dressed in the same outfits, similarly framed shots—with a human solution to the whole cashier line-up problem. And they deliver your groceries in an hour. Is there an Amazon drone for that yet?

I’ve not, to my knowledge, signed up for any email lists related to Maria Cantwell or Su Happ.

Nonetheless, the following messages recently arrived in my inbox.

Maria Cantwell, a US Senator from the State of Washington and member of the Democrat Party, became wealthy at RealNetworks, in between elected offices.

Perhaps the news missed me, but my home – Madison – is some distance from Cantwell’s Washington.

One could imagine “big tech” supporting Cantwell’s 2020 Presidential candidacy.

Maria Cantwell: Twitter campaign www Senate DuckDuckGo Open Secrets Wikileaks

Su Happ is the Jefferson County (Wisconsin) District Attorney. She ran unsuccessfully for Wisconsin Attorney General in 2014.

Perhaps she is mulling a race for Governor in 2018?

Su Happ: Twitter campaign www Facebook LinkedIn DuckDuckGo Open Secrets Wikileaks

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as seen in the amuz app.

Merry Christmas!

Bloomberg:

And this year? Racist algorithms that measure a defendant’s risk of committing a crime in the future (damn you, ProPublica). The corporate defense lawyer who turned his life upside down to take on DuPont when an Appalachian cattle farmer whose cows were dying reached out for help (ptui, New York Times). A portrait of the richest touring musician in the world … guess who … nope (Deadspin!). A cottage industry of Balkan teenagers faking out Trump supporters with fake news (oh you BuzzFeed, you).