Still, the reactor was locked down, remotely surveilled and tightly regulated — mainly because it contained 3½ pounds of highly enriched uranium.
I’m not sure I can add anything of substance here.
Update: quote comes from a previous source that turns out to have been behind a pay-wall; the current link is to a free alternative to the same information.
One of my favorite blogs, Chitwood & Hobbs, points out that the Orioles’ Chris Davis went Zero to Hero in last weekend’s 17-inning marathon between the O’s and the Red Sox. After going a nightmarish 0-8 with 5K and a GIDP at the plate, he came in to pitch two innings to pick up the win.
This seemed outlandishly rare to me – a DH coming in to pitch. I couldn’t recall a single incident. Turns out it’s happened three times – two of which were in this game – Boston’s DH Darnell McDonald pitched the 17th, giving up the game winning HR and taking the loss.
The last, and only, time a DH has pitched, was a very notable event in the career of a quite notable baseball personality; astute readers will recall that one Jose Canseco headed a ball over the fence in Arlington, then insisted on being allowed to pitch a few days later – blowing out his elbow and being lost for most of the 1993 season.
Matt Burns, writing for Tech Crunch, talks about Foxconn’s “preparations” for an Apple-branded TV:
[Gou] confirms the massive manufacturing company is making preparations for an Apple television set called iTV. Gou also states that neither development nor manufacturing has begun.
This sentence alone should tell you everything you need to know about the situation.
Apple isn’t ready to manufacture the device. Apple isn’t even developing the device. Foxconn is simply hedging its bets and “making preparations” in case Apple does.
In other words, there’s no story here. But Tech Crunch decides to run with it anyway.
CNN:
Three of the 12 Secret Service agents involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal refused to cooperate with authorities and submit to a polygraph test, according to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-New York.
Small wonder, considering polygraphs are junk science at its worse – part of why they’re not admissible as evidence in most states. Such seasoned and, despite these likely-true allegations, quite exemplary agents will surely know this.
NYT Opinionator:
The best presidents were open-minded, and generally open to a drink. The nondrinkers, at least over the last century or so, were terrible presidents.
…and…
The last president to swear off alcohol was George W. Bush, who seems doomed to have his name forever followed by the words, “and we know how that turned out.”
Indeed.
Alicia Menendez, for NBC Latino:
Voter-ID laws don’t even solve the imaginary problem they’re meant to address. Voter ID laws only prevent one voter from impersonating another.
This is the crux of the matter. The idea we’re being scared by is illegals showing up to vote and being allowed to do so; requiring voter IDs does not solve this problem. The continued insistence on this specific solution betrays the real intent – to disenfranchise legitimate voters.
I’m not in the market for a job, but I enjoy networking, I interview exceptionally well, and I know a lot of people. Yesterday, I got an email from Kristin, a recruiter at Indeed.com about a Sys Admin opening they have internally. Again, I’m not looking, but I opened the door for more info as I have a number of friends and colleagues on the market.
After initially attempting to set up a time to discuss the opening, the woman who already has my resume on hand – she cold called me from my Indeed profile – responded back with:
Unfortunately, our Hiring Managers at this time have decided to focus on candidates who meet our educational requirements. Should anything change, we will certainly reach back out to you.
I wasn’t really interested personally, but now I’m just downright offended. First off, if you have educational requirements that I don’t meet, why did you even contact me in the first place? More importantly, though, is that this is an internet startup we’re talking about.
Our entire industry has been built by people who have proven repeatedly that success comes from talent and effort, not degrees. I would expect a company that is both an internet startup and a jobs board to know, embrace, and honor this fact. In the end, I’m very happy not to be working for them.