Sunday, March 10, 2013

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1
Opinion

Big Social Costs Tallied in Regions With Scant Energy Access

2
U.S.

As Fracking Increases, So Do Fears About Water Supply

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4
T:Style

The Male Bond

5
Business Day

Looking to Others for Investing Lessons

6
Technology

Gadgets You Need, Even if You Have a Smartphone

7
Education

Philadelphia Officials Vote to Close 23 Schools

8
Business Day

How Did You Prepare for Your Baby?

9
Health

Exercise May Help Protect Children From Stress

Children who get less exercise have a greater response to stress, a Finnish study finds.
Anxiety and Stress; Exercise; Medicine and Health; 

Run it off.
 
10
Business Day

San Francisco’s Thriving Agency Start-Up Scene

11
Business Day

Anadarko and Videocon to Sell Mozambique Gas Stakes

12
U.S.

Jeb Bush Enters Debate, and Possibly 2016 Race

13
Business Day

Fewer Barclays Employees Made More Than £1 Million

14
Business Day

The Benefits of Working in the Office

15
Health

Deadly Bacteria That Resist Strongest Drugs Are Spreading

16
Business Day

European Central Bank Leaves Key Rate Unchanged

17
Business Day

The Rise of Part-Time Work

18
Opinion

It’s About the Work, Not the Office

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Education

To Place Graduates, Law Schools Are Opening Firms

20
U.S.

Maryland: Execution Ban Advances

A push to abolish the death penalty in Maryland cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday when the Senate approved the measure, which appears to have support from the House and Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Capital Punishment; Crime and Criminals; United States Politics and Government; 

Killing people is not a good idea.

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1
Opinion

Big Social Costs Tallied in Regions With Scant Energy Access

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N.Y. / Region

City’s New Drink Rules Add Wrinkle to Coffee Orders

When New York’s ban on the sale of large sugary drinks goes into effect, coffee drinkers are likely to face complications.
Beverages; Coffee; Sugar; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Soft Drinks; Calories; Milk; 

Not a problem.
 
3
U.S.

Interior Dept. Nominee Is Questioned on Public Land Use

Sally Jewell, the chief executive of R.E.I., told senators that she believes that climate change is real but was noncommittal on other subjects.
Appointments and Executive Changes; Federal Lands; Global Warming; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Offshore Drilling and Exploration; Natural Gas; Land Use Policies; 

I would like more no in her attitude toward development.
"Best we can do from here."
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U.S.

Visions of Drones Swarming U.S. Skies Hit Bipartisan Nerve

The Big Brother imagery conjured up by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky during a filibuster this week has animated a diverse swath of political interests.
Drones (Pilotless Planes); Filibusters and Debate Curbs; United States Politics and Government; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Surveillance of Citizens by Government; United States Defense and Military Forces; 

The president can do as he pleases.  
He cannot confess to murder and keep his office.

5
Opinion

Death in the Forests

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Opinion

The Climate Scientist and the Pipeline

Readers discuss the environmental issues raised by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
Keystone Pipeline System; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Carbon Dioxide; Oil Sands; 

Sanity prevails.
 
7
Sports

One Way to Cheer Up: Cheer Harder

Research suggests that sports fans, even zealous ones, are less prone to depression and alienation than nonfans.
College Athletics; Depression (Mental); Research; Emotions; 

Please yourself.  About this I just don't care.
 
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T:Style

The Male Bond

9
Business Day

Looking to Others for Investing Lessons

10
Business Day

The Rise of Part-Time Work

11
Health

Deadly Bacteria That Resist Strongest Drugs Are Spreading

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Science

Unreported Side Effects of Drugs Are Found Using Internet Search Data, Study Finds

Scientists have detected evidence of unreported prescription drug side effects before they were found by the Food and Drug Administration’s warning system.
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Search Engines; Research; Data-Mining and Database Marketing;

This is after the fact.
The promise is "safe and effective".

13
Books

Book Tries for Balanced View on Roosevelt and Jews

Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman say their new book is a neutral assessment of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s record on Jewish issues.
Jews and Judaism; Holocaust and the Nazi Era; World War II (1939-45); 

I agree that FDR had limited options.
The faithful do not learn.
 
14
Opinion

Two Enlistees in the Climate Wars

President Obama’s energy and environmental nominees suggest a broad attack on global warming.
Global Warming; Appointments and Executive Changes; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Air Pollution; Editorials; United States Politics and Government; 

Getting any improvement will be a feat.
 
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Health

Exercise May Help Protect Children From Stress

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World

French Ministry Posts Online Full File on ‘Dreyfus Affair’

The entire secret military file that was used to wrongly convict Capt. Alfred Dreyfus of spying for Germany in 1894 has been posted by the French Ministry of Defense.
Defense and Military Forces; World War I (1914-18); Freedom of the Press; Anti-Semitism; False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments; 

I was aware of the event.  I had no details.
I can move on.
 
17
U.S.

Jeb Bush Enters Debate, and Possibly 2016 Race

18
Opinion

It’s About the Work, Not the Office

19
U.S.

Maryland: Execution Ban Advances

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Business Day

Government Takes Legal Action Over Phone Spam

In eight federal civil cases, the Federal Trade Commission named 29 individuals, most of whom worked for companies that were hired to send the unsolicited text messages.
Text Messaging; Frauds and Swindling; Suits and Litigation; Cellular Telephones; Smartphones; 

Good.   Spam does not get a click here.

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1
N.Y. / Region

City’s New Drink Rules Add Wrinkle to Coffee Orders

 
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U.S.

Interior Dept. Nominee Is Questioned on Public Land Use

3
 
U.S.

Visions of Drones Swarming U.S. Skies Hit Bipartisan Nerve

4
Opinion

Death in the Forests

6
Sports

One Way to Cheer Up: Cheer Harder

7
Opinion

In the South and West, a Tax on Being Poor

Struggling Americans are worse off in regions with regressive systems for raising money.
Income Inequality; Poverty; Sales and Excise Taxes; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; 

Say it louder.
 
10
Books

Book Tries for Balanced View on Roosevelt and Jews

11
Opinion

Two Enlistees in the Climate Wars

12
Health

Exercise May Help Protect Children From Stress

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14
U.S.

Maryland: Execution Ban Advances

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Business Day

Government Takes Legal Action Over Phone Spam

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Business Day

Honey, We Barely Shrunk the Financial System

After an unsustainable boom, some shrinkage in the global financial sector was inevitable, and desirable, the author writes. Besides, excluding the euro zone, cross-border capital flows are still reasonably healthy.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Credit and Debt; Government Bonds; Gross Domestic Product; 

He seems not to understand what he is reporting.
 
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Business Day

A Bad Year in Britain for Banks, Not Bankers

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Business Day

Reality TV for the Red Planet

A Dutch entrepreneur's financial plan for a colony on Mars is based on selling the television rights to cover the project every step of the way.
Mars (Planet); Space; Entrepreneurship; Reality Television; 

They can play.  I will stand aside for a few years.
19
World

A Call for a National Strategy on Veterans

A National Veterans Strategy would include a national dialogue to define our societal obligations to those who volunteer for military service and establishing policies to carry out those obligations, engaging government, the private sector, veterans service organizations and local communities to combine resources in support of veterans and their families.
Families and Family Life; Veterans;

Our military became a mercenary force when it became an all volunteer force.
Our responsibility to the veterans is to fulfill the contract under which they joined.
We owe them that.  We do not owe them more.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Deep Thoughts on the Bus

Metropolitan Diary: What is it about riding the bus that makes some of us wax philosophical?
Buses; Philosophy; 

All of us need more joy in our lives.  Most of us have enough disaster.


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1
Opinion

Death in the Forests

2
Opinion

In the South and West, a Tax on Being Poor

3
Opinion

Two Enlistees in the Climate Wars

4
5
Business Day

Government Takes Legal Action Over Phone Spam

6
Business Day

Honey, We Barely Shrunk the Financial System

7
Business Day

Reality TV for the Red Planet

8
World

A Call for a National Strategy on Veterans

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N.Y. / Region

Deep Thoughts on the Bus

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World

Poland: Lawmakers Protest Anti-Gay Comments

Poland’s first openly gay and transsexual lawmakers took seats on the front bench of Parliament on Wednesday to protest hostile remarks by former President Lech Walesa.
Homosexuality; Transgender and Transsexual; Legislatures and Parliaments; 

Poland has a durable culture.
 
11
Opinion

Our Wait-and-See Culture

The new “follow-up culture” in medicine: wait six months and see.
Doctors; Cancer; Medicine and Health; 

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
 
12
U.S.

After Over a Century at Sea, 2 Sailors Are Laid to Rest

The dead were two unidentified sailors from the ironclad warship Monitor, buried with full military honors 150 years after their ship sank during a storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
Civil War (US) (1861-65); Funerals and Memorials; Forensic Science; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); United States Defense and Military Forces; 

The craft has been an interest of mine.
 
13
U.S.

The Cellphone Records, Officer? You May Soon Need a Warrant

House Bill 1608 would require Texas law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants and prove probable cause of illegal activity before obtaining cellphone records in their investigations.
Wireless Communications; Privacy; Law and Legislation; 

A cell phone is a radio.  The signals have no expectation of privacy.
The billing and location records are on the telephone system and do have an expectation of privacy.
The police should need a warrant.  
The files in the phone should also need a warrant.
Information not brought forward at trial remains private.
Individuals rights are not abrogated by criminal proceedings.

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Business Day

Setback to Boeing’s Hopes for Longer Range for 787

Because of recent incidents with the jet’s battery, an advanced feature allowing for new flight paths may not receive approval for months, which could dilute the jet’s appeal.
Airlines and Airplanes; Aviation Accidents and Safety; Lithium (Metal); Batteries; 

Boeing must qualify the batteries.  A kluge is just not good enough.
 
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Business Day

Workers' Share of Health Costs Is Likely to Continue Rising

Employers are shifting more of the cost of health care to workers.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Wages and Salaries; 

This assumes that the AHA is ineffective.  
 
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Your Money

Money Advice for People in Boom-or-Bust Fields

17
Technology

Yahoo Says New Policy Is Meant to Raise Morale

The abolishment of Yahoo’s work-from-home policy created a stir among workers, but some employees say a new office culture is needed.
Telecommuting; Workplace Environment; Search Engines; 

Yahoo may survive.  It is not innovative.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Inquiry Into Officers After They Visit Man Who Accused Police of Assault

Surveillance cameras set up by Jabbar Campbell, who said the police beat him in January, captured plainclothes officers entering his building again last week.
Police Brutality and Misconduct; Search and Seizure; 

These cops are in trouble and should be.
 
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Business Day

Paul Capital Takes Stake in Brazilian Venture Fund

Paul Capital, a private equity firm focused on secondary market transactions, has acquired 18.2 percent of a fund managed by the Brazilian technology venture capital firm Ideiasnet for 79 million reais ($40 million).
Private Equity; Venture Capital; 

Brazil has not been a safe place to play money games.
I know that I am not smart or fast enough to win.
 
20
Health

Ask Well: Keeping Knee Arthritis in Check

Unfortunately, knee arthritis is incurable, but there are ways to slow the progression, explains the Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds.
Arthritis; Knees; Osteoarthritis; Running; Surgery and Surgeons; Swimming; 

Yes, try everything else before getting a tin knee.
 

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1
Opinion

Death in the Forests

2
Opinion

In the South and West, a Tax on Being Poor

3
4
Business Day

Government Takes Legal Action Over Phone Spam

5
Business Day

Honey, We Barely Shrunk the Financial System

6
Business Day

Reality TV for the Red Planet

7
World

A Call for a National Strategy on Veterans

8
N.Y. / Region

Deep Thoughts on the Bus

9
Opinion

Our Wait-and-See Culture

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

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U.S.

The Cellphone Records, Officer? You May Soon Need a Warrant

12
Business Day

Setback to Boeing’s Hopes for Longer Range for 787

13
Business Day

Workers' Share of Health Costs Is Likely to Continue Rising

14
Your Money

Money Advice for People in Boom-or-Bust Fields

15
Technology

Yahoo Says New Policy Is Meant to Raise Morale

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Business Day

Paul Capital Takes Stake in Brazilian Venture Fund

18
Health

Ask Well: Keeping Knee Arthritis in Check

19
Health

Eat Your Heart Out

Do we need to change the rules about healthful eating?
Cholesterol; Diet and Nutrition; Medicine and Health; Obesity; 

I seem to be doing OK.  I should get another opinion.
 
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Business Day

Regulators Get Latitude in the Split of MBIA

A court action brought against MBIA said it had made inaccurate regulatory filings before it split up. The case’s dismissal allows the insurer to pursue its strategy for corporate survival.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Decisions and Verdicts; Insurance; Suits and Litigation; 

I would not depend on this insurance or invest in the company.

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1
Opinion

Death in the Forests

2
Business Day

Honey, We Barely Shrunk the Financial System

3
Business Day

Reality TV for the Red Planet

4
World

A Call for a National Strategy on Veterans

5
N.Y. / Region

Deep Thoughts on the Bus

6
Opinion

Our Wait-and-See Culture

7
8
U.S.

The Cellphone Records, Officer? You May Soon Need a Warrant

9
Business Day

Setback to Boeing’s Hopes for Longer Range for 787

10
Business Day

Workers' Share of Health Costs Is Likely to Continue Rising

11
Your Money

Money Advice for People in Boom-or-Bust Fields

12
Technology

Yahoo Says New Policy Is Meant to Raise Morale

13
14
Business Day

Paul Capital Takes Stake in Brazilian Venture Fund

15
Health

Ask Well: Keeping Knee Arthritis in Check

16
Health

Eat Your Heart Out

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Business Day

Regulators Get Latitude in the Split of MBIA

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T:Style

The Gardener's House

For the peripatetic Madison Cox, home is a simple Moorish refuge in a city that has captivated like-minded wanderers for centuries: beloved books and plants share his view of the deep blue Strait of Gibraltar.
Art; Gardens and Gardening; Travel and Vacations; 

I am not gay or orderly or wealthy.
 
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Business Day

A Long Road Back for the Dow Industrials

When adjusted for changes in consumer prices, the Dow Jones industrial average remains nearly 10 percent below the nominal record set in 2007, but the real peak was in 2000.
Dow Jones Stock Average; Stocks and Bonds; Inflation (Economics); 

Any relationship between the stock market and the economy is accidental.
 
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Opinion

Scientists Find an Abrupt Warm Jog After a Very Long Cooling

An exploration of new work putting abrupt recent warming in long-term context.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Ice Age;

Getting a better grip on warming events.

 Bigger is not better.



 
 

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