Saturday, May 4, 2013

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World

Video of Killing Crystallizes Bolivian Anger Over Crime

A crime wave prompts a nation to look within and to its borders with Brazil and Peru.
Drug Abuse and Traffic; Crime Rates; Organized Crime; 

"If it bleeds, it leads." IV
2
Health

Life, Interrupted: All in a Day's Work

Dozens of chemotherapy treatments and one bone marrow transplant later, I wish I could say that I’ve mastered the art of not working.
Cancer; Chemotherapy; Leukemia; Youth;
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Health

Air Pollution's Role in Heart Disease

Following more than 5,000 people in six cities and air pollution data, researchers found that the greater the level of air pollution, the greater the thickening of the carotid artery, a known risk for heart attack and stroke.
Air Pollution; Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis; Carotid Arteries; Heart;
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Business Day

A Leader’s Test: Balancing Drive and Compassion

Wendy Lea, the chief executive of a customer experience start-up, says that showing compassion toward employees makes for more effective leadership.
Hiring and Promotion; Entrepreneurship; Start-ups; Executives and Management (Theory);
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Opinion

A Rag of Riches

Another independent newspaper in Egypt closes: Revolution or not, the media here are more vulnerable than ever.
Censorship; English Language; Freedom of the Press; Language and Languages; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); News and News Media; Newspapers;
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Business Day

Indonesia Struggles to End Fuel Subsidies

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would submit a revised 2013 budget in May that would include a fuel price increase, but would also revive a cash compensation program for poor families.
Budgets and Budgeting; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Crop Controls and Subsidies; Poverty; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots;
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U.S.

Law Would Halve Mixed-Drink Tax at Music Clubs and Promote More Concerts

The bill by Representative Mark Strama would require Texas businesses that stage live music at least four days a week to spend the savings on putting on concerts.
Law and Legislation; Taxation; Alcoholic Beverages; Bars and Nightclubs; Music;
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U.S.

How Immigration Reform and Demographics Could Change Presidential Math

We’ve designed an interactive graphic that allows you to make different sets of assumptions about immigration reform, population growth and racial voting patterns to see how the electoral math might change in the future.
Illegal Immigrants; Population; Race and Ethnicity; United States Politics and Government; Voting and Voters;
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World

Sudan: Dozens Die in Gold Mine

More than 60 miners were killed this week in the Darfur region when the gold mine they were working in collapsed, a police spokesman said Thursday.
Accidents and Safety; Mines and Mining; Gold; Deaths (Fatalities);
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U.S.

Why Not All the Money Collected to Fight Fires Is Actually Used for That

Though insurers are assessed $30 million a year to finance Texas’ mostly volunteer fire departments, most of the money is never used for that.
Fires and Firefighters; Volunteers and Community Service; Insurance; Budgets and Budgeting; Explosions;
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World

Irish Proposal Would Allow Abortions in Emergencies

The Irish government has proposed legislation to allow abortion in cases where a threat exists to a woman’s life, including from suicide.
Abortion; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Legislatures and Parliaments; Suicides and Suicide Attempts;
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World

Political Scuffle in Athens Bruises Young Bystander

A lawmaker in Greece’s right-wing Golden Dawn party was accused of trying to punch the mayor of Athens, but missing and hitting a 12-year-old girl instead.
Assaults; Mayors; Legislatures and Parliaments;
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Business Day

Hedge Fund Trader Is Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Insider Case

Todd Newman, a onetime hedge fund trader at Diamondback Capital who was convicted of insider trading, was sentenced as part of the government’s widespread crackdown.
Hedge Funds; Insider Trading; Sentences (Criminal);
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Opinion

Preying on Pensioners

State and federal regulators need to get a handle on the lack of disclosure in tactics used by companies that specialize in separating retirees from their pensions.
Elderly; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Banking and Financial Institutions; Editorials; Pensions and Retirement Plans;
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Business Day

Where the Raises Are: Trucking and Academia

Compensation growth has been relatively flat across the board in recent years. The biggest raises have been in transportation and higher education.
Colleges and Universities; Trucks and Trucking; United States Economy; Wages and Salaries;
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Business Day

British Lobbying Group Condemns a Proposed European Financial Transaction Tax

London businesses would be hurt the most, said a report.
Taxation; European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Banking and Financial Institutions; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Lobbying and Lobbyists; Economic Conditions and Trends;
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Style

Lesson From Bangladesh: Cheap Children's Clothes Are Expensive

Cheap children’s clothes are a false economy, both individually and globally.
Children and Childhood; Factories and Manufacturing; Fashion and Apparel; Labor and Jobs; Parenting; Shopping and Retail; Workplace Environment;
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Opinion

The Confidence Responses

Readers’ responses to the confidence questions inspire awe at the diversity of the human experience.
Women and Girls; Men and Boys; Social Conditions and Trends;
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U.S.

Koch Brothers Plan More Political Involvement for Their Conservative Network

Despite 2012 setbacks, Charles and David Koch have rejected any notion of stepping back from electoral politics.
Political Action Committees; Conservatism (US Politics); United States Politics and Government; Presidential Election of 2012; Voting and Voters;
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Business Day

Credit Reports More Accurately Reflect Debts Discharged in Bankruptcy

Credit reporting bureaus have gotten better at updating their records in part because of developments related to a class-action lawsuit.
Credit and Debt; Credit Scores; Personal Bankruptcies; 

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Opinion

On 'Unburnable Carbon' and the Specter of a 'Carbon Bubble'

Can climate forecasts and campaigners convince the world’s nations that some carbon is unburnable?
Carbon Capture and Sequestration; Carbon Dioxide; Coal; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; National Parks, Monuments and Seashores; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; 

Zeppelin futures . . . 
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Opinion

DNA from Tiger Scat Aids Conservation Efforts in Nepal

Tiger scat offers DNA traces that can help conserve Nepal’s struggling tiger population.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Endangered and Extinct Species; Genetics and Heredity; Nepal; Tigers; Wildlife Sanctuaries; 

It helps to now how many.
 
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Business Day

I.S.S. Backs Elliott in Fight Over Hess' Board

In a report published late on Thursday, Institutional Shareholder Services backed virtually every argument that Elliott has made for its five director nominees since beginning its fight earlier this year.
Boards of Directors; Shareholder Rights and Activism; 

Hess does not look good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hess_Corporation
 
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Business Day

A Leader’s Test: Balancing Drive and Compassion

Wendy Lea, the chief executive of a customer experience start-up, says that showing compassion toward employees makes for more effective leadership.
Hiring and Promotion; Entrepreneurship; Start-ups; Executives and Management (Theory); 

The entrepreneur is not a leader.  The position is much more that of teacher or rather professor running a seminar.  
The team is making up the business as they go along.
 
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Business Day

Indonesia Struggles to End Fuel Subsidies

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would submit a revised 2013 budget in May that would include a fuel price increase, but would also revive a cash compensation program for poor families.
Budgets and Budgeting; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Crop Controls and Subsidies; Poverty; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; 

Ending the subsidy is a good idea.

Fuel ethanol?  Islam would have a very difficult time with that.
 
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Opinion

A Rag of Riches

Another independent newspaper in Egypt closes: Revolution or not, the media here are more vulnerable than ever.
Censorship; English Language; Freedom of the Press; Language and Languages; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); News and News Media; Newspapers; 

I am surprised that the English language press has survived so long in Egypt.
 
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U.S.

Law Would Halve Mixed-Drink Tax at Music Clubs and Promote More Concerts

The bill by Representative Mark Strama would require Texas businesses that stage live music at least four days a week to spend the savings on putting on concerts.
Law and Legislation; Taxation; Alcoholic Beverages; Bars and Nightclubs; Music; 

Dry Texas and wet Texas are separate and competitive.    
Music will get one out.

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Business Day

Lessons on Fiscal Policy Since the Recession

Both job creation and deficit reduction are imperiled by current American fiscal policy, an economist writes.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009); Federal Budget (US); National Debt (US); Recession and Depression; United States Economy; 

Reality begins to penetrate the fog.
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U.S.

How Immigration Reform and Demographics Could Change Presidential Math

We’ve designed an interactive graphic that allows you to make different sets of assumptions about immigration reform, population growth and racial voting patterns to see how the electoral math might change in the future.
Illegal Immigrants; Population; Race and Ethnicity; United States Politics and Government; Voting and Voters; 

We will have immigration reform over the intense objections of the G.O.P.
The impact may not be huge for the Democrats but it will not favor the Republicans.
 
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U.S.

Why Not All the Money Collected to Fight Fires Is Actually Used for That

Though insurers are assessed $30 million a year to finance Texas’ mostly volunteer fire departments, most of the money is never used for that.
Fires and Firefighters; Volunteers and Community Service; Insurance; Budgets and Budgeting; Explosions; 

We still don't know why. 

Political power is about other peoples money.  
This is other peoples money. 
" The Republicans in the legislature will tell you they have saved the state three million dollars.  I want to know where is it?  Who's got it?"  Al Smith

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Business Day

Hedge Fund Trader Is Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Insider Case

Todd Newman, a onetime hedge fund trader at Diamondback Capital who was convicted of insider trading, was sentenced as part of the government’s widespread crackdown.
Hedge Funds; Insider Trading; Sentences (Criminal); 

Convictions do not result often enough.
High-frequency traders should be guilty under these rules.
The practice is insider trading.  
What better inside information is there than an executing order.

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Business Day

British Lobbying Group Condemns a Proposed European Financial Transaction Tax

London businesses would be hurt the most, said a report.
Taxation; European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Banking and Financial Institutions; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Lobbying and Lobbyists; Economic Conditions and Trends;

More pressure on the European Union.
The Cameron government looks shakier all the time. 

  1. Stinging Electoral Defeat for British Conservatives as Right-Wing ...

    Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives took a beating Friday with a by- election result that showed surging support for the United ...
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Business Day

Glencore Shares Rise on Investor Optimism on Cost Savings

In its first day of trading on Friday, the newly-combined Glencore Xstrata’s stock price rose more than 4 percent, giving the company a market valuation of almost $70 billion.
Commodities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Mines and Mining; Stocks and Bonds; 

I have been trying to think why a trading house would buy a producer.
It occurs to me that the act would make sense if comodity prices were low and likely to stay low.  The mining would be less profitable and thus cheaper.  Demand would be low for commodity metal limiting arbitrage profits.  Best to invest in minerals in the ground.

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World

Irish Proposal Would Allow Abortions in Emergencies

The Irish government has proposed legislation to allow abortion in cases where a threat exists to a woman’s life, including from suicide.
Abortion; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Legislatures and Parliaments; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; 

It has only taken fifty years.
 
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World

Political Scuffle in Athens Bruises Young Bystander

A lawmaker in Greece’s right-wing Golden Dawn party was accused of trying to punch the mayor of Athens, but missing and hitting a 12-year-old girl instead.
Assaults; Mayors; Legislatures and Parliaments; 

Still working toward another election and a default on the debt.
 
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Opinion

Preying on Pensioners

State and federal regulators need to get a handle on the lack of disclosure in tactics used by companies that specialize in separating retirees from their pensions.
Elderly; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Banking and Financial Institutions; Editorials; Pensions and Retirement Plans; 

Regulation is required.  
 
17
U.S.

Koch Brothers Plan More Political Involvement for Their Conservative Network

Despite 2012 setbacks, Charles and David Koch have rejected any notion of stepping back from electoral politics.
Political Action Committees; Conservatism (US Politics); United States Politics and Government; Presidential Election of 2012; Voting and Voters;

The Koch brothers are getting noticed.  They won't like that.
 
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World

Sudan: Dozens Die in Gold Mine

More than 60 miners were killed this week in the Darfur region when the gold mine they were working in collapsed, a police spokesman said Thursday.
Accidents and Safety; Mines and Mining; Gold; Deaths (Fatalities); 

The gold of ancient Egypt.
 
19
World

Dying Long Distance

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Arts

Housing Project Meets Art Project in the South Bronx


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Health

Think Like a Doctor: An Unusual Headache Solved

Readers solve the mystery of a 23-year-old woman with a terrible headache who kept getting worse.
Brain; Coma; Doctors; Encephalitis; Headaches; Nerves and Nervous System; Seizures (Medical); Therapy and Rehabilitation;
 
Good luck at several levels.
 
2
Opinion

A Rag of Riches

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Technology

Do Not Track Talks Could Be Running Off the Rails

Almost two years of talks over an international Do Not Track standard has made little headway to an agreement, but the two sides will meet again next week in California.
Advertising and Marketing; Computers and the Internet; Consumer Protection; Online Advertising; Privacy; Web Browsers; 

I like the feature and use it.
 
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Business Day

Lessons on Fiscal Policy Since the Recession

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Business Day

Hedge Fund Trader Is Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Insider Case

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World

Irish Proposal Would Allow Abortions in Emergencies

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World

Political Scuffle in Athens Bruises Young Bystander

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Technology

The Shine Starts To Wear Off Google Glass

Let the backlash begin for Google Glass amid privacy concerns and a fear by the mainstream that the new, high-tech glasses are just too geeky.
Computers and the Internet; Privacy; Wearable Computing; 

As I have thought, a limited market.
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World

Sudan: Dozens Die in Gold Mine

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World

Dying Long Distance

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Health

Overweight Patients, Overweight Doctors: Readers Weigh In

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Business Day

The Corporate Tax Game

What appears to be widespread support for an overhaul of the corporate tax system may be a veneer covering deep splits between businesses that get the breaks and those that don’t.
Corporate Taxes; United States Politics and Government; Corporations; United States Economy; 
Let us not tax corporations.  
Let us tax all individual income paid in the U.S.
Dividends, non-exempt bond income and interest are income for tax purposes.
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Opinion

The Confidence Responses

Readers’ responses to the confidence questions inspire awe at the diversity of the human experience.
Women and Girls; Men and Boys; Social Conditions and Trends; 

It is subjective all the way down.
 
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U.S.

Almost Half of Americans Say Budget Cuts Will Hurt Economy

About one-third said the automatic cuts to military and domestic programs would have no effect on the economy one way or the other, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.
Federal Budget (US); United States Economy; Polls and Public Opinion; Layoffs and Job Reductions; 

Under present conditions federal budget cuts hurt the economy.
 
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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 dislike Microsoft and avoid using their code when possible.
 
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U.S.

Amtrak Subsidy Gone, States Must Pay the Freight to Keep Rail Routes

Under pressure to reduce its dependence on federal subsidies, Amtrak is looking at either closing 28 short-haul routes or getting 19 states to share the costs.
Federal Aid (US); States (US); Railroads; Transit Systems; Travel and Vacations; 

 Congress is being silly.  We need the rails more than the highways.




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