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Travel
Apr 29th 2015
Seth Kugel, the Frugal Traveler columnist, hosted a live Facebook
chat about lodging for summer travel, from hostels to Airbnb. See the
conversation.
Budget Travel; Travel and Vacations; Hotels and Travel Lodgings
I default to the campsites and motels.
It is easier without a dog.
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Real Estate
By VIVIAN MARINO | Apr 28th 2015
Mr. Kushner, 34, is the chief executive of Kushner Companies, a
developer that owns and operates more than 20,000 residential apartments
nationwide.
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Science
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY | Apr 27th 2015
The birds are known to form flash mobs and attack infested turf in a feeding frenzy.
Birds; Science and Technology
I would like to be selective in what visits my feeder.
I have not figured out how.
I do block the squirrels.
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The Upshot
Compiled by TONI MONKOVIC | Apr 28th 2015
College for the marginal student may work out well, but one reader asks: Who are you going to call when your toilet backs up?
Colleges and Universities; Education; Labor and Jobs; Plumbing; Education (K-12)
Professions are just other trades.
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Food
By JULIA MOSKIN | Apr 28th 2015
In her new cookbook, April Bloomfield is unabashedly fussy about
each component, and that’s what makes her simple food so satisfying.
Cooking and Cookbooks
I can do that.
I would rather not if the results are satisfactory.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 28th 2015
Gov. Jerry Brown of California on Tuesday called for $10,000 fines
for residents and businesses that waste the most water as cities try to
meet conservation mandates during the drought.
Fines (Penalties); Conservation of Resources; Water
Graduated water rates similar to graduated income taxes would be my choice of a method to force water conservation.
Jerry Brown has limited powers.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 28th 2015
The University of Florida closed a fraternity Tuesday after
allegations that its members hurled drunken insults and spat at a group
of disabled military veterans at a Panama City Beach resort.
Fraternities and Sororities; Veterans; Colleges and Universities
Good.
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Technology
By FARHAD MANJOO | Apr 29th 2015
A toilet seat that warms and cleans has been used widely abroad
for decades, but is just beginning to catch on in the United States.
Bathrooms and Toilets
Fine by me.
I will happily buy one for you.
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World
Associated Press | Apr 27th 2015
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Business Day
By JAD MOUAWAD | Apr 29th 2015
Dozens of American’s flights were delayed as an app for
navigational documents malfunctioned. But it pointed to a coming issue
of avionics security as airlines go paperless.
Airlines and Airplanes; Delays (Transportation)
Pilots still do a walk around the aircraft before taking to the air.
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N.Y. / Region
By KATE TAYLOR | Apr 27th 2015
A decade after a large, struggling middle school was shut down and
replaced with two smaller ones, the Education Department is putting it
back together and is likely to combine several others.
Education (K-12)
Administrative ability counts.
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Business Day
By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN | Apr 29th 2015
Deliberations in the trial of Sergey Aleynikov, a former employee of Goldman Sachs, resumed after two jurors were excused.
Jury System
Convicted on one count.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/business/dealbook/ex-goldman-programmer-found-guilty.html
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U.S.
By ALAN BLINDER | Apr 26th 2015
Several people were missing after wind gusts near hurricane force
hit the Dauphin Island Race on Mobile Bay, the Coast Guard said.
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms; Maritime Accidents and Safety
There was a thunderstorm.
They happen often.
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Opinion
Apr 29th 2015
The president of Mercy for Animals urges India to embrace a meat-free diet.
Meat; Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare; Factory Farming
I would not ban meat eating anywhere.
I would ban external costs.
People cannot impose the costs of our actions on others.
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Magazine
By AMY BLOOM, KENJI YOSHINO and JACK SHAFER | Apr 29th 2015
The ethicists answer reader questions about familial loans and
writing a recommendation letter to keep a former student from being
deported.
Ethics (Personal); Deportation; Personal Finances; Families and Family Life
I do not attempt to read other people's minds.
Like everyone else I must examine their actions.
Exploitation is not a healthy relationship.
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Business Day
By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN | Apr 28th 2015
A dispute between two jurors, including an allegation of “food
tampering,” threatens to prompt a mistrial in the case against Sergey
Aleynikov, a former Goldman Sachs programmer.
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Business Day
By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN | Apr 26th 2015
Jury selection begins Monday in the case in which three lawyers
are accused of hiding the now-defunct firm’s financial situation from
investors.
Legal Profession; Jury System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership#United_States
I will be interested in the results of the trial.
It is not clear to me that there was a fiduciary relationship to their bond holders.
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Real Estate
By MIKE POWELL | Apr 29th 2015
This week’s offerings include an oceanfront house in Oregon, a bungalow in California and country club living in Louisiana.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
I would not want to live in Louisiana.
What a house sells for has little to do with what it cost to build.
We need to discuss the project.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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N.Y. / Region
By JIM DWYERBy JIM DWYER | Apr 28th 2015
Prosecutors are investigating whether United Airlines created a
commercial flight to win favor from David Samson, the chairman of the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Corruption (Institutional)
I will let the grand jury work.
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World
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Apr 27th 2015
Despite the costs and risks, migrants continue to traverse a country where warring militias have become the only law.
Refugees and Displaced Persons; Smuggling; Human Trafficking; Immigration and Emigration
We could hoist a black flag and go into the ferry business.
That would not be healthy for us or the passengers.
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@16:00, 4/30/15
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Business Day
By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN | Apr 29th 2015
For the steering problem, Ford is issuing recalls only for
vehicles that were sold or are registered n states that depend heavily
on winter road salt.
Traffic Accidents and Safety
It is not a problem for me.
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Travel
By ELAINE GLUSAC | Apr 28th 2015
The Time Hotel in New York City, in a 1927 building, will get a more contemporary look.
Travel and Vacations
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Food
Apr 28th 2015
The offerings at the pastry chef’s new place are prepared in a
minute or two; a cookbook from Bergdorf’s; a tasting of rosé; and more.
Cooking and Cookbooks; Bakeries and Baked Products
I am avoiding fructose. It seems to work.
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Automobiles
By BILL VLASIC | Apr 26th 2015
Regulators are considering whether to reopen an investigation into
Jeeps with rear gas tanks, despite Fiat Chrysler’s agreement two years
ago to recall some of the affected models.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Recalls and Bans of Products
The bankruptcy probably ended their liability.
There will be a court ruling on the matter.
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Business Day
By BILL VLASIC | Apr 28th 2015
Mark R. Rosekind, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, took aim at lingering safety problems in Jeep S.U.V.s
and with airbags made by Takata.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Law and Legislation; Recalls
and Bans of Products; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
I will watch for developments.
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U.S.
By JONATHAN WEISMAN | Apr 29th 2015
Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, lifted his blockade
of a House-Senate deal that would cut $5 trillion in spending over the
next decade to balance the federal budget.
Federal Budget (US)
No progress.
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Real Estate
By ALISON GREGOR | Apr 29th 2015
International buyers vanished with the global real estate crisis
of 2008, but domestic demand kept prices buoyant. In Cartagena buyers
find a dynamic and pricy home market.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Travel and Vacations
Rent something.
I cannot build history or climate.
Other things we can discuss.
We could start with where and a budget.
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Fashion & Style
By SAM SIFTON | Apr 29th 2015
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World
By ANDREW ROTH | Apr 29th 2015
The unmanned freighter was reported to be falling to Earth, and
top Russian space officials were meeting on Wednesday to come up with a
plan.
International Space Station
Failures are inevitable.
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N.Y. / Region
By THOMAS KAPLAN | Apr 28th 2015
William Scarborough, a New York assemblyman from Queens, plans to
plead guilty next week to federal charges accusing him of stealing about
$40,000 from the state.
Corruption (Institutional); State Legislatures
Some people are corrupt.
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Opinion
Apr 28th 2015
Ron Bonn, a reader, writes that the warplane “is yet another victim of sequestration.”
Military Aircraft; Federal Budget (US); United States Politics and Government
The A-10 has one great failing.
It is not fashionable.
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Real Estate
By JOYCE COHEN | Apr 30th 2015
Josué Asselin-Bienvenue and Michael Robinson II needed more room than their Manhattan rental offered.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
I do not want to live in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
My relation with Pratt will end.
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Food
By LIGAYA MISHAN | Apr 30th 2015
In a corner of a 24-hour mart in Flushing, Queens, Koreans redefine the snack.
Restaurants
This restaurant will be better with a knowledgeable guide.
Good dim sum are worth a trip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum
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U.S.
By ROBERT PEAR | Apr 29th 2015
Two reports say that failure to follow provisions of the
Affordable Care Act had left some women with significant cost barriers
to birth control.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Birth Control and Family
Planning; Women and Girls; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(2010)
The federal prosecutors will act.
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World
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD | Apr 28th 2015
A significant drop in children apprehended at the border springs
from Mexico’s record number of deportations of minors traveling without a
guardian, according to the Pew Research Center.
Illegal Immigration; Children and Childhood
They will come if they can.
The change is not a good one.
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Opinion
Apr 29th 2015
Justin Wood, an environmental organizer, writes that Mayor Bill de
Blasio’s plan “sets the stage for fundamental reform of the commercial
waste system.”
Income Inequality; Infrastructure (Public Works); Waste Materials and Disposal
I will wait for results.
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U.S.
By ASHLEY PARKER | Apr 27th 2015
The budget would cut education and entitlement programs like
Medicare and ease the legislative process to end the Affordable Care
Act.
It happens every year.
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Science
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD | Apr 29th 2015
The discovery highlights the broad range of evolutionary experiments in flight that took place close to the origins of birds.
Dinosaurs; Paleontology; Fossils; Birds
Go find other examples.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 29th 2015
State lawmakers rejected efforts to expand the state Medicaid
program to give the working poor government-funded health insurance, the
third year of defeats for the legislation.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Law and Legislation
Louisiana Republicans are insane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity
"A danger to themselves and to others"
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Business Day
By NEIL GOUGH | Apr 30th 2015
The government will introduce a deposit insurance system on Friday, hoping to force a more market-driven approach to lending.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Deposit Insurance
At bottom, Han are practical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese
www.bloomberg.com/quote/002506:CH
Chaori Solar Bankruptcy Case Accepted by Shanghai Court in First Jun 27, 2014 ... Chaori Solar Says Bonds May Be Delisted as Baoding Slumps Mar 12, 2014.
No further information at this URL
www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=002506.SZ
GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd., formerly SHANGHAI CHAORI SOLAR ENERGY SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD., is principally engaged in ....
www.bloomberg.com/.../china-sees-first-bond-default-by...
Apr 21, 2015 - Baoding Tianwei Group Co., the unit of central government-owned China South Industries Group Corp., said it will fail to pay 85.5 million yuan ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hicks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism_%28disambiguation%29
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pragmatic I like this one.
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Sports
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 29th 2015
Janko Tipsarevic, a wild-card entry, rallied to beat sixth-seeded
Bernard Tomic, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3), at the BMW Open, a clay-court
tournament.
Tennis
http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
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World
AP | Apr 28th 2015
Relatives of the victims in South Korea’s ferry disaster expressed
discontent on Tuesday after an appeals court sentenced the captain to
life in prison and issued a reduced sentence for the crew.
Maritime Accidents and Safety; Sentences (Criminal); Ferries;
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Decisions and Verdicts
The popular reaction is important only so far as it changes culture.
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Food
By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Apr 28th 2015
The visitor is on display at the downtown location of Mr. Meyer’s
restaurant Untitled, through floor-to-ceiling glass walls, and the
seasonal menu strives for lightness.
Restaurants
New York is choking on the rich.
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Business Day
By REUTERS | Apr 28th 2015
The highly contagious avian influenza strains would probably
spread among wild bird at breeding grounds in the northern United States
and Canada, officials said.
Avian Influenza; Viruses; Agriculture and Farming
The bird flu will infect more flocks when it is present in the wild bird population.
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Business Day
By REUTERS | Apr 27th 2015
Additional tests were pending, but if the tests are positive the
contagious disease would be confirmed in more than nine million birds.
Avian Influenza; Agriculture and Farming; Chickens
yes
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Sports
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 27th 2015
Eliud Kipchoge and Tigist Tufa won the men’s and women’s races, and Kenyans claimed the top four spots.
London Marathon
Yes
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World
Associated Press | Apr 27th 2015
At a departing ceremony on Monday, Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo of
South Korea apologized over a scandal that led to his resignation,
saying he hoped “the truth will eventually reveal itself.”
Bribery and Kickbacks
"White Water"
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N.Y. / Region
By KATE TAYLOR | Apr 27th 2015
A decade after a large, struggling middle school was shut down and
replaced with two smaller ones, the Education Department is putting it
back together and is likely to combine several others.
Education (K-12)
"The most important factor in whether two schools should be merged, she
said, would not be their size, but whether one school has an exceptional
principal capable of running both schools."
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 28th 2015
The latest reforms do not get to the underlying issue, which is
that the police are issuing too many trivial summonses to begin with.
Police; Minorities; Discrimination
The Police have no other tool.
The courts must deal with the summonses promptly and humanely.
This will take more resources.
Taxes will go up.
The burden must rest on those who can pay.
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World
By NICHOLAS KULISH and NICOLA CLARK | Apr 29th 2015
The American aviation agency granted a pilot’s license to Mr.
Lubitz only after it was assured by his doctors that he had recovered
from depression.
Pilots; Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters; Mental Health and Disorders; Airlines and Airplanes
The F.A.A. took the German Doctor's word.
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Business Day
By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN | Apr 29th 2015
For the steering problem, Ford is issuing recalls only for
vehicles that were sold or are registered n states that depend heavily
on winter road salt.
Traffic Accidents and Safety
The regulators contention is the bolts are too cheap.
The regulators may be right.
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World
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD | Apr 28th 2015
A significant drop in children apprehended at the border springs
from Mexico’s record number of deportations of minors traveling without a
guardian, according to the Pew Research Center.
Illegal Immigration; Children and Childhood
The desperate will continue to try.
I would rather have them here than any of the several alternatives.
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U.S.
By ERIK ECKHOLM | Apr 29th 2015
One year after a botched execution, the justices will examine
whether a new drug combination violates the Eighth Amendment by posing
the risk of terrible suffering.
Capital Punishment; Eighth Amendment (US Constitution)
The dead do not care.
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Sports
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 26th 2015
Caroline Wozniacki will play Angelique Kerber in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
Tennis
http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
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Food
By JULIA MOSKIN | Apr 28th 2015
In her new cookbook, April Bloomfield is unabashedly fussy about
each component, and that’s what makes her simple food so satisfying.
Cooking and Cookbooks
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017375-boiled-potatoes-with-butter-and-mint
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017376-whole-pot-roasted-cauliflower-with-tomatoes-and-anchovies
Sounds good to me.
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Science
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD | Apr 27th 2015
The find seemed to settle a debate over whether the tools and
ornaments found at archaeological sites belonged to modern humans or
Neanderthals.
Neanderthal Man; Teeth and Dentistry; Archaeology and Anthropology
We keep learning.
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The Upshot
By AUSTIN FRAKT | Apr 27th 2015
Medicare and Medicaid data offer the best available window into
health outcomes and costs. Now a part of that information is hidden.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Research; Privacy; Medicare; Medicaid; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)
There is no need for mass data for the research. Ask the patients or use a pool that is not shielded.
Bulk data on opioid deaths and metadone use should be available.
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Business Day
By BILL VLASIC | Apr 28th 2015
Mark R. Rosekind, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, took aim at lingering safety problems in Jeep S.U.V.s
and with airbags made by Takata.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Law and Legislation; Recalls
and Bans of Products; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
I will wait for results.
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World
By ADAM NOSSITER | Apr 28th 2015
Their citizens are drowning by the hundreds, along with Syrians
and Afghans. But there has been barely an anguished word from the
continent’s leaders.
Immigration and Emigration; Boats and Boating; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
It is always easier to attach blame to others.
It is known how to stimulate an economy in deflation.
There is a fear of inflation among the wealthy.
So deflation continues and the jobless run toward income.
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Fashion & Style
By SAM SIFTON | Apr 29th 2015
Turn the gas on low when you’re making sauce, my friend
Cooking and Cookbooks; Recipes; Chickens
I appreciate my cooking.
I will change it to your taste.
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