Tuesday, April 28, 2015

@20:08, 4/27/15

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Opinion

How to Attract Female Engineers

There are too few women in engineering, but we have seen that real-world programs can attract them to the field.
Engineering and Engineers; Women and Girls; Social Conditions and Trends; Colleges and Universities 

The social core of engineering has been present from the beginning of the profession.
The first engineers were military officers in charge of construction of siege engines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_engineering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering
Wikipedia has no entry for "traditional sex roles".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_engineer

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N.Y. / Region

15 Bison Escape From New York Farm, Cross Thruway, and Are Shot

A Wild West drama was enacted near Albany by an ill-fated herd and the gunmen its owners had hired.
Bison; Police 

A sad end to the owner's dream.

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N.Y. / Region

Detective Kills Man During Attempted Arrest in the East Village

A police detective fired one shot, which hit the man, a suspect in a robbery, in the abdomen, authorities said.
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides 

The detectives should have taken a sub-lethal weapon to the group home.
I think it was a bad shooting. 

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World

China, in Suspending Woman’s Death Sentence, Acknowledges Domestic Abuse

The ruling means that after two years of good behavior, the sentence of Li Yan, who killed her husband, will be commuted to life in prison. Later, it may be reduced further.
Capital Punishment; Courts and the Judiciary 

Chinese culture is misogynist.

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U.S.

Justices to Hear Challenge to Lethal-Injection Drug


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Opinion

Think of Undocumented Immigrants as Parents, Not Problems



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Real Estate

The Sutton Tries to Fit Into Midtown East

The 30-story condominium towers over the traditional walk-ups nearby, but its brick design will also borrow from the neighborhood’s historic flavor.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential) 

Someone else can buy this dream.

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Opinion

The Justices and a Botched Execution

However the Supreme Court rules on Oklahoma’s lethal-injection drug protocol, support for the death penalty is on the decline.
Capital Punishment; Polls and Public Opinion; Eighth Amendment (US Constitution) 

The aesthetics of execution are always ugly.

Let us give it up.

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World

Former Guantánamo Inmate Is Granted Bail in Canada

A Canadian court ordered that Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was captured in Afghanistan in 2002 at age 15, be released on bail pending an appeal of his conviction by an American military tribunal.
Terrorism 

Good.

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Real Estate

The 10 Most Cost-Effective Renovations


Looking good helps selling.
Fix the surfaces.
 
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Real Estate

Renters Are Staying Put

High rents and more affordable mortgages are not persuading more renters to buy, according to a new study.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Renting and Leasing (Real Estate); Mortgages 

The renters are broke.  
The economic recovery is for the top only.

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Science

New Study Links Weather Extremes to Global Warming

Human emissions are responsible for about 75 percent of especially hot days and 18 percent of unusually heavy precipitation, according to a new report.
Weather; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Global Warming 

Wrong and disingenuous.
The assumption is that the global temperature is not "noisy".
Global warming drives the baseline.  It does not drive individual weather events.
Money is talking in this paper.

13
Technology

System Crash for Starbucks Leads to Free Coffee for Some



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Business Day

Orders of Durable Goods Rise, but Report Shows Drop in Investment

Excluding rising demand for commercial aircraft, orders for long-lasting manufactured goods fell for a sixth straight month.
United States Economy; Durable Goods (Economic Indicator) 

Cognitive dissonance.

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Opinion

Junk Science at the F.B.I.

Hair-sample analysis has led to many wrong convictions, and a review of the practice is long overdue.
Forensic Science; Hair; False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments 

Fix it.

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Opinion

Nursing Home Care


Better does not mean good.
 
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World

Chinese Officers Harshly Interrogated Women’s Rights Activist, Husband Says


Chinese culture is misogynist.
 
18
Travel

In Paradisiacal Nicaragua, Contemplating a Canal

The largest freshwater lake in Central America and Ometepe, its main island, could be altered forever plans for a canal to accommodate larger ships.
Travel and Vacations; Canals; Eco-Tourism 

Panama was created out of Columbia as a place for the canal.
The engineering was good on the second attempt. 
The politics were terrible.

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World

Russia: Chechen Leader Issues Warning

Ramzan Kadyrov has told his security forces to fire on Russian federal troops if they try to operate in the region without his approval.

Firing on the national police would be an act of revolt.
War is not a good thing.

I have been watching Wolf Hall on PBS.

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N.Y. / Region

Program Aims to Reduce Energy Costs and Keep Rents Affordable in Bronx

Aging apartment buildings in the Bronx offer some of New York City’s most affordable rents, and the city is starting a program to help finance their renovation and make them more energy efficient.
Rent Control and Stabilization; Affordable Housing; Energy Efficiency 

I wish the program the best of luck.
I do not think it will succeed. 

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