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The Upshot

Giving the Poor Easy Access to Healthy Food Doesn’t Mean They’ll Buy It

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ | May 8th 2015

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Travel

In Arizona, an Aquarium Blooms

By ASHLEY WINCHESTER | May 4th 2015

The 200,000-square-foot OdySea is scheduled to open in Scottsdale in 2016.

Travel and Vacations; Aquariums

Arizona needs the reminder.

3

Opinion

Andrew M. Cuomo: Fast-Food Workers Deserve a Raise

By ANDREW M. CUOMO | May 6th 2015

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The Upshot

Transportation Emerges as Crucial to Escaping Poverty

By MIKAYLA BOUCHARD | May 7th 2015

5

Business Day

A Room With a View of the Runway

By CHRISTINE NEGRONI | May 6th 2015

Not a feature.

6

Travel

East London Goes Bohemian-Chic, but Stays Quirky

By ROOKSANA HOSSENALLY | May 6th 2015

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Real Estate

Brooklyn’s Most Expensive Listings

By MICHELLE HIGGINS | May 8th 2015

8

Opinion

Measure California’s Water

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 8th 2015

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Opinion

Don’t Rehab La Guardia Airport. Close It.

By GEORGE HAIKALIS | May 8th 2015

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N.Y. / Region

Cuomo Moves to Raise Wages for New York Fast-Food Workers

By PATRICK McGEEHAN | May 6th 2015

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Business Day

Panera Bread Plans to Drop a Long List of Ingredients

By STEPHANIE STROM | May 4th 2015

The restaurant, which uses more than 450 ingredients, says its “No No List” grew out of consumers’ preferences and an attempt to protect sales.

Food Additives; Acesulfame Potassium (Artificial Sweetener); Artificial Sweeteners

"Mr. Giddings noted that although General Mills got a lot of publicity for eliminating genetically modified ingredients from original Cheerios, those were just a tiny part of the cereal’s ingredients. “I think what they were doing at least in part was testing the water to see if they could capitalize on it, and what they have found is pretty illuminating,” he said. “The move had no impact on sales.”

Mr. Shaich said Panera’s decision to come up with what it calls “The No No List” had more to do with protecting the sales it has. The list is based on research and standards developed by Johns Hopkins, the Environmental Working Group, the Natural Resources Defense Council and various European governments."

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Business Day

In ‘Misbehaving,’ an Economics Professor Isn’t Afraid to Attack His Own

By JONATHAN A. KNEE | May 5th 2015

Richard Thaler writes that the social sciences once disparaged by economists have been critical to the profession’s influence in business and public policy.

Economics (Theory and Philosophy); Sociology

A plea of guilty with explanation.

It is a plea of guilty.

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Opinion

The New SAT: Will It Be Better?

May 8th 2015

Readers discuss an Op-Ed essay that criticized how SAT exams are graded based on a bell curve.

SAT (College Admission Test); Tests and Examinations; Colleges and Universities; ACT (Examination); Education (K-12)

The S.A.T. has performed well at its intended function.
The writers want to use the results for other purposes.
Those aspects are not measured by the S.A.T.

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Business Day

Drugmaker Sues F.D.A. Over Right to Discuss Off-Label Uses

By KATIE THOMAS | May 7th 2015

Amarin Pharma says it has a constitutional right to share information on unapproved uses of its products, a practice the government frowns on.

Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Labeling and Labels (Product); Suits and Litigation (Civil); Freedom of Speech and Expression

F.D.A. approval is required to market a drug.
The F.D.A. label certifies a limited range of uses. "Used as directed"
Off label uses do not meet the label requirements.
They cannot be marketed. 
The drugmakers will have to get the law changed if they wish to market off label uses.

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Education

For-Profit Colleges File for Bankruptcy

By TAMAR LEWIN | May 4th 2015

Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit college company that was formerly a Wall Street favorite, filed Monday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

For-Profit Schools; Bankruptcies; Colleges and Universities

A bad idea dies dramatically.
Education is a passive process.
Ultimately one is an autodidact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidacticism
Training can be demonstrated.
I do not know how to test for wisdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom

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Business Day

Eager to Opine on the Toughest Calls in Medical Ethics

By BARRY MEIER and KATIE THOMAS | May 7th 2015

Arthur Caplan, who has built a career advising doctors on difficult moral issues, will help Johnson & Johnson decide which patients receive experimental drugs.

Ethics and Official Misconduct

There are two questions I want resolved.
How will J&J benefit from the committee and how is Arthur Caplan a good choice. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
"Ethics (also moral philosophy) is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.[1"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality
"Morality (from the Latin moralitas "manner, character, proper behavior") is the differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good or right and those that are bad or wrong.^{[citation needed]} Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion, or culture, or it can derive from a standard that a person believes should be universal.^[1] Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness."
Moral philosophy includes moral ontology, or the origin of morals, as well as moral epistemology, or what is known about morals. Different systems of expressing morality have been proposed, including deontological ethical systems which adhere to a set of established rules, and normative ethical systems which consider the merits of actions themselves. An example of normative ethical philosophy is the Golden Rule which states that, "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself."^["

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

The problem is corporate public relations.

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Business Day

Blue Bell Knew About Listeria Issues, F.D.A. Says

By RACHEL ABRAMS | May 7th 2015

Blue Bell failed to adequately improve its cleaning and manufacturing practices, according to an F.D.A. report.

Food Contamination and Poisoning; Listeria Monocytogenes; Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts; Recalls and Bans of Products; Food

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Business Day

Water Pricing in Two Thirsty Cities: In One, Guzzlers Pay More, and Use Less

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ | May 6th 2015

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N.Y. / Region

The Price of Nice Nails

By SARAH MASLIN NIR | May 7th 2015

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Science

Recycled Drinking Water: Getting Past the Yuck Factor

By JOHN SCHWARTZ | May 8th 2015

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