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U.S.

Future of Export-Import Bank Is Wild Card in Key Senate Races

By CARL HULSE | Aug 25th 2014

The reauthorization of the agency that offers loans to foreign buyers of American products has become a source of friction in high-profile campaigns.

The bank will be reauthorized.  

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N.Y. / Region

George Washington Bridge Bus Station Closes for Long-Delayed Upgrade

By DAVID W. CHEN | Aug 24th 2014

The terminal in Upper Manhattan will be shut down for one year for renovations. Commuters will still be able to take buses from the building’s top level.

Buses; Transit Systems; Restoration and Renovation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Breuer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art

Designer of the Upper Manhattan Bus terminal

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U.S.

Video: Healing Hemp

Sean Patrick Farrell | Aug 24th 2014

To supply a cannabis extract that helps ease seizures in children, like Millie Mattison, 2, the Stanley brothers have planted acres of hemp in a field in eastern Colorado.

Marijuana; Hemp; Medical Marijuana; Seizures (Medical); Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web_%28cannabis%29

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/809434

If you need it, get it.

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Opinion

In the Battle Over Abortion, Ireland Struggles to Define Human Rights

By JAKE FLANAGIN | Aug 22nd 2014

The Roman Catholic Church is concerned to save souls.

They favor as many live births as possible.

I have multiple issues with this policy.

Ireland is still fighting the Reformation.

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Crosswords/Games

The Two Cookies Puzzle

By GARY ANTONICK | Aug 25th 2014

Two Cookies and 2guess: two logical quests to bend your mind.

Creativity; Mathematics; Puzzles 

7cookies

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World

Europe’s Farmers Feel the Weight of Russian Ban

By CELESTINE BOHLEN | Aug 25th 2014

French cheese exporters represent a sliver of the European agricultural market hit by a Russian ban on selected food products tied to the Ukraine conflict.

Agriculture and Farming; Embargoes and Sanctions; Cheese; Pork

Whine.  The price goes down.
More for the rest of us.

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Opinion

Obama Cares. Look at the Numbers.

By TALI MENDELBERG and BENNETT L. BUTLER | Aug 21st 2014

I do.

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Automobiles

Monday Motorsports: Flawless Ricciardo Scores Formula One Win at Spa

By JERRY GARRETT | Aug 25th 2014

Thank you

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Technology

Sony Says PlayStation Network Back Online After Cyberattack

By REUTERS | Aug 25th 2014

Sony PlayStation Network was back online on Monday following a cyberattack over the weekend that coincided with a bomb scare on a commercial flight carrying a top Sony executive.

Computer and Video Games; Cyberattacks and Hackers; PlayStation (Video Game System)

Sony is failing to ride the learning curve.

A stream player that had a record feature that would grab whole tracks. By recording everything on a twenty second loop and providing a button that would transfer the content of the loop to a file that would record from the button push to a second push toggled back to loop mode. A third push would transfer back to
record from exit or if more than twenty seconds later from twenty seconds previous to the push.  G3 or G4 so a phone and a hot spot.  USB connection for a real keyboard and monitor.  Put a neck strap on it.

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Opinion

How the Carolinas Fixed Their Blurred Lines

By STEPHEN R. KELLY | Aug 23rd 2014 

Staying out of court is worth a premium.

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N.Y. / Region

Bronx Caregiver Is Charged With Manslaughter in the Death of a Toddler

By J. DAVID GOODMAN | Aug 24th 2014

Athena Skeeter, a licensed child care worker, is facing charges in the death of 19-month-old Cardell Williamson, who was found unresponsive in her home.

Murders and Attempted Murders; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Care

Child care is work that needs doing.
I do not want such a job at this point.

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Opinion

My Daughter, Her Rat

By JULIE METZ | Aug 25th 2014

A rodent helped calm my teenager’s anxiety.

Anxiety and Stress; Pets; Rats

It is time to start classes.
I am glad they found a shipper.
I hope things go well.

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1964: Buddhists Raze Catholic Village

By INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE | Aug 25th 2014

Highlights from the International Herald Tribune archives: A Buddhist mob razes a Catholic village in Vietnam, killing 19 people in 1964.

Buddhism; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Religion and Belief; Vietnam War

Harbingers of things to come.
Colonists in a failed colony have a hard life.
The Chinese are working on Hong Kong.

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Science

Methane Is Discovered Seeping From Seafloor Off East Coast, Scientists Say

By HENRY FOUNTAIN | Aug 24th 2014

Scientists said the discovery, off the United States coast where the continental shelf meets the deeper Atlantic Ocean, was unexpected, but had been going on for at least 1,000 years.

Global Warming; Methane; Oceans and Seas

The hydrate guess is probably wrong.  This is more likely "shale gas".  A quick test would be to attempt to carbon date the gas.  New gas will date.  Shale gas is far too old.  Echo sounding could examine the stratigraphy. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taconic_orogeny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_orogeny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_orogeny#Laurentia

"Laurentia is the North American paleocontinent, which also includes present day Northwest Ireland, Scotland, Greenland, the North Slope of Alaska, and the Chukotsk peninsula of NE Russia.^[5] During the Ordovician-Devonian time, Laurentia remained at the same paleolatitude, slightly south of the equator in the southern hemisphere, with relatively the same paleolongitude.^[6] Major defining tectonic events include the Neoproterozoic rift sequence from the breakup of Grenville basement rocks, thermal subsidence related to the Early Cambrian to Middle Ordovician drift sequence during the opening of the Iapetus ocean, the Appalachian accretionary events to the eastern continental margin, and the resulting foreland-basin and clastic wedges.^[7]"

All these other places have petroleum.

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Opinion

New Thinking About Ebola Treatments

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug 24th 2014

A promising proposal to repurpose existing drugs to treat infection with the virus appears to be gaining support among experts.

Ebola Virus; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Editorials; Clinical Trials

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/index.html

Updated: August 22, 2014

• Suspected and Confirmed Case Count: 2615
• Suspected Case Deaths: 1427
• Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 1528

Cases by Country

Guinea

• Suspected and Confirmed Case Count: 607
• Suspected Case Deaths: 406
• Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 443

Liberia

• Suspected and Confirmed Case Count: 1082
• Suspected Case Deaths: 624
• Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 269

Nigeria

• Suspected and Confirmed Case Count: 16
• Suspected and Confirmed Case Deaths: 5
• Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 12

Sierra Leone

• Suspected and Confirmed Case Count: 910
• Suspected and Confirmed Case Deaths: 392
• Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 804

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_08_22_ebola/en/

Ebola virus disease update - west Africa

Disease outbreak news
22 August 2014

Epidemiology and surveillance

Between 19 and 20 August 2014, a total of 142 new cases of Ebola virus disease (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) as well as 77 deaths were reported from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

Health sector response

Questions have been received in WHO Headquarters about the original proposed budget for the response and the new draft budget, which is being reviewed by partners. The increase in needed resources is based on improved data and understanding of the situation on the ground in the affected countries. The new estimation of costs is derived using a unit-cost model, built for the most intense transmission areas and reflects the average operational costs based on the current situation in the affected countries. The major assumptions for the cost estimates will be announced towards the end of next week.
WHO continues to receive reports of rumoured or suspected cases from countries around the world and systematic verification of these cases is ongoing. Countries are encouraged to continue engaging in active surveillance and preparedness activities. As of today, no new cases have been confirmed outside of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, or Sierra Leone.
WHO does not recommend any travel or trade restrictions be applied except in cases where individuals have been confirmed or are suspected of being infected with EVD or where individuals have had contact with cases of EVD. (Contacts do not include properly-protected health-care workers and laboratory staff.) Temporary recommendations from the Emergency Committee with regard to actions to be taken by countries can be found at:

• IHR Emergency Committee on Ebola outbreak in west Africa 

 

Disease update

Confirmed, probable, and suspect cases and deaths from Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, as of 20 August 2014

	New (1)	Confirmed	Probable	Suspect	Totals
Guinea
Cases	28	443	139	25	607
Deaths	10	264	139	3	406
Liberia
Cases	110	269	554	259	1 082
Deaths	48	222	267	135	624
Nigeria
Cases	1	12	0	4	16
Deaths	1	5	0	0	5
Sierra Leone
Cases	3	804	40	66	910
Deaths	18	353	34	5	392
Totals
Cases	142	1 528	733	354	2 615
Deaths	77	844	440	143	1 427
1. New cases were reported between 19 and 20 August 2014.

The total number of cases is subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation, and availability of laboratory results. Data reported in the Disease Outbreak News are based on official information reported by Ministries of Health.

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Business Day

Video: ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Raises Millions

Poh Si Teng and Emily Steel | Aug 21st 2014

With people as varied as former President George W. Bush and Justin Bieber, the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” has now raised more than $41.8 million for Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Philanthropy

It is all wet.

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Opinion

Choking the Oceans With Plastic

By CHARLES J. MOORE | Aug 25th 2014

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing — and there is really only one way to make it shrink.

Water Pollution; Plastics; Environment; Oceans and Seas; Waste Materials and Disposal

Filter it out and Recycle it as hydrocarbons.  Some as fuel for the collection process, some as petroleum.
The calcined ash can be dumped or burried.
Even if the process is "Dirty" it will be better than the particulates.

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World

Chung Eun-yong,Who Helped Expose U.S. Killings of Koreans, Dies at 91

By DOUGLAS MARTIN | Aug 22nd 2014

There is no statute of limitations on war crimes.

The perpetrators are mostly dead.

All our commanders from that period are safely dead.

Let us take it to the Hague and clear the air.

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Business Day

Burger King in Talks to Buy Tim Hortons and Move to Canada

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED | Aug 25th 2014

If completed, the deal would create one of the world’s biggest fast-food chains. It would also mean the burger giant’s headquarters would move to Canada, which has a lower corporate tax rate.

Corporate Taxes; Fast Food Industry; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Tax Shelters

Burger King should do it.

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World

Israel Says Missile Strike Killed Hamas Official Handling ‘Terror Funds’

By FARES AKRAM and ISABEL KERSHNER | Aug 24th 2014

The Israeli military said the Hamas official had been responsible for the militant group’s financial transactions.

Palestinians; Terrorism; Murders and Attempted Murders; Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations

Israeli intelligence is very skilled.

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