Tuesday, September 30, 2014

@23:00, 9/29/14

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U.S.

Long Shots Loom as Spoilers in Tight November Races Across Nation

The outcome of an unusually large number of Senate and governor’s races this fall could be determined by the outsize role of third-party candidates.
Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, Senate; Third-Party Moves (US); Elections, House of Representatives; Elections, Governors 

Yes.
Vote your interest.

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Automobiles

Monday Motorsports: Lorenzo Wins in MotoGP at Aragon; Márquez and Rossi Crash

In a crash-plagued race, Jorge Lorenzo claims a MotoGP victory in his home country; Jeff Gordon wins the Nascar Sprint Cup race at Dover, Del.
Automobile Racing; Nascar Sprint Cup Series; Automobiles; Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters 

More time "on the road".

3
Opinion

A New Attack on Antibiotic Resistance

The Obama administration announced a plan to help reduce the overuse of antibiotics, but there are many details still to be filled in.
Antibiotics; Factory Farming; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Executive Orders and Memorandums 

Steps in the right direction.

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false

California Is Burning

A video highlights the desperate condition of farmers battling drought in California’s once-verdant Central Valley.
Agriculture and Farming; Aquifers; Drought; Environment; Food; Geology; Sheep; Water 

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

A slow disaster.
Rationing will help.
Desalinization will help.
Rain will end this drought.

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Opinion

Labor Rights for Home Care Workers

The states have had plenty of time to figure out how to carry out the new rule. Further delay would only prolong the indefensible.
Home Health Care; Minimum Wage; Labor and Jobs; States (US) 

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U.S.

Nebraskans Raise Their Voices in Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline

With a coalition of farmers, ranchers, Native Americans and urban environmentalists, the state has become the center of opposition to the project.
Pipelines; Keystone Pipeline System 

The use of fossil carbon is the problem.
Ending the use of fossil carbon appears self destructive.

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Business Day

Ads Declare That Sweeteners, Like Apples, Don’t Fall Far From the Tree

The Cumberland Packing Corporation’s line of In the Raw products gets a family tree-themed marketing campaign.
Sugar; Artificial Sweeteners; Advertising and Marketing; Sweet 'N Low (Artificial Sweetener); Diet and Nutrition 

The specific sugar fructose is toxic.  
The sugar glucose is a nutrient. 
There are other sugars and near sugars.  Each deserves its own study.
Sugar as a class is addictive.
Supplying addicts is profitable though not constructive.
I would rather not be a pusher.

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Crosswords/Games

The Counterfeit Bill

The bill was counterfeit. How much did the shopkeeper lose?
Creativity; Engineering and Engineers; Mathematics; Puzzles 

The first shopkeeper lost $200.
The carpet and the change and the value of the bad bill. 

Two switches controlling one lamp is standard.
Single pole double throw no center off connected by two wires.
N switches requires the mentioned wires be exchangeable at each intermediate switch.
Double pole double throw no center off.
Change the state of any switch in the chain and the lamp changes state.  QED

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Sports

Questions About Clippers Remain After Sale to Steve Ballmer

As the Clippers prepare for their first season since Ballmer bought the team, the Donald Sterling scandal is behind them, but they still need to prove they can make a title run.
Basketball 

The playing season has not yet begun.
Management is not ownership in most cases.

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World

Qaeda Group Attacks Shiite Base

A suicide bomber linked to Al Qaeda drove a car filled with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen’s Shiite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people.
Bombs and Explosives; Terrorism

We should not try to form an empire.

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Health

Ebola Doctor Shortage Eases as Volunteers Step Forward

Even with the volunteers, experts say, there will be a long gap before hospitals can be fully staffed to care for the growing numbers of Ebola patients.
Ebola Virus; Volunteers and Community Service

Blame for the epidemic, if there is any blame, rests with the national governments.

We have to be seen to try to control ebola virus.
Politically Africa cannot be abandoned.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/index.html

http://www.who.int/features/2014/liberia-ebola-clinic/en/

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Technology

Copying PC Photos to an iPhone

Plus, what you can back up on a Nexus tablet.
Windows (Operating System); iPhone; Mobile Applications; Android (Operating System); Tablet Computers

Solutions looking for problems.
I would email a PDF.

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U.S.

Protection for Wolves Is Restored in Wyoming


No.

The judge threw it to the state.
The state wants trophy hunting.

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U.S.

Mostly Black Cities, Mostly White City Halls

Disparities between the percentage of black residents and the number of black elected officials are facts of life in scores of American cities, particularly in the South.
Blacks; United States Politics and Government; Local Government; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Voter Registration and Requirements; Race and Ethnicity; Elections

The population must vote their interests.

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Health

Celiac Disease, a Common, but Elusive, Diagnosis

A main reason for a lag in the detection of celiac disease is the long and confusing list of signs and symptoms, some of which may be mild enough to be easily ignored or attributed to another condition.
Celiac Disease; Gluten; Grain; Immune System; Weight

The suffers are obviously sick.
If no other disease is found celiac should be suspected.
Test before beginning treatment.

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U.S.

Spy Agencies Urge Caution on Phone Deal

An obscure federal contract for routing phone calls and text messages has prompted a lobbying battle in which intelligence officials argue that surveillance secrets could be at risk.
Government Contracts and Procurement; Lobbying and Lobbyist
 Telephones and Telecommunications; Text Messaging; Surveillance of Citizens by Government
Edward Snowden: Hero.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

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U.S.

Daughter for Chelsea Clinton (and Granddaughter for a Certain Couple)


Hmm . . .   Step grandfather
There is nothing I would want to do about it.

18
World

Radical Monk in Myanmar Pledges to Protect Global Buddhism


More religious war.
The Samurai of Japan are Buddhist among other things.

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Business Day

Germany Keeps Its Economic Engine Idling


yes.

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World

You Call This Thai Food? The Robotic Taster Will Be the Judge

A boxy contraption scans food samples to produce a chemical signature, which it measures against a standard deemed to be that of authentic Thai food.
Thai Food (Cuisine); Food; Robots and Robotics

A silly project.

Hire a Thai cook and let it cook to taste.

An ethnic restaurant must cook to the ethnic tradition.



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