Sunday, September 4, 2016

@23:00, 9/3/16

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1
Opinion

How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead

Do not ever say he was lucky that he did not feel pain.

It is a formal event.  Be formal.

2
Opinion

When Police Unions Impede Justice

It’s time to revise police contracts that make it almost impossible to bring officers to justice.

The police must be allowed to do their job.
That job must be tightly defined.

3
Science

More Bad News for Africa’s Elephants: A Super-Slow Reproduction Rate

Even if all poaching ceased immediately, researchers calculate that it would take 90 years for forest elephant populations to return to pre-2002 levels.

Human population pressure must be relieved.
I do not wish to choose the slain.

4
Science

New Hope for Tasmanian Devils in Fight Against Contagious Cancer

Scientists believe that genetic variation in some animals that may make them resistant to cancer.

Culling is an ugly process.
Losing the contagious cancer will be a good thing.

5
U.S.

Unsolved Homicides in Anchorage Alarm Residents and Baffle Police

The deaths of nine people who were killed on Anchorage trails, parks or isolated streets since January remain unsolved — among them three cases involving two victims each.

A small population is aware of itself. 
There are no strangers.
The population of Anchorage is no longer small.

6
Your Money

How Students and Parents Can Spot I.R.S. Impersonators

Telephone scammers have been targeting students and parents with calls demanding payments for a “federal student tax.”

A call demanding immediate payment is always a scam.

7
The Upshot

This Status Quo Jobs Report Shows the Economy Isn’t Overheating

Numbers are so consistent with expectations that an interest rate increase seems less likely.

The economy may be pausing.
There will be no rate hike soon.

8
Opinion

America’s Shocking Maternal Deaths

In many countries, the number of deaths during pregnancy or after childbirth has fallen sharply. The United States is a glaring exception.

Yes it is unconscionable.
It is also self inflicted.

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U.S.

Tropical Storm Hermine Leaves Trail of Power Failures

The storm, which made its landfall on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane, disrupted the holiday weekend in much of the coastal South.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/025001.shtml?swath#contents

10
Well

What Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew

A teacher’s insights from asking students to finish the sentence, “I wish my teacher knew…”

"Unhappy families are all unhappy in their own ways."

11
Business Day

A Plea for Plain English in Financial Documents


The confused are more easily exploited.

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N.Y. / Region

Anthony Weiner Confirms Child Welfare Agency Is Investigating Him

Mr. Weiner, facing another scandal over lewd online messages, originally said he had not yet been contacted by the New York City Administration for Children’s Services.

Let him quietly sink into obscurity.

13
Opinion

For a Long Life, Retire to Manhattan

Like urban life, aging makes you feel a nobody. Paradoxically, it also makes you feel alive.

I continue to try to do.

14
Opinion

You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch

Ageism in the workplace is toxic, and it hurts everyone.

Yes.

15
Science

Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun

Scientists’ warnings that the rise of the sea would eventually imperil the United States’ coastline are no longer theoretical.

"“You can play it really badly and let unpleasant things happen earlier,” he said. “Or you can push them off by doing some infrastructure repairs and some thoughtful planning.”
He is, though, under no illusions about the long-term fate of the region he calls home.
“We’re putting enough heat in the ocean to send water over us, no question,” Dr. Stoddard said. “Ultimately, we give up and we leave. That’s how the story ends.”"

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Afternoon Update

Deputy Who Tossed a S.C. High School Student Won’t Be Charged

A South Carolina prosecutor announced on Friday that a sheriff’s deputy will not face charges stemming from a 2015 incident in which he was videotaped flipping a female student across a classroom.

The deputy is no longer working for the city.

17
Books

A Novel’s Team of Explorers Sets Out to Tame Alaska

Journals trace a husband’s and wife’s separate ventures in the Northwest of the 1880s in Eowyn Ivey’s “To the Bright Edge of the World.”

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45081

18
Opinion

Why Facts Don’t Unify Us

Even accurate information can increase political polarization.

Faith binds opinions.

19
Technology

Samsung’s Recall: The Problem With Lithium-Ion Batteries

The type of battery used in Samsung’s recalled smartphones is lightweight and powerful, and it has a troubled history.

Teething problems.

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N.Y. / Region

For Unions and New York City Hall, an Open-Door Relationship Turns Complex

Early in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure, unions were among his biggest supporters. Now, with the possibility of a re-election fight looming, they are beginning to wonder if they should stick with him.

The opposition sees trouble.

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