Saturday, August 16, 2014

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Magazine

Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear?

As climate change alters habitats, once-disparate animals are shacking up, creating hybrids that challenge our notion of what it means to be a species.
Reproduction (Biological); Biodiversity; Genetics and Heredity; Coyotes; Wolves; Evolution (Biology); Science and Technology; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) 

Nature does everything it can all the time.
Miscegenation is a silly concept. 

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Business Day

E-Cigarettes Under Scrutiny for Listing as Flight Hazard

A smoldering bag was removed from a plane in Boston, and the fire marshal focused on an e-cigarette as a possible cause.
Smoking and Tobacco; Airlines and Airplanes; E-Cigarettes; Hazardous and Toxic Substances; Batteries; Lithium (Metal) 

Dense packages of energy are not much different from bombs.  
A lithium ion battery is such a package.

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U.S.

Alabama: Federal Judge Loses His Docket After an Arrest

A federal judge who was arrested after he was accused on Saturday of assaulting his wife will be not assigned any new cases for now.
Domestic Violence; Courts and the Judiciary; Appointments and Executive Changes; Appeals Courts (US); Assaults 

This will not have been his first offense.
Corruption is pervasive.

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Automobiles

Bonhams Auctions a Ferrari 250 GTO for $38 Million at Pebble Beach

A Ferrari GTO raced in the 1960s set a new record for a car sold at auction, though it fell short of some expectations.
Auctions; Antique and Classic Cars; Automobiles; Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance (Car Show) 

Some people have more money than creativity.

I do not want to buy such a car.
I want to build them.

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U.S.

Mississippi: Loser in G.O.P. Runoff Asks Court to Void Outcome

State Senator Chris McDaniel asked a Mississippi court on Thursday to declare him the winner of the June 24 Republican runoff against the incumbent, United States Senator Thad Cochran, or order a new election.
Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, State Legislature 

The rules were followed.
The result must be accepted.

The Republicans should loose in November.

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Fashion & Style

Be Yourself, Music Videos Tell the Young

Body image issues are a renewable resource for pop stars and their teenage fans.
Music; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming; Women and Girls; Social Media; Weight; Youth 

Everyone should hear this message.

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Fashion & Style

We Were a Party of Two, but Never Quite Alone

He told me I was the one. What was it in me that couldn’t fully accept that?
Modern Love (Times Column); Love (Emotion); Dating and Relationships 

check.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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World

In Nepal, a Better Life With a Steep Price

Plagued by endemic poverty, many young people in Nepal leave to work abroad. But the backbreaking labor they find there often results in death.
Immigration and Emigration; Labor and Jobs; Economic Conditions and Trends; Deaths (Fatalities) 

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

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Mercenaries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon

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Opinion

A Psychological Speed Limit

Cameras and social pressure slow drivers better than tickets.
Traffic Accidents and Safety; Roads and Traffic; Speed Limits and Speeding; Cameras; Drunken and Reckless Driving; Psychology and Psychologists

I agree that the automobile has no proper place on Manhattan.

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U.S.

U.S. General Killed by Afghan Soldier Is Laid to Rest

Hundreds of high-ranking military officers and other dignitaries attended the service for Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene.
Afghanistan War (2001- ); Terrorism; United States Defense and Military Forces

"The Very Model of a Modern Major Gereral"
The man is dead.
Logistics is essential. 

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Business Day

As Ebola’s Toll Rises, Drug Makers Race to Test Medicines

Options include experimental treatments that have never before been tested on people and some of the world’s most widely used drugs.
Ebola Virus; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Vaccination and Immunization; Clinical Trials

The epidemic is not slowing down.
The opportunity to trade hope for cash will persist for some time.  My guess is several years.

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Opinion

Where Voting Is Now Easier

More than a dozen states have expanded democracy, but voter ID laws and other restrictions continue to pop up all over the country.
Voter Registration and Requirements; Editorials; States (US); Voting Rights Act (1965)

"In all cases, these restrictions will make it harder for minorities and the poor to vote, which is the point, since proponents of such laws are trying to reduce the turnout of probable Democratic voters. A study last year by researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, found that states with a higher minority turnout were more likely to limit voting, and that the number of restrictions is related to the proportion of Republicans in power in a state."

First the repair of congress. 
Vote.  Vote your interest.

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Business Day

China Puts Pressure on Foreign Carmakers

Audi was recently a target in an antitrust investigation by Beijing, which is examining prices for replacement parts.
Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues

Whine.

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Sports

Stewart Will Sit Out a Second Nascar Race

Tony Stewart, who struck and killed the driver Kevin Ward Jr. during a sprint car event last weekend, will miss his second straight Sprint Cup race Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Automobile Racing; Nascar Sprint Cup Series

A good reason to call an early halt.

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The Upshot

Another Food Trend Story: Pizza’s Inexorable Rise

Looking past the rarefied world of sun-dried tomatoes, goat cheese and kale, it's also worth asking what kind of dishes have real mass appeal.
Pizza; Hamburgers; Social Conditions and Trends

The way to reheat pizza is a large frying pan on the top of the stove.
The crust gets crispy,  the cheese gets hot.
Use no additional oil.

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World

Egypt: Protests Leave 3 Dead

At least three people were killed Thursday as Egyptian security forces quashed small, scattered demonstrations by supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi.
Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- )

The Muslim Brotherhood is suppressed.

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Fashion & Style

Where Artisans Meet Fashion

Nest, a nonprofit organization, gives artisans from around the world a crash course in the American fashion industry.
Fashion and Apparel; Philanthropy; Nonprofit Organizations; Design

Skilled cheap labor.

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Automobiles

An Epic Road Trip in an Electric Tuk Tuk

Naveen Ravelli, a 33-year-old electrical engineer from Bangalore, India, hopes to drive his custom-built electric auto rickshaw from India to England.
Automobiles; Road Trips; Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters; Third World and Developing Countries

Do the homework.   6,000/50 = 120 days at 50 miles a night.  Clouds, rain and misadventures 200 nights.
Bet on a year.  Short days will not help.

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U.S.

As Shifts Vary, Family’s Only Constant Is Chaos

Increasing numbers of low-income mothers and fathers are at the center of a new collision that pits workplace scheduling technology against the routines of parenting.
Poverty; Work-Life Balance; Parenting; Working Hours; Child Care; Families and Family Life; Labor and Jobs

Costs will not go down easily.  Wages must come up.
The working poor cannot afford to live.

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U.S.

Virginia: Guilty Plea in Contractor Case

A former contractor for the Military Sealift Command of the Navy pleaded guilty in federal court in Norfolk on Tuesday to accepting bribes.
Bribery and Kickbacks; Defense Contracts

No one is immune to temptation.

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Automobiles

Wheelies: The Papal Soul Edition

Pope Francis greets people in South Korea from the back seat of a Kia Soul; Ford announces a seamless sliding rear window for the new F-150.
Automobiles; Small Cars (Compact, Subcompact and Microcars); Solar Energy

"The DTE Energy Company is building a solar array and 30 electric-vehicle charging stations at Ford’s headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. The solar panels will cover 360 parking spaces, generating up to 1.038 megawatts of electricity a year, or about the same amount that 158 homes consume. (Automotive News, subscription required)"
Arts

The Lure of Antiquities

Stellar objects from ancient civilizations are attracting big buyers, but the elephant-in-the-room problem is the need to provide proof of provenance.
Art; Antiques; Egyptian Civilization; Roman Civilization; Auctions; Arts and Antiquities Looting; Collectors and Collections

“There have been thousands of objects legally traded over hundreds of years,” Mr. Clist said. “A lot of these items don’t come with bits of paper or photos. It’s up to us to reunite them with their provenances. If we can do that, buyers will have more security than they’ve ever had before.”
Fashion & Style

We Were a Party of Two, but Never Quite Alone


Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
U.S.

Mississippi: Loser in G.O.P. Runoff Asks Court to Void Outcome

N.Y. / Region

An Open Letter to the Port Authority About That Traffic Jam and Other Stalling

Port Authority officials are ducking a request for the phone logs of David Samson, the agency’s former chairman and a close ally of Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
Archives and Records; Roads and Traffic

Guilty.
World

In Nepal, a Better Life With a Steep Price

U.S.

U.S. General Killed by Afghan Soldier Is Laid to Rest

Business Day

Contractors Faulted as Medicare Fraud Foils Enforcers

Only a fraction of an estimated $60 billion in fraud and overcharging was recovered last year, and the system to combat fraud may be largely to blame.
Medicare; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Frauds and Swindling

Good luck to them.
Opinion

A Psychological Speed Limit

Business Day

As Ebola’s Toll Rises, Drug Makers Race to Test Medicines


The epidemic is not slowing.
Opinion

Where Voting Is Now Easier

Opinion

Go West, Democrats


I care not.
Business Day

China Puts Pressure on Foreign Carmakers

The Upshot

Another Food Trend Story: Pizza’s Inexorable Rise

N.Y. / Region

On Internet Radio, Preserving a Language Rooted in the Andes

Kichwa, a variant of the South American language Quechua, is the tongue in which a weekly program is broadcast by speakers who are striving to sustain it.
Language and Languages; Radio; Quechua Language

Fine by me.   Business is done in English.
World

Egypt: Protests Leave 3 Dead

Fashion & Style

Where Artisans Meet Fashion

U.S.

The Science in a Twinkle of Nighttime in the South

A firefly ritual of summer becomes part of a multiyear quest by researchers to measure whether urbanization threatens the insects.
Insects; Urban Areas; Colleges and Universities; Environment; Pesticides; Research

It is the season.
Automobiles

An Epic Road Trip in an Electric Tuk Tuk

U.S.

Virginia: Guilty Plea in Contractor Case









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