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Science

Growing, and Growing Vulnerable

By CORNELIA DEAN | Sep 29th 2014

A new report from the National Research Council found that the effect of climate change is especially harsh on the United States barrier islands, which are also pressured by rapid development.

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms; Global Warming; Islands; Coast Erosion; Hurricane Sandy (2012); National Parks, Monuments and Seashores 

Buy the properties as they become available.

It is cheaper than defending them.

Let coastal flood insurance pay the value of the property before storm or sea level damage for title to the property.

We must not "build it back".

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Technology

Literary Lions Unite in Protest Over Amazon’s E-Book Tactics

By DAVID STREITFELD | Sep 29th 2014

Many more writers have signed on to Authors United, a group not only challenging Amazon on its Hachette dealings, but also asking federal authorities to investigate it on antitrust matters.

Book Trade and Publishing; E-Books and Readers; Writing and Writers; Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues

Amazon is not big enough yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rockefellers-john/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book#Formats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book#Digital_rights_management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book#E-reader_applications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library.nu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookFinder.com
"In 2005, BookFinder.com was acquired by AbeBooks,^[5] which itself was purchased by Amazon.com on August 1, 2008.^[6][7]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management

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U.S.

Vatican Investigates Missouri Bishop Who Shielded Pedophile Priest

By MICHAEL PAULSON | Sep 29th 2014

The Roman Catholic Church is investigating Bishop Robert W. Finn, who was convicted in 2012 for failing to report a priest suspected of sexual abuse of children.

Child Abuse and Neglect; Sex Crimes; Priests; Child Pornography

pedophile priest  redirects to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases
"After the United States, the country with the next highest number of reported cases is Ireland.^[21] A significant number of cases have also been reported in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.^[40] In 2004, the John Jay report tabulated a total of 4,392 priests and deacons in the U.S. against whom allegations of sexual abuse had been made."

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Opinion

Order vs. Disorder, Part 4

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Sep 30th 2014

The strategy of “containment” this go-round is not what it was during the Cold War.

Palestinians; Cold War Era

If ISIS does not receive significant logistic support the effort will degenerate to banditry in a few weeks. 

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Business Day

A U-Turn for a Terminal Built in Texas to Import Natural Gas

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Sep 29th 2014

Qatar Petroleum wants to export American gas by converting the terminal to export from import at a cost of at least $10 billion.

Natural Gas; International Trade and World Market

Price support for the frackers will bring screams with the cold weather.

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Opinion

Screening Smokers for Lung Cancer

Sep 29th 2014

Readers discuss the benefits and drawbacks of expanded screenings.

Lung Cancer; Smoking and Tobacco; Preventive Medicine; Tests (Medical); Medicare; Health Insurance and Managed Care

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/opinion/a-cancer-battle-we-can-win.html
"The study showed that in older people, both current and former heavy smokers, annual screening reduced the number of deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent."

I quit more than thirty years ago and never exceeded a pack a day.  I will get scanned.

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Business Day

New York Times Plans Cutbacks in Newsroom Staff

By RAVI SOMAIYA | Oct 1st 2014

The paper, saying it needed to reduce costs to safeguard profitability, said it would cut about 100 news jobs and a smaller number in other operations.

Layoffs and Job Reductions; Newspapers

I do not know what this means.
I suspect that management has discovered they are a business.

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Opinion

Dying Without Morphine

By RONALD PIANA | Sep 30th 2014

Why is it so hard to get pain relief in the developing worThe study showed that in older people, both current and former heavy smokers, annual screening reduced the number of deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent.ld?

Pain-Relieving Drugs; Morphine; Third World and Developing Countries; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Cancer; Pain

Drug gangs are very destructive. 
They compete with the government.

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World

Renewed Fighting Around Donetsk Airport Tests Ukraine Cease-Fire

By ANDREW ROTH | Sep 29th 2014

The upsurge in violence comes at a particularly critical time as Russian, Ukrainian and rebel officials are working on the boundaries of a buffer zone.

Defense and Military Forces

I worry.

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Business Day

Ray Lambrecht, Collector of Chevrolets, Is Dead at 96

By BRUCE WEBER | Sep 30th 2014

Mr. Lambrecht, who sold hundreds, maybe thousands, of cars and trucks in his career, had an eccentricity or two built into his business plan.

Deaths (Obituaries); Collectors and Collections

There are trucks all over the landscape.
Every farmer had several and used them.
I just want a practical vehicle.

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U.S.

Illinois: Worker Is Charged in Fire That Stalled Flights

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 26th 2014

A contract employee suspected of setting a fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control center brought two of the nation’s busiest airports to a halt for hours Friday.

Air Traffic Control; Fires and Firefighters; Airports; Delays (Transportation)

No more is known.

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World

U.S. Considers a No-Fly Zone to Protect Civilians From Airstrikes by Syria

By HELENE COOPER and ANNE BARNARD | Sep 26th 2014

The administration is open to establishing a buffer zone along the Turkish-Syrian border, where tens of thousands of Syrians have sought refuge.

United States Defense and Military Forces; Kurds; No-Fly Zones

"Let's you and him fight".

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Health

How Exercise May Protect Against Depression

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Sep 30th 2014

Exercise may help to safeguard the mind against depression through previously unknown effects on working muscles.

Depression (Mental); Exercise; Mental Health and Disorders

I agree that I need to get more active.

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Opinion

Paralysis Isn’t Inevitable

By JOE NOCERA | Sep 26th 2014

Solutions to “intractable” problems could be closer than we think.

Income Inequality; Gun Control; Social Conditions and Trends; Hedge Funds; Pensions and Retirement Plans; Organized Labor

I find force for change in this Nocera consideration.

The gun dealers work on profits from sales.
The gun buyers are driven by fear.
Micro stamping will make no difference to most gun violence.

Wealth inequality is the result of careful design by the wealthy.
The labor laws of the nineteen thirties were the result of social unrest during the great depression.  The depression that ended with the stimulus of the second world war.
We are not there yet.
Paralysis is preferable to the G.O.P.

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World

Mending Alliance, U.S. and Afghanistan Sign Long-Term Security Agreement

By DECLAN WALSH and AZAM AHMED | Sep 30th 2014

The agreement, long delayed, allows 9,800 American and about 2,000 NATO troops to remain in Afghanistan after the international combat mission formally ends on Dec. 31.

Afghanistan War (2001- ); United States Defense and Military Forces; Foreign Aid

We paid cash.

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U.S.

Utah: No Criminal Charges Over Tainted Iced Tea

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 26th 2014

No criminal charges will be filed in the case of a customer who nearly died after unknowingly drinking iced tea mixed with chemicals at a suburban Salt Lake City restaurant.

Food Contamination and Poisoning; Restaurants; Tea

Bad practice led to an accidental poisoning.

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Automobiles

Cadillac Recalls 17,500 SRX Crossovers in Canada

By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN | Sep 30th 2014

A rear suspension defect on 2010-15 model could affect vehicle handling and cause a crash, G.M. said.

Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Recalls and Bans of Products

The recall will come in the next few days.
GM has not been doing well.

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U.S.

Club Shooting in Rough Miami Neighborhood Continues a Cycle of Violence

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ | Sep 29th 2014

Miami police officers continued to try to make sense of what happened at 1 a.m. Sunday inside the Spot, a Caribbean nightclub, when gunfire broke out.

Murders and Attempted Murders; Bars and Nightclubs; Youth; Deaths (Fatalities); Firearms

A bar fight with guns.
The Miami paper should hire another reporter.
This one spoke to none of the participants.

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N.Y. / Region

City to Publicly Shame Harassing Landlords

By MIREYA NAVARRO | Sep 30th 2014

Starting next year, landlords who run afoul of an anti-harassment law will face public exposure on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development website.

Landlords; Renting and Leasing (Real Estate)

Free advertising.

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U.S.

Costs Can Go Up Fast When E.R. Is in Network but the Doctors Are Not

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Sep 28th 2014 )

Emergency room physicians are leaving patients with hefty bills: More and more, doctors who work in emergency rooms are private contractors who are out of network or do not accept any insurance plans.

Emergency Medical Treatment; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Doctors; Hospitals; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

I am warned.  I will have to find a primary care doc.