Tuesday, February 26, 2013

@18:21, 2/25/13

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Business Day

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

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Technology

For Autodesk, a Step Into a Nanoscale World

This week at the TED conference in Long Beach, Calif., Autodesk will take the first public step toward translating its computer design approach into the emerging nanoscale world of synthetic biology and materials.
Biology and Biochemistry; Nanotechnology; TED Conference; 

This is still very early days.   Real money will be required to make the tool useful.
This is still at the stage Leonardo's notebooks were at for machine design.
 
3
Business Day

An Inside View of How We Recruit (Without Recruiters)

There is one principle we all agree on: always be recruiting!
Entrepreneurship; Hiring and Promotion; Labor and Jobs; Small Business; Start-ups; 

I am not at this stage and probably never will be there.
 
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4
U.S.

A Titan’s How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling

 
The change required is cultural.
The faithful do not learn.
 
5
Business Day

Continuing the Conversation on Paid Parental Leave

The Times would like you to share your employer’s policy on paid parental leave.
Babies and Infants; Family Leaves; Paid Time Off; Unemployment Insurance; 

The change required is cultural.
 
6
U.S.

Congress Set to Consider Tighter Rules on Firearms

Congress will begin to consider legislation this week that is likely to include expanded background checks for gun buyers and increased penalties for those who purchase guns for criminals.
Gun Control; United States Politics and Government; Law and Legislation; School Shootings; 

There will be no effective legislation.
 
7
Science

Catching the Slack Tide

 
A nice report.
The resulting papers will take a year or two.
 
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Business Day

Q. and A. With Stuart Elliott

Super Bowl commercials, good, bad and blah, usually generate heated debates. And so it is with the latest crop.
Advertising and Marketing; Political Advertising; Super Bowl; 

I feel justified in not watching.
 
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Education

Adults Are Flocking to College That Paved Way for Flexibility

There are almost as many routes to a degree as there are students at Thomas Edison, which has offered adults higher-education alternatives since 1972.
Colleges and Universities; E-Learning; Accreditation; Graduate Schools and Students; 

Ok
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N.Y. / Region

The Week in Pictures for Feb. 22

 
Pictures are not words.
 
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Business Day

In Thrifty Times for Publishers, Food Finds Success


I cook.  

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N.Y. / Region

The Rebel at the Velvet Rope

Steve Sands, whom some consider New York’s most notorious paparazzo, has been going to celebrity affairs to document what he sees as abuse from security and the police.
Photography; Celebrities; Freedom of the Press; 

Steve Sands has had to work hard at getting barred.
He has a point but it is not the one he is pursuing.
 
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Egypt's President Could Win a Trip to Space, Whether He Wants One or Not

Egyptian activists disappointed by the performance of President Mohamed Morsi have hatched a scheme to send him into space.
Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); Space; 

Morsi cannot be shipped against his will.  The idea has appeal.
 
14
World

Swollen With Syrian Refugees, Lebanon Feels Its Stitching Fray

An influx of needy Syrians, seeming to fill Lebanon’s every nook and cranny, is heightening sectarian tensions in a nation haunted by refugee crises and loath to act.
Refugees and Displaced Persons; Sunni Muslims; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); 

"Things will never again be as once they were."
I find no justice in the area.

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Arts

Looks Familiar, but Something’s Funny

The work of the Brooklyn comedy troupe Sunset Television seem like transmissions from a twisted, satirical dimension of television.
Television; Web-Original Programming; 

This reads like a place to be bad,  
a situation where less than good work can be polished.  
With enough polish even lame material can serve.
 
16
Business

Glenn Beck Begins Campaign to Urge TV Systems to Add His Web Channel

Glenn Beck wants fans to help get TheBlaze, his Internet channel, added to cable and satellite television systems across the country.
Cable Television; Television;

I don't want it or need it.
 
17
Style

Yahoo's Blow to Work-Family Balance

By pulling flextime off the table, the Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer defies any expectation that new motherhood might make her sensitive to the needs of working families.
Parenting; Working Hours; 

I have been fighting off Yahoo.  They made a nuisance of themselves.

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Opinion

The Forgotten Emancipationists

Recent popular history has overlooked the critical role of abolitionists in ending slavery.
Civil War (US) (1861-65); Emancipation Proclamation (1863); Slavery; 

I would like to see this differently written.
I am not getting the emotional loading from it I think should be present.
 
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World

In a Slight Shift, North Korea Widens Internet Access, but Just for Visitors

The government will allow a company called Koryolink to give foreigners access to 3G mobile Internet service by next Friday.
Computers and the Internet; Wireless Communications; 

If the service is there it will "leak".  Their government will fight that.

20
Travel

Royal Remains Draw the Curious to Leicester

The discovery of King Richard III’s skeleton has created a buzz of activity in this town north of London, with visitors taking tours and gawking at a now-famous parking lot.
Travel and Vacations; Archaeology; 

Not much to look at.  
My interest is inversely related to my understanding.

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@19:55






1
Business Day

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

2
Technology

For Autodesk, a Step Into a Nanoscale World

3
Business Day

An Inside View of How We Recruit (Without Recruiters)

Advertisement
4
U.S.

A Titan’s How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling

5
Business Day

Continuing the Conversation on Paid Parental Leave

6
U.S.

Congress Set to Consider Tighter Rules on Firearms

7
Business Day

Q. and A. With Stuart Elliott

8
9
N.Y. / Region

The Rebel at the Velvet Rope

10

Egypt's President Could Win a Trip to Space, Whether He Wants One or Not

12
Style

Yahoo's Blow to Work-Family Balance

13
Arts

Looks Familiar, but Something’s Funny

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15
Opinion

The Forgotten Emancipationists

16
Travel

Royal Remains Draw the Curious to Leicester

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Travel

Hiking, Biking and Bubbly in South Africa

The Constantia Valley near Cape Town is awash in sensory pleasures, from wine to nature.
Wines; Travel and Vacations; 

Not now.  Not soon.
 
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Magazine

‘You Can Actually Make a Lot of Money and Do a Lot of Good in the World’

Peter Henry, dean of N.Y.U.’s Stern School of Business, is staying idealistic.
Business Schools; Poverty; Banking and Financial Institutions; 

I read it and learned Peter Henry is a diplomat.
 
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Arts

Not Exactly the Social-Media Oscars

Twitter didn’t light up for the Oscars the way it did for the Super Bowl or the Grammys, according to tweet-per-minute stats.
Academy Awards (Oscars); Grammy Awards; Movies; Super Bowl; 

I will have to give it some attention sometime.






Good night.
 





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