Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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1
N.Y. / Region

4 Firefighters Shot, 2 Fatally, in New York; Gunman Dead

It was a simple call to put out a fire, but there was a killer waiting — William Spengler, 62, a man with a lengthy criminal record — who met the firefighters with a burst of gunfire.
MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS; 

This was still an event, not a story.  There is probably no easy story.
2
Opinion

When Prophecy Fails

The prophets of doom still won’t stop.
UNITED STATES ECONOMY; INTEREST RATES; FEDERAL BUDGET (US); 

"So we cannot and will not persuade these people to reconsider their views in the light of the evidence. All we can do is stop paying attention. It’s going to be difficult, because many members of the deficit cult seem highly respectable. But they’ve been hugely, absurdly wrong for years on end, and it’s time to stop taking them seriously."

3
Opinion

The Moral Animal

How Darwin explains religion.
ALTRUISM; RELIGION AND BELIEF; EVOLUTION; 

I am not willing to get formal in my argument.
Jonathan Sacks believes in his religion and is a product of Rabbinical
training.
Religion, all religion suffers from the bound of orthodoxy.
The in group is limited to like thinking individuals.
This is as true of faithful atheists as of enthusiastic Christians.
Opinion is a very dangerous reason for action. Shared opinion is not better.
 
4
U.S.

Search for Way Through Fiscal Impasse Turns to the Senate

With little more than a week left to avert huge tax increases and spending cuts, attention moved to the less polarized chamber, where several Republicans openly back an agreement.
FEDERAL BUDGET (US); UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; 

Just more noise.
5
Books

The O’Reilly Factory

The Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has the No. 1 and 2 spots on The New York Times’s best-seller list for hardcover nonfiction, a rare feat.
BOOKS AND LITERATURE; 

Unfortunately people and politics are not simple.
Bill O’Reilly can tell a simple story and there are many who like those stories.  
That does not make those stories good accounts of events.
Think of them as the fiction they are.
6
Education

For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall

The story of three friends from Galveston, Tex., seems less a tribute to upward mobility than a study of obstacles in an age of economic inequality.
EDUCATION; INCOME INEQUALITY; EDUCATION (K-12); COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; POVERTY; 

An undergraduate degree is just the beginning.
7
N.Y. / Region

Gun Makers Use Home Leverage in Connecticut

Firearm companies in Connecticut, a cradle of the American gun industry, have defeated tighter regulation by threatening to close factories there.
GUN CONTROL; NEWTOWN, CONN, SHOOTING (2012); STATE LEGISLATURES; 

I hope the result is worth the money.
8
Movies

The Wretched Lift Their Voices

Amid the grime, power ballads and surging strings, there is a familiar, reassuring story of oppression, liberation and redemption.
MOVIES; 

I have never liked the tale or been able to sit through the show.
9
Arts

Why Is This Museum Shaped Like a Tub?

At 130,000 square feet, the new Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam gloms onto the rear of the old one, a beloved red-and-white-striped, late-19th-century Neo-Renaissance brick pile by Adriaan Willem Weissman.
ART; ARCHITECTURE; MUSEUMS; 

This critic hates the building.
I am inclined to agree.
10
Technology

No Sales Pop for a New Version of Windows

Weak PC sales this holiday season suggest the struggles of Microsoft and other companies that depend heavily on the computer business will not abate soon.
WINDOWS (OPERATING SYSTEM); TABLET COMPUTERS; 

Any computer you wish.  I have no love of Microsoft.  I use Linux
because it is free and trouble free.  
I have Microsoft because I need  software that is Microsoft specific. 



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1
U.S.

Richard Adams, Same-Sex Spouse Who Sued U.S., Dies at 65

Mr. Adams legally married Tony Sullivan during a brief window in Colorado, but their lawsuit seeking federal recognition, the first of its kind, did not succeed.
Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships; Immigration and Emigration; Marriages; 

Obama is working on it.  We will just have to wait on developments.
2
World

Frenzy Over Teaching Test Is Symptom of Italy’s Myriad Woes

A flood of applicants for examinations to fill teaching positions said as much about Italy’s dim job prospects as it did about the rigidities of its public education system.
Tests and Examinations; Teachers and School Employees; 

Europe knows it is in trouble. Cyprus may trigger the avalanche.

3
Opinion

Sneaky Apps That Track Cellphones

A new measure would close a legal loophole that allows software companies to create cyberstalking apps.
Mobile Applications; Stalking (Crime); Law and Legislation; Editorials; Privacy; 

I wish senator Franken good luck with this bill. 
For now, take the battery out when you can.  
Have an agency phone for work and let the agency IT people clean the software on it.

4
Books

Tasting Freedom, at Last, in Black, White and Sepia

A new book, “Envisioning Emancipation,” collects photographs depicting slavery, Emancipation and freedom during the Civil War and beyond.
Photography; Blacks; Civil War (US) (1861-65); 

Good pictures of a subject worth understanding.
5
World

At a Sacred Site, a Fight Over Women and Prayer

After years of legislative and legal fights, the movement for equal access for people to pray as they wish at the Western Wall has become a rallying cause for liberal Jews.
Jews and Judaism; Women and Girls; Discrimination; 

Such is the way of orthodoxy.
6
Sports

Hackers of Football Team’s Web Site Demand Apology in Rape Case

Hackers of the Steubenville High School football team’s Web site threatened to release the personal information of those connected to the case.
Amateur Athletics; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Sex Crimes; Computer Security; 

Usually trial and conviction come before execution.
Lynching is also a crime.
7
Business Day

Dressing Up for Success

Some hotels are adding luxuries like fancier sheets or nicer bathrooms as they change management companies and update properties.
Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Travel and Vacations; Recession and Depression; 

Desperation.
8
Opinion

The Power of a Mom’s Love

The mission is to help people with special needs find their place in the world.
Children and Childhood; Education (K-12); Parenting; Autism; 

Try everything.

9
Science

As Forests Disappear, Examining the Mechanisms of Their Death

Trees are disappearing across the world, in a way not fully understood, so a scientist in New Mexico has set up a kind of sylvan intensive care unit to get answers.
Environment; Drought; 

I want to read the report.
10
Health

Garlic Soup With Spinach

A quick and easy soup that is a great way to use any leftover turkey stock from Thanksgiving.
Garlic; Soups; Spinach; Holidays and Special Occasions; Recipes; Vegetables;

Probably needs lemon juice.   It works better than additional salt.
11
Business Day

If You’re Trying to Stretch a Budget, Forgo the Fowl

The prices of the six geese, seven swans and other winged creatures named in “The 12 Days of Christmas” rose in 2012 because the country’s drought increased the cost of bird feed.
Christmas; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Gifts; Gold; United States Economy;

Things are not good in the economy.
Hope is keeping the prices up.
 
12
World

Gaza Cease-Fire Helps Fishermen, but Risks Remain

The deal that halted fighting between Israel and Hamas allows fishermen to go six nautical miles out to sea, instead of three, but arrests by Israeli patrols are still possible.
Palestinians; Fishing, Commercial; Defense and Military Forces;

A single state solution.
 
13
Opinion

Approaching Illness as a Team

The Cleveland Clinic hospital system finds innovative ways to cut the costs of treating a patient.
Doctors; Medicine and Health;

They can try.
 
14
Science

From Bang to Whimper: A Heart Drug’s Story

American medicine managed to take a small step forward and a giant step backward at precisely the same time with BiDil, a drug designed to treat heart failure in blacks.
Bidil (Drug); Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Race and Ethnicity;
15
Health

Fudging the Facts, for Peace of Mind

Sometimes it's best to tell white lies and omit certain truths with our elderly parents and grandparents, a doctor argues.
Anxiety and Stress; Elder Care; Elderly; Mental Health and Disorders;
16
Science

A New Focus on the ‘Post’ in Post-Traumatic Stress

A significant body of work suggests that what a person experiences just after a traumatic event, particularly other people’s responses, may be just as crucial as the event itself.
Brain; Anxiety and Stress;

I must sleep.
17
Opinion

Bloomberg, LaPierre and the Void

Where are the alternatives to centrist arrogance and right-wing folly?
Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012); Conservatism (US Politics); Gun Control; United States Politics and Government;
18
Opinion

The 2012 Sidney Awards I

It’s that time of year! Here is the first batch of the best magazine essays of 2012.
Magazines; Writing and Writers; Books and Literature;
19
Sunday Review

Wounded Warrior Pose

Yoga can be dangerous for men, who have more muscle and less flexibility than women.
Yoga; Sports Injuries;
20
Opinion

Guys and Dolls No More?

Though we’ve made great strides toward gender equity over the past 50 years, the world of toys looks a lot more like 1952 than 2012.
Toys; Gender; 


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1
Business Day

A Conservative Case for the Welfare State

Conservatives who oppose many social-welfare programs misunderstand both their origin and their efficiency, an economist writes.
Conservatism (US Politics); Federal Budget (US); Health Insurance and Managed Care; Medicare; Social Security (US); United States Economy;
2
U.S.

Richard Adams, Same-Sex Spouse Who Sued U.S., Dies at 65

Mr. Adams legally married Tony Sullivan during a brief window in Colorado, but their lawsuit seeking federal recognition, the first of its kind, did not succeed.
Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships; Immigration and Emigration; Marriages;
3
World

Frenzy Over Teaching Test Is Symptom of Italy’s Myriad Woes

A flood of applicants for examinations to fill teaching positions said as much about Italy’s dim job prospects as it did about the rigidities of its public education system.
Tests and Examinations; Teachers and School Employees;
4
Opinion

Sneaky Apps That Track Cellphones

A new measure would close a legal loophole that allows software companies to create cyberstalking apps.
Mobile Applications; Stalking (Crime); Law and Legislation; Editorials; Privacy;
5
Books

Tasting Freedom, at Last, in Black, White and Sepia

A new book, “Envisioning Emancipation,” collects photographs depicting slavery, Emancipation and freedom during the Civil War and beyond.
Photography; Blacks; Civil War (US) (1861-65);
6
Sports

Hackers of Football Team’s Web Site Demand Apology in Rape Case

Hackers of the Steubenville High School football team’s Web site threatened to release the personal information of those connected to the case.
Amateur Athletics; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Sex Crimes; Computer Security;
7
Business Day

Dressing Up for Success

Some hotels are adding luxuries like fancier sheets or nicer bathrooms as they change management companies and update properties.
Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Travel and Vacations; Recession and Depression;
8
Opinion

The Power of a Mom’s Love

The mission is to help people with special needs find their place in the world.
Children and Childhood; Education (K-12); Parenting; Autism;
9
Science

As Forests Disappear, Examining the Mechanisms of Their Death

Trees are disappearing across the world, in a way not fully understood, so a scientist in New Mexico has set up a kind of sylvan intensive care unit to get answers.
Environment; Drought;
10
Health

Garlic Soup With Spinach

A quick and easy soup that is a great way to use any leftover turkey stock from Thanksgiving.
Garlic; Soups; Spinach; Holidays and Special Occasions; Recipes; Vegetables;
11
Business Day

If You’re Trying to Stretch a Budget, Forgo the Fowl

The prices of the six geese, seven swans and other winged creatures named in “The 12 Days of Christmas” rose in 2012 because the country’s drought increased the cost of bird feed.
Christmas; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Gifts; Gold; United States Economy;
12
World

Gaza Cease-Fire Helps Fishermen, but Risks Remain

The deal that halted fighting between Israel and Hamas allows fishermen to go six nautical miles out to sea, instead of three, but arrests by Israeli patrols are still possible.
Palestinians; Fishing, Commercial; Defense and Military Forces;
13
Opinion

Approaching Illness as a Team

The Cleveland Clinic hospital system finds innovative ways to cut the costs of treating a patient.
Doctors; Medicine and Health;
14
Science

From Bang to Whimper: A Heart Drug’s Story

American medicine managed to take a small step forward and a giant step backward at precisely the same time with BiDil, a drug designed to treat heart failure in blacks.
Bidil (Drug); Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Race and Ethnicity;
15
Health

Fudging the Facts, for Peace of Mind

Sometimes it's best to tell white lies and omit certain truths with our elderly parents and grandparents, a doctor argues.
Anxiety and Stress; Elder Care; Elderly; Mental Health and Disorders;
16
Science

A New Focus on the ‘Post’ in Post-Traumatic Stress

A significant body of work suggests that what a person experiences just after a traumatic event, particularly other people’s responses, may be just as crucial as the event itself.
Brain; Anxiety and Stress;
17
World

Pass the Hat, Save the Arts?

Amid the rush to turn crowd-funding online into a new source of public revenue to buy everything from medieval ivory statues in France to a gallery for dinosaur bones in Canada, there's a cautionary note: It doesn't always work.
Art; Finances; Museums;
18
Opinion

The 2012 Sidney Awards I

It’s that time of year! Here is the first batch of the best magazine essays of 2012.
Magazines; Writing and Writers; Books and Literature;
19
Sunday Review

Wounded Warrior Pose

Yoga can be dangerous for men, who have more muscle and less flexibility than women.
Yoga; Sports Injuries;
20
Opinion

Guys and Dolls No More?

Though we’ve made great strides toward gender equity over the past 50 years, the world of toys looks a lot more like 1952 than 2012.
Toys; Gender;







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