Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials — February 23, 2010
The original collection of passports photos show several suspected members of an assassination squad that killed an Hamas chief in Dubai. Who Is Going To Watch The Watchers
The military’s got spy drones and surveillance cameras all over Afghanistan, and they’re looking to add even more.
A Threat To The World Food Suply Is On The Horizon
Oregon State scientist Mary Verhoeven is among those working to develop wheat varieties resistant to a strain of “stem rust” that a colleague calls “a time bomb.” Katharine Kimball / For The Times
Asking a Machine To Spot Threats Human Eyes Miss
From Sci-Tech Today:
Mathematical algorithms embedded in the stores’ new security system pick out sweethearting on their own. There’s no need for a security guard watching banks of video monitors or reviewing hours of grainy footage.
Man stole antique statues `to pray`
A Japanese man whose home was found packed with Buddhist statues told police he had stolen some from temples in the ancient capital of Kyoto so he could pray to them, domestic media said on Thursday.
Police found 21 statues of Buddha in the 59-year-old`s house after he was arrested on suspicion of stealing a wooden Buddha figure from a temple in Kyoto.
“I stole this because of my devotions,” a Kyoto police spokesman quoted Itsuo Abe as saying of the 70 cm, early 17th century statue, which belonged to Kenninji, a Zen temple founded in 1202.
“I like Buddha statues.
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