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...hand to control the ball. The logical fix: allow referees to consult video as they do in professional baseball, hockey, basketball and American football, as well as in international sports like cricket, rugby and tennis. Since video has vastly reduced officiating errors in these sports - just last month, the first video review in baseball World Series history was used to turn a double by the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez into a two-run homer - it could do so in soccer, right? (See pictures of the old Yankee Stadium...
Finally, conglomerate banks are often large enough to stifle competition. Last month, Alan Greenspan argued that institutions deemed “too big to fail” operate under an implicit subsidy from the government, since they would likely be rescued in a future financial emergency. This allows these banks to borrow more cheaply than their competitors and gain even greater market share. Today, four conglomerate banks (JPMorgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America) hold 39 percent of all domestic deposits. Placing this many eggs in four baskets will harm the entire economy should one mega-bank falter...
...metaphorical and actual darkness. “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light,” said Albus Dumbledore in the movie “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” This month, Boston’s Museum of Science is putting a spotlight on “Harry Potter: The Exhibition...
...write, Venus is entering the seventh house, and things are supposed to get better. Still, I am dreading this month. November is rough for those of us born in May, even worse when your moon sign is Gemini...
...though this month looks like it’s going to be rough in the little ways, it has so far been oddly comforting. There is something about knowing that competitors and allies are governed by the same stars and houses, that somewhere, deep in the recesses of outer space, Jupiter is slowly nudging me along regardless of how much I screw up. If only my e-recruiting Taurus friends knew that Neptune was ruling their professional tenth house sector, and things were looking up, I think they all would be a bit sunnier. Or if my best friend knew...