Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Science

Protein Linked to Development Problems

Scientists investigating Alzheimer’s found that mice lacking the protein SNX27 had the same learning and memory defects as mice with Down syndrome.
Down Syndrome; Research; Genetics and Heredity; 

Here is real progress.
 
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Business Day

Like a Chubby Passenger, Airlines Battle Weight, Too

Weight concerns airlines, mainly those with small planes like Samoa Air, which is charging fares based on a passenger’s weight. Other airlines are cutting weight, too, which saves on fuel costs.
Airlines and Airplanes; Luggage; Weight; Obesity; 

Silly frame.  Interesting problem.
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Education

Student Loan Rate Set to Rise, Despite Lack of Support

On Tuesday, student advocacy groups are releasing an issue brief charging that the government should not profit from loans, while more and more students bear a crushing debt burden.
Federal Budget (US); Student Loans; Interest Rates; Colleges and Universities;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_loans_in_the_United_States
This is a more complicated situation than this piece shows.
Read the article linked above.
 
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Health

Universities Get Middling Grades in Helping Poor

Prominent American and Canadian research universities earned mostly C’s on the first report card assessing how much their laboratories benefit the world’s poor.
Third World and Developing Countries; Colleges and Universities; Education; Poverty; 

Most universities are managed as profit making institutions.
Many students do not comprehend the consequences.
This author assumes that the greater good should be the dominant goal.

Teaching hospitals are closely associated with medical schools.
The medical complexes locate where the population carry the operating costs of the hospital and poverty provides a broad spectrum of disease and injury.

Medical research is thought of as 'for profit'.
The medical profession thinks of itself as 'for profit'.

Cultures without cash will be without most of medicine.

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Science

Rebuilding Our Shores, Increasing the Risks

Coastal development has soared, and this rush toward the sea is the biggest factor in the rising costs of storm bailouts.
Coast Erosion; Global Warming; Oceans and Seas; Coastal Areas; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Hurricane Sandy (2012); 

I would add a buyout alternative.
"We" will make you whole one more time where you are or "we" will make you whole elsewhere.  If you elect to stay you must have flood and storm insurance  or bear the risk of loss.

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Education

Mariam Chamberlain, Women’s Champion, Dies at 94

Ms. Chamberlain played a pivotal yet little-known role in establishing women’s studies in the American college curriculum, and financing early research about the inequities women faced in the workplace.
Women and Girls; Colleges and Universities; Deaths (Obituaries); Women's Rights; Workplace Environment; 

The work is not yet done.

The Office of Special Services  was the predecessor of the C.I.A.
The Black Chamber had no successor as far as I know. 

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World

With Putin at Her Side, Merkel Criticizes Russia

The German chancellor met with the Russian president in Hanover, Germany, and expressed dismay over the treatment of nongovernmental organizations.
Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Freedom of Speech and Expression; Nonprofit Organizations; 

Russia remains Russian.
 
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Opinion

About the Children

What it means for kids when gay parents can marry.
Children and Childhood; Homosexuality; Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships; Marriages; 

YES
 
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Business Day

No TV? No Subscription? No Problem

Streaming sites seem to have little interest in curtailing the sharing of account information — in part because they can’t.
Video Recordings and Downloads; Television; Social Networking (Internet); Mobile Applications; Smartphones; Computers and the Internet; 

I continue to use broadcast television.
The workarounds  work but the content does not.

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U.S.

Pentagon Seeks Change in Court-Martial System

The proposal comes amid sharp criticism from advocacy groups and Congress over how the military has handled a series of sexual assault cases.
Courts-Martial; Sex Crimes; 

The system needs fixing.
 
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U.S.

No Lawyer for 100 Country Miles, So One Rural State Offers Pay

With rural Americans increasingly underserved by legal firms, South Dakota has enacted a financial inducement that could become a model.
Legal Profession; Rural Areas; 

If such a program offers enough support it looks doable.  
The participant will end up living and working at the far end of never.
Social opportunities will be limited.
It might well be better to pass through the military.
 
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Opinion

Teenagers and Plan B

Carol F. Roye of the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing responds to a front-page article.
Plan B (Contraceptive); Tylenol (Drug); Teenagers and Adolescence; Pregnancy and Childbirth; 

Having it available to those who want it is close to justice.
 
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Magazine

Hunting Your Own Dinner

After three years, I finally knew what it felt like to shoot and kill my dinner.
Hunting and Trapping; Deer; Senses and Sensation; 

I can and do go there without the bow.  
You may hunt dinner.  I will dress it and cook it.
I would rather watch the deer than shoot it.
 
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Health

Surprise Path to Better Sex: Hip Surgery

Many patients whose sex life had suffered because of arthritis report an increase in libido and stamina and in their ability to climax after joint surgery.
Hips; Knees; Medicine and Health; Sex; Surgery and Surgeons; 

I am pain free.  I hope you are.
 
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N.Y. / Region

New Screens in the Subway Will Guide Riders and Sell to Them, Too

Building Blocks: Dozens of interactive kiosks are to be installed in 16 subway stations in the next few months, designed to help commuters navigate the system.
Advertising and Marketing; Identification Devices; Maps; Subways; 

It will be galling if they go out of order.  The paper maps will be hard to find.   The website will continue to work.
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U.S.

Visa Program for Skilled Workers Hits Limit Early

A visa program for skilled workers has hit its quota just days into the application period, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services said.
Foreign Workers; Visas; Immigration and Emigration;

Cheap help is always in demand.
 
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World

At Least 27 Dead in Building Collapse in India

At least 54 others were injured in the collapse, which occurred as four floors were being added to a four-story office building in the Mumbai suburb of Thane.
Accidents and Safety; Deaths (Fatalities); Building (Construction); 

Failure to report is also a form of corruption.

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Health

Advice Shifts on Feeding Baby

Pediatricians now recommend breast-feeding exclusively to start and a more relaxed approach after that, but guidelines have changed over the years.
Babies and Infants; Diet and Nutrition; Medicine and Health; 

I have no opinion on the problem.  
Allergies are real.  
Not having them is worth a great deal.
 
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Business Day

Wearing a Badge, and a Video Camera

Some police departments are recording their officers’ interactions with civilians using cameras small enough to attach to sunglasses.
Police; Video Recordings and Downloads; Cameras; 

The camera would make stop and frisk a different problem.
 
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Business Day

This Week in Small Business: Not Again!

The jobs report is a “punch in the gut.” Once again, the economy’s first-half momentum seems to be flagging. Some tips for keeping work-from-home employees accountable. Do you support paid sick leave?
Economic Conditions and Trends; Entrepreneurship; Small Business; Start-ups; United States Economy; 

More here than I want to deal with.    
There is money coming into our system from nervous Europeans.

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Business Day

Processing Credit Cards and Anger

The more I learned about credit card processing, the angrier I got. But rage is not a great reason to burn a lot of hours on a project.
Credit Cards; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Small Business; 

I will leave credit cards out of things for now.
 
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Health

Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)

A parallel world of pseudo-academia, with prestigiously titled conferences and journals that will print seemingly anything for a fee, has the scientific community alarmed.
Science and Technology; Academic and Scientific Journals; Frauds and Swindling; Research; 

A cautionary tale.
 
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Business Day

Airlines Weigh The Pounds


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U.S.

Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime

States are restricting undercover operations by activists in response to exposés that industry groups say have led to unfair scrutiny.
Agriculture and Farming; Cruelty to Animals; Video Recordings and Downloads; Factory Farming; Pigs; Horses; Livestock; 

Old practice is not necessarily good practice.

Ultimately animal rights are limited in the same way human rights are limited.    
 
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Education

Student Loan Rate Set to Rise, Despite Lack of Support

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Science

Rebuilding the Shores, Increasing the Risks

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Business Day

No TV? No Subscription? No Problem

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World

Targeted Killing Comes to Define War on Terror

Despite administration officials’ statements that their strong preference is for capturing terrorists, a reliance on killing terrorism suspects has defined the Obama years.
United States Politics and Government; Terrorism; Targeted Killings; Drones (Pilotless Planes); United States Defense and Military Forces; Series; 

Political reality is ugly.
We should not indulge in "Global War on TERROR".
The policy is sticky, stinky and poisonous.

Changing the policy will not be easy.
The policy bears a strong resemblance to colonialism.
 
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Opinion

An Illegal Cellphone Search

A court wisely finds that school officials violated a student’s rights when they read his text messages without reasonable suspicion.
School Discipline (Students); Decisions and Verdicts; Text Messaging; Editorials; Education (K-12); Search and Seizure; 

The school can and should sequester the phone for the day.  
Reading the text messages is fishing and forbidden.
 
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Health

Culprit in Heart Disease Goes Beyond Meat’s Fat

Research shows that the association between red meat and heart disease risk might be related not just to fat but also to bacteria that thrive on a component of red meat.
Research; Meat; Heart; Veganism; Blood; 

Taken to heart.
Bookmarked
 
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Arts

Family Seeks Return of a Matisse Seized by the Nazis

The family of the Parisian dealer Paul Rosenberg wants a Norwegian museum to relinquish a 1937 painting that was once held by Goering and was later bought by one of the museum’s founders.
Reparations and Restitution; Art; Museums; Looting; Holocaust and the Nazi Era; 

Hardly news.  Old ghosts continue to haunt collectors.
 
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Health

Universities Get Middling Grades in Helping Poor

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Opinion

Engineering Serendipity

Companies that depend on innovation are redesigning work spaces to encourage a certain kind of accident: the human collision.
Workplace Environment; Creativity; 

The investors will not like it.
 
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Opinion

Teenagers and Plan B

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Magazine

Hunting Your Own Dinner

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N.Y. / Region

Subway Kiosks Will Guide Riders (in Between Ads)


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Business Day

Processing Credit Cards and Anger

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Health

Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)


Cheating.

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U.S.

Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime


Reactionaries.

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World

Targeted Killing Comes to Define War on Terror


Smells like colonialism.

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More stolen art.

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Health

Culprit in Heart Disease Goes Beyond Meat’s Fat

Research shows that the association between red meat and heart disease risk might be related not just to fat but also to bacteria that thrive on a component of red meat.
Research; Meat; Heart; Veganism; Blood; 

Bookmarked.
 
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Opinion

An Illegal Cellphone Search

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Arts

Family Seeks Return of a Matisse Seized by the Nazis

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U.S.

No Lawyer for Miles, So One Rural State Offers Pay

With rural Americans increasingly underserved by legal firms, South Dakota has enacted a financial inducement that could become a model.
Legal Profession; Rural Areas; 

Seek government service.
 
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Opinion

Engineering Serendipity

 
 
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Health

Ask Well: Exercising Before Bedtime

Many people believe that evening exercise will undermine sleep, but there’s little scientific evidence to support that idea, especially if the activity isn’t too taxing.
Biorhythms; Exercise; Sleep; 

"Know your self" tell your partner.
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Magazine

Hunting Your Own Dinner

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World

At Least 27 Dead in Building Collapse in India

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Business Day

Wearing a Badge, and a Video Camera

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Health

Thinking Twice About Calcium Supplements

While extra calcium is important to maintain strong bones as we age, instead of supplements, dietary sources are a safer bet.
Bone Fractures; Bones; Calcium; Dairy Products; Diet and Nutrition; Milk; Osteoporosis; Preventive Medicine; Vitamin D; Vitamins; Women and Girls;

Milk, milk products and vitamin D along with green leafy vegetables.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Subway Kiosks Will Guide Riders (in Between Ads)

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Business Day

Out of the Spotlight, a Lucrative Payday

Private equity firms and hedge funds often reward their leaders with lavish compensation packages, sometimes bigger than those of public companies.
Executive Compensation; Private Equity; Hedge Funds; 

Corporate governance is there for a reason.
Hedge funds and private equity are intended to remove the stockholders.
No shock.
 
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Opinion

Teenagers and Plan B

No problem there.  Availability is not a recommendation.
 
There if needed.


Fighting sleep takes more attention than I can spare.




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