Thursday, October 2, 2014

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Opinion

The Next Nine Years

By LINDA GREENHOUSE | Oct 1st 2014
Will Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. preside over a conservative majority, become a beleaguered dissenter or migrate to the center of a new spectrum?
Appointments and Executive Changes 

Important but unknown.  It has been a busy decade.

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Automobiles

Wheelies: The Upscale CR-V Edition

By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Oct 1st 2014
Honda begins sale of its refreshed 2015 CR-V crossover; E.P.A. downgrades fuel economy rating on 2013-14 Mercedes-Benz C300 4-matic sedans.
Automobiles; Telephones and Telecommunications 

"AT&T appears to be winning a turf battle against Verizon — the largest American wireless provider — over connected cars. So far, AT&T has announced connected-car deals with eight automakers, while Verizon has clinched only four. (Reuters)" 

More time on the road.

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World

Q. and A.: Scott Moore on Moving China's Water from South to North

By CHRIS BUCKLEY | Oct 1st 2014
Scott Moore, an expert on China’s water policies, discusses why the Chinese government has committed so much money and effort to the South-North Water Diversion Project, which will carry water from the Yangtze River and its tributaries and channel it to northern China, where water shortages are worsening.
Floods; Hydraulic Fracturing; Rivers; Water; Water Pollution 

It is feasible.
I wonder if it is properly scaled.
The Chinese are as clever at engineering as any.
Water for fracking is finite.  It will not be a big worry.
Environmental impact may be greater than thought.

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Business Day

Multinational Tax Strategies Put Public Coffers at Risk

By EDUARDO PORTER | Oct 1st 2014
If global corporations can continue to evade taxation, the burden of government financing could fall disproportionately on ordinary workers.
Tax Shelters; Corporate Taxes; Taxation; Tax Evasion; Labor and Jobs; Corporations 

The tax code is adjustable.
It can be changed as required.
Eduardo Porter's patrons may scream but they must pay or move.

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Fashion & Style

Those Lips, Those Eyes, That Hair

By BEE SHAPIRO | Oct 1st 2014
Unafraid of color Charli XCX, the English pop star, favors dark eyes and bold lips.
Beauty (Concept); Cosmetics and Toiletries; Skin; Hair 

Your choice.
Clean is good.

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U.S.

Loss of a Democratic Power Leaves Arkansas in Doubt

By AMY CHOZICK | Sep 30th 2014
Democrats face tough challenges in a state that is drifting right. Their popular governor must leave office because of term limits, and outside interests loom larger in a race that may determine control of the Senate.
Midterm Elections (2014); Series; Elections, Senate 

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/senate-update-dont-take-these-poll-results-at-face-value/

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N.Y. / Region

Revel Casino in Atlantic City Is Sold to Real Estate Company

By CHARLES V. BAGLI | Oct 1st 2014
Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to pay $110 million for the property that cost $2.4 billion to build and closed a month ago.
Casinos 

Board room fights.

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Business Day

Columbia University Reports 17.5% Return on Endowment

By GERALDINE FABRIKANT | Oct 1st 2014
The result, which brings the endowment’s value to $9.2 billion, compares with the 20.2 percent return for the Ivy League leader so far, Yale.
Endowments; Stocks and Bonds; Colleges and Universities 

ok

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Opinion

Politics, Alaska-Style

By BRENDAN JONES | Oct 1st 2014
A Senate candidate boasts of a “frostbit” ear and “helmet hair.”
Midterm Elections (2014); United States Politics and Government; Political Advertising; Elections, Senate 

We will know how Alaska voted
when the returns come in.

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Sports

Oslo Withdraws Bid to Host 2022 Olympics, Citing Cost

By LYNN ZINSER | Oct 1st 2014
The move leaves two remaining candidates to host the 2022 Winter Games: Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Olympic Games; Olympic Games (2022) 

The I.O.C. may have to try again.
 
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Arts

The Figures Behind the Catwalk

By STEPHEN HEYMAN | Oct 1st 2014
A look at the four main fashion weeks around the world in New York, London, Milan and Paris.
New York Fashion Week; Paris Fashion Week; Milan Fashion Week; London Fashion Week 

I seem to be less and less conscious of clothing.
 

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Business Day

G.M. Sales Rebound in September to Increase 19%

By AARON M. KESSLER | Oct 1st 2014
The automaker’s sales volume gained 19 percent and retail sales to individual consumers rose 17 percent compared with a year ago.
Automobiles; Sports Utility Vehicles and Light Trucks 

The one percent are doing well.

Liar loans for cars help the numbers.

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Opinion

Order vs. Disorder, Part 4

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Sep 30th 2014
The strategy of “containment” this go-round is not what it was during the Cold War.
Palestinians; Cold War Era 

Thomas Friedman is not thinking.

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Opinion

Dying Without Morphine

By RONALD PIANA | Sep 30th 2014
Why is it so hard to get pain relief in the developing world?
Pain-Relieving Drugs; Morphine; Third World and Developing Countries; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Cancer; Pain 

Push Methadone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methadone
"Methadone is listed under Schedule I of the Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs 1961 and is regulated in the same basic fashion as morphine in most countries as a result."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs

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U.S.

Obama Approves Plan to Let Children in Central America Apply for Refugee Status

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Sep 30th 2014
The program is aimed at helping to discourage many children from making a long, dangerous trek across Mexico in an attempt to cross into the United States and join their parents.
Illegal Immigration; Children and Childhood; Refugees and Displaced Persons 

The plan will not have an effect.
The refugee children are running from abuse.

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Sports

Tony Stewart Ponders a Death He Can’t Forget

By VIV BERNSTEIN | Sep 29th 2014
In his first news conference since his car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. in an Aug. 9 race, Stewart said he never considered quitting Nascar.

Growing in public is not easy. 

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Arts

SculptureCenter Steps Out Into the Light

By RANDY KENNEDY | Oct 1st 2014
Founded 86 years ago in Brooklyn as the Clay Club, a little-visited European-style kunsthalle that’s now in Long Island City has undergone a renovation that will make it more of a museum.
Art; Museums; Restoration and Renovation; Sculpture 

Collectors.

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World

Mending Alliance, U.S. and Afghanistan Sign Long-Term Security Agreement

By DECLAN WALSH and AZAM AHMED | Sep 30th 2014

Self interest wins another round.

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U.S.

Money Allocated for Immigration Lawyers

By JULIA PRESTON | Sep 30th 2014
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would provide $9 million over two years for lawyers to represent unaccompanied minors in their deportation cases.
Illegal Immigration; Deportation; Immigration and Emigration; Legal Profession 

$3,460 for the defense of each child.
The bill will be more than $200,000,000. next year.

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Science

A Study Bolsters a Call to Use Long-Acting Contraceptives

By PAM BELLUCK | Oct 1st 2014
In a program offering sexually active teenagers in St. Louis free birth control, pregnancy and abortion rates were less than a quarter of those of such teenagers nationally,
Pregnancy and Childbirth; Teenage Pregnancy; Birth Control and Family Planning; Poverty; Women and Girls; Youth 

This looks like a good thing to do.


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Science

Growing, and Growing Vulnerable

By CORNELIA DEAN | Sep 29th 2014
A new report from the National Research Council found that the effect of climate change is especially harsh on the United States barrier islands, which are also pressured by rapid development.
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms; Global Warming; Islands; Coast Erosion; Hurricane Sandy (2012); National Parks, Monuments and Seashores 

Buy the properties as they become available.
It is cheaper than defending them.
Let coastal flood insurance pay the value of the property before storm or sea level damage for title to the property.
We must not "build it back".

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Technology

Literary Lions Unite in Protest Over Amazon’s E-Book Tactics

By DAVID STREITFELD | Sep 29th 2014
Many more writers have signed on to Authors United, a group not only challenging Amazon on its Hachette dealings, but also asking federal authorities to investigate it on antitrust matters.
Book Trade and Publishing; E-Books and Readers; Writing and Writers; Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues

Amazon is not big enough yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rockefellers-john/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book#Formats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book#Digital_rights_management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book#E-reader_applications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library.nu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookFinder.com
"In 2005, BookFinder.com was acquired by AbeBooks,[5] which itself was purchased by Amazon.com on August 1, 2008.[6][7]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management

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U.S.

Vatican Investigates Missouri Bishop Who Shielded Pedophile Priest

By MICHAEL PAULSON | Sep 29th 2014
The Roman Catholic Church is investigating Bishop Robert W. Finn, who was convicted in 2012 for failing to report a priest suspected of sexual abuse of children.
Child Abuse and Neglect; Sex Crimes; Priests; Child Pornography

pedophile priest  redirects to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases
"After the United States, the country with the next highest number of reported cases is Ireland.[21] A significant number of cases have also been reported in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.[40] In 2004, the John Jay report tabulated a total of 4,392 priests and deacons in the U.S. against whom allegations of sexual abuse had been made."

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Opinion

Order vs. Disorder, Part 4

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Sep 30th 2014
The strategy of “containment” this go-round is not what it was during the Cold War.
Palestinians; Cold War Era

If ISIS does not receive significant logistic support the effort will degenerate to banditry in a few weeks. 

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Business Day

A U-Turn for a Terminal Built in Texas to Import Natural Gas

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Sep 29th 2014
Qatar Petroleum wants to export American gas by converting the terminal to export from import at a cost of at least $10 billion.
Natural Gas; International Trade and World Market

Price support for the frackers will bring screams with the cold weather.

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Opinion

Screening Smokers for Lung Cancer

Sep 29th 2014
Readers discuss the benefits and drawbacks of expanded screenings.
Lung Cancer; Smoking and Tobacco; Preventive Medicine; Tests (Medical); Medicare; Health Insurance and Managed Care

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/opinion/a-cancer-battle-we-can-win.html
"The study showed that in older people, both current and former heavy smokers, annual screening reduced the number of deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent."

I quit more than thirty years ago and never exceeded a pack a day.  I will get scanned.

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Business Day

New York Times Plans Cutbacks in Newsroom Staff

By RAVI SOMAIYA | Oct 1st 2014
The paper, saying it needed to reduce costs to safeguard profitability, said it would cut about 100 news jobs and a smaller number in other operations.
Layoffs and Job Reductions; Newspapers

I do not know what this means.
I suspect that management has discovered they are a business.

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Opinion

Dying Without Morphine

By RONALD PIANA | Sep 30th 2014
Why is it so hard to get pain relief in the developing worThe study showed that in older people, both current and former heavy smokers, annual screening reduced the number of deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent.ld?
Pain-Relieving Drugs; Morphine; Third World and Developing Countries; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Cancer; Pain

Drug gangs are very destructive. 
They compete with the government.

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World

Renewed Fighting Around Donetsk Airport Tests Ukraine Cease-Fire

By ANDREW ROTH | Sep 29th 2014
The upsurge in violence comes at a particularly critical time as Russian, Ukrainian and rebel officials are working on the boundaries of a buffer zone.
Defense and Military Forces

I worry.

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Business Day

Ray Lambrecht, Collector of Chevrolets, Is Dead at 96

By BRUCE WEBER | Sep 30th 2014
Mr. Lambrecht, who sold hundreds, maybe thousands, of cars and trucks in his career, had an eccentricity or two built into his business plan.
Deaths (Obituaries); Collectors and Collections

There are trucks all over the landscape.
Every farmer had several and used them.
I just want a practical vehicle.

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U.S.

Illinois: Worker Is Charged in Fire That Stalled Flights

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 26th 2014
A contract employee suspected of setting a fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control center brought two of the nation’s busiest airports to a halt for hours Friday.
Air Traffic Control; Fires and Firefighters; Airports; Delays (Transportation)

No more is known.

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World

U.S. Considers a No-Fly Zone to Protect Civilians From Airstrikes by Syria

By HELENE COOPER and ANNE BARNARD | Sep 26th 2014
The administration is open to establishing a buffer zone along the Turkish-Syrian border, where tens of thousands of Syrians have sought refuge.
United States Defense and Military Forces; Kurds; No-Fly Zones

"Let's you and him fight".

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Health

How Exercise May Protect Against Depression

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Sep 30th 2014
Exercise may help to safeguard the mind against depression through previously unknown effects on working muscles.
Depression (Mental); Exercise; Mental Health and Disorders

I agree that I need to get more active.

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Opinion

Paralysis Isn’t Inevitable

By JOE NOCERA | Sep 26th 2014
Solutions to “intractable” problems could be closer than we think.
Income Inequality; Gun Control; Social Conditions and Trends; Hedge Funds; Pensions and Retirement Plans; Organized Labor

I find force for change in this Nocera consideration.

The gun dealers work on profits from sales.
The gun buyers are driven by fear.
Micro stamping will make no difference to most gun violence.

Wealth inequality is the result of careful design by the wealthy.
The labor laws of the nineteen thirties were the result of social unrest during the great depression.  The depression that ended with the stimulus of the second world war.
We are not there yet.
Paralysis is preferable to the G.O.P.

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World

Mending Alliance, U.S. and Afghanistan Sign Long-Term Security Agreement

By DECLAN WALSH and AZAM AHMED | Sep 30th 2014
The agreement, long delayed, allows 9,800 American and about 2,000 NATO troops to remain in Afghanistan after the international combat mission formally ends on Dec. 31.
Afghanistan War (2001- ); United States Defense and Military Forces; Foreign Aid

We paid cash.

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U.S.

Utah: No Criminal Charges Over Tainted Iced Tea

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 26th 2014
No criminal charges will be filed in the case of a customer who nearly died after unknowingly drinking iced tea mixed with chemicals at a suburban Salt Lake City restaurant.
Food Contamination and Poisoning; Restaurants; Tea

Bad practice led to an accidental poisoning.

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Automobiles

Cadillac Recalls 17,500 SRX Crossovers in Canada

By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN | Sep 30th 2014
A rear suspension defect on 2010-15 model could affect vehicle handling and cause a crash, G.M. said.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Recalls and Bans of Products

The recall will come in the next few days.
GM has not been doing well.

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U.S.

Club Shooting in Rough Miami Neighborhood Continues a Cycle of Violence

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ | Sep 29th 2014
Miami police officers continued to try to make sense of what happened at 1 a.m. Sunday inside the Spot, a Caribbean nightclub, when gunfire broke out.
Murders and Attempted Murders; Bars and Nightclubs; Youth; Deaths (Fatalities); Firearms

A bar fight with guns.
The Miami paper should hire another reporter.
This one spoke to none of the participants.

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N.Y. / Region

City to Publicly Shame Harassing Landlords

By MIREYA NAVARRO | Sep 30th 2014
Starting next year, landlords who run afoul of an anti-harassment law will face public exposure on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development website.
Landlords; Renting and Leasing (Real Estate)

Free advertising.

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U.S.

Costs Can Go Up Fast When E.R. Is in Network but the Doctors Are Not

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Sep 28th 2014 )
Emergency room physicians are leaving patients with hefty bills: More and more, doctors who work in emergency rooms are private contractors who are out of network or do not accept any insurance plans.
Emergency Medical Treatment; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Doctors; Hospitals; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

I am warned.  I will have to find a primary care doc.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

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U.S.

Vatican Investigates Missouri Bishop Who Shielded Pedophile Priest

By MICHAEL PAULSON | Sep 29th 2014
The Roman Catholic Church is investigating Bishop Robert W. Finn, who was convicted in 2012 for failing to report a priest suspected of sexual abuse of children.
Child Abuse and Neglect; Sex Crimes; Priests; Child Pornography 

The Roman church would rather look than be looked into.

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Opinion

De Blasio’s Green Housing

Sep 30th 2014
Judi Kende of Enterprise Community Partners discusses New York City’s plan to make rent-regulated and public housing more energy efficient.
Affordable Housing; Public and Subsidized Housing; Rent Control and Stabilization; Energy Efficiency 

De Blasio makes nice noises.
I am certain his intentions are good.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

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Technology

Literary Lions Unite in Protest Over Amazon’s E-Book Tactics

By DAVID STREITFELD | Sep 29th 2014

They can protest as they wish.
They should take legal advice if they have not done so.

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Opinion

Delayed Justice for the Navajos

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep 29th 2014
A $554 million agreement with the Navajo Nation is the latest and most encouraging development in a reversal by the Obama administration in settling to legitimate tribal claims.
Navajo Indians; Native Americans; Editorials; Land Use Policies; Suits and Litigation (Civil) 

The tribes are settling for pennies on the dollar.
The problems are not solved.

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U.S.

Spy Agencies Urge Caution on Phone Deal

By ERIC LICHTBLAU | Sep 28th 2014

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U.S.

Spy Agencies Urge Caution on Phone Deal

By ERIC LICHTBLAU | Sep 28th 2014 

Edward Snowden is a hero.
I do not trust the "spy agencies".

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Crosswords/Games

The Counterfeit Bill

By GARY ANTONICK | Sep 29th 2014
The bill was counterfeit. How much did the shopkeeper lose?

Edward Snowden is a hero.
I do not trust the "spy agencies".

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Crosswords/Games

The Counterfeit Bill

By GARY ANTONICK | Sep 29th 2014
The bill was counterfeit. How much did the shopkeeper lose?
Creativity; Engineering and Engineers; Mathematics; Puzzles 

"How much did the first shopkeeper lose on this entire unfortunate experience?"
Gladys left with $100 in cash and goods. The neighboring shopkeeper recieved $100 for the bad bill. 
$200 total
The switch problem is trivial. 
-----<===X===X===X . . . X===>----O----
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Business Day

U.S. Approves Gas Export Terminal at Chesapeake Bay

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 29th 2014
Dominion Energy received federal approval late
Natural Gas; Energy and Power

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_New_York_City
"February 10, 1973 – 40 workers are killed in an explosion while cleaning an empty LNG tank in Bloomfield, Staten Island March 3, 1973 – ..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomfield,_Staten_Island
"On February 10, 1973, during a cleaning operation, 42 workers were inside one of the TETCo natural gas tanks which had supposedly been completely drained ten months earlier. However, ignition occurred, causing a plume of combusting gas to rise within the tank. Two workers near the top felt the heat and rushed to the safety of scaffolding outside. The other forty workers were not so fortunate. They all died as the concrete cap on the tank rose 20–30 feet in the air and then came crashing back down, crushing them to death.[1][2][3][4]" 

http://lccn.loc.gov/77-76271
Hintze, Naomi A. (1978). Time Bomb: LNG: The truth about our newest and most dangerous energy source. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. pp. 26–32 

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Opinion

Some Judicial Opinions Require Only 140 Characters

By JESSE WEGMAN | Sep 29th 2014
In a state where members of the Supreme Court are elected, one justice uses Twitter, and often, to connect to his constituents.
Social Media; Supreme Courts (State); Editorials; Courts and the Judiciary

A judicial joke is costly for some party.

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World

Private Bank Fuels Fortunes of Putin’s Inner Circle

By STEVEN LEE MYERS, JO BECKER and JIM YARDLEY | Sep 27th 2014
The rise of Bank Rossiya, controlled by close friends of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, illustrates how he has enriched loyalists whose influence over the economy has helped him maintain his iron grip on power.
Series; Embargoes and Sanctions; Corruption (Institutional)

Their nation, their rules.

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World

Opposition in Syria Is Skeptical of U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS

By ANNE BARNARD | Sep 29th 2014
Protests against American airstrikes have broken out across insurgent-held Syria over the past week, including among some of the very insurgents who spent years calling for them.
United States Defense and Military Forces; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Civilian Casualties

Bombs bother everyone near their detonation.
Our intelligence in Syria is not that good.

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Opinion

Why Drivers Get Away With Murder

By DANA M. LERNER | Sep 29th 2014
We have the laws to cut traffic deaths — but lack the will to enforce them.
Traffic Accidents and Safety; Deaths (Fatalities); Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; Law and Legislation; Drunken and Reckless Driving

I cannot fix her pain.

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Business Day

Drug Patents Held Overseas Can Pare Makers’ Tax Bills

By ANDREW POLLACK | Sep 29th 2014
While not as advantageous as an inversion, biotech players are saving on taxes by transferring patents to foreign subsidiaries.
Biotechnology; Tax Shelters; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Corporate Taxes; Inventions and Patents; Sovaldi (Drug)

They are not wrong to do so.

We could try to change the law.
That would be difficult with this congress.
A change in congress is more easily made.

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Health

Celiac Disease, a Common, but Elusive, Diagnosis

By JANE E. BRODY | Sep 30th 2014

"Hygienic extremes may be to blame for the increase: Overzealous cleanliness has been linked to a rise in autoimmune diseases."

Figure it out and fix it.

14
Travel

Rolling on the (Mekong) River

By SANJAY SURANA | Sep 30th 2014
A new 20-suite riverboat starts sailing between Cambodia and Vietnam.
Cruises; Travel and Vacations

I still do not want to go to Vietnam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands

Location of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (marked in red) in India
Location of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (marked in red) in India

? 

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Business Day

Germany Keeps Its Economic Engine Idling

By PAUL TAYLOR | REUTERS | Sep 29th 2014
Pressure is mounting for Germany to use its healthy
budget position to increase public investment, stimulate demand and encourage growth.
International Trade and World Market

"The answer from Chancellor Angela Merkel so far is an adamant no, which was spelled out firmly to Prime Minister Manuel Valls of France during his visit to Berlin last week."

Germany will not risk inflation by doing economic stimulus.

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U.S.

Chicago Flights Are Returning to Normal After Attack on Air Traffic Center

By MATTHEW L. WALD | Sep 29th 2014
The Federal Aviation Administration said it hoped to have the damage to a communications center near Chicago repaired by Oct. 13.
Delays (Transportation); Airports; Fires and Firefighters; Air Traffic Control
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/news/12iht-travel_ed3__44.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Air_Route_Traffic_Control_Center#2014_fire
"On September 26, 2014, an arson at the Chicago Center (ZAU) facility caused operations across ZAU-controlled airspace to be suspended, including airport operations at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports, resulting in canceled flights.[4] One employee at the facility was treated for smoke inhalation, while remaining employees were evacuated.[5]
Brian Howard, who had been working for the Federal Aviation Administration as a contract employee of Harris Corporation,[6][7] was charged with one count of "destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities" following the incident.[8][9]"

It looks like noise to me.

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio Plans Revised Code for Discipline in Schools

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS | Sep 28th 2014
Mayor Bill de Blasio, after a controversial crackdown on unruly institutions by his predecessor, will try to strike a balance between safety and fairness.
School Discipline (Students); Education (K-12)

The object is that the children learn.
The schools should try for no permanent injuries.

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The Upshot

Now as Provocateur, Summers Says Treasury Undermined Fed

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM | Sep 30th 2014
In a paper, Mr. Summers and three co-authors argued that the lack of cooperation had slowed growth and left more Americans jobless.ed growth and left more Americans jobless.
United States Economy; Interest Rates; Inflation (Economics)

Just wrong.

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Science

Scientists Trace Extreme Heat in Australia to Climate Change

By JUSTIN GILLIS | Sep 29th 2014
Five groups of researchers analyzing last year’s Australian heat waves came to the same conclusion: They could not have been as severe without human
influence.
Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions

ok.   45 C.=113F.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/science/earth/climate-change-report.html

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Opinion

For a Westminster Revolution

Sep 28th 2014
Let's hope that the Scots may promote the path of revolutionary reform for the whole United Kingdom.
Referendums; Oils and Fats

Living and learning is hard enough.



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 YARDLEY | Sep 27th 2014
The rise of Bank Rossiya, controlled by close friends of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, illustrates how he has enriched loyalists whose influence over the economy has helped him maintain his iron grip on power.
Series; Embargoes and Sanctions; Corruption (Institutional)

Their nation, their rules.
World

Opposition in Syria Is Skeptical of U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS

By ANNE BARNARD | Sep 29th 2014
Opinion

Why Drivers Get Away With Murder

By DANA M. LERNER | Sep 29th 2014
  
I cannot fix her pain.
Business Day

Drug Patents Held Overseas Can Pare Makers’ Tax Bills

By ANDREW POLLACK | Sep 29th 2014

That can be done.
Health

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U.S.

Vatican Investigates Missouri Bishop Who Shielded Pedophile Priest

By MICHAEL PAULSON | Sep 29th 2014
Opinion

De Blasio’s Green Housing

Sep 30th 2014
Technology

Literary Lions Unite in Protest Over Amazon’s E-Book Tactics

By DAVID STREITFELD | Sep 29th 2014
Opinion

Dying Without Morphine

By RONALD PIANA | Sep 30th 2014

Morphine is as addictive as nicotine.
There is always some leakage.
Opinion

Order vs. Disorder, Part 4

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Sep 30th 2014
The strategy of “containment” this go-round is not what it was during the Cold War.
Palestinians; Cold War Era

Israel will not be a mixed society or guilty of genocide.
 
Opinion

Delayed Justice for the Navajos

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep 29th 2014
U.S.

Spy Agencies Urge Caution on Phone Deal

By ERIC LICHTBLAU | Sep 28th 2014
Crosswords/Games

The Counterfeit Bill

By GARY ANTONICK | Sep 29th 2014
Business Day

U.S. Approves Gas Export Terminal at Chesapeake Bay

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 29th 2014
Opinion

Some Judicial Opinions Require Only 140 Characters

By JESSE WEGMAN | Sep 29th 2014
World

Private Bank Fuels Fortunes of Putin’s Inner Circle

By STEVEN LEE MYERS, JO BECKER and JIM YARDLEY | Sep 27th 2014
World

Opposition in Syria Is Skeptical of U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS

By ANNE BARNARD | Sep 29th 2014
Opinion

Why Drivers Get Away With Murder

By DANA M. LERNER | Sep 29th 2014
Business Day

Drug Patents Held Overseas Can Pare Makers’ Tax Bills

By ANDREW POLLACK | Sep 29th 2014
Health

Celiac Disease, a Common, but Elusive, Diagnosis

By JANE E. BRODY | Sep 30th 2014
Travel

Rolling on the (Mekong) River

By SANJAY SURANA | Sep 30th 2014

Talking to NOLA or Red Stick I guess.
Business Day

Germany Keeps Its Economic Engine Idling

By PAUL TAYLOR | REUTERS | Sep 29th 2014
U.S.

Chicago Flights Are Returning to Normal After Attack on Air Traffic Center

By MATTHEW L. WALD | Sep 29th 2014
The Upshot

Now as Provocateur, Summers Says Treasury Undermined Fed

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM | Sep 30th 2014
Wrong again.
Science

Scientists Trace Extreme Heat in Australia to Climate Change

By JUSTIN GILLIS | Sep 29th 2014




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