Monday, November 18, 2013

@11:50, 11/15/13

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Business Day

Questions for a New Class of Cholesterol Drugs

A promising new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors is being developed.
Medicine and Health; Research; Cholesterol; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs); Generic Brands and Products; Health Insurance and Managed Care 

This is All about money for the makers.
 
2
Opinion

The News at Neshaminy High

The controversy over the Redskins name is playing out at a Pennsylvania high school.
Names, Organizational 

They should try Bison.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison

They don't sue.
  
3
Business Day

Starbucks to Pay Kraft $2.75 Billion, Ending Broken-Deal Dispute


Kraft was going to sell branded coffee. 

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Business Day

There’s Life in AMC’s ‘Hell on Wheels,’ Even After Move to Saturday

The network ordered a new season of the cowboy drama — something not necessarily expected when it was switched to Saturday nights.
Television 

Moving can be . . .
 
5
Style

What Should Airlines Do About Children With Peanut Allergies?

Decisions about limiting the exposure to nuts on airlines are often left to the discretion of an individual flight crew, and they are not always willing to comply.
Airlines and Airplanes; Allergies; Nuts; Peanuts 

The airlines should probably refuse to carry them.
A pressure suit with bottled air and a diaper would work.
 
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Business Day

Slowdown in Japan Raises the Pressure on Abe

Exports and consumer spending displayed signs of weakening after strong growth in the first half of the year, a government estimate on Thursday showed.
Economic Conditions and Trends 

The cash wealthy of Japan are feeling nervous.
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U.S.

Alabama: Husband to Remove Wife’s Buried Body From Yard

James Davis of Stevenson told a judge that he would comply with a court order to remove the body of his wife, Patsy, from his front yard.
Cemeteries 

Governments, even local ones, have more power than any individual.
 
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Business Day

An Accidental Cattle Ranch Points the Way in Sustainable Farming

The TomKat Ranch sells grass-fed beef, but it began as a way to try to get carbon back into the soil.
Ranches; Agriculture and Farming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Cattle; Sustainable Living 

It is very nice when it can be made to work.  
I see the start-up as expensive and high risk.  
I am not very far up this learning curve.

9
Magazine

Is It Wrong to Steer Business Away From a Philanderer?

The Seventh Commandment’s role in retail.
Adultery; Ethics (Personal); Ethicist, The (Times Column) 

Chuck Klosterman asks good questions in a structure I question.

You have my unconditional yes.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is bestWeexpressed

10
World

Spying Scandal Alters U.S. Ties With Allies and Raises Talk of Policy Shift

Revelations about the N.S.A. surveillance efforts in Europe are resulting in unprecedented backlash, and some wonder if it is more important to collect data on allies or to be able to work with them.
United States International Relations; Espionage and Intelligence Services 

Some things should be secret.  
Keeping them secret is an agency problem. 

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Sports

Holyfield’s Mansion Is a Home Sale Heavyweight

Saddled with debt, the retired world champion boxer is forced to put a behemoth on the market.
Boxing; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Foreclosures 

More house than I want.  
I could not staff it or heat it or cool it or even keep a roof on it.
12
Opinion

Etsy’s Industrial Revolution

Almost nothing has been truly handmade for thousands of years.
Handicrafts; E-Commerce; Factories and Manufacturing; Textiles; Sewing 

I am not worried.

It is human perception that makes a work.

13
Arts

Chilling Out: Life in a Slow, Cute Lane

“Meet the Sloths” is the first of three television shows this month giving exposure to animals that don’t get a tremendous amount of attention.
Sloths (Animals); Television 

Bonding within our species can be messy. 
Bonding between members of different species is fraught with problems.
 
14
Real Estate

Macy’s Splurges on a Makeover on 34th Street

In part to increase its allure to shoppers seeking luxury goods, Macy’s is pouring $400 million into a makeover of its flagship Herald Square store.
Luxury Goods and Services; Historic Buildings and Sites; Shopping and Retail; Architecture 

Macy's has remembered they are a department store.
Probably management watches PBS on WNET.
 
15
Technology

Good Eggs, a Virtual Farmer’s Market, Delivers Real Food

The website and delivery service lets you order products online from local farmers and artisanal food producers.
Delivery Services; Local Food; Food; Agriculture and Farming; E-Commerce 

This denies prepurchase examination of the material. 
A good idea that will not last easily. 
All suppliers are sleazy from time to time.

16
Crosswords/Games

Tiling Torment

A classic chessboard puzzle with a twist.
Creativity; Mathematics; Puzzles 

It looks like no solution.
 
17
Travel

In France, Honoring the Fallen in the War to End All Wars

The coming centenary of World War I next year inspires a look at sites where Americans fought in 1918.
World War I (1914-18); Monuments and Memorials (Structures); Travel and Vacations 

I feel no great need to visit the carcass of a past world.
 
18
Crosswords/Games

Gordon Hamilton's Unfair Thrones

19
World

Iran Says It Has Agreed to ‘Road Map’ With U.N. Agency on Nuclear Inspections

The reported deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency will offer inspectors access to two more sites, but it is not a formal part of the broader talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
Nuclear Weapons; International Relations 

The Republicans in the Senate have no willingness to end their hostility toward Iran.
 
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Business Day

Video: CBS Apologizes for Benghazi Report

Accounts differ from a man interviewed by “60 Minutes” who said he was at the U.S. mission the night of the attack that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

Confirmation Bias has captured CBS. 
Destroying Obama has become their only goal. 


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