Sunday, February 24, 2013

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1
Opinion

Gender Equality

The executive director of the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute responds to a Sunday Review article.
Work-Life Balance; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Gender; United States Politics and Government;
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Opinion

Satellite Tracking of Middle East Aquifers Points to the End of 'Data Denial'

Satellites offer a clear view of important shifts in Middle East water resources from a distance.
Agriculture and Farming; Aquifers; Conservation of Resources; Drought; Global Warming; International Relations; Irrigation; Water;
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U.S.

Obama’s Backers Seek Big Donors to Press Agenda

President Obama’s political team is attempting to raise $50 million to convert his re-election campaign into a powerhouse lobbying group for his second-term goals.
Lobbying and Lobbyists; Campaign Finance; Political Action Committees; Nonprofit Organizations; Presidential Election of 2012;
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U.S.

Drone Pilots Are Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do

A Defense Department study, the first of its kind, showed that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems much like those of pilots who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Drones (Pilotless Planes); Research; Pilots; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Anxiety and Stress; Mental Health and Disorders; United States Defense and Military Forces;
5
Business Day

HTC Settles Privacy Case Over Flaws in Phones

The Federal Trade Commission charged HTC with customizing software on its phones in ways that could steal personal information and surreptitiously send text messages.
Privacy; Consumer Protection; Mobile Applications; Android (Operating System); Windows (Operating System);
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N.Y. / Region

A Video of Fighting 7-Year-Olds Leads to 2 Arrests

Authorities charged two teenage girls with endangering the welfare of a child by forcing two 7-year-olds to fight in a Bronx park, the police said.
Video Recordings and Downloads; Teenagers and Adolescence; Assaults; Child Abuse and Neglect;
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U.S.

A Titan’s How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling

Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, is attempting nothing less than a Betty Friedan-like feat: a national discussion of a gender problem with no name.
Women and Girls; Hiring and Promotion; Executives and Management (Theory); Workplace Environment; Women's Rights;
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Travel

You Asked. Carnival Answered. (Sort Of.)

Stephanie Rosenbloom asks Carnival why the Triumph passengers weren’t evacuated and other questions from our readers.
Cruises; Maritime Accidents and Safety; Travel and Vacations;
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N.Y. / Region

In Mayoral Bid, Thompson Hopes Old Ties Attract Jewish Votes

William C. Thompson Jr., who is running in a primary race without a major Jewish rival, is long known and liked by many Orthodox leaders in New York City.
Jews and Judaism; Elections, Mayors; Voting and Voters;
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Business Day

Iglo and Birds Eye Pull Meals After Finding Horse Meat

The company that owns Iglo and Birds Eye brands withdrew a dozen types of prepared meals from stores in four European countries after finding traces of horse meat.
Food; Fast Food Industry; Food Contamination and Poisoning;
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Business Day

F.D.A. Approves a New Drug for Advanced Breast Cancer

The new type of drug combines the widely used breast cancer medicine Herceptin with a powerful toxin to more effectively kill cancer cells while potentially reducing side effects.
Cancer; Breast Cancer; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Herceptin (Drug);
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Business Day

In Battling Tax Dodgers, Britain Gives Shame a Try

The government published the names and addresses of scofflaws, but critics said the effort ignores the biggest offenders: big corporations.
Taxation; Income Tax; Tax Evasion;
13
Opinion

Arguing About the Keystone Pipeline

Sampling the responses to a column by Joe Nocera.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Global Warming; Keystone Pipeline System; Taxation;
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Autos

Rolls-Royce Recalls Phantoms for Possible Fire Hazard

The automaker said the “anti-misfueling device” was missing on the fuel filler neck. The device prevents diesel fuel from being used and also discharges static electricity to reduce the chance of a fire.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Automobiles; Helmets; Recalls and Bans of Products;
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U.S.

White House Tactic for C.I.A. Bid Holds Back Drone Memos

The White House may deny Democrats information on targeted killings but tell Republicans more about an attack in Libya to win confirmation for John O. Brennan.
Appointments and Executive Changes; Targeted Killings; United States Politics and Government; Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates;
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Real Estate

Millions of Dollars Later, Landlords Reopen After Deluge

Owners of buildings in Manhattan’s financial district have invested millions since Hurricane Sandy to make their properties more storm-resistant.
Real Estate (Commercial); Hurricane Sandy (2012); Area Planning and Renewal;
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Opinion

The Benefits of Positive Parenting

A program developed in Australia is proving how intensive parenting and family interventions can reduce violence against children, and its aftermath.
Child Abuse and Neglect; Children and Childhood; Corporal Punishment; Parenting; Social Conditions and Trends;
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U.S.

Fear of U.S. Cuts Grows in States Where Aid Flows

States fear that the budget impasse in Washington will saddle them with across-the-board spending cuts that threaten to slow their fragile recoveries or thrust them back into recession.
States (US); Federal Budget (US); Federal Aid (US); Layoffs and Job Reductions; Infrastructure (Public Works); Medicaid; Recession and Depression;
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N.Y. / Region

Candidates at a Forum All Support Mass Transit

Seven likely mayoral candidates met to discuss the city’s transportation at a forum at the City University of New York.
Elections; Mayors; Transit Systems; Subways;
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Business Day

Johnson & Johnson Confirms Inquiry Into Hip Devices

Federal prosecutors are investigating Johnson & Johnson’s practices in marketing a line of hip replacements recalled in 2010 because many had to be replaced within a few years.
Recalls and Bans of Products; Hips; 


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U.S.

A Titan’s How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling

Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, is attempting nothing less than a Betty Friedan-like feat: a national discussion of a gender problem with no name.
Women and Girls; Hiring and Promotion; Executives and Management (Theory); Workplace Environment; Women's Rights; 

"Affirmative action" will please none.
 
2
Opinion

In the Wake of Emancipation

Even after Lincoln’s action, for men and women still in slavery things could get worse before they got better.
Civil War (US) (1861-65); Emancipation Proclamation (1863); Slavery; 

The South is better than it was but still far from good.
 
3
Opinion

Tips for Public Speaking

Focus on one person in the middle of the crowd throughout your speech. Afterward, trail him home.
Anxiety and Stress; Comedy and Humor; Public Speaking; Speeches and Statements; 

Flensing  followed with salt.   This is work for Vlad Tepes.
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World

Israel Releases Part of Report on Prisoner X’s Death

Details from a government investigation into the 2010 suicide of an Australian-Israeli man cited gaps in prison procedures that created “a suicidal window of opportunity.”
Prisons and Prisoners; Defense and Military Forces; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Espionage and Intelligence Services; 

Nothing new and useful.
 
5
Technology

Nanotubes Seen as Alternative When Silicon Chips Hit Their Limits

Carbon nanotubes may prove to be the material of the future when today’s silicon-based chips reach their fundamental physical limits.
Nanotechnology; Computer Chips; Research; Silicon; Computers and the Internet; 

I have not found a way to personal profit.

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Business Day

A Front-Row Seat via Video

Video has become a source that helps the fashion industry determine which runway items will be hits in stores.
Fashion and Apparel; Shopping and Retail; E-Commerce; Video Recordings and Downloads; Advertising and Marketing; New York Fashion Week; Milan Fashion Week; London Fashion Week; 

There may be space again for the custom costumer.

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Business Day

Fed Officials Debate Bank’s Losses Once Economy Mends

Last year, the Federal Reserve transferred $89 billion in profit to the Treasury, but it now faces the possibility of large losses as it sells off securities.
Quantitative Easing; Banking and Financial Institutions; United States Economy; Mortgage-Backed Securities; 

The faithful do not learn.
Here the G.O.P. is promulgating the party line.
 
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Business Day

Calpers Will Sell Its Investments in Gun Makers

The move will affect $5 million in investments in the Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation and Sturm, Ruger & Company.
Gun Control; Pensions and Retirement Plans; Stocks and Bonds; 

Trivial window dressing.
 
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U.S.

Visas Are Urged for Lower-Skilled Work

Two groups that have feuded in the past over an immigration overhaul outlined goals designed to show that they could reach a compromise.
Immigration and Emigration; Foreign Workers; Visas; 

Guest workers are a really bad idea.  
We and others have tried it in the past.
It leads to second class residents.
 
10
Opinion

What Our Brains Can Teach Us

We have the world’s best model for futuristic technology inside our heads.
Brain; Research; 

The project will pay for generations of grad students.
There will be hardware development needed.
I will be fascinated.
 
11
World

Palestinians Protest Route of Marathon to Sponsors

New Balance, a sneaker company, and a hotel chain were urged to withdraw sponsorship of the Jerusalem Marathon, which runs through territory considered occupied by Palestinians and much of the world.
Palestinians; Sneakers; Boycotts; 

A one state solution.
 
12
Technology

Alcatel-Lucent Names Chief to Lead a Major Downsizing

Michel Combes, a former Vodafone and France Télécom executive, said he would talk to employees and shareholders before forming a strategy for the company, which lost 1.4 billion euros in 2012.
Appointments and Executive Changes; Telephones and Telecommunications; 

Sad.  This kind of thing rarely works.  
 
13
Travel

Le Meridien's Eastern Campaign

Starwood Hotels will expands its Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts brand in the coming year with a focus on Asia.
Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Travel and Vacations; 

Not a place I want to stay.

The "masters of the universe" can have it.
 
14
U.S.

California: Tuberculosis Outbreak Among Homeless

Los Angeles County officials have asked for federal assistance in analyzing and containing an outbreak of tuberculosis among the city’s homeless population.
Homeless Persons; Tuberculosis; Deaths (Fatalities); 

The C.D.C. will try to deal with it.  
If it is multiply resistant this is a real health emergency. 
Stay clear if you can.  

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Your Money

In Paid Family Leave, U.S. Trails Most of the Globe

The United States has among the world’s worst leave laws for new parents or for tending to a sick child, prompting some to seek an overhaul of the rules.
Paid Time Off; Family Leaves; Children and Childhood; Labor and Jobs; Health Insurance and Managed Care; 

We are going to have to break the G.O.P.
 
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Business Day

Patron of Siena Stumbles

Nowhere are Monte dei Paschi’s problems more acutely felt than in Siena. The bank has paid for charitable and civic works for as long as anyone can remember.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Derivatives (Financial Instruments); 

I hope they prosper.  It does not look likely.
 
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Business Day

A National Push Seeks to Separate Sake From Sushi

Ty Ku, a six-year-old sake brand, is hoping to change the perception of sake through nationally televised advertising.
Sake; Alcoholic Beverages; Advertising and Marketing; 

It is potable alcohol.  
The question is still "can you have just one?"
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N.Y. / Region

Judge Says State Cannot Withhold Aid to City Schools Over Teacher Evaluation Impasse

Justice Manuel J. Mendez ruled that a penalty, for New York City’s failure to agree on a teacher evaluation plan, could hurt the neediest children.
Performance Evaluations (Labor); Teachers and School Employees; Education (K-12); Organized Labor; 

And the game goes on.
 
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N.Y. / Region

3 Men Arrested in Scheme to Sell Counterfeit Car Parts

The men were accused of conspiring to sell counterfeit goods like brake pads to repair shops, including those that service New York City’s cabs.
Automobiles; Counterfeit Merchandise; Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; 

Trivial.
 
20
Autos

One of World's Most Efficient Vehicles Unable to Enter U.S.

The regulations holding up the release of the vehicle are complex, but essentially the vehicle doesn’t comply with all government rules.
Automobiles; Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters; 

Somebody call the senator's office.  This can be dealt with by phone. 

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1
U.S.

A Titan’s How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling

2
Business Day

A Front-Row Seat via Video

3
Business Day

Fed Officials Debate Bank’s Losses Once Economy Mends

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4
Business Day

Calpers Will Sell Its Investments in Gun Makers

5
U.S.

Visas Are Urged for Lower-Skilled Work

6
Opinion

What Our Brains Can Teach Us

7
World

Palestinians Protest Route of Marathon to Sponsors

8
Technology

Alcatel-Lucent Names Chief to Lead a Major Downsizing

9
Travel

Le Meridien's Eastern Campaign

10
U.S.

California: Tuberculosis Outbreak Among Homeless

11
Your Money

In Paid Family Leave, U.S. Trails Most of the Globe

12
Business Day

Patron of Siena Stumbles

13
Business Day

A National Push Seeks to Separate Sake From Sushi

15
Autos

One of World's Most Efficient Vehicles Unable to Enter U.S.

16
N.Y. / Region

3 Men Arrested in Scheme to Sell Counterfeit Car Parts

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N.Y. / Region

Man Acquitted in Officer’s Death Gets 2 Years for Probation Violation

Michael Velez was acquitted in the 2011 shooting of Officer Peter Figoski, but was found guilty of violating his probation.
Murders and Attempted Murders; Sentences (Criminal); Probation and Parole;

Trivial
 
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Business Day

China Says Army Is Not Behind Attacks in Report

The Ministry of National Defense said a security company’s research linking a military unit to thousands of hacking attempts against United States targets “has no foundation in fact.”
Computers and the Internet; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Cyberwarfare; Computer Security; 

No evidence is presented.
The routing traces back to Shanghai.
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Business Day

North Africa’s Prospects as Energy Goliath Are Fading

North Africa once seemed destined to play a major role in meeting Europe’s natural gas needs, but turmoil and unfavorable government policies have put that in doubt.
Natural Gas; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Energy and Power; 

Political rather than resource problems.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Where the V.F.W. Is Both Tough and Feminine

Post 12097 in Buffalo, with a membership of 24 women and 8 men, is said to be the only current V.F.W. post that was specifically created for women in the military.
Veterans;

Probably a good idea.






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