Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: NYT

Tuesday 31 May 2011

NYT


TOP NEWS

Medicare Plan for Payments Irks Hospitals

By ROBERT PEAR
The government plans to reward hospitals that hold down costs and penalize those whose patients prove most expensive.

In Japan, a Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency

By MARTIN FACKLER and NORIMITSU ONISHI
Tokyo has showered generous subsidies, payouts and jobs on local communities that host or expand nuclear power plants.

Housing Index Is Expected to Show a New Low in Prices

By DAVID STREITFELD
The downward spiral of the housing market, which experts expect will continue, has not only lowered home ownership, but tarnished a piece of the American dream.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Most people still want the big house with the big lot in the desirable school district in the suburbs. No one ever renovated the kitchen or redid a room for the kids in a rental. I think - I hope - we'll be O.K."
DOUGLAS C. YEARLEY JR., chief executive of Toll Brothers, on the downturn in the housing market.


N.Y. / Region

Slide Show: An Arboreal Census of Central Park

A tour of the trees in Central Park with Ken Chaya and Edward Sibley Barnard.
Opinion
Room For Debate

Testing Students to Grade Teachers

What do we know about using student achievement tests to judge teacher performance?
WORLD
Malabo Journal

U.S. Engages With an Iron Leader in Equatorial Guinea

By ADAM NOSSITER
Despite a poor human rights record, the U.S. still broadly engages with the country's dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

From Spain, Charges Against 20 in the Killing of 6 Priests in El Salvador in 1989

By ELISABETH MALKIN
The killing of six Jesuit priests, as well as their housekeeper and her daughter, was a watershed moment in El Salvador's brutal civil war.

Egypt's Christians Fear Violence as Changes Embolden Islamists

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
A surge of sectarian violence in Cairo has turned Christian-Muslim tensions into one of the gravest threats to the revolution's stability.
U.S.

Putting a Crimp in the Hookah

By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
Although water pipes are commonly viewed as less dangerous to health than cigarettes, they are just as bad, researchers say.

Once-Stately Trees Tell a Tale of Destruction in Joplin

By A.G. SULZBERGER
The thick skeletons of oak, elm and hickory trees stand sentinel over a wasteland.
Sidebar

Justice Stevens Is Off the Bench but Not Out of Opinions

By ADAM LIPTAK
Justice John Paul Stevens may be 91 and retired, but he appears more active than ever - making speeches, writing a book and telling people what he thinks of recent decisions.
BUSINESS
DealBook

Madoff Victim Seeks Divorce Do-Over

By PETER LATTMAN
When Steven Simkin and Laura Blank divorced and split their assets, the largest chunk of money was invested with Bernard Madoff, and Mr. Simkin is now suing to revise the deal.

Not a Flashy Investor, Just Successful

By JULIE CRESWELL
Martin Sass runs a boutique investment firm with $8 billion in assets. He doesn't believe in get-rich-quick schemes and has "a healthy degree of paranoia."

China's Economy Slows, but Inflation Still Looms

By KEITH BRADSHER
The big question now is how much economic growth may slow, before the authorities shift their priority from controlling inflation to revving the growth engine.
SPORTS

Accusations Are Replaced by Anger at FIFA

By JERÉ LONGMAN
FIFA has repeatedly faced charges of corruption while operating with a lack of transparency and little oversight.
Mets 7, Pirates 3

Reyes Goes on Leave, and Mets Slug 15 Hits

By KEN BELSON
After Jose Reyes left the club on bereavement leave, the Mets juggled their lineup and found a way to beat the Pirates.
Yankees 5, Athletics 0

With Shutout, Colon Continues to Be a Surprise

By BEN SHPIGEL
Bartolo Colon retired 23 of his first 26 hitters, allowing four hits, in the Yankees victory in Oakland.
ARTS
Art Review

A Storied Paradise, Tempered by Reality

By HOLLAND COTTER
"Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance," an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, strikes a balance between exoticism and realism.

Suspended In Space, 103 Stories Over Chicago

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
The Ledge, a series of glass boxes that extend off the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower in Chicago, gives visitors a unique perspective on the world.

Does Money Grow on Art Market Trees? Not for Everyone

By ROBIN POGREBIN and KEVIN FLYNN
Not all contemporary artists are enjoying a surge in the value of their work. Prices for the work of some, including Eric Fischl and Francesco Clemente, have declined or stayed flat at auction.
SCIENCE TIMES

Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space

By FELICITY BARRINGER
Scientists have used small variations in the Earth's gravity to identify trouble spots around the globe where people are making unsustainable demands on groundwater.
A Conversation With Ellen Bialystok

The Bilingual Advantage

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease symptoms.

Inspectors Pierce Iran's Cloak of Nuclear Secrecy

By WILLIAM J. BROAD
The world's atomic watchdogs unveiled new details of what they call "possible military dimensions" of Iran's nuclear program.
EDITORIALS
Editorial

The Numbers Are Grim

The economy is not growing nearly fast enough to dent unemployment, but help is not forthcoming.
Editorial

Gov. Christie Abandons a Good Idea

New Jersey's self-proclaimed "clean-energy advocate" has proved to be anything but.
Editorial

Making Data Roam

A new federal rule requires wireless broadband providers to offer data roaming on reasonable terms. That goes for the giants, too.
Editorial

Crossing the Church-State Divide by Ark

Kentucky's citizens should ask themselves if a Bible-based theme park is really the best use of taxpayer dollars.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor

Sudan's Peaceful Partition, at Risk

By DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON
Sudan is on the verge of civil war, and the North's occupation of Abyei could reignite the conflict between North and South unless foreign powers use their leverage to stop it.
Op-Ed Columnist

It's Not About You

By DAVID BROOKS
America needs to adjust its message to college graduates.
Op-Ed Columnist

The Good Banker

By JOE NOCERA
Finally, an insider who's willing to tell the truth about banking.
Op-Ed Columnist

DSK and Conspiracy Theory

By ROGER COHEN
The greater a society's culture of dependency, the more its citizens will tend to see hidden hands at work everywhere.
Op-Ed Contributor

The Right Way to Shrink Prisons

By SHIMA BARADARAN
How judges can safely release more pretrial defendants.
ON THIS DAY
On May 31, 1889, more than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa.