Thursday, November 12, 2015

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Xi Again Defends China’s Claim to South China Sea Islands

In a speech in Singapore before he met the president of Taiwan, China’s president asked countries “outside the region” to respect stability in the area.

President Xi Jinping of China is lying to himself and others.

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Sports

Live and Kicking: Soccer Games to Watch

The United States men’s national team opens qualifying for the 2018 World Cup on Friday night with a game against St. Vincent and the Grenadines in St. Louis.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport
http://www.theguardian.com/football

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U.S.

Appeals Court Deals Blow to Obama’s Immigration Plans

A federal appeals court said the president could not move forward with his plans to overhaul immigration rules by providing up to five million people with work permits and protection from deportation.

There will be an appeal of the stay and a trial of the suit.
Texas is crazy. 

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N.Y. / Region

Mourners Gather to Remember Two Victims of Halloween Crash in the Bronx

Relatives and friends honored Louis Perez and his granddaughter Nyanna Aquil who were struck and killed by a car while trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Accidents are sad events.

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Science

Animals Rely on Hair to Keep Clean, Study Finds

In insects and mammals alike, hairs trap dirt particles but also help remove them.

Ok
I like the bursting bacteria observation.

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Travel

In Ireland, Milk Chocolate Reigns

Ireland is a place where milk chocolate is a source of intense pride, with respected chocolatiers like Butlers, Skelligs, Lily O’Brien’s and Cadbury.

I have a preference for the Hershey product.

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Magazine

Economists, Biologists and Skrillex on How to Predict the Future

Industry experts weigh in on what they can — and cannot — know about how their fields will change over time.

Everyone is guessing.
First, know you are guessing.
Next, remove the improbable.  Coin tosses have no place for edge.
Lastly, about right is good enough

Remember, when caught in a hole, stop digging.

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N.Y. / Region

Before the Apartment Grew Glamorous

A childhood apartment, now owned by a famous actress, inspires sighs from the woman who grew up there every time she passes it.

The city is faster than we are.
I heard that as a child and did not understand.

Most art is a marker in culture.
Some small fraction is culture

Another view has art as edited noise.

We must build.
Sooner is better.  As soon as we can is best.

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Sports

U.S. Soccer, Resolving Lawsuit, Will Limit Headers for Youth Players

The new guidelines resolve a proposed class-action lawsuit over head injuries and will prohibit some players 10 and under from heading the ball.

I thought of lighter balls for smaller heads.
That would be a different game.
Helmets also will not help


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Times Insider

From Hotel to Hospital: The Perils of Reporting in Pakistan

Rod Norland, the Kabul bureau chief, recounts a banal poisoning episode in one of the world’s cloak-and-dagger capitals.

An adventure though lacking in romance.
Most lack romance.

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Sports

Djokovic Wins Paris Masters

Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray, 6-2, 6-4, on Sunday to win the Paris Masters for the third straight year.

They win often.

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World

Months After Blasts in China, Rebuilding Tianjin Homes and Lives Is a Struggle

The government quickly offered cash compensation for homes damaged by the explosions, but residents say that those unwilling to accept the settlements have been harassed.

Yes.

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Sports

N.Y.C.F.C. Hires Patrick Vieira as Coach

The French World Cup winner, plucked from a developmental role with Manchester City, will take over at N.Y.C.F.C. on Jan. 1, the team said.

Soccer is trying again in New York.

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Business Day

India Is Caught in a Climate Change Quandary

An impoverished nation must balance domestic demands for development and international demands to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

India is in a bind.
We can put money into nuclear technology.
We can put money into fusion.
Photo-voltaic can be pushed harder and dispersed.
Battery technology is active.
Efficient air conditioning can be pushed.
My guess is that the rain will not fail.
 
The four horsemen will visit.

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Business Day

A Tasting of Chinese Wines

The wine critic Eric Asimov samples five wines and finds them drinkable, with promise for the industry’s future there.

Can you have just one glass . . .

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Opinion

Why Tuberculosis Is Back

Chronic underfunding of relief efforts has enabled a preventable disease to become the world’s biggest infectious killer.

Obamacare is supposed to fight tuberculosis.

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Sports

Rally Against Florida State Puts Clemson in A.C.C. Final



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Health

New Treatment Slows an Epidemic of Sleeping Sickness

Cases of the disease declined among Ugandans after researchers began treating cattle.

"The animals’ ears were also sprayed, a “bit of sleight-of-hand” that persuaded reluctant farmers to cooperate, Dr. Welburn said. Because African cattle infected with the parasites do not get sleeping sickness, few farmers would make extra efforts to stamp them out, she said.
But the ears are full of ticks, and cattle do die of tick-borne diseases like East Coast fever. Farmers were willing to herd their cows to spray stations to prevent that. “A farmer is a farmer — it’s business,” Dr. Welburn said."

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U.S.

Arne Duncan, Education Secretary, Sees Challenges for U.S. Colleges

Mr. Duncan, who will step down from the cabinet in December, says big changes are needed to improve the state of America’s educational system.

Subsidies are an approach that works.
Call them scholarships.
Learning itself needs study.

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U.S.

Judge Deals a Blow to N.S.A. Data Collection Program

A federal judge ordered the National Security Agency to stop collecting records for one Verizon customer, just weeks before the program was scheduled to be shut down and replaced.

We can try to shut the program down.
We can make the information inadmissible in court.



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N.Y. / Region

Panel to Examine Tolls for New Tappan Zee Bridge

N.Y. / Region

Cuomo to Create $15 Minimum Wage for New York State Workers

Sports

Manchester United Ends Drought; Vardy Nears Record

Manchester United ended its Premier League scoring drought with a 2-0 win over visiting West Bromwich Albion on Saturday,

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U.S.

Wisconsin: Bankruptcy Plan Settles Abuse Claims

A reorganization plan for Milwaukee’s Roman Catholic archdiocese that will distribute $21 million to hundreds of clergy sex abuse victims won approval Monday from a federal bankruptcy judge.

There will be a next time.

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U.S.

Obama Appeals Immigration Ruling to Supreme Court

A federal appeals court ruling blocked the president’s plan to provide work permits to as many as five million undocumented immigrants while shielding most of them from deportation.

A favorable ruling would be a good thing.

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Sports

N.Y.C.F.C. Hires Patrick Vieira as Coach


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U.S.

Kansas: Revenues Lower Than Expected

The state slashed its revenue projections, and the governor’s budget director announced budget adjustments to allow Kansas to keep paying its bills on time.

"Austerity in a recession is destructive."

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Sports

Rally Against Florida State Puts Clemson in A.C.C. Final

No. 3 Clemson beat No. 17 Florida State on Saturday, clinching the Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division.

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N.Y. / Region

Manhattan Man Charged in Wife’s Killing Is Barred From Talking to Anyone but Lawyer

Roderick Covlin, who was charged with strangling Shele Danishefsky Covlin in 2009, was denied bail and portrayed by the prosecutors as a desperate man facing financial ruin and the loss of his children.

Some people are crazy.  Roderick Covlin's legal team has a project.

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Sports

Now for the Positive: Jay Cutler Becomes Bears’ Top Passer

The much maligned Cutler set the Bears’ franchise record for touchdown passes on Monday night, connecting for Nos. 138 and 139.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/football/index.html

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U.S.

Appeals Court Deals Blow to Obama’s Immigration Plans

A federal appeals court said the president could not move forward with his plans to overhaul immigration rules by providing up to five million people with work permits and protection from deportation.

Obama has filed an appeal.

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Sports

Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys Preview

After a dreadful start to the season for running back DeMarco Murray, he has averaged 86 rushing yards in Philadelphia’s last three games.

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N.Y. / Region

11 Indictments Charge Widespread Fraud in Heating Oil Industry of New York City

The indictments, which were unsealed on Tuesday, charge nine companies and 44 people with defrauding a broad array of customers of oil they believed had been delivered.

It is getting to be winter.

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Business Day

Supreme Court Hears Tyson Foods Class-Action Labor Case

Thousands of workers at an Iowa pork processing plant are seeking to band together in a single lawsuit seeking overtime pay.

Good luck to the workers.

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Job Market

Coming Full Circle to Help Her Elders

A career filled with tough cases transforms a lawyer into a champion for the elderly, just like her mother.

It takes a generation and the success rate is modest.

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Sports

Domestic Violence Charges Against Greg Hardy Are Erased

The Dallas Cowboys star defensive end faced renewed scrutiny after the website Deadspin released dozens of police photographs detailing the injuries sustained by his former girlfriend.

Money can do wonders.

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N.Y. / Region

Skelos Case Hearing Offers Hint of Possible Defense Strategy


There will be a trial.

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Sports

Djokovic Wins 21st Consecutive Match

Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 21 matches Saturday and stayed on course for a third straight Paris Masters title after beating Stan Wawrinka, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.

The learning curve in tennis is steep.

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Sports

Monday’s Matchup: Bears (2-5) at Chargers (2-6)

Do not be surprised if this is a high-scoring affair: The Chargers’ and the Bears’ defenses are among the league’s worst.

more football
Opinion

Arbitrating Disputes, Denying Justice

Corporations have stacked the deck in setting up a system that protects them in most cases of consumer grievances.

"Many people interviewed in The Times’s series did not realize that their right to sue had been lost until they needed it. A common refrain was the disbelief that this could happen in America. But it is happening, and it needs to stop."

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