Sunday, November 9, 2014

@18:30, 11/8/14

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Sports

For LeBron James and the Cavaliers, a Passing Cloud

Sluggish ball movement kept Cleveland’s record at 1-3, but on Twitter, LeBron James told everyone to “relax,” and the team posted 25 assists in winning its next game.
Basketball

Women's College Basketball
No games scheduled for
Nov 8, 2014
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The Upshot

Republicans Are Only Sometimes the Party of Uber

The national party champions ride sharing, but officials at the state and local level often defend anticompetitive restrictions on businesses.
Car Services and Livery Cabs; Law and Legislation; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues

"If Republicans want to own the issue of freeing businesses from anticompetitive regulation, they’re going to have to have some intraparty fights at the state and local levels."

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Your Money

The Stock Market Is on Edge About a Cable Merger

Sports

Nascar Fines Crew Members for Postrace Fight in Texas

N.Y. / Region

Terminal at J.F.K. Could Soon Offer Travelers a Bit of the High Line

Opinion

The Big Sleep

Can we treat the next two years as a fog of fractious do-nothingism that has already passed? Because two people are poised to complete some unfinished business.
Presidential Election of 2016

We have things to do.  Congress will take care of itself.

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U.S.

Republicans Hold the Top 2 Prizes in Governor Races

Rick Scott of Florida and Scott Walker of Wisconsin were re-elected in states that both parties are looking to as a gauge of voter sentiment in the run-up to the 2016 presidential race.
States (US); Elections, Governors; Midterm Elections (2014)

The parties are gaging  different things.

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Sunday Review

The Ethics of Infection

Bowling with Ebola raises the question: What is everyone’s duty to prevent transmission of infectious diseases?
Ebola Virus; Vaccination and Immunization; Ethics (Personal); Medicine and Health

The health professionals that are the center of controversy are well aware of their temperatures.  They were not spiking fever in public.  When their fever did spike they reported in.
If and when Ebola virus gets into the general population it will be time for quarantines

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World

Calls Grow to Broaden Search for Next U.N. Leader


The secretary general has position but no power.

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U.S.

Needing to Hire, Chief of V.A. Tries to Sell Doctors on Change

Robert A. McDonald, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been pitching medical students, young doctors and nurses as he seeks to add 28,000 workers to the department.
Veterans; Doctors; Shortages; Hiring and Promotion; United States Politics and Government; Hospitals

Find out what the graduates want and offer it to them.
Do that by asking the best young docs that work there.

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Opinion

Pregnant, and No Civil Rights

  
Publicize
14.
N.Y. / Region

Four New York City Hospitals to Receive $1.6 Billion for Storm Improvements

Minimal.

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Automobiles

Nissan Recalls 6,600 Infiniti Hybrids for Unintended Acceleration Problem

The automaker says a software problem is affecting some Infiniti M35, Q50 and Q70 hybrids from the 2013-15 model years.
Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Recalls and Bans of Products

They must fix this fault quickly.

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N.Y. / Region

Michael Grimm Overcomes Democrats’ Campaign to Capture His Congressional Seat

Mr. Grimm, the Republican incumbent, fended off Domenic M. Recchia Jr., who focused on his rival’s legal troubles from a federal indictment related to his career before politics.
Politics and Government; Frauds and Swindling; Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, House of Representatives

Staten Island will have to try again.
Grimm is headed for Federal prison.  Grim.

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Business Day

U.S.D.A. Approves Modified Potato. Next Up: French Fry Fans.

The so-called Innate potato, which produces less of a cancer-causing chemical when it is fried, was developed by a major McDonald’s supplier.
Potatoes; Genetic Engineering; Agriculture and Farming

I have no misgivings about eating this product.

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Automobiles

An Outbreak of Fluid Leaks

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Science

Soviet-Era Engine Is Blamed for Antares Rocket Explosion

The Orbital Sciences Corporation said that a preliminary analysis pointed to a failure of a turbopump for the Oct. 28 fireball in Virginia.
Rocket Science and Propulsion; Explosions (Accidental); International Space Station; Accidents and Safety

We will see how the supplier reacts.

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Opinion

Exposing the ‘Bangalore Techie’




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Your Money

The Stock Market Is on Edge About a Cable Merger


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Sports

For LeBron James and the Cavaliers, a Passing Cloud

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The Upshot

Republicans Are Only Sometimes the Party of Uber


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U.S.

Video: Survival English

At Oakland International High School, about a quarter of the students are unaccompanied minors and face possible deportation back to Central American countries.
Education (K-12); Immigration and Emigration; Deportation; Reading and Writing Skills (Education); Kidnapping and Hostages

Education is of value.Survival English is only the beginning.
Give each one a laptop to live with.
If it is stolen or sold, give them another.

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Opinion

Prehistory’s Brilliant Future

Spectacular dinosaur finds represent just a fraction of what the fossil record has to tell us.
Paleontology; Dinosaurs; Fossils; Endangered and Extinct Species; Evolution (Biology)

Yes.  Always glad of the news.

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World

Brazil Military Drills to Defend Amazon

Half of Brazilians believe the resource-rich rain forest will become the target of a foreign power. Military exercises this month simulate warding off such plunderers.
Forests and Forestry

Domestic exploitation is easiest.

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Opinion

The Big Sleep


There is money to be made.

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Fashion & Style

On Twitter and Instagram, Hiding in Plain E-Sight

Almost any action we take on social media is a time-stamped signpost that we were paying attention to at least some of our smartphone communication.
Text Messaging; Social Media; Dating and Relationships; Computers and the Internet; Smartphones; Families and Family Life

Contact is what I want.
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.
Busy Monday and Thursday evening.   Work.

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Health

Think Like a Doctor: Going Blind Solved!

Readers solve the case of a 68-year-old woman who lost her vision over the course of several months.
Cancer; Eyes and Eyesight; Immune System; Tumors

A surprise to me.
N.Y. / Region

Terminal at J.F.K. Could Soon Offer Travelers a Bit of the High Line

Automobiles

Nissan Recalls 6,600 Infiniti Hybrids for Unintended Acceleration Problem

Sunday Review

The Ethics of Infection

Opinion

Pregnant, and No Civil Rights

U.S.

Needing to Hire, Chief of V.A. Tries to Sell Doctors on Change

U.S.

Court Upholds Marriage Bans in Four States

Business Day

Britain Plans for Future of Shale Oil and Gas Industry

First get the money.
N.Y. / Region

Four New York City Hospitals to Receive $1.6 Billion for Storm Improvements

Automobiles

An Outbreak of Fluid Leaks









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