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  • Kate Madison
    • pvolkov commented on an article:
      May 19, 2011
      Making Things in America
      http://www.crgraphs.com/2011/09/manufacturing-graphs.html

      http://www.crgraphs.com/2011/10/employment-graphs.html

      If the Chinese are playing the patent game they must realize that it works both ways.  We will not steal their intellectual property but they must not steal ours or other peoples'.  
      If we can protect things long enough to ride the learning curve we can manufacture.
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    • Andrew Revkin posted to Twitter a blog post:
      Sep 21, 2011
      It's a Mistake to Tie Energy Policy to Jobs Creation - Room for Debate
      “It's a Mistake to Tie Energy Policy to Jobs Creation /Room for Debate> @alexismadrigal & others http://nyti.ms/oFyatY” 

      Job creation is what the federal government must do under the present conditions.  Creating jobs and reducing fossil carbon consumption would be a double win.  It would restart the economy and reduce oil company profits while reducing the rate of global warming.  The Republican Party cannot allow any such thing.
    • Andrew Revkin posted to Twitter a blog post:
      Aug 30, 2011
      Hurricane Irene's Hidden Costs, Still Piling Up - Room for Debate
      “Hurricane Irene's Hidden Costs, Still Piling Up NYT Room for Debate - http://nyti.ms/qUM8IW What did we learn?” 
       The political system does not learn much from these events.
      Many individuals have much of their worth tied up in the status quo.  The screams if their property values were to be reduced would make state government halt.

      http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?date_select=full&query=Hurricane+damage&type=nyt&x=11&y=10

      "  Hurricane Irene
      Hurricane Irene was a slow-moving massive storm that began as a Category 3 hurricane with 115-mile-per-hour winds. It first struck the Bahamas on Aug. 24, 2011 and then moved up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, advancing at 14 miles an hour — half the speed of typical hurricanes along the coast — in an unusually broad path that extended more than 260 miles from the center in some directions. As it moved northward, it affected at least 55 million people and caused an unprecedented shutdown of the transit systems in New York, Washington and Philadelphia.
      In its wake, the storm left a trail of destruction that killed at least 44 people in 13 states. It will most likely prove to be one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in the nation’s history, and analysts said that much of the damage might not be covered by insurance because it was caused not by winds but by flooding, which is excluded from many standard policies.
      Industry estimates put the cost of the storm at $7 billion to $10 billion, largely because the hurricane pummeled an unusually wide area of the East Coast. Beyond deadly flooding that caused havoc in upstate New York and Vermont, the hurricane flooded cotton and tobacco crops in North Carolina, temporarily halted shellfish harvesting in Chesapeake Bay, sapped power and kept commuters from their jobs in the New York metropolitan area and pushed tourists off Atlantic beaches in the peak of summer.
      Three days after the storm, flooding and power failures continued to affect tens of thousands of people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. And rivers and inland streams were still rising in New Jersey and Connecticut, forcing the evacuation of thousands of homeowners. The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut sought expedited disaster declarations from the federal government, which would pave the way for more federal aid.
      What made Hurricane Irene so dangerous was its relentless, pounding rain, which caused widespread flooding and power outages. The hurricane first came ashore near Cape Lookout, N.C., at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday Aug. 27, slipped back over water further north near Virginia and Maryland, before hitting land again. It made its second landfall at 5:30 Sunday morning near little Egg Inlet, north of Atlantic City in New Jersey. By then, the storm had been downgraded to a weak Category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds estimated at 75 miles per hour.
      By the time the center of the storm reached New York City, about 9 a.m. on Sunday Aug. 28, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm, with winds reaching 65 miles per hour. Though it lacked the force that had been feared, it nonetheless pummeled the metropolitan area with heavy rain and wind, causing sporadic flooding.
      In Lower Manhattan, the storm surge breached the seawall in several spots, including near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Flooding was more serious in low-lying neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens and on Staten Island.  Roadways became flooded, including the Henry Hudson Parkway, the West Side Highway and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive in Manhattan, and the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. Pooling water also forced the closure of one of the tubes of the Holland Tunnel, and mudslides and flooding shut down a section of the New York State Thruway in Rockland and Orange Counties, as well as the Tappan Zee Bridge.
      The city's transit system's low-lying train yards and bus depots were underwater, while flooding and downed power lines damaged parts of Metro-North Railroad. Though the Metropolitan Transit Authority had expected a lengthy recovery from the storm, by Monday morning all of the subway’s 22 lines, including express and local service, had been restored.
      Outside New York City, the bulk of the storm's wrath was reserved for the suburbs and upstate New York, where driving rain brought flooding and falling trees brought down power lines. Fallen trees and flooded tracks also rendered some stretches of the regional rail network impassable, and officials said it could be several days before full train service was restored to upstate New York, Connecticut and Long Island.
      Of the big East Coast cities, Philadelphia was hit hardest. The storm dumped at least six inches of rain on the city, causing the collapse of seven buildings. In some areas, water levels were 15 feet above normal.
      Irene weakened as it swept northward to New England, but its full force was felt in Vermont, where heavy rain had put a number of towns in southern Vermont under water.
      The storm affected the mountainous areas of Vermont and upstate New York so severely because of what meteorologists call upslope flow. As the storm moved inland and the warm, moist air hit the Catskills and other mountains, it was forced upward. That brought it into an area of higher, colder air that made the tropical air condense, producing heavy rainfall. It is a common atmospheric effect, often seen in the Rockies. In this case, it was enhanced by westerly winds from the west side of Irene,  experts said.
      Prior to the storm, extraordinary precautions were taken. States of emergency were declared for North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England. Amtrak canceled train service for the weekend, and airlines canceled flights, urging travelers to stay home. New York City's three major airports were shut down on Sunday and had stopped allowing arriving flights by noon on Saturday.
      In all, evacuation orders covered about 2.3 million people. Authorities said it was probably the greatest number of people ever threatened by a single storm in the United States"

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    • Kofender commented on a blog post:
      Oct 8, 2010
      Seven Arrested in Bronx in Antigay Attacks#comments
      I keep wondering how I can feel any compassion for the perpetrators of this crime. I know--they went to poor schools, came from broken families, had no positive role models, etc. But those are empty words and they really do not relate to the crime at hand. The police took their own sweet time to solve this case. The leaders of the minority community have been strangely silent. Not a word from Mayor Bloomberg. And of course, that bastian of righteousness, the Catholic Church, has no comment. The boys and men should be tried as adults, of course. They have committed a heinous hate crime and must take responsibility for their own actions. I cannot feel the least bit sorry for them as they enter the criminal justice system. If they are sent to jail (I assume they will be) they face a fate similar to the one they inflicted on their victims. Am I sorry about that? Sure, in some intellectual way. But in my heart, I guess I can't wait to see them get as bad as they gave. I know, the quality of mercy is not strained, but heck, where was their mercy? 

      http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/nyregion/09bias.html
      http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=Ildefonzo+Mendez&more=date_all

      • Seven Arrested in Bronx in Antigay Attacks

        Those arrested, the police said, were Ildefonzo Mendez, 23; David Rivera, 21; Nelson Falu, 18; Steven Carballo, 17; Denis Peitars, 17; Bryan ...October 8, 2010 - City Room

        • 9 Accused of Torturing 3 in Bronx for Being Gay

          From left, Nelson Falu, 17, Idelfonso Mendez, 23, and David Rivera, .... believed to be the ringleader of the group of nine: Ildefonzo Mendez, 23. ...October 9, 2010 - By MICHAEL WILSON and AL BAKER - N.Y. / Region

        • Condemnation as More Details Emerge in Antigay Attacks

          From left, Nelson Falu, 17, Idelfonso Mendez, 23, and David Rivera, 21, at right, were among the seven suspects arrested in the abductions and ...October 10, 2010 - By ROBERT D. McFADDEN and SAM DOLNICK - N.Y. / Region
      Charged as adults, we know they went to court.  
      I find no report of trials, convictions or sentences. 
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      Is Sugar Toxic?
      “Is Sugar Toxic? - http://nyti.ms/fnOnfc Interesting read on that ingredient so many of us consume daily. ” 
      It is toxic. It is also profitable and easy. 
      I have been avoiding it but have slipped over the holidays.
      My intention is to reimpose disipline.
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    • SmartLifeways posted to Twitter an article:
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      Is Sugar Toxic?
      “Is Sugar Toxic? - http://nyti.ms/fnOnfc Interesting read on that ingredient so many of us consume daily. ” 
      Sugar is toxic. If you are fussy, fructose is toxic. Fructose is half of sugar, sucrose.  Glucose, the other half, is not available in commerce. 
      That is a business opportunity.

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    • Henry recommended a blog post:
      Mar 7, 2011
      Comparative Destructiveness
      Jonathan Chait gets angry at the way Republicans, who claim to care about the deficit, propose saving money by cutting back on expenditures that are needed to control health costs. Indeed. But there’s a larger dynamic at work here than mere stupid...
      "Ask yourself, what do we have to do to control Medicare costs? We can save some money, maybe a lot, by reforming payment systems so that providers are paid for overall treatment rather than on a fee-for-service basis. But over the long term, the fundamental issue is going to be to decide what Medicare will and won’t pay for. We need, as Henry Aaron has often said, to learn how to say no."
                *    *    *
      "So how are you going to make decisions about what not to do? Um, you need good information about which medical interventions work, and how well they work: comparative effectiveness research. And no, that information isn’t already out there: doctors know surprisingly little about how effective procedures are relative to one another."
                 *     *     *
      "But you should always remember that the GOP comes to bury Medicare, not to save it. The favored “solution” on the right is to replace Medicare with vouchers whose value will systematically lag behind medical costs; so it will be up to insurance companies and patients to say no. There is absolutely no reason to believe that such a system would work; in practice, it would mean denying adequate coverage to all but the affluent. 
      But that’s not a bug, it’s a feature."
      There is not much I want to add to that.

      http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/health_insurance_and_managed_care/health_care_reform/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=Health%20Care%20Reform&st=cse

      "Only Judge Vinson has declared the entire act void, including provisions that have already taken effect, like requirements that insurers cover children regardless of pre-existing conditions. Three other federal judges, meanwhile, have upheld the law.
      In June 2011, a two-judge panel of the appeals court for the Sixth Circuit upheld the law, in what was the first of three appellate decisions.
      As they look ahead to the Supreme Court, the law’s defenders can take encouragement from the concurring opinion written by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, an appointee of President George W. Bush, a Republican. Judge Sutton is typically considered conservative on questions of constitutional reach.
      After acknowledging the difficulty of pinpointing the limits on Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce, Judge Sutton wrote, “In my opinion, the government has the better of the arguments.” He added, “Not every intrusive law is an unconstitutionally intrusive law.”
      Concerning the mandate, Judge Sutton added, “Inaction is action, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, when it comes to financial risk.” Whether an individual buys an insurance policy or not, the judge wrote, “each requires affirmative choices; one is no less active than the other; and both affect commerce.”
      In August 2011, a divided three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the so-called individual mandate, which is considered the centerpiece of the law, ruling that Congress exceeded its powers to regulate commerce when it decided to require people to buy health insurance. But the court held that while that provision was unconstitutional, the rest of the wide-ranging law could stand.
      In September 2011, a federal appellate court in Richmond, Va., threw out a pair of cases challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, ruling for varying reasons that the plaintiffs did not have legal standing to sue. In the process, two of the three judges on the panel volunteered that they would have upheld the law if they had been able to rule on the substance of the cases.
      The Supreme Court Steps In

      On Sept. 28, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to review the decision from the 11th Circuit invalidating the mandate.
      On Nov. 14, the court agreed to hear a challenge to the law. The development set the stage for oral arguments by March and a decision in late June, in the midst of the 2012 presidential campaign. The development set the stage for oral arguments by March and a decision in late June, in the midst of the 2012 presidential campaign.
      The court’s decision to step in had been expected, but the order answered many questions about just how the case would proceed. The court scheduled five and half hours of argument instead of the usual one, a testament to the importance of the case, which has as its center an epic clash between the federal government and the 26 states that together filed a challenge to the law.
      The justices will hear two hours of argument on whether Congress overstepped its constitutional authority, 90 minutes on whether the mandate may be severed from the balance of the law if Congress did go too far, and an hour each on the Medicaid and Anti-Injunction Act questions.
      The court will hear three appeals, two from challengers to the law and a third from the Obama administration. The appeals involving the 26 states is Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 11-400. A second challenge, from a business group and two individuals, is National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, No. 11-393.
      The federal government’s appeal is Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, No. 11-398."











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