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Sports
Video: Brothel Owner Recalls Lamar Odom’s Visit
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/sports/lamar-odom-ex-nba-star-is-found-unconscious-in-nevada-brothel.html
Broken people.
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N.Y. / Region
Brooklyn Judge Resigning Amid Questions About Payments to Her Clerk
Justice Yvonne Lewis had been accused of improperly approving payments to her clerk, Kimberly L. Detherage, for her work as a court-appointed lawyer, a potential conflict of interest.Former clerk.
The fight is not about the actions of the court.
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U.S.
‘A Wall of Mud’ in California, and Warnings to Heed El Niño
After several hours of heavy rain, mud and debris cascaded down hillsides north of Los Angeles on Thursday, blocking two freeways and a critical Interstate.Typical of rain in the San Gabriel mountains.
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The Upshot
Police Killings of Blacks: What the Data Says
The race problem revealed by the statistics on both killings and arrests of blacks reflects something larger: the structure of our society, our laws and policies.Vote.
Vote your interest.
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Sports
Nadal Notches a Win
Rafael Nadal beat a top-five player for the first time in more than a year with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Stan Wawrinka to reach the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters.http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
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U.S.
Texas: No Quick Ruling in Quest for Birth Certificates
A federal judge in Austin denied an emergency injunction on behalf of immigrant families who were denied birth certificates for United States-born children.Texas is insane.
U.S. born children are citizens.
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Sports
Palestine Protests East Timor’s Use of Brazilian Players
Palestine’s soccer federation requested that FIFA investigate the eligibility of seven Brazilian-born players fielded in a World Cup qualifying match.http://www.theguardian.com/football
http://www.theguardian.com/football/competitions
http://www.theguardian.com/football/results
http://www.theguardian.com/football/tables
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/palestine/since1851/allresults/1/allauthors/newest/
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Opinion
End ‘Cadillac’ Health Tax
Representative Joe Courtney writes that the tax “damages the progress we have made since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law.”Employer paid health care was and continues to be compensation not counted as income.
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Real Estate
University Heights, the Bronx: Anchored by a College Campus
The name of the scruffy enclave is derived from Bronx Community College, a key influence over the community.The City of New York is known for bad judgment.
Power makes self interested decisions.
The general interest suffers.
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Sports
Shilique Calhoun Finds a Good Fit in Michigan State’s Pass Rush
Calhoun expected to play basketball, or maybe football as a receiver or safety. Instead he is a top pass rusher for No. 7 Michigan State, which visits No. 12 Michigan on Saturday.http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion®ion=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=article#/Chronic+traumatic+encephalopathy/since1851/allresults/1/allauthors/newest/
As Worries Rise and Players Flee, a Missouri School Board Cuts Football
larger decreases. It has also been sued by a parent of a player who committed suicide at 25 and was found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to repeated head hits. TheSeptember 29, 2015 - - Sports - Print Headline: "As Worries Rise and Players Flee, Football Is Cut"Tests on Brains of Former NFL Players Continue CTE Trend
former athletes say 11 of 12 brains of deceased former NFL players tested over the past year showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, continuing a trend they've been tracking. ASeptember 18, 2015 - - U.S. - Print Headline: "Tests on Brains of Former NFL Players Continue CTE Trend"High Percentage of Ex-NFL Players Had Brain Disease: Report
conducted by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs and Boston University, found that the players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a degenerative brain disease thatSeptember 18, 2015 - - Sports - Print Headline: "High Percentage of Ex-NFL Players Had Brain Disease: Report"NFL's Safety Campaign Includes Rule Changes and PR Effort
in 87 of 91 autopsied brains of deceased NFL players. Much is still unknown about the disease, called CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It is thought to begin before symptoms appear andSeptember 14, 2015 - - U.S. - Print Headline: "NFL's Safety Campaign Includes Rule Changes and PR Effort"
Movie Listings for the Fall Season and Beyond
this sports-medical drama as Dr. Bennet Omalu, the Nigerian-born forensic neuropathologist who first identified chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., among football players and wrestlers. TheSeptember 13, 2015 - - Movies - Print Headline: "Rebels, Champions and Wiseacres"
Getting a Grip on Football
The game continues to be haunted by far more vital issues than “Deflategate.”September 06, 2015 - - Opinion - Print Headline: "Getting a Grip on Football"
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Travel
The Latest on Travel in Central Europe
With migrants flooding parts of Europe, travel by rail and cars may be disrupted.
Turkey Can’t Be Europe’s Gatekeeper
Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey will visit Brussels and tell his European Union counterparts that Europe must act decisively if it wants to stop the massive flow of refugees leaving his country and entering the EuropeanOctober 02, 2015 - - Opinion - Print Headline: "The Turks Can't Be Europe's Gatekeepers"
Syrian Refugees Settle Into Lives Far From West
near Jordan’s border with Syria now in its fourth year. Chaos and desperation have settled into an orderly grind, as the refugees’ resignation and resilience combine with major infrastructure investments to make the place feelSeptember 23, 2015 - - World - Print Headline: "Syrian Refugees Settle Into Lives Far From West"
Turkish Leader Says E.U. Should Do More About Syria
BRUSSELS — Under pressure to help Europe control its worst refugee crisis since World War II, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey turned the tables on European leaders on Monday and said the best way to ease the problem wasOctober 06, 2015 - - World - Print Headline: "E.U. Must Do More to Contain Syria Conflict, Turkish Leader Asserts "
Caring for the Other Refugees
with most going to neighboring Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. In Lebanon, Syrian refugees are now a quarter of the population. These countries are overwhelmed and, as numbers have swelled, conditions forSeptember 09, 2015 - - Opinion - Print Headline: "Caring for the Other Refugees "
Migrant Crisis Leads to Calls for Tighter Borders in Europe
back beyond their own frontiers, European leaders agreed late Thursday to strengthen border controls and endorsed a deal with Turkey aimed at stopping the flow of Syrians and others before they can reach Europe. Gathered in BrusselsOctober 16, 2015 - - World - Print Headline: "European Leaders Agree to Strengthen Border Controls Over Migrant Crisis"
N.Y. / Region
Video: Amtrak’s Gateway to the Hudson
New York and New Jersey know it is needed.
Paying for it will be the problem.
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Sports
Court Is Asked to Reconsider N.C.A.A. Case
Lawyers for a group of former college athletes have asked an appellate court to review its decision in the so-called O’Bannon case that upheld N.C.A.A. rules prohibiting payments to college athletes.The N.C.A.A. has excellent legal help and an untenable position.
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N.Y. / Region
Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Shooting Outside Manhattan Nightclub
The authorities said that investigators immediately focused on Dalone Jamison, who has a history of arrests, as the suspect in a shooting that killed one woman and injured two others.Stupid.
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Business Day
Volkswagen Hires Anticorruption Manager
Volkswagen is hiring a top anticorruption manager from competitor Daimler as it struggles to clean up a scandal over cheating on United States diesel emissions tests.Fraud is not corruption.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud
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U.S.
Illinois: Governor Seeks to Auction State Government Building
Gov. Bruce Rauner unveiled plans Tuesday to auction off the architecturally distinct James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.Petty pique.
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World
Cattle Become a Trigger for Sectarian Violence in India
Recent eruptions of deadly violence have been sparked by rumors of harm to cows, which are considered sacred by the country’s Hindu majority.The subcontinent is not ready for nuclear war.
Beef eaters have a different connotation.
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Business Day
A Jury, Not the S.E.C.
Recent changes proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission do not change the fact that the agency remains the accuser and the decision-maker.I expect the S.E.C. to survive.
The power to regulate is well established.
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N.Y. / Region
Video: Audubon’s Bird Murals in New York City
The Audubon Mural Project aims to draw awareness in New York City neighborhoods of 314 North American birds threatened by climate change.Graphic design does not speak clearly.
The Upshot
How the Modern Workplace Has Become More Like Preschool
The only jobs showing consistent wage growth in recent years are those requiring both cognitive and social skills.Design failures require interpreters.
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U.S.
Sister to Ship That Sank Had History of Problems, Inspection Records Show
Coast Guard records show that three months before El Faro sank, killing 33 people, its nearly identical sister ship was ordered to repair lifeboat machinery before leaving dock.The Jones act is the wrong patch.
There will be a government report.
Purto Rico should own the bottoms it depends on.
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Sports
Alex Ferguson on Coaching, FIFA, Chelsea and U.S. Soccer
Alex Ferguson the longtime manager of Manchester United, discusses his career, a few of his contemporaries and the tyranny of fans’ expectations.The game on the field has not changed.
The setting is very different.
The money is now there to hold the best available team.
The owners are learning to trust the coaches.
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U.S.
Massachusetts: Appeals Court Deals Defeat to 11-Year Vigil in Vacant Church
Parishioners of a long-closed Roman Catholic church have lost their appeal of an order to end their 11-year vigil inside the building.The Diocese owns the property.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese
The bishop decides.
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T Magazine
Jeong Kwan, the Philosopher Chef
The most exquisite food in the world, say many celebrated chefs, is being made not in Copenhagen or New York, but in a remote temple complex south of Seoul by a 59-year-old Buddhist nun.She lives at peace.
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Travel
How to Backpack Through Europe, With Kids
The writer and his wife took their two boys, 5 and 7, out of school six weeks early to backpack across Europe: one month and 2,000 miles, from London to Budapest.I remember not being aware or what I was seeing and not knowing why it was important.
We will discover how we will go next.
World
Ecuador: Government Loses Bank Case
A Florida judge ruled that the government of Ecuador is not entitled to recover about $600 million from two former bankers who fled to Florida after their bank failed.This is tactical politics.
Make the enemy look bad and please the base.
Real Estate
T-Mobile Chief Pays $18 Million for Central Park View
John J. Legere purchased a palatial duplex penthouse on Central Park West that was once occupied by William Randolph Hearst.Vultures like high roosts.
Isabella Stewart Gardner taught William Randolf Hearst while he was at Harvard.
World
Oscar Pistorius to Leave Prison for House Arrest
The Paralympic gold medalist who was found guilty in the killing of his girlfriend will leave prison after serving about one year of his five-year sentence.Conflicting privilege.
U.S.
Letter From Physician Attests to Jeb Bush’s Health
A doctor’s report says that a candidate has lowered his cholesterol, blood pressure and his weight.His physical health was not in question previously.
His soundness of mind is doubted.
U.S.
Medicaid Costs Rise, Report Says, but Not More Than Most States Expected
The increase in spending was largely a result of the tide of newly eligible beneficiaries in states that had expanded Medicaid, a Kaiser Family Foundation report said.Consider causality.
Abby Goodnough is a shill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill
Travel
My Horse Country
The writer Jane Smiley on what keeps pulling her back to the renowned horse farms of Northern Virginia and Maryland.http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/nov/19/houseofcommons.lords
The Union has forgotten the cavalry.
The Union has forgotten the Union.
Business Day
Lars Dalgaard: Build Trust by Daring to Show That You’re Human
Lars Dalgaard, general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, talks about his parents and his belief in the magic of human beings.A weeping executioner.
U.S.
Ohio: Special Prosecutor Sought in Tamir Rice Killing
Tamir Rice’s mother, Samaria Rice, called for a special prosecutor on Friday, saying she and her lawyers had lost faith in the Cuyahoga County prosecutor.There is no hope in any direction.
Science
Editing of Pig DNA May Lead to More Organs for People
Scientists were able to alter many of the animal’s genes at once and see it as a step toward pig organs one day being safe for human transplantation.Being a chimera seems a formula for rejection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera
There is no need to grow an entire organism.
The rout through growing organs from stem cells is a better bet.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
U.S.
Medicare Premiums May Soar as Social Security Payments Stay Flat
Unless Congress acts, some beneficiaries face premium increases of about 50 percent, the largest rise, by far, in the history of Medicare.Structural flaws often need correction.
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Business Day
Cozy Relations Complicate Europe’s Bid for New Car Tests
TÜV Nord, the company at the forefront of finding a new testing regimen for European automakers, is also the company that signed off on Volkswagen’s emissions tests.There is no escape from the fraud committed by Volks Wagon.
TUV Nord stands apart.
A new test will not change past history.
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