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Business Day
Bill Cosby Ordered to Testify in Second Sexual Assault Case
Mr. Cosby will be questioned under oath in October in a case involving accusations that he sexually assaulted a young woman in 1974, a judge said on Wednesday."Ms. Huth’s case is one of the few complaints against Mr. Cosby that can proceed in civil court because, she says, the alleged abuse happened when she was a minor. The statute of limitations in California is extended for adults who claim they were victims of sexual abuse as children, said her lawyer, Gloria Allred. Ms. Huth has claimed that Mr. Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him at the Playboy Mansion."
She has an ambitious lawyer.
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Fashion & Style
Four Cool New(ish) Summer Surf Breaks
The waves await, at spots near (the Rockaways in New York) and far (Bundoran, Ireland).The lifeguards worry so people avoid them.
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World
Video: Cranes Collapse on Houses in Netherlands
Emergency rescue crews inspected on Monday the area where two cranes carrying a bridge segment collapsed onto houses and stores in a central Dutch town.This is a small expensive construction error.
The engineer's wager is "errors are preventable".
This engineer lost a wager.
Engineering in the U.S.A. and Canada is a profession dealing with physical systems.
Great Britain tends to treat engineering as a craft.
The difference confused me.
I am not alone in that confusion.
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Opinion
Obama Takes a Crucial Step on Climate Change
His plan will slash domestic emissions and signal to the world that America is serious about climate change.The delay has been for the building of a "bullet proof" legal foundation for the action.
(Unasailable)
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U.S.
Suspect in Memphis Police Officer’s Death Turns Himself In
Law enforcement authorities confirmed that Tremaine Wilbourn, wanted in the death of Officer Sean Bolton on Saturday, had been taken into custody and faced a first-degree murder charge.The Memphis police would have shot him on sight.
This way he will live a while longer.
In time it may be longer than he wishes.
He will have to deal with that later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgcwT9X2J8
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World
Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to Continue Off Australia
The premier said the fact that plane debris had turned up on Réunion fit investigators’ theory that the jet crashed where Australia has been searching.We knew that.
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Technology
Diving Headfirst Into the Internet of Things
The idea that all products will someday be connected to the Internet has spurred inventions like an automatic home brewery and a smart toothbrush.These products do not increase market share.
Their markets are small and will remain small.
There may be enough market to support their manufacture.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/10digi.html
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=carriage%20whips&index=blended&link_code=qs&sourceid=Mozilla-search&tag=mozilla-20
http://www.westfieldwhip.com/carriage.html
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N.Y. / Region
Legionnaires’ Disease Death Toll in Bronx Climbs to 7
New York City officials announced that the tally had climbed by three amid calls for tighter regulation of water-cooling towers.The incident is treatable and being treated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%E2%80%93sink_dynamics
http://animals.about.com/od/s/g/sinkpopulation.htm
People are animals and cities are population sinks.
The South Bronx makes sense in evolutionary terms.
Puroto Rico also makes sense in that view.
The facts do not please me.
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Opinion
The Supreme Court’s Gap on Race and Juries
Blacks are still being excluded from juries at disproportionate rates, especially when the defendant is black and the crime victim is white.
"But
suppose Mr. Foster does win his case. What then? If the justices treat
what happened in this case as an extreme outlier — a fact-bound path of
least resistance — it’s possible they will avoid rather than confront
the systemic problem that the post-Batson experience demonstrates. The
problem is deeper than prosecutors gaming the system. It lies with the
system itself.
Peremptory
challenges — for which, typically, no reason need be given — are
anchored deeply in the English common law tradition, which invites
lawyers to shape a jury based on strategy and instinct. The problem, as
Mark W. Bennett, a senior federal district judge in Iowa, pointed out in an article
in the Harvard Law & Policy Review, is that relying on instinct
almost inevitably means acting on the basis of implicit bias, about
which researchers have learned a great deal in recent years."Linda Greenhouse again presents a thoughtful argument.
The people of the U.S. try not to deal explicitly with cultural change.
Whether by evolution or by fiat cultural change discussions are denied in public.
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Opinion
Greece’s Refugee Crisis and Europe’s Failure
The European Commission should immediately allocate emergency funds to Greece for refugee services.The Times Editorial Board reccomends treating the symptoms.
That is necessary but not sufficient.
The problem is the wars in South Asia.
Imperial ambitions did not end them.
World Government could be a solution.
The world and we would not prosper under any politically possible world government.
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N.Y. / Region
Brooklyn Sites Get $2.6 Million to Undo Hurricane Sandy’s Toll
Nearly three years after the storm hit, historical properties around New York City are still coping with its aftermath. A round of federal grants is meant to address that.Necessary patching.
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Sports
Giants G.M. Says ‘Heart Goes Out’ to Jason Pierre-Paul
Jerry Reese offered support for the injured and absent defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul but avoided the subject of Eli Manning’s contract negotiations.I am paying no attention to the game of football.
I do not willingly think about it.
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Red Sox Quickly Go From Lifting Trophy to Raising Doubts
By TYLER KEPNER
Pat Sullivan/Associated Press
Boston’s Hanley Ramirez in July. Ramirez, who signed for four years and $88 million, has made a shaky transition to left field.
Boston won the World Series in 2013, but it must re-evaluate the
decision-making process that has led to what is likely to be its third
last-place finish in the last four seasons.
Red Sox 2, Yankees 1
Luis Severino, in a Loss, Shows the Yankees What They’ve Gained
By BILLY WITZ
Severino, a prized 21-year-old right-hander, allowed two runs (one
earned) and two hits in five innings against the Red Sox, earning kudos
from both teams.
World
Zimbabwe Court Postpones Trial of Guide in Killing of Cecil the Lion
Theo Bronkhorst, who runs a safari company, has denied any wrongdoing in helping an American dentist, Dr. Walter J. Palmer, to shoot the iconic animal.Zimbabwe is looking at the proper person.
I will read his and his attorney's reasoning.
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World
Guide Who Led Hunt That Killed Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe Says He Did Nothing Wrong
Theo Bronkhorst, a professional hunting guide who led an American dentist in pursuit of a lion, is scheduled to stand trial Wednesday in Zimbabwe."Ignorance is no excuse."
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Fashion & Style
At Calliope, Beautiful Things for Beautiful, Moneyed People
The Greenwich Village store will please fans of design and artisanal mugs, but maybe not critical, cost-saving consumers.Industry is democratic in its marketing.
I am interested by default.
I have bookmarked the business.
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U.S.
In Year Since Searing Death, Ferguson Sees Uneven Recovery
The mostly black community where Michael Brown was killed is divided between those who think change is real, and those who see it as merely superficial.A superficial change can be a real change.
Attention is being paid and force applied.
That is all we can hope for.
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Books
‘We’re Still Here Ya Bastards,’ by Roberta Brandes Gratz
An urbanist tracks the post-Katrina road to recovery.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29_organization
As an individual I may not be allowed 501c status. It is worth study.
The "things" I want to know directly can only be learned on foot.
My preference for pleasurable progression takes me to wilder places and universities.
Any vehicle interferes with the necessary relationships.
I am still learning in preference to teaching.
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Travel
Tuesday’s Digest: Ace Hotel Expands, and Other Hotel News
What you need to know if you’re on a trip or planning one soon, including new Ace hotels in Pittsburgh and New Orleans, a deal in Dubrovnik and popular hotels expanding in Jamaica.Hotel life is good if one is not paying.
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Science
Video: Effects of Solitary Confinement
Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison discuss the detrimental effects of long-term solitary confinement.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/health/solitary-confinement-mental-illness.html
Though it has not been brought to public attention solitary confinement is torture.
"To so entrap people that their only escape is by thought." (or madness)
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Sports
Rio’s Governor Pursues Cleaner Water
The governor signed a deal with Brazilian institutions to develop a plan for cleaning up the the city’s sewage-strewn Guanabara Bay.Brazil and Rio de Janeiro Cannot have been thinking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro
They could treat the Guanabara Bay like the Gowanus Canal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_Canal#Cleanup_efforts
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