Thursday, September 12, 2013

@1:20 9/12/13

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World

Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back

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World

Goodbye to Heidelberg

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Business Day

Taxing Homeowners as if They Were Landlords

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Health

Ask Well: Gap Toothed

A gap tooth can arise for a variety of reasons. And a variety of treatments are available to fix it, though it is often not medically necessary to do so.
Medicine and Health; Teeth and Dentistry; 

My dental adventures are over for now.
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World

Iraq: Bomb Attacks on Shiite Mosque Kill 33

A coordinated car bomb and suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Baghdad killed at least 33 people and wounded 55, the police and medical officials said.
Terrorism; Mosques; 

Civil war
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World

Canada: Crude Oil in Runaway Train Was Mislabeled

The runaway train that exploded, killing 47 people and destroying much of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, was far more volatile than signs on its tank cars indicated, investigators said.
Railroad Accidents and Safety; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; 

Thinned with naphtha.

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Theater

Taking the Reins, Then Hanging On

After moving from New York to Oregon to run the Profile Theater in Portland, Adriana Baer faced many challenges, starting with finding the company a new home.
Theater;

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
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N.Y. / Region

Manson Whitlock, Typewriter Repairman, Dies at 96

Mr. Whitlock, often described as America’s oldest typewriter repairman, had a shop near Yale and fixed more than 300,000 machines — but never a computer.
Typewriters and Typewriting; Deaths (Obituaries); 

I have saved my father's Underwood upright.  The others have been junked.

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N.Y. / Region

Tuition Aid From a Zombie Elf

Players of the fantasy trading card game “Magic: The Gathering” are helping their younger counterparts with scholarships.
Colleges and Universities; Scholarships and Fellowships; Cards and Card Games; Tuition; 

I have no patience with the game.  Terribly Silly Rules or Wizards any coast.
Roll a D20.
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U.S.

Applying to College With The New York Times

College admissions resources from The New York Times.
Admissions Standards; Colleges and Universities; Financial Aid (Education); 

Not my problem.
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Business Day

New Ad Campaign Targets Childhood Hunger

The ads, appearing on TV, radio, in print and online, are from the Advertising Council and Feeding America, a hunger relief organization.
Advertising and Marketing; Food Banks and Pantries; 

Yes,  cook.  It is what the Freegans do.
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Magazine

The Right to Remain Silent

Taking back that e-mail.
Computers and the Internet; E-Mail; Ethics (Personal); Ethicist, The (Times Column); 

For the time being.
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Sports

Olympians To Be Warned Not to Protest Law in Sochi

Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, said that athletes would be warned about rules prohibiting demonstrations at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
Olympic Games (2014); Homosexuality; 

Don't poke the tiger.
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N.Y. / Region

Just Before Brooklyn Boy’s Funeral, 2 Arrests in His Killing

Hours before mourners began filing past the coffin of Antiq Hennis, 1, who was fatally shot in Brownsville last weekend, detectives arrested two suspects in Pennsylvania.
Funerals and Memorials; Murders and Attempted Murders; 

The living suffer.
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Business Day

More Data Can Mean Less Guessing About the Economy

The ever-expanding ways to track behavior online could produce much more accurate economic forecasts — and more informed policy-making.
Data-Mining and Database Marketing; United States Economy; Economic Conditions and Trends; 

The data is there.  Better understanding is the key.

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Opinion

Johnny Football’s Payday

The cry grows for more equitable treatment of college football and men’s basketball players.
College Athletics; Football (College); Basketball (College); 

Intercollegiate sports are a bad idea.  Hire mercenaries, champions.

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Real Estate

The Once and Future Marquand

An Upper East Side building, the successor to a mansion, is entering a new chapter: luxury condominiums.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Mansions; Luxury Goods; Condominiums; 

I would visit.  I do not want to live there. 
Quiet is demanded.
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Opinion

A Plea for Caution From Russia

It is dangerous for any country, including America, to see itself as exceptional, whatever its motivation.
International Relations; Defense and Military Forces; United States International Relations; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); 

Why then are there vetoes in the Security Council?
 
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U.S.

Colorado Lawmakers Ousted in Recall Vote Over Gun Law

Two Democrats who supported tough gun-control laws were recalled in what had become a proxy battle, with outside support from advocates on both sides.
Elections, State Legislature; Gun Control; Law and Legislation; United States Politics and Government; 

More dead police.


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