Tuesday, May 26, 2015

@22:25, 5/25/15

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1
World

Former Korean Air Executive in ‘Nut Rage’ Case Freed After Sentence Cut

By CHOE SANG-HUN | May 22nd 2015


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N.Y. / Region

Locally Made Cheeses Are Having a Moment in Connecticut

By CHRISTOPHER BROOKS | May 22nd 2015
As farm markets prepare to open for the summer season, there is one commodity that shoppers can expect to see much more of among the tables of fresh corn, greens and tomatoes: locally made cheese.
Cheese; Dairy Products 

I do not want to do animal husbandry.
You can have a barn.

3
Opinion

To Baku and Back With Freebies

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 25th 2015
An approved all-expenses-paid trip highlights the need for the House Ethics Committee to apply far greater scrutiny.
Ethics and Official Misconduct; United States Politics and Government 

I learned as a kid that if I looked under rocks I would find things that lived under rocks.
There should be fewer of those things in congress.

4
Science

Ants That Show Some Spring in Their Jaws to Escape

By JAMES GORMAN | May 25th 2015
Trap-jaw ants have mandibles with which they can jump by striking something solid. A recent study showed how the action is used against ant lions.
Insects; Ants; Jaw (Body Part) 

Fascinating facts.

https://www.plos.org/

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World

Allegations Against French Peacekeepers Highlight Obstacles in Addressing Abuse

By SOMINI SENGUPTA | May 25th 2015
Nearly a year after French troops were accused of abusing boys while on a United Nations mission in Central African Republic, no one has been charged, let alone punished.
Defense and Military Forces; Child Abuse and Neglect 

I would be more interested if 
such accusations were not such an easy unconventional attack. 

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Business Day

Fighting Pollution From Microbeads Used in Soaps and Creams

By RACHEL ABRAMS | May 22nd 2015

The material is an approximation of old sand if it sinks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_gravity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene
Density 0.91–0.96 g/cm3[1]
It floats.
PE micro beads will be found in the surface layer of the waters.
Subject to ultraviolet degradation.
Surface feeders will eat them without damage to the creature or the bead.
Just more fiber.
 
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U.S.

Texas and Oklahoma Ravaged by Severe Weather and Flooding

By MICHAEL WINES | May 25th 2015
Drenching rains swept through both states, forcing thousands of people from their homes and killing at least three.
Floods; Weather; Rain 

It was a big flash flood.

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World

Peace Activists Cross Demilitarized Zone Separating Koreas

By CHOE SANG-HUN | May 24th 2015
Gloria Steinem was among a group of 30 female peace activists who crossed by bus on Sunday from North Korea to South Korea, calling for an end to unresolved hostility.
International Relations; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Korean War 

Peace would destroy North Korea.
China could not tolerate the result. 

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Opinion

How to Lock Up Fewer People

By MARC MAUER and DAVID COLE | May 23rd 2015
Everyone agrees on ending mass incarceration, but the scale of the task is huge.
Crime and Criminals; Sentences (Criminal); Mandatory Sentencing; Presidential Election of 2016; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings 

There is a difference between punishment and learning.
Learning rather than punishment is the goal of the justice system.

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Health

Rural Nebraska Offers Stark View of Nursing Autonomy Debate

By SABRINA TAVERNISE | May 25th 2015
Over the opposition of doctors, states that struggle to recruit doctors are passing laws to give nurse practitioners more independence.
Nursing and Nurses; Rural Areas; Mental Health and Disorders 

Independence for nurse practitioners is a recognition of the facts of health care.
Primary care mostly needs to know when to call for help. 
The level of skill depends on the distance in time to the receipt of that help.

11
Opinion

What College Applications Shouldn’t Ask

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 23rd 2015
High school disciplinary records have no place in the admissions process.
Colleges and Universities; Admissions Standards; School Discipline (Students) 

There are many more applicants than places.
The colleges must select among the applicants.
No simple criterion will do the selection.

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U.S.

Decade After Katrina, Pointing Finger More Firmly at Army Corps

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and JOHN SCHWARTZ | May 23rd 2015
An article by experts involved in some previous examinations of the catastrophe contends that fault should fall squarely on the Army Corps of Engineers.
Hurricane Katrina (2005); Levees and Dams; Hurricanes and Tropical Storms; Floods 

The authors are mistaken.
There appears to be no new information in the report.  
Some rumors are discounted.
The Levee Board selected the plan and signed off on the work.
The Corps acted as prime contractor.
Flooding not associated with the levee breaches is a city responsibility.
The two should not be confused.

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Opinion

Scientific Collaboration, Then and Now

May 25th 2015
Readers discuss a column by Joe Nocera, who lamented that scientists today are less likely to share their knowledge.
Research; Biology and Biochemistry 

Sharing through publication is the scientific enterprise.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enterprise
"2. An undertaking or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems."
Credit is jealously guarded.

14
Sports

Real Madrid Fires Coach Carlo Ancelotti

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 25th 2015
Ancelotti was fired after failing to win a major trophy this season and finishing second in the Spanish league.
Soccer 

Sports franchises are only interested in winning.

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Health

Making LED Light Bulbs Less Attractive to Insects

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. | May 25th 2015
A scientist is working with Royal Philips to create bulbs that give off less blue light and thus help protect against insect-borne diseases.
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs; Light-Emitting Diodes; Insects; Malaria; Leishmaniasis 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation

Incandescent light is filtered with a yellow filter for a "bug light"
Monochrome light is not easily accepted as illumination by people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode

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

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World

China: Death Toll From Flooding Rises to at Least 57

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 23rd 2015
At least 13 other people are missing in floods that have ravaged the mountain districts of six provinces and regions in central and southeastern China.
Floods 

Comparable to Texas.

17
Opinion

Mitigating Climate Change

May 25th 2015
A reader encourages states to support President Obama’s initiative through their own environmental actions.
Global Warming 

I am glad to see Cuomo will shutdown he remaining coal fired power plant boilers.

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World

Online, Irish Referendum Looks One-Sided, but Conservatives Hope Vote Reveals a Silent Majority

By ROBERT MACKEY | May 22nd 2015
Despite clear support on social networks for legalizing same-sex marriage in Ireland, opponents hope there is a silent, offline majority voting no.
Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships; Social Media; Referendums; Homosexuality and Bisexuality 

http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/irish+referendum/7days/

  1. Irish Legalize Gay Marriage by Big Margin

    latest chapter in a sharpening global cultural clash. Same-sex marriage is surging in the West, legal in 19 nations before the Irish vote and 37 American states, but almost always because of legislative or legal action. At the same
    May 24, 2015 - By DANNY HAKIM and DOUGLAS DALBY - World - Print Headline: "Irish Legalize Gay Marriage by Big Margin"
"With the final ballots counted, the vote was 62 percent in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, and 38 percent opposed."
 

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Sports

North Carolina Receives Notice of Allegations From N.C.A.A.

By MARC TRACY | May 22nd 2015
The university’s chancellor and its athletic director said they would release the allegations when a redacted version, protecting privacy rights, was available.
College Athletics 

More trouble for college football.
It is a good thing.

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Opinion

Fighting Cyberattacks: A Financial Industry View

May 25th 2015
The leaders of five financial organizations urge passage of cybersecurity bills.
Cyberwarfare and Defense; Banking and Financial Institutions 

The banks are attempting to externalize another cost.


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