Saturday, April 26, 2014

@7:25, 4/26/14

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1
Technology

Video: Siri and Google Now, Meet Cortana

Molly Wood tests out mobile virtual assistants, including Microsoft’s Cortana, to see if Siri has met her match.
iPhone; Android (Operating System); Voice Recognition Systems; Smartphones
2
Opinion

Sweden Turns Japanese

The sadomonetarists, with their gut dislike of low interest rates, have claimed another victim.
Economic Conditions and Trends; Deflation (Economics); Interest Rates; Banking and Financial Institutions 

The sadomonetarists are trying their experiment.
Its failure is obvious and predicted.
The policy will end with the end of the Euro.

3
World

Deadliest Day: Sherpas Bear Everest’s Risks

An avalanche that left at least 12 dead has focused attention on the Sherpas, skilled high-altitude climbers who put themselves at great risk for the foreign teams that pay them.
Avalanches; Mountain Climbing; Sherpas (Himalayan People) 

The Sherpas are exploited.  
The tourists can pay a generous rate.
4
World

Pro-Russian Insurgents Balk at Terms of Pact in Ukraine

A U.S.-backed deal to settle the crisis in eastern Ukraine fell flat but appeared to arrest, at least temporarily, the momentum of separatist unrest in the region.
International Relations; United States International Relations 

The "insurgents" are criminals.
 
5
U.S.

50 Years Into the War on Poverty, Hardship Hits Back

A half-century after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared “war on poverty,” McDowell County, W.Va., is a sobering reminder of how much remains broken, in drearily familiar ways and utterly unexpected ones.
Poverty; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Labor and Jobs; Series 

The "war on poverty" did not happen there.

6
N.Y. / Region

Video: Scuba Diving in Brooklyn

As part of an unusual internship, nine high school students work in a tropical reef, located at the end of the F subway line in Coney Island.
Diving and Divers; Education (K-12) 

This is window dressing.
New York needs a working harbor.  
It does not have one now.
There are a few remnants.

7
N.Y. / Region

With Farm Robotics, the Cows Decide When It’s Milking Time

Farms in upstate New York and elsewhere are using automatic milkers that scan and map the underbellies of cows, extract the milk, and monitor its quality, without the use of human hands.
Robots and Robotics; Cattle; Agriculture and Farming; Milk; Dairy Products; Labor and Jobs 

I would not do this to a cow.
 
8
Opinion

The Public Health Crisis Hiding in Our Food

A new British study shows many lives can be saved by cutting salt.
Salt; Hypertension; Diet and Nutrition; Blood Pressure; Food 

Yes.
 
9
Technology

Video: App Smart: Selfies

Kit Eaton dives into three apps that can take selfies to the next level.
Mobile Applications; Photography 

A good portrait is not a selfy.
 
10
World

Video: Slovyansk Mourns 3 Killed at Checkpoint

Anger and questions swirled as residents in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk buried three men killed in a gunfight at a roadblock on Sunday.
Deaths (Fatalities); Funerals and Memorials 

They hurt.  
That is more than I need to know.
 
11
U.S.

North Carolina Shows Strains Within G.O.P.

In North Carolina’s high-profile Republican primary for Senate, the divisions gripping the party nationally are playing out loudly and expensively.
Elections, Senate; United States Politics and Government; Primaries and Caucuses; Political Advertising 

Sanity may return to North Carolina.
There is little there now.
 
12
N.Y. / Region

The Toddler Who Survived, and the Cop Who Became Her Mom

As a baby, Christina Rivera survived a massacre in Brooklyn whose 10 victims included her mother. Police Officer Joanne Jaffe cared for her that night, the first link in a bond that led Ms. Jaffe to adopt Christina.
Adoptions; Murders and Attempted Murders 

About love we do what we can.  Sooner is better.
 
13
World

Messages From Students on South Korean Ferry

Texts sent by Danwon High School students as their ferry began sinking on Wednesday morning express love, fear and despair.
Maritime Accidents and Safety; Text Messaging; Rescues 

The children were brave and obedient.
They are dead.
Preventing a second accident like this one is my only interest.
I do not want to "feel the parents pain".

14
Opinion

Running Out of Time

There are years, not decades, left to start reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and American leadership is urgently needed.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Global Warming; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Editorials 

Yes.
 
15
U.S.

Swim to Sea? These Salmon Are Catching a Lift

California’s drought has left rivers too shallow for salmon, so the government is trucking and barging them to the sea in the hope they will return.
Salmon; Drought; Fishing, Commercial; Agriculture and Farming; Water 

I like wild salmon.
Some runs must survive if we are to have any.
This is an experiment in run maintenance. 

16
U.S.

Justice Stevens Suggests Solution for ‘Giant Step in the Wrong Direction’

In his new book, Justice John Paul Stevens proposes six amendments, one of which would address the Citizens United ruling on campaign finance.
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); Campaign Finance; Books and Literature 

These proposed amendments are not the required repair.
Steeply progressive taxation and elimination of the capital gains category are probably enough .
17
Sports

In a Hole, Golf Considers Digging a Wider One

The golf world has lost five million players in the last decade, spurring a growing revolution to create alternative forms of the game.
Golf 

No, other games are not golf.  
The lost players are the dead.
 
18
Business Day

Goldman, Citi, UBS ... and a Guy in an Office

Paul J. Taubman has single-handedly accounted for $175 billion in deals over the last year, which has had Wall Street bankers buzzing with a mix of admiration and envy.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Banking and Financial Institutions 

Taubman is intermediating deals.
The corporate boards should strike their own deals.
 
19
World

Photos Link Masked Men in East Ukraine to Russia


We are quietly at war.
Perhaps a "phony war".

20
U.S.

Covert Inquiry by F.B.I. Rattles 9/11 Tribunals


Caught in the act.

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