Tuesday, April 21, 2015

@18:30, 4/19/15

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Business Day

Video: Utility vs. Homeowners Over Solar Power

Erik Braund and Eugene Yi | Apr 18th 2015
In Hawaii, where 12 percent of the homes have solar panels, handling the surplus power is putting pressure on the state’s biggest utility, which is fighting to reduce what it pays for the energy.
Solar Energy; Electric Light and Power; States (US) 

The utility has a point.  The customers also have points.
The way to do it is to leave the utility out of the picture.
That means batteries and all the associated problems.
"There is no such thing as a free lunch"

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N.Y. / Region

At Organico, Where Organic Isn’t Simply Healthy

By JOANNE STARKEY | Apr 18th 2015
Organico’s atmosphere in Port Washington, N.Y., is sophisticated, and the cuisine has a flair.
Restaurants 

Another bar with pretensions.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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N.Y. / Region

Ever-Changing Flavors, With a Hint of Daring at Pairings Palate+Plate

By JOEL KELLER | Apr 18th 2015
The menu at Pairings Palate+Plate in Cranford, N.J., leans toward the daring, in both presentation and flavor combinations, and succeeds more often than it fails.
Restaurants
If you wish though I would pick another.

I cook food.
I eat food.

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World

Doubling of Search Zone Planned if Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Isn’t Found Before June

By THOMAS FULLER and MICHELLE INNIS | Apr 16th 2015
Officials from Malaysia, Australia and China are prepared to expand their search for the Malaysia Airlines jet that’s been missing for more than a year.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters 

The weather in the southern ocean will be bad.
It is never good.

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World

Video: Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Reuters | Apr 16th 2015
Officials from Malaysia and Australia said they would double the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 if its wreckage was not found in the current target area.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters; Airlines and Airplanes 

"Bermuda triangle"  in the wrong ocean.

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U.S.

Conflict Over Soil and Water Quality Puts ‘Iowa Nice’ to a Test

By MITCH SMITH | Apr 18th 2015
The state’s largest utility has sued three rural counties, saying they have done too little to prevent nitrates from farmland from getting into drinking water.
Agriculture and Farming; Water Pollution; Suits and Litigation (Civil) 

It is a relatively local case of "the tragedy of the commons".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

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Business Day

Safety Regulations Issued for Trains Carrying Oil

By JAD MOUAWAD | Apr 17th 2015
The new Transportation Department rules include a 40-mile-an-hour speed limit for hazardous materials moving through urban areas.
Railroad Accidents and Safety; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Transportation

Agencies

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Railroad_Administration
"Emphasis
The FRA's safety regulations target historical causal factors in order to prevent those same practices from causing additional accidents and employee injuries. Human caused accidents are the greatest single portion of all railroad accidents. Although newer regulations have been enacted to stem these human caused accidents, their numbers have only been in slow decline over the past several years. There are regulations that focus on "crash worthiness" but are not taken at the expense of "collision avoidance".[citation needed] Similar approaches prevail in Europe, where crashworthiness has become a mandatory, legal requirement applying to all new types of rolling stock, both high speed and conventional (see for instance Commission Decision 2011/291/EU) after having been a widespread feature since the eighties. The FRA also oversees distribution of funding to Amtrak and to the High Speed Rail initiatives currently under study in various states."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Transportation_Safety_Board
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Harmonized_System_of_Classification_and_Labelling_of_Chemicals

It took me a while to discover the administrative problem.
The F.R.A. is looking at the injuries not the accident.
The railroads hold that they were deregulated in 1995 with the end of the I.C.C.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Commerce_Commission

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Business Day

Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes

By DIANE CARDWELL | Apr 18th 2015
As homemade electricity gains popularity, it puts new pressures on old infrastructure and cuts into electric company revenue, pitting solar companies against utilities.
Solar Energy; Electric Light and Power; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

If we get off the grid we have lead acid batteries.
Exiting the system is not gaming the system.

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Sunday Review

Would You Want to Smell BBQ All the Time?

By KATE MURPHY | Apr 18th 2015
Communities puzzle over when to regulate odors.
Smell (Olfaction); Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; City Councils; Restaurants

It should be easy to feed these odoriferous gasses through a hot kiln.
The result would be carbon dioxide and water.  

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World

Serbian President’s Plane Takes Harrowing Plunge

By JOANNA BERENDT | Apr 17th 2015
No one on board was hurt during the minute-long dive, but the flight to Rome was sent back to Belgrade.
Airlines and Airplanes

A tired aircraft. 
It was past time for an expensive overhaul.

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Business Day

In Test for Unions and Politicians, a Nationwide Protest on Pay

By NOAM SCHEIBER | Apr 15th 2015
For political activists anticipating the 2016 presidential race, the minimum wage fight — and the challenge it poses to system they view as favoring the wealthy — is occurring at a potentially pivotal time.
Wages and Salaries; Minimum Wage; Fast Food Industry; Income Inequality; Strikes; Organized Labor

Labor remains in surplus.  The floor under wages must be set by law.

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U.S.

California Releases Revised Water Consumption Rules

By ADAM NAGOURNEY | Apr 18th 2015
State regulators took their second crack at a draft of community-by-community water reduction rules intended to cut urban potable water use by 25 percent statewide.
Water; Drought; Conservation of Resources

The point is to cut water usage. This program does that.
Much more draconian measures could be applied.
I could easily devise a combination meter and valve that would turn off the water after a set volume.  A clock could reset the meter for the next day.
The volume could be set at twenty gallons a day per person.

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U.S.

Obama’s Immigration Overhaul, Halted by Judge, Comes Before Appeals Court

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Apr 17th 2015
The government, facing a legal challenge by 26 states, is trying to reverse a preliminary injunction that placed the president’s executive action in limbo.
Illegal Immigration; Executive Orders and Memorandums

I do not expect the injunction to be lifted.
The attempt to limit presidential power over immigration enforcement will ultimately fail.

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Your Money

Identity Theft Poses Extra Troubles for Children

By RON LIEBER | Apr 17th 2015
Children’s credit records are clean, and they don’t check their credit reports, two conditions data thieves take advantage of.
Credit Scores; Children and Childhood; Identity Theft; Personal Finances

The rules have changed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number
We must take identity theft seriously.
The conservatives insist on "means testing" benefits.

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Opinion

Total Failure on Speedy Trials in New York

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 15th 2015
Putting courtrooms on Rikers Island would help reduce delays in the criminal justice system.
Prisons and Prisoners; Courts and the Judiciary

"The justice system plan announced this week by Mr. de Blasio and Judge Lippman calls for judges to prioritize the cases of the 1,500 or so people who have been held for more than a year without being convicted. The goal is to resolve half of those cases within six months. Cases that cannot be disposed of by plea bargain will be assigned a fixed trial date.
For this to work, corrections officials need to get inmates to court at the appointed time and police officers need to show up in court on time. Instead of seeking adjournments and delays, defense attorneys and prosecutors must be prepared and ready to proceed."

The proposed fix should not be applied.
Getting the stale cases out of the system is proper.
A prompt trial is a right.
Good policing is expensive.

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Westchester and Suffolk Counties

By MICHELLE HIGGINS | Apr 17th 2015
This week’s properties include a five-bedroom lake house in Islip, and a five-bedroom in Tarrytown.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)

Less house.  More other space.
We will have to think hard about spaces and living.

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N.Y. / Region

At a Long Island Beach, Human Tempers Flare Over Claws and Feathers

By LISA W. FODERARO | Apr 17th 2015
Conservationists say the piping plover, an endangered bird that nests on beaches in New York State, is threatened by a colony of feral cats, who are cared for by volunteers.
Plover (Bird); Cats

The community must make a choice.
The feral cats should leave the beach.

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N.Y. / Region

2 Brooklyn Landlords Accused of Making Units Unlivable Are Arrested

By MIREYA NAVARRO | Apr 16th 2015
Prosecutors did not immediately disclose the charges against Joel and Aaron Israel, who have been accused of creating hazardous conditions in their buildings to force tenants to leave.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Landlords; Rent Control and Stabilization

The lease must govern the relationship between landlord and tenant.

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Opinion

A New Day for the Minimum Wage?

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 16th 2015
All presidential aspirants should be obliged to spell out in detail where they stand on raising the minimum wage.
Minimum Wage; Wages and Salaries; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Collective Bargaining; Organized Labor; Labor and Jobs; Presidential Election of 2016; Income Inequality

All the candidates must run away from the issue of minimum wages if they hope to win election.

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World

Brazil: Phone and Internet Lines Are Cut for a Delinquent Rio State

By REUTERS | Apr 17th 2015
The state government of Rio de Janeiro, which is feverishly preparing for next year’s Olympic Games, has failed to pay its phone and Internet bills.
Olympic Games (2016); Credit and Debt

The nonpayment is incompetence.
We could speculate on what that means.

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World

Japan: Tensions in the Region Keep Defense Forces’ Jets Busy

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 15th 2015
The number of planes scrambled by the country’s defense forces had surged in recent years, nearly matching such activity during the Cold War amid growing activity by China and Russia in the region.
Cold War Era; Defense and Military Forces 

Japan is trying.  
They are hobbled by the constitution we gave them. 
The passage of time has not relieved us of the responsibilities we took on in 1945.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

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Opinion

Want Reform? Principals Matter, Too

By WILL MILLER | Apr 17th 2015
Teachers can’t do it all. The question of who leads a school is crucial.
Education (K-12); Principals (School); Teachers and School Employees

I want educated students as a result.
The fight is over the meaning of "educated".

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World

Pakistan: 47 Indian Fishermen Arrested

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | Apr 18th 2015
The fishermen were accused of violating Pakistan’s territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, the police said. Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency also seized eight boats, which it said had strayed into Pakistani waters.
Fishing, Commercial

The arrests and seizures are diplomacy by other means.
Leading marks are an ancient piloting technique.
If the fishermen can find their way home they can see the marks that indicate the territorial waters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_mark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_lights

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Food

Exploring California’s Bold Pinot Noir

By ERIC ASIMOV | Apr 16th 2015
A status report on the progress of wines from a relatively new region.
Wines; Pinot Noir (Wine)

Yes, some grape juice is different from other grape juice.

I am willing to live without potable ethanol.

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World

Snub at Ferry Memorial Shows Rawness of Wounds in South Korea

By CHOE SANG-HUN | Apr 16th 2015
At an anniversary service, President Park Geun-hye called on the country to move past the sinking that killed more than 300, but victims’ relatives refused to see her.
Maritime Accidents and Safety; Funerals and Memorials

"Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"

The proper memorial is changes in culture that will prevent all other similar disasters.

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U.S.

Texas: Bill Prohibiting Cities From Banning Fracking Advances

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 17th 2015
The move comes after voters in Denton, near Dallas, imposed a hydraulic fracturing ban to keep drilling outside their city limits.
Hydraulic Fracturing; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

The government of Texas is the enemy of the people of Texas.

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World

Brazil: Party Official Is Arrested

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 15th 2015
The federal police on Wednesday detained the treasurer of the governing Workers’ Party, João Vaccari Neto, in connection with an investigation into corruption at the state-run oil giant Petrobras.
Corruption (Institutional); Bribery and Kickbacks; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

I hope the crime is real.

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U.S.

Obama’s Immigration Overhaul, Halted by Judge, Comes Before Appeals Court

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Apr 17th 2015
The government, facing a legal challenge by 26 states, is trying to reverse a preliminary injunction that placed the president’s executive action in limbo.
Illegal Immigration; Executive Orders and Memorandums

The story is noise.  The problem is real.
I want to know the result.
There is no result yet.

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Sunday Review

Would You Want to Smell BBQ All the Time?

By KATE MURPHY | Apr 18th 2015

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Opinion

Why We Let Prison Rape Go On

By CHANDRA BOZELKO | Apr 17th 2015
As an inmate, I saw the way sexual assault is tacitly accepted as part of the punishment.
Sex Crimes; Prisons and Prisoners; Sexual Harassment; Law and Legislation

Some group must like it.
Only the guard structure has the power to prevent prison rape.
The implication that the guards are rapists is inescapable.
How to correct the behavior is not apparent.

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U.S.

Conflict Over Soil and Water Quality Puts ‘Iowa Nice’ to a Test

By MITCH SMITH | Apr 18th 2015

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N.Y. / Region

La Foresta in Killingworth is a Farmhouse With Big Visions and Big Portions

By SARAH GOLD | Apr 18th 2015
La Foresta in Likkingworth, C.T., is a former barn heavily remodeled by Francesco Lulaj into a Tuscan-style farmhouse serving huge Italian dinners.
Restaurants

 I am willing to give this one a miss.

Cooking for one or two is an art at which I am less than proficient.

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Business Day

In Test for Unions and Politicians, a Nationwide Protest on Pay

By NOAM SCHEIBER | Apr 15th 2015
 
The workers need decent pay.  
Only the law can extract it.
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Opinion

A New Day for the Minimum Wage?

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 16th 2015
All presidential aspirants will find that contributions flee minimum wage legislation.

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Sports

Kansas State Freshman Dismissed

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 18th 2015
Kansas State Coach Bruce Weber dismissed the freshman forward Malek Harris, the third player kicked off the team this off-season.
Coaches and Managers; Basketball (College)

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article18763743.html

The reasons are not public.

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U.S.

California Releases Revised Water Consumption Rules

By ADAM NAGOURNEY | Apr 18th 2015

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Sports

Russian Wins Women’s Free Skate

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 18th 2015
The world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva of Russia was first in the women’s free skate, but the United States held on in Tokyo to win the World Team Trophy.
Figure Skating

ok

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Opinion

Can You Be a Waitress and a Feminist?

By BRITTANY BRONSON | Apr 17th 2015
I put up with sexual harassment for the chance of a good tip.
Waiters and Waitresses; Sexual Harassment; Women and Girls; Restaurants; Labor and Jobs

Part, perhaps most, of what Los Vegas sells is the indulgence of primitive sexual fantasy.
Brittany Bronson is noticing her participation in the town's trade.
She could vote with her feet.
She would need another trade to supplement her adjunct income. 
Stringers for the Times in southern Nevada report on the town's trade.

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World

Rahul Gandhi, an Heir Apparent in India, Ends a Secretive Absence

By ELLEN BARRY | Apr 16th 2015
Mr. Gandhi, widely expected to take over leadership of the Indian National Congress party, returned to New Delhi after 57 days, having said he needed to “reflect on recent events.”
Sabbaticals and Career Breaks

Rahul Gandhi was transparent about his absence.
Celebrity interferes with thought.

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Real Estate

Demi Moore’s San Remo Penthouse for Sale

By ROBIN FINN | Apr 17th 2015
The triplex south tower penthouse, widely considered the crown jewel of the twin-peaked Emery Roth masterwork on Central Park West, is poised to enter the market for the first time in 25 years.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Historic Buildings and Sites

If I had the money or the income I would not invest it there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIWBl7HE4Ko
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