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World
Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back
A proposal by the United States and New Zealand to create a huge ocean reserve in Antarctic waters has been sharply reduced after opposition from Russia and other nations with large fishing industries.
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U.S.
Farm Subsidies for Nonfarmers May Continue as Lawmakers Deadlock Again
Far from the nation’s fields of wheat and corn, more than 18,000 people who live in the 54 largest American cities received millions in farm subsidies last year, a report finds.
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Science
A Far-Flung Possibility for the Origin of Life
A leading expert on the origin of life suggests that based on available evidence, Mars might be a more likely place for life to start than Earth.
A billion years is a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamals#Varying_definitions.2C_varying_dates
If Mammalia is considered as the crown group, its origin can be roughly dated as the first known appearance of animals more closely related to some extant mammals than to others. Ambondro is more closely related to monotremes than to therian mammals while Amphilestes and Amphitherium are more closely related to the therians; as fossils of all three genera are dated about 167 million years ago in the Middle Jurassic, this is a reasonable estimate for the appearance of the crown group.[6] The earliest known synapsid satisfying Kemp's definitions is Tikitherium, dated 225 Ma, so the appearance of mammals in this broader sense can be given this Late Triassic date.[7][8] In any case, the temporal range of the group extends to the present day."
Roughly four times as long as mammalian existence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock#Gaia
We have been looking. No evidence has been found.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamals#Varying_definitions.2C_varying_dates
If Mammalia is considered as the crown group, its origin can be roughly dated as the first known appearance of animals more closely related to some extant mammals than to others. Ambondro is more closely related to monotremes than to therian mammals while Amphilestes and Amphitherium are more closely related to the therians; as fossils of all three genera are dated about 167 million years ago in the Middle Jurassic, this is a reasonable estimate for the appearance of the crown group.[6] The earliest known synapsid satisfying Kemp's definitions is Tikitherium, dated 225 Ma, so the appearance of mammals in this broader sense can be given this Late Triassic date.[7][8] In any case, the temporal range of the group extends to the present day."
Roughly four times as long as mammalian existence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock#Gaia
Old arguments never die. They do fade away.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia We have been looking. No evidence has been found.
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World
Goodbye to Heidelberg
Campbell Barracks, the headquarters of the United States Army in Europe and command central for millions of Americans for more than six decades, has closed for good.
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Business Day
Taxing Homeowners as if They Were Landlords
The tax code would be fairer if homeowners were taxed as landlords on their own property, which would equalize the tax treatment of all investments, including in one’s own home, an economist writes.
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World
Prince William to Leave British Military
After seven years of service, mainly as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, the royal family said Prince William would focus on charitable work and conservation.
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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;
"Quiet desperation . . ."
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
"Quiet desperation . . ."
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
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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.
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U.S.
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Autos
Submersible James Bond Lotus Brings Nearly $1 Million at Auction
The swimming Lotus from “The Spy Who Loved Me” is an actual submarine, and it sold Monday at an auction in London.
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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.
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N.Y. / Region
Disgraced Assemblyman Loses Bid for Council Seat
Vito J. Lopez, 72, a Democrat, had sought a City Council post despite a sexual harassment scandal involving accusations by eight women.
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Home & Garden
A Garden Gives Back
Peter Wooster’s Connecticut garden displays what has been called a “wonderful madness.”
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Business Day
A Housing Slump in India
India’s developers are holding on to a growing inventory of unsold apartments because of worries that discounts could cause a market rout.
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Opinion
A Teenager’s Suicide: What Can Be Learned?
A psychiatrist and a specialist on bullying offer their perspectives.
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U.S.
On the Edge of Poverty, at the Center of a Debate on Food Stamps
As lawmakers cast a fight over cuts to food stamps in terms of spending, budget analysts and hunger relief advocates warn of a spike in “food insecurity” among Americans.
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Magazine
Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
If everybody knows that test scores and grades aren’t the keys to success, how do we teach, and measure, the things that are?
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Science
Middle-Aged Men, Too, Can Blame Estrogen for That Waistline
New research has found that estrogen, the female sex hormone, plays a much bigger role in the aging male body than previously thought.
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N.Y. / Region
De Blasio First in Mayoral Primary; Unclear if He Avoids a Runoff
Bill de Blasio held a wide lead in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. Joseph J. Lhota, the former Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief, won the Republican primary.
Elections, Mayors;
Primaries and Caucuses;
Thompson may force one. The results are in.
Thompson may force one. The results are in.
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World
Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back
A proposal by the United States and New Zealand to create a huge ocean reserve in Antarctic waters has been sharply reduced after opposition from Russia and other nations with large fishing industries.
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Business Day
Warner and J.K. Rowling Reach Wide-Ranging Deal
The studio said Ms. Rowling would become a screenwriter, working on an adaptation of her “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”
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U.S.
Daily Reminder of Texas State Budget Cuts
The latest transportation idea in the state shows the trouble of meeting the demands of growth when voters believe government already costs too much.
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U.S.
Republicans Say Documents Show Abuse of Power at I.R.S.
House Republicans on Thursday released what they said was further evidence that the Internal Revenue Service acted on political impulses when it targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny.
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Business Day
Taxing Homeowners as if They Were Landlords
The tax code would be fairer if homeowners were taxed as landlords on their own property, which would equalize the tax treatment of all investments, including in one’s own home, an economist writes.
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U.S.
Applying to College With The New York Times
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Technology
Scanning Printed Documents for Editing
Also, opening the Mac’s downloads folder and checking more than one Gmail account in the same browser.
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Opinion
Mismanagement and Death in a Coal Mine
It is heartening that a former executive with Massey Energy was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.
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Home & Garden
A Garden Gives Back
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Science
Exiting the Solar System and Fulfilling a Dream
Voyager 1, launched back in 1977, has become the first man-made object to pass into the unknown vastness of interstellar space.
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Fashion & Style
I Know You Are, but What Am I?
On Twitter, it was hard to tell who fared worse in Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview with Anthony Weiner.
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