Sunday, May 5, 2013

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1
Fashion & Style

Love, Light, Strength (and Glue)

When a mantra no longer helps to put the pieces back together, time and patience do.
Modern Love (Times Column); Love (Emotion); Memory; Marriages; 

Symmetry helps.
 
2
Opinion

Where Do Old Cellphones Go to Die?

E-waste is a growing toxic nightmare. And it’s not just a problem in developing countries.
Waste Materials and Disposal; Hazardous and Toxic Substances; Electronics; Recycling of Waste Materials; Third World and Developing Countries; 

Most cell phones do not die.  They are killed.
Disassembling them is a very low profit business.
  
3
Business Day

To Fight Pandemics, Reward Research

An outbreak of avian flu in Asia raises questions about national preparedness for pandemics. A reward system for medical innovators would be a step in the right direction, an economist says.
Epidemics; Avian Influenza; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Research; United States Politics and Government; Inventions and Patents; United States Economy; Vaccination and Immunization; 

More and better what is done now.
 
4
Business Day

Cross-Country Solar Plane Expedition Set for Takeoff

The Solar Impulse, a plane with the wingspan of a 747, is the creation of a Swiss team working on fuel-free flight.
Solar Energy; Airlines and Airplanes; Drones (Pilotless Planes); 

All glory to the US security establishment.  The craft are up now.
 
5
Health

Overweight Patients, Overweight Doctors: Readers Weigh In

There’s been much discussion this week on Well about weight in the doctor’s office. As usual, our readers had a lot to say.
Doctors; Medicine and Health; Obesity; Weight;

It has been said that it is impossible to be too rich or too thin.
I have seen anorexia.
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Opinion

A Child’s Wild Kingdom

Why do our kids still have imaginary animal friends, and does it matter how real the connection is?
Children and Childhood; Animals; Babies and Infants; Psychology and Psychologists; Education (Pre-School);
7
Magazine

To Catch an (Almost) Thief

D.I.Y. justice.
Cheating; Ethics (Personal); Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations; Ethicist, The (Times Column);
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Opinion

Dear College Graduates...

Congratulations and good luck, Class of ’13. You’ll need it.
Polls and Public Opinion; Colleges and Universities; United States Economy; Recession and Depression; Income Inequality; Labor and Jobs; Graduation Rates;
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Business Day

Management, to the Barricades!

Bylaws amendments have been coming fast and furious as the CommonWealth REIT tries to fend off two big shareholders intent on change.
Real Estate Investment Trusts; Shareholder Rights and Activism; Boards of Directors;
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Fashion & Style

Urban Gardening: An Appleseed With Attitude

Ron Finley is a crusader for planting vegetable gardens in urban areas.
Gardens and Gardening; Flowers and Plants; Vegetables; Food;
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U.S.

State Sale of 100 Longhorns Stirs Debate, and Proposed Law, on the Breed’s Future

State Representative Charles Anderson has filed a bill to bar Texas Parks and Wildlife from further reducing the Big Bend herd.
Historic Buildings and Sites; Ranches; Breeding of Animals; Drought;
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Business Day

Scrutiny Falls on a Pioneer at JPMorgan

Blythe Masters, who helped pioneer the use of credit derivatives, is cited in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission document looking at the bank’s trading in the California and Michigan electricity markets.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Commodities; Derivatives (Financial Instruments); Energy and Power; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry;
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U.S.

Foreign Students to Face New Checks at U.S. Borders

The Department of Homeland Security ordered changes after finding that Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings, used a visa that should have been canceled.
Foreign Students (in US); Visas; Boston Marathon Bombings (2013); Immigration and Emigration; Security and Warning Systems;
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N.Y. / Region

Federal Suit Claims Police Distort Marijuana Searches to Create Misdemeanors

A lawsuit says that New York City police officers routinely stop black and Latino men without cause and then charge them with low-level misdemeanors when small amounts of marijuana are found.
Search and Seizure; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Marijuana; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Discrimination; False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments;
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Education

Figuring Out How to Give Teachers Useful Feedback

While Texas legislators and educators agree that better methods are needed for teacher assessment, the question of tying evaluations to test scores is a sticking point.
Teachers and School Employees; Performance Evaluations (Labor); Education (K-12); Tests and Examinations;
16
Opinion

Attention Deficit Drugs

Dr. Vivien Chan, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, responds to a news article about new rules on college campuses regarding the drugs.
Colleges and Universities; Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Adderall (Drug);
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Business Day

A New Fed Thought for 'Too Big to Fail' Banks: Shrink Them

Daniel K. Tarullo, a governor at the Federal Reserve, described a measure aimed at requiring the biggest banks to hold extra capital. Many might prefer to become smaller banks instead.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Credit and Debt; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010); Regulation and Deregulation of Industry;
18
World

Financially Strapped Bharti Airtel Sells Stake to Qatar

India’s largest mobile phone company, by subscribers, has a huge debt load and has not turned a profit in Africa.
Cellular Telephones; Telephones and Telecommunications; Wireless Communications;
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U.S.

Showing Grass-Roots Support for Immigration Overhaul

The May Day gatherings were intended to show Congress that momentum is building in favor of a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally.
Illegal Immigrants; May Day; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Immigration and Emigration; Citizenship and Naturalization;
20
Business Day

Medicaid Access Increases Use of Care, Study Finds

New results from an Oregon study found that Medicaid coverage reduced the rate of depression and made low-income adults more financially secure, if not healthier.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Medicaid; Research; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Income Inequality; United States Politics and Government; 



















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