Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/jun/06/how-case-austerity-has-crumbled/

1
Job Market

Neither Teacher Nor Nurse

Check her rates and hire her company if it is competitive.
2
U.S.

Why Federal Efforts to Ensure Clean Tap Water Fail to Reach Faucets Nationwide

Bureaucratic and technical obstacles have slowed the distribution of federal aid in places where water is laced with nitrates and other pollutants.
Water; Federal Aid (US); Water Pollution; 

Agriculture has different water needs than residences.  
Nitrates are worth money to agriculture.

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U.S.

Young Americans Lead Trend to Less Driving

In the middle of the last decade, the number of miles driven — both over all and per capita — began to drop, notes a report to be published on Tuesday by a nonprofit advocacy organization.
Automobiles; Transit Systems; Commuting; Economic Conditions and Trends; Youth; 

Kids are crazy and ignorant but rarely stupid.
New York does not do bicycles well.
It is not a driving city.
 Driving cities are clots of parking lots.

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U.S.

Shunned Elsewhere, Body of Marathon Bombing Suspect Is Buried in Virginia Cemetery

The problem of what to do with the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, was solved when a small cemetery agreed to take it.
Boston Marathon Bombings (2013); Funerals and Memorials; Muslims and Islam; 

We are excessively kind and respectful.
5
Health

Cracking Down on Drinking and Driving

A new report argues that alcohol levels for driving should be lowered, pointing out that a third of highway deaths are still alcohol-related, and known effective strategies for lowering injuries and deaths because of drunken driving remain underutilized.
Alcoholic Beverages; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Drunken and Reckless Driving; Tests (Sobriety); Traffic Accidents and Safety; 

Establishments that sell alcohol should not have parking.
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Business Day

This Week in Small Business: Small Data

Why small business are wasting money on “big” data. How to procrastinate like a boss. The African-American start-up gap. And do you swear at the office?
Economic Conditions and Trends; Entrepreneurship; Small Business; Start-ups; 

Bookmarked.
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Opinion

Racism in a Texas Death Case

8
Science

Becoming Invisible, at Least to Microwaves

Researchers report that an “invisibility cloak” to make objects disappear can be made using a 3-D printer.
3-D Printers; Radiation; Space; Research; 

Present it to the builders of military aircraft.  Radar is microwave.
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Booming

What Is the Right Way to Come Out as Bisexual at Work?

A bisexual woman confronts persistent stereotypes but still wants to create more visibility.
Baby Boomers; Homosexuality; Workplace Environment; Customs, Etiquette and Manners; 

There is no way to be sexual at most work.
If work allows sexuality there is no wrong way to be sexual.
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N.Y. / Region

Council Speaker Recounts Her Struggles With Bulimia and Alcoholism

Christine C. Quinn opened up about her bulimia and the alcoholism that accompanied it, which she will discuss at a speech at Barnard College and in a memoir to be published next month.
Alcohol Abuse; Bulimia; Eating Disorders; Therapy and Rehabilitation; Elections, Mayors; 

I was going to say I was not concerned.
There is no shock in the exposure of common knowledge.
I am always interested in stories of recovery.
Recovery is not the right word.  Release is more descriptive.
A return to conditions as they were or might be is not possible.
Life continues.  It can be better.   Love is.
11
Fashion & Style

Overfed on a Mother’s Affection


If I don't go soon, leaving will be much harder.
As soon as you can is best.

12
Sports

In Suit Over Death, Boogaard’s Family Blames the N.H.L.

The family of the National Hockey League enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died of an overdose of painkillers in 2011, says the league failed to monitor his prescriptions.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy; Concussions; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Hockey, Ice; Deaths (Fatalities); Sports Injuries; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Brain; 

Occupational hazard.
Like a combat photographer, it was the life he chose.
Insurance premiums were large.
 
13
Opinion

My Medical Choice

Opening a conversation on women’s health.
Breast Cancer; Mastectomy; Surgery and Surgeons; Medicine and Health; 

Offer the testing.
Better to know.
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Your Money

Rebuilding After Sandy, but With Costly New Rules

A new law will cause flood insurance premiums to skyrocket and require stricter, and thus more expensive, rebuilding standards.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Hurricane Sandy (2012); Insurance; Floods; Personal Finances; 

Buy the location, buy the risk.  
They can sell to the state.
I will weep no tears.   
Beaches are mobile.  
Structures there are temporary.
15
Technology

Landlords Double as Energy Brokers

Bland New Jersey buildings are commanding rents four times as high as Class A high-rises in Manhattan, but it isn’t the space that attracts. It’s the electrical capacity.
Real Estate (Commercial); Data Centers; Electric Light and Power; 

The point of these operations is high frequency trading.
The trading operations speak of market efficiency. 
It looks to me like insider trading.
The system depends on positive feedback, an inherently unstable condition. 
After the next market gyration there will be a move to regulate.
Regulation will terminate the business.

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Travel

Eating Locally on the Road

From message boards to Web searches, a food writer offers her tools and tips for finding local food away from home.
Local Food; Travel and Vacations; Sustainable Living; 

I am still learning how to do it.
Cook for yourself if possible. 
Farm stands in season.  
A variety of food and a short menu.

17
World

Germany Accuses Man of Being Somali Pirates’ Accountant

The suspect was the bookkeeper for a group that hijacked the German tanker the Marida Marguerite and its crew three years ago, the authorities said.
Piracy at Sea; Accounting and Accountants; Kidnapping; Hijacking; 

Piracy is not trivial.  It is vigorously suppressed.
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Technology

More Details About the New Windows

Microsoft is shedding the Windows Blue code name for the next installment of its operating system. The official name of the software will be Windows 8.1, a company executive said on Tuesday. That name is one of the many giveaways that the new operating system isn’t a radical overhaul of Windows 8, which only came out last fall.
Software; Windows (Operating System); 

Still self destructive . . .

19
Opinion

Pakistan’s Tyrannical Majority

20
Health

Doctors' Lucrative Industry Ties

New reporting laws show how widespread gifts and payments, sometimes running into hundreds of thousands of dollars, from drug and device firms are to physicians.
Advertising and Marketing; Conflicts of Interest; Doctors; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Medical Devices; 

It is a lucrative practice and would lean toward the abusive.
It looks to suffer from positive feedback.  
Salespeople should not practice medicine. 
Kick backs should be forbidden.

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U.S.

Young Americans Lead Trend to Less Driving

4
Health

Cracking Down on Drinking and Driving

5
Opinion

The Obama Synthesis Under Siege

Why the latest wave of scandals poses a particular challenge to Obama-ism.
Medicaid; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Presidential Election of 2012; 

I am going to try to ignore Ross Douthat.  
He has earned a reputation as a Republican Ideologue.

6
Science

Becoming Invisible, at Least to Microwaves

7
Booming

What Is the Right Way to Come Out as Bisexual at Work?

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N.Y. / Region

Council Speaker Recounts Her Struggles With Bulimia and Alcoholism

9
Opinion

My Medical Choice

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11
Your Money

Rebuilding After Sandy, but With Costly New Rules

12
Technology

Landlords Double as Energy Brokers

13
Travel

Eating Locally on the Road

14
World

Germany Accuses Man of Being Somali Pirates’ Accountant

15
Health

Doctors' Lucrative Industry Ties

16
Health

Poverty as a Childhood Disease

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Business Day

An S.E.C. Settlement That Seems to Favor Falcone

Philip Falcone and his hedge fund are not acknowledging wrongdoing as part of a settlement with the S.E.C., and the agency is not even asking for an injunction against Mr. Falcone, the author writes.
Fines (Penalties); Hedge Funds; Securities and Commodities Violations; 

Operations are wound down.
"The captain goes down with his ship."

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Business Day

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
Government Bonds; States (US); Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; 

I have no way to prefer one over another.
Do due diligence.  
Look at the stability of the issuers who will make the payments. 
Bonds are and will continue to be a poor deal for years to come.
 
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U.S.

Lawyers Say DNA Clears Florida Inmate in Two Killings

The evidence in the Seminole County case of Clemente Javier Aguirre points to a family member of the victims, lawyers say.
Murders and Attempted Murders; Forensic Science; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Prisons and Prisoners; 

A new trial to the same result would not surprise me.
Get the daughter to explain the blood.  There must have been a wound.
There may be a scar.
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Technology

Technology Industry Lobbying Group Loses Supporters

Elon Musk of Tesla and David Sacks of Yammer have left Mark Zuckerberg’s Fwd.us, which faces criticism from environmentalists over its lobbying tactics.
Immigration and Emigration; Online Advertising; United States Politics and Government; Lobbying and Lobbyists; Law and Legislation; 

Just noise.

Enough for tonight.

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