Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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N.Y. / Region

MetroCard Glitch Snarls Commute for Nearly 10,000 Riders

Opinion

In Peru, a Fight Over Land Rights

World

Panel Details Plan to Give Scotland More Powers

Sports

Wales and England Pass Their Rugby Tests

 
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

The U Conn women are winning.
U.S.

Kindle Versus Ipad: Which Tablet Is Best for Kids?

When choosing a child’s tablet, remember that you are making a down payment toward a content library that will last for years. Making a hasty decision based on price may backfire.
Amazon Kindle; E-Books and Readers; iPad; Mobile Applications; Nintendo DS (Video Game System); Parenting; Tablet Computers 

I like to try to design my life.
I would prefer Android of the choices offered.
Each child is different. 
Rowlings' Sorting Hat would make choices easier.
The tablet must match the person.
The Ipad comes as close to one size fits all as has been found.
Health

More Pastors Embrace Talk of Mental Ills

Matt Brogli, a Southern Baptist pastor in North Carolina, is among a growing number of evangelical clergy members sending mentally troubled congregants to secular professionals.
Mental Health and Disorders; Evangelical Movement; Christians and Christianity; Psychology and Psychologists; Depression (Mental); Addiction (Psychology) 

The Christian model of the universe does not fit my
observed reality.  Other religious models do no better.

Mental difficulties are best handled without a theory of the universe.
Though God may be in his Heaven all is not right with the world . . .
 
Opinion

Get Real, Boris Johnson!


"If then else" is computer logic.
When I apply it to Boris Johnson's tax situation he should be prosecuted for tax evasion.  He is not.
U.S. tax law must be faulty.
Health

Federal Study Finds 55 Percent of Infants Sleep With Soft Bedding, Raising Risk of Death

In recent years declines in the use of soft bedding, which increases the risk of suffocation and SIDS, have slowed or stalled entirely, according to a federal study.
Babies and Infants; Asphyxiation, Choking, and Suffocation; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Sleep; Cribs (Baby Beds) 

Government can regulate businesses.
Regulating grandmothers is much more difficult. 
N.Y. / Region

A Store Closes, but the Business Survives

After being priced out of the East Village, Neil Mendeloff thought his garden supply store might be done — until a move allowed for a leaner but still-successful operation.
Real Estate (Commercial); Relocation of Business; Renting and Leasing (Real Estate) 

The bicycle business will relocate to Gowanus as it should have done years ago.

It appears I must also relocate.
 
Health

F.D.A. Issues Caution on Use of Uterine Surgery Device That Can Spread Cancer

The agency warns that the tool ought not be used for most women, but critics complain that anything short of a ban is bad policy.
Uterine Cancer; Uterus; Surgery and Surgeons; Medical Devices; Recalls and Bans of Products; Women and Girls; Tumors; Vagina 

The F.D.A. is probably right.
The morcelation device will quickly vanish from most surgical practice.  It will remain in cosmetic surgery where the risks are differently measured. 
Education

Old Tactic Gets New Use: Public Schools Separate Girls and Boys

 
Use what works.
Business Day

Treasury Auctions for the Week of Dec. 1

 
No change.
U.S.

In Religious Order, Texas Women Find a Place to Call Home

In 2009, eight Catholic sisters came to Austin at the invitation of Bishop Gregory Aymond to teach and establish a new permanent residence for the Dominican Sisters of Mary.
Private and Sectarian Schools; Women and Girls 

There is nothing I want to do for them or to them.
I think their world view is wrong.
I am not going to try to change it.
Opinion

The Billionaires’ Park

Public spaces are increasingly built and cared for with private funds.
Parks and Other Recreation Areas; Philanthropy; Income Inequality 

All who can vote must vote in all elections.
Cities serve all their residents.
I wonder about the rats, mice and bugs.
World

International Aid Agencies Call for Temporary Exit From Afghanistan

Citing Taliban attacks in Kabul in the last three weeks, several agencies have said that although they want to stay, the current situation is too dangerous.
Terrorism; Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates; Humanitarian Aid; Foreign Workers; Foreign Aid 

Agencies cannot directly help those who reject them.
Populations are not homogeneous.
Opinion

A Rare Chance for Two Governors


yes
Opinion

Counting Benghazi Blessings

Congress has been very busy this year, so let’s give thanks for all the investigations into the 2012 attack on an American compound in Libya.
Benghazi Attack (2012); United States Politics and Government 

The G.O.P. cannot accept it is in error.
Business Day

HBO Signs Deal With Tencent of China

Tencent, which is big in social networking and gaming, gains exclusive rights to stream HBO shows online in China, where they will be subject to government approval.

H.B.O. should take their money.
Censorship should be by entire episodes or in the subtitles.
N.Y. / Region

Report Faults New York City Hall for Closed-Door Meeting

An investigative report cited miscommunications between the mayor’s office and the Department of Education for the decision to bar reporters from a meeting at a public school in July.
Organized Labor; News and News Media; Freedom of the Press 

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Science

A Vulture’s Gut Is Simple but Seems Effective

Their guts contain only 76 micro-organisms, yet they are not harmed when ingesting wastes from a carcass.
Birds; Digestive Tract; Microbiology 

All the vultures that could die of their diet died.

Nature is not conscious.



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