Friday, May 17, 2013

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Opinion

Race to the Top

Brazil’s universities follow some of the most radical affirmative action measures in the West, but too little is done against inequality in its primary and secondary schools.
Admissions Standards; Affirmative Action; Colleges and Universities; Discrimination; Education (K-12); Income Inequality; 

This set of Brazilian policies skims the cream from the impoverished population.
This has two effects.  It supplies motivated professionals and it removes
the potential revolutionary leadership from the command positions in the gangs.
 
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U.S.

South Carolina: Sex Surgery Unnecessary, Lawsuit Alleges

A Southern legal advocacy group has claimed in a lawsuit that the State of South Carolina should not have surgically altered a 16-month-old child in its custody.
Suits and Litigation (Civil); Gender; Babies and Infants; 

The faithful do not learn.

Sex is genetic and brain based.  
It has very little relationship to the packaging.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Lawyer Criticizes Brooklyn Prosecutor Over TV Show

A lawyer sought an injunction to prevent a CBS series about the office of the Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, from including anything about his client, a landlord charged after a fatal fire.
District Attorneys; Reality Television; Landlords; Fires and Firefighters; Deaths (Fatalities); 

The second case has a better chance in court.
The landlord was despicable. A fair trial will be a real challenge.
The series docudrama may get Citizens United reversed.
 
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Opinion

Cyberbullied Businesses

A United Steelworkers official says the taxes on corporate profits sheltered in offshore no-tax havens could be used to fight cyberattacks from countries like China.
Tax Evasion; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Corporations; 

This is not going to happen.

A trustworthy secure operating system can be made.  
Managers can know the system has no back doors or other security flaws. 
Have one person write it.  Allow no features that are not written in house.
Archive it. Place it open source with a significant prize for hacks of the unmodified system.  Check the hacked system against the archived system.
If it is an honest hack, pay the hacker.  Have the author fix the system.
Repeat until there are no winners.
The system will be generally available and unbreakable.
A public good for very little money.

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N.Y. / Region

A Conflict Is Seen in a Review of a Detective’s Conduct

Some say the Brooklyn district attorney should step aside from its investigation of Louis Scarcella, a detective who has been accused of putting at least one innocent man in prison.
Conflicts of Interest; False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments;

Scarcella is guilty as hell.  He wants his pension and will fight for it.
 
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Business Day

J.&J. Unit Phasing Out All-Metal Hip Devices

Johnson & Johnson faces a wave of lawsuits from patients who say they were injured when all-metal implants sold by the company failed.
Hips; Implants; Medical Devices; 

This seems to be to late.
 
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World

China: Refinery Proposal Draws Protests

More than 2,000 people in the southwestern city of Kunming unfurled banners and shouted, “Protest! Protest!” in a demonstration on Thursday against plans for a petroleum refinery.
Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Refineries; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Air Pollution; Water Pollution; 

Guilty.
 
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U.S.

Eclipsing D.C. in Home Stretch of Legislature

As the legislative session nears its end, lawmakers are getting better grades than their Congressional counterparts, at least in deportment.
Legislatures and Parliaments; Budgets and Budgeting; Taxation; Water; Education; Transportation; 

Texas really does have limited scope.
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N.Y. / Region

A Politician's Disclosure Offers a Lesson in Eating Disorders

The experience of Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and mayoral candidate, illustrates why bulimia cannot be summed up simply as dieting taken to an extreme.
Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Eating Disorders; Elections, Mayors; Mental Health and Disorders; Weight;
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Science

Science Bookshelf

Top-selling nonfiction titles based on the sciences.
Science and Technology; Books and Literature; Medicine and Health; Writing and Writers;
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U.S.

New Fracking Rules Proposed for U.S. Land

The proposal, which would allow some drilling fluids to be kept secret, did not please environmental advocates or the oil and gas industry.
Hydraulic Fracturing; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Land Use Policies; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Environment;
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U.S.

States Urged to Cut Limit on Alcohol for Drivers

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that states reduce the allowable blood-alcohol content to 0.05 percent, instead of the current 0.08 percent.
Drunken and Reckless Driving; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Deaths (Fatalities); States (US);
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Health

No Benefit Seen in Sharp Limits on Salt in Diet

Health experts for the government say there is no good reason for many Americans to keep sodium consumption below 2,300 milligrams a day, as national dietary guidelines advise.
Salt; Medicine and Health; Heart; Diet and Nutrition; Research; Blood Pressure; Food;
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U.S.

A Focus on Border Security and Temporary Visas as Senators Return to Immigration

The Senate Judiciary Committee continued to plow through amendments to an immigration overhaul bill on Tuesday, revisiting border security provisions before moving on to measures related to temporary guest worker programs.
Foreign Workers; Illegal Immigration; Law and Legislation; United States Politics and Government; Visas;
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N.Y. / Region

Judge Orders Extension of Hotel Program for Hurricane Sandy Evacuees

The ruling provides a reprieve from the May 31 deadline for about 900 people who remain in 45 hotels.
Hurricane Sandy (2012); Evacuations and Evacuees; Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Real Estate and Housing (Residential);
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Fashion & Style

Oh, How the Humble Has Risen

The kale salad evokes a veggie chic.
Kale (Vegetable); Parties (Social); Salads; Restaurants; Vegetables; Food;
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World

Why Indian Elites Like to Call Themselves 'Middle Class'

Policies for the so-called middle class end up benefiting the rich at the expense of the poor, the author argues.
Education; Elections; Food; International Trade and World Market; Labor and Jobs; Legislatures and Parliaments; Magazines; Sales and Excise Taxes;
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N.Y. / Region

With Security, Trade Center Faces New Isolation

Planners and residents of Lower Manhattan imagined a new World Trade Center that would be integrated in the neighborhood, but now they fear that security measures will keep it isolated as ever.
Area Planning and Renewal; Police; Security and Warning Systems; September 11 (2001); World Trade Center (NYC);
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Technology

Drones Take Off in Silicon Valley

Even before American skies are open to commercially operated drones, a drone start-up called Airware plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $10.7 million in a financing round led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Drones (Pilotless Planes); Start-ups; Venture Capital;
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Opinion

Shanty China

Despite squalid living conditions, many residents in Beijing’s hidden slums are surprisingly hopeful.
Land Use Policies; Migrant Labor (Agriculture); Urban Areas;

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