Monday, September 12, 2016

@20:00, 9/12/16

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1
Job Market

A Linguist Helping Apps Learn to Speak Millennial

Marsal Gavalda, director of machine intelligence at the social network Yik Yak, works on a system that analyzes users’ posts for patterns and emotions.

Slang --  language used to communicate in the presence of "the enemy".

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T Magazine

A Constellation of One-Room Cabins, Embedded in the Forest

In a radically conceptual family retreat in Northern California, the architect Douglas Burnham has made temporary buildings dramatically consequential.

Better.

I want screens and heat for the North East. Field stone walkways without mortar.
Platforms with tents work well except for the kitchen which must have vermin proof walls. 
Hail and freezing rain can be problems.

3
Health

Failure to Improve Is Still Being Used, Wrongly, to Deny Medicare Coverage

A lawsuit settlement made clear that providers and Medicare adjudicators cannot apply the so-called improvement standard. Yet the practice continues.

The decisions have come a few years late for my mother.
I am now aware.

4
U.S.

7 Police Officers to Be Charged in Bay Area Sex Scandal


It is time the prosecutor went public.

5
Opinion

Oh, for the Retirement Life, in Manhattan

Readers share stories of moving to Manhattan in old age, or moving out.

All true.

6
Science

August Ties July for Hottest Month on Record

The newest record continues a trend that points to 2016 becoming the hottest year since modern record-keeping began.

Ok.

http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/climate/world-maps/world-snow-ice-cover.html
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow.gif

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Fashion & Style

Yael Nachajon, Jacob Loewenstein

The couple met at Princeton, from which they graduated.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

8
Well

How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat

Newly discovered documents show that the sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to shape the debate around heart disease, sugar and fat.

Corrupt reporting has not faded.
Sugar is toxic.  Specifically Fructose is toxic.

Sugar: The Bitter Truth - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
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Science

Marching One by One, Trilobites Traversed the Seafloor

Some 365 million years ago, eyeless trilobites lined up and were some of the earliest examples of animal mass migration.

Ok
More could be known.
What is the chemistry of the mud stone ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab

10
U.S.

A Glorified Sidewalk, and the Path to Transform Atlanta

The Atlanta BeltLine project, which would circle the city’s urban core with a biking and pedestrian loop, aims to rejuvenate an area known for suburban sprawl.

commuting by car is the problem.
Get rid of the cars or get rid of the commuting. 
Charge for parking.
Charge for carbon.

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio’s Nonprofit Must Comply With Ethics Panel’s Subpoena, Judge Says

The decision involved an inquiry into whether the Campaign for One New York, which supported the mayor’s political agenda, violated state regulations by failing to register in 2015 as a lobbyist.

Politics continue.

12
Arts

Trying to Make JonBenet Ramsey Must-See TV, Again

The approach of the 20th anniversary of this Colorado girl’s murder prompts a barrage of programming, but why?

A distraction from trumpery.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trumped-up

13
U.S.

Visa Program Up for Renewal Amid Allegations of Fraud

The merits of the EB-5 program, which allows foreign investors to gain citizenship by putting money into economic development projects, are being debated again.

There is no need for fraud in a feeding frenzy.

14
Fashion & Style

Victoria Edelman, Matthew Klapper

The bride works at UBS, the Swiss bank. The groom is chief of staff to Senator Cory Booker.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

15
Opinion

How Mexico and the U.S. Can Fix Migration

Since 1965, the two governments haven’t worked together to regulate the flow of labor migrants. No wonder there’s a huge black market.

I am informed that the flow of immigrants from Mexico has halted.

16
Opinion

Virginia’s Republicans Turn Back the Clock

The state’s Senate majority leader wants to impose the strictest voting ban in the nation on people convicted of a violent felony.

Republicans have become a vengeful lot.

17 
Opinion

Is Animal Research Ever Ethical?

Readers and scientists take sides in the debate.

I cannot justify vivisection where other models are possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivisection

18
Science

Edward Humes on How Transportation Overkill Is Killing Us

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author examines the wastefulness, in more ways than one, of America’s door-to-door culture.

The door to door culture is an elevator.

Speed governors will not happen.
I would rather repair a junker.
Hotrodding  is only quiescent.

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Fashion & Style

The Trauma of Violent News on the Internet

How violent images and news on the internet may be more traumatic for some viewers than those in traditional media.

As much or as little trauma as one wishes are to be had on demand.
If one does not want to know do not ask.

"If it bleeds, it leads." was a motto of tabloid journalism.

People like drama.  Blood is easy drama.

20
Food

Dessert for Dinner and Other Recipes

“Clafoutis” is the word, and recipe, of the day.

Yes.

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