Thursday, January 19, 2017

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U.S.

Jewish Centers Across U.S. Face New Wave of Bomb Threats

A frightening nationwide hoax targeting Jewish facilities continued with more than two dozen threats at centers in 17 states.

Record the caller ID and the message.
The police need some evidence to begin to act.

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Science

The Stem-Cell Revolution Is Coming — Slowly

Where are the miracle treatments we were promised? A Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains.

The caution is appropriate.

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Opinion

Why We Need a Project to Document Hate Crimes

Did hate crimes increase nationwide after Donald Trump’s election? A new project aims to find out.

We need a definition early in the process.

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Business Day

Land Rush in Permian Basin, Where Oil Is Stacked Like a Layer Cake

Exxon Mobil is the latest company to acquire a major parcel in the fields of West Texas and New Mexico as shale drilling promises a new bounty.

The price of oil is thought to be about to rise.
https://www.bloomberg.com/energy   Weti Up .17$ /barrel (40 gal.)

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Science

Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year

Surface temperatures are heading toward levels that many scientists believe will pose a threat to both the natural world and to human civilization.

The insert:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/science/earth/2016-hottest-year-on-record.html

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Opinion

How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World

We need to change the incentives for drug manufacturers.

"We are on the cusp of what the World Health Organization calls a “post-antibiotic era.”
And we will miss antibiotics when they’re gone. Minor scrapes and routine infections could become life threatening. Common surgeries would start looking like Russian roulette. Gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted infections might become untreatable. Diseases that our parents defeated — like tuberculosis — could come roaring back. The economic costs would be staggering: In September, the World Bank estimated that between 1.1 and 3.8 percent of the global economy will be lost by 2050 if we fail to act."

The age of the message does not change its truth.

I would like a different model for antibiotic development.
We could stand for new antibiotics to be government owned.
Governments have no need to show a profit.

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Business Day

Norwegian Expands in the Trans-Atlantic Market

Norwegian, a former upstart airline, plans to begin flying out of more American cities, joining the legacy carriers in extensive long-haul operations.

Norwegian Airlines will have to buy their gates.

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Opinion

Young Victims of the Opioid Epidemic

As opioid abuse rises, so does the number of children in foster care.

Governments have taken a punitive view of addiction.
It is far better to treat with maintenance.
The problem is people like the high. 
It is usually not enough to prevent suffering.
Keeping addicts alive long enough that living is more attractive than being high
is demanding.
Children can help with that.

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Well

Running May Be Good for Your Knees

Knees of runners showed substantially lower levels of two types of cells that can contribute to inflammation and promote arthritis.

Do what works.

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Science

How Some Frolicking Fish Got Stuck in a Moment

A picture of fish seemingly trapped in a frozen wave on a South Dakota lake has amazed and bewildered viewers on social media. Here’s what happened.

If it can happen it will happen.

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