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Opinion

Accounting for the Expanding Carbon Shadow from Coal-Burning Plants

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Aug 28th 2014

A pitch for considering a lifetime’s worth of carbon dioxide emissions when examining power plants in the context of climate change.

Air Pollution; Carbon Dioxide; Coal; Electric Light and Power; Energy and Power; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Natural Gas 

ok

The only number we need pay attention to is the rate of burning of fossil carbon.

This number must approach zero now.

I would have it go negative if I could discover how.

As things stand we are committed to a killer climate now and for the foreseeable future. 

We have a few years before we notice we are dead.

How do you want to spend them? 

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Business Day

Shell Submits a Plan for New Alaskan Arctic Oil Exploration

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Aug 28th 2014

The company, which had experienced setbacks in its efforts in recent years, said it had not yet made a final decision on whether to drill next summer.

Offshore Drilling and Exploration 

Let the Russians do the learning.

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Automobiles

Wheelies: The Swift Sorento Sales Edition

By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Aug 28th 2014

Kia announces plans to increase global sales of its Sorento crossover, and it also invests $1 billion into a new factory in Mexico.

Automobiles; Factories and Manufacturing 

"As Russia’s car market contracts, Avtovaz, the country’s top automaker, says it will cut Lada production by about 25,000 cars over the next few months. Avtovaz, which is controlled by Renault-Nissan, built 438,400 Ladas and 20,800 Renault-Nissan cars last year. (The Moscow Times)"

It was a Fiat 510 I think.  Google search, images

no.  I remember the car but not the make.

Iowa was a real bad idea.

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Magazine

The Dawn of the Post-Clinic Abortion

By EMILY BAZELON | Aug 28th 2014

Some activists like Rebecca Gomperts are now imagining the unthinkable: a future where most abortions happen at home.

Abortion; Birth Control and Family Planning; Mifeprex (RU-486); Pregnancy and Childbirth; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Women and Girls; Medicine and Health 

This looks like people are successfully improvising.

There should be a service for late term problems.

The objectors do not fight fair. 

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Opinion

What We Write When It Won’t Rain

By ANNA NORTH | Aug 28th 2014

A new literature of drought may be emerging — one that harkens back to the past, but also warns of an uncertain future.

Books and Literature; Deserts; Drought; Global Warming; Shortages; Water; Weather; Writing and Writers 

filler, dunnage; not even boiler plate.

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World

Ex-Diplomat for the Vatican Could Be Tried

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Aug 25th 2014

The former ambassador to the Dominican Republic is accused of paying boys there to engage in sexual acts, and his diplomatic immunity has been revoked.

Sex Crimes; Child Abuse and Neglect; Diplomatic Immunity; Priests 

Jozef Wesolowski will always be news.

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Sports

Tony Stewart Will Return to Nascar Sprint Cup Series on Sunday

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 28th 2014

His return at Atlanta Motor Speedway will end a three-race hiatus taken after he struck and killed a fellow driver during a dirt-track race in upstate New York.

Automobile Racing; Nascar Sprint Cup Series 

The rat race will continue.

My sister has retired.  She will drive in Saturday.

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Sports

State Fair’s Big Attraction: The Newest Timberwolves

By PAT BORZI | Aug 26th 2014

There is not even a scrimmage.

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Opinion

A Better Deal for Franchisees and Workers

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug 27th 2014

A bill in California would redress imbalances of power between corporations and small-business franchisees, and it would encourage reforms in other states.

Franchises; Editorials; Corporations; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Wages and Salaries 

Let there be regulation.  

Life would continue without the franchised chains.

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Science

Don’t Judge Them by Their Shells

By C. CLAIBORNE RAY | Aug 25th 2014

 

Organic.  

Let them scratch.

The dog will learn.

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Business Day

Malaysia Airlines Financial Losses Grow

By REUTERS | Aug 28th 2014

Disasters on two flights this year have further damaged the already struggling carrier, which is poised for a reorganization.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; Malaysia Airlines Flight 17; Airlines and Airplanes; Company Reports 

It is part of the government.  

There is no need for it to turn a profit.

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Opinion

Winged Warning: Heavy Metal Song Distortion

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Aug 28th 2014

A series on birds as environmental sentinels includes a story on how mercury contamination distorts birds’ songs.

Birds; Environment; Food Contamination and Poisoning; Mercury (Metal); Oceans and Seas; Pesticides; Poisoning and Poisons 

Interesting.

It is not autism.

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U.S.

Convictions of Amish Sect Leader and Followers Overturned in Hair-Cutting Attacks

By ERIK ECKHOLM | Aug 27th 2014

Samuel Mullet Sr. and eight followers, who cut the hair and beards of Amish rivals in Ohio in 2011, will remain in prison as prosecutors decide their next step.

Amish; Assaults; Hate Crimes; Beards and Mustaches; Sentences (Criminal); Religious Cults; Prisons and Prisoners 

In the north east I believe.

I picked a place off Google maps by the satellite pictures.   The real choice is yours.

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Business Day

California Agrees to Expand Film and TV Incentive

By MICHAEL CIEPLY | Aug 27th 2014

The state hopes to win back film production, which dropped by about half in the last 15 years, as a result of incentives from the national government and other states.

Movies; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; State Legislatures; Law and Legislation 

Film went to California for the light and the then cheap space.

Space is not cheap now and the light is not used.

The community keeps the industry.

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Magazine

Mitch McConnell Is Headed Down the Stretch

By JONATHAN MARTIN | Aug 27th 2014

A Republican congress would be a disaster.

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Health

Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone Is Tied to One Funeral

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. | Aug 28th 2014

An explosion of cases in early summer seems to stem from a traditional healer’s funeral at which 14 women were infected, according to scientists.

Ebola Virus; Epidemics; SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) 

Ebola will kill about half of West Africa.

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Technology

Judge Turns Down Apple’s Bid to Halt Samsung Phone Sales

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 27th 2014

The ruling came nearly four months after a jury awarded Apple $119 million in damages for Samsung’s infringements on technology used in the iPhone.

Smartphones; iPhone 

Apple should stop playing the patent game.

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U.S.

Immigration Clash Could Lead to Shutdown

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Aug 27th 2014

President Obama is believed to be preparing to take executive action on immigration, and Republicans are considering removing funding to effectively block the order, possibly prompting a spending stalemate just before November elections.

Immigration and Emigration; Federal Budget (US); United States Politics and Government; Law and Legislation; Midterm Elections (2014); Shutdowns (Institutional) 

A wonderful development.  

Only the most committed of the Republican base will vote.

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World

Obama Authorizes Air Surveillance of ISIS in Syria

By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER | Aug 25th 2014

The flights approved by President Obama would be a precursor to broader airstrikes against Sunni militants, which are already taking place in Iraq.

United States Defense and Military Forces; Military Aircraft; Drones (Pilotless Planes); United States Politics and Government 

Spin.

Pictures do not directly kill.

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U.S.

Former Virginia Governor Sorry for Accepting Gifts, but Defends Loan Deals

By JONATHAN WEISMAN | Aug 26th 2014

The prosecutor and Bob McDonnell, the former governor, had heated exchanges about a loan proposed to Mr. McDonnell at a highly favorable rate by the businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr.

Bribery and Kickbacks; Gifts to Public Officials; Governors (US) 

Pleading guilty would have been cleaner.

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