Wednesday, September 16, 2015

@14:50, 9/16/15

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1
U.S.

The California Wildfires: Trying to Take Control

Wildfires continued to simmer in bone-dry acres in Northern California, but firefighters said they were gaining control in some areas.

Moving to the woods is moving to risk.

2
U.S.

Video: Kentucky Clerk Won’t Block Licenses

Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk who was jailed this month, said on Monday that she would not block her employees from processing licenses for same-sex couples, but that she would not authorize them.

Kim Davis has decided not to go back to jail.

3
Travel

Cruise and Resort News: Political History on a River Trip; Rain Forest Discounts

What you need to know if you’re on a trip or planning one soon, including a new casino club in Las Vegas and resorts with a Discovery Networks imprint.

The offers will be better in a bit.

4
U.S.

Uninsured Numbers Drop as Poverty Rate Holds Steady

The number of people without health insurance dropped last year by 8.8 million, to a total of 33 million, the Obama administration said Wednesday.

Obama care is working. 
The economy is not working.

5
Science

732,000: American Lives Saved by Vaccination

A federal agency estimates that the vaccination of children from 1994 to 2013 will prevent hundreds of thousands of early deaths.

Yes.

6
U.S.

California: Tentative Cleanup Deal Is Reached Over Salt-Tainted Water

The nation’s largest irrigation district agreed to clean up contaminated water in California’s Central Valley in a tentative deal announced Tuesday.

It must be done.

7
Opinion

Video: The Roots of Organic Farming on Campus

Mark Bittman learns about an innovative apprenticeship program that is aiming to improve the way we eat, farm and garden.

http://cce.cornell.edu/
http://cuaes.cals.cornell.edu/
http://nysaes.cals.cornell.edu/

The grass is always greener.

8
Sports

Live and Kicking: Soccer Games to Watch This Week

Get out your maps, everyone, it’s Champions League time again. Here are the best games to watch this week.

Enjoy.

9
Real Estate

$999,000 Homes in San Diego, Massachusetts and Utah

This week’s offerings include mountain views in Utah, a contemporary in Massachusetts and a Spanish colonial in San Diego.

The design work should be our own.
The details are good in Massachusetts.
I dislike the personality of the original owner and that of the decorator.

10
N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Man Sought in Similar Deaths of 2 Women at Hotels

Officials have released video images of Joseph Danclair, 36, who is believed to have spent time with women who were found dead in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Midtown Manhattan.

The police should keep looking and check their records.
Serial murderers are rarely caught early.

11
Sports

Moses Malone’s Death Explained

Malone, 60, died of cardiovascular disease, the Virginia medical examiner’s office said.

There are no college games as yet.

12
U.S.

At Least 8 Dead in Flash Floods in Utah

The people were killed when the floods roared through a canyon, sweeping away the cars in which they were riding, the authorities said on Tuesday. Five people were still missing.

Just bad luck and bad planning.

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N.Y. / Region

U.S. Judge Upholds Right to Scrawl Nasty Note on Speeding Ticket Payment

Willian M. Barboza sued the Village of Liberty, N.Y., after officials there arrested him and held him on charges of aggravated harassment.

I hope Willian M. Barboza wins his suit.


14
Sports

Overlooked in Texas and Beyond

In parting ways with its athletic director and naming an interim replacement, Texas neglected a qualified woman in its athletic department and highlighted a lack of female representation in Division I sports.

Misogyny is prevalent in sports.

15
Sports

Djokovic Finishes at No. 1

Djokovic, the winner of the men’s title at the United States Open, clinched the year-end ranking.

http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
7:05 PM ET  NESN/MASN 
Boston
Baltimore

 Bos: H. Owens  (2-2, 5.25 ERA)
 Bal: M. Wright  (2-4, 5.45 ERA)
Preview


16
Science

Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to articles in Science Times.

Whining is eternal.
If people did not whine they would not be learning.

17
Opinion

Don’t Call It Genocide

A professor of Jewish studies faults a comparison between climate change and the Holocaust.

The Syrian diaspora is not a genocide.
True, many will die. 
The death of a population is not the objective of ISIS.

18
Science

Newly Risen From Yeast: THC

By creating constituents of marijuana, researchers hope to test its worth as a medicine.

I am not going to worry about it yet.
I probably will not worry about it if it happens.
Archaeologists have found the leas of cannabis infused wine.  

19
Real Estate

Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

Woodburning fireplaces are a feature I favor.
Exposed interior brick is fine with me.
I prefer wood frame construction for above ground exterior walls.
Exterior and interior ceramic tile surfaces are a reasonable compromise.
For weather exposed ceramics I would prefer high firing.

20
World

Explaining the Rules for Migrants: Schengen and the Dublin Regulation

Two European policies that loom large in the current chaos are often obscured by the opaque bureaucratic shorthand used to refer to them.

Germany must stop trying to escape the burden of its success.



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