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Wolverine Weekend
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
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I’m Just Walkin’
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/nyregion/matt-greens-goal-is-to-walk-every-street-in-new-york-city.html
I doubt there is a Gaussian path even with the subway.
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Lary Waldman
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Getting to Crazy
“Getting to Crazy - http://nyti.ms/oHGo0H #p2 #p21 #tcot #teaparty”It is an easy descent.
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j. von hettlingen
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j. von hettlingen
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Libya Stokes Its Machine Generating Propaganda
I suppose it's normal that in war every party wants to present its enemies in as bad a light as possible. What do we know about that girl in the hospital, whether she was an alleged victim of the NATO airstrike or hurt in a car accident? We don't know. I would take all these contradictions with a pinch of salt. It is irrelevant whether there were civilian victims or not. Yet one can't deny the fact that these airstrikes night after night have - pschologically - a negative impact on the population. The traumatic effects they have on some people, especially the young can't be dismissed. The NATO forces are playing a dirty game. By terrorising the civilians, they hope to spark an implosion that would ultimately lead to mass revolt and the downfall of Gaddafi's regime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya"In 2009 Libya had the highest HDI in Africa and the fourth highest GDP (PPP) per capita in Africa, behind Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world and the 17th-highest petroleum production.[6]
As a result of the Libyan civil war, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, which had at that time been in existence for 34 years, collapsed and Libya entered a period of governance by a transitional administration called the National Transitional Council.[7] The NTC has stated its intention to oversee the first phase of a transition to constitutional democracy, after which it claims it will dissolve in favor of a representative legislature."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya#Civil_war_and_transition_2011.E2.80.93present"In several public appearances, Muammar Gaddafi threatened to destroy the protest movement, and Al Jazeera and other agencies reported his government was arming pro-Gaddafi militiamen to kill protesters and defectors against the regime in Tripoli.[81] Organs of the United Nations, including United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon[82] and the United Nations Human Rights Council, condemned the crackdown as violating international law, with the latter body expelling Libya outright in an unprecedented action urged by Libya's own delegation to the UN.[83][84] The United States imposed economic sanctions against Libya,[85] followed shortly by Australia,[86] Canada[87] and the United Nations Security Council, which also voted to refer Gaddafi and other government officials to the International Criminal Court for investigation.[88][89]
On 17 March 2011 the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1973 with a 10–0 vote and five abstentions. The resolution sanctioned the establishment of a no-fly zone and the use of "all means necessary" to protect civilians within Libya.[90]
Shortly afterwards, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa stated that "Libya has decided an immediate ceasefire and an immediate halt to all military operations".[91]
On 19 March, the first Allied act to secure the no-fly zone began when French military jets entered Libyan airspace on a reconnaissance mission heralding attacks on enemy targets.[92] Allied military action to enforce the ceasefire commenced the same day when a French aircraft opened fire and destroyed a vehicle on the ground. French jets also destroyed five tanks belonging to the Gaddafi regime.[93] The United States and United Kingdom launched attacks on over 20 "integrated air defense systems" using more than 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles during operations Odyssey Dawn and Ellamy.[94]
On 27 June 2011, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi, alleging that Gaddafi had been personally involved in planning and implementing "a policy of widespread and systematic attacks against civilians and demonstrators and dissidents".[95]
By 22 August 2011, rebel fighters had entered Tripoli and occupied Green Square,[96] which they renamed Martyrs' Square in honour of those who died. Meanwhile, Gaddafi asserted that he was still in Libya and would not concede power to the rebels.[96]
An effigy of Muammar Gaddafi hangs from a scaffold in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square, 29 August 2011
On 16 September 2011, the U.N. General Assembly approved a request from the National Transitional Council to accredit envoys of the country’s interim controlling body as Tripoli’s sole representatives at the UN, effectively recognising the National Transitional Council as the legitimate holder of that country’s UN seat.[97][98]
The National Transitional Council has been plagued by internal divisions during its tenure as Libya's interim governing authority. It postponed the formation of a caretaker, or interim government on several occasions during the period prior to the death of Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte on 20 October 2011.[99][100] Mustafa Abdul Jalil heads the National Transitional Council and is generally considered to be the principal leadership figure. Mahmoud Jibril served as the NTC's de facto head of government from 5 March 2011 through the end of the war, but he announced he would resign after Libya was declared to have been "liberated" from Gaddafi's rule.[101]
The "liberation" of Libya was celebrated on 23 October 2011, and Jibril announced that consultations were under way to form an interim government within one month, followed by elections for a constitutional assembly within eight months and parliamentary and presidential elections to be held within a year after that.[102] He stepped down as expected the same day and was succeeded by Ali Tarhouni.[103] At least 30,000 Libyans died in the civil war.[104]"
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=libyaTimes Topics: Libya
World news about Libya, including breaking news and archival articles published in The New York Times."There remains optimism in Tripoli, not least because the country sits atop so much oil. But the government has found itself virtually paralyzed by rivalries that have forced it to divvy up power along lines of regions and personalities, by unfulfillable expectations that Colonel Qaddafi’s fall would bring prosperity, and by a powerlessness so marked that the national army is treated as if it were another militia.
The issue of legitimacy remains the most pressing matter in revolutionary Libya. Officials hope that elections in May or June can do what they did in Egypt and Tunisia: convey authority to an elected body that can claim the mantle of popular will. But Iraq remains a counterpoint. There, elections after the American invasion widened divisions so dangerously that they helped unleash a civil war.
A sense of entropy lingers. Some state employees have gone without salaries for a year, and an adviser to the prime minister acknowledged that the government had no idea how to channel enough money into the economy so that it would be felt in the streets. Tripoli residents complain about a lack of transparency in government decisions. Ministries still seem paralyzed by the tendency, instilled during the dictatorship, to defer every decision to the top.
In the streets, the militias are proving to be the scourge of the revolution’s aftermath. A Human Rights Watch researcher estimated there are 250 separate militias in the coastal city of Misurata, the scene of perhaps the fiercest battle of the revolution. From being heroes, those militias have become the most loathed in the country."
There is much more. None of it is cheerful reading.The oil is flowing so Europe is much less concerned.
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Beyond Trend: Creative Growth Art Center
Art therapy may work for those who need it.
Most artists are trying for something else. Money is a big part of that.
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j. von hettlingen
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Libya Stokes Its Machine Generating Propaganda
I suppose it's normal that in war every party wants to present its enemies in as bad a light as possible. What do we know about that girl in the hospital, whether she was an alleged victim of the NATO airstrike or hurt in a car accident? We don't know. I would take all these contradictions with a pinch of salt. It is irrelevant whether there were civilian victims or not. Yet one can't deny the fact that these airstrikes night after night have - pschologically - a negative impact on the population. The traumatic effects they have on some people, especially the young can't be dismissed. The NATO forces are playing a dirty game. By terrorising the civilians, they hope to spark an implosion that would ultimately lead to mass revolt and the downfall of Gaddafi's regime.Paranoid fantasy.
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Zoku
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Getting to Crazy
“Getting to Crazy - http://nyti.ms/oHGo0H #p2 #p21 #tcot #teaparty”Not just a little.
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Singapore Gets Wired for Speed
Singapore could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast that it would enable the contents of a DVD to be downloaded in only a few seconds.The US communication companies are fighting over their sunk costs.They have built one system and do not want to build another while this one is yielding free money. -
App Makers Worry as Data Plans Are Capped
As AT&T adopts tiered pricing, developers wonder whether consumers will lose their appetite for innovative features and bandwidth-heavy video.
IPhone sales tell me consumers have not lost that appetite.
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I’m Just Walkin’
What a great project for an unemployed civil engineer.
He should be thinking about why the things he sees are as he sees them.
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Business Day Live | Coding Catches On
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/technology/for-an-edge-on-the-internet-computer-code-gains-a-following.html
I do better with text.
I absolutely agree. Knowing how the code works is essential.The problems the students are learning to deal with are mostly operating system wars.One of the things an operating system sells is convenience. The less a user knows about the environment they are using the easier it is to manipulate them.Operating systems sell ignorance to consumers and data to advertisers.
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Zoku
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Getting to Crazy
“Getting to Crazy - http://nyti.ms/oHGo0H #p2 #p21 #tcot #teaparty”"A number of commentators seem shocked at how unreasonable Republicans are being. “Has the G.O.P. gone insane?” they ask.
Why, yes, it has. But this isn’t something that just happened, it’s the culmination of a process that has been going on for decades. Anyone surprised by the extremism and irresponsibility now on display either hasn’t been paying attention, or has been deliberately turning a blind eye."
The trend is not promising. Crazy must be fashionable.
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Beyond Trend: Creative Growth Art Center
All I can make of it is the inmates are in charge of the asylum.
It is just as true for Washington.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Happy Birthday
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Martin Decelles
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Canadian Filmmaker Waits for Recognition
“Xavier #Dolan sur ses films aux USA et sa consommation de whisky le matin - http://nyti.ms/gWeu5t”He has got himself in a pickle.I don't have a connection that can solve his problem.He needs to find investors, probably crowd sourced, who will ransom his film from the bankrupt distributor and find another way to release it. Talk to the Film Forum or some such.There are lawyers who would probably take on the job on spec or even pro bono.Love triangles look really messy from the outside.I have no idea how to do the balancing.The three body problem is not analytic.
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Boeing and Airbus Waver on Upgrading the 737 and A320
“Boeing and Airbus Waver on Upgrading the 737 and A320 - http://nyti.ms/areqIg”This is just a fight over who will pay for the change.If one of them offers an engine change the other will be on the phone about ten minutes later. In the meantime the money pump is running just fine. The work is in hand but does not have a rush on it yet.Aviation Week and Space Technology will tell you the situation in excruciating detail. Find it at the Public Library.
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Edi Taslim
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Niche Design
Zach Motl, a junior designer at Robert Couturier & Associates, has made the most of his studio apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, which he rents for $944 a month. He has hewed to the old decorating dictum that says that the more stuff you pu...I am not that kind of designer.Those are called decorators.I threw out the National Geographic years ago.I tend to give my attention to individual objects and let the space be what it needs to be.
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Amelie
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In Germany, From Derelict to Pristine
“Moi aussi je veux vivre dans une tour. http://nyti.ms/e19jhc”I like this way of living much better than the Bed sitter in Brooklyn.Flanders & Swan: "We are terribly House and Garden At Number Seven B"
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dkemper
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Canadian Filmmaker Waits for Recognition
“Xavier #Dolan sur ses films aux USA et sa consommation de whisky le matin - http://nyti.ms/gWeu5t”Three body situations are notoriously unstable and unpredictable.This film maker just needs to get his work seen.
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Boeing and Airbus Waver on Upgrading the 737 and A320
“Boeing and Airbus Waver on Upgrading the 737 and A320 - http://nyti.ms/areqIg”They will retrofit the engines.So far it has not been required.
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DenisCoderre
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Nikkei Restricts Links to Its New Web Site
“Le journal Nikkei - ou l'art de se tirer une balle dans le pied: Nikkei Restricts Links to Its New Web Site - http://nyti.ms/dr6BG6”I notice that the link can be there but the pay wall is not defeated.As far as I know, a link is a source citation. A subscription will allow one to check things cited.
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aflandry
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Start-Ups Follow Twitter, and Become Neighbors
“Start-Ups Follow Twitter, and Become Neighbors - http://nyti.ms/9q8U90”Jane Jacobs really got it right.
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FatouMak
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The Serial Sleepover Artist
“The Serial Sleepover Artist - http://nyti.ms/fArJeq”Some works never leave the studio and the world is better for it.Let us see what she shows or otherwise publishes.I would call this a work in progress.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.I would really like to check things before I irreversibly commit.I do not require it.
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GuyBoulanger
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Wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Stands by Her Man
“Portrait d'Anne Sinclair dans le NY Times aujourd'hui - Wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Stands by Her Man - http://nyti.ms/ifI2eB”
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/dominique_strausskahn/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=Dominique%20Strauss-Kahn&st=cse
The Times has not been tracking the scandal.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17518628
"Mr Strauss-Kahn faces preliminary charges of procuring prostitutes and involvement in an "organised gang", one of his lawyers said.
The 62-year-old former IMF head, who could face up to 20 years in prison if tried and convicted, was released on 100,000 euros ($135,000) bail.
Prosecutors say Mr Strauss-Kahn cannot contact defendants, plaintiffs, witnesses or the media in relation to the case.
The BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris says the allegations relate to his supposed involvement in a vice ring that hired prostitutes for hotel orgies, mainly in Lille, but also in Paris and Washington.
The case has become known in France as the "Carlton affair", named after a hotel where several orgies are said to have been held.
The magistrates are examining allegations that business associates of Mr Strauss-Kahn were involved in the prostitution ring, and misusing corporate funds.
Eight people have already been placed under formal investigation, including a senior police officer.One of Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyers, Richard Malka, said: "He firmly declares that he is not guilty of these acts and never had the least inkling that the women he met could have been prostitutes."
Consorting with prostitutes is not against the law in France, and Mr Strauss-Kahn has acknowledged that he was at some of the parties with the women.
Last month he was held in police custody for 48 hours at the start of his formal questioning.
Our correspondent says Monday's hearing came as a surprise, and it is not yet clear why Mr Strauss-Kahn appeared before his scheduled appointment later in the week.
However, Mr Strauss-Kahn is also facing the court case in New York.
He will not appear in person there.
His lawyers, and those of the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, will debate whether Mr Strauss-Kahn's position in the IMF afforded him diplomatic immunity.
The criminal charges against Mr Strauss-Kahn were earlier dropped, when doubts emerged over the reliability of Ms Diallo's testimony.
Mr Strauss-Kahn had faced a third case - an accusation by 32-year-old author Tristane Banon of attempted rape.
Although magistrates concluded there was prima facie evidence of sexual assault, the statute of limitations precluded a prosecution and the case was dropped.
One of Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyers, Richard Malka, said: "He firmly declares that he is not guilty of these acts and never had the least inkling that the women he met could have been prostitutes."
Consorting with prostitutes is not against the law in France, and Mr Strauss-Kahn has acknowledged that he was at some of the parties with the women.
Last month he was held in police custody for 48 hours at the start of his formal questioning.
Our correspondent says Monday's hearing came as a surprise, and it is not yet clear why Mr Strauss-Kahn appeared before his scheduled appointment later in the week.
However, Mr Strauss-Kahn is also facing the court case in New York.
He will not appear in person there.
His lawyers, and those of the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, will debate whether Mr Strauss-Kahn's position in the IMF afforded him diplomatic immunity.
The criminal charges against Mr Strauss-Kahn were earlier dropped, when doubts emerged over the reliability of Ms Diallo's testimony.
Mr Strauss-Kahn had faced a third case - an accusation by 32-year-old author Tristane Banon of attempted rape.
Although magistrates concluded there was prima facie evidence of sexual assault, the statute of limitations precluded a prosecution and the case was dropped."
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chymell
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Samuel T. Cohen, Neutron Bomb Inventor, Dies at 89
“Samuel T. Cohen, Neutron Bomb Inventor, Dies at 89 - http://nyti.ms/eR3Iz2 #mêmepastriste”
Forces that are sure they are soon to die will try to hurt their enemies first.There will be many who are not killed outright.
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acmethunder
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Bow Makers Unite Behind a Precious Tree
“Amazing how everything gets affected: Bow Makers Unite Behind a Precious Tree - http://nyti.ms/keiZWy”
This seems like a good idea to me. I am not ready to buy a set.
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alexandre_tremb
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Quebec Fans Take Quest for N.H.L. Team to Long Island
“excellent article du NY Times sur l:Quebec Fans Take Quest for N.H.L. Team to Long Island - http://nyti.ms/gCJGZs”I have never made sense of hockey. I can't follow the puck on television.
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AndieTurcotte
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Beyond Twitter: What's Next for Designers in 2011
“Beyond Twitter: What's next for designers in 2011 - http://nyti.ms/dSLTit #fashion #socialmedia”This would be a revolution in design.The return of the dressmaker. The end of couture.To democratize design would soon drive fashion designers to distraction.Everything would be sportswear.
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FredericGrenier
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NPR Moves Into a More Visual Medium: the iPad
“NPR Moves Into a More Visual Medium: the iPad - http://nyti.ms/ca14bm”Reads like they have done a good job.
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gpayette
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WikiLeaks Archive — Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy
“WikiLeaks Archive — Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy - http://nyti.ms/gt2csu”If only I had the patience.We have not blown up Iran.
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AndieTurcotte
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Gap Dismisses Patrick Robinson, Its Design Chief
“Gap dismisses Patrick Robinson, Design Chief - http://nyti.ms/k5nR69 #fashion #FewDaysLateOnTheNews”I have not been paying attention.The concept of fashion jeans has puzzled me from the first.
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Sanghyuk
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Summertime Idyll in the Rockaways
“뉴욕타임즈의 여름휴가 화보. 이런거 부러워하는건 내가 된장이기 때문? 서울에선 여름에 꼼짝하는 거 생각만으로 괴로운거보면 역시 된장이라...? Summertime Idyll in the Rockaways - http://nyti.ms/iKQ328”One can get there on the subway. I will seek other beaches.
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Christian Farley
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Hacker Threatens More Attacks on Those Seen as WikiLeaks Foes
“Hacker Threatens More Attacks on Those Seen as WikiLeaks Foes - http://nyti.ms/hGecfJ”The threat was not that real.
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A.MacKenzie
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The Mother of All No-Brainers
“The Mother of All No-Brainers - re GoP and Dems http://nyti.ms/mPFsT1”The Republicans as presently represented are not fit for a place in government.It is worse than David Brooks can imagine.
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bouchecl
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The Mother of All No-Brainers
“The Mother of All No-Brainers - re GoP and Dems http://nyti.ms/mPFsT1”
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Nadine B. Hack
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The Changing Face of Psychiatry
“Kudos to the psychologists- great letters from our NYSPA colleagues. The Changing Face of Psychiatry - http://nyti.ms/es7RYj”
I agree with this.The opposition to the ACA is incomprehensible to me.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/never-before/?scp=2&sq=linda%20greenhouse&st=cse
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