Monday, March 4, 2013

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Fashion & Style

Limping Toward the Truth, Wherever It Might Be

In a gratifying reversal of the conventional script, sex had turned into love.
Modern Love (Times Column); Love (Emotion); Dating and Courtship; 

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
 
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Business Day

The Business of the Minimum Wage

Economic analysis raises questions about the role of a higher minimum wage in reducing poverty. As a result, many economists prefer other ways of helping low-income families.
Minimum Wage; United States Economy; Labor and Jobs; Income Inequality; Poverty; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; 

What the minimum wage is attempting to fix is the destitution of the least economically powerful portion of the population.
It is not bad policy.  It is not effective.  
Those who cannot get a wage will not get a minimum wage.
 
3
Opinion

The White House Joins the Cash Grab

A new advocacy group debases the presidency by trolling for unlimited corporate money.
Gun Control; Political Action Committees; United States Politics and Government; Lobbying and Lobbyists; 

And why not?
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Business Day

The Financial Future of Veterinarians

Readers respond to “The Vet Debt Trap” (Feb. 24).
Veterinary Medicine; Labor and Jobs; Graduate Schools and Students; 

Whine.  There will be a shortage after the bust.
 
5
Magazine

The Journalist and the Moneymaker

Source material; parking lottery.
Ethics (Personal); Ethicist, The (Times Column); Writing and Writers; Lotteries; Parking; 

News is ethically questionable.
Students of the news must always consider who is benefiting from the publication and analysis of the events. 

I do not understand the purpose of the lottery for the purchase of the parking places.  The owner should raise the price until there is just one buyer.  A traditional open auction sale.
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Business Day

Witness in Oil Spill Trial Accuses BP of Negligence

An expert witness said the oil company’s actions before the explosion aboard a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 were “beyond imprudent.”
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010); Accidents and Safety; Offshore Drilling and Exploration; 

Glad of the report.
 
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Science

Study of Ice Age Bolsters Carbon and Warming Link

A paper published by the journal Science suggests that the sharp warming that ended the last ice age occurred in lock step with increases in carbon dioxide.
Carbon Dioxide; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Global Warming; Ice Age; Research; 

"Dr. Parrenin’s paper is the third in recent years to suggest that the gap in the climate records between polar temperature and CO2, if it exists at all, is relatively small. And Jeremy Shakun, a visiting scholar at Harvard, pointed out in a paper last year that the timing of the temperature increase in Antarctica could not be assumed to be representative of the world as a whole. When he compiled a global temperature record for the end of the ice age, he found that increases of carbon dioxide came first, and rising temperatures came second.
The tight relationship in past climate between temperature and carbon dioxide is a major reason scientists have warned that modern society is running a big risk by burning CO2-producing fossil fuels.
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has jumped 41 percent since the Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, and scientists fear it could double or triple unless stronger efforts are made to control emissions.
Even at the current concentration of the gas, the evidence suggests that increases in sea level of 25 feet or more may have already become inevitable, albeit over a long period." 
 
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Business Day

Boeing Offers Plan for 787s To Japanese

The aircraft manufacturer presented the Japanese government with its plan to prevent recurrences of the battery problems that have grounded its Dreamliners.
Airlines and Airplanes; Batteries; Aviation Accidents and Safety;

Boeing will have to re-certify the batteries.
 
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Technology

Daily Report: Samsung Armors Android Software to Take On BlackBerry

In Thursday’s New York Times, Brian X. Chen and Ian Austen report on the South Korean electronics giant Samsung adding security enhancements to Android software to make its phones more attractive to big corporations. Until recently, the company marketed its best-selling smartphones to consumers around the world, but not to businesses.
Android (Operating System); Computer Security; Smartphones; 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29#Security_and_privacy
"The open source nature of Android allows security contractors to take existing devices and adapt them for highly secure uses. For example Samsung has worked with General Dynamics through their Open Kernel Labs acquisition to rebuild Jellybean on top of their hardened microvisor for the "Knox" project.[112][113]"
  1. ^ Ganapati, Priya (September 30, 2010). "Study Shows Some Android Apps Leak User Data Without Clear Notifications | Gadget Lab". Wired.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  2. ^ "Air-to-ground rocket men flog top-secret mobe-crypto to Brad in accounts."
  3. ^ "Samsung Armors Android to Take On BlackBerry."
  4. ^ Boulton, Clint (October 21, 2008). "Google Open-Sources Android on Eve of G1 Launch". eWeek. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
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Science

Q and A: The Angry Economist

Because of its natural gas boom, the United States is ahead of Europe in fixing climate change, the Oxford economist Dieter Helm argues.
Alternative and Renewable Energy; Global Warming; Kyoto Protocol; Natural Gas; 

The gas is always greener . . .
Natural gas may be cleaner.  It is still fossil carbon.
We are probably committed to losing the coasts as things stand.
 
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Technology

Keeping an Eye on Online Test-Takers

In the widening world of classes taught online, new technologies are helping to ensure that students on distant laptops are doing their own work.
E-Learning; Cheating; Tests and Examinations; Colleges and Universities; 

Maybe.
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World

In Nigeria’s Largest City, Homeless Are Paying the Price of Progress

As Lagos tries to raise its business profile, the city’s poor feel they have become the government’s enemy, a feeling deepened by the dismantling of a slum last week.
Homeless Persons; Poverty; Squatters; Real Estate (Commercial); 

Consider the alternatives.
 
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Opinion

A Class Action in the Public Interest

By letting a securities fraud case proceed, the Supreme Court embraced an important principle.
Decisions and Verdicts; Suits and Litigation; Securities and Commodities Violations; Pensions and Retirement Plans; 

No grounds for impeachment here.
 
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World

As Negotiators Ease Demands on Iran, More Nuclear Talks Are Set

The talks ended with an agreement to convene technical experts in Istanbul in March and return to Almaty for full negotiations in April, a senior Western diplomat said.
Embargoes and Economic Sanctions; Nuclear Weapons; International Relations; Uranium; 

They are talking and there is a promise of action.

This is good progress.
 
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World

Powerful Mexican Teachers’ Leader Accused of Embezzlement

Elba Esther Gordillo was arrested on suspicion of embezzling $200 million in union funds for her personal use.
Organized Labor; Teachers and School Employees; Embezzlement; 

Drama.  I would like to see a conviction.
 
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Science

In a First, Experiment Links Brains of Two Rats

A Duke neuroscientist says he has connected the brains of two rats in such a way that when one moves to press a lever, the other one does, too — most of the time.
Brain; Science and Technology; 

A very small step presented with drama.
 
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Opinion

Blocking Medicine to Iran

Sanctions on Iran are not supposed to hamper humanitarian trade. But they are.
Embargoes and Economic Sanctions; Medicine and Health; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Banking and Financial Institutions; 

Collateral  Damage.
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Style

Blogging Her Life With Cancer

Introducing Lisa B. Adams, a mother living with Stage 4 breast cancer, to the Motherlode blogroll.
Blogs and Blogging (Internet); Breast Cancer; Emotions; Parenting; 

Noted.
 
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Fashion & Style

England Develops a Voracious Appetite for a New Diet

The British are embracing a weight-loss plan that involves five days of eating and drinking whatever you want, and fasting for two days a week.
Weight; Obesity; Cooking and Cookbooks; 

I am game.  I have not done well with missed meals in recent years.
This reads like eating lightly will work.
 
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U.S.

Virginia’s Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End

Speculation.


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Business Day

Witness in Oil Spill Trial Accuses BP of Negligence

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Business Day

The Financial Future of Veterinarians

3
Magazine

The Journalist and the Moneymaker

4
Science

Study of Ice Age Bolsters Carbon and Warming Link

5
Business Day

Boeing Offers Plan for 787s To Japanese

6
Technology

Daily Report: Samsung Armors Android Software to Take On BlackBerry

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Science

Q and A: The Angry Economist

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Technology

Keeping an Eye on Online Test-Takers

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World

Powerful Mexican Teachers’ Leader Accused of Embezzlement

13
Science

In a First, Experiment Links Brains of Two Rats

14
Opinion

Blocking Medicine to Iran

15
Fashion & Style

England Develops a Voracious Appetite for a New Diet

16
U.S.

Virginia’s Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End

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Style

Blogging Her Life With Cancer

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Opinion

The Scary Hidden Stressor

The brutal winter drought in China is connected to a global wheat shortage is connected to the Arab Spring is connected to ...
Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); Economic Conditions and Trends; Drought; Global Warming; Wheat; Weather; 

These problems will not be fixed.
 
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Opinion

Veterans, Sexual Trauma and PTSD: An Update

Making it easier to collect disability benefits.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Sex Crimes; Veterans; 

The VA is trying.  That is much more than they previously did.
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Style

A High-Functioning Bereaved Parent

So where am I now, 13 years after my 2½-year-old son, Jacob, died because of a brain tumor? One thing I can say is that my junk mail has no idea where I am.
Brain Cancer; Children and Childhood; Death and Dying; Parenting; 

I am going to have to deal with history.  In person is my preference.

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1
Business Day

Boeing Offers Plan for 787s To Japanese

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Technology

Daily Report: Samsung Armors Android Software to Take On BlackBerry

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Real Estate

Hate Valet? Not to Worry; Help Is at Hand

Futuristic garages are equipped to whisk car and driver to upper-floor apartments, or park vehicles without human assistance.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Parking Garages and Lots; Parking; Automobiles; 

I want to see it get old.
 
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Science

Q and A: The Angry Economist

5
Technology

Keeping an Eye on Online Test-Takers

9
World

Powerful Mexican Teachers’ Leader Accused of Embezzlement

10
Science

In a First, Experiment Links Brains of Two Rats

11
Opinion

Blocking Medicine to Iran

12
Fashion & Style

England Develops a Voracious Appetite for a New Diet

13
U.S.

Virginia’s Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End

14
Style

Blogging Her Life With Cancer

15
Opinion

The Scary Hidden Stressor

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Opinion

Veterans, Sexual Trauma and PTSD: An Update

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Style

A High-Functioning Bereaved Parent

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World

Chad Said to Have Killed Mastermind of Algerian Attack

Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s death was announced on state television in Chad, but the claim has not been confirmed.
Hostages; Deaths (Fatalities); Defense and Military Forces; 

Early report.
 
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World

British Coroner to Hear K.G.B. Evidence in Secret

Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former officer in the K.G.B., died after ingesting a rare radioactive isotope in London in 2006.
Espionage and Intelligence Services; Forensic Science; 

Sometimes a reported conspiracy is a conspiracy.
 
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Magazine

Are We in Danger of a Beer Monopoly?

Contrary to popular belief, mergers are usually really good for consumers. So what’s wrong with a little beer marriage?
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Alcoholic Beverages; 

It does not look that way.  
The supported price lets the small producers in.


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1
Real Estate

Hate Valet? Not to Worry; Help Is at Hand

4
World

Powerful Mexican Teachers’ Leader Accused of Embezzlement

5
Science

In a First, Experiment Links Brains of Two Rats

6
Opinion

Blocking Medicine to Iran

7
Fashion & Style

England Develops a Voracious Appetite for a New Diet

8
U.S.

Virginia’s Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End

9
Style

Blogging Her Life With Cancer

10
Opinion

The Scary Hidden Stressor

11
Opinion

Veterans, Sexual Trauma and PTSD: An Update

12
Style

A High-Functioning Bereaved Parent

13
World

Chad Said to Have Killed Mastermind of Algerian Attack

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World

British Coroner to Hear K.G.B. Evidence in Secret

15
Magazine

Are We in Danger of a Beer Monopoly?

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Books

Cause(s) and Effect(s)

A former Federal Reserve vice chairman examines the 2008 financial crisis, how it was handled and what remains to be done.
United States Economy; Books and Literature; Banking and Financial Institutions; Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Recession and Depression; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010); 

Propaganda.  Take it with liberal salt.
 
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World

India's Budget Targets Women

Women’s only bank and new safety fund.
Budgets and Budgeting; Sex Crimes; Women and Girls; Women's Rights; 

Probably the best thing that could be done for women's rights is to encourage selective abortion.
Gender imbalance will change their culture faster than any government program.
 
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Booming

On the Road, With Mothers

I have been thinking of writing a book, “How to Travel With Your Mother,” but my first tip is: Do not ever travel with your mother.
Baby Boomers; Road Trips; Parenting; Age, Chronological; Comedy and Humor; 

I get enough of that.   She is beyond travel.  
I am lucky to get her to her doctor.
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World

Remembering a Silent Success in Afghanistan

Thomas James Brennan, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, recalls building a school in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan War (2001- ); Children and Childhood; Education; United States Defense and Military Forces; 

Learning is addictive.
 
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U.S.

Soldier to Face More Serious Charges in Leak

Despite a guilty plea, military prosecutors decided to proceed with a court-martial that could result in a sentence of life without parole for Pfc. Bradley Manning.
Decisions and Verdicts; Classified Information and State Secrets; Computers and the Internet; United States Defense and Military Forces; 

Just a mess.  








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