GENERAL INTERESTThe Secret History of Women in Coding
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html
The Truth About Failing Spectacularly
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.
1927 Packard Found in Abandoned Philadelphia Factory Sitting for Over 40 Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0mJ9N8tYdI
Future Megaprojects - Tunnel | Russia and Alaska (Extreme Engineering) Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mkLkakif9w
HEALTH
Toasters may expose you to more pollution than a busy intersection
https://nypost.com/2019/02/16/toasters-may-expose-you-to-more-pollution-than-a-busy-intersection/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
BUSINESS
Fact-check: Does Amazon pay '$0' in taxes?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-does-amazon-pay-no-us-federal-231838691.html
ENVIRONMENT
A Wendell Berry Solution to Cory Booker’s Problem
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/family-farms-save-americas-land-water-communities/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-02-17&utm_term=WIR-Smart
SMOLLETT
Jussie Smollett reportedly insisted on TV appearance after attack
https://pagesix.com/2019/02/17/jussie-smollett-reportedly-insisted-on-tv-appearance-after-attack/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
IMMIGRATION
With Trump’s Tough Deterrents, Many Asylum Seekers on the Border are Giving Up
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/us/border-migrants-asylum-mexico-aclu.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Report: Mexican Authorities Relocate Caravan Riders Staying Near The U.S. Border
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/02/16/report-mexican-authorities-relocate-caravan-riders-staying-near-the-us-border-n2541604?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=02/17/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
THE WALL
Trump’s Emergency Declaration Is Contemptuous of the Rule of Law
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/trump-emergency-declaration-contemptuous-of-rule-of-law/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-02-17&utm_term=WIR-Smart
'This crisis is real and a potential threat to every American': Alaska governor offers Trump use of his National Guard to patrol US-Mexico border 3,000 miles away
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6714235/Alaska-governor-Mike-Dunleavy-offers-Trump-use-troops-3-000-miles-away-Mexico-border.html
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"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end –
which you can never afford to Lose – with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
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FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission) See links for full storieshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-failing-spectacularly-11550293225?emailToken=0d179d8af2395276228059aa6334032d3BOaD1CQnxTVjbFuQwucLYwEte7Ed8MziJNrCY+np1UG+7ZcLqgKdXkODNPIpp3/1qXU1J/n6FE6Q3qQ4vyPkNkxYshWDVuDw0KefiLbQRs%3D&reflink=article_email_share
The Truth About Failing Spectacularly
Did a lack of experience sink the MS Explorer—and the Los Angeles Rams?
The legendary polar cruise ship the MS Explorer sank in Antarctica in November 2007. Photo: Alamy
Twelve years ago, the world’s most renowned polar cruise ship, the MS Explorer, set out from a deep-water port in Argentina toward the icy, treacherous waters of Antarctica.
The ship’s 154 passengers and crew had every reason to feel secure. With its class-1A ice-reinforced hull, bow thrusters and brawny diesel engines, the Explorer had been safely ferrying tourists through extreme polar environments since 1969. It was the first cruise ship ever to navigate the Northwest Passage.
What they couldn’t have imagined is that 12 days later, on a remote stretch of the Southern Ocean, they would feel a jolt, followed by the sickening sound of rushing water. Or that four hours later, in the frigid dead of night, with the ship listing at 20 degrees, the captain would order every last person into the lifeboats.
Write to Sam Walker at sam.walker@wsj.com
What they couldn’t have imagined is that 12 days later, on a remote stretch of the Southern Ocean, they would feel a jolt, followed by the sickening sound of rushing water. Or that four hours later, in the frigid dead of night, with the ship listing at 20 degrees, the captain would order every last person into the lifeboats.
Appeared in the February 16, 2019, print edition as 'Sending Inexperience Into a Storm.'
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