Sunday, May 3, 2015

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Sports

Video: The 1990 N.F.L. Draft: Keith McCants

Keith McCants was the fourth pick in the 1990 draft. During his six seasons in the N.F.L., he became addicted to painkillers, and later went to jail, lived on the street and battled depression.
Drug Abuse and Traffic; Football 

Playing football often destroys brains.

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World

South Korean N.Y.U. Student Is Reported Arrested in North Korea

North Korea said that Joo Won-moon had been detained after crossing into the country from the Chinese town Dandong.

He should have known better.

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World

North Korean Diplomats Disrupt Human Rights Panel

Three North Korean diplomats disrupted the United Nations panel on North Korean rights abuses to deliver a statement denying any wrongdoing in their country.
United States International Relations; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations 

Diplomats speak for their governments.

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N.Y. / Region

Jury Finds Mistakes, Not Widespread Fraud, at Seedco Job Agency

Federal jurors in Manhattan found that a former director was accountable for only 13 false placements out of more than 30,000 job seekers at the agency, which settled similar charges in 2012.
Frauds and Swindling; Labor and Jobs 

More politics.

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Sports

Lovely Maria Wins Kentucky Oaks

Lovely Maria won the 141st Kentucky Oaks by two and three-quarter lengths against Shook Up at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
Kentucky Oaks Horse Race; Horse Racing 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Lovely+Maria&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=xkxGVbaLDseWygS0m4BY&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=635
 
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World

Kim Jong-un Won’t Attend WWII Celebration in Moscow

The North Korean leader’s tentative plans were canceled because of “internal Korean affairs,” the Interfax news agency reported.

Kim Jong-un is known to be troubled.

"Yes, I am paranoid.  Am I paranoid enough?"

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N.Y. / Region

Chris Christie Ally Expected to Plead Guilty in George Washington Bridge Lane-Closing Case

While the exact charges to which David Wildstein would plead guilty were not immediately clear, the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey has scheduled a news conference to discuss the matter.
Presidential Election of 2016 

The scandal will not end soon.

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Sports

Former Louisville Player Chris Jones Is Cleared by Grand Jury

Two months after his arrest connected to allegations of sexual assault toward two women at a party, Jones and two other men were cleared of rape and sodomy charges.
Sex Crimes 

Enjoy your trip.

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Opinion

‘Inequality Is a Choice’

The roots of inequality are complex, but our policy decisions play a significant role.
Income Inequality; Minimum Wage; United States Politics and Government 

The general public is not paralyzed. 
The political process is jammed.
We must elect representatives of the majority.
The majority is not wealthy. 
Their representatives must hold the interests of the less than wealthy first.

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Business Day

Hands-Free Cars Take Wheel, and Law Isn’t Stopping Them

Tesla, Volvo, Audi and Cadillac all plan to release vehicles that enable some hands-free driving within the next year, but few states have laws on the books.
Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Automobiles 

Some will die to make the law.
Human beings almost never get things right the first time.

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Real Estate

When a Commercial Tenant Isn’t Welcome

This weeks’ questions deal with special assessments in condos; buying without a broker; and dealing with neighbor noise.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Real Estate Brokers; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Noise 

Excessive noise is a real problem as are odors.

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Opinion

Beyond the Pope’s Message on Climate Change

Readers discuss the significance of Francis’s position and its “ultimate consequences.”
Global Warming 

The Pope cannot easily change established doctrine.
He can make science respectable. 
He cannot give science authority in matters of doctrine.
Birth control policy will not change.
Climate policy may change.  

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World

South Korea’s Governing Party Skates Through Elections Despite Scandal

Despite a bribery scandal that led the prime minister to resign, President Park Geun-hye’s Saenuri Party won three of four parliamentary seats filled Wednesday.
Elections 

South Korea is still a democracy.

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World

3 Ways Nepalis Are Using Crowdsourcing to Aid in Quake Relief

Opinion

Concerns About Dr. Oz: A Clash at Columbia

Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, writes that Dr. Mehmet Oz “has strayed from the strict standards characteristic of the medical field.”

"Dr. Oz has strayed from the strict standards characteristic of the medical field and particularly academic institutions"

Yes

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Opinion

Clash Over Frozen Embryos

Dr. Robert Klitzman of Columbia University writes that “the bioethical issues involved are complex.”
Dating and Relationships; Ethics and Official Misconduct; Surrogate Motherhood; Parenting 

Human beings are not property.
The legal situation may be complex. 
The ethical situation is not.
The embryo is in care of its possessor or possessors until it has an independent existence.
The egg donor is not in possession. 
She has no rights in the continued care of the embryo. 

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Opinion

Eat, Drink and Be Merry, Like the French?

Readers recount different experiences of food and food restrictions in France, America and elsewhere.
Food; Diet and Nutrition; Social Conditions and Trends; Celiac Disease; Gluten; Allergies 

I like food.  
I try not to poison myself or others.

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Opinion

Mathematicians and Blue Crabs

Can a formula really predict a changing population?
Crabs; Mathematics 

The discussion is incomplete.
What is desired is a maximum sustained catch.
This might best be controlled  by a population sample.

Try setting the catch as a multiple of the first day's catch.

If the sample catch goes up year over year, the multiplier can be adjusted up.
If down, down.
A multi-year smoothing function should be used.

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N.Y. / Region

U.S. Indictment Details Plotting in New Jersey Bridge Scandal

An indictment released in New Jersey on Friday filled out specifics of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, and the delight three conspirators took in it.

Nothing happened without the governor's permission.

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U.S.

Indiana Governor to Approve Needle Exchanges to Fight H.I.V.

The bill requires the state health commissioner to approve each such program by declaring a public health emergency that must be renewed after a year.
Hypodermic Needles and Syringes; Medicine and Health; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

It is the best that can be done now.

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