Wednesday, December 31, 2014

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Health

How Ebola Roared Back

For a fleeting moment last spring, the epidemic sweeping West Africa might have been stopped. But the opportunity to control the virus, which has now caused more than 7,800 deaths, was lost.
Ebola Virus; Epidemics 

Epidemic porn.
The detail and personalities are not required.
I want the broad politics of the failure and the statistics of the disease propagation.
The heroes and villains are of little interest to me. 
U.S.

Pot Pie, Redefined? Chefs Start to Experiment With Cannabis

As states legalize marijuana, cooking with cannabis is emerging as a legitimate and very lucrative culinary pursuit.
Marijuana; Cooking and Cookbooks; Restaurants; Bakeries and Baked Products; States (US); Law and Legislation 

The fad will pass.
There is little reason to stone people in the social interaction of eating.
Cannabis may make television programing tolerable.
World

Mexico: Body of Kidnapped Priest Is Found

State prosecutors in Guerrero opened an investigation Friday into the slaying of the Rev. Gregorio López Gorostieta, whose body was found on Christmas Day.
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Priests; Kidnapping and Hostages; Missing Persons 

Civil disorder is growing in Guerrero.
The drug traffic must be regulated. 
Fashion & Style

I Will Be Your Mother Figure

He called me “mother” because I was his former priest. At 71, Ned was in love with a 28-year-old man. And the church was going nuts.
Modern Love (Times Column); Love (Emotion); Homosexuality and Bisexuality; Christians and Christianity 

Braided love of several kinds.
I would like to listen more directly.
World

An Economic Boom Recedes, but South America Might Avert the Bust

Governments of Brazil, Peru and Venezuela are seen as less likely than before to load up on debt and ignore danger signs.
Economic Conditions and Trends 

The world has gone into recession. 
Demand has fallen driving down prices.
More supply will drop prices further.

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1831306?sid=21104961673471&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&uid=3739832
World

The Cost of the U.S. Ban on Paying for Hostages

Former hostages and Syrian rebel commanders say that they offered information they believed could help free American captives, but that officials seemed uninterested.
Kidnapping and Hostages; United States International Relations 

Yes.  

We send the marines and regret it later.
It has not worked yet.
Business Day

Entering the Secret Garden of Private Equity

U.S.

Video: On Tribal Lands, Oil and Trouble

Murder charges sparked an investigation into a tribal chairman’s business dealings on the oil-rich Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota.
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Corruption (Institutional); Native Americans; Water Pollution; Hydraulic Fracturing 

nytimes.com/2014/12/29/us/in-north-dakota-where-oil-corruption-and-bodies-surface.html

A tale of corruption from the top.
false

Could a Personality Test Improve Your Health?

A growing body of research suggests that personality can affect your health, and that changing it could help you get better.
Emotions; Genetics and Heredity; Longevity; Psychology and Psychologists; Research; Tests (Medical) 

Yes.  How powerfully is a question.
Technology

PlayStation Network Returning After Hacking That Also Targeted Xbox Live

Sony’s PlayStation Network was hampered for a fourth straight day since hackers attacked it on Christmas Day.
Cyberattacks and Hackers; Computer and Video Games; PlayStation (Video Game System); Xbox (Video Game System) 

Probably just noise.
Sports

Both on the Field and Off, 2014 Was an Eventful Year in the World of Cricket

Though the global cricket community is reeling from the death of the Australian Phillip Hughes, the most significant events of 2014 probably occurred off the field.
Cricket (Game) 

NCAA Women's Scoreboard
Previous Day | Mon., December 29 | Next Day
Final 1 2 T
10
26 26 52
2
33 50 83
Boxscore | Recap 
Leaders Duke Connecticut
Points A. Stevens 16 M. Jefferson 18
Rebounds E. Williams 8 M. Tuck 7
Assists K. Johnson 3 3 tied with 4
   
w9 © 2014 by STATS LLC.


American Athletic Conference
 ConferenceOverallvs
  W-L Pct Hm Rd W-L Pct Hm Rd Nt  Top 25
2 Connecticut 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 10-1 .909 4-0 2-1 4-0 3-1
Tulane 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 10-2 .833 5-1 4-0 1-1 0-0
South Florida 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 10-3 .769 5-1 2-1 3-1 0-2
UCF 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 5-7 .417 4-2 1-5 0-0 0-0
Temple 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 5-8 .385 1-4 2-3 2-1 0-1
Tulsa 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 5-6 .455 2-4 2-2 1-0 0-0
East Carolina 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 9-3 .750 4-0 3-2 2-1 0-1
Memphis 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 6-6 .500 5-3 1-3 0-0 0-0
Houston 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 5-7 .417 1-3 2-2 2-2 0-1
SMU 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 4-8 .333 4-3 0-3 0-2 0-2
Cincinnati 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 3-9 .250 3-2 0-5 0-2 0-0

Conference W-L - conference win-loss record
Conference Pct - conference winning percentage
Conference Hm - conference home record
Conference Rd - conference away record
Conference Nt - conference neutral site record

Overall W-L - overall win-loss record
Overall Pct - overall winning percentage
Overall Hm - overall home record
Overall Rd - overall road record
Overall Nt - overall neutral site record
vs Top 25 - record vs. Top 25 teams

Business Day

How Dreams and Money Didn’t Mix at a Texas Distillery

World

South Korea: 3 Die at Nuclear Plant’s Construction Site

Three South Korean workers died Friday after apparently inhaling toxic gas at a construction site for a nuclear plant being built by South Korea’s monopoly nuclear power company, which has come under recent threats by hackers, a company official said.
Nuclear Energy; Building (Construction); Accidents and Safety 

Nitrogen at atmospheric pressure is not toxic.
It does not sustain life.  It is 80% 0f air.  
U.S.

Building a Park to Span a Divide in Washington

Turning a disused bridge into a public park could link some of the district’s tourist-oriented neighborhoods with Anacostia, one of its final frontiers in the march toward gentrification.
Parks and Other Recreation Areas; Gentrification; Area Planning and Renewal 

"Mr. Kratz said he is working carefully to avoid that, by pushing for city policies that would manage development and growth and sustain housing that existing residents can afford. “If we end up building a bridge park and people who were part of the process can no longer afford to live here, we have failed,” he said."

Doomed to failure.   Developers want quick gentrification and high rents.
If it works as a bridge it is a failure.  If it works as a park it will fail the community.
Business Day

In Reversal, Germany Cools to Russian Investment

After years of post-Cold War business and political alliances, mistrust over the conflict in Ukraine has created a slew of canceled deals and ventures.
International Trade and World Market; Foreign Investments; Embargoes and Sanctions 

The first signs of panic.
World

Sweden Strikes Deal to Avoid Vote Expected to Strengthen Far Right

Sweden’s mainstream political parties announced a deal on Saturday to preserve a minority center-left government by adopting the center-right’s budget for next year.
Legislatures and Parliaments; Budgets and Budgeting 

The long term solution is an end to open borders.
Opinion

Kids and Jails, a Bad Combination

Despite reforms, there are still too many juveniles behind bars, sometimes for offenses like skipping school or violating curfew.
Juvenile Delinquency; Prisons and Prisoners; Editorials; United States Politics and Government; Law and Legislation 

We will try it.  The present law is unsatisfactory.
Opinion

Silicon Valley’s Mirror Effect

Is the concept of a meritocracy in the technology industry a myth?
Computers and the Internet; Women and Girls; Discrimination; Hiring and Promotion; Blacks; Race and Ethnicity 

Fashion accessories.
The Upshot

Why Greece’s New Crisis Isn’t Spreading to the Rest of Europe

This time around, financial markets seem to view Greece’s problems as limited to Greece. That’s great, unless the markets are wrong.
European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Government Bonds; Euro (Currency) 

A crisis in Greece has become expected.  
Greek debt is held by the E.C.B. only.
Greece will exit the Euro gracefully.
U.S.

In North Dakota, a Tale of Oil, Corruption and Death

Tex G. Hall, a tribal chief connected to the oil industry, has pushed profits on the Fort Berthold Reservation. But accusations of corruption and murder for hire have upended business as usual.
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Hydraulic Fracturing; Series; Native Americans 

It is easier for me to read than to view the video.
Oklahoma is repeating without the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 


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@6:20,  12/30/14



Health

How Ebola Roared Back


There is no reason for the survival rate to change.
Business Day

Sony Streams ‘The Interview’ on YouTube, Google Play and Xbox

In getting behind “The Interview,” Google and Microsoft joined what had become more a campaign to defend free speech against foreign intimidation than a business initiative.
Movies; Cyberwarfare; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming 

"Spell the name right"
Business Day

Diabetes Drug Gains Approval for Treatment of Obesity

The first injectable drug approved for weight loss will be marketed for overweight adults who have weight-related health problems.
Diabetes; Obesity; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) 

The problem is fructose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lustig
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
Fat Chance   Fructose II
http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Fat-Chance-Fructose-2-0-25641
The Upshot

Evidence That the Jim Crow Era Endures for Older Black Voters in the South

In states like North Carolina and Georgia, the black share of registered voters remains low among those who reached voting age before 1965.
 Blacks; Voting Rights Act (1965); Segregation and Desegregation; Age, Chronological 

Most people do not learn as adults.
Sports

Transcript of Winston Hearing Reveals Accuser’s Words, and Florida State’s Complicity

Jameis Winston was cleared of violating the student code of conduct, but the woman who accused him of raping her spoke powerfully at the university hearing.
Football (College); Sex Crimes 

Misogyny all the way to the top seems to be the rule in football.
U.S.

Overdose Cited in Death of Man Who Killed 6 in Pennsylvania

Officials initially believed that Bradley Stone, who they say killed his wife and five members of her family, had died of self-inflicted stab wounds.
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Veterans 

The cure for P.T.S.D. is not known.
Victims learn to live with it or it kills them.
It killed Bradly Stone.
Business Day

Rise in Loans Linked to Cars Is Hurting Poor


Yes.
World

Mexico: Body of Kidnapped Priest Is Found


Another revolution soon.

The fix is local manufacturing for the local market.
Commodity sales of extracted resources does not fix their economy.
Fashion & Style

I Will Be Your Mother Figure

He called me “mother” because I was his former priest. At 71, Ned was in love with a 28-year-old man. And the church was going nuts.
Modern Love (Times Column); Love (Emotion); Homosexuality and Bisexuality; Christians and Christianity 

The joy lasts.
U.S.

Video: On Tribal Lands, Oil and Trouble


Money does not bring joy.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
U.S.

Law and Order Issues, Once G.O.P.’s Strength, Now Divide the Party

While some Republicans are seeking to overhaul the criminal justice system and reach out to minority voters, others are angered by protests and violence against the police.
Crime and Criminals; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Attacks on Police; United States Politics and Government; Blacks; Race and Ethnicity; Minorities 

The G.O.P. cannot win with less than one third of the voters.
World

The Cost of the U.S. Ban on Paying for Hostages

Former hostages and Syrian rebel commanders say that they offered information they believed could help free American captives, but that officials seemed uninterested.
Kidnapping and Hostages; United States International Relations 

We sent the marines.
N.Y. / Region

An Animated History of New York’s Love-Hate Relationship With Commuting

Commuting is critical to New York City, and the metropolitan life it pioneered. The city has led the world in generating a miraculous daily movement that has now been mostly in place for a century.
Transportation; Boats and Boating; Commuting; Ferries 

Let us not forget the elevator.
N.Y. / Region

U.S. Said to Investigate Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Over Payments

Mr. Silver is being investigated for payments he received from a firm specializing in an area of law far removed from his personal injury law background, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Income; State Legislatures 

Sheldon Silver likes money.
He can be replaced.  Let the Feds try to indite him. 
The Upshot

Why Greece’s New Crisis Isn’t Spreading to the Rest of Europe

  
The panic will come after the exit.
Wolf has been cried to often.
U.S.

The Slow Process of Removing Rick Perry’s Footprint from Texas

It sounds a little crazy, but the governor is not usually the real power player in state government in Texas. Or was not, before Rick Perry.
Appointments and Executive Changes 

I do not want to live in Texas.

Desertification is not fun.  
We can keep looking.
I want to avoid the oil patch.

For a winter vacation we could try the "Big Bend National Park".
World

Sweden Strikes Deal to Avoid Vote Expected to Strengthen Far Right

Sweden’s mainstream political parties announced a deal on Saturday to preserve a minority center-left government by adopting the center-right’s budget for next year.
Legislatures and Parliaments; Budgets and Budgeting 

A change in immigration policy is sought by the reactionaries.
World

Human Rights Groups in Egypt Brace for Crackdown Under New Law

Advocates worry about how prosecutors will apply a sweeping law decreed by the new military-backed president as a tool to fight terrorism.
Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Nonprofit Organizations 

The law is excessively broad. 

Dissidents  properly fear it.

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