Saturday, June 29, 2013

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1
Health

Dangers of Distracted Walking

A growing number of people who walk while talking or texting on a cellphone are ending up in the emergency room.
Cellular Telephones; Emergency Medical Treatment; Roads and Traffic; Text Messaging; Walking; Wireless Communications; 

We know.
2
Autos

The Specialized Turbo: An Electric Bicycle With Scooterlike Speed

The Specialized Turbo isn’t a fully electric bike, but it’s probably faster than most of them.
Automobiles; Bicycles and Bicycling; Commuting; Roads and Traffic; Sustainable Living; 

The weight and price are high.  NY regulates to 15 mph.
A second battery and charger at work solves much of the range problem.
There is no way to stay dry on a bicycle in the rain.
 
3
Booming

Defying Family to Forge a Family of Their Own

Denton and Teresa Taylor met as teenagers. After 37 years of marriage, they still have dinner together every night, though not always by candlelight.
Marriages; Love (Emotion); Dating and Courtship; Baby Boomers; Parenting; 

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4
Business Day

Wielding Derivatives As a Tool For Deceit

Derivatives, commonly used to avoid taxes or accounting regulations, might have been used by Italy to hide its deficit upon entry into the euro zone.
Derivatives (Financial Instruments); European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Banking and Financial Institutions; Accounting and Accountants; 

The Euro was composed of and by numerate adults.  No sympathy.

5
Technology

A Bill Allowing More Foreign Workers Stirs a Tech Debate

As the Senate voted on an immigration bill that would let Silicon Valley companies import engineers from abroad, the labor lobby says eligible workers in the United States are being passed over.
Labor and Jobs; Science and Technology; Engineering and Engineers; Hiring and Promotion; Foreign Workers; Immigration and Emigration; Lobbying and Lobbyists; United States Economy; 

Greed.
 
6
Business Day

Cost of Public Projects Is Rising, and Pain Will Be Felt for Years

7
Technology

Don't Forget the Small Ideas That Make a Difference

8
Science

Studying Tumors Differently, in Hopes of Outsmarting Them

9
Opinion

What if We're Looking at Inequality the Wrong Way?

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Business Day

What I Learned From My Daughter's Wedding

It is possible to be both intensely focused at work and also intensely engaged in other people’s lives.
Friendship; Social Networking (Internet); Weddings and Engagements; 

Ok.
 
12
Health

Life, Interrupted: Making Resolutions

13
Business Day

U.S. Standards for School Snacks Move Beyond Cafeteria to Fight Obesity

14
Opinion

Summer Discontents — and More to Come?

15
Business Day

Business Venture, and Friendship, Sour After Insider Conviction

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Arts

Roosevelt’s Legacy, Burning Brightly

17
Technology

Silicon Valley Luminaries Bet on Clinkle, a Payments Start-Up

18
Health

The Gulf Between Doctors and Nurse Practitioners

19
Health

Why Smoking Rates Are at New Lows

 
Cost
 
20
Business Day

In Canada, Pipeline Remarks Stir Analysis

President Obama, in Canada, says the Keystone XL pipeline would be built only if carbon pollution would not increase.
Keystone Pipeline System; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Oil Sands; Environment; Global Warming; Carbon Dioxide; 

I hope the end is near for the project.




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