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World
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Oct 25th 2014
The death of James Foley in August at the hands of Islamic State
jihadists in Syria was a very public end to a hidden ordeal shared with
nearly two dozen other Westerners.
Kidnapping and Hostages
There is nothing direct I will do about the I.S.campaign.
I choose not to participate in a genocide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857
Direct action is ineffective in ideological warfare.
Persuasion through material desires is what I.S. fears.
It is my chosen mode of attack.
There is the immediate problem of physical jehad.
A Southern senator of the 1930s was asked how he felt about euthanasia.
He replied "Why should we do for Asian boys what Asian boys should do for themselves?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan
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N.Y. / Region
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MICHAEL BARBARO | Oct 26th 2014
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that people quarantined in New York who
do not show symptoms of the disease would be allowed to remain at home.
Ebola Virus
Cooler heads have prevailed for now.
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U.S.
By SHAILA DEWAN | Oct 25th 2014
Using a law designed to help catch drug traffickers, racketeers
and terrorists by tracking their cash, the government has gone after
run-of-the-mill business owners and wage earners.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Crime and Criminals; Federal Taxes (US)
There are those who hate the I.R.S.
"On Thursday, in response to questions from The New York Times, the
I.R.S. announced that it would curtail the practice, focusing instead on
cases where the money is believed to have been acquired illegally or
seizure is deemed justified by “exceptional circumstances.”"
The practice is abusive.
A change in the law is appropriate.
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Opinion
By JAMIE A. KOUFMAN | Oct 25th 2014
The increase in acid reflux may partly be due to dinners after 8 p.m.
Gastroesophageal Reflux (Acid Reflux); Diet and Nutrition
Late meals may be a problem.
You may have to break for supper.
Between us we can create a solution.
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N.Y. / Region
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Oct 25th 2014
Health officials said that while Dr. Craig Spencer remained awake
and communicative, his condition worsened over the weekend with the
appearance of gastrointestinal symptoms.
Ebola Virus
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html
No update.
http://www.ianwelsh.net/the-existential-philosophy-of-decline-and-collapse/
If you need it.
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U.S.
Atomic Entertainment | Oct 24th 2014
Alan Eustace, a senior vice president at Google, broke the world record for high-altitude jumps.
Parachutes and Parachute Jumping
It is an enormous jump.
He did and we are trying to plan thoroughly.
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N.Y. / Region
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS | Oct 25th 2014
In an essay posted online, Kaci Hickox, who was being quarantined
at a New Jersey hospital after working with Ebola patients in Sierra
Leone, complained of a “frenzy of disorganization.”
Ebola Virus; Nursing and Nurses
Chris Christi is abusive.
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Fashion & Style
Samantha Stark and Ashley Maas | Oct 17th 2014
East Hampton natives Eric Moss and Catherine Warren went to the
same high school and were re-introduced by a mutual friend. They bonded
quickly over a love of the rural Long Island of their childhood.
Weddings and Engagements
It is a fine form for an announcement.
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Fashion & Style
By ALEX KUCZYNSKI | Oct 24th 2014
The actress revealed a surgically altered face last Monday, and everyone seemed to take it personally.
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Health
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Oct 24th 2014
A new, more technically demanding regimen than the original
7-Minute Workout, one that requires a couple of dumbbells but still
takes only seven minutes. With a free app that you can use on your phone
or other device.
Exercise
I would not get through it.
I would have to start more slowly.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/
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Opinion
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF | Oct 25th 2014
Fixing the education system is the civil rights challenge of our
era, especially as the United States is being eclipsed in economic and
educational mobility.
Education; Income Inequality; Civil Rights and Liberties
Unequal education loops with unequal income to produce a helix of disaster.
The rich and the ignorant like it that way.
The system must be corrected.
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Automobiles
Tom Voelk/Driven | Oct 14th 2014
Promising thrills, Acura instead delivers a bit of understatement and logic.
Automobiles
I value less automated vehicles.
I always wonder what they mated with.
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Fashion & Style
Shayla Harris and Vanessa Friedman | Sep 7th 2014
Vera Wang, fashion designer, chats with Vanessa Friedman about how
her private office is her “haven-slash-disco-slash-mental hospital”
from the pressure and demands of building her brand.
Fashion and Apparel; New York Fashion Week; September Fashion Week (2014)
Yes,
a studio space. I have not designed it yet.
My needs are different from hers.
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Opinion
By GABRIELE OETTINGEN | Oct 24th 2014
It calms you down but drains you of energy.
Psychology and Psychologists; Women and Girls
Balance is necessary.
The positive is only one side.
I am allowed to set my personal life against the world situation.
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U.S.
By PETER BAKER | Oct 26th 2014
As Jeb Bush nears a decision to become the third member of his
storied family to seek the presidency, the extended Bush clan and its
attendant network are largely rallying behind the prospect and pulling
the old machine out of the closet.
Presidential Election of 2016
He will not get my vote.
I would encourage him to run and assure Hillary her victory if I were a bit more confident of the result.
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U.S.
By PAM BELLUCK | Oct 26th 2014
A small study shows that an antioxidant in chocolate appears to improve some memory skills that people lose as they age.
Memory; Chocolate; Research
I am happy that I am not fond of dutch chocolate.
I will whine about the high sugar content.
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Magazine
By BRUCE GRIERSON | Oct 22nd 2014
Ellen Langer’s experiments have shown that mental attitudes might
reverse some ravages of old age. Now she wants to test that same radical
principle on cancer.
Age, Chronological; Psychology and Psychologists
I hope she gets some confirmation.
It is an area deserving of study.
I would like a careful examination of her statistics.
Distortion is the essence of her studies.
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Fashion & Style
Joanna Nikas | Oct 24th 2014
Is there an appropriate code of dress for memorial services today?
Funerals and Memorials; Fashion and Apparel; Monuments and Memorials
(Structures); Deaths (Obituaries); Models (Professional)
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U.S.
By KIRK JOHNSON and SHAILA DEWAN | Oct 25th 2014
When Jaylen Ray Fryberg pulled out a handgun in the school
cafeteria on Friday, according to witnesses, he did not randomly target
fellow students, nor authority figures, but friends.
School Shootings and Massacres; Murders and Attempted Murders
I could guess but I don't know.
Fourteen is the edge of sexuality.
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Sports
By LINDSAY CROUSE | Oct 25th 2014
The top women competing in the New York City Marathon increasingly
find ways to accommodate pregnancies and training in their busy
schedules.
Pregnancy and Childbirth; New York City Marathon; Marathon Running
The tests in athletics are well defined. Speed, endurance and precision are easily measured. In any contest there is a winner. Performance in the business environment is less easily measured. Profits are credited to teams. Often the credit goes to the team leader, the loudest member of the team.
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