Friday, November 29, 2013

@16:00, 11/28/13

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U.S.

New Rules Would Rein In Nonprofits’ Political Role

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Nov 26th 2013
The Obama administration’s proposals would curtail political activity by tax-exempt nonprofit groups, a significant change for one of the fastest-growing sources of campaign spending.
Nonprofit Organizations; Campaign Finance; Political Advertising; Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); Political Action Committees; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions 

None like to be regulated.  
We regulate because we must for the general good.

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Business Day

Vestas Hopes to Bring Wind Power to World

By DIANE CARDWELL | Nov 25th 2013
A project called Wind for Prosperity aims to start supplying low-cost power to rural populations around the globe.
Wind Power; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Energy and Power; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions 

Wind power does not scale well or make a good neighbor.
 
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Your Money

Individuals Find Ideas in the Institutional Investment World

By PAUL SULLIVAN | Nov 22nd 2013
4
Technology

Apple’s Pages, Going the Distance With Word

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Nov 27th 2013
To point out the vast improvement in the new version of Pages, we offer a three-round comparison bout between it and Word.
Software; Word Processing
5
Opinion

Fashion’s Latest Muse

By DIANE von FURSTENBERG | Nov 27th 2013
The creator of the wrap dress and other legendary designs talks about personal style in the age of technology.
Fashion and Apparel; Social Conditions and Trends; Design
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Opinion

Myanmar’s Empty Capital

| Nov 27th 2013
Patrick Chappatte visits surreal Naypyidaw.
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N.Y. / Region

Christie Is Said to Waffle on In-State Tuition for People Living in U.S. Illegally

By KIRK SEMPLE | Nov 27th 2013
There are accusations that Gov. Chris Christie has shifted positions since his re-election, before which he made the Latino vote a priority and advocated for tuition equality.
Tuition; Illegal Immigration; Dream Act (Development, Relief and Education for Minors Act); Elections, Governors
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Science

Video: ScienceTake: Sea Slug Love

| Nov 20th 2013
In the mating game, males and females can have different agendas even when they inhabit the same body.
Fish and Other Marine Life; Biology and Biochemistry; Reproduction (Biological) 

Food + sex + love + philosophy

A sea slug is just sex.
 
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Health

Paratransit: Stuck in the Slow Lane

By PAULA SPAN | Nov 27th 2013
Transportation options for seniors are not keeping pace with demand.
Americans With Disabilities Act; Disabilities; Elder Care; Transit Systems 

Whine.
It is cheaper than driving the taxi yourself.
 
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Technology

A Graphic Novel With Teeth (and Claws)

By GREGORY SCHMIDT | Nov 19th 2013
“Shifter,” a graphic novel from Anomaly Productions, uses augmented reality to make prehistoric creatures spring to life.
Comic Books and Strips; 3-D Devices and Effects 

The point and the bait is the story.  The pictures are mostly distractions.

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Dining & Wine

A School Where Cooks Learn to Be Farmers, a Project for White Corn and More

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Nov 26th 2013
Recommendations for the week of Nov. 26.
Agriculture and Farming; Bacon; Corn; Pickles and Relishes; Cooking and Cookbooks; Restaurants 

The chef must know the ingredients to value them above the cost of production.
 
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Sports

Bolt Laments Testing Costs

By REUTERS | Nov 16th 2013
The Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt said controversy over Jamaica’s antidoping program is scaring potential sponsors.
Track and Field 

Always keep a positive cash flow.

If the game is not worth the candle, don't play.
 
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World

Syria Will Attend Geneva Peace Talks

By BEN HUBBARD | Nov 27th 2013
The Syrian government announced that a delegation will be approved by President Bashar al-Assad and that it does not intend “to hand over power to anyone.”
Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ) 

Attending will not be a significant expense.
Absence could be expensive.
 
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Travel

In Cyprus, a New Spirit Animates the Capital

By RACHEL B. DOYLE | Nov 28th 2013
Nicosia is experiencing a renaissance with more and more venues catering to the artistic set.
Travel and Vacations 

Cheap rent.  Frightening politics.  Little at risk.  Good climate.  Slow travel.
Bad communications.
 
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U.S.

Retirement Secured for Chimpanzees

By JAMES GORMAN | Nov 27th 2013
President Obama signed a bill removing a cap on spending for federally owned chimpanzees in sanctuaries. The change does not involve any budget increase.
Monkeys and Apes; Research 

Now to protect their home ranges.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Inspector Who Pepper-Sprayed Protesters Is Ordered to Appear Before Panel

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Nov 27th 2013
The decision involving Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna represents a significant victory for the investigative powers of the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings 

It may be the end of the matter.
 
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Crosswords/Games

Gold Bars

By GARY ANTONICK | Nov 25th 2013
Can you decipher this gold bar puzzle?
Creativity; Mathematics; Puzzles 

8.07950938
 
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Business Day

Standard & Poor's Ratings Names New President

By DEALBOOK | Nov 25th 2013
Neeraj Sahai, who has been head of Citigroup’s securities and fund services business since 2005, will succeed Douglas Peterson, who became president and chief executive of McGraw Hill Financial.
Appointments and Executive Changes; Credit Ratings and Credit Rating Agencies 

I want to see them produce honest ratings.
 
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Opinion

Adults With Asperger’s

| Nov 22nd 2013
Dr. F. James Rybka writes that adults as well as children afflicted with Asperger’s are susceptible to wandering.
Asperger's Syndrome; Autism 

Not very informative.
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Opinion

Confronting the Specter of Alzheimer’s

| Nov 19th 2013
Readers respond to a Sunday Review article by Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel.
Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia; Doctors 

We must live life as best we can.


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Your Money

Individuals Find Ideas in the Institutional Investment World

By PAUL SULLIVAN | Nov 22nd 2013
2
Opinion

Fashion’s Latest Muse

By DIANE von FURSTENBERG | Nov 27th 2013
The creator of the wrap dress and other legendary designs talks about personal style in the age of technology.
Fashion and Apparel; Social Conditions and Trends; Design 

Fashion still confuses me.  I do not give that group enough attention.
 
3
Opinion

Myanmar’s Empty Capital

| Nov 27th 2013
Patrick Chappatte visits surreal Naypyidaw.

Brasilia?
Most architectural models.
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N.Y. / Region

Christie Is Said to Waffle on In-State Tuition for People Living in U.S. Illegally

By KIRK SEMPLE | Nov 27th 2013
There are accusations that Gov. Chris Christie has shifted positions since his re-election, before which he made the Latino vote a priority and advocated for tuition equality.
Tuition; Illegal Immigration; Dream Act (Development, Relief and Education for Minors Act); Elections, Governors 

No signature on this bill.
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Science

Video: ScienceTake: Sea Slug Love

| Nov 20th 2013
 
Food and sex and love and philosophy.
 
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Health

Paratransit: Stuck in the Slow Lane

By PAULA SPAN | Nov 27th 2013
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Sports

Bolt Laments Testing Costs

By REUTERS | Nov 16th 2013
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Travel

In Cyprus, a New Spirit Animates the Capital

By RACHEL B. DOYLE | Nov 28th 2013
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U.S.

Retirement Secured for Chimpanzees

By JAMES GORMAN | Nov 27th 2013
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N.Y. / Region

Inspector Who Pepper-Sprayed Protesters Is Ordered to Appear Before Panel

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Nov 27th 2013
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Crosswords/Games

Gold Bars

By GARY ANTONICK | Nov 25th 2013
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Business Day

Standard & Poor's Ratings Names New President

By DEALBOOK | Nov 25th 2013
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Opinion

Adults With Asperger’s

| Nov 22nd 2013
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Opinion

Confronting the Specter of Alzheimer’s

| Nov 19th 2013
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World

Central African Republic Stirs Concern

By RICK GLADSTONE | Nov 18th 2013
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, raised the possibility that thousands of international peacekeeping troops in Africa might have to be temporarily redeployed in the Central African Republic, one of the most unstable on the continent.
International Relations 

The Islamic Jihad for Africa continues.
We will hear much more about it.

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Sports

U.S.C. Erases Stanford From the National Title Picture

By BILLY WITZ | Nov 17th 2013
Andre Heidari’s 47-yard field goal with 19 seconds left in the game lifted Southern California to a victory, ending Stanford’s national championship chase.
Football (College) 

I just don't care.
 
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N.Y. / Region

In Campaign, Cash Flowed Circuitously

By MICHAEL POWELL | Nov 25th 2013
New York City’s mayoral race saw a spasm of unregulated campaign money, most of it unleashed by wealthy Democrats and unions, which are now under investigation.
Elections, Mayors; Campaign Finance 

Even the Republicans knew that their man would not win the Mayoralty of New York this time.
 
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Opinion

A Bison Centennial

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 28th 2013
The shipment of American bison in 1913 from private ownership to public land was a landmark in wildlife conservation.
Bison; Animals; Conservation of Resources; Law and Legislation 

Fluff.
 
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Opinion

Loving Families, Lousy Meals

By ELINOR LIPMAN | Nov 27th 2013
Cooking and culinary bias in the Lipman home. Salmon with vinegar, anyone?
Cooking and Cookbooks; Vinegar; Salmon; Thanksgiving Day; Salad Dressings; Recipes 

Agreed.
 
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Opinion

Deep Cover

By EMILY JANE O’DELL | Nov 27th 2013
In search of my original name, I came upon a greater mystery.
Adoptions; Families and Family Life; Names, Personal; Children and Childhood 

 I am left with the question of what disease she caught.
Adoption is only an attempt at discontinuity.
There is much I do not know about developing children.
The usage of development is suddenly odd to me.

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

I like my family.

I did not get to choose them.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

@9:30, 11/23/13

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Your Money

Individuals Find Ideas in the Institutional Investment World

By PAUL SULLIVAN | Nov 22nd 2013
Some wealthy investors are exploring investment policy statements, which are used by foundations to create parameters for how securities are bought and sold.
Stocks and Bonds; High Net Worth Individuals; Endowments; Financial Planners 

There is not much here beyond communicate with an investment adviser
about goals, risk, and time frames; then follow the resulting advice.

I believe there is no excess inflation of the dollar.
I believe the bankers, not the Federal Reserve are responsible for the high price of stocks.
I believe the banks are not making loans in the private sector.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/hard-hearts-soft-heads/

"November 21, 2013, 8:30 am 129 Comments

Hard Hearts, Soft Heads

Many years ago my colleague Alan Blinder wrote a very good book with, it seemed to me, a slightly unfortunate title. It was way too easy to slip from “Hard heads, soft hearts” to the reverse.
On the other hand, maybe that’s a book that needs to be written about today’s austerians, both on our side of the Atlantic and in Europe.
What set me off this morning was an interview by Jens Weidmann, head of the Bundesbank:
“We have lowered interest rates and are offering banks unlimited liquidity. But there are no easy and quick ways out of this crisis,” he told German weekly Die Zeit in an interview to be published on Thursday.
“The money printer is definitely not the way to solve it. It will still take years until the causes of the crisis are eliminated.”
What could possibly justify this remark, other than sheer faith in the redemptive power of (other peoples’) pain for its own sake?
Let’s think about the current problems of the euro are in terms of perfectly ordinary, textbook macroeconomics.
First, take the aggregate view. The euro area as a whole has record high unemployment and record low inflation. By any normal standards, this says that monetary policy is too tight. Yes, there’s a problem getting traction, because the ECB is close to the zero lower bound — but that’s a problem of implementation. On what possible grounds could you argue that printing money is not at least a partial solution to the crisis?
Next, look at the internal adjustment problem. The big capital flows from north to south during europhoria have left Spain etc. overvalued , and in need of “internal devaluation”. But there is now completely overwhelming evidence for downward nominal wage rigidity: it’s much easier to get Spanish wages relative to German wages in line through rising German wages than falling Spanish wages. Germany’s own internal devaluation from 2001 to 2007 was accomplished through inflation abroad, not deflation at home. But a too-low overall euro inflation rate pushes the burden onto deflation in debtor countries. Again, on what possible grounds could you argue that a somewhat higher inflation rate — remember, it’s now running at just 0.8 percent — would do nothing to help solve the crisis?
Finally, to the extent that debt levels are a problem, low inflation makes this problem much worse, for all the usual reasons.
Now maybe, maybe, there would still be a euro crisis even if Europe had strong internal demand and 2-plus percent inflation. But we don’t know that — and it’s bizarre to dismiss any effort to move in that direction presumptively.
What it comes down to is that Weidmann — like, I’m afraid, much conventional opinion in Europe — has thrown analysis out the window in favor of a peculiar form of wishful thinking. What’s peculiar about this wishful thinking is that it doesn’t consist of fantasies about the existence of easy, painless solutions; it consists of fantasies about the absence of easy solutions, even when the evidence says very clearly that such solutions exist. Instead of a weak-minded search for pleasure without pain, it’s a search for reasons to inflict pain regardless of the actual economic situation.
Yes, it fits the definition of sadomonetarism.
What’s awesome is that this grim fantasy passes for wisdom, and dictates policy."
 
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Automobiles

The Future Is Here. Are Customers?

By JERRY GARRETT | Nov 22nd 2013
The two major auto shows that have just opened, in Los Angeles and in Tokyo, are awash in dozens of technologically advanced vehicles that have moved beyond design studies and are ready for purchase.
Automobiles; Los Angeles Auto Show 

I doubt the customers are there.
The companies are trying to cream the market when the market is fat free.
An inexpensive car that meets the regulatory burden should sell.
The buyers may not be enthusiastic but the re-poe  men will hate it.


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Science

Video: ScienceTake: Sea Slug Love

| Nov 20th 2013
In the mating game, males and females can have different agendas even when they inhabit the same body.
Fish and Other Marine Life; Biology and Biochemistry; Reproduction (Biological) 

Let us discuss agendas.
 
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Science

Wine Cellar, Well Aged, Is Revealed in Israel

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD | Nov 22nd 2013
Where rulers of a Middle Bronze Age city-state once feasted, researchers have found one of civilization’s oldest and largest wine cellars.
Archaeology; Wines 

ok
 
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Magazine

Is It O.K. to Force-Feed Prisoners?

By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN | Nov 22nd 2013
Starvation rights.
Hunger Strikes; Prisons and Prisoners; Ethicist, The (Times Column) 

I have no answer to the problem.
 
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Arts

An Interrogation Routine of Real Cop, Robot Cop?

By NEIL GENZLINGER | Nov 15th 2013
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Opinion

The Only-Child Blues

By CLARISSA SEBAG-MONTEFIORE | Nov 21st 2013
Relaxing the one-child policy may hurt some Chinese women by reviving patriarchal Confucian practices.
Birth Control and Family Planning; Birth Rates; Confucianism; Women and Girls 

Sex selection is the greater problem.

Starving elders will soon be a problem.

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N.Y. / Region

Carnegie Mellon Bringing Sciences Programs to Brooklyn

By ARIEL KAMINER | Nov 20th 2013
The university plans to offer graduate education in emerging media and game design, as well as four more fields, at an outpost campus in Steiner Studios.
Science and Technology; Graduate Schools and Students 

I am not willing to deal with this grade of politics.
The work is going forward in New Zealand and California.  
Other places have other projects.

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Fashion & Style

The Return of Logo Culture

By JON CARAMANICA | Nov 20th 2013
The recent rise in logos is in part a rejection of the anti-capitalist, grunge, no-logo 1990s.
Fashion and Apparel; Logos; Trademarks and Trade Names 

Petty theft as design.
Petty theft by design.
Brand theft, garment.
 
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Opinion

Taxing Times for the Tax Collector

By SYLVIE KAUFFMANN | Nov 15th 2013
As years of budget reductions take a toll on public services and on the national psyche, France’s sense of balance is lost.
Taxation; Income Tax 

Krugman:

" 129 Comments

Hard Hearts, Soft Heads

Many years ago my colleague Alan Blinder wrote a very good book with, it seemed to me, a slightly unfortunate title. It was way too easy to slip from “Hard heads, soft hearts” to the reverse.
On the other hand, maybe that’s a book that needs to be written about today’s austerians, both on our side of the Atlantic and in Europe.
What set me off this morning was an interview by Jens Weidmann, head of the Bundesbank:
“We have lowered interest rates and are offering banks unlimited liquidity. But there are no easy and quick ways out of this crisis,” he told German weekly Die Zeit in an interview to be published on Thursday.
“The money printer is definitely not the way to solve it. It will still take years until the causes of the crisis are eliminated.”
What could possibly justify this remark, other than sheer faith in the redemptive power of (other peoples’) pain for its own sake?
Let’s think about the current problems of the euro are in terms of perfectly ordinary, textbook macroeconomics.
First, take the aggregate view. The euro area as a whole has record high unemployment and record low inflation. By any normal standards, this says that monetary policy is too tight. Yes, there’s a problem getting traction, because the ECB is close to the zero lower bound — but that’s a problem of implementation. On what possible grounds could you argue that printing money is not at least a partial solution to the crisis?
Next, look at the internal adjustment problem. The big capital flows from north to south during europhoria have left Spain etc. overvalued , and in need of “internal devaluation”. But there is now completely overwhelming evidence for downward nominal wage rigidity: it’s much easier to get Spanish wages relative to German wages in line through rising German wages than falling Spanish wages. Germany’s own internal devaluation from 2001 to 2007 was accomplished through inflation abroad, not deflation at home. But a too-low overall euro inflation rate pushes the burden onto deflation in debtor countries. Again, on what possible grounds could you argue that a somewhat higher inflation rate — remember, it’s now running at just 0.8 percent — would do nothing to help solve the crisis?
Finally, to the extent that debt levels are a problem, low inflation makes this problem much worse, for all the usual reasons.
Now maybe, maybe, there would still be a euro crisis even if Europe had strong internal demand and 2-plus percent inflation. But we don’t know that — and it’s bizarre to dismiss any effort to move in that direction presumptively.
What it comes down to is that Weidmann — like, I’m afraid, much conventional opinion in Europe — has thrown analysis out the window in favor of a peculiar form of wishful thinking. What’s peculiar about this wishful thinking is that it doesn’t consist of fantasies about the existence of easy, painless solutions; it consists of fantasies about the absence of easy solutions, even when the evidence says very clearly that such solutions exist. Instead of a weak-minded search for pleasure without pain, it’s a search for reasons to inflict pain regardless of the actual economic situation.
Yes, it fits the definition of sadomonetarism.
What’s awesome is that this grim fantasy passes for wisdom, and dictates policy."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/opinion/krugman-the-plot-against-france.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

"On Friday Standard & Poor’s, the bond-rating agency, downgraded France. The move made headlines, with many reports suggesting that France is in crisis. But markets yawned: French borrowing costs, which are near historic lows, barely budged. So what’s going on here? The answer is that S.& P.’s action needs to be seen in the context of the broader politics of fiscal austerity. And I do mean politics, not economics. For the plot against France — I’m being a bit tongue in cheek here, but there really are a lot of people trying to bad-mouth the place — is one clear demonstration that in Europe, as in America, fiscal scolds don’t really care about deficits. Instead, they’re using debt fears to advance an ideological agenda. And France, which refuses to play along, has become the target of incessant negative propaganda.
Let me give you an idea of what we’re talking about. A year ago the magazine The Economist declared France “the time bomb at the heart of Europe,” with problems that could dwarf those of Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy. In January 2013, CNN Money’s senior editor-at-large declared France in “free fall,” a nation “heading toward an economic Bastille.” Similar sentiments can be found all over economic newsletters.
Given such rhetoric, one comes to French data expecting to see the worst. What you find instead is a country experiencing economic difficulties — who isn’t? — but in general performing as well as or better than most of its neighbors, with the admittedly big exception of Germany. Recent French growth has been sluggish, but much better than that of, say, the Netherlands, which is still rated AAA. According to standard estimates, French workers were actually a bit more productive than their German counterparts a dozen years ago — and guess what, they still are.
Meanwhile, French fiscal prospects look distinctly nonalarming. The budget deficit has fallen sharply since 2010, and the International Monetary Fund expects the ratio of debt to G.D.P. to be roughly stable over the next five years.
What about the longer-run burden of an aging population? This is a problem in France, as it is in all wealthy nations. But France has a higher birthrate than most of Europe — in part because of government programs that encourage births and ease the lives of working mothers — so that its demographic projections are much better than those of its neighbors, Germany included. Meanwhile, France’s remarkable health care system, which delivers high quality at low cost, is going to be a big fiscal advantage looking forward.
By the numbers, then, it’s hard to see why France deserves any particular opprobrium. So again, what’s going on?
Here’s a clue: Two months ago Olli Rehn, Europe’s commissioner for economic and monetary affairs — and one of the prime movers behind harsh austerity policies — dismissed France’s seemingly exemplary fiscal policy. Why? Because it was based on tax increases rather than spending cuts — and tax hikes, he declared, would “destroy growth and handicap the creation of jobs.”
In other words, never mind what I said about fiscal discipline, you’re supposed to be dismantling the safety net.
S.& P.’s explanation of its downgrade, though less clearly stated, amounted to the same thing: France was being downgraded because “the French government’s current approach to budgetary and structural reforms to taxation, as well as to product, services and labor markets, is unlikely to substantially raise France’s medium-term growth prospects.” Again, never mind the budget numbers, where are the tax cuts and deregulation?
You might think that Mr. Rehn and S.& P. were basing their demands on solid evidence that spending cuts are in fact better for the economy than tax increases. But they weren’t. In fact, research at the I.M.F. suggests that when you’re trying to reduce deficits in a recession, the opposite is true: temporary tax hikes do much less damage than spending cuts.
Oh, and when people start talking about the wonders of “structural reform,” take it with a large heaping of salt. It’s mainly a code phrase for deregulation — and the evidence on the virtues of deregulation is decidedly mixed. Remember, Ireland received high praise for its structural reforms in the 1990s and 2000s; in 2006 George Osborne, now Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, called it a “shining example.” How did that turn out?
If all this sounds familiar to American readers, it should. U.S. fiscal scolds turn out, almost invariably, to be much more interested in slashing Medicare and Social Security than they are in actually cutting deficits. Europe’s austerians are now revealing themselves to be pretty much the same. France has committed the unforgivable sin of being fiscally responsible without inflicting pain on the poor and unlucky. And it must be punished."


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U.S.

Concerns as Austin Residents Drill New Wells

By NEENA SATIJA and JAY ROOT | Nov 9th 2013
As more Austin residents drill wells to offset the drought, officials and environmentalists grow concerned that it will negatively impact groundwater supplies.
Drought; Wells; Water; Elections, Governors 

An example of the abuse of the commons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
 
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Business Day

Katie Couric Is Said to Be Close to Taking a Job at Yahoo

By BILL CARTER | Nov 22nd 2013
The negotiations with Yahoo are said to be in the late stages. They are independent of Ms. Couric’s syndicated talk show, whose future is uncertain.
News and News Media 

Yet another reason to avoid Yahoo.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/bill_carter/index.html
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Style

Making 'Healthy' Treats of Halloween Leftovers

By KJ DELL'ANTONIA | Nov 19th 2013
On the one hand, I don’t want to waste what’s left of the Halloween candy. On the other, I don’t want the pumpkin buckets decorating my Thanksgiving table. Whole Wheat Leftover Halloween Candy Oatmeal Cookies were the perfect solution.
Cookies; Cooking and Cookbooks; Grain; Halloween; Parenting 

I like the holiday.
There is no one here of an age to go out.
The children do not come to our door.

  1. Is Sugar Toxic?

    That it makes us fat is something we take for granted. That it might also be making us sick is harder to accept.
    April 13, 2011 - By GARY TAUBES - Magazine - Article - Print Headline: "IS SUGAR TOXIC?"

  2. It's the Sugar, Folks

    Sugar is indeed toxic. It may not be the only problem with the Standard American Diet, but it's fast becoming clear that it's the major one. A study ...
    February 27, 2013 - By MARK BITTMAN - Opinion - Print Headline: "It’s The Sugar, Folks"
 
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Sports

I.O.C. Expects ‘Stringent’ Tests in Sochi

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 14th 2013
The International Olympic Committee said that the drug-testing program for February’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, would be the “most stringent” in the history of the Winter Games.
Olympic Games (2012); Doping (Sports) 

It is certain that many of the competitors are guilty of doping.

Testing for doping is a new competitive event.  
Medals should be awarded to the laboratories .
   
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World

At a Philippine Hospital, Survivors Face Quiet Despair

By KEITH BRADSHER | Nov 13th 2013
The main hospital in Tacloban, the Philippine city that bore the brunt of Typhoon Haiyan, lacks the supplies to help the wounded, with some just left to die.
Typhoon Haiyan (2013); Hospitals; Food Contamination and Poisoning; Humanitarian Aid; Shortages 

Five days after the event.  
There were few or no prepositioned medical supplies.
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World

Private Donors’ Funds Add Wild Card to War in Syria

By BEN HUBBARD | Nov 12th 2013
The flow of millions of dollars in private money to extremist fighters has added an unpredictable factor to the war, analysts say, exacerbating divisions in the opposition.
Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); Defense and Military Forces 

Revolutions need cash.  
They have never been fussy about the source.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Crayons Down. Now Dig Into That Healthful Parfait.

By WINNIE HU | Nov 13th 2013
A new anti-obesity initiative by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and the National Institutes of Health seeks to teach children under 5 to enjoy fruits and vegetables daily.
Children and Childhood; Museums; Obesity; Diet and Nutrition 

Supply the vegetables and teach the parents.
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U.S.

Leonard Herzenberg, 81, Immunologist Who Revolutionized Research, Dies

By DOUGLAS MARTIN | Nov 10th 2013
Dr. Herzenberg, who developed a device to better examine cells, helped facilitate stem cell research and advance the treatment of cancer and other illnesses.
Laboratories and Scientific Equipment; Stem Cells; Deaths (Obituaries); Immune System 

Another mind I will not meet.
Basements are important to technological and human growth.
There are no basements in apartment blocks.

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Opinion

A Permanent Slump?

By PAUL KRUGMAN | Nov 17th 2013
The new normal for our economy may be a state of mild depression.
United States Economy; Recession and Depression 

"But what if the world we’ve been living in for the past five years is the new normal? What if depression-like conditions are on track to persist, not for another year or two, but for decades?
You might imagine that speculations along these lines are the province of a radical fringe. And they are indeed radical; but fringe, not so much. A number of economists have been flirting with such thoughts for a while. And now they’ve moved into the mainstream. In fact, the case for “secular stagnation” — a persistent state in which a depressed economy is the norm, with episodes of full employment few and far between — was made forcefully recently at the most ultrarespectable of venues, the I.M.F.’s big annual research conference. And the person making that case was none other than Larry Summers. Yes, that Larry Summers." 

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Education

Texas Education Board Flags Biology Textbook Over Evolution Concerns

By MOTOKO RICH | Nov 22nd 2013
The State Board of Education delayed final approval of a widely used biology textbook because of concerns raised by one reviewer that the book presents evolution as fact rather than mere theory.
Textbooks; Evolution (Biology); Biology and Biochemistry 

Texas remains insane.



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Your Money

Individuals Find Ideas in the Institutional Investment World

By PAUL SULLIVAN | Nov 22nd 2013
2
Business Day

South Korea Is Expected to Buy Lockheed Fighter Jets

By CHOE SANG-HUN | Nov 22nd 2013
New requirements announced on Friday effectively leave the American contractor’s F-35A stealth jet as the only viable option.
Military Aircraft; Defense Contracts 

Ok.
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Automobiles

The Future Is Here. Are Customers?

By JERRY GARRETT | Nov 22nd 2013
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Science

Video: ScienceTake: Sea Slug Love

| Nov 20th 2013
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Opinion

Bringing Back My Real Self With Hormones

By MARY LOU JEPSEN | Nov 23rd 2013

A wild ride.

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Science

Wine Cellar, Well Aged, Is Revealed in Israel

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD | Nov 22nd 2013


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Fashion & Style

Asia’s Young Watch Market Is Building a Heritage

By M.J. SMITH | Nov 21st 2013
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World

India’s Favorite Sports Figure Says Goodbye

By MANU JOSEPH | Nov 20th 2013
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Magazine

Is It O.K. to Force-Feed Prisoners?

By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN | Nov 22nd 2013

Sometimes.

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Arts

An Interrogation Routine of Real Cop, Robot Cop?

By NEIL GENZLINGER | Nov 15th 2013
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N.Y. / Region

Carnegie Mellon Bringing Sciences Programs to Brooklyn

By ARIEL KAMINER | Nov 20th 2013
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Fashion & Style

The Return of Logo Culture

By JON CARAMANICA | Nov 20th 2013
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Opinion

Taxing Times for the Tax Collector

By SYLVIE KAUFFMANN | Nov 15th 2013
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U.S.

Cancer Agency Is Back in Business, Writing Checks

By BECCA AARONSON | Nov 14th 2013
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U.S.

Concerns as Austin Residents Drill New Wells

By NEENA SATIJA and JAY ROOT | Nov 9th 2013
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Opinion

Twisted Sister, and Brothers

By MAUREEN DOWD | Nov 19th 2013
Thanksgiving horror story: Three twisted sibling sagas play out in the public arena.
Politics and Government; Families and Family Life; Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships

"The Cheneys have caused enough damage to this country. They should exit, stage right."
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Business Day

Katie Couric Is Said to Be Close to Taking a Job at Yahoo

By BILL CARTER | Nov 22nd 2013
The negotiations with Yahoo are said to be in the late stages. They are independent of Ms. Couric’s syndicated talk show, whose future is uncertain.
News and News Media 

She has taken it.  
I will ignore it.
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Style

Making 'Healthy' Treats of Halloween Leftovers

By KJ DELL'ANTONIA | Nov 19th 2013

"Healthy"
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Books

An Old Chinese Novel Is Racy Reading Still

By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER | Nov 18th 2013
An American scholar reveals the novel “Plum in the Golden Vase,” famous for its pornography, as an encyclopedia of imperial Chinese life.
Books and Literature; Translation and Interpreters 

We could read it and know more.
I am not that ambitious.
I attempted:

Science and Civilisation in China

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

Needham exceeds my ambition.
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U.S.

In One County, the State’s Political Future

By AMAN BATHEJA | Nov 16th 2013
Tarrant County, the largest reliably Republican county in Texas, is now a focal point in the state’s political future as Democrats try to shift the minds of voters there.

The future of Texas is confused.

The faithful do not learn.

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