Sunday, May 19, 2013

@23:00, 5/17/13

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I hit the coffee limit a few days ago.  I am off the brew for now.

1
N.Y. / Region

A Politician's Disclosure Offers a Lesson in Eating Disorders

The experience of Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and mayoral candidate, illustrates why bulimia cannot be summed up simply as dieting taken to an extreme.
Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Eating Disorders; Elections, Mayors; Mental Health and Disorders; Weight;
2
N.Y. / Region

16 Accused of Smuggling Cigarettes Worth Millions

Officials said the defendants profited by buying the goods in low-tax states in the South and selling them illegally in New York, avoiding the state’s high taxes.
Smuggling; Smoking and Tobacco; Tax Evasion; 

The police in New York are foreign to the city.
They are not members of the community.
 
3
U.S.

New Fracking Rules Proposed for U.S. Land

The proposal, which would allow some drilling fluids to be kept secret, did not please environmental advocates or the oil and gas industry.
Hydraulic Fracturing; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Land Use Policies; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Environment; 

I wish I believed Sally Jewelle.
 
4
U.S.

States Urged to Cut Limit on Alcohol for Drivers

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that states reduce the allowable blood-alcohol content to 0.05 percent, instead of the current 0.08 percent.
Drunken and Reckless Driving; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Deaths (Fatalities); States (US); 

The states should do it.  
I doubt they will.
It would be worth it to subsidize taxi rides home.  
How to deal with the car at the bar is the nub of the problem.  

5
Health

No Benefit Seen in Sharp Limits on Salt in Diet

Health experts for the government say there is no good reason for many Americans to keep sodium consumption below 2,300 milligrams a day, as national dietary guidelines advise.
Salt; Medicine and Health; Heart; Diet and Nutrition; Research; Blood Pressure; Food;

My salt consumption has settled at about two grams a day each.
I salt the pasta water and use lemon juice in the soup.
 
6
Fashion & Style

Oh, How the Humble Has Risen

The kale salad evokes a veggie chic.
Kale (Vegetable); Parties (Social); Salads; Restaurants; Vegetables; Food; 

I use it.  I eat it.
 
7
World

Why Indian Elites Like to Call Themselves 'Middle Class'

Policies for the so-called middle class end up benefiting the rich at the expense of the poor, the author argues.
Education; Elections; Food; International Trade and World Market; Labor and Jobs; Legislatures and Parliaments; Magazines; Sales and Excise Taxes; 

Not explained.

Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi  has a strange view.
The poor in India are unbelievably poor.  
The very wealthy are multibillionairs.
The middle of the distribution are quite properly of the elite.
The average of the distribution is far lower.

8
N.Y. / Region

With Security, Trade Center Faces New Isolation

Planners and residents of Lower Manhattan imagined a new World Trade Center that would be integrated in the neighborhood, but now they fear that security measures will keep it isolated as ever.
Area Planning and Renewal; Police; Security and Warning Systems; September 11 (2001); World Trade Center (NYC); 

This set of security measures will not prevent the attack that brought down the towers.
They will impose a prison atmosphere on the new building.

Security measures that do not provide security are worse than useless.

The police must become an intimate part of all the city.
The relationship must not be reminiscent of rape. 
 
9
Technology

Drones Take Off in Silicon Valley

Even before American skies are open to commercially operated drones, a drone start-up called Airware plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $10.7 million in a financing round led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Drones (Pilotless Planes); Start-ups; Venture Capital; 

I am happy to learn that not all drones will be ours.
IFF needs attention.
10
Opinion

Shanty China

Despite squalid living conditions, many residents in Beijing’s hidden slums are surprisingly hopeful.
Land Use Policies; Migrant Labor (Agriculture); Urban Areas; 

These are not colonies of the defeated but of the hopeful.
The defeated return to their villages.
11
Fashion & Style

New Technology Opens Horizons at a Lesser Cost

3-D printing enables designers to turn their intricate ideas into reality.
3-D Printers; Silver; Gold; Jewels and Jewelry; Design; Luxury Goods;

There will be a great deal of ugly jewelry made.

Much of jewelry is the craft of the jeweler.  It is true that things that can't 
be made by hand can be made by 3D printing.  
The hand and eye will produce things that are not apparent on the screen.

 
12
Science

Science Bookshelf

Top-selling nonfiction titles based on the sciences.
Science and Technology; Books and Literature; Medicine and Health; Writing and Writers; 

Bookmarked

13
Opinion

How Latin Culture Got More Gay

How can we reconcile the advancement of legal same-sex marriage in much of Latin America with the stereotype of Latin culture as a bastion of religiosity and machismo?
Homosexuality; Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships; Social Conditions and Trends; 

At a guess Latin culture has always been gay.
 
14
Technology

T-Mobile USA Bumps Up Price of iPhone by $50

When T-Mobile USA first started offering the iPhone 5, it had the cheapest deal in town: $100 up front — half the cost of the iPhone on a rival network like AT&T or Verizon Wireless. But now the cost of the iPhone on T-Mobile is closer to the competition, at $150.
Cellular Telephones; iPhone; Wireless Communications;

I am for making the best deal I can.  I will consider Apple.

15
Business Day

Pills Tracked From Doctor to Patient to Aid Drug Marketing

Vast databases of patient and doctor information being used by drug makers let them know which medications physicians are prescribing and how they compare to colleagues.
Medicine and Health; Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Doctors; 

The practice probably cannot be ended and should not be ended.
The practice should be regulated. 
New drugs and devices should be shown to be better or cheaper and better.

16
U.S.

Urging Government Action on Water, Roads and Power in Texas

There is pressure late in the legislative session for action on financing roads, water projects and the state’s laboring power grid. Trouble is, they cost money.
Infrastructure (Public Works); Water; Roads and Traffic; Electric Light and Power; 

Action must  be taken.  
Starting later will cost more.
 
17
Health

After the Denial Letter Arrives

What families can do if the V.A. rejects a veteran’s claim for caregiving benefits.
Dementia; Elder Care; 

Not applicable here.
This reads like good advice.
 
18
U.S.

Washington: Cancer Patients More Prone to Bankruptcy

A study of cancer patients in Washington State has found they were twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as people without cancer.
Bankruptcies; Cancer; 

Medicine will bankrupt long term patients.  
Many of the elderly have life insurance.

19
Business Day

Aiming for the Top, Again

Fred Eckert was once a star investor, but by 2011, he was bankrupt, divorced and had spent two months in a coma.
Executive Compensation; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Vulture Funds;

Always.
 
20
Business Day

A New Spanish Language Consumer Finance Site

The Consumer Protection Finance Bureau has created a Spanish language Web site.
Consumer Protection; Hispanic-Americans; Spanish Language; 

Greenhorns are an old story.  
This will help.
Teaching English and honest history would help more.



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