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Opinion

A Closer Look at Harvard's Choice on Fossil Fuels

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Oct 4, 2013

A look at the arguments for and against dumping university investments in companies hawking fossil fuels.

Coal; Colleges and Universities; Endowments; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Natural Gas; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; 

Look all you want. 

The Harvard endowment exists to support the university and it's students.

It must do its best as long as those high profit actions are politically acceptable.

The constituency for ending fossil carbon use is growing but is not yet politically powerful enough to displace the oil business as a profit center.

We can grow it faster by the use of high profits.

 

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N.Y. / Region

Decade of Dedication to an Urban Garden

By WINNIE HU | Oct 4, 2013

Pearl Spivey’s vegetables come from a community garden that is one of more than 730 created at public housing projects and community centers since 1963.

Urban Areas; Gardens and Gardening; Vegetables; Flowers and Plants; 

"If you don't own it you don't control it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Purple

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Style

Both Men and Women Should 'Uncover' Family Responsibilities at Work

By KJ DELL'ANTONIA | Oct 3, 2013

Employees who “cover” their family needs at work (calling doctor appointments meetings, and waiting until no one can see them to leave early for the school concert) contribute to workplace cultures that don’t respect the need for flexibility.

Careers and Professions; Families and Family Life; Family Leaves; Parenting; Women and Girls; Work-Life Balance; Working Hours; 

Dickens' Scrooge lives in our hearts.

The ghost of Christmas future has won over modern management. 

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U.S.

Elvin R. Heiberg III, General Who Took Blame for Hurricane Katrina Failures, Dies at 81

By JOHN SCHWARTZ | Oct 4, 2013

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Sports

Pasqualoni Fired at Connecticut After 0-4 Start

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Oct 1, 2013

Connecticut’s football coach, Paul Pasqualoni, was fired Monday with his team 0-4 in his third season and the most recent loss by 41-12 at Buffalo.

Football (College); 

Football is a profession.

I saw the women's basket ball championship.

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Opinion

Three Sisters (Not Chekhov’s)

By JOE NOCERA | Sep 28, 2013

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World

Rise in Deadly Attacks on Shiites in Iraq Stirs Anger at Government

By TIM ARANGO | Sep 28, 2013

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U.S.

How a Debt Ceiling Crisis Could Do More Harm Than the Shutdown

By NATHANIEL POPPER | Oct 4, 2013

Most economists and investors view the debt ceiling as a much more significant issue for the economy which has the potential to set off a global financial crisis.

National Debt (US); United States Economy; Credit Ratings and Credit Rating Agencies; Federal Budget (US); United States Politics and Government; 

Self immolation of the G.O.P.

 

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Opinion

Fixing Penn Station Without Rebuilding It

By ROBERT W. PREVIDI | Oct 2, 2013

No.

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Business Day

Delaware Judge Rules for Sirius Board in Shareholder Suit

By REUTERS | Sep 28, 2013

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World

Part II: Lessons From Post-Soviet Afghanistan Haunt Debate on Syria

By KRISTEN ROUSE | Sep 25, 2013

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Business Day

Filling the Gaps in the Flow of Renewable Energy

By KATE GALBRAITH | Oct 3, 2013

As renewable energy becomes increasingly commonplace, interest in energy storage technologies like batteries is growing around the world.

Wind Power; Solar Energy; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Batteries; 

I think on it.  

Flywheel storage has some appeal.

Monster gyro compasses.

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World

Stance on Peace Talks Suggests Syria and West Differ on Tactics

By ANNE BARNARD | Sep 25, 2013

In an interview in Damascus, Syria’s deputy foreign minister, Fayssal Mekdad, exuded confidence as he dismissed the Western-backed opposition as having little influence on the ground.

Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); Biological and Chemical Warfare; United States Defense and Military Forces; International Relations; 

They think they can win.

Only exhaustion wins.

 

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Arts

Music With a Message About Poverty

By NATE CHINEN | Sep 30, 2013

The second Global Citizen Festival in Central Park featured Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Kings of Leon, Elvis Costello, as well as a visit from Ban Ki-moon, of the United Nations.

Music; Festivals; 

If we don't know, we should learn.

 

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Opinion

Which Type of Therapy Works Best?

Oct 5, 2013

Doctors react to an Op-Ed article asserting that psychotherapy is undeservedly devalued.

Psychology and Psychologists; Mental Health and Disorders; Therapy and Rehabilitation; Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; 

Yes.

Use what works.

The goal is independence from continuing support.

 

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Style

Take My Eggs, Please

By AMY KLEIN | Oct 1, 2013

I’ve entered the clinic’s Batcave, where women come for procedures instead of daily monitoring. Today, the doctor will collect the eggs from my four mature follicles.

In Vitro Fertilization; Infertility; Parenting; Pregnancy and Childbirth; 

However you want.

 

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Technology

Cutting Through the Cloud

By QUENTIN HARDY | Sep 23, 2013

Corporate technology buyers are looking at a growing number of new and old tech companies to manage their systems.

Cloud Computing; Enterprise Computing; Corporations; 

I do not want to swim in that shark tank.  I will have to read the manual on 

My SQL or other database.  I have not been watching.

 

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U.S.

Car Chase, White House to Capitol, Has Fatal End

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT | Oct 4, 2013

A woman with a young child was shot to death after turning her vehicle into a weapon, ramming her way through barriers at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Capitol Building (Washington, DC); Drunken and Reckless Driving; 

Trivial except to the woman.

 

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U.S.

Boehner Pledges to Avoid Default, Republicans Say

By ASHLEY PARKER and ANNIE LOWREY | Oct 4, 2013

Speaker John A. Boehner has privately told Republican lawmakers anxious about fallout from the government shutdown that he would not allow a potentially more crippling federal default.

United States Economy; National Debt (US); Federal Budget (US); Shutdowns (Institutional); 

His staff backpedaled.   

Such a statement would be surrender.

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Health

Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and ROBERT GEBELOFF | Oct 3, 2013

Because some states are not expanding Medicaid, two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and a majority of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance will not benefit from the new health law.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Health Insurance and Managed Care; Medicaid; States (US); Blacks; Poverty; 

The G.O.P.  caucus has blocked Medicaid expansion in some states.