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World

Concerns Grow About 'Severely Polluted' Water in China's Cities

By GERRY MULLANY | Feb 19, 2013

China's other major pollution problem - degradation of its water supply - is drawing increasing attention from environmentalists, and investors.

Economic Conditions and Trends; Levees and Dams; Rivers; Shortages; Water; Water Pollution; 

This is a nineteenth century view.  Water recycling is not much a part of it.

The Link: http://chinawaterrisk.org/  (Hong Kong ?)

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World

Nestlé Removes 2 Products in Horse Meat Scandal

By STEPHEN CASTLE | Feb 20, 2013

Nestlé, one of the world’s best-known food companies, said it was removing pasta meals from store shelves in Italy and Spain.

Horses; Recalls and Bans of Products; Meat; Labeling and Labels; Food; 

Still an aesthetics flap, moving to labeling fraud.

The attempt to introduce health has no energy.

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Science

Europe's Rift Over Overfishing and Subsidies

By DAVID JOLLY | Feb 20, 2013

As Europe wrestles with the issue of overfishing, it might be hard to dismantle subsidies that keep unprofitable boats going after ever fewer fish.

Conservation of Resources; Fishing, Commercial; Legislatures and Parliaments; 

The only thing that will help fish stocks is many fewer fishermen.

This proposed legislation does not address the lack of fish.

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Magazine

Sudden-Onset Madness

By LISA SANDERS, M.D. | Feb 17, 2013

After a fall came the hallucinations.

Tests (Medical); Depression (Mental); Mental Health and Disorders; 

The continued presence of this article puzzles me.

The model fits our economic situation very well.

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Business Day

Swelling Found in a Dreamliner Battery’s Cells

By REUTERS | Feb 20, 2013

The “slight swelling” was detected in a second All Nippon jet battery, not the one that overheated and forced an emergency landing.

Batteries; Airlines and Airplanes; Aviation Accidents and Safety;

Not yet a published result.

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Opinion

Religious Exemptions From Birth Control Mandate

Feb 20, 2013

Readers react to a column by Bill Keller.

Birth Control and Family Planning; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Corporations; Freedom of Religion; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010);

Only for strictly religious organizations can there be exceptions to mandated birth control availability.
 

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Business Day

Iberia Airline Workers Protest Job Cuts and Disrupt Madrid Airport

By NICOLA CLARK | Feb 19, 2013

Several hundred protesters managed to create chaos and frustration for many passengers affected by the strike.

Airlines and Airplanes; Strikes; Economic Conditions and Trends; Police; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Layoffs and Job Reductions;

Bankrupt by bits.
 

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Opinion

How Not to Fix Climate Change

By JOE NOCERA | Feb 19, 2013

Stopping the Keystone XL oil pipeline is actually counterproductive in more ways than one.

Pipelines; Keystone Pipeline System; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Oil Sands; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;

Joe Nocera is wrong again. 
This pipeline is a good way to start cutting back. 

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Business Day

In China, Families Bet It All on College for Their Children

By KEITH BRADSHER | Feb 17, 2013

Millions of Chinese sacrifice heavily for their children’s education, but as graduates saturate the job market, the security they seek is increasingly elusive.

Labor and Jobs; Colleges and Universities; Families and Family Life; Education; Series;

The project looks to be more widely spread.
Our nation must pay more of the population a much bigger share of productivity.
 

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U.S.

Blast Ignites Kansas City Restaurant, Causing Severe Injuries

By JOHN ELIGON | Feb 20, 2013

More than a dozen people were injured at JJ’s, some severely, when a gas main exploded.

Explosions; Restaurants; Fires and Firefighters;

Earlier action.  The contractor probably pays.  I have seen no further news.
 

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Opinion

A Great Debate

By GARY GUTTING | Feb 19, 2013

Is there a way to make genuine debates, in which politicians must do more than just repeat talking points, part of our political culture?

Debates (Political); Philosophy; Speeches and Statements; United States Politics and Government;

I would insist on fact checking.
Unsupported opinion no matter how firmly held should never defeat statements of fact.
Shared opinion remains opinion.
Genuine or not, debate does not establish fact.

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Opinion

‘Drones for America!’

By DREW CHRISTIE | Feb 19, 2013

In this animated satire, a former K.G.B. agent welcomes a future in which Americans live under the watchful eyes of drones.

Drones (Pilotless Planes); Surveillance of Citizens by Government;

Changes on the Supreme Court are needed.
 

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Business Day

Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bailout

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Feb 17, 2013

A deal involving Bank of America that came to light recently shows how bank bailouts have continued, even if in a much quieter form than in the depths of the financial crisis.

Banking and Financial Institutions; Mortgage-Backed Securities; Subprime Mortgage Crisis;

If the N.Y. Fed were to pursue these claims and collect they would have to
make the banks whole afterwards to maintain a functioning banking system.
That would be more expensive and stink more.
I would rather have a systemic crisis later than sooner.  The bank and AIG are brain dead but the unwind should be orderly.

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Fashion & Style

From Has-Been to Life of the Party

By BROOKS BARNES | Feb 17, 2013

The Hollywood Reporter, taking a page from Vanity Fair’s playbook, now sponsors or stages glittering parties that attract the top stars — and money.

Parties (Social); Magazines; Advertising and Marketing;

I can go to such things and shine.  They are not my choice.
I have no desire to make them.
 

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Business Day

Morgan Stanley Strives to Coordinate 2 Departments Often at Odds

By SUSANNE CRAIG | Feb 18, 2013

Pressure mounts to coax greater profits from the low-margin brokerage business by finding ways for retail and investment banking to work better together.

Banking and Financial Institutions; Financial Brokers; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Stocks and Bonds;

This is the way banking worked in 1930.
It was a splendidly bad idea then and now.

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World

In Kabul’s ‘Car Guantánamo,’ Autos Languish and Trust Dies

By AZAM AHMED | Feb 18, 2013

Behind high stone walls are thousands of cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles and even bicycles, lined up in vehicular purgatory after falling afoul of the Kabul traffic police.

Automobiles; Police; Police Brutality and Misconduct; Traffic and Parking Violations;

Corruption is the same everywhere.
 

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Opinion

Lone Star Blues

By RICHARD PARKER | Feb 20, 2013

Turning Texas blue — or even purple — will require hard work, political infrastructure and a vision of Hispanic voters that goes beyond immigration reform.

Hispanic-Americans; Presidential Election of 2012; Voting and Voters; Presidential Election of 2016;

Local organizations run on patronage.  Have some to get more.

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Opinion

Retirement: Scarier Than Freddy Krueger

By WES CRAVEN | Feb 17, 2013

Talk about tipping points. My retirement tipped me right over the edge.

Retirement; Accidents and Safety;

Working is better.   The dangers are known.

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World

Ayatollah Says Iran Will Control Nuclear Aims

By THOMAS ERDBRINK | Feb 17, 2013

But Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said nothing could stop his country from building nuclear weapons, should it choose to do so.

Nuclear Weapons; Embargoes and Economic Sanctions; United States International Relations; Muslims and Islam;

This is the best argument for smart phones I have seen.
Sell them cheap.
 

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Real Estate

Transactions

By ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY | Feb 20, 2013

Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased.

Real Estate (Commercial); Renting and Leasing (Real Estate);

Manhattan, New York.  Home of the one percent.













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