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World
Oskar Gröning, Ex-SS Soldier at Auschwitz, Gets Four-Year Sentence
The former soldier, 94, was found guilty of complicity in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews brought to the Nazi death camp in 1944.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoating
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Books
‘The Weather Experiment,’ by Peter Moore
Peter Moore’s new book tells the story of the meteorologists who decoded the skies with observation and measurement, and then helped society read the codes, too.I will read Moore's book with pleasure as time allows.
"It is impossible to read “The Weather Experiment” without thinking of climate change and modern meteorological science. Nearly a decade before the Royal Charter storm, when “dunderheaded politicians” shrank funding in Francis Beaufort’s busy Hydrographic Office in 1851, the man who brought order to the wind wrote these prescient words: “I will not trifle with your time by repeating here any hackneyed truisms about the comparative expense to the country in the cost of surveys or the loss of ships and cargoes, but I will entreat you to weigh the small sum which you propose to save against the large amount of mischief which may result.”"
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Sports
More Woes for FIFA
Swiss federal prosecutors said they had new evidence of 28 acts of possible money laundering linked to FIFA’s 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid contests.The Swiss appear not to have considered money laundering a crime until about half a century ago.
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Technology
Picking Pockets Off the Firefox Bookmarks List
How to rid the bookmarks menu of a utility you don’t use. Plus, browsing with Chrome on Windows 10 and learning MacBook trackpad gestures.I have removed pockets from my tool bar.
It remains on the Times' tool bar.
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Health
Unraveling the Relationship Between Climate Change and Health
Understanding how climate change may affect human health is a complex task, but scientists are beginning to decipher the relationship.It is too late to reverse climate change.
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U.S.
Pennsylvania: Former Mayor Faces Charges He Stole From Harrisburg
Stephen Reed, the former mayor of Harrisburg, Pa., was arrested Tuesday on corruption charges.Stephen Reed is probably guilty.
Party affiliation does not treat insanity.
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Science
Pluto as New Horizons Saw It: Up Close and Personal
With fanfare, NASA released the first batch of mesmerizing close-up images of the dwarf planet and its moons.Interesting but not a primary concern.
Other people will figure out the strange features of Pluto.
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Opinion
One Step Toward Justice in the Garner Killing
New York City’s $5.9 million settlement with Eric Garner’s survivors, while fair, does not answer what happened or erase his family’s pain."There is much more to do. But the move to close the books on the Garner family’s wrongful-death claim, led by Comptroller Scott Stringer, who has authority to settle claims against the city, is a wise, cost-effective one that shows compassion for the family of a man whose life was senselessly taken."
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Opinion
Pluto, My Oddball Friend
A reader describes a youthful inspiration.I began to learn the limits of knowledge.
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Opinion
Shale Gas and Climate Change
What the fracking debate needs is a dose of pragmatism.The world will not abandon the comforts of a carbon based civilization.
Individual people must do what we can to reduce our impact on the world.
I can do more than Joe Nocera thinks I can.
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N.Y. / Region
Eric Garner Case Is Settled by New York City for $5.9 Million
An agreement with Mr. Garner’s family, to resolve the claim over his killing by the police on Staten Island, appeared among the biggest so far as part of a city strategy to settle major civil rights claims even before a lawsuit is filed.The case is settled.
The greater problem still has people's attention.
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The Upshot
How an Insomnia Therapy Can Help With Other Illnesses
A study finds that cognitive behavioral therapy assists those who are both chronically tired and chronically sick.Austin Frakt is making good sense.
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World
Video: Lawyer Hails Landmark Auschwitz Ruling
Cornelius Nestler, a lawyer for the plaintiffs in the trial of a former SS soldier who worked at Auschwitz, said the case established that all those who helped run the camp were partly responsible.All of Germany was partly responsible.
Not all lawyers are sane.
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Fashion & Style
New York Gambles on a Fashion Week of Men’s Wear
A second attempt at staging a men’s fashion week gets a kickoff from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.All of fashion is signaling.
Men's wear has been less dramatic than women's wear.
All mathematical distributions have two tails.
It is more difficult to make a show of men's wear.
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N.Y. / Region
2 Human Legs and an Arm Found Near Connecticut Train Station
The New Haven police said a man hailed an officer and led him to the limbs.We may hear more of this incident.
More appears not to be known as yet.
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N.Y. / Region
Public Urination in New York Becomes Test Case for Policing
As city leaders wrestle with how to adapt police tactics to a lower-crime era, the Police Department has suggested it would loosen its approach to the offense, which skeptics see as a backslide.The law against public urination combined with the lack of public toilets is the remains of the attempt to impose abstinence from alcohol.
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U.S.
Video of 2013 Police Shooting of Unarmed Man Renews Familiar Questions
The video, from Gardena, Calif., raises questions about whether the shooting was justified and illustrates the power of video to dispute the accounts of officers.The police acted wrongly.
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Opinion
Germany’s Destructive Anger
If it is going to lead Europe, it can’t act as if it’s simply a victim.Germany failed to do due diligence.
The duty of every creditor is to assure themselves of the ability of the debtor to carry the debt.
A bankruptcy without due diligence is the responsibility of the creditor.
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Real Estate
Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.Some landlords are escaping their debts.
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N.Y. / Region
Plane Lands on New Jersey Highway, and Drivers Capture the Moment
No major injuries were reported, but the plane created a social media buzz.We do not have the story yet.
We have dramatic pictures.
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