Monday, February 15, 2016

@21:08, 2/14/16

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Opinion

Jets Will No Longer Get a Free Ride on Carbon Emissions

A U.N. agency has finally proposed the first binding limits on aircraft emissions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney

There is work to be done.

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Your Money

Founded for the Poor, Mass General Looks to the Wealthy

The 205-year-old Boston hospital plans to open a concierge medical practice in the summer.

High level general medicine is a specialty.

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N.Y. / Region

Review: The Stockton Inn, After a Revamp, Adopts a Modern Menu

After buying the business in 2012, the owner shut the banquet and hotel business to focus on the restaurant and tavern, following with a renovation.

Try it for lunch.

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Travel

In Turkey, Adventure Travel Takes the Plunge

Open-water swimming in places like ancient Turkey joins the ranks of options for adventure vacations.

I am a poor and unenthusiastic swimmer.
It sounds like a wonderful time away.

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Sports

Frenchman Surges to Win in Giant Slalom, Edging a Compatriot

Alexis Pinturault led a one-two finish for France in a men’s World Cup event in Yuzawa, Japan, using a blistering second run to top Mathieu Faivre.

http://www.wunderground.com/severe/europe.asp

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Travel

The Road to the Top of the World

A remote town in the Arctic Circle known for caribou, northern lights and frigid winters feels like Canada’s last frontier. A highway being built there could change all that.

We will see.

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N.Y. / Region

Man Charged With Murder in Stabbing of Woman and Her Daughters on Staten Island

Michael Sykes, 25, pleaded not guilty to fatally stabbing his girlfriend and two young girls at a motel being used by the city to house homeless people.

Michael Sykes did not run far enough.

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Opinion

Fixing Our Broken Water Systems

The country has invested far too little in its public works, as governments at all levels have become obsessed with cutting spending.

The penny pinchers buy their own destruction.

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Health

Prepare for ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ With Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes, Experts Warn

To combat the mosquito that carries the Zika virus, experts say the United States will need a “guerrilla warfare house-to-house method” of control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrum#Insecticides

Getting rid of standing water can work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever#History

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Sports

Phil Mickelson Stays Collected and Takes the Lead at Pebble Beach

Mickelson took only 21 putts and shot a six-under-par 66 to take a two-shot lead in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland

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World

Trial of Reinhold Hanning, Ex-Auschwitz Guard, Opens in Germany


Window dressing.

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Queens


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N.Y. / Region

Officer Peter Liang Convicted in Fatal Shooting of Akai Gurley in Brooklyn


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N.Y. / Region

Federal Grand Jury Begins Hearing Evidence in Eric Garner Case


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Sunday Review

Can Health Care Providers Afford to Be Ready for Disaster?

Many critical medical facilities are minimally prepared for disasters.

Hospitals cannot afford to be unprepared.
They will be sued.

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U.S.

Idaho: Governor Wants to Investigate Deaths Among Faith Healing Adherents

Gov. C. L. Otter said he was concerned with the number of children who had died in Idaho because their parents had chosen faith healing for religious reasons over medical assistance.

"Stupidity carries a death penalty"

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U.S.

Michigan: Snyder Will Testify on Poisoned Water

Gov. Rick Snyder will testify before a congressional committee on the water crisis in Flint, he said.

A convenient lie. 

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Sports

Rafael Nadal Falls to Dominic Thiem at Argentina Open

Dominic Thiem of Austria beat Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4), on Saturday at the Argentina Open, a clay event in Buenos Aires.

http://www.boston.com/sports?p1=Levelone_Nav_sports_hp

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox?p1=menu_sports_more_redsox

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/2016/02/11/truck-day-might-cliche-but-excitement-for-these-red-sox-real/s4PG4OJUHnPS5STM2jnnZM/story.html
N.Y. / Region

Displaced by Blast, Tenants Reflect on Landlord’s Arrest

Residents of an apartment destroyed in a gas explosion last year recalled a landlord, Maria Hrynenko, who created an uncomfortable living environment.

Stupidity is not limited.
N.Y. / Region

Review: At ToA, a Family’s Latest Foray Into Asian Fusion

ToA Asian Fusion, the newest restaurant owned by members of the Chen family, is found in an attractive storefront in Suffolk County.

It will be better in a few months.

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