1
Science
Zika Outbreak Could Be an Omen of the Global Warming Threat
In the coming decades, global warming is likely to increase the range and speed the life cycle of the particular mosquitoes carrying viruses like Zika.To say the least.
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World
Lung Cancer Deaths Soar in China’s Steel Country, Report Says
Researchers say the cause of the fourfold rise since the 1970s in Hebei Province, a steel-making center, is probably air pollution."Other factors may also be important. Smoking rates in China, at least among males, are far higher than in many countries, including the United States. Chinese men, who constitute about a tenth of the world’s population, smoke one-third of the world’s cigarettes, a study published last year in The Lancet found."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer#Causes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer#Smoking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette#History
"The widespread smoking of cigarettes in the Western world is largely a 20th-century phenomenon. At the start of the 20th century, the per capita annual consumption in the USA was 54 cigarettes (with less than 0.5% of the population smoking more than 100 cigarettes per year), and consumption there peaked at 4,259 per capita in 1965. At that time, about 50% of men and 33% of women smoked (defined as smoking more than 100 cigarettes per year).[19] By 2000, consumption had fallen to 2,092 per capita, corresponding to about 30% of men and 22% of women smoking more than 100 cigarettes per year, and by 2006 per capita consumption had declined to 1,691;[20] implying that about 21% of the population smoked 100 cigarettes or more per year."
Lung cancer was exceptional in 1920 in Pittsburgh though air pollution was part of life.
The Chinese steel workers are earning enough to buy cigarettes.
3
T Magazine
The Daily Shoe: Marc Jacobs
T plucks the best shoes right off the runway.Stilts!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilts
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The Upshot
How to Help More College Students Graduate
Sixty percent of Americans go to to college these days, but just half of them graduate with a bachelor’s degree.Susan Dynarski confuses education and training.
She is not alone in the confusion.
Education is inherently liberal, philosophical and rare.
Training is the interchangeability of employment.
It is valued by business and government.
There is juvenile court because children do not think.
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World
In Zika Epidemic, a Warning on Climate Change
In the coming decades, global warming is likely to increase the range and speed the life cycle of the particular mosquitoes carrying viruses like Zika.Obvious, repetitive and necessary.
The condiment of mosquito born viruses and birth defects
is probably not caused by to climate change.
6
Opinion
The Crisis of Minority Unemployment
A subsidy program that Congress let expire is just the kind of thoughtful measure needed to help combat the devastating joblessness in minority areas.Joblessness and the consequent lack of income is devastating everywhere.
Concentrating joblessness in minority populations is cultural and requires immediate of correction.
Undervaluing efforts by management is a slightly less disastrous behavior.
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Science
Two Naked Mole Rats, Seemingly Immune to Cancer, Got Cancer
Scientists report two cases of cancer in the species, which is much less susceptible to cancer than other rodents.Cancer is part of life.
Naked mole rats do much better at dealing with cancer than other species.
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T Magazine
At Narciso Rodriguez, Sculpture-Adorned Earlobes
For her second collaboration with the designer, the jeweler Ana Khouri drew inspiration from the late Brazilian artist Lygia Clark.Yes, I can do that.
I cannot claim originality.
Ana Khouri does not claim originality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygia_Clark
https://www.google.com/search?q=Lygia+Clark&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN5L-MtInLAhVFFj4KHSuMAukQ_AUICCgC&biw=1262&bih=700
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimir_Malevich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_%28art%29#Constructivist_graphic_design
https://www.google.com/search?q=Constructivist+Graphic+Design&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijuM_GtonLAhUGHD4KHU8BD-kQsAQIJw&biw=1262&bih=700
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Business Day
Jobless Claims Fall as Manufacturing Appears to Stabilize
The four-week moving average of claims fell 8,000 last week, to 273,250."The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to labor market strength that could keep Federal Reserve interest rate increases on the table this year.
Other
data on Thursday showed that factory activity in the mid-Atlantic
region contracted at a slower pace in February and hinted at a pickup in
wage growth. But the signs of stabilization in the struggling
manufacturing sector were tempered by further declines in new orders and
employment."
Wishful thinking.
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U.S.
At Least 7 Are Killed in Random Shootings in Kalamazoo
The police said they had taken a suspect into custody after the shootings in the Kalamazoo, Mich., area.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan#Manufacturing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan#2010_census
Shooting employed blacks?
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Business Day
Michigan Democrat Opposes Trans-Pacific Pact
While not a surprise, Representative Sander Levin’s stance could encourage other Democrats to reject the agreement, a White House priority.The T.P.P. seems to have been a price paid for something.
Its primary effect would be on copyright and patent protections.
12
Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Jamaica
The financial crisis of 2008 took a toll on the market, but as the economy improved in Britain and the United States, so has interest in island homes.A short term rental if you insist.
I would rather deal with an hotel.
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U.S.
A.C.L.U. Challenges Kansas Voter Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship
Tens of thousands of people are being deprived of their right to vote, the group said in a challenge to the state’s law requiring proof of citizenship when registering.The constitution requires only residency.
The A.C.L.U. should win.
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N.Y. / Region
A Bronx Precinct Where Killings Refuse to Go Down
The killing of a woman at the Mott Haven Houses in the 40th Precinct reveals the difficulties of tracking vulnerable and violent residents in public housing.A social worker should have been called in weeks earlier.
Mechanisms exist to deal with the problems. The mechanisms are ignored by the participants and the city agencies.
15
World
E.U. Deal Clears Path for British Referendum on Membership
Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to a package of concessions that clear the way for him to call for a vote in Britain on whether to cut ties to the union.The deal offered by E.U. does not control the promised referendum. It does encourage Prime Minister David Cameron to schedule the vote.
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Health
Zika May Increase Risk of Mental Illness, Researchers Say
Even if infants appear normal at birth, they could later have problems like autism, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, experts fear, based on similar infections.First let the causal relationship be demonstrated.
Panic is premature.
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N.Y. / Region
Manhattan Prosecutor Asks to Be Recused From Spitzer Inquiry
Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, cited his close ties to the former governor, who has been accused of assaulting a woman.Persecution is news.
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Business Day
Signs of Growing Inflation in Consumer Price Survey
The Labor Department said core inflation rose 0.3 percent in January, though overall consumer prices remained unchanged last month."Consumer prices in the United States were unchanged in January as the rising costs of housing and health care were largely offset by cheaper oil."
There is a faction that desperately wants to see inflation.
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U.S.
Michigan: More Money on Way for Flint Crisis
To help city deal with lead-contaminated water, the State House approved $30 million to help pay residents’ water bills and Gov. Rick Snyder announced a $2 million grant to help city replace pipes.The governor would like to buy off his liability.
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Sports
Agent for Leonys Martin Arrested in Human Trafficking Case
Bart Hernandez was charged with illegal smuggling of Cuban baseball players to the United States, a spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations said.|
The anti-hispanic element is evident.
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