Tuesday, November 25, 2014

@3:20, 11/25/14

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N.Y. / Region

Notable Absence of New Ebola Quarantines at New York Area Airports


The Governors exceeded their power.

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Automobiles

Photos From the Los Angeles Show

Opinion

Uber’s Rough Ride

The car-service app has engineering talent and business savvy. All it lacks is some grown-ups to manage it.
Car Services and Livery Cabs 

A good service with bad management.
It appears to underpay the drivers.

4
U.S.

In Same-Sex Marriage Calculation, Justices May See Golden Ratio

Same-sex marriage will be banned in 15 states at most if the Supreme Court takes up the question this term or next. That could be an important number.
Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships 

Adam Liptak is searching for hope for a ban on gay marriage.

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Opinion

G.M.’s Victims Get an Extension

Allowing an extra month for the owners of defective cars to submit claims for death and serious injuries is the right call.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Liability for Products; Editorials; Reparations; Traffic Accidents and Safety 

G.M. has not escaped liability. 

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Opinion

In Pursuit of an Oddly Shaped Comet

Scientists hope the Rosetta mission will help them decipher clues to the formation of the solar system.
Space and Astronomy; Comets; Editorials; Solar System; Research 

We keep learning.
Most of science looks plodding.

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Technology

Settlement in Apple Case Over E-Books Is Approved

A deal in the antitrust case would give consumers $400 million in cash and e-book credits, and lawyers $50 million. But an appeal is still pending.
E-Books and Readers; Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) 

At this time there are no heroes in publishing. 

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Opinion

Love and Gravity

Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” illustrates how modern science has changed the way we look at love, philosophy and religion.
Movies; Love (Emotion); Science and Technology; Space and Astronomy 

The tale is conscious fantasy.

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Opinion

Learning From Kobani

A reader discusses the importance of the Syrian town of Kobani as a model of direct democracy.
Kurds; Democracy (Theory and Philosophy); Politics and Government 

Direct democracy has been found unstable repeatedly.

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Sports

F.S.U. Coach’s Call-In Show Is a No-Sin Zone

On his radio call-in show, Jimbo Fisher, the Florida State football coach, hears plenty of praise, but no questions about the team’s off-field scandals.
Football (College); Radio; College Athletics 

The Roman Circus had fans.

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Business Day

The Fight for $15.37 an Hour

Forces both inside and outside the traditional labor movement united to campaign for a higher minimum wage for hotel workers in Los Angeles.
Minimum Wage; Labor and Jobs; Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Organized Labor 

Another sumptuary law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumptuary_law

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World

Prosecution of Uighur Students Underscores Perils of Chinese Clampdown

At least three students are expected to stand trial on Tuesday on charges of having worked for the imprisoned activist Ilham Tohti.
Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Censorship; Uighurs (Chinese Ethnic Group) 

The central government of China is worried.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_period

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U.S.

Oklahoma: Education Waiver Is Restored for State

The Department of Education announced Monday that Oklahoma — which lost its No Child Left Behind waiver after repealing Common Core — would have its waiver reinstated.
Education (K-12); No Child Left Behind Act 

"No Child Left Behind" is recognized as unworkable.
33 state waivers

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World

Officials Revise Goals on Containing Ebola After Signs of Wider Exposure in Mali

The leaders of the United Nations and the World Health Organization said nearly 500 people in Mali and Guinea had been exposed to a sickened imam who had been misdiagnosed.
Ebola Virus 

The reported numbers are not meaningful.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html
As of 11/24 the CDC reports:
Guinea204717451214
Liberia708226692963
Sierra Leone619051521267
Total1531995665444
.6 X 15319 = 9191.4 estimated dead.  .61 X 15319 = 9344.6

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N.Y. / Region

Confession in Patz Murder Case Can Be Used at Trial, Judge Decides

The decision clears the way for a jury to decide if Pedro Hernandez is guilty of one of New York City’s most infamous crimes.
Confessions; Interrogations; Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Missing Persons 

We may have a compliant judge on this case.

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U.S.

You Can Freeze Your Eggs. You Can't Freeze Time.

Apple and Facebook have started a useful conversation with the novel perk of enabling employees to freeze their eggs. But I have a message for women considering this option: it may not work.
In Vitro Fertilization; Infertility; Parenting; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Women and Girls; Work-Life Balance 

Yes.

I am not seeking children.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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World

Shabab Gunmen Attack Bus in Kenya and Kill 28

The Somalian insurgent group attacked a bus in northeastern Kenya and killed passengers who were not Muslims, saying they were responding to raids by Kenyan forces on four mosques.
Terrorism; Buses; Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides 

Religious wars continue.

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World

With Borscht and Rifle Scopes, Volunteers Power Ukraine Forces


Not for the first time.

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Automobiles

Monday Motorsports: Hamilton Wins Formula One Title

 
OK
 
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Science

F.D.A. Approves Hysingla, a Powerful Painkiller


Just call it opium.

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@10:00

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N.Y. / Region

Notable Absence of New Ebola Quarantines at New York Area Airports


2
Automobiles

Photos From the Los Angeles Show


GMC has a better truck.

3
Opinion

In Pursuit of an Oddly Shaped Comet


4
U.S.

In Same-Sex Marriage Calculation, Justices May See Golden Ratio

Business Day

The Fight for $15.37 an Hour


This is a sumptuary law.

6
U.S.

Oklahoma: Education Waiver Is Restored for State

N.Y. / Region

Confession in Patz Murder Case Can Be Used at Trial, Judge Decides


Inexcusable.

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Opinion

Love and Gravity


Fantasy.

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N.Y. / Region

Mayor de Blasio Urges ‘Culture Change’ at Rikers Island


De Blasio  may be able to impose the change.

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World

Officials Revise Goals on Containing Ebola After Signs of Wider Exposure in Mali

 
The numbers are bad.

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Opinion

G.M.’s Victims Get an Extension

 
good.

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Sports

F.S.U. Coach’s Call-In Show Is a No-Sin Zone


Meaningless.

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World

With Borscht and Rifle Scopes, Volunteers Power Ukraine Forces


Joe Stalin imposed order last time.

14
Real Estate

Office Landlords in New York Splurge on Opulent Holiday Displays

For the first time since the recession, many of Manhattan’s real estate firms are spending lavishly on decorations, some investing $1 million on displays.
Real Estate (Commercial); Landlords; Christmas; Christmas Trees; World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY); 1 World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY) 

New York invented Santaclause.

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Opinion

The Incredible Shrinking Action in Atlantic City

The once-thriving casinos continue a long, painful slide from the glory days of the 1970s. The Trump Taj Mahal may be the next to close.
Casinos; Gambling; Labor and Jobs; Unemployment 


"Winter is coming"   The Stark motto
 
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World

Pope, in France, Urges Europe to Open Its Arms to Refugees

Pope Francis told the European Parliament that the Continent had become too “fearful and self-absorbed” and needed to give “acceptance and assistance” to people fleeing war and poverty.

The Pope is never secular.
Francis understands the secular.

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U.S.

Both Ends Want Bullet Train; It’s Those in Middle Who Object

A proposed bullet train would cover the four-hour drive between Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes. But the noise and the route possibilities concern rural residents along the way.
Railroads; Travel and Vacations 

A cut and cover tunnel might be the best approach.   Impact would be minimized.

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Opinion

Sealing Juvenile Records

Marcy Mistrett of the Campaign for Youth Justice writes that “the juvenile court must follow its original mandate and allow all young people to have a second chance.”
Juvenile Delinquency; Crime and Criminals; Youth 

A modification that would allow sentences to run beyond age eighteen might be appropriate.  A requirement for education would be proper. 
Restricting the contact cohort by age would help.

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World

Shabab Gunmen Attack Bus in Kenya and Kill 28



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Technology

Settlement in Apple Case Over E-Books Is Approved




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