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Business Day

Boeing Plan to Test Fixes on 787 Nears Approval

By CHRISTOPHER DREW | Mar 7, 2013

Battery tests on the 787 Dreamliner could begin next week, officials said, but federal regulators could still demand changes in the proposed design changes if problems develop.

Airlines and Airplanes; Aviation Accidents and Safety; Lithium (Metal); Batteries;

They almost have an approved test protocol.

This is a long way from fixed.
 

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U.S.

Texas: Justice Seeks Inquiry Into Wrongful Convictions

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Mar 7, 2013

Justice Wallace Jefferson of State Supreme Court called for a commission to investigate wrongful convictions, noting that Texas leads the nation in prisoners set free by DNA testing.

Courts and the Judiciary; Forensic Science; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); State Legislatures;

Texas really needs to give up the death sentence.

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Business Day

Sallie Mae Lowers Top Loan Rates for Graduate Students

By ANN CARRNS | Mar 6, 2013

 Loans;

4

Opinion

Schools, and Syllabuses, Designed With the Environment in Mind

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Mar 6, 2013

Bookmarked

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U.S.

A Private Boom Amid Detroit’s Public Blight

By MONICA DAVEY | Mar 5, 2013

Across the country, businesses have recovered while the public sector has struggled, and Detroit may be the most extreme example of a city’s dual fates diverging.

Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Factories and Manufacturing; Labor and Jobs;

There is no economy there. 
There is a ghost town with tax exemptions.
I have not heard that the governor has sent an executioner.

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Booming

Looking for the Right Solution to Hearing Problems

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Mar 6, 2013

Dr. Neil J. DiSarno of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, answers questions about hearing aids, cochlear implants, genetic causes of hearing loss and more.

Baby Boomers; Hearing Aids; Deafness; Age, Chronological;

The right solution is for her to sleep through the night.
She then would be awake enough to hear.
 

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Opinion

A Communications Scholar Analyzes Bill McKibben's Path on Climate

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Mar 7, 2013

A long, deep look at the strategy and tactics of Bill McKibben, the ultramarathoner of climate campaigners.

Carbon Dioxide; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Endowments; Environment; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Keystone Pipeline System; McKibben, Bill; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;

My footprint is not very large.  I am very reluctant for it to be smaller.
How I can square that with six or seven billion other footprints I do not know.
 

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Autos

Fire Destroys a Pioneering Plug-In Prius Conversion

By BRADLEY BERMAN | Mar 7, 2013

The destroyed vehicle played a crucial part in the history of plug-in electric vehicles. The cause of the fire was unknown.

Automobiles; Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; Fires and Firefighters; Fuel Efficiency;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_metal_hydride_battery
Free hydrogen has really nasty habits.

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Opinion

The War On Entitlements

By THOMAS B. EDSALL | Mar 6, 2013

Why aren’t we talking about what the public wants when it comes to Social Security and Medicare?

Elderly; Federal Budget (US); Medicare; Social Security (US);

Preaching to the quire.
Congress is wealthy and all their friends are wealthy.
What makes these entitlements is their paid nature.
We paid for them with taxes.  We are entitled to receive them.
They are insurance so what we bought is the benefit, not the cash.
The benefits are full faith and credit of the federal government.
As much a responsibility of the government as interest on treasury bonds.
The G.O.P. is talking about DEFAULT.

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U.S.

Amid Cuts, Does a President Dare Tee Off?

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Mar 7, 2013

With government workers facing furloughs and pay cuts, President Obama is sure to face criticism about activities like golf outings.

Travel and Vacations; Federal Budget (US); United States Economy; Layoffs and Job Reductions; Government Employees;

President Obama does his job.  He has earned his down time.

Even on the golf course his responsibilities do not leave his side.
His desk follows him as what Tom Clancy names The Football.
The hotline, the command line, and the go signal for nuclear war are never out of his reach.

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U.S.

Helping Immigrants Warm to Winter

By JESS BIDGOOD | Mar 7, 2013

A class in Portland, Me., helps immigrants from places like Central Africa and Iraq adjust to frigid temperatures and icy streets.

Weather; Refugees and Displaced Persons; Immigration and Emigration; Snow and Snowstorms;

I had a great uncle who was a medical missionary in the Persian Gulf .
He would tell a story of his journey down the Red Sea in about 1916.
As a new missionary he was a student of spoken Arabic.  He chose to practice by conversing with his fellow passengers, most of whom were local residents on neutral topics.  He was well aware of the prohibition on proselytizing.  The weather at home seemed a safe topic.  Heat and dust had limited interest for the group.  Water was a preoccupation. In the discussion he mentioned that there were times of the year when the water near his home grew hard, like a rock. He explained to us that "Thereafter we spoke of other things."

Televisions can be found at the Salvation Army Thrift stores, church rummage sales, If one is lucky enough to have a repair shop in the area, there will be abandoned units there.  Out of pawn operations are a good bet.  Check with the churches for a salvage computer and monitor. a net connection is almost a necessity.  The school or district will have a web presence.  www.weather.gov will tell you the local forecast if you type in your zip code.

I am reasonably equipped for cold weather.  I will have to get some gloves.
The clothing moths have been busy.

How much of a television do you want?
I have a receiver card in this computer.  The Dish Network box is a receiver.  it probably has a monitor output. Monitors can be had for about two hundred dollars or be found in the junk.

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Opinion

The Last All-Nighter

By KATE MILLER | Mar 4, 2013

I thought it would fast-track me to adulthood, but what Adderall gave me was nothing compared to what it took away.

Adderall (Drug); Anxiety and Stress; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Fear (Emotion);

"Speed kills"
I do too much coffee.
 

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Autos

Ford Recalling 196,500 Minivans for Corrosion Problem

By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN | Mar 6, 2013

It should have been a stainless bolt or better a zinc washer.

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Opinion

Inequity on Campus

Mar 5, 2013

A professor at Brown responds to a column about financial aid for college.

Colleges and Universities; Financial Aid (Education); Part-Time Employment; Admissions Standards; Working Hours; Education (Secondary);

Agreed.
Get a grant if possible.
 

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Business Day

Fannie-Freddie in Venture to Securitize Home Loans

By REUTERS | Mar 5, 2013

The top housing finance regulator said the new company was meant as a step toward reducing the government’s role in the mortgage market.

Mortgage-Backed Securities; Mortgages;

The Republicans insist on having the disaster they expect.
 

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Fashion & Style

We’re Through. Check the App.

By NATALIE KITROEFF | Mar 7, 2013

Using a smartphone or your computer to get rid of gifts and block any traces of past loves.

Computers and the Internet; Dating and Courtship; Mobile Applications; Social Networking (Internet); Smartphones;

A gloss on eBay.
Getting unhooked from this situation is going to take some time.
I will work out the details when you make positive contact.  My sisters child is a junior at Michigan and doing well.  She intends to do an internship this summer if she can find one to her liking.  My youngest brother is deep in the state ed. financing crisis.  My two years younger brother needed a stent a couple of weeks ago.  I have arrangements to make but need some words to start on them.
Marla says she wants to dance at the wedding.  Her husband David will be very relieved.
Most others are distant, dead or near dead.  I will put together a list.
 

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U.S.

Charity Takes Gun Lobby Closer to Its Quarry

By MIKE McINTIRE | Mar 7, 2013

The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation allows its donors to mix with lawmakers and press issues important mainly to the firearms industry.

Firearms; Philanthropy; Lobbying and Lobbyists; Gun Control; United States Politics and Government;

As the N.R.A. is fond of pointing out, guns do not act, thus they do not think or speak.
Gun makers and users speak. 
For the non-military portion of the population guns are not a big thing for most.
Fowling is not thought to be a good thing.  Deer have no place in most diets.
The farmers use twenty twos or shotguns out of deer season. Thirty thirty is the deer cartridge. 
Suburbs are just not gun friendly.  Cities are gun hostile.

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Business Day

In Oakland, Photojournalists Covering Crimes Become the Victims

By CAROL POGASH | Mar 4, 2013

In less than a year, journalists at every major television news station in the Bay Area have been robbed of expensive cameras, sometimes at gunpoint, and it is changing the way they report.

News and News Media; Cameras; Robberies and Thefts; Television; Crime and Criminals; Newspapers;

Oakland should hire some literate high school grads and send them out to learn the craft.  Give them a hundred dollar point and shoot and a notebook and an editor.  They can type it up on a desktop and tell the photo editor what in the frame is important.

The stand-up is just an ego boost.  Senior people with desks of their own get bylines.  Ancient Monuments get columns or segments of face time on air.

I use a fifty dollar point and shoot and change the memory card often.
I do my editing(it was dark room work) on a desktop with Adobe CS3.
I have various 35s but no longer carry them.  Things change. 

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World

For Migrants, City Life Comes at a High Price

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW | Mar 7, 2013

We were willing to overlook the drama in Shi Ayi's life, given how essential she was to the family as a caregiver. But I drew the line at murder.

Domestic Service; Law and Legislation; Economic Conditions and Trends; Crime and Criminals;

OK.    I assume the girl is on her way.
 

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Business

Content Lives On, Even if Web Site Doesn't

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Mar 6, 2013

The Web site Budget Travel is in bankruptcy court and the trustee handling the case says no staff member “will be paid a penny.” But that hasn’t stopped the staff from producing new content.

Bankruptcies; Budget Travel; Budgets and Budgeting; Travel and Vacations;

Sooner contact is better.  As soon as you can is best.


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Business Day

Boeing Plan to Test Fixes on 787 Nears Approval

By CHRISTOPHER DREW | Mar 7, 2013

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U.S.

Texas: Justice Seeks Inquiry Into Wrongful Convictions

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Mar 7, 2013

State Legislatures;

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U.S.

A Private Boom Amid Detroit’s Public Blight

By MONICA DAVEY | Mar 5, 2013

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Booming

Looking for the Right Solution to Hearing Problems

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Mar 6, 2013

I am listening.

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Opinion

A Communications Scholar Analyzes Bill McKibben's Path on Climate

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Mar 7, 2013

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Autos

Fire Destroys a Pioneering Plug-In Prius Conversion

By BRADLEY BERMAN | Mar 7, 2013

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Opinion

The War On Entitlements

By THOMAS B. EDSALL | Mar 6, 2013

Federal Default

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U.S.

Amid Cuts, Does a President Dare Tee Off?

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Mar 7, 2013

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U.S.

Helping Immigrants Warm to Winter

By JESS BIDGOOD | Mar 7, 2013

Gloves.

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Opinion

The Last All-Nighter

By KATE MILLER | Mar 4, 2013

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Opinion

Inequity on Campus

Mar 5, 2013

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Business Day

Fannie-Freddie in Venture to Securitize Home Loans

By REUTERS | Mar 5, 2013

NO.

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Fashion & Style

We’re Through. Check the App.

By NATALIE KITROEFF | Mar 7, 2013

eBay

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U.S.

Charity Takes Gun Lobby Closer to Its Quarry

By MIKE McINTIRE | Mar 7, 2013

 40 acres for a shotgun,  100 for a rifle.

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Business Day

In Oakland, Photojournalists Covering Crimes Become the Victims

By CAROL POGASH | Mar 4, 2013

In less than a year, journalists at every major television news station in the Bay Area have been robbed of expensive cameras, sometimes at gunpoint, and it is changing the way they report.

News and News Media; Cameras; Robberies and Thefts; Television; Crime and Criminals; Newspapers; 

Cheap equipment.  External records.  

Time to do some new work.

 

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World

For Migrants, City Life Comes at a High Price

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW | Mar 7, 2013

Work now.  Get a grant for school.

The Bank of Mom if necessary.        

 Social debts do not go away and can't default.

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Business

Content Lives On, Even if Web Site Doesn't

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Mar 6, 2013

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Autos

Two Looks at Danny Lyon's 'Bikeriders' Photos

By PHIL PATTON | Mar 7, 2013

Two gallery exhibitions — one in Ohio and one in New York — showcase the photographs from Danny Lyon’s book “The Bikeriders.”

Art; Automobiles; Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters; Museums; Photography; 

I have never found a market for the pictures I take.  Their survival is mostly accidental.

 

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Business

Report Suggests a Digital Divide Among Latinos

By TANZINA VEGA | Mar 7, 2013

The report, by the Pew Hispanic Center, said that while a digital divide between Latino Americans and white Americans may be closing, a divide still exists between native- and foreign-born Latinos.

Hispanic-Americans; Wireless Communications; 

Americans some have Spanish speakers in their families.

Spanish speaking immigrants have trouble with English language syntax.

Latino is an artificial construct.

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Dining & Wine

Craft Beer’s Larger Aspirations Cause a Stir

By CLAY RISEN | Mar 6, 2013

The move toward large bottles is part of what is being called the “wine-ification” of beer.

Beer; Wines; 

I will split a large beer with you any time we can stop at one.

I never want to see you drunk.  I like the stuff but refuse to get drunk.

I have your two thirty post.
I will check again.
I will read the funnies and sleep.



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