Sunday, February 17, 2013

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N.Y. / Region

Environmental Group Targets Spewing Buildings in Pollution Report

The Urban Green Council is calling largely for greater efficiency and common-sense moves to reduce carbon emissions in New York City, where homes and offices release more carbon than motor vehicles.
Air Pollution; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 

I want to see a heat balance without magic asterisks.
I have my doubts.
 
2
Opinion

When the Red Orchestra Fell Silent

Mildred Fish Harnack's last words, before she was executed on Feb. 16, 1943, were: "And I have loved Germany so much."
Holocaust and the Nazi Era; World War II (1939-45); 

I continue to learn.
 
3
World

In India, Kisses Are on Rise, Even in Public

Indian couples have not always embraced kissing in front of others. Recent studies, backed by interviews with sociologists and psychiatrists, suggest that is changing.
Kissing; Sociology; Sex; Social Conditions and Trends; 

India is not part of western culture.  I will not comment.
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.
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N.Y. / Region

Fire at Pratt Institute Destroys Studios and Artwork of Students

An early-morning fire raced through the top of the historic Main Building in Brooklyn, causing significant damage and three minor injuries.
Fires and Firefighters; Historic Buildings and Sites;

I have spent almost no time in the main building.
This is not the first fire there.
We will know more in time.  
Painting studios are very combustible.
They are loaded with paper, solvents and desperate smokers.
The endowment and insurance are solid.

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Business Day

Uphill Road for Plan to Cut Government’s Drug Costs

Extending Medicaid’s drug discounts to low-income seniors on Medicare is likely to face staunch opposition.
Medicare; Medicaid; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); State of the Union Message (US); Health Insurance and Managed Care; 

Single payer.

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World

Ukraine: Plane Crash Kills 5

A passenger plane skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing five people, officials said.
Aviation Accidents and Safety; Airlines and Airplanes; Deaths (Fatalities); 

Nothing known.  Five dead of forty four is doing well.
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Opinion

Health Care’s Good News

Shout it from the rooftops: costs are finally stabilizing.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Medicare; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Reform and Reorganization; 

The insurance companies have pushed their profits as high as they dare.
 
8
Books

Read Any Good Web Sites Lately? Book Lovers Talk Online

The social media site goodreads.com is exploding in popularity as a platform for finding and sharing and, yes, marketing books.
Books and Literature; Book Trade and Publishing; E-Commerce; Social Networking (Internet); 

Book lovers talk.
 
9
Home & Garden

Where the Bonbons Are Buried

Somewhere in your home, your partner may be concealing something, whether it is an appetite for junk food or a smoldering flame.
Confessions; Dating and Courtship; Privacy; Families and Family Life; Books and Literature; Valentine's Day; 

We live with secrets and on them.
 
10
Opinion

Investors Beware

Riskier investments are growing again, but federal investor protections are fading.
Frauds and Swindling; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Law and Legislation; Financial Brokers; 

The editorial committee is showing its ignorance.
The S.E.C. is failing in its duty but not in this respect.  Their responsibility is the exchanges.  The problem the editors note is the GOP attempt to usurp fiscal policy.  The attempt is having success with consequences the faithful did not expect.
 
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U.S.

Vermont: Senate Advances Bill for Cases in Which Patients Choose to End Lives

The State Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a measure that would exempt doctors from criminal or civil liability when treating terminally ill patients who choose to end their lives.
Death and Dying; Doctors; Law and Legislation; 

Vermont listens better than many others.
 
12
Business Day

At Senate Hearing, Warren Comes Out Swinging

At a hearing on Thursday, Senator Elizabeth Warren grilled top banking regulators on their response to Wall Street wrongdoing.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Consumer Protection; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010); 

The GOP may yet regret.
The nation should keep her. 
 
13
Science

East Asian Physical Traits Linked to 35,000-Year-Old Mutation

The discovery explains a crucial juncture in the evolution of East Asians, and the method used can also be applied to some 400 other sites on the human genome.
Genetics and Heredity; Research; 

Nicolas Wade should give more weight to unnatural selection.
Social forces are very powerful.
 
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N.Y. / Region

After Rebuke, an Apology for Pastor in Newtown

The head of a conservative national Lutheran denomination had criticized the Rev. Rob Morris, a pastor in Newtown, Conn., for taking part in an interfaith memorial service.
Lutheran Churches; Apologies; Ministers (Protestant); Funerals and Memorials; Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012); 

The faithful do not learn.
They can be forced to voice opinions they do not hold.
 
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Business Day

The Most Important Problem Facing Small Businesses

For years industry groups have complained that government regulations and taxes were at the root of the weak recovery, but survey data consistently showed that demand was actually far and away the biggest problem. Until recently.
Corporate Taxes; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Small Business; 

Propaganda works on people.  Not so much on nature.
 
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U.S.

Four Years Later, Slain Abortion Doctor’s Aide Steps Into the Void

An activist who was Dr. George R. Tiller’s spokeswoman plans to reopen his Kansas clinic, which has been abandoned since Dr. Tiller was shot in 2009.
Abortion; Doctors; Murders and Attempted Murders; 

Riots and vigilantism are not acceptable.
Here the faithful are hunting witches.
 
17
World

100th Self-Immolation Reported Inside Tibet

A former monk killed himself to protest Chinese rule, advocacy groups said on a day when another Tibetan, this one in exile, set himself on fire in Nepal.
Immolation; Buddhism; Monasteries and Monks; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; 

It is the curse of the Buddha:
"Things will never again be as once they were."
 
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World

How to Help Veterans Succeed in College

Who should be responsible for informing veterans about the nuances of higher education? Once a veteran is on campus, it may be too late, argues Ryan Gallucci of the nonprofit organization Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Colleges and Universities; Education (K-12); Veterans; 

There is not much to add to this.
 
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Technology

Digital Diary: Are We Suffering From Mobile App Burnout?

The App Store used to be a virtual candy store of cool new games and services to test out and download. Is that appeal wearing thin?
Mobile Applications; Smartphones; 

Multitasking does not work.

The Zen masters have truth here.

"Be here now."

"Pay attention."
 
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N.Y. / Region

The Week in Pictures for Feb. 15

Subjects include a gigantic Northeast snowstorm, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg's retirement announcement and the Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden.
Elections, Mayors; Snow and Snowstorms; Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show; 

Pope cookies . . .   










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