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N.Y. / Region
New York State Is Sued Over Use of Isolation in Its Prisons
The New York Civil Liberties Union, calling solitary confinement psychological torture, said it was imposed for trivial offenses and in a racially biased manner.
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Business Day
Race Is On to Clean Up Hydraulic Fracturing
Many entrepreneurs hope to profit from techniques that could clean up the huge amounts of water used in fracking, which could allay environmentalists' fears.
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N.Y. / Region
In Changing Harlem, a Mosque Struggles to Pay Rent
Monthly rent for the Masjid Aqsa was $4,000 a few years ago; now, the imam says, the landlord wants $18,000.
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Opinion
The Baby Boom Bump
Policy makers need to acknowledge the monumental impact of the retirement of the baby boom generation on the budget and the economy.Three-Card Budget Monte
It goes without saying that the Republican “counteroffer” is basically fake.
It calls for $800 billion in revenue from closing loopholes, but
doesn’t specify a single loophole to be closed; it calls for huge
spending cuts, but aside from raising the Medicare age and cutting the
Social Security inflation adjustment — moves worth only around $300 billion
— it doesn’t specify how these cuts are to be achieved. So it’s
basically the Paul Ryan method: scribble down some numbers and pretend
that you’re a budget wonk with a Serious plan.
What I haven’t seen pointed out here is the longer arc of GOP strategy. Does anyone recall how the Bush tax cuts were passed? The 2001 cut was passed based on the claim that the government was running an excessive surplus; the 2003 cut on the claim that it would provide an economic boost. Then the surplus went away, and the economy did not, to say the least, perform very well.
So now we face a substantial long-run deficit largely created by those tax cuts:
And the GOP says that because of that deficit we must raise the Medicare age and cut Social Security!
Oh, and for all the seniors or near-seniors who voted Republican because you thought they would protect Medicare from that bad guy Obama: you’ve been had."
What I haven’t seen pointed out here is the longer arc of GOP strategy. Does anyone recall how the Bush tax cuts were passed? The 2001 cut was passed based on the claim that the government was running an excessive surplus; the 2003 cut on the claim that it would provide an economic boost. Then the surplus went away, and the economy did not, to say the least, perform very well.
So now we face a substantial long-run deficit largely created by those tax cuts:
Oh, and for all the seniors or near-seniors who voted Republican because you thought they would protect Medicare from that bad guy Obama: you’ve been had."
You can search as well as I can.
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Times Topics
Alan and Tom: Each Other’s Champion
Alan Acosta and Tom Gratz, partners for more than 30 years, share what makes their marriage work.
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U.S.
In Tax Fight, G.O.P. Seeking a Position to Fall Back On
With President Obama winning public support for higher tax rates on the rich, Congressional Republicans find themselves in a difficult political spot and are quietly beginning the search for a way out.
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Technology
National Network for First Responders Is Years Away
Planning delays, lack of money and limitations in technology have slowed the creation of a communications network for the police, firefighters and others.Corollaries
In time, however, the first-referenced meaning of the phrase has dominated, and sprouted several corollaries: for example, the derivative relating to computers:- Data expands to fill the space available for storage.
- Storage requirements will increase to meet storage capacity.
A second aphorism, attributed to Parkinson and sometimes called "Parkinson's second law", is "expenditures rise to meet income".
A modern version is that no amount of computer automation will reduce the size of a bureaucracy.[4]
The Stock-Sanford Corollary to Parkinson's Law reads, "If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do." If a task can expand to fill the time allotted, then conversely, the effort given can be limited by limiting the allotted time, down to a minimum amount of time actually required to complete the task. This phrase is often associated with procrastination.
Horstman's Corollary to Parkinson's Law - "Work contracts to fit into the time you give it." [5]
Generalization
"Parkinson's Law" could be generalized further still as:- The demand upon a resource tends to expand to match the supply of the resource.
- The reverse is not true.
Some define Parkinson's Law in regard to time as:
- The amount of time which one has to perform a task is the amount of time it will take to complete the task.
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N.Y. / Region
They Came to the Rescue; Now, They Wait to Be Paid
Utility employees from outside the metropolitan area said National Grid had not fully compensated them for their grueling out-of-town shifts after Hurricane Sandy.
9
U.S.
In Louisiana, Growing Rice to Trade on Some Creatures That Eat It
Many South Louisiana farmers are finding that it pays to look at a rice field and see a crayfish pond.
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N.Y. / Region
Queens Doctor Is Charged in Two Deaths
Dr. Stan Xuhui Li is accused of prescribing pain medicine for medically unsound reasons to 20 patients, seven of whom have died.
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Business Day
Unused Pills Raise Issue of Disposal and Risks
The pharmaceutical industry is challenging a California law that stipulates it pay for the proper disposal of leftover pills that could otherwise pose a threat to the environment.
12
Business Day
More Than a Soft Drink, Coke Is an Array of Goods
Home Shopping Network is selling more than 275 Coca-Cola items on its cable channel, online, on mobile devices and through social media.
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Opinion
How Cities Can Save China
Better urban policies can put China on a healthier path, economically and environmentally.
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U.S.
House Votes to Eliminate ‘Lunatic’ From Laws
The Congressional action is the latest effort to remove language from federal law that has become outdated or is considered demeaning.
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Fashion & Style
Another Avedon Behind the Lens
The grandson of Richard Avedon, Michael has been shooting the famous and obscure as he starts to make his way as a photographer.
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Opinion
Thanks for Not Sharing
There is a new urge to behave as if life were some global high-school reunion at which everyone has taken a horrific tell-all drug.
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N.Y. / Region
Most New Yorkers Think Climate Change Caused Hurricane, Poll Finds
Sixty-nine percent of voters, and far more Democrats than Republicans, tied Hurricane Sandy to global climate change rather describing it as an isolated episode.
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Arts
Totems That Tell About the Past and the Future
Huma Bhabha’s sculptures and drawings bookend the history of figurative sculpture, from ancient fertility icons to what could be the last vestiges of the human race.
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Opinion
Going Beyond Carbon Dioxide
A short-term strategy to slow global warming is to reduce emissions of other pollutants.
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Health
States Cut Antismoking Outlays Despite Record Tobacco Revenue
States have spent less on tobacco prevention over the past two years than in any period since a settlement in 1998, despite high revenues from the settlement and taxes, according to a new report.@21:23 @21:23 @21:23 @21:23 @21:23 @21:23 @21:23 @21:23 @21:23
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N.Y. / Region
In Changing Harlem, a Mosque Struggles to Pay Rent
Monthly rent for the Masjid Aqsa was $4,000 a few years ago; now, the imam says, the landlord wants $18,000.
2
Times Topics
Alan and Tom: Each Other’s Champion
Alan Acosta and Tom Gratz, partners for more than 30 years, share what makes their marriage work.
3
U.S.
In Tax Fight, G.O.P. Seeking a Position to Fall Back On
With President Obama winning public support for higher tax rates on the rich, Congressional Republicans find themselves in a difficult political spot and are quietly beginning the search for a way out.
4
Technology
National Network for First Responders Is Years Away
Planning delays, lack of money and limitations in technology have slowed the creation of a communications network for the police, firefighters and others.
5
N.Y. / Region
They Came to the Rescue; Now, They Wait to Be Paid
Utility employees from outside the metropolitan area said National Grid had not fully compensated them for their grueling out-of-town shifts after Hurricane Sandy.
6
U.S.
In Louisiana, Growing Rice to Trade on Some Creatures That Eat It
Many South Louisiana farmers are finding that it pays to look at a rice field and see a crayfish pond.
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N.Y. / Region
Queens Doctor Is Charged in Two Deaths
Dr. Stan Xuhui Li is accused of prescribing pain medicine for medically unsound reasons to 20 patients, seven of whom have died.
8
Business Day
Unused Pills Raise Issue of Disposal and Risks
The pharmaceutical industry is challenging a California law that stipulates it pay for the proper disposal of leftover pills that could otherwise pose a threat to the environment.
9
Business Day
More Than a Soft Drink, Coke Is an Array of Goods
Home Shopping Network is selling more than 275 Coca-Cola items on its cable channel, online, on mobile devices and through social media.
10
Opinion
How Cities Can Save China
Better urban policies can put China on a healthier path, economically and environmentally.
11
U.S.
House Votes to Eliminate ‘Lunatic’ From Laws
The Congressional action is the latest effort to remove language from federal law that has become outdated or is considered demeaning.
12
Fashion & Style
Another Avedon Behind the Lens
The grandson of Richard Avedon, Michael has been shooting the famous and obscure as he starts to make his way as a photographer.
13
Opinion
Thanks for Not Sharing
There is a new urge to behave as if life were some global high-school reunion at which everyone has taken a horrific tell-all drug.
14
N.Y. / Region
Most New Yorkers Think Climate Change Caused Hurricane, Poll Finds
Sixty-nine percent of voters, and far more Democrats than Republicans, tied Hurricane Sandy to global climate change rather describing it as an isolated episode.
15
Arts
Totems That Tell About the Past and the Future
Huma Bhabha’s sculptures and drawings bookend the history of figurative sculpture, from ancient fertility icons to what could be the last vestiges of the human race.
16
Opinion
Going Beyond Carbon Dioxide
A short-term strategy to slow global warming is to reduce emissions of other pollutants.
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Health
States Cut Antismoking Outlays Despite Record Tobacco Revenue
States have spent less on tobacco prevention over the past two years than in any period since a settlement in 1998, despite high revenues from the settlement and taxes, according to a new report.
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U.S.
Bad News on Capitol Hill for Last Coal-Fired Ferry
The Badger, the last coal-fired ferry in the United States, will have to sink or sail on its own.
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U.S.
Clashing Rulings Complicate Path of Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ Law
Two contradictory judicial rulings suggest that a California ban on a treatment for minors could be embroiled in the courts for months.
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