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By Chris Buckley | Sep 21st 2014
A scientist with the Global Carbon Project argues that China holds
the key to promoting renewable energy and limiting global warming.
Air Pollution; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Carbon Dioxide;
Coal; Fuel Efficiency; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; International Trade and
World Market; Nuclear Energy; Temperature; Wind Power
This is an external view.
The Central Committee holds a view.
An overview of the political situation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_global_warming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Area_Revitalization_Plan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China#Systemic_problems_and_environment
Health concerns in the near term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_of_China
Global warming is not mentioned.
Beijing appears not to be concerned.
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Opinion
Sep 21st 2014
Two articles about affordable housing draw responses on the need for more public units.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Public and Subsidized
Housing; Affordable Housing; Area Planning and Renewal; Do It Yourself;
Home Repairs and Improvements; Land Use Policies
Affordable housing is required for wage labor.
The costs of travel and living must be included in the cost of housing.
I am looking at a limit to urban growth.
The company town is an attempt at a solution.
Rapid transit provides temporary relief.
Crowding is a classic relief.
Public health limits crowding.
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World
By ALISON SMALE and LIZ ALDERMAN | Sep 21st 2014
Europe has found another way toward war.
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Business Day
By AARON M. KESSLER | Sep 20th 2014
The parking brake on the affected vehicles may remain partly engaged, causing the pads to generate enough heat to cause a fire.
Recalls and Bans of Products; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Brakes
The Engineering departments are not getting their work done.
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World
By SHUAIB ALMOSAWA and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Sep 21st 2014
President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi announced that the rebels, known
as the Houthis, had agreed to an immediate cease-fire and the formation
of a new government, a process in which they were expected to hold
sway.
Defense and Military Forces; Shiite Muslims; Sunni Muslims; Deaths (Fatalities)
Surrender does that.
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U.S.
By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER | Sep 21st 2014
An expansion comes under a president who campaigned for “a
nuclear-free world” and made disarmament a main goal of American defense
policy.
Nuclear Weapons; Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament;
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; United States Defense and Military
Forces; Factories and Manufacturing
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World
By RICK GLADSTONE | Sep 20th 2014
The correspondent has been attacked online and denounced as a
traitor after publication of an article about Islamic State recruiting
in Turkey.
News and News Media; Freedom of the Press; Newspapers
The truth is the only necessary defense.
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Opinion
Sep 21st 2014
Readers discuss the reasons behind abortions and the stigma and obstacles that some women face.
Abortion; Birth Control and Family Planning; Women and Girls; Law
and Legislation; Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision); Pregnancy and
Childbirth
The campaign against abortion will eventually destroy the Republican party if other things do not do it in first.
Life in itself is not that valuable.
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Sports
By JONATHAN MAHLER | Sep 21st 2014
Female sports broadcasters driving the Ray Rice and Adrian
Peterson stories see this as a potentially watershed moment for their
profession, a turning point that could bring them more fully into the
conversation.
Football; Women and Girls; News and News Media; Discrimination; Child Abuse and Neglect; Domestic Violence
Football is a game of violence.
Violent people play it.
Some violent people do not limit their behavior.
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World
By BEN HUBBARD | Sep 21st 2014
The refugee crisis near the Syrian border town of Ayn al-Arab
could be one of the greatest refugee flows since the civil war in Syria
began, said a United Nations official.
Refugees and Displaced Persons; Kurds
There is almost no food, fuel, or ammunition in eastern Syria.
Now there is less.
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World
By Vanessa Piao | Sep 22nd 2014
A nongovernmental organization that had run a rural library
project with as many as 22 libraries across China has announced it is
closing down, pointing to “tremendous pressure” from the local
authorities.
Education (K-12); Libraries and Librarians; Rural Areas; Volunteers and Community Service
Andrew Carneigie had a good idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library
I smell a culture war.
I do not yet know its form.
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Business Day
By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Sep 21st 2014
Citizens Financial Group is scheduled to price its initial public
offering this week, and BlackBerry is introducing the Passport phone.
Initial Public Offerings; Smartphones; BlackBerry (Handheld Device)
Blackberry was reported to be doing well this evening.
Give it a few weeks and look again.
The Royal Bank of Scotland has been in financial trouble for several years. CFG as an American spinoff
had a successful IPO. Their bushiness model is not clear to me. Bubbles cannot be reconstructed.
Lithuania has a terrible problem.
Their answer is equally terrible.
Putin would like to swallow them.
The euro will put them in depression.
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U.S.
By MITCH SMITH | Sep 21st 2014
Paul Davis, a candidate for governor, said he was not arrested or
charged in the incident and accused Republicans of “a desperate smear
campaign.”
Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, Governors; Strip Clubs and Strippers
I agree it is a nasty tactic.
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World
By ANDREW ROTH | Sep 21st 2014
Thousands of Russians marched through Moscow on Sunday in an
antigovernment demonstration criticizing President Vladimir V. Putin for
what they saw as his warmongering in Ukraine.
Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
"“I am disturbed that Russia is fueling a war in Ukraine,” said Sergey
Arefov, a lawyer who had attended opposition rallies here before. “I
believe it is very dangerous for us and for Europe.”"
The army is not about to turn around and march on Moscow as it did in 1917.
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World
By THOMAS ERDBRINK and CHRIS BUCKLEY | Sep 21st 2014
Two Chinese warships have docked at Iran’s principal naval port
for the first time in history, Iranian admirals said, as they prepared
for exercises focusing on rescues and anti-piracy operations.
Defense and Military Forces; Ships and Shipping; Ports; International Relations; Piracy at Sea; Embargoes and Sanctions
China wants oil.
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Sports
By BRAD SPURGEON | Sep 21st 2014
Hamilton took the lead in the Formula One drivers’ championship on
Sunday by winning the Singapore Grand Prix, leapfrogging his Mercedes
teammate, Nico Rosberg.
Automobile Racing
Formula one racing is meaningless.
It is an engineering contest.
Fun for the engineers but sterile for the road car.
Another day of travel.
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Business Day
Sep 21st 2014
The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
Stocks and Bonds; Credit and Debt
The news from the federal reserve is not good.
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World
By DOREEN CARVAJAL | Sep 20th 2014
Thick glass, with nothing to hitch a lock to, has begun replacing
the panels where thousands have symbolized everlasting devotion by
fastening hardware.
Bridges and Tunnels; Love (Emotion)
It is just a symbol.
The reality endures.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Opinion
By Seyla Benhabib | Sep 21st 2014
Adolf Eichmann was banal precisely because he was a fanatical anti-Semite, not despite it.
Anti-Semitism; Ethics (Personal); Holocaust and the Nazi Era; Philosophy
I appreciate Professor Seyla Benhabib's exposition.
I begin to understand Arendt's phrase "The banality of evil".
I have never put effort into German moral philosophy.
It gives me a headache to read it.
When I have spoken to people struggling with it I discover it is faulty.
That may be my understanding or the students understanding or the translator or even the philosopher.
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U.S.
By JENNIFER MEDINA | Sep 21st 2014
The governor signed bills to make it easier for low-income
Californians to obtain plug-in vehicles ahead of speaking engagements at
the United Nations’ Climate Summit 2014.
Automobiles; Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Global Warming
Electric cars are good, better than hybrids. Electric trains are better than any car or bus.
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