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World

Legacy of a South Korean Ferry Sinking

By CHOE SANG-HUN | Apr 11th 2015

A year after a South Korean ferry sank, killing more than 300 people, numerous government regulatory changes are taking effect — and drawing some criticism.

Ferries; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Gifts to Public Officials; Maritime Accidents and Safety; Rescues 

Most of this is "blame the victim".

Park Geun-hye has done everything she should and more.

Political opposition to her has not allowed resolution of the disaster.

The Sewol was not a safe design as modified.  It was not operated in a safe condition.

These problems appear to be corrected.

The "White Water" type persecution will continue.

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Opinion

Saving What’s Left of Utah’s Lost World

By DAVID ROBERTS | Apr 11th 2015

In the slick-rock canyons, communing with the ancient Pueblo.

Arts and Antiquities Looting; Land Use Policies; Law and Legislation; Parks and Other Recreation Areas; Politics and Government; National Parks, Monuments and Seashores 

I agree.

Let us tread gently.

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Opinion

Best, Brightest — and Saddest?

By FRANK BRUNI | Apr 11th 2015

In a California community synonymous with overachievement, heartache has led to urgent, necessary soul searching.

Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Teenagers and Adolescence; Depression (Mental); Social Conditions and Trends; Anxiety and Stress 

The best possible child is an adult.

Childhood is a process.  

Each child may be different.

There are no "economies of scale".

learning is the process of childhood.

Skills follow learning

Growing is not a contest.

Culture has made it one.

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U.S.

States Tighten Conditions for Receiving Food Stamps as the Economy Improves

By JESS BIDGOOD | Apr 11th 2015

Food pantries expect to be inundated as states apply a policy that could strip food stamp benefits from a million childless, able-bodied adults.

Food Stamps; Welfare (US); States (US); Food Banks and Pantries; Recession and Depression 

GDP is up.  Wages are not up.

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Opinion

Andy Warhol as a Guide to Trade

By ARTHUR C. BROOKS | Apr 11th 2015

Look to the simple solution to fight poverty.

International Trade and World Market; Poverty; Economic Conditions and Trends; Income Inequality; Trans-Pacific Partnership

Easy simple and wrong.

Trade sets the price of exportable labor at the lowest available level.

What we see is "Walmart".

Upper management alone profits.

We need labor unions in China.

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U.S.

To Keep Free of Federal Reins, Wyoming Catholic College Rejects Student Aid

By JACK HEALY | Apr 11th 2015

There will be no federal loans, work-study money or grants to finance students’ annual $28,000 tuition, which includes housing in gender-segregated dorms.

Colleges and Universities; Federal Aid (US); Religion-State Relations 

Religious schools can refuse aid.  

They cannot complain about it.

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N.Y. / Region

Cooper Union Offers to Let President Go as Part of Deal With State Attorney General

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS | Apr 10th 2015

A vote by the school’s board is meant to address an inquiry by the New York state attorney general’s office over finances and a decision to charge tuition.

Tuition 

The president works for the board.

It is an insufficient offer.

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Sports

Ever Younger Hands at Grand Prix’s Wheel

By BRAD SPURGEON | Apr 11th 2015

Lewis Hamilton, 30, may be the reigning world champion, but there is a clear trend at the pinnacle of motor racing toward teenage drivers.

Automobile Racing 

Caution does not win races.

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Sunday Review

Where Are the Teachers of Color?

By MOTOKO RICH | Apr 11th 2015

A majority of public school students are nonwhite but more than 80 percent of teachers are white.

Teachers and School Employees; Education (K-12); Race and Ethnicity; Minorities; Research 

Out.  Curriculum problems.

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Science

Milder Warning Opposed for Swedish Tobacco Item

By SABRINA TAVERNISE | Apr 10th 2015 

It is tobacco and not the form of the tobacco that is regulated.

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Opinion

A New Phase in Anti-Obama Attacks

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 11th 2015

As Barack Obama’s presidency heads into its twilight, the rage of the Republican establishment toward him is growing louder, angrier and more destructive.

United States Politics and Government; Executive Orders and Memorandums; United States International Relations; Global Warming 

There is nothing new about the attacks. 

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U.S.

Massachusetts: Sentencing Phase Set in Marathon Trial

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE | Apr 10th 2015

The second phase of the Boston Marathon bombing trial is to begin April 21, the day after the running of the annual road race.

Boston Marathon Bombings (2013); Sentences (Criminal) 

No news from there for a bit.

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Job Market

A Crash Course in Two-Wheeled Survival

By ANNE FOSTER | Apr 11th 2015

A bike courier in Manhattan finds a community of other cyclists and service workers in the city’s swarming and occasionally slippery streets.

Bicycles and Bicycling; Delivery Services; Labor and Jobs 

Yes.  I have met some of the group.

Ride on the left if possible.  The motorists can see you better.

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Sports

Frank Kaminsky Is Top Player

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 10th 2015

Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin won the John R. Wooden Award as the top player in men’s college basketball at the first College Basketball Awards from Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

College Athletics; Awards, Decorations and Honors; Basketball (College) 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/sports/ncaabasketball/uconn-beats-notre-dame-for-third-straight-ncaa-womens-championship.html

Score: 63/53 

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Opinion

The Cost of Trout Fishing

By DOUGLAS M. THOMPSON | Apr 10th 2015

 

Auction the right to take a sustainable number of fish.

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Opinion

Smart Girls vs. Bombs

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF | Apr 11th 2015

After 9/11, the United States overused military tools and underemployed two other kinds: girls’ education and women’s empowerment.

Afghanistan War (2001-14); United States International Relations; Education; Women and Girls; Terrorism 

If American policy were as smart and patient as it should be educated women would rule South Asia.

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Opinion

Chinese Mischief at Mischief Reef

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 11th 2015

The country is aggressively acting to establish a sphere of influence in the South China Sea and there are satellite photos prove it.

Law of the Sea (UN Convention); International Relations 

We will not go to war with China.

China is a permanent member of the Security Council with veto power.

Any U.N. action will be from the General Assembly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization

"SEATO was dissolved on 30 June 1977 after many members lost interest and withdrew."

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World

U.N. Warns of Deepening Crisis in Syrian Refugee Camp Overrun by Militants

By RICK GLADSTONE and HWAIDA SAAD | Apr 10th 2015

United Nations officials said Friday that the siege of Yarmouk, the devastated refugee camp in Syria where 18,000 severely malnourished and dehydrated Palestinians are trapped, had only gotten worse.

Palestinians; Terrorism; Refugees and Displaced Persons 

Yarmouk is being held hostage by all sides.

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Opinion

Engaging With Latin America

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 10th 2015

There are more steps the Obama administration can take to strengthen its standing in the region.

Immigration and Emigration 

I hope diplomacy is that simple.

I suspect that it is not.

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World

Afghanistan: 13 Civilians Killed in 2 Separate Blasts

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 10th 2015

A civil war.





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