Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will post in concise form for the next several days. It will return in expanded form by the first of next week.
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Good Morning. It’s Thursday, 18 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
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Please note that to keep up with the increasingly fast changes in technology, we’ve include a link to Wired magazine’s daily news feed; that link is located at the bottom of the link list.
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The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1115 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: 17 May 2017
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Good Morning. It’s Wednesday, 17 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
The White Chaos continues…..this is not going to end well.
Now more than ever, catch up on the news in the rest of the world by reading the front pages of the World’s Greatest newspapers.
Please note that to keep up with the increasingly fast changes in technology, we’ve include a link to Wired magazine’s daily news feed; that link is located at the bottom of the link list.
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The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1114 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
Start Them Young: How Google Moved In on Education.
Paying Attention:
An informative and necessary review of how Google/Alphabet gained critical market share in the educational market in the United States. The piece, published in and linked from The New York Times, details the value of scale, simplicity, and customization. If you’ve ever used a Chromebook (and if you haven’t, you should ) you’ll understand just how much potential Google’s products/software/hardware have in the education–and ultimately work–market.
The Nightshift: 16 May 2017
Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will post in concise form for the next several days. It will return in expanded form by the first of next week.
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Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, 16 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
Another day, another crisis at the White House and in Washington. This time, it’s about the possible leaking/disclosure of certain secret information to the Russians in last week’s White House meeting between Trump and the Russian Ambassador and Foreign Minister. Once again–it’s Russia. Once again–it’s an unpredictable mess. More drama from an administration ( for a country) that doesn’t need any more drama.
Now more than ever, catch up on the news in the rest of the world by reading the front pages of the World’s Greatest newspapers.
Please note that to keep up with the increasingly fast changes in technology, we’ve include a link to Wired magazine’s daily news feed; that link is located at the bottom of the link list.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips. Have a great week.
The Times (London
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The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1113 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
Heartbeat
Paying Attention: For over a decade I have exercised with a Polar S710 Heart Rate Monitor. It was a Christmas gift, and it turned into a life saver. One year, when my heart beat inexplicably leaped from a resting 58 to a rising 200+after an afternoon run, it was the Polar that told me the full story and gave me the necessary information to bring things back down. I use it when I play tennis, when I bike, when I run, and when I swim. On days when I’m feeling a little less in sync, I wear it (and the transmitter strap) to work. You can’t be too careful with your heart.
The Polar became a lot more than just an exercise necessity in 2010, when I was diagnosed with A-Fib (Atrial Fibrillation), an irregular, arrhythmic heart beat. To solve that cardiac issue, I under went a cardioversion and everything returned to normal. But I became even more devoted to my Polar than ever before because now, I had to monitor more carefully. I wore it when I worked out with my tennis coach, wore it when I did the 5K portion of the Rodeo Run. And I used it like a tool–not just to see what my heart beat was but to be certain that I kept my heartbeat within a certain range because one of the new restrictions that I live with because of my A-Fib is a cap on my maximum heart rate. It’s 20% less than it would be for someone who doesn’t have A-Fib, because of the meds I take. It’s all science and I love it.
I use the Polar S710 along with two running programs on my iPhone, 5K Runner (designed to get you from sitting on the coach to running a 5K race in 90 days via interval training) and Nike’s Running program, which combines the transmitter in my Nike running shoes with the GPS unit in the iPhone to track the course and pace of every race or job.
So..I’m a Polar fan. I believe in the product and use it. It’s the ultimate tool for training. But…perhaps the one thing I like the best about my Polar heart rate monitor is the fact that it can be fixed. Batteries go out. Straps break. Electrodes wear down. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, I know where to turn: Polar’s Service Center in Dallas.
Polar can fix it and they’re so good at it that it’s like owning a Lexus–one of the reasons you know you can count on the product is that you know you can count on the service. With a Polar, there is no reason to buy one this year and replace it with another model next year because no one can fix it or update it or repair it. No….if it needs a new battery or whatever, just pack it up, send it U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail and before you know it, it’s returned to your life, perfect, again, and ready for use.
A week or so ago, I sent my Polar in for new batteries and a check up. This may be the fourth or fifth time I’ve done this in a decade. I got a call from Tim, at the Polar Service Center in Dallas, telling me that he had the unit. He gave me an estimate of the repairs and said that he would get it back to me as soon as possible and that there were a few parts he needed. No problem, I said. He asked how I used the Polar and and I told him.
Then he said–“Hey, maybe you need one in the meantime”..and I said, no, no problem, I’ll just dial it back.
But….Tim didn’t just didn’t hear what I said, he was listening. He knew I was dealing with a heart issue and he knew the importance I placed on the Polar to keep me safe. And then he did something totally unexpected.
Two days after that conversation, I came home and found a US Postal Service Priority Mail package. Inside it was a Polar watch and a transmitter, and a note. Basically, he took the initiative and sent me an “interim” Polar system until mine was fully repaired. He did it on his own, without any prompting and without any notice. He was just paying attention and he saw something he could solve and did it.
We live in a world in which far too much of our equipment, gear, and electronics is good only for the moment and when it goes down, it goes out the door; it doesn’t get repaired, it gets replaced. This is, of course, wasteful in terms of funds and energy, but also in terms of commitment and knowledge: when you get something new, even it does essentially the same job as the unit it replaced, there’s still a learning curve to master(again) in term of use. I like the idea of learning to use something one time (and well) and then not having to learn something similar again.. The Polar philosophy of making it right the first time and then keeping it going by providing solid, reliable service works for me and provides a real value to their customers. By going above and beyond what is expected, they blew me away. Not many folks care that much about providing the ultimate in service today (i.e. good enough is good enough) and it’s refreshing to find someone who does.
To Tim and the guys at Polar’s Dallas Service Center, thank you and well done. You guys get it. Thanks again.
The Fine Print: Photo of Polar S710 courtesy of Polar.
The Nightshift: 15 May 2017
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Good Morning. It’s Monday, 15 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
North Korea continues to unnerve by firing off another missile test over the weekend.
President Trump’s staff is working on finding a replacement for the fired head of the FBI, James Comey.
Washington remains confused and ineffective.
The PGA Players Championship was won by Si Woo Kim, who becomes the fourth PGA golfer to win two tournaments under the age of 22 (the others are Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, and Jordan Spieth). Third round leader JB Holmes ballooned to a 12 over par 84 and it was ugly, dropping him from a tie for first entering the final round to a tie for 41st.
The Golden State Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-111 in a massive comeback. The Spurs lost Kawhi Leonard (again) due to a recurrence of his ankle injury. That could be a big problem going forward.
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South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1111 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: 14 May 2017
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Good Morning and Happy Mother’s Day. It’s Sunday, 14 May 2017 and this is theMorning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed.
North Korea, never one to let sleeping dogs lie, fired off another missile test yesterday. This one a short range missile that went 500 miles before dropping into the sea. Defiance is the new obedience in North Korea.
President Trump has his staff vetting possible replacements for fired FBI head James Comey. There will be a loyalty test. The usual rumors about a Trump staff shakeup are circulating again this morning along with Trumps highly predictable blasts against the media (old news ) and Comey (new target). It is business as unusual in Washington.
The PGA Players Championship continues, with scorings soaring as the course takes its toll on the world’s best players. J.B. Holmes and Kyle Stanley remain at the top of the leaderboard as the tournament goes into it’s final day but Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter are closing in.
The Golden State Warriors will play the San Antonio Spurs tonight in an NBA semi-finals game. Expect lots of threes.
Now more than ever, catch up on the news in the rest of the world by reading the front pages of the World’s Greatest newspapers.
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New York Times (New York)
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Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1109 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
Woody Allen on living to be 100
“You can live to be 100 if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be 100…..”
The Nightshift: 13 May 2017
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Good Morning, It’s Saturday, 13 May 2017 and this is the Mid-day Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed.
A global cyber attack/ransomware scheme has hit all over the world and is causing immense problems. The tool used for the attack was allegedly stolen from the NSA. Be very careful online.
Washington is boiling as the Trump administration, the White House staff, and members of Congress and the media try to make sense of the continuous turmoil that seems to be the modus operandi of the new era in American politics. Sooner or later, this constant drama has to end–the nation’s business is not getting done and what is getting done is very poorly presented, over-politicized, and not very well thought out.
The Player’s Championship continues today. Louis Oosthuizen and Kyle Stanley share the lead at 9 under. Tomorrow, the Golden State Warriors take the court against the San Antonio Spurs. Golden State has an immense out of talent; San Antonio has the best coach in basketball. Should be entertaining.
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. You’ve done all your shopping and arranging for dinner, right?
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The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1107 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: 12 May 2017
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Good Morning, It’s Friday, 12 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed.
Well…things in Washington have deteriorated to the point that we’re adding another news/reference link to the site: Lawfareblog.com . A very good and very sharp read on current legal issues, some of them in the headlines now, some in headlines to come. Published in association with the well-respected Brookings Institute. Mandatory reading in these very strange days. Check them out.
The news of this week from Washington has been centered on the firing of James Comey by Donald Trump. The backlash has been bipartisan, the outrage real and deep, and the obfuscation of truth behind the event massive. This is not about being Republican or Democrat or being pro-or-anti Trump; it’s about being pro America (first), and not pro administration (first). The White House cannot get their stories on the dismissal of Comey to publicly align among all of spokespeople, which is an indication of how much misdirection and mistruth is being spread–if truth were being spoken, there would be no need to align stories or “talking points” because there is only one truth.
Trump’s spokespeople now have so little credibility (re-read “The Boy Who Cried Wolfe” for historical background) that certain news organizations refuse to put them on air. The acting director of the FBI, McCabe, totally and publicly refuted the President’s assertion that James Comey was not well respected within the bureau; it was just the opposite, Comey was well respected and the FBI has closed ranks in support of him. Instead of deflecting or reducing the intensity around the Russian meddling investigation, the intensity has only increased. It’s a hot mess, with too many uncomfortable similarities with the Nixon administration–and everyone knows how that ended up.
As a sidebar, here’s an article about the President’s claim that he (the President) invented the term “priming the pump”.
The San Antonio Spurs absolutely wiped out the Houston Rockets, embarrassing the Rockets with a 39 point win. Gregg Popovich, the San Antonio Coach, won the game without two of his top five players (Tony Parker, Kawhi Leonard), who were out with injuries. “Pop” is the best coach in pro basketball, period.
The Player’s Championship PGA golf tournament continues: William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes are the leaders at 5 under. Today is “moving day”…the players with the best scores continue through the weekend and everyone else moves on.
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The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1106 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.