Saturday, August 10, 2013

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Business Day

The Economics of a Higher Wage Floor

2
Business Day

A Fugitive With a Cause

Just a would be paid informer.
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N.Y. / Region

Special Night for Camping Not Far From City’s Lights

Once a year, Governors Island makes an exception to its no-camping rule for people who haul their supplies over by canoe, kayak and rowboat.
Camps and Camping; Series;
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Business Day

As Cost of U.K. Rail Project Grows, So Does Resistance

"Where's mine?"

5
U.S.

Legislature Restores Some Family Planning Cuts

6
Business Day

Magazine Newsstand Sales Plummet, but Digital Editions Thrive


No loss.

7
Business Day

UBS Agrees to Settle Federal Claims in Mortgage Case

8
Health

The Cost of a Smoker: $5,816

9
Opinion

The Nudge Debate

10
Health

A Doctor in the Family

12
Sports

West Germany Engaged in Sports Doping in 1970s, Study Says

13
Science

A Lab-Grown Burger Gets a Taste Test

14
N.Y. / Region

Not Native to N Train, a Shark Hitches a Ride

16
Opinion

Billy Graham’s Overtures

17
Opinion

Comforting the Loan-Sharked Brethren

18
U.S.

Times Reporter Seeks Subpoena’s Withdrawal

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Opinion

Apple Pays Dearly for Price-Fixing

The Justice Department wants to restore competition in the e-book market. But it has not addressed the bigger anticompetitive force that is Amazon.
E-Books and Readers; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; 

A cost of doing business.
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N.Y. / Region

Elections to Be Easier for Voters With an App

The app will allow residents to begin the voter registration process, using account data to fill out the form; the document would have to be signed by hand and mailed.
Mobile Applications; Campaign Finance; Voter Registration and Requirements; Elections;

I am not happy with involving smart phones in the electoral process.


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Business Day

The Economics of a Higher Wage Floor

Arguments that raising the minimum wage will force layoffs and automation, or that the earned-income tax credit alone is enough to help low-wage workers, do not pass muster, an economist writes.
Income Tax; Minimum Wage; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; United States Economy; Wages and Salaries; 

The lowest survivable wage is well above the official minimum.
The old name for the minimum is starvation wage or debt slavery.
We will get a living wage when employers compete for workers.
Union shops are one way to achieve competition.
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Business Day

A Fugitive With a Cause

3
N.Y. / Region

Special Night for Camping Not Far From City’s Lights

Once a year, Governors Island makes an exception to its no-camping rule for people who haul their supplies over by canoe, kayak and rowboat.
Camps and Camping; Series; 

Reads like it was a good party.

I prefer dark skies and real quiet.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Banks,_North_Carolina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondak_Loj
Accessible by road.

Johns Brook Lodge - Adirondack Mountain Club

www.adk.org/page.php?pname=johns-brook
ADK's Johns Brook Lodge (JBL), in the midst of the Adirondack High Peaks, is a haven for those who treasure quiet places and outdoor living.
 
Walk in from the road.  Phone the club for reservations.  Meals to labor day.
Bathe in the brook.  Gas light.
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Business Day

As Cost of U.K. Rail Project Grows, So Does Resistance

Opposition to the high-speed railroad has spread to parts of northern England, the region that the project is supposed to help.
Railroads; Infrastructure (Public Works); Transportation;

Bypassed people whine.
 
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U.S.

Legislature Restores Some Family Planning Cuts

To try to mitigate the impact of 2011 cuts to family planning financing, the Legislature this year passed the largest financial package for women’s health services in state history.
Birth Control and Family Planning; Abortion; State Legislatures;

Texas is against abortion.
 
6
Business Day

Magazine Newsstand Sales Plummet, but Digital Editions Thrive

7
Health

The Cost of a Smoker: $5,816

8
Opinion

The Nudge Debate

9
Health

A Doctor in the Family

11
Sports

West Germany Engaged in Sports Doping in 1970s, Study Says

12
Science

A Lab-Grown Burger Gets a Taste Test

13
N.Y. / Region

Not Native to N Train, a Shark Hitches a Ride

14
Opinion

Billy Graham’s Overtures

16
U.S.

Times Reporter Seeks Subpoena’s Withdrawal

17
Opinion

Comforting the Loan-Sharked Brethren

18
Opinion

Apple Pays Dearly for Price-Fixing

19
N.Y. / Region

Elections to Be Easier for Voters With an App


There is no security on line.
20
Opinion

Hope for Childhood Obesity

An encouraging report suggests that the tide could finally be turning in this important battle.
Obesity; Children and Childhood; Income; Editorials;

Parental poverty.

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Health

High Blood Sugar Linked to Dementia

HIgh blood glucose levels are tied to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia in a new study.
Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia; Diabetes; Elder Care;

Early days.  This is an initial result.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Special Night for Camping Not Far From City’s Lights

Once a year, Governors Island makes an exception to its no-camping rule for people who haul their supplies over by canoe, kayak and rowboat.
Camps and Camping; Series;

I hated scout camps.

3
Opinion

Billy Graham’s Overtures

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N.Y. / Region

Grand Jury Decides Not to Charge Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Youth in Bronx


U.S.

Times Reporter Seeks Subpoena’s Withdrawal

6
Opinion

Comforting the Loan-Sharked Brethren

7
Autos

Toyota Recalls 342,000 Tacomas Over Seat Belt Problem

Seat belt parts on the rear passenger compartment doors on Toyota Tacoma extended cab pickups have been coming loose, prompting the automaker to issue a recall.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Automobiles; Recalls and Bans of Products; Seat Belts;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Tacoma
More truck than I want this year.
A small truck with an eight foot bed.  Such things are not fashionable.

Toyota knows about lock washers and thread locker.

 
8
Opinion

Apple Pays Dearly for Price-Fixing

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N.Y. / Region

Elections to Be Easier for Voters With an App

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World

The Trouble With India's MIG-21 Fighter Jets

The terrible safety record of the Indian Air Force’s MIG-21 fighter jets fails to improve.
Aviation Accidents and Safety; Defense and Military Forces; Military Aircraft; Military Bases and Installations; Pilots;

It is not that they do it well, it is that they do it at all.
Aircraft are not easy.

 
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Business Day

Rail Company Involved in Quebec Explosion Files for Bankruptcy

Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway cited debts to more than 200 creditors after a disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
Bankruptcies; Railroad Accidents and Safety; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;

They can't operate and have no significant reserves.

They may survive.

12
Opinion

Bringing God Along For the Ride

Despite reports that the Vietnamese government represses religious groups, peace prevails among faiths here — and that’s partly thanks to state control.
Atheism; Religion and Belief; Religion-State Relations;

Nicely written.
 
13
World

A Cafe Where the Spirit of the Arab Spring Lives On

The Théâtre de l’Étoile du Nord is not just a popular cafe in the Tunisian capital, but also a haunt for actors, intellectuals, freethinkers and revolutionaries, and it never closes.
Theater; Ramadan; Muslims and Islam;

Revolutions do not end well. 
The star of the north reads like a -place I would like to visit. 
Tunisia I can live without.
 
14
Opinion

Too Quick to Judge Afghans

Saad Mohseni, a media executive, says his countrymen should be judged not by what they say, but by what they do.
Youth; Women's Rights;

Notice that he writes from Dubai.
 
15
U.S.

Deaths of Manatees, Dolphins and Pelicans Point to Estuary at Risk

The Indian River estuary in Florida, an ecosystem that supports more than 4,300 species of wildlife, is buckling under the strain of decades of pollution generated by coastal Florida’s explosive development, many fear.
Water Pollution; Manatees; Dolphins and Porpoises; Fish and Other Marine Life;

"Red tide"?
Fewer people would not hurt.
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Opinion

Too Much Work?

17
Opinion

The BP Settlement: How the Lawyers See Their Role

The American Association for Justice objects to a column by Joe Nocera criticizing the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010); Legal Profession;

Do not limit it to Americans.
 
18
U.S.

Witness in Manning Case Says Leaks Could Help Al Qaeda

A prosecution witness in the sentencing phase of Pfc. Bradley Manning’s court-martial said that Al Qaeda could have used WikiLeaks disclosures to encourage attacks in the West.
Sentences (Criminal); Terrorism; Classified Information and State Secrets; Courts-Martial; United States Defense and Military Forces;

"The Bloody Shirt".
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N.Y. / Region

Falling Tree Shatters Lives and Dreams of a Family

Aleksander Dikov and his family are left reeling after his wife, Yingyi Li-Dikov, was killed by a giant tree in a Queens park. Her 6-month-old fetus did not survive.
Accidents and Safety; Deaths (Fatalities); Trees and Shrubs;

The woods are pleasant but are not completely safe.
Look up often.
 
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Opinion

Hope for Childhood Obesity

An encouraging report suggests that the tide could finally be turning in this important battle.
Obesity; Children and Childhood; Income; Editorials;

Hunger is a possible cause.


sleep time for me.

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