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Sports
Sepp Blatter Won’t Attend Women’s World Cup Final
Blatter, the president of FIFA, the world governing body of soccer, is citing “personal reasons,” his lawyer said.Sepp Blatter Could be arrested and jailed if he came within reach.
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Food
Outdoor Bars and Restaurants to Visit for a Summer Bite
Rooftops and gardens offer possibilities to sip wine and eat snacks for an outdoor experience without the heat of the sun.https://www.google.com/search?q=breakfast+on+the+grass&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=KAiUVc63BIGtsQXYvoOoBg&ved=0CB4QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=635
https://www.google.com/search?q=breakfast+on+the+grass&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=KAiUVc63BIGtsQXYvoOoBg&ved=0CB4QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=635
curbed.com/archives/2014/07/16/the_gilded_age_origins_of_new_york_citys_rooftop_gardens.php
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+garden+at+MOMA&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=_B6UVYL1I8uWsAW60oXQBA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=635
https://www.google.com/search?q=mohonk+mountain+house&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vg2UVfOnK4L7sAW0tb7wCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=635
https://www.google.com/search?q=kaaterskill+clove&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=QAyUVcG2NoLstQX8traoCg&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=635
https://www.google.com/search?q=avalanche+lake&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=TQ-UVex4xsi1Bdr-gMgI&ved=0CCgQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=635
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Sports
Florida State Freshman Quarterback Is Charged With Battery
Deandre Johnson has been charged with battery after an altercation at a Tallahassee bar in which he punched a woman in the face, the police said.Football imparts even less immunity.
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Sports
Horse Trainer Faces Labor Case
Steve Asmussen was accused of not paying overtime to grooms and hot walkers since at least 2012,The evidence is solid or the case would have been or will be summarily dismissed.
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World
China Pledges to Halt Growth of Carbon Emissions in Climate Plan
China, the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter, pledged to wean its economy off fossil fuels and reach “the earliest possible peak” in emissions.China can go into depression.
That must be made a benefit for them.
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N.Y. / Region
13 Metro-North Workers Accused of Cheating on Conductor Exams
Prosecutors said the defendants stole copies of tests and their answers, then distributed them to other candidates who had yet to take the exams.It is a black list for cause.
The question is how much punishment is proper.
These people have lost their professions.
Their customers will be retested.
Trust is destroyed.
More may not be required.
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U.S.
States Snub Execution Drug Approved by Supreme Court
Experts in lethal-injection law said some states were reluctant to turn to the drug in part because of its involvement in high-profile executions last year in Oklahoma, Ohio and Arizona in which prisoners appeared to suffer.The Supreme Court is not an arbiter of aesthetics.
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Business Day
Pending Home Sales Rise to Highest Level in 9 Years
The National Association of Realtors said that its pending home sales index, based on contracts signed in May, increased 0.9 percent to a reading of 112.6.The sales people may be lying to themselves.
Seasonal adjustments are supposed to correct for winter.
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Opinion
Regulating Sex
It’s not just campuses that are challenging the definition of rape. Many states are redefining the law."Sex may become safer for some, but it will be a whole lot more anxiety-producing for others."
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N.Y. / Region
Fast-Food Restaurants Should Raise Minimum Wage, New York Panel Says
The three-man panel said it was not yet ready to make a complete recommendation.It should not be cheaper for employers to hire part-timers than full time employees.
This is a problem.
There is a range where overtime is cheaper than another person.
Work does not come in job sized increments.
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Business Day
Greece Is Placed in ‘Arrears,’ as the I.M.F. Spells ‘Default’
The I.M.F. does not use the term default. But missing the payment might lead to a situation in which other Greek debts are classified as defaults.A referendum is required before Syriza can reject the Troika offer.
The Greek government is only authorized to negotiate.
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Health
Report Shows Widespread Mistreatment by Health Workers During Childbirth
The abuses inflicted on women around the world as their babies are born are forcing some to stay at home instead of going to a hospital.Guessing wrong will bring a scolding.
These are sovereign nations.
They can treat women to our standards if we will pay for that treatment.
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Opinion
A Needed Update for Overtime Pay
A Labor Department plan would give millions of American workers a toehold in the middle class by raising the limit to qualify for overtime pay.Managers should be valued as middle class.
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Business Day
E.U. to End Cellphone Roaming Charges in 2017
The new rules, which will apply to people who travel across the 28-member bloc, are accompanied by regulations on so-called net neutrality.European telecomm companies have not yielded much turf.
I am still confused.
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Opinion
The Real Problem With Medical Internships
It’s not the long hours. It’s the scut work and heavy patient loads.The whole problem needs understanding.
The interns are learning.
The hospital is treating patients and billing.
The docs are teaching and dealing with problems that are beyond the skills of the interns.
Management is mostly a statistical problem.
Supplies must be replaced as they are used. A good picture of supply use is levels at the stock room if unused stock is returned and replaced in batches in batches.
Aging supplies are sent where they will be soonest used
Supplies are billed by treatment. Some use more some use less. Bill at the mean.
Nursing probably works the same way.
Intern shifts should be relatively short. They should be extensible to deal with urgencies. staggered start times would be good.
The docs will have to lecture more.
a start to the plan.
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N.Y. / Region
Court Allows N.Y.U. Expansion Plan to Go Forward
New York State’s Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling, most likely ending a long battle over the plan, which would add four buildings in Greenwich Village."Society for Historic Preservation, said his organization was consulting its lawyers about any other legal recourse that might stop or alter the expansion. “We’re already suffering from an extreme over-concentration of N.Y.U.-related uses,” Mr. Berman said. “Thousands of additional people and millions of additional square feet of construction is eventually going to make the Village feel like a company town.”"
Mr. Berman is correct.
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U.S.
California Mandates Vaccines for Schoolchildren
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law on Tuesday to prohibit immunization exemptions based on personal or religious beliefs.Gov. Jerry Brown is correct.
19
Real Estate
In St. Louis, an Urban Farmer Uses a Rooftop and Food to Spur Renewal
An architect has led an effort to dump some 40 tons of dirt on the roof of a two-story building and grow organic vegetables.Limited load bearing is a problem.
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Health
W.H.O. Certifies End of Mother-to-Child Transmission of H.I.V. in Cuba
Cuba was the first country to receive the distinction, which requires 95 percent of elimination targets to be met, for H.I.V. and syphilis transmission.I am not at all sure I want to know how Cuba Managed this feat.
A quick search on the Times came up empty.
A google search:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688320/
It could be worse.
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U.S.
Oklahoma Court Rules Homeowners Can Sue Oil Companies Over Quakes
It is the first time the court had specifically addressed whether plaintiffs could sue for damage that experts believe is caused by massive amounts of wastewater generated by fracking.Liability for quakes has been attached to fracking.
A reasonable measure.
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World
2 Uber Executives Questioned by Police in Paris
The police acted in connection with a months-old investigation into the company’s low-cost UberPop service, which taxi drivers protested last week.http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-france-leaders-arrested-for-running-illegal-taxi-company/#.5wheqy:9Vg5
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U.S.
Colorado Court Rules Use of Public Funds for Private Schools Is Unconstitutional
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that a school district’s voucher program violated a plank of the state constitution that explicitly prevents public money from going to religious schools.Yes.
New York State should make such a decision.
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U.S.
Surveillance Court Rules That N.S.A. Can Resume Bulk Data Collection
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled that the National Security Agency may temporarily resume collecting records of Americans’ domestic phone calls in bulk.The N.S.A. is fighting regulation.
It has not drawn a curtain of secrecy over the matter as yet.
6
Technology
Study Suggests That Google Has Its Thumb on Scale in Search
Researchers presented 2,690 web users with two different versions of Google and found that the users preferred results that linked to rival sites.Manipulation of such a study is easy.
We will see if Yelp can get any traction.
For now I will ignore the claim.
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Opinion
Don’t Diminish Hamilton
The president of Hamilton College writes about keeping Alexander Hamilton (an early trustee of the college) on our currency.https://www.google.com/search?q=u+s+paper+currency&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=F8CUVdmBC8qTsAWn34CgBw&ved=0CC4QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=635
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Science
An Ocean Mystery in the Trillions
Much is still not known about the bristlemouth, the planet’s most plentiful vertebrate. What’s more, the ocean, making up 99 percent of the biosphere, may hold untold undiscovered species.Fun for ichthyologists.
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Science
Deep Below Croatia Lurks a New Species of Centipede
The species, named after the Greek god of the underworld, lives some 3,600 feet underground.If I visit I will wear boots.
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Business Day
Lester Holt Draws More Viewers to NBC’s ‘Nightly News’
In his first week as the official anchor of the newscast, Mr. Holt brought in 8 million viewers compared to 7.7 million for ABC’s “World News Tonight.”I have been watching the PBS News Hour.
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N.Y. / Region
Escaped Convicts Had Planned to Go to Mexico, Cuomo Says
The two escapees’ plans unraveled after a prison worker accused of helping them did not show up with her car, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on an Albany radio show.Moot now.
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U.S.
Colleges Brace for Supreme Court Review of Race-Based Admissions
After the Supreme Court said it would revisit an affirmative action case from Texas, colleges expressed concerns about the potential costs of having to replace programs to achieve diversity.The problem will remain.
The university must select a student body from two groups with unequal training.
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U.S.
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Union Fees
The justices took on a case against public-sector unions that could deal a severe blow to organized labor.The case is ideological.
The destruction of labor unions would not be a good thing.
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Business Day
HopSkipDrive, a Ride Start-Up for the After-School Set
The service, founded by three mothers, transports children ages 7 to 17 to school, lessons, practice and other activities for about $20 a ride.A taxi would cost less
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World
France Orders 2 Uber Executives to Stand Trial
The Paris prosecutor’s office accused the company of illegally organizing taxi services through its low-cost UberPop ride-hailing option.Taxis in Paris are a regulated monopoly.
New York City should prosecute Uber.
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