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"Anyone who sees an emergency can call a central number. A smartphone app instantly alerts the nearest first aider, who may be only a block away, standing behind a deli counter or dozing in a meeting."

- A charity in Israel is using ubiquitous gadgets to co-ordinate an army of volunteer first aiders. With sufficient backing, they say the scheme could enable them to respond to nearly any emergency call within 90 seconds. (via theeconomist)

(via theeconomist)

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MURK AVENUE: I Found Ice Cube's 'Good Day'

Grantland: Learning to Love the Antichrist - In praise of Bill Belichick

rockingoren:

Marilyn Monroe poses with Israeli soccer goalkeeper, Hodorov, at Ebbets Field, 1957.
Taken at a special soccer match between Hapoel Tel-Aviv and the US National Team following a special celebration marking Israel’s ninth Independence Day.
crookedindifference:

The Greatest Paper Map of the United States You’ll Ever See

According to independent cartographers I spoke with, the big mapmaking  corporations of the world employ type-positioning software, placing  their map labels (names of cities, rivers, etc.) according to an  algorithm.
By contrast, David Imus worked alone on his map seven days a week for  two full years. Nearly 6,000 hours in total. It would be prohibitively  expensive just to outsource that much work. But Imus—a 35-year veteran  of cartography who’s designed every kind of map for every kind of  client—did it all by himself. He used a computer (not a pencil and  paper), but absolutely nothing was left to computer-assisted  happenstance. Imus spent eons tweaking label positions. Slaving over  font types, kerning, letter thicknesses. Scrutinizing levels of  blackness. It’s the kind of personal cartographic touch you might only  find these days on the hand-illustrated ski-trail maps available at posh  mountain resorts.

Bloomberg Businessweek: Amazon Wants to Burn the Book Business

The New York Times: Pentagon Plan Includes Base Closings and Smaller Raises