Tuesday, May 7, 2013

@16:40, 5/6/13

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Multimedia

Moving Walls — and Minds

With a new exhibition space and improved Web site, the Open Society Foundations’s “Moving Walls” series offers the public greater access to in-depth humanitarian documentary photography.
Computers and the Internet; Documentary Films and Programs; Iraq War (2003-11); Photography; Political Prisoners; United States Defense and Military Forces; Veterans; War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity; 

People are trouble for people.
There must be a happy minimum of troubles. 
We will not discover it if we do not look.
We must remember that it moves.  
Good policy today will not be good policy tomorrow.
Faith is not a place to look for the minimum.

2
Business Day

Jet Makers Avoid Risk by Redoing Old Models

Boeing’s announcement that it had started presenting airlines with an enhanced version of its 777 jet, rather than a whole new plane, underscores the shift.
Airlines and Airplanes; Engines; Fuel Efficiency; 

There is no way to avoid risk.
All the builders do the best they can under changing conditions.
 
3
World

Financially Strapped Bharti Airtel Sells Stake to Qatar

India’s largest mobile phone company, by subscribers, has a huge debt load and has not turned a profit in Africa.
Cellular Telephones; Telephones and Telecommunications; Wireless Communications; 

All corporations have a duty to do the best they can for their owners.
For the most part the owners want the greatest return on their money each quarter.  Qatar is a sovereign owner.  One man says what is best.  Bharti airtel has sold a relatively small share which will pay off some of the higher rate debt.  Their rates will pay on the remainder of their debt and pay some return to shareholders.
This is not such a stinky deal as I thought.

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Business Day

Kodak's Fuzzy Future

As part of its bankruptcy, Kodak sold well-known businesses to focus on areas that some say are highly competitive or stagnant.
Bankruptcies; Cameras; Credit and Debt; 

Buy a few shares if you wish.  
I would let smarter observers value the company for a bit.  
The investment is high risk.
 
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U.S.

State Sale of 100 Longhorns Stirs Debate, and Proposed Law, on the Breed’s Future

State Representative Charles Anderson has filed a bill to bar Texas Parks and Wildlife from further reducing the Big Bend herd.
Historic Buildings and Sites; Ranches; Breeding of Animals; Drought; 

There will be enough pets to maintain the gene pool.
They are novel in the environment.  If they must have a large herbivore keep bison.

6
Opinion

Send Judges to Guantánamo, Then Shut It

President Obama can get past Congress’s ban on bringing Guantánamo detainees north for civilian trials by sending civilian judges to them.
Military Tribunals; Detainees; Courts and the Judiciary; Hunger Strikes; 

I am not an expert.
There would be difficulty with this precedent.
Guantanamo  is not under occupation but is a leased property.  The civilian federal courts do not have the right to try cases there.  It matters to the U.N., Cuba, The federal government and the military.
The G.O.P. wanted to be frustrating and is.

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Business Day

Crestwood to Merge With Inergy in $7 Billion Deal

Crestwood Midstream Partners agreed to buy control of a fellow gas pipeline operator, Inergy L.P., on Monday to form a company with a combined enterprise value of about $7 billion, as the boom in drilling continues to foster deal-making.
Hydraulic Fracturing; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Pipelines; 

This looks like there are less than the expected profits from the pipes.
 
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Business Day

In Online Video, Street Cred vs. Quality

Companies promoting their offerings for advertisers this week are stressing authentic user-generated videos or professional, trustworthy content.
Web-Original Programming; Online Advertising; Computers and the Internet; Video Recordings and Downloads; Advertising and Marketing; Upfronts (Television); 

We are still learning video technique.  
Rather than hiring a production house the advertiser should be requesting proposals.  The advertiser will have to have critics or other students of presentation to make the choices.  We will get rapid evolution to an optimum.
 
9
Opinion

Beyond the Code of the Streets

Among young black men who’ve made it, the Code of the Streets still exerts a pull.
Blacks; Men and Boys; Social Conditions and Trends; Urban Areas; 

Culture can change . . . from the inside.
 
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Opinion

Attention Deficit Drugs

Dr. Vivien Chan, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, responds to a news article about new rules on college campuses regarding the drugs.
Colleges and Universities; Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Adderall (Drug); 

Dr. Chan makes no mention of disordered sleep. 
Much greater care must be made in the diagnosis A.D.H.D.  
Speed in all its forms is enormously destructive.  It should only  be prescribed as a last resort.
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Business Day

New York to Sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo Over Settlement Violations

New York’s top prosecutor is poised to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo over claims that they violated terms of a $26 billion mortgage settlement, according to several people briefed on the matter.
Attorneys General; Banking and Financial Institutions; Foreclosures; Mortgages; Suits and Litigation (Civil); 

My guess is the banks are multiple times guilty.
I doubt they can meet their obligations.
The matter should be pressed without regard to their continued operation.
 
12
Technology

Q.& A.: Finding and Using Windows Contacts

The Windows 7 Contacts folder is another place on the computer to store addresses, but you may have to import the contacts from another program.
Computers and the Internet; Software; Windows (Operating System); 

I am in the aol list.
The land line and address are in the phone book.
Comments are enabled here.  
If you ask I will email your business address my contact information.

13
Science

Empty Nets on the Mekong

On the Mekong, the Opperman family learns how to cast for dinner in a changing river.
Fishing, Commercial; Rivers; 

Things will be very different.
 
14
Science

Emil Frei III, Who Put Cancer Cures in Reach, Dies at 89

Dr. Frei was an oncologist whose trailblazing use of combination chemotherapy helped make certain cancers curable for the first time.
Cancer; Chemotherapy; Deaths (Obituaries); Research; 

If you were at death's door you would not hesitate.  Another must be suffering.  Let me know if I can help you.

15
Opinion

Taxing Online Purchases

A reader says a sales tax will not deter him from shopping online.
Shopping and Retail; E-Commerce; Sales and Excise Taxes; 

The proposed sales tax will make little change in the distribution of sales.
It will deepen the downturn.
The sales tax is a miserable regressive device for the revenue it collects.

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N.Y. / Region

Two Former Liu Associates Are Found Guilty in Campaign-Finance Scheme

Jia Hou and Xing Wu Pan were convicted for their roles in trying to steer money to the campaign of John C. Liu, a Democratic candidate for mayor, through illegal fund-raising.
Frauds and Swindling; Campaign Finance; Decisions and Verdicts; Elections, Comptrollers; 

They appear to be properly convicted.
Let us move on.
 
17
Education

Figuring Out How to Give Teachers Useful Feedback

While Texas legislators and educators agree that better methods are needed for teacher assessment, the question of tying evaluations to test scores is a sticking point.
Teachers and School Employees; Performance Evaluations (Labor); Education (K-12); Tests and Examinations; 

Evaluating teachers is a nontrivial problem.  
We are all looking for a solution.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Neighbors Resist a Plan to Clean a Toxic Canal

The Environmental Protection Agency’s $500 million proposal to clean the Gowanus Canal has worried Brooklyn residents about the effects on the air and a beloved swimming pool.
Water Pollution; Environment; Waste Materials and Disposal; 

The area will change.  The Neighborhood is gone.  Get the best price for the realestate.
 
19
Health

Sucking Your Child's Pacifier Clean May Have Benefits

Children whose parents had no problems sucking their pacifiers to clean them had fewer allergies, lower rates of eczema and fewer signs of asthma than those whose parents typically rinsed or boiled them.
Allergies; Asthma; Babies and Infants; Bacteria; Children and Childhood; Eczema; Microbiology; Parenting; Tableware; 

Healthy parents, healthy child.
The fight will continue.
 
20
Technology

More Tech Magic, if You Can Afford It

Google Glass, the computer eyewear, offers much technological wonder. But for one early user, it raises questions about the future of new technology and who gains access to it first.
Wearable Computing; Privacy; Computers and the Internet; New Models, Design and Products; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); 

Do not ignore India and China.  
Anything worth having will be available.
The newest is never the best though it is often better.

I will load the latest list and sleep.
It has been an exhausting few days.






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