Thursday, October 2, 2014

@20:20, 10/1/14

|



1
Opinion

The Next Nine Years

Will Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. preside over a conservative majority, become a beleaguered dissenter or migrate to the center of a new spectrum?
Appointments and Executive Changes 

Important but unknown.  It has been a busy decade.

2
Automobiles

Wheelies: The Upscale CR-V Edition

Honda begins sale of its refreshed 2015 CR-V crossover; E.P.A. downgrades fuel economy rating on 2013-14 Mercedes-Benz C300 4-matic sedans.
Automobiles; Telephones and Telecommunications 

"AT&T appears to be winning a turf battle against Verizon — the largest American wireless provider — over connected cars. So far, AT&T has announced connected-car deals with eight automakers, while Verizon has clinched only four. (Reuters)" 

More time on the road.

3
World

Q. and A.: Scott Moore on Moving China's Water from South to North

Scott Moore, an expert on China’s water policies, discusses why the Chinese government has committed so much money and effort to the South-North Water Diversion Project, which will carry water from the Yangtze River and its tributaries and channel it to northern China, where water shortages are worsening.
Floods; Hydraulic Fracturing; Rivers; Water; Water Pollution 

It is feasible.
I wonder if it is properly scaled.
The Chinese are as clever at engineering as any.
Water for fracking is finite.  It will not be a big worry.
Environmental impact may be greater than thought.

4
Business Day

Multinational Tax Strategies Put Public Coffers at Risk

If global corporations can continue to evade taxation, the burden of government financing could fall disproportionately on ordinary workers.
Tax Shelters; Corporate Taxes; Taxation; Tax Evasion; Labor and Jobs; Corporations 

The tax code is adjustable.
It can be changed as required.
Eduardo Porter's patrons may scream but they must pay or move.

5
Fashion & Style

Those Lips, Those Eyes, That Hair

Unafraid of color Charli XCX, the English pop star, favors dark eyes and bold lips.
Beauty (Concept); Cosmetics and Toiletries; Skin; Hair 

Your choice.
Clean is good.

6
U.S.

Loss of a Democratic Power Leaves Arkansas in Doubt

Democrats face tough challenges in a state that is drifting right. Their popular governor must leave office because of term limits, and outside interests loom larger in a race that may determine control of the Senate.
Midterm Elections (2014); Series; Elections, Senate 

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/senate-update-dont-take-these-poll-results-at-face-value/

7
N.Y. / Region

Revel Casino in Atlantic City Is Sold to Real Estate Company

Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to pay $110 million for the property that cost $2.4 billion to build and closed a month ago.
Casinos 

Board room fights.

8
Business Day

Columbia University Reports 17.5% Return on Endowment

The result, which brings the endowment’s value to $9.2 billion, compares with the 20.2 percent return for the Ivy League leader so far, Yale.
Endowments; Stocks and Bonds; Colleges and Universities 

ok

9
Opinion

Politics, Alaska-Style

A Senate candidate boasts of a “frostbit” ear and “helmet hair.”
Midterm Elections (2014); United States Politics and Government; Political Advertising; Elections, Senate 

We will know how Alaska voted
when the returns come in.

10
Sports

Oslo Withdraws Bid to Host 2022 Olympics, Citing Cost

The move leaves two remaining candidates to host the 2022 Winter Games: Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Olympic Games; Olympic Games (2022) 

The I.O.C. may have to try again.
 
11
Arts

The Figures Behind the Catwalk

A look at the four main fashion weeks around the world in New York, London, Milan and Paris.
New York Fashion Week; Paris Fashion Week; Milan Fashion Week; London Fashion Week 

I seem to be less and less conscious of clothing.
 

12
Business Day

G.M. Sales Rebound in September to Increase 19%

The automaker’s sales volume gained 19 percent and retail sales to individual consumers rose 17 percent compared with a year ago.
Automobiles; Sports Utility Vehicles and Light Trucks 

The one percent are doing well.

Liar loans for cars help the numbers.

13
Opinion

Order vs. Disorder, Part 4

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

Thomas Friedman is not thinking.

14
Opinion

Dying Without Morphine

Why is it so hard to get pain relief in the developing world?
Pain-Relieving Drugs; Morphine; Third World and Developing Countries; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Cancer; Pain 

Push Methadone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methadone
"Methadone is listed under Schedule I of the Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs 1961 and is regulated in the same basic fashion as morphine in most countries as a result."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs

15
U.S.

Obama Approves Plan to Let Children in Central America Apply for Refugee Status

The program is aimed at helping to discourage many children from making a long, dangerous trek across Mexico in an attempt to cross into the United States and join their parents.
Illegal Immigration; Children and Childhood; Refugees and Displaced Persons 

The plan will not have an effect.
The refugee children are running from abuse.

16
Sports

Tony Stewart Ponders a Death He Can’t Forget

In his first news conference since his car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. in an Aug. 9 race, Stewart said he never considered quitting Nascar.

Growing in public is not easy. 

17
Arts

SculptureCenter Steps Out Into the Light

Founded 86 years ago in Brooklyn as the Clay Club, a little-visited European-style kunsthalle that’s now in Long Island City has undergone a renovation that will make it more of a museum.
Art; Museums; Restoration and Renovation; Sculpture 

Collectors.

18
World

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


Self interest wins another round.

19
U.S.

Money Allocated for Immigration Lawyers

The Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would provide $9 million over two years for lawyers to represent unaccompanied minors in their deportation cases.
Illegal Immigration; Deportation; Immigration and Emigration; Legal Profession 

$3,460 for the defense of each child.
The bill will be more than $200,000,000. next year.

20
Science

A Study Bolsters a Call to Use Long-Acting Contraceptives

In a program offering sexually active teenagers in St. Louis free birth control, pregnancy and abortion rates were less than a quarter of those of such teenagers nationally,
Pregnancy and Childbirth; Teenage Pregnancy; Birth Control and Family Planning; Poverty; Women and Girls; Youth 

This looks like a good thing to do.


|

No comments:

Post a Comment