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Opinion

What Are the Best Small Towns in America?

By JAKE FLANAGIN | Aug 21st 2014

You tell me.

Business Day

Natural Gas Production Falls Short in China

By KEITH BRADSHER | Aug 21st 2014

The nation, facing severe pollution from coal and a rising dependence on energy imports, has had limited success in extracting natural gas from coal and shale.

Shale; Hydraulic Fracturing; Natural Gas; Coal 

Geology is as unique as culture. 

China will yet learn science.  

They are an engineering culture.

A culture built on things (?).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_%28computer_science%29

.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_(computer_science)#Object-oriented_programming

The recursive mathematical system, successful here, does not fit their thought pattern.

We compose code objects.

                                              I don't have it as yet. 

They compose data objects.

I need to do more reading on this subject.

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Opinion

Innovation Within Reach

By SARIKA BANSAL | Aug 21st 2014

The concept of “frugal innovation” presents the challenge of designing products specifically to meet the needs of the world’s poorest people.

Inventions and Patents; Nonprofit Organizations; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Third World and Developing Countries 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_%28computer_science%29

Approaches to cultural design.

This approach is top down.

"The West" did the Protestant Reformation.

It changed the condition of authority.

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Opinion

Obama Cares. Look at the Numbers.

By TALI MENDELBERG and BENNETT L. BUTLER | Aug 21st 2014

Has the president hidden his own war on poverty too well?

Federal Budget (US); Presidents and Presidency (US); Poverty; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings 

Yes.

Pay attention.

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Health

Part D Gains May Be Eroding

By PAULA SPAN | Aug 21st 2014

More Medicare beneficiaries are not taking prescribed medications or forgoing basic needs to pay for them, a new study finds.

Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Elder Care; Elderly; Medicare 

It was all a lie.  It was designed to fail.

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N.Y. / Region

Housing Restrictions Keep Sex Offenders in Prison Beyond Release Dates

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Aug 21st 2014

A new interpretation of a New York State law on where the offenders can live means that homeless shelters within 1,000 feet of a school are off limits.

Sex Crimes; Homeless Persons; Prisons and Prisoners 

The law is at fault and must change.

These offenders have finished their sentences.

They must be released.  

If they are paroled the court has some control over their housing.

If they are released on completion of sentence the court has no control.

Cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden.

I am not sure how to justify a public record of conviction.

I would not welcome this fight.

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N.Y. / Region

A New York Summer So Pleasant, Mister Softee Might Weep

By ANDY NEWMAN | Aug 21st 2014

The heat waves and humidity that New Yorkers have come to expect of their Augusts have been replaced this year by a long string of pleasant days and cool nights.

Weather; Temperature 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_ice_pack

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

Cool summer.  Only the North East passage is open.

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World

A Fast-Food Symbol of America Falls in Moscow

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Aug 21st 2014

Many Muscovites believe the Russian government’s decision to close four McDonald’s locations, ostensibly for sanitary reasons, was a political move related to the conflict in Ukraine.

Fast Food Industry; Restaurants 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/world/europe/russia-moves-artillery-units-into-ukraine-nato-says.html

Not at all good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Crisis#Russian_mobilization

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U.S.

Prisoner Swap With Taliban Was Illegal, Investigators Say

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 21st 2014

The Pentagon broke the law when it swapped Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban leaders, congressional investigators said Thursday.

Afghanistan War (2001- ); Prisoners of War 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Act

Congress is going tohave some difficulty making this stick.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists

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U.S.

Ex-Governor Points the Finger at His Wife in a Virginia Trial

By JONATHAN WEISMAN | Aug 20th 2014 

Political death.

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U.S.

House Panel on Benghazi Hires General for Legal Team

By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN | Aug 20th 2014

Lt. Gen. Dana K. Chipman retired in 2013 after four years as the Army’s judge advocate general under President Obama.

Benghazi Attack (2012); Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates 

They must be bored to death.

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U.S.

Supreme Court Delays Gay Marriage in Virginia, a Day Before It Was Set to Begin

By ALAN RAPPEPORT | Aug 20th 2014

False move.

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U.S.

California: 2 Teenagers Are Arrested After Police Say They Planned Attack

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 19th 2014

More paranoia.

 

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio Encounters Rising Friction Over Liberal Expectations

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Aug 19th 2014

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World

A Trove of Diaries Meant to Be Read by Others

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO | Aug 19th 2014

I have none to contribute.

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U.S.

Shooting Accounts Differ as Holder Schedules Visit to Ferguson

By FRANCES ROBLES and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT | Aug 19th 2014

Theater.

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U.S.

Inquiry Urged on Air Force Academy’s Handling of Sexual Assault Cases

By DAVE PHILIPPS | Aug 20th 2014

The problems are not fixed yet.

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Fashion & Style

‘We Pledge Allegiance ... ’

By DEBBY GREENE | Aug 21st 2014

Sometimes staying together is just about pragmatism.

Marriages; Divorce, Separations and Annulments; Children and Childhood; Modern Love (Times Column) 

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Opinion

Tell It to the Camera

By GAIL COLLINS | Aug 20th 2014

Let’s hear it for the long-shot candidates this year. Like the high school math teacher running for the U.S. Senate in Montana.

United States Politics and Government; Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, Senate 

For the most part I don't care.  

The Primaries are the election most years.

Opinion

A Beach Project Built on Sand

By ROBERT S. YOUNG | Aug 21st 2014

A plan to protect Fire Island and the mainland is a waste of money.

Hurricane Sandy (2012); Dunes; National Parks, Monuments and Seashores 

For a few the beach is property.

That few is loud.

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Arts

Scratches in the Art Market Gilding

By SCOTT REYBURN | Aug 22nd 2014

Auction houses continue to talk about the unstoppable momentum of the globalized art market, but not everyone is feeling it.

Auctions; Art; Museums; Collectors and Collections; Art Basel (Festival) 

I can't know.

I have not given the buy side any attention.

I try to ignore the sell side.

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Opinion

What Are the Best Small Towns in America?

By JAKE FLANAGIN | Aug 21st 2014

 

Yours.

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Opinion

Will Skipping College Help Women Succeed?

By ANNA NORTH | Aug 22nd 2014

One entrepreneur thinks women should forego college and learn to code instead — but will the tech world reward them?

Blacks; Colleges and Universities; Color; Computers and the Internet; Discrimination; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Scholarships and Fellowships; Women and Girls 

Having skills will get the work done.

Work skills will not get one past Human Resources.

Management is hired for management skills which are not technical skills.

Coding will get one a job in a start up.  The hours are long, the cash pay is small.  The stock options are a lottery ticket.

If that life is desired there is a career in professional athletics.

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World

A Fast-Food Symbol of America Falls in Moscow

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Aug 21st 2014

This is insanity.

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N.Y. / Region

Housing Restrictions Keep Sex Offenders in Prison Beyond Release Dates

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Aug 21st 2014

 

The rule is unconstitutional.

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N.Y. / Region

A New York Summer So Pleasant, Mister Softee Might Weep

By ANDY NEWMAN | Aug 21st 2014 

yes

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Opinion

Obama Cares. Look at the Numbers.

By TALI MENDELBERG and BENNETT L. BUTLER | Aug 21st 2014

yes

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Opinion

Innovation Within Reach

By SARIKA BANSAL | Aug 21st 2014

Ignorance.

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Health

Part D Gains May Be Eroding

By PAULA SPAN | Aug 21st 2014

A program designed to fail.

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U.S.

Supreme Court Delays Gay Marriage in Virginia, a Day Before It Was Set to Begin

By ALAN RAPPEPORT | Aug 20th 2014

A tease.

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U.S.

California: 2 Teenagers Are Arrested After Police Say They Planned Attack

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 19th 2014

Thought police.

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio Encounters Rising Friction Over Liberal Expectations

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Aug 19th 2014

 

There is no magic.

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U.S.

Prisoner Swap With Taliban Was Illegal, Investigators Say

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 21st 2014

 

False.

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U.S.

Inquiry Urged on Air Force Academy’s Handling of Sexual Assault Cases

By DAVE PHILIPPS | Aug 20th 2014

 

Scandal.

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World

A Trove of Diaries Meant to Be Read by Others

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO | Aug 19th 2014

 

I have not kept a record.

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U.S.

Shooting Accounts Differ as Holder Schedules Visit to Ferguson

By FRANCES ROBLES and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT | Aug 19th 2014

The cop is guilty.

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Fashion & Style

‘We Pledge Allegiance ... ’

By DEBBY GREENE | Aug 21st 2014

Sometimes staying together is just about pragmatism.

Marriages; Divorce, Separations and Annulments; Children and Childhood; Modern Love (Times Column) 

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Opinion

Tell It to the Camera

By GAIL COLLINS | Aug 20th 2014

Let’s hear it for the long-shot candidates this year. Like the high school math teacher running for the U.S. Senate in Montana.

United States Politics and Government; Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, Senate 

Clowns.

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Opinion

A Beach Project Built on Sand

By ROBERT S. YOUNG | Aug 21st 2014

A plan to protect Fire Island and the mainland is a waste of money.

Hurricane Sandy (2012); Dunes; National Parks, Monuments and Seashores 

I approve but the politicians will not.

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Business Day

Nascar Sends Fans Into Battle to Expand Its Racing Empire

By STUART ELLIOTT | Aug 21st 2014

A new campaign promotes a revamped 10-race playoff format known as the Chase for the Nascar Sprint Cup, which is to be covered by ESPN from Sept. 14 through Nov. 16.

Nascar Sprint Cup Series; Automobile Racing; Advertising and Marketing 

In eight months or so I will have to relocate.

That is my guess.  I will get a second opinion soon.

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