Friday, February 22, 2013

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1
Opinion

Immigration Reform and Workers’ Rights

Any worthwhile overhaul will have to attack the systemic abuses of immigrant labor.
Foreign Workers; Immigration and Emigration; Migrant Labor (Agriculture); Visas; United States Politics and Government; Editorials; 

The G.O.P. holds contrary opinions.
 
2
Business Day

Despite Aid, Borrowers Still Face Foreclosure

Thousands of homeowners who received help on their second mortgage are still facing foreclosure on their first mortgage, according to housing advocates.
Mortgages; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Banking and Financial Institutions; Foreclosures; Subprime Mortgage Crisis; 

The bankers want to save the banks.
Saving the home owners is not a priority.
 
3
Health

For Traumatized Caregivers, Therapy Helps

Therapists said they often encountered symptoms of trauma among caregivers, even though research documenting this phenomenon is scarce.
Anxiety and Stress; Elder Care; Elderly; Psychology and Psychologists; 

There is only palliative treatment for extreme age. 

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4
Opinion

To Fight India, We Fought Ourselves

At the heart of Pakistan’s troubles is the celebration of the militant. And the need of the hour, of the year, of the generation, is peace.
Discrimination; Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations; Defense and Military Forces; Shiite Muslims; 

Yes
 
5
Opinion

Helping Hands?

Helping the Deaf around the world is good, but it would be better in their sign language.
Deafness; Language and Languages; Education; 

Missionaries are not diplomats.
 
6
U.S.

Governors Fall Away in G.O.P. Fight Against More Medicaid

After vigorous lobbying by the health industry, seven Republican governors are moving to accept federal funds under the health care law to add medical coverage for more low-income people.
Medicaid; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Reform and Reorganization; Governors (US); 

Greed teaches.
The faithful do not learn.
 
7
N.Y. / Region

Teachers’ Union Sues Over State’s Tax Cap

New York State United Teachers filed a lawsuit asserting that a property tax cap, one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s signature measures, interferes with local control of schools.
Property Taxes; Education (K-12); Teachers and School Employees; Budgets and Budgeting; 

That which is consumed is always paid for.
"There aint no such thing as a free lunch" is an excessively simple model.
8
Fashion & Style

Rallying for the Elephants

At the Explorers Club, a gathering of animal lovers view a documentary showing the plight of African elephants.
Parties (Social); Elephants; Documentary Films and Programs; 

Fewer dead elephants means more dead Africans.
 
9
Technology

A Digital Update to Those Old Family Photo Albums

Apps on iOS and Android devices offer ways to modify, view and share photographs.
Mobile Applications; Photography; Android (Operating System);

Travel back in time is not to be found in this universe.
 
10
Opinion

Why Taxes Have to Go Up

Without new revenues, safe and sane deficit reduction is impossible.
Taxation; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; Federal Budget (US); Federal Taxes (US); United States Economy; 

This is the politics of our situation.
The economics say that boom times are the time for taxes.
Right now our economy needs spending.
The private sector can't spend.  The public sector will have to spend if spending is to happen now.
 
11
N.Y. / Region

Court Temporarily Halts Plan to Close a Brooklyn Hospital

Plans by the State University of New York’s board to close Long Island College Hospital have been stopped by a judge after hospital workers filed a complaint.
Hospitals; Shutdowns (Institutional); 

Where the money to pay the costs comes from is not stated here.
 
12
Opinion

The Case for a Higher Gasoline Tax

If our goal is to get Americans to drive less and use more fuel-efficient vehicles, and to reduce air pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases, gas prices need to be even higher.
Gasoline Tax (US); Fuel Efficiency; Automobiles; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 

Right in principle.
I can quibble with the details.
 
13
N.Y. / Region

$500 Million Chasm Opens in Proposed State Budget

Washington has changed the way it plans to reimburse New York State for the care of people with developmental disabilities.
Budgets and Budgeting; Medicaid; Disabilities; Health Insurance and Managed Care; 

Creative accounting is a temporary patch even when it is not criminal.
 
14
World

Pastoral Uruguay Yields a Crop of Digital Yetis and Adventures

The country may be better known for its flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, but attention is shifting to its growing start-ups that are engineering video games.
Computer and Video Games; Economic Conditions and Trends; Computers and the Internet; Engineering and Engineers; 

"Nearly all of the 300,000 children in Uruguay’s public schools now have their own computers, after the authorities here began embracing One Laptop per Child, the ambitious project aimed at bringing computing to children in the developing world, in 2006. Called the Plan Ceibal here, it is financed by public money." 

15
Arts

Photographic Artifacts of Black Civil War Troops

Images and artifacts pertaining to the experience of African-American troops in the Civil War are being spotlighted in current and coming museum exhibitions and auctions.
Civil War (US) (1861-65); Blacks; Antiques; 

Not much here.
 
16
Health

Living With Cancer: Arrivals and Departures

Perhaps we should gestate during endings, as we do during beginnings. Like hatchings, the dispatchings caused by cancer give people like me a final trimester, more or less, in which we can labor to forgive and be forgiven.
Cancer; Death and Dying; 

She has survived her cancer.  Something else will kill her.

While we live, we can act on the world.
A property of the living.
 
17
Opinion

What Gov. Cuomo’s Budget Needs

A distressing hole is one of several concerns about the $142 billion state package for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
Minimum Wage; Budgets and Budgeting; Medicaid; 

Income, mostly.
 
18
World

French Family Kidnapped in Cameroon

The family, including four children, was seized in the north, the second hostage-taking in the region in four days.
Kidnapping; Hostages; Terrorism; Muslims and Islam; 

More noise.
19
U.S.

A Foot or More of Snow Slams Midwest States

A windy storm brought most travel to a crawl in parts of Kansas and Missouri, where emergencies were declared.
Snow and Snowstorms; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Agriculture and Farming; Weather; 

Just weather.  The moisture is welcome.  The drought is not broken.
This is about an inch of water.  Six to nine inches of water will end the drought.
 
20
Business Day

Economic Data Points To a Steady Fed Policy

Signs of a tepid economy support the argument that the Federal Reserve should maintain its monetary plan of buying bonds.
Labor and Jobs; Unemployment Insurance; United States Economy; 


No inflation expected.



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@13:17



1
U.S.

Governors Fall Away in G.O.P. Fight Against More Medicaid

Less than the expected faith.

2
N.Y. / Region

Teachers’ Union Sues Over State’s Tax Cap


Good luck to them.

3
Fashion & Style

Rallying for the Elephants

 
The choice is dead elephants or dead Africans.

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4
Technology

A Digital Update to Those Old Family Photo Albums


There is no travel back in time.  I would rather make new memories.
5
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;
6
Opinion

Why Taxes Have to Go Up


Yes, but not as yet.

7
Opinion

The Case for a Higher Gasoline Tax

 
Case made.
 
8
Health

Depression May Stifle Shingles Vaccine Response

Adults with untreated depression who received the shingles vaccine mounted a relatively weak immune response compared with their healthy age-matched peers, or to those taking antidepressants.
Depression (Mental); Immune System; Mental Health and Disorders; Shingles (Disease); Vaccination and Immunization; 

Now for a cause for the phenomenon.

9
N.Y. / Region

$500 Million Chasm Opens in Proposed State Budget


"Creative" accounting.

10
Project XO,  one laptop per child.
 
11
Arts

Photographic Artifacts of Black Civil War Troops

Images and artifacts pertaining to the experience of African-American troops in the Civil War are being spotlighted in current and coming museum exhibitions and auctions.
Civil War (US) (1861-65); Blacks; Antiques; 

Daguerreotypes have surprising durability.
 
12
Health

Living With Cancer: Arrivals and Departures


Not here and now.

13
Opinion

What Gov. Cuomo’s Budget Needs


Income.

14
Science

National Parks on a Precipice

Absent a Congressional compromise to avert budget cuts, services will be significantly reduced starting March 1, park retirees warn.
Camps and Camping; Federal Budget (US); Layoffs and Job Reductions; National Parks, Monuments and Seashores; Recreational Vehicles; 

The G.O.P. wants to own the country as sovereigns.
 
15
World

French Family Kidnapped in Cameroon


Silly.

16
U.S.

A Foot or More of Snow Slams Midwest States


Not a disaster.

17
Business Day

Economic Data Points To a Steady Fed Policy


No end to the depression.

18
N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Construction Company Shortchanged Workers, Prosecutors Say

The SM&B Construction Company defrauded the School Construction Authority by paying workers far less than they were obligated to, the authorities said.
Frauds and Swindling; Building (Construction); 

The mob runs construction.
 
19
Books

Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics

A recent study of the materials Dr. Fredric Wertham used to write “Seduction of the Innocent” suggests that he misrepresented his research and falsified his results.
Comic Books and Strips; Children and Childhood; Books and Literature; 

Another fictitious meme is exposed to no effect.
 
20
Opinion

Don’t Judge a College’s Value by Graduates’ Paycheck

Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of Harvard, responds to a news article about the College Scorecard Web site.
Colleges and Universities; Tuition; 

Still, tuition is higher than it should be.

This may be because wages are depressed in relation to productivity.
This, if it is the case, is a problem of the present business model and not the students or the college.

Fix the economy.   That will fix the paychecks.



























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