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Opinion
10,000 Child Refugees Are Missing
Europeans must provide for the safety and well-being of children on their soil. That means refugee children too.The editorial has an alarmist odor.
There should be supporting reports.
Refugee populations are not well treated.
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Opinion
How to Build a Streetcar That Works
A line that actually improves quality of life for New Yorkers must be fast, frequent and reliable."Finally, development policies should support the use of the streetcar. In many neighborhoods along the planned route, zoning law severely restricts the scale of buildings allowed (and therefore potential riders) and requires developments to include a significant number of parking spaces (which in turn encourages driving)."
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N.Y. / Region
Peter Liang Intentionally Shot Akai Gurley, Prosecution Says
The shooting in a Brooklyn stairwell was not accidental, an assistant district attorney said in closing arguments at the police officer’s manslaughter trial.The prosecution has presented a losing argument.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy
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U.S.
Michigan Officials Defend Handling of Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Flint
Facing criticism for failing to notify the public in the 2014 outbreak, state officials released emails suggesting they were thwarted by local health officials.Legionnaire's disease is airborne.
In Flint it is a distraction from the lead service pipes.
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Sports
No. 1 Sooners and the No. 2 Tar Heels Fall
Both lost on the road to unranked teams: Oklahoma was surprised by Kansas State, and North Carolina was upset by Notre Dame.#1 Connecticut Huskies (23-0)
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV | Result |
| 11/16 | at
7
Ohio State |
5:30 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 100 - 56 |
| 11/23 | vs. Kansas State | 7:00 PM ET | W 97 - 57 | |
| 11/28 | vs. Nebraska | 1:00 PM ET | W 88 - 46 | |
| 11/30 | at Chattanooga | 6:30 PM ET | W 79 - 31 | |
| 12/2 | at
23
DePaul |
7:30 PM ET | FS1 | W 86 - 70 |
| 12/5 | vs.
3
Notre Dame |
5:15 PM ET | ESPN | W 91 - 81 |
| 12/9 | at Colgate | 7:00 PM ET | W 94 - 50 | |
| 12/11 | vs.
11
Florida State* |
6:00 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 73 - 49 |
| 12/21 | vs. LSU | 7:00 PM ET | W 86 - 40 | |
| 12/28 | vs.
6
Maryland* |
8:30 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 83 - 73 |
| 12/30 | at Cincinnati | 7:00 PM ET | W 107 - 45 | |
| 1/6 | vs. Tulsa | 7:00 PM ET | W 95 - 35 | |
| 1/8 | at Houston | 9:00 PM ET | ESPN3 | W 76 - 37 |
| 1/10 | at
22
South Florida |
5:00 PM ET | W 75 - 59 | |
| 1/13 | at Memphis | 6:00 PM ET | W 86 - 46 | |
| 1/16 | vs. Temple | 6:00 PM ET | W 104 - 49 | |
| 1/20 | vs. UCF | 7:00 PM ET | W 106 - 51 | |
| 1/23 | at Southern Methodist | 3:00 PM ET | W 90 - 37 | |
| 1/27 | at Tulsa | 8:00 PM ET | W 94 - 30 | |
| 1/30 | vs. Memphis | 12:00 PM ET | W 83 - 40 | |
| 2/3 | at Tulane | 8:00 PM ET | W 96 - 38 | |
| 2/6 | vs. East Carolina | 1:00 PM ET | W 92 - 46 | |
| 2/8 | at
2
South Carolina |
7:00 PM ET | W 66 - 54 | |
| 2/14 | at Temple | 12:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/17 | vs. Cincinnati | 7:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/20 | at East Carolina | 8:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/24 | vs. Southern Methodist | 7:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/27 | vs. Tulane | 1:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/29 | vs.
22
South Florida |
7:00 PM ET |
* - Neutral Location
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U.S.
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Obama’s Efforts to Regulate Coal Emissions
The justices’ willingness to issue a stay while the case proceeds was a hint that the emissions program could face a skeptical reception.The stay will be lifted if the regulation is not withdrawn.
It is all reactionary politics.
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Opinion
Republican Budget Tantrum
It’s a new low when the chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees won’t even hold hearings with the White House budget director.The Republican party is clinically insane.
"The president’s budget request is a detailed and worthy entry in the contest of ideas. Its aim is to move the nation forward. If Republicans had compelling ideas and a similar commitment to progress, they would engage with the proposals in the budget. But they don’t. So they won’t."
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
Bonds on the Run
While
we obsess over domestic politics — not that there’s anything wrong with
that, since a lot depends on whether the next leader of the world’s
most powerful nation is a racist xenophobe, a sinister theocrat, an
empty suit, or all of the above — something scary is going on in
financial markets, where bond prices in particular are indicating
near-panic.
I know, Paul Samuelson
famously quipped that the stock market had predicted nine of the last
five recessions; the wisdom of crowds is often overrated. Still, bond
markets are a bit less flighty than stocks, and also more closely tied
to the economic outlook. (A weak economy has mixed effects on stocks —
low profits but also low interest rates — while it has an unambiguous
effect on bonds.) What plunging rates tell us is that markets are
expecting very weak economies and possibly deflation for years to come,
if not full-blown crisis.
Among other things,
such a world would be a very bad place into which to elect a member of a
party that has spent the past 7 years inveighing against both fiscal
and monetary stimulus, and has learned nothing from the utter failure of
its predictions to come true." 8
World
Egypt: Police Officer Is Sentenced in Beating Death
A police officer in the eastern city of Ismailia has been sentenced to eight years in jail for beating a man to death in custody.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/world/middleeast/egypt-italy-giulio-regeni-cairo.html
Egypt is attempting government.
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Food
Winter Tomatoes Are Deliciously Out of Season
Amanda Cohen, the Dirt Candy chef and owner, satisfies a craving and proves that even tomatoes don’t have to be eaten in season to taste good."The fact is, we live in a post-seasonal world. The vast majority of our fruits and vegetables comes to us on trucks and planes from faraway farms, and everything is always in season somewhere. Make your peace with it. Technology has birthed an endless stream of horrors, like 24-hour cable news and people crossing the street while texting, but it’s also given us the ability to live in Queens and enjoy an orange any time of the year, and that’s a beautiful thing."
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017942-roasted-winter-tomatoes
It is an alternative to the canned.
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Food
Tofu and Mushroom Broth: Happy Together
Three kinds of mushrooms are used in a garlic- and ginger-infused broth that tofu soaks up like a sponge.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017969-tofu-mushroom-soup
My digestion does not get on with most tofu.
I may have to make my own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_milk
A long soak with several water changes helps with beans.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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N.Y. / Region
At Council Hearing on de Blasio’s Housing Plan, Many Voices Rise
Speaker after speaker expressed their concerns over, or support for, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to require private developers in New York City to build affordable housing.The city needs its slums.
Urban life depends on low wage work.
Shifting to "live in help" and dormitory housing will not work.
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N.Y. / Region
Officer Peter Liang, in Emotional Testimony, Describes the Night of a Fatal Shooting
The officer, who is on trial in the shooting death of Akai Gurley, said he drew his gun because of the foreboding and dangerous environment.The jury will decide.
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Health
Study in Brazil Links Zika Virus to Eye Damage in Babies
A study of 29 newborns at a hospital in Salvador, Brazil, found that 10 had defects in the retina or optic nerve of one or both eyes."All the infants were presumed to have been infected with the Zika virus and had small heads, a condition called microcephaly. Other causes of the defect, like infection with rubella or toxoplasmosis, were ruled out."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zika_virus
"The infection, known as Zika fever, often causes no or only mild symptoms. Since the 1950s, it has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia. In 2014, the virus spread eastward across the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia, then to Easter Island and in 2015 to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, where the Zika outbreak has reached pandemic levels."
The reports of nerve damage from Brazil are novel.
There have been no reports of damaged babies from Africa and Asia.
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World
Haiti: Drought Worsens Food Crisis, U.N. Agency Says
More than 1.5 million Haitians are threatened with malnutrition — double the number of six months ago — because of a three-year-old drought.I do not see much possibility of avoiding a famine.
Other forms of genocide have liabilities.
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U.S.
Obama’s Lofty Plans on Gun Violence Amount to Little Action
President Obama made an emotional announcement last month of his plan to crack down on gun dealers, though the lack of aggressive enforcement so far is a reminder of the practical limits of his executive authority.There is dissension in the Obama administration.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dissension
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Sports
Michigan State Falls at Purdue; Kansas Tops West Virginia
The No. 8 Spartans lost on the road to the 18th-ranked Boilermakers, and sixth-ranked Kansas prevailed at home against No. 10 West Virginia.#1 Connecticut Huskies (23-0)
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV | Result |
| 11/16 | at
7
Ohio State |
5:30 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 100 - 56 |
| 11/23 | vs. Kansas State | 7:00 PM ET | W 97 - 57 | |
| 11/28 | vs. Nebraska | 1:00 PM ET | W 88 - 46 | |
| 11/30 | at Chattanooga | 6:30 PM ET | W 79 - 31 | |
| 12/2 | at
23
DePaul |
7:30 PM ET | FS1 | W 86 - 70 |
| 12/5 | vs.
3
Notre Dame |
5:15 PM ET | ESPN | W 91 - 81 |
| 12/9 | at Colgate | 7:00 PM ET | W 94 - 50 | |
| 12/11 | vs.
11
Florida State* |
6:00 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 73 - 49 |
| 12/21 | vs. LSU | 7:00 PM ET | W 86 - 40 | |
| 12/28 | vs.
6
Maryland* |
8:30 PM ET | ESPN2 | W 83 - 73 |
| 12/30 | at Cincinnati | 7:00 PM ET | W 107 - 45 | |
| 1/6 | vs. Tulsa | 7:00 PM ET | W 95 - 35 | |
| 1/8 | at Houston | 9:00 PM ET | ESPN3 | W 76 - 37 |
| 1/10 | at
22
South Florida |
5:00 PM ET | W 75 - 59 | |
| 1/13 | at Memphis | 6:00 PM ET | W 86 - 46 | |
| 1/16 | vs. Temple | 6:00 PM ET | W 104 - 49 | |
| 1/20 | vs. UCF | 7:00 PM ET | W 106 - 51 | |
| 1/23 | at Southern Methodist | 3:00 PM ET | W 90 - 37 | |
| 1/27 | at Tulsa | 8:00 PM ET | W 94 - 30 | |
| 1/30 | vs. Memphis | 12:00 PM ET | W 83 - 40 | |
| 2/3 | at Tulane | 8:00 PM ET | W 96 - 38 | |
| 2/6 | vs. East Carolina | 1:00 PM ET | W 92 - 46 | |
| 2/8 | at
2
South Carolina |
7:00 PM ET | W 66 - 54 | |
| 2/14 | at Temple | 12:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/17 | vs. Cincinnati | 7:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/20 | at East Carolina | 8:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/24 | vs. Southern Methodist | 7:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/27 | vs. Tulane | 1:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/29 | vs.
22
South Florida |
7:00 PM ET |
* - Neutral Location
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N.Y. / Region
In Unfrozen Northern New York, Winter Isn’t the Same
Winter carnivals feature dead grass, snowless resorts are grumbling and lakes have refused to freeze.I have not visited this season.
I will check with Heart Lake at need.
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N.Y. / Region
Man Who Shot at Connecticut Mosque Is to Plead Guilty to Hate Crime
The authorities say the man, Ted Hakey Jr., fired a rifle at the empty Baitul Aman Mosque in Meriden shortly after the Paris terrorist attacks in November.People get stupid easily.
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N.Y. / Region
Larchmont Takes a Breather From Building
A developer’s plan to tear down a grand old home and build four in its place helped inspire the village in Westchester County to press pause on new construction.Larchmont can do that.
Eventually the builders will get their way.
Expensive gas could stop the redevelopment boom.
The deflation the Republican party wants will limit the boom at an enormous cost.
The result of the deflation will be to concentrate the building.
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