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Opinion
The Pope on the Climate
The director of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health responds to a front-page article about the papal encyclical.https://www.google.com/search?q=moral&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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"a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.
"the corruption of public morals"
| synonyms: | moral code, code of ethics, (moral) values, principles, standards, (sense of) morality, scruples
"he has no morals""
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudato_si%27
Laudato si' (Praise Be to You) is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. The encyclical has the subtitle On the care for our common home.[1] In it, the Pope criticises consumerism and irresponsible development, and calls for "swift and unified global action" to combat environmental degradation and climate change (also known as global warming).[2]
The encyclical, dated 24 May 2015, was officially published at noon on 18 June 2015, accompanied by a news conference.[2] The Vatican released the document in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese.[3]
The encyclical is the second published by Francis, after Lumen fidei ("Light of Faith"), which was released in 2013. Since Lumen fidei was largely the work of Francis' predecessor Benedict XVI, Laudato si' is generally viewed as the first encyclical that is entirely Francis' work.[4][5]
The encyclical, dated 24 May 2015, was officially published at noon on 18 June 2015, accompanied by a news conference.[2] The Vatican released the document in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese.[3]
The encyclical is the second published by Francis, after Lumen fidei ("Light of Faith"), which was released in 2013. Since Lumen fidei was largely the work of Francis' predecessor Benedict XVI, Laudato si' is generally viewed as the first encyclical that is entirely Francis' work.[4][5]
Contents
The text in English:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
I skimmed the first few paragraphs.
Francis writes well.
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Travel
Restaurant Report: Prima in Honolulu
The menu is divided between “not pizza” and pizza made in a hand-built brick oven from Naples.My goal would be the local food well prepared.
The City of New York imports everything.
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N.Y. / Region
3 Postal Service Workers Are Charged in Operation Santa Scheme
A monthslong investigation found that the workers wrote letters posing as children and received gifts including laptops and iPads.They look to be guilty.
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N.Y. / Region
For a Teacher, Back-to-Back Marathons, Then Fourth-Graders
Keila Merino finishes at the top of the pack in grueling 100-mile running races, but teaching in a poor Bronx school may be her greatest challenge.These are people I want as citizens.
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Science
Pope Francis Aligns Himself With Mainstream Science on Climate
If anything, environmental scientists say, the pope may have bent over backward to offer a cautious interpretation of the scientific facts.Morality is not a basis for policy.
The basis is political.
The question is how shall we live.
It is not how should we live.
If humanity continues to live as it has the populations will crash.
Those crashes will probably destroy civil culture and central authorities.
There is a benefit to religious backing for political necessity.
Religion cannot replace politics.
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Science
37.2 Trillion: Galaxies or Human Cells?
The counting does not come easily, or exactly, but there are estimates for the number of cells in the human body and galaxies in the observable universe.It is not a meaningful question.
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U.S.
Massachusetts: Friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Sentenced for Misleading Boston Marathon Investigators
Khairullozhon Matanov, who had dinner with Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, after the attack, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.Vindictive.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Vindictive&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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U.S.
Texas: Deep Fryers, Once Banned by State, Are Allowed to Return to Public Schools
Sid Miller, the state’s new agriculture commissioner, says government mandates have failed to make children healthier in Texas, where roughly two-thirds of residents are considered overweight or obese."The National School Lunch Program puts caloric ceilings on high school lunches at between 750 and 850 calories, and saturated fat must be less than 10 percent of total calories. That standard makes it unlikely that schools will resume deep-frying."
A yelling point.
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World
Video: Theologian Condemns ‘Ecological Sin’
Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon says that the environmental crisis is a “spiritual problem,” during a news conference on Thursday about Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change.It is a political problem.
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World
In the Footsteps of Popes Seeking Worldly Change
Industrialists, politicians and critics are fuming, contending that the pope should stick to religion and stop meddling in matters in which he has no competence.The pope is a welcome ally
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
This week’s properties are five-bedroom homes in White Plains, N.Y., and New Milford, N.J.Eclectic is good.
Spaces with doors are my preference.
Easy cleaning is better.
I like fireplaces. One goes in the kitchen.
We will talk about exposed wood.
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Business Day
Proposed Rule for Big Trucks Aims at Cutting Fuel Emissions
The rule is the latest in a series of pollution constraints that President Obama has put forth as he seeks to make tackling climate change a cornerstone of his legacy.Importing the equipment from Germany indicates how far the electrical industry has
degenerated.
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World
Pope Francis, in Sweeping Encyclical, Calls for Swift Action on Climate Change
He blamed environmental destruction on apathy, the reckless pursuit of profits, excessive faith in technology and political shortsightedness.U.S. industry is not allowed to look beyond the bottom line.
The problem is essentially political.
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World
Red Tape Untangled, Young Nepalese Monks Find Ride to Safety
Fifty-nine students, mostly boys, were airlifted by helicopter out of an isolated Buddhist monastery destroyed by the earthquake that struck Nepal in April.The government is acting in a questionable fashion.
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Business Day
U.S. Consumer Prices Post Largest Gain in More Than 2 Years
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4 percent in May, the largest increase since February 2013, according to the Labor Department.There is little to no inflation in the consumer price index.
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N.Y. / Region
8 Indicted in Identity Thefts of Patients at Montefiore Medical Center
A hospital employee and seven others were indicted on Friday on charges of stealing the personal information of as many as 12,000 patients.Some people steal.
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U.S.
Video: Photo Released of Church Attack Suspect
Police in Charleston, S.C., released a surveillance photo of the man suspected of killing nine people in a church on Wednesday night.They have the right kid.
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N.Y. / Region
Nearly Two Weeks Into Manhunt, Officials Again Shift Tactics
Investigators say they will focus on searching little-used country roads, railroad tracks and trails in the area near the Clinton Correctional Facility.No solid news.
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Business Day
Doing More, Not Less, to Save Retirees From Financial Ruin
The United States may need to enhance Social Security rather than curb it and require employers to take more responsibility for employees’ retirement savings.It is amazing what people will do to avoid collecting a tax.
Social security is a tax supported insurance program. The tax falls on the working.
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Travel
China by Bike and Kayak
A new tour from Adventure Life allows travelers to explore China on foot, by bicycle and via kayak.We should start the homework.
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