health and insurance: October 2019

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Facebook Sued for Age, Gender Bias in Financial Services Ads

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
Facebook Inc was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts, insurance, investments and loans.
Published date: November 1, 2019 at 08:33AM
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Today in History - October 31

Today in History - October 31

On the night of October 31, many Americans celebrate the traditions of Halloween by dressing in costumes and telling tales of witches and ghosts. Continue reading.

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Why ‘Medicare for All’ Could Both Raise Taxes and Lower Costs

By Margot Sanger-Katz and Josh Katz
NYT The Upshot
A crucial difference between a single-payer plan and more moderate Democratic proposals is how much spending would shift to the federal budget.
Published date: October 31, 2019 at 11:00AM
The New York Times
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Stable Costs but More Uninsured as 'Obamacare' Sign-Ups Open

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
More Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Obama health law aren't likely to reverse that.
Published date: October 31, 2019 at 06:12AM
AP
New York Times article

Nationals Take 4-2 Lead vs. Astros in Game 7: Live Updates

By Benjamin Hoffman
NYT Sports
The 2019 M.L.B. season comes down to one game. Max Scherzer will start for the Washington Nationals and Zack Greinke for the Houston Astros in a winner-take-all finale.
Published date: October 30, 2019 at 09:05PM
The New York Times
New York Times article

Ford, Auto Workers Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

By The Associated Press
NYT Business Day
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford after three days of intense bargaining.
Published date: October 31, 2019 at 03:00AM
AP
New York Times article

New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-0398

The init script in autokey before 0.61.3-2 allows local attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published at: October 31, 2019 at 12:15AM
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-0737

A missing permission check was found in The CLI in JBoss Operations Network before 2.3.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows JBoss ON users to perform management tasks and configuration changes with the privileges of the administrator user.

Published at: October 31, 2019 at 01:15AM
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-0747

drbd8 allows local users to bypass intended restrictions for certain actions via netlink packets, similar to CVE-2009-3725.

Published at: October 31, 2019 at 01:15AM
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-0748

Transmission before 1.92 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact via a large number of tr arguments in a magnet link.

Published at: October 31, 2019 at 01:15AM
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-0749

Transmission before 1.92 allows attackers to prevent download of a file by corrupted data during the endgame.

Published at: October 31, 2019 at 01:15AM
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-1673

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ikiwiki before 3.20101112 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a comment.

Published at: October 31, 2019 at 01:15AM
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How Americans Split on Health Care: It’s a 3-Way Tie

By Margot Sanger-Katz
NYT The Upshot
Despite the lack of consensus, a new survey finds that almost two-thirds of the public favors Democratic approaches.
Published date: October 30, 2019 at 11:00AM
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The Fed Is Expected to Cut Rates for a Third Time. Its Next Move Is a Mystery.

By Jeanna Smialek
NYT Business Day
The Fed is poised to lower interest rates for a third time since July. Investors will be watching for any hint at what comes next.
Published date: October 30, 2019 at 11:00AM
The New York Times
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Cyber Attack on Asia Ports Could Cost $110 Billion: Lloyd's

By Reuters
NYT Technology
A cyber attack on Asian ports could cost as much as $110 billion, or half the total global loss from natural catastrophes in 2018, a Lloyd's of London-backed report said on Wednesday.
Published date: October 30, 2019 at 10:06AM
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Pennsylvania Police Settle Lawsuit in Shooting of Black Teenager

By Reuters
NYT U.S.
The parents of Antwon Rose II, a black teenager shot dead by a police officer in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2018, will receive a settlement worth about $2 million of their civil damage claim, according to a court document.
Published date: October 30, 2019 at 09:57AM
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Astronomy picture of the day by NASA - M42: Inside the Orion Nebula

The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away. In the featured deep image in assigned colors highlighted by emission in oxygen and hydrogen, wisps and sheets of dust and gas are particularly evident. The Great Nebula in Orion can be found with the unaided eye near the easily identifiable belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion. In addition to housing a bright open cluster of stars known as the Trapezium, the Orion Nebula contains many stellar nurseries. These nurseries contain much hydrogen gas, hot young stars, proplyds, and stellar jets spewing material at high speeds. Also known as M42, the Orion Nebula spans about 40 light years and is located in the same spiral arm of our Galaxy as the Sun. via NASA

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Fed Is Expected to Cut Rates but May Offer Little Guidance

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
The Federal Reserve is set to cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a third time this year to help sustain the U.S. economic expansion in the face of widespread trade tensions and slower global growth.
Published date: October 30, 2019 at 06:05AM
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Man Convicted of Fraud in Drowning Deaths of Sons

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
A man who authorities say drove his family off a Los Angeles pier, killing his two severely autistic sons to collect insurance money, has been convicted of 14 federal charges.
Published date: October 30, 2019 at 04:31AM
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New Your Times - Health - U.S. Blames Drug Shortages on Low Prices and a ‘Broken Marketplace’

By RONI CARYN RABIN
NYT Health
A government task force suggested that providers pay more for lifesaving generics and that drug makers receive quality ratings.
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 02:00AM

New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-2061

rpcbind 0.2.0 does not properly validate (1) /tmp/portmap.xdr and (2) /tmp/rpcbind.xdr, which can be created by an attacker before the daemon is started.

Published at: October 30, 2019 at 12:15AM
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-2064

rpcbind 0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/portmap.xdr and (2) /tmp/rpcbind.xdr.

Published at: October 30, 2019 at 12:15AM
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Pedestrian Detection Systems Produce Mixed Results in Safety Study

By Reuters
NYT Technology
The performance of modern pedestrian detection systems varies widely between carmakers, with high-end luxury brands generally faring better and other models failing to recognize pedestrians altogether, according to a study released on Tuesday by a...
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 01:50PM
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Stocks Cling to Gains on Trade Hopes, Mixed Earnings Weigh on Europe

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
World stocks hovered near a 15-month high on Tuesday underpinned by cautious optimism over a Sino-U.S trade deal and expectations of another dose of policy stimulus from the Federal Reserve, with safe havens such as gold and yen on the back foot.
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 08:29AM
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New asthma clinical trial: Is Asthma in Subjects With Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) Due to Dysanapsis

Published on: October 29, 2019 at 06:00PM
Conditions: Asthma; Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA); Dysanapis
Intervention:
Sponsor: Julie Dawson
Not yet recruiting

Kentucky-Based Insurer Humana to Lay Off 2% of Workforce

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
A health insurance provider says it's laying off more than 800 people.
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 12:05PM
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New York Times article

How to Make Your Travel Clothes Pop on Instagram

By Julie Weed
NYT Travel
“On Instagram we are selling a fantasy, and we want it to look like we have these amazing lives,” one stylist says. “But it can’t feel forced; it has to look easy.”
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 11:00AM
The New York Times
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New Your Times - Health - New TB Vaccine Could Save Millions of Lives, Study Suggests

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
NYT Health
There are 10 million new cases each year of tuberculosis, now the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. Even a partly effective vaccine could help turn the tide.
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 02:00AM

Chile Pinera Faces New Protests After Firing Ministers, Courting Working Class

By Reuters
NYT World
President Sebastian Pinera faced new protests on Monday after he replaced eight cabinet members including his interior and finance ministers, a house-cleaning aimed at taming the biggest political crisis since Chile's return to democracy in 1990.
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 09:02AM
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Astronomy picture of the day by NASA - Curiosity Rover Finds a Clay Cache on Mars

Why is there clay on Mars? On Earth, clay can form at the bottom of a peaceful lake when specific minerals trap water. At the pictured site on Mars, the robotic rover Curiosity drilled into two rocks and found the highest concentration of clay yet. The clay cache is considered addition evidence that Gale Crater once held water in the distant past. Pictured, 57 images taken by Curiosity have been combined into a selfie. The images were taken by a camera at the end of its robotic arm. Many details of the car-sized rover are visible, including its rugged wheels, numerous scientific instruments, and a high mast that contains camera "eyes", one of which can shoot out an infrared laser beam. Curiosity continues to roll around and up Mount Sharp -- in the center of Gale Crater -- in a search for new clues about the ancient history of Mars and whether or not the red planet once had conditions that could support life. via NASA

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New Your Times - Health - Cleaning Plant Troubles Could Lead to Hospital Tool Shortage

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NYT Health
Hospitals could soon face shortages of critical surgical tools because several plants that sterilize the equipment have been shut down, government health officials said Friday.
Published date: October 25, 2019 at 03:00AM

Testing Cars That Help Drivers Steer Clear of Pedestrians

By Christopher Jensen
NYT Business Day
As pedestrian deaths climb, collision-avoidance systems could reduce that toll, but new tests show significant differences in how well they work.
Published date: October 29, 2019 at 06:01AM
The New York Times
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2010-4245

pootle 2.0.5-0.2 has XSS via 'match_names' parameter

Published at: October 28, 2019 at 05:15PM
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NASA Image of the day on October 28, 2019 - A Trail of Night Lights from the International Space Station

Описание: This image of star trails was compiled from time-lapse photography taken by NASA astronaut Christina Koch while onboard the International Space Station. via NASA

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Chileans Call for New Protests Even as Pinera Readies Cabinet Reshuffle

By Reuters
NYT World
President Sebastian Pinera readied a cabinet reshuffle Monday morning, as Chileans angry at inequality called for more demonstrations this week in the biggest political crisis since the country's return to democracy in 1990.
Published date: October 28, 2019 at 04:23PM
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Exclusive: Wells Fargo Lays Off More Than 200 Business Bankers in U.S.-Sources

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
Wells Fargo & Co has laid off more than 200 bankers in its U.S. lending divisions in recent months, as the bank reacted to business trends and restructured some units, sources familiar with the matter said this week.
Published date: October 28, 2019 at 04:20PM
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New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2015-9499 (showbiz_pro)

The Showbiz Pro plugin through 1.7.1 for WordPress has PHP code execution by uploading a .php file within a ZIP archive.

Published at: October 23, 2019 at 12:15AM
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New grant opportunity on Grants.gov: Forest Service Wildfire Risk Reduction / Wildfire Response RFA 2020

Funding Opportunity ID:	321642
Opportunity Number:	USDA-FS-2020-WRR-WR
Opportunity Title:	Forest Service Wildfire Risk Reduction / Wildfire Response RFA 2020
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Environment Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
CFDA Number(s):	10.664
Eligible Applicants:	State governments County governments City or township governments Special district governments Independent school districts Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:	Forest Fire Compacts
Agency Code:	USDA-FS
Agency Name:	Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Posted Date:	Oct 28, 2019
Close Date:	Dec 20, 2019
Last Updated Date:	Oct 28, 2019
Award Ceiling:	$150,000
Award Floor:	$25,000
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,100,000
Expected Number of Awards:	15
Description:	The U.S. Forest Service supports Moving Toward Shared Stewardship Across Landscapes as part of a conceptual framework for making strategic investments across landscapes to co-manage wildfire risk and achieve positive outcomes at the most appropriate scale. Within this framework, Eastern Region Cohesive Fire Strategy Competitive Request for Applications is designed to support and carry out the goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (NCS) across the Midwestern and Northeastern States as well as meet the intent of the current year budget direction. These national goals are: Restore and Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances in accordance with management objectives. Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life and property. Improve Wildfire Response: All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions.
Version:	2

Published at: October 28, 2019 at 04:15PM
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Brisa Owners to Sell Majority Stake in Portugal's Highway Operator

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
The two main owners of Portugal's Brisa have put stakes in the motorway operator up for sale in a move which sources have said could value the company at up to 5 billion euros (4.3 billion pounds) and attract bids from companies in Europe and Aust...
Published date: October 28, 2019 at 04:14PM
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Why San Jose’s Mayor Wants Customers to Own PG&E

By Jill Cowan
NYT U.S.
Monday: ‘Dramatic measures are needed,’ he said. Also: Updates on the Kincade Fire and widespread blackouts.
Published date: October 28, 2019 at 03:13PM
The New York Times
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Today in History - October 28

Today in History - October 28

October 28, 1875 marks the birth date of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the editor credited with transforming National Geographic Magazine from a small scholarly journal into a dynamic world-renowned monthly. Continue reading.

On October 28, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act providing for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Continue reading.

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Liz Weston: How to Choose the Right Health Plan

By The Associated Press
NYT Business Day
When we're given a choice about our health care plans, we often choose badly.
Published date: October 28, 2019 at 01:08PM
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Elizabeth Warren’s Days Defending Big Corporations

By Stephanie Saul
NYT U.S.
As Ms. Warren ascends toward the head of the Democratic presidential pack, her critics have seized upon her bankruptcy work for big corporations to question her progressive bona fides.
Published date: October 28, 2019 at 11:00AM
The New York Times
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Sunday, October 27, 2019

New Your Times - Health - More Severely Obese Kids Should Get Surgery, MD Group Says

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NYT Health
Even some severely obese preteens should be considered for weight loss surgery, according to new recommendations.
Published date: October 27, 2019 at 03:00AM

Astronomy picture of the day by NASA - The Space Station Crosses a Spotless Sun

Typically, the International Space Station is visible only at night. Slowly drifting across the night sky as it orbits the Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) can be seen as a bright spot about once a month from many locations. The ISS is then visible only just after sunset or just before sunrise because it shines by reflected sunlight -- once the ISS enters the Earth's shadow, it will drop out of sight. The only occasion when the ISS is visible during the day is when it passes right in front of the Sun. Then, it passes so quickly that only cameras taking short exposures can visually freeze the ISS's silhouette onto the background Sun. The featured picture did exactly that -- it is actually a series of images taken a month ago from Santa Fe, Argentina with perfect timing. This image series was later combined with a separate image highlighting the texture of the spotless Sun, and an image bringing up the Sun's prominences around the edge. At an unusually low Solar Minimum, the Sun has gone without sunspots now for most of 2019. via NASA

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John Conyers, Longest Serving Black Congressman, Dies at 90

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90.
Published date: October 27, 2019 at 10:44PM
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Support for Chile's Pinera Lowest for President Since Pinochet Era-Poll

By Reuters
NYT World
Support for Chile's Sebastian Pinera has plunged to just 14% amid recent unrest, according to a poll published on Sunday, the lowest approval rating for a Chilean president since the country's return to democracy three decades ago.
Published date: October 27, 2019 at 07:53PM
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Today in History - October 27

Today in History - October 27

The first in a series of eighty-five essays by "Publius," the pen name for Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, appeared in the Independent Journal, a New York newspaper, on October 27, 1787. Continue reading.

At just after 2:30pm, on Thursday, October 27, 1904, the inaugural train of the New York City Subway emerged from City Hall Station with Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. at the controls. Continue reading.

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China Should Ease Regulations for Foreign Financial Institutions-HSBC Executive

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
China should ease regulations so that foreign financial institutions can obtain licenses and raise deposits more easily in the country, a senior executive from HSBC said on Sunday.
Published date: October 27, 2019 at 10:20AM
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Saturday, October 26, 2019

Astronomy picture of the day by NASA - Ghost Aurora over Canada

What does this aurora look like to you? While braving the cold to watch the skies above northern Canada early one morning in 2013, a most unusual aurora appeared. The aurora definitely appeared to be shaped like something , but what? Two ghostly possibilities recorded by the astrophotographer were "witch" and "goddess of dawn", but please feel free to suggest your own Halloween-enhanced impressions. Regardless of fantastical pareidolic interpretations, the pictured aurora had a typical green color and was surely caused by the scientifically commonplace action of high energy particles from space interacting with oxygen in Earth's upper atmosphere. In the image foreground, at the bottom, is a frozen Alexandra Falls, while evergreen trees cross the middle. via NASA

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More Severely Obese Kids Should Get Surgery, MD Group Says

By The Associated Press
NYT Health
Even some severely obese preteens should be considered for weight loss surgery, according to new recommendations.
Published date: October 27, 2019 at 06:08AM
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Exclusive: Wells Fargo Lays Off More Than 200 Business Bankers in U.S.-Sources

Critics Gear Up for Response to Lease Sale in Arctic Refuge

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
Opponents of oil drilling in America's largest wildlife refuge have a message for oil drillers and the people who finance them: Don't become the company known for the demise of America's polar bears.
Published date: October 26, 2019 at 06:59PM
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Today in History - October 26

Today in History - October 26

The Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825. Continue reading.

Mahalia Jackson, the "Queen of Gospel Song," was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 26, 1911.
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Profit From Art Isn’t Dirty. It Means: Make More Art.

By CARL RICHARDS
NYT Your Money
Are you an artist who dislikes dealing with the financial part of your work? Think of profit as a form of permission.
Published date: October 25, 2019 at 03:00AM
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Friday, October 25, 2019

Boxed In? Warren Confronts Tough Politics of Health Care

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
For Elizabeth Warren, it was supposed to be another big idea in a campaign built around them: a promise that everyone could get government-funded health care, following the lead of her friend and fellow White House hopeful Bernie Sanders. Instead,...
Published date: October 26, 2019 at 07:53AM
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Astronomy picture of the day by NASA - Gravity s Grin

Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, published over 100 years ago, predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. And that's what gives these distant galaxies such a whimsical appearance, seen through the looking glass of X-ray and optical image data from the Chandra and Hubble space telescopes. Nicknamed the Cheshire Cat galaxy group, the group's two large elliptical galaxies are suggestively framed by arcs. The arcs are optical images of distant background galaxies lensed by the foreground group's total distribution of gravitational mass. Of course, that gravitational mass is dominated by dark matter. The two large elliptical "eye" galaxies represent the brightest members of their own galaxy groups which are merging. Their relative collisional speed of nearly 1,350 kilometers/second heats gas to millions of degrees producing the X-ray glow shown in purple hues. Curiouser about galaxy group mergers? The Cheshire Cat group grins in the constellation Ursa Major, some 4.6 billion light-years away. via NASA

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Elizabeth Warren Wants to Lose Your Vote

By Bret Stephens
NYT Opinion
Those with plans for everything prove only that they can’t be trusted to plan for anything.
Published date: October 26, 2019 at 03:45AM
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Shares of California Power Utilities Slump as Wildfires Rage

By Reuters
NYT U.S.
Shares of California power utilities tumbled on Friday, with already bankrupt PG&E Corp losing a quarter of its value, on concerns their equipment may have set off fast-moving wildfires across the state.
Published date: October 26, 2019 at 02:53AM
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