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Health

When Best Friends Can Visit

By JUDITH GRAHAM | Apr 10, 2013

A few medical institutions have opened their doors to patients’ own dogs and cats, letting them visit along with spouses, children and friends.

Anxiety and Stress; Cats; Death and Dying; Dogs; Elderly; Hospice Care; Pets; Therapy and Rehabilitation; 

Pets should be allowed to visit the sick.

We may need to establish visiting rooms separate from the units(wards).

 

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World

Inequality in the Pursuit of Feminism

By AMELIA GENTLEMAN | Apr 10, 2013

While feminist advances are often measured by counting women in senior positions, the shrinking power of women at the other end of the income spectrum is too often ignored, a report says.

Women and Girls; Income Inequality; Economic Conditions and Trends; Workplace Environment; Labor and Jobs; Gender; Discrimination; Income; 

There is a cultural problem that may be built on biology.

There is a need for more understanding based on science.

While that develops personal action and government deregulation of gender roles is enough for me.

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U.S.

Missouri: Mayor Impeached in Feud With City Council

By JOHN ELIGON | Apr 10, 2013

The City Council of Ellisville voted 5 to 1 on Monday to remove its mayor, Adam Paul, 32, with whom it began feuding almost as soon as he took office last April.

Mayors; Impeachment; City Councils; 

Walmart should not win this one.

 

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U.S.

Arkansas: Bill Targeting Planned Parenthood Advances

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 10, 2013

The State Senate voted to approve legislation that would prohibit Arkansas from awarding grants to abortion providers, a move aimed at money that Planned Parenthood receives for sex education.

Abortion; Law and Legislation; State Legislatures; Sex Education; Budgets and Budgeting; 

The South lost the civil war.  

This bill should be struck down if it becomes law.

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Opinion

The Questions Raised by a Son’s Death

Apr 10, 2013

Readers react to an Op-Ed essay about psychiatric diagnoses, medication and grief.

Children and Childhood; Adderall (Drug); Grief (Emotion); Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; 

Until we know how to transition off speed we should not prescribe it.

 

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N.Y. / Region

Judge Tells Ex-Chief of Police Not to Turn Testimony Into a Speech

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Apr 10, 2013

Joseph J. Esposito, formerly the New York Police Department’s highest-ranking chief, was warned by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin that his testimony about stop-and-frisk practices was becoming ”a narrative.”

Search and Seizure; Minorities; Racial Profiling; 

I am interested in the decision.  I think the police loose. 

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Automobiles

As Workload Overwhelms, Cars Are Set to Intervene

By PAUL STENQUIST | Apr 7, 2013

Engineers are working to build cars that recognize when a driver is in distress. Then the car would react, delaying all but the most urgent alerts, sending phone calls to voice mail and freeing the driver to focus on the task.

Automobiles; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Roads and Traffic; 

This set of problems should not be permitted to arise.

 

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Opinion

Worry Over Attention Deficit Cases

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 10, 2013

Is the rise in reported cases of A.D.H.D. in school-age children accurate, and are the potent drugs to treat it being overused?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Children and Childhood; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Adderall (Drug); 

Let us think much more on the education of children 

and much less on enforcing order.

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Opinion

Revisiting the Facts on Fracking

Apr 10, 2013

Turning away from fracking without seeking the facts is neither the smart nor the ethical choice.

Hydraulic Fracturing; Energy and Power; Shale; 

Poisoning the land and water for money now is bad management and worse stewardship.

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Business Day

Using Retirement Money to Start a Business

By JOSH PATRICK | Apr 10, 2013

The I.R.S. has not prohibited so-called ROBS transactions, but the agency hasn’t declared them legal either.

Individual Retirement Accounts; Pensions and Retirement Plans; Small Business; Start-ups; Taxation; 

I have no intention of spending retirement account money on a business.

 

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U.S.

Canadian Visits U.S. to Promote Oil Pipeline

By JOHN M. BRODER | Apr 10, 2013

Alison Redford, the Alberta premier, said critics of the Keystone XL project had exaggerated the impact of developing the oil.

Keystone Pipeline System; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Advertising and Marketing; Environment; 

It is fossil carbon.

 

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Multimedia

The Gang Legacy of Central America's Wars

By DAVID GONZALEZ | Apr 10, 2013

Donna De Cesare has devoted decades to chronicling the emotional and human toll of growing up amid political and gang violence.

Deportation; Gangs; Immigration and Emigration; Photography; Youth; 

Marxism doesn't work either.

 

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Health

Morning-After Pill Is Not a Cure-All

By RONI CARYN RABIN | Apr 8, 2013

Despite the long legal battle to make the morning-after pill more widely available, greater access to Plan B is not likely to have a dramatic impact.

Birth Control and Family Planning; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Plan B (Contraceptive); 

Just another special purpose tool.

Education!

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U.S.

Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. | Apr 7, 2013

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Health

Culprit in Heart Disease Goes Beyond Meat’s Fat

By GINA KOLATA | Apr 8, 2013

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Opinion

An Illegal Cellphone Search

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 8, 2013

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N.Y. / Region

Schumer Says Storm Victims Deserve Aid for Self-Help

By JENNY ANDERSON | Apr 10, 2013

New York City has indicated it will not give federal aid to homeowners who paid for their own repairs after Hurricane Sandy, but Senator Charles E. Schumer is urging city officials to reconsider.

Hurricane Sandy (2012); Restoration and Renovation; Federal Aid (US); 

I doubt there is much fraud.  Check the water level and pay the claims.

 

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Opinion

Engineering Serendipity

By GREG LINDSAY | Apr 7, 2013

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Autos

'Battery University' Aims to Train a Work Force for Next-Generation Energy Storage

By BRITA BELLI | Apr 8, 2013

The United States leads the world in battery research, but skilled manufacturing labor lags. Battery University seeks to change that with education.

Automobiles; Batteries; Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; 

Electrical Engineers do not work cheap.

aside from that there is not much special knowledge required. 

"No user serviceable parts".

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World

Targeted Killing Comes to Define War on Terror

By SCOTT SHANE | Apr 8, 2013

Series; 

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Opinion

When is a Person Not a Human? When it's a Dolphin, or Chimp, or...

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Apr 10, 2013

An exploration of the rights of dolphins and other “nonhuman persons.”

Cruelty to Animals; Dolphins and Porpoises; Ethics (Personal); Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ); Oceans and Seas; Whales and Whaling; 

If the ASPCA has not expanded its mandate I would know the reasons.

I am not fond of moral argument.

I consider morality groundless.

Cruelty is inexcusable.

Killing is not a sport.

Human beings have the same rights as other creatures.

I am still thinking about what that means to me.

Ask me again in several years.

 

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World

Inequality in the Pursuit of Feminism

By AMELIA GENTLEMAN | Apr 10, 2013

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U.S.

Missouri: Mayor Impeached in Feud With City Council

By JOHN ELIGON | Apr 10, 2013

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U.S.

Arkansas: Bill Targeting Planned Parenthood Advances

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 10, 2013

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Opinion

The Questions Raised by a Son’s Death

Apr 10, 2013

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N.Y. / Region

Judge Tells Ex-Chief of Police Not to Turn Testimony Into a Speech

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Apr 10, 2013

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Automobiles

As Workload Overwhelms, Cars Are Set to Intervene

By PAUL STENQUIST | Apr 7, 2013

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Opinion

Worry Over Attention Deficit Cases

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 10, 2013

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Opinion

Revisiting the Facts on Fracking

Apr 10, 2013

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Booming

Advice for Couples About Their Sex Lives, Part 1

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Apr 10, 2013

Whatever the cause of issues in couples’ sex lives, the key is loving communication, says Ronald Levant, an expert on male sexuality.

Baby Boomers; Sex; Impotence; Marriages; Love (Emotion); Age, Chronological; 

Sex is mostly in the mind.

I would engage more of your mind.

 

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Business Day

Using Retirement Money to Start a Business

By JOSH PATRICK | Apr 10, 2013

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U.S.

Canadian Visits U.S. to Promote Oil Pipeline

By JOHN M. BRODER | Apr 10, 2013

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Multimedia

The Gang Legacy of Central America's Wars

By DAVID GONZALEZ | Apr 10, 2013

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Technology

G.E. Turns to the Crowd for Help in Creating Consumer Products

By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN | Apr 10, 2013

General Electric is announcing a deal with Quirky, a start-up that crowd-sources the development of products, in an attempt to turn industrial patents into Internet-connected devices for consumers.

Design; Factories and Manufacturing; Inventions and Patents; Start-ups; 

It aint my style. 

I will try it if you wish.  

Mostly I would rather my gadgets were not net dependent.

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Health

Morning-After Pill Is Not a Cure-All

By RONI CARYN RABIN | Apr 8, 2013

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N.Y. / Region

Schumer Says Storm Victims Deserve Aid for Self-Help

By JENNY ANDERSON | Apr 10, 2013

New York City has indicated it will not give federal aid to homeowners who paid for their own repairs after Hurricane Sandy, but Senator Charles E. Schumer is urging city officials to reconsider.

Hurricane Sandy (2012); Restoration and Renovation; Federal Aid (US);

Low cost on the coast is about high risk.  If the cost of repair is beyond the means of the owner and not covered by insurance the escape is a buyout.

Slow insurance that refuses to pay as contracted is called fraud. 

They get sued and fined as the criminal enterprises they are.

 

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Magazine

Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible?

By MARK BITTMAN | Apr 7, 2013

Time to supersize your bean burger and sweet potato fries.

Fast Food Industry; Health Foods; Veganism; Vegetarianism; 

I think I cook decently.

I do not get complaints.

I don't do well with soy protein.

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Autos

'Battery University' Aims to Train a Work Force for Next-Generation Energy Storage

By BRITA BELLI | Apr 8, 2013

The United States leads the world in battery research, but skilled manufacturing labor lags. Battery University seeks to change that with education.

Automobiles; Batteries; Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; 

No real skills offered.

 

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World

In Crisis, Last Roundup for Horses in Spain Is the Slaughterhouse

By RAPHAEL MINDER | Apr 10, 2013

While a horse meat scandal recently alarmed Europe, another one has erupted in Spain — the increasing slaughter of horses that people either do not want or cannot afford.

Horses; Slaughterhouses; European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Breeding of Animals; 

They will have to earn.

 

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N.Y. / Region

Sick-Pay Deal Lets Steinem Back Quinn for Mayor

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Apr 10, 2013

Gloria Steinem said that Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, had distinguished herself as a skilled politician who fought for the rights of women, immigrants and families.

Elections, Mayors; Paid Time Off; Women's Rights; 

I am glad I don't have to decide.

I would have difficulty backing Quinn.

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