Friday, February 22, 2013

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1
World

Would You Halve Your Meat Consumption to Save the Environment?

A new study says our hunger for meat does even more environmental damage than we thought and scientists say there’s a relatively painless way you can help.
Consumer Behavior; Meat; 

I have.
 
2
Health

Depression May Stifle Shingles Vaccine Response

 
Find the mechanism.
3
Business Day

Predicting a Crisis, Repeatedly

A paper by four economists is the latest to predict that the growing United States government debt burden is unsustainable.
Interest Rates; National Debt (US); United States Economy; 

Real interest rates on treasury bonds are near or below zero.
 
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4
Science

National Parks on a Precipice

 
Remove the G.O.P.
 
5
Business Day

Economic Data Points To a Steady Fed Policy


We are in a depression.

6
N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Construction Company Shortchanged Workers, Prosecutors Say


The mobs own construction.

7
Books

Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics


The faithful do not learn.

8

Fix the paychecks.

9
Education

Report Says Stanford Is First University to Raise $1 Billion in a Single Year

The California university announced earlier this month that its five-year capital campaign took in $6.23 billion.
Colleges and Universities; Philanthropy; 

Endow the professorships.
 
10
Business Day

Learning Social Media Tricks From the Big Boys

Once a year, Dell invites 10 of its loudest critics on an all-expenses-paid trip to Austin, Tex., to meet with the company.
Customer Relations; Small Business; 

I will not willingly deal with Dell.
 
11
U.S.

Buying a Gun? States Consider Insurance Rule

States weighing liability insurance mandates hope they would reward safe behavior, with lower rates for people with safety locks or less dangerous weapons.
Gun Control; Self-Defense; State Legislatures; Second Amendment (US Constitution); 
No effective control will be allowed.
 
12
U.S.

Pat Derby, Champion of Animal Welfare, Dies at 69

Ms. Derby was among the first animal rights advocates to champion performing animals, especially exotic species like elephants, apes, monkeys, lions and tigers.
Animals; Deaths (Obituaries); 

Her work goes on.
 
13
Opinion

Why Oscar Will Snub ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

In trying to have it both ways, the film lost a large segment of thinking movie-goers.
Academy Awards (Oscars); Movies; Torture; 

I have no comment.
I have not been to a theater this past year.
 
14
U.S.

Sanford's South Carolina Campaign Begins With Appeal for Second Chance

Mark Sanford acknowledges the scandal that all but destroyed his political career in his first ad for a United States House race, a tactic tried by some other politicians seeking a comeback after infidelity.
Elections, House of Representatives; Political Advertising; 

Foolishness.
 
15
World

Iran Is Said to Move to New Machines for Making Nuclear Fuel

Just days before new talks with the West, inspectors said Iran had begun installing upgraded equipment for enriching uranium that could help it produce fuel more quickly.
Nuclear Weapons; 

They have the right to operate reactors.
 
16
World

Iceland Looks to Export Power Bubbling From Below

A huge and potentially lucrative market beckons, if Iceland can find a way to transmit electricity across 1,000 miles of frigid sea.
Geothermal Power; Electric Light and Power; 

I doubt they can make a cable pay.  
Liquified anhydrous ammonia would be a better way to ship energy.
17
Business

How Brill's Health-Care Opus Jumped From The New Republic to Time

The author said he would never write for The New Republic again after his massive article was bumped from the cover by an interview with President Obama.
Magazines; 

Just a snit.
 
18
Technology

Daily Report: Health Data Swells Profits in an Industry

As doctors and hospitals struggle to make new records systems work, the winners are big companies that lobbied for the legislation that allowed their sales to soar, Julie Creswell reports.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009); Electronic Health Records; Lobbying and Lobbyists; 

I like the idea of killing Microsoft.
 
19
Technology

Q&A: Locking Caps on an iPhone

Apple's iPhone keyboard has a Caps Lock function and a few other shortcuts to make typing in a small space easier.
iPhone; Text Messaging; 

It is still a miniature touch screen appliance.

20
U.S.

Marco Rubio: The Electable Conservative?

The reason to watch Mr. Rubio carefully for 2016 is that, among the candidates who will be deemed reliably conservative by Republican voters and insiders, he may stand the best chance of maintaining a reasonably good image with general election voters.
Conservatism (US Politics); Presidential Election of 2016; Primaries and Caucuses; 

No.  If he runs like Mit Romney he will not be elected.

We do need to find a candidate or three.  
We can try Elizabeth Warren.  I would rather she stayed in the Senate.
I am not upset with the N.Y. delegation.
I have no list.












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