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Magazine

Life in the Valley of Death

By SCOTT ANDERSON | May 29th 2014

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Magazine

Life in the Valley of Death

By SCOTT ANDERSON | May 29th 2014

We held her burrial 5/17/14
There is no "estate of" as yet

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Dining & Wine

Video: Asparagus Soup With Ricotta Crostini

Jenny Woodward | May 30th 2014

I can and will cook it for you.

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World

Pakistan Killing Has a New Twist

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 29th 2014

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N.Y. / Region

New Jersey Reaches Deal on Hurricane Sandy Aid

By PATRICK McGEEHAN | May 30th 2014

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U.S.

Medicare to Now Cover Sex-Change Surgery

By RONI CARYN RABIN | May 30th 2014

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Business Day

The Chatter for Sunday, June 1

May 31st 2014

Notable quotes from business articles that appeared in The New York Times last week.

Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Consumer Protection

I do not believe Florida Realestate  has recovered.
There is no online privacy.
Streaming music is a good imitation of radio.
People are not going to explore downloads "blind".

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U.S.

Amid Moves on Shield Laws, Journalist Tells of a 2011 Subpoena Fight

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | May 30th 2014

A reporter’s story of being asked to reveal his sources adds a chapter to the administration’s crackdown on unauthorized leaks.

News Sources, Confidential Status of; News and News Media; Freedom of the Press; Television

The fights are won and the law is changing.
 

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U.S.

More Emergency Centers Are Gearing Up to Receive 911 Texts

By CATHALEEN QIAO CHEN | May 30th 2014

Texas is at the forefront of a national initiative to modernize the call system to accommodate situations in which a voice call may be risky or impossible and to be more accessible to the deaf community.

Disasters and Emergencies; Text Messaging

A minor addition.
 

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U.S.

New Mexico: Toxic Waste Removal Will Miss Deadline

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 30th 2014

Los Alamos National Laboratory will not be able to meet a deadline for getting toxic waste from decades of building nuclear bombs off its northern New Mexico campus before wildfire season peaks, the Department of Energy said Friday.

Hazardous and Toxic Substances; Nuclear Weapons

A political problem.

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Business Day

Drug Saves Fertility for Women With Cancer

By ANDREW POLLACK | May 30th 2014

The new treatment would be a less invasive way to safeguard a woman’s chances of having babies than the current method.

Breast Cancer; Clinical Trials; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Pregnancy and Childbirth

A good thing if needed.
 

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Arts

Artifacts With a Life All Their Own

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN | May 29th 2014

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U.S.

Colorado: Search Is Called Off for Three Missing in Landslide

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 27th 2014

Common sense.
 

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Science

A Wisconsin Farm Fights Warming, With California’s Help

May 29th 2014

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Opinion

Template for the South China Sea

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 29th 2014

An accord between Indonesia and the Philippines suggests a path to peace.

China is the problem.

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U.S.

Florida Court Overturns Murder Conviction of F.B.I. Agent

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | May 28th 2014

The court ruled that the judge in the trial of John J. Connolly Jr., who had been convicted in a 1982 killing, had allowed the prosecutors to improperly enhance the charge.

Murders and Attempted Murders; Prisons and Prisoners; Sentences (Criminal); Statutes of Limitations; Firearms; Organized Crime; Decisions and Verdicts

Temporary.

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Business Day

Unlocking Secrets, if Not Its Own Value

By QUENTIN HARDY | May 31st 2014

Palantir Technologies’ intelligence software is gaining fans worldwide, and some investors want to cash in.

Computers and the Internet; Software; Initial Public Offerings

They can't go public.
The system will work in data rich environments.
I can only think of "Riding the tiger".
Like the N.S.A. telecommunications file, how can we know they have stopped?  We can't because the operators would have to tell us and they can lie.
They also point out that they do not control all their systems. 
Their systems are not hardware specific so they can be copied and "shared".
I bought a two terabyte drive for about a hundred bucks retail. 
The data files are not so big that they would pose a barrier.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

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Business Day

Not Walking the Walk on Board Diversity

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON | May 31st 2014

From two companies, unfulfilled promises about diversity among directors.

Boards of Directors; Shareholder Rights and Activism; Women and Girls; Minorities

Explain how women and minorities on the board increase profits and the desired changes will rapidly come.

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U.S.

Sensing Tea Party Weakness, Mainline Republicans Flex Their Muscle

By JONATHAN MARTIN | May 31st 2014

After the party’s establishment wing won a series of primaries this year, its leaders are considering tough tactics to head off further attacks from the Tea Party.

Tea Party Movement; United States Politics and Government; Elections, State Legislature; Presidential Election of 2016

I welcome bitter splits in the Republican party.

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World

American Businesses in China Feel Heat of a Cyberdispute

By EDWARD WONG | May 31st 2014

Following the Justice Department’s indictment of five members of the Chinese Army on economic cyberespionage charges, Chinese government agencies are reviewing their use of IBM servers — an example of the growing threat of retaliation against U.S. companies.

Cyberwarfare; Computer Security

I have been noticing that there is no privacy in the digital world.
I hope I am getting better control of my desktop.
Put no secrets on line is a good rule.

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Technology

The iPhone 6 Rumors Heat Up

By NICK BILTON | May 31st 2014

The Apple rumor mill is in full swing, talking about a larger iPhone 6. It is expected to come in two sizes. But do customers really want a bigger iPhone?

Android (Operating System); iPhone; Rumors; Smartphones

Wait for it.  We do not know what they have done now.
You will know more when you try to use one.

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Dining & Wine

Video: Asparagus Soup With Ricotta Crostini

Jenny Woodward | May 30th 2014

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World

Pakistan Killing Has a New Twist

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 29th 2014

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N.Y. / Region

New Jersey Reaches Deal on Hurricane Sandy Aid

By PATRICK McGEEHAN | May 30th 2014

5

U.S.

Medicare to Now Cover Sex-Change Surgery

By RONI CARYN RABIN | May 30th 2014

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Business Day

The Chatter for Sunday, June 1

May 31st 2014

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U.S.

Amid Moves on Shield Laws, Journalist Tells of a 2011 Subpoena Fight

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | May 30th 2014

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U.S.

More Emergency Centers Are Gearing Up to Receive 911 Texts

By CATHALEEN QIAO CHEN | May 30th 2014

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U.S.

New Mexico: Toxic Waste Removal Will Miss Deadline

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 30th 2014

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Business Day

Drug Saves Fertility for Women With Cancer

By ANDREW POLLACK | May 30th 2014

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Arts

Artifacts With a Life All Their Own

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN | May 29th 2014

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U.S.

Colorado: Search Is Called Off for Three Missing in Landslide

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 27th 2014

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Science

A Wisconsin Farm Fights Warming, With California’s Help

May 29th 2014

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Opinion

Template for the South China Sea

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 29th 2014

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U.S.

Florida Court Overturns Murder Conviction of F.B.I. Agent

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | May 28th 2014

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Business Day

Unlocking Secrets, if Not Its Own Value

By QUENTIN HARDY | May 31st 2014

A monster better left alone.

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Business Day

Not Walking the Walk on Board Diversity

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON | May 31st 2014

  

Show them how to profit.

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U.S.

Sensing Tea Party Weakness, Mainline Republicans Flex Their Muscle

By JONATHAN MARTIN | May 31st 2014

Shards are better.

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World

American Businesses in China Feel Heat of a Cyberdispute

By EDWARD WONG | May 31st 2014

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Technology

The iPhone 6 Rumors Heat Up

By NICK BILTON | May 31st 2014

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U.S.

More Emergency Centers Are Gearing Up to Receive 911 Texts

By CATHALEEN QIAO CHEN | May 30th 2014

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Magazine

Life in the Valley of Death

By SCOTT ANDERSON | May 29th 2014

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U.S.

Amid Moves on Shield Laws, Journalist Tells of a 2011 Subpoena Fight

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | May 30th 2014

A reporter’s story of being asked to reveal his sources adds a chapter to the administration’s crackdown on unauthorized leaks.

News Sources, Confidential Status of; News and News Media; Freedom of the Press; Television 

"Mr. Holder has since revised the department’s regulations to make it harder to subpoena for a reporter’s notes, testimony or phone records in a leak case. He also endorsed reviving efforts to pass a media-shield law."

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Business Day

Drug Saves Fertility for Women With Cancer

By ANDREW POLLACK | May 30th 2014

The new treatment would be a less invasive way to safeguard a woman’s chances of having babies than the current method.

Breast Cancer; Clinical Trials; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Pregnancy and Childbirth

I have no opinion on the treatment of breast cancer.

 

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Technology

The iPhone 6 Rumors Heat Up

By NICK BILTON | May 31st 2014

The Apple rumor mill is in full swing, talking about a larger iPhone 6. It is expected to come in two sizes. But do customers really want a bigger iPhone?

Android (Operating System); iPhone; Rumors; Smartphones 

There are no decisions to be made as yet.  

I will buy you your choice of hardware.

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U.S.

On Win Streak, Mainline G.O.P. Takes Tougher Stance Toward Tea Party

By JONATHAN MARTIN | May 31st 2014

After the party’s establishment wing won a series of primaries this year, its leaders are considering tough tactics to head off further attacks from the Tea Party.

Tea Party Movement; United States Politics and Government; Elections, State Legislature; Presidential Election of 2016 

Fragmentation of the right is a good thing.

 

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Dining & Wine

Ben’s Cream Cheese: A Favorite Wrapped in Mystery

By JEFF GORDINIER | May 27th 2014

Want the recipe for for this culinary obsession? Good luck.

Cheese; Jews and Judaism 

Apparently it must be purchased.

There is no other information here.

 

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World

Iran: Supreme Leader Pushes Fertility Campaign

By REUTERS | May 27th 2014

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a population increase, an edict likely to restrict access to contraception.

Population; Birth Control and Family Planning 

Babies are not made by fiat.

 

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The Upshot

Everything You Need to Know About Thomas Piketty vs. The Financial Times

By NEIL IRWIN | May 30th 2014

A review of the controversy over issues a newspaper took with an influential book about economic inequality.

Income Inequality 

There is nothing "natural" about the drift.  It is pure artifice.

The Upshot pulls its punches.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/that-old-time-inequality-denial/

"Brad DeLong links to the now extensive list of pieces debunking the FT’s attempted debunking of Thomas Piketty, and pronounces himself puzzled:

I still do not understand what Chris Giles of the Financial Times thinks he is doing here…

OK, I don’t know what Giles thought he was doing — but I do know what he was actually doing, and it’s the same old same old. Ever since it became obvious that inequality was rising — way back in the 1980s — there has been a fairly substantial industry on the right of inequality denial. This denial didn’t rely on any one argument, nor did it involve consistent objections. Instead, it involved throwing many different arguments against the wall, hoping that something would stick. Inequality isn’t rising; it is rising, but it’s offset by social mobility; it’s cancelled by greater aid to the poor (which we’re trying to destroy, but never mind that); anyway, inequality is good. All these arguments have been made at the same time; none of them ever gets abandoned in the face of evidence — they just keep coming back.

Look at my old article from 1992: every single bogus argument I identified there is still being made today. And we know perfectly well why: it’s all about defending the 1 percent from the threat of higher taxes and other actions that might limit top incomes.

What’s new in the latest round is the venue. Traditionally, inequality denial has been carried out on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal and like-minded venues. Seeing it expand to the Financial Times is something new, and is a sign that the FT may be suffering from creeping Murdochization."

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World

An Island Marred by a Ferry Disaster and Sustained by Dogs

By CHOE SANG-HUN | May 29th 2014

Before a deadly ferry sinking in April, the South Korean island of Jindo was known largely for one thing: its dogs, famous for their loyalty and homing instinct.

Dogs; Ferries; Maritime Accidents and Safety 

Another breed to consider.

 

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The Upshot

When Union Membership Was Rising

By ALAN FLIPPEN | May 29th 2014

Not long after The Times reported an increase in the percentage of workers belonging to unions, the trend turned firmly in the other direction.

Organized Labor; Labor and Jobs; Government Employees 

Yes.   

Collective bargaining and "closed"shops are important.

Management will always try to drive down wages.

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The Upshot

Elections Put Europe’s Centrists on Notice

By NEIL IRWIN | May 27th 2014

Gains made by extremist parties in the European Parliament are likely to have little practical effect, but they are still important.

European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Elections 

You know I have been expecting the end of the euro.

This election will not do it.

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Opinion

Disoriented Baby Beaver Meets Midstream Kayaker...

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | May 31st 2014

A disoriented baby beaver swims to a kayak, with a good outcome the result.

Animals; Environment; Kayaks; Mammals; Rivers 

Interesting.  

Beaver can be a nuisance.  Otters are more interesting.

I would miss them if they were not there.

I boil or filter my water in the woods.

  

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U.S.

Video: Obama Announces Counterterrorism Plan

May 28th 2014

President Obama pledged $5 billion for a network of partnerships to help train countries in the Middle East and Africa to carry out operations against extremists.

Terrorism; Benghazi Attack (2012); Nairobi, Kenya, Westgate Mall Shootings (2013); September 11 (2001); United States Politics and Government 

A sketch rather than a detailed plan.

He has good intentions.

 

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Home & Garden

Diffa Marks 3 Decades of Designers Fighting AIDS

By PENELOPE GREEN | May 29th 2014

At its latest fund-raiser, a panel including Ruben and Isabel Toledo and Terrence McNally spoke of how the disease had affected their industries in the early, terrifying years.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Organizations, Societies and Clubs 

I missed all of this.  

The gays were closeted in my cohort.  

It was an education to return to the game in 2000.

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N.Y. / Region

Latest Port Authority Roadblock Delays Legislation, Not Traffic

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER | May 30th 2014

A news conference on a “historic agreement” on transparency at the New York and New Jersey agency was abruptly canceled.

There is no action ready at this time.

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Magazine

Who Made That French Press?

By DANIEL ENGBER | May 30th 2014

No, not the biceps exercise. The other one.

Inventions and Patents; Coffee 

I bought one in 1972.  I learned to make good coffee.

I use a paper filter drip maker without automation

 

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N.Y. / Region

Video: Turning Sturgeon Into High-Tech Sensors

Stephen Farrell | May 29th 2014

Sturgeon in the Hudson River are being fitted with transmitters to see if noise from pile driving and construction on the new Tappan Zee Bridge is harming imperiled Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon.

Sturgeon (Fish)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/nyregion/in-tappan-zees-construction-zone-keeping-an-eye-on-sturgeon.html

I am glad the sturgeon populations are recovering.

 

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Magazine

Morning’s Glory

By SAM SIFTON | May 28th 2014

Rather than rushing through breakfast, take time to make a French toast that’s worth waking up for.

Cooking and Cookbooks; Families and Family Life 

“ ‘When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,’ said Piglet at last, ‘what’s the first thing you say to yourself?’

“ ‘What’s for breakfast?’ said Pooh. ‘What do you say, Piglet?’

“ ‘I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?’ said Piglet.

“Pooh nodded thoughtfully. ‘It’s the same thing,’ he said.”

Waffles, pancakes and crepes got to be my habit.

Eaten with cottage cheese and raspberry jam.

I found that separated eggs and whole wheat flour with a glug of canola did the pancakes and waffles.  Crepes needed dry milk at double strength with the egg and flour.  Do not forget a touch of salt.

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U.S.

On Death Row With Low I.Q., and New Hope for a Reprieve

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and JOHN SCHWARTZ | May 30th 2014

After a ruling that says states can no longer rely on a fixed I.Q. cutoff to decide intellectual competency, the likelihood increased that some inmates will have a chance to avoid execution.

Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ); Capital Punishment; Sentences (Criminal); Supreme Courts (State) 

Close counts here also.  

"Close only counts in hand grenades and horse shoes".

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N.Y. / Region

Harold Baer Jr., Judge Whose Civil Liberties Rulings Drew Fire, Dies at 81

By JOSEPH P. FRIED | May 29th 2014

In 1996, Judge Baer ruled that $4 million worth of cocaine found in a car was inadmissible because the police search of the trunk had not been justified.

Courts and the Judiciary; Deaths (Obituaries); Civil Rights and Liberties 

Harold Baer tried to get the rules followed.

We will miss him on the bench.

 

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Magazine

Life in the Valley of Death

By SCOTT ANDERSON | May 29th 2014

In Srebrenica, the remains of those killed in the genocide keep turning up, unsettling the reconciliation between Muslims and Serbs.

War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity; Civilian Casualties; Funerals and Memorials; Muslims and Islam 

Faith kills.   Life is transitory.  We should not rush lives to their ends.

Time and events continue.

 

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U.S.

Mayor of Chicago Seeks to Further Tighten Gun Laws

By JULIE BOSMAN | May 28th 2014

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has struggled to bring down violence in his city, wants gun sales to be videotaped to deter buyers from using false identification.

Gun Control; Law and Legislation; City Councils; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming 

The problem is bigger than he is.

A personal solution is the "Buy Back Program".

 

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World

One Man, Two Wives and Many Accepted Forms of Violence in Pakistan

By DECLAN WALSH | May 30th 2014

An uncle and two cousins were among those accused of beating to death a pregnant woman who married against her family’s wishes.

Honor Killings

I can see no way to justice in this situation.

It qualifies as tragedy.

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World

Pakistan Killing Has a New Twist

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 29th 2014

The husband of a woman stoned to death this week was arrested in 2009 for killing his first wife, but the case against Muhammad Iqbal was dropped.

Murders and Attempted Murders 

Tragedy

 

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Dining & Wine

Video: Asparagus Soup With Ricotta Crostini

Jenny Woodward | May 30th 2014

Melissa Clark makes a light asparagus soup topped with tender asparagus tips, accompanied by toasted bread coated with creamy ricotta for dipping.

Asparagus 

I will make it for you if you wish.

 

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N.Y. / Region

New Jersey Reaches Deal on Hurricane Sandy Aid

By PATRICK McGEEHAN | May 30th 2014

In a settlement, the state agreed to increase federal disaster payments to people displaced by Hurricane Sandy and make the aid more proportional to the amount of damage sustained.

Hurricane Sandy (2012); Federal Aid (US) 

Governor Chris Christie has been brought to bay.

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Science

A Wisconsin Farm Fights Warming, With California’s Help

May 29th 2014

Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy benefits from a California initiative that invests in projects to cut greenhouse gasses as part of the battle against climate change.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Global Warming; Cattle 

Cap and trade does not remove carbon from the atmosphere.

The carbon in the air now will bring a world disaster.

Anaerobic digestion does not remove any carbon.

Combustion converts methane to carbon dioxide.

Some diesel must be added to initiate the burn.

 

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U.S.

Medicare to Now Cover Sex-Change Surgery

By RONI CARYN RABIN | May 30th 2014

A government appeals board said the exclusion was no longer reasonable because the surgery is safe and effective and can no longer be considered experimental.

Medicare; Surgery and Surgeons; Transgender and Transsexual 

ok

 

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U.S.

More Emergency Centers Are Gearing Up to Receive 911 Texts

By CATHALEEN QIAO CHEN | May 30th 2014

Texas is at the forefront of a national initiative to modernize the call system to accommodate situations in which a voice call may be risky or impossible and to be more accessible to the deaf community.

Disasters and Emergencies; Text Messaging 

As an added feature I have no objection to texts.

Keep them away from the driver.

 

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U.S.

New Mexico: Toxic Waste Removal Will Miss Deadline

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 30th 2014

Los Alamos National Laboratory will not be able to meet a deadline for getting toxic waste from decades of building nuclear bombs off its northern New Mexico campus before wildfire season peaks, the Department of Energy said Friday.

Hazardous and Toxic Substances; Nuclear Weapons 

This is a political problem.

It will require a political solution.

 

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Business Day

Drug Saves Fertility for Women With Cancer

By ANDREW POLLACK | May 30th 2014

The new treatment would be a less invasive way to safeguard a woman’s chances of having babies than the current method.

Breast Cancer; Clinical Trials; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Pregnancy and Childbirth 

I hope this is of only general interest.

Civilization keeps learning.

 

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Arts

Artifacts With a Life All Their Own

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN | May 29th 2014

From a calling card left by John Wilkes Booth to a soccer jersey signed by Iraq’s national team, some objects at four different museum exhibitions in Washington bear the weight of history.

Art; Archives and Records 

Here we have the collectors rather than the creators view.

A relic can teach as much or more than an artifact if the object is to understand the process and only secondarily the culture the culture that created it.  The artifact preserves the presentation of the aesthetic.

 

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U.S.

Colorado: Search Is Called Off for Three Missing in Landslide

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 27th 2014

The authorities on Tuesday called off the search for three ranchers who disappeared after a huge landslide in a remote part of western Colorado.

Landslides and Mudslides; Missing Persons 

I have nothing to add.

I expect the area burned last year and got rain recently.

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U.S.

Robert Sallee, Survivor of Smoke Jumpers, Is Dead at 82

By BRUCE WEBER | May 31st 2014

Mr. Sallee was one of three parachutists to escape a blaze in Montana’s Mann Gulch that killed 12 colleagues and changed Forest Service practices.

Wildfires; Deaths (Obituaries); Forests and Forestry; Fires and Firefighters 

"After decades of relative silence, however, Mr. Sallee cooperated with the writer Norman Maclean, best known as the author of “A River Runs Through It,” whose posthumously published 1992 book (he died in 1990) about the Mann Gulch fire and its legacy, “Young Men and Fire,” won a National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction."

I read the book with interest.

http://www.weather.gov/

The 125th Anniversary of the Great Johnstown, PA Flood of 1889

On May 31, 1889, the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 occurred. Heavy rain lead to the failure of the dam and 20 million tons of water raced down the Little Conemaugh River towards Johnstown. A total of 2,209 people died and 750 are still unaccounted for. Johnstown, PA is also the site of two other major floods: March 1931 and July 1977.
Read More...

 

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge2/fire/

 

Funny River Fire:

http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3878/

Looks hopeful.

 

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Opinion

Template for the South China Sea

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 29th 2014

An accord between Indonesia and the Philippines suggests a path to peace.

China is still the problem.
China continues to press a maximal claim.

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U.S.

Florida Court Overturns Murder Conviction of F.B.I. Agent

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | May 28th 2014

The court ruled that the judge in the trial of John J. Connolly Jr., who had been convicted in a 1982 killing, had allowed the prosecutors to improperly enhance the charge.

Murders and Attempted Murders; Prisons and Prisoners; Sentences (Criminal); Statutes of Limitations; Firearms; Organized Crime; Decisions and Verdicts 

Connolly may yet die in prison.

Whitey Bolger is unforgivable.

 

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N.Y. / Region

State Audit Faults Spending Reports by a Manhattan School

By AL BAKER | May 28th 2014

A state audit of the Churchill School and Center, a taxpayer-supported Manhattan school for special education students, said the school rang up more than $3 million in improper expenses.

Special Education; Private and Sectarian Schools; Education (K-12); Frauds and Swindling 

I expect Thomas P. DiNapoli got his arithmetic right.

 

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Sports

In Southern Wisconsin, a Winner Takes All

By ROB REISCHEL | May 30th 2014

Wisconsin-Whitewater did something no university in N.C.A.A. history had ever accomplished: win national championships in football, men’s basketball and baseball in one school year.

College Athletics; Baseball (College); Basketball (College); Football (College)

Why not?

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Business Day

Italy Seeks $1.6 Billion in Damages From Roche and Novartis

By DAVID JOLLY and GAIA PIANIGIANI | May 29th 2014

The government says the national health service suffered losses from the drug companies’ efforts to restrict competition in ophthalmic drugs.

Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) 

This should be a hard thing to prove and may not be unlawful.

I wish Italy and France the best of luck.

 

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World

Abbas Seeks a New Government That Would Seal Alliance With Hamas

By ISABEL KERSHNER | May 29th 2014

The move could send Israeli-Palestinian relations into a tailspin and would disrupt any prospect of a resumption of American-brokered peace talks.

Palestinians 

The U.S. has no leverage in this matter.  That war will continue.