Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Business Day

A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit

Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.
Oil Sands; Environment; Energy and Power; Pipelines; 

This is carbon.  Add steam and a bit more heat and get carbon monoxide and hydrogen.  Add hydrogen and heat and get methane.  The sulfur comes off as gypsum.
 
2
Opinion

Gunshots on Warm Spring Evenings

Gun violence wreaks havoc on a community. But it’s not just about blood and mayhem.
Gun Control; Murders and Attempted Murders; Firearms; Crime and Criminals; 

Community . . .

3
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;
4
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;
5
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);
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U.S.

As Obama Pushes Overhaul of Food Aid, Panels in Congress Favor Smaller Changes

After the Obama administration proposed moving the international food aid program out of the Agriculture Department, the Congressional Agriculture Committees took lesser actions.
Farm Bill (US); Agriculture and Farming; Foreign Aid; United States Politics and Government; Food Aid;
7
Opinion

Cascading Confessions

The revelations of two famous women help bring their diseases out of the shadows.
Mastectomy; Breast Cancer; Bulimia; Alcohol Abuse;
8
Opinion

Cracking the Brand-New 1940 Census

A rich trove of archives and resources at the New York Public Library cross-references names and addresses with the long-awaited 1940 data, and the results are eye-opening.
Archives and Records; Census;
9
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;
10
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.
Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Doctors; Health Insurance and Managed Care;
11
Opinion

A Team Approach to Get Students College Ready

A group called Blue Engine that places recent college graduates as full-time teaching assistants in a few public high schools is showing promising results.
Education; Education (K-12); Reading and Writing Skills (Education); Teachers and School Employees; Tests and Examinations;
12
U.S.

A ‘Pandora’s Box of Problems’ From a Police Shooting and Drugs in a Utah Town

The district attorney describes chaos in West Valley City, where many cases have had to be dropped and the killing of a suspect is under inquiry.
Corruption (Institutional); Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Racial Profiling; Murders and Attempted Murders; Hispanic-Americans;
13
Business Day

New Accounting Proposal on Leasing Portends Big Changes

Proposed changes on reporting leases, backed by the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the United States, are unlikely to satisfy many corporations.
Accounting and Accountants; Airlines and Airplanes; Renting and Leasing (Real Estate);
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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;
15
Fashion & Style

Oh, How the Humble Has Risen

The kale salad evokes a veggie chic.
Kale (Vegetable); Parties (Social); Salads; Restaurants; Vegetables; Food;
16
Opinion

Energy Exports Are Good!

Why is the Dow Chemical Company lobbying to keep a lid on them?
International Trade and World Market; Natural Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing; Labor and Jobs;
17
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;
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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;
19
Opinion

The Other Climate Science Gap

A flurry of discussion about public misperception of climate scientists’ views misses another science perception gap.
Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Polls and Public Opinion; Psychology and Psychologists;
20
Opinion

Sales Taxes and the Internet

Rationality and fairness are the fundamental issues.
E-Commerce; Law and Legislation; United States Politics and Government; Sales and Excise Taxes; 


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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; 

Not a happy situation.  They will not grow.
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U.S.

As Obama Pushes Overhaul of Food Aid, Panels in Congress Favor Smaller Changes

After the Obama administration proposed moving the international food aid program out of the Agriculture Department, the Congressional Agriculture Committees took lesser actions.
Farm Bill (US); Agriculture and Farming; Foreign Aid; United States Politics and Government; Food Aid; 

The farmers must be made wealthy.
3
Opinion

Cascading Confessions

The revelations of two famous women help bring their diseases out of the shadows.
Mastectomy; Breast Cancer; Bulimia; Alcohol Abuse;

Nothing to add.
4
Opinion

Cracking the Brand-New 1940 Census

A rich trove of archives and resources at the New York Public Library cross-references names and addresses with the long-awaited 1940 data, and the results are eye-opening.
Archives and Records; Census; 

It is good to have that digitized.
5
Fashion & Style

New Technology Opens Horizons at a Lesser Cost

6
Business Day

Pills Tracked From Doctor to Patient to Aid Drug Marketing

7
U.S.

A ‘Pandora’s Box of Problems’ From a Police Shooting and Drugs in a Utah Town

The district attorney describes chaos in West Valley City, where many cases have had to be dropped and the killing of a suspect is under inquiry.
Corruption (Institutional); Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Racial Profiling; Murders and Attempted Murders; Hispanic-Americans;
8
Business Day

New Accounting Proposal on Leasing Portends Big Changes

Proposed changes on reporting leases, backed by the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the United States, are unlikely to satisfy many corporations.
Accounting and Accountants; Airlines and Airplanes; Renting and Leasing (Real Estate);
9
Opinion

A Team Approach to Get Students College Ready

A group called Blue Engine that places recent college graduates as full-time teaching assistants in a few public high schools is showing promising results.
Education; Education (K-12); Reading and Writing Skills (Education); Teachers and School Employees; Tests and Examinations;
10
Opinion

The Other Climate Science Gap

A flurry of discussion about public misperception of climate scientists’ views misses another science perception gap.
Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Polls and Public Opinion; Psychology and Psychologists;
11
Opinion

Sales Taxes and the Internet

Rationality and fairness are the fundamental issues.
E-Commerce; Law and Legislation; United States Politics and Government; Sales and Excise Taxes;
12
Booming

A Slim Travel Budget, but Otherwise No Limits

Meri Murphy’s retirement travel choices may not be for everybody, but she has proved there are adventures galore on a limited budget.
Retirement; Budget Travel; Travel and Vacations; Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Baby Boomers;
13
Opinion

A Lower Standard for Drunken Driving

There is good reason to lower the blood-alcohol level to 0.05, while taking separate steps to get the hard-core drinkers off the roads.
Drunken and Reckless Driving; Tests (Sobriety); States (US); Editorials;
14
Business Day

Village Voice Loses 2 of Its Most Prominent Writers

Michael Musto, the paper’s gossip columnist, and Robert Sietsema, its restaurant reviewer, have left the paper, a week after the top editors resigned.
Newspapers; Layoffs and Job Reductions; Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations;
15
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;
16
Opinion

The Psychiatrist’s Manual, Analyzed

Psychiatrists respond to an editorial, a Sunday Review opinion essay and a news article.
Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; Mental Health and Disorders;
17
World

Science Tackles Mystery of the Teenage Brain

New research at Cambridge University will look into the changes in the brain that are responsible for and provide early warning of mental health problems.
Brain; Teenagers and Adolescence;
18
Opinion

Cold War Malaise at Launch Control

The removal of 17 Air Force officers from watching over nuclear-tipped missiles is part of a bigger underlying problem.
Missiles and Missile Defense Systems; Nuclear Weapons; Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations; United States Defense and Military Forces; Editorials;
19
Opinion

Pension Predators

New York State was right to order an investigation of firms that advertise payments as advances, not high-cost loans, to pensioners.
Veterans; Credit and Debt; Pensions and Retirement Plans; Editorials;
20
Opinion

Resonance Resistant

Republicans miss another chance to honestly engage the public as they race off the cliff in the supercharged outrage machine.
Tea Party Movement; Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); Internal Revenue Service Political Profiling; Polls and Public Opinion; Impeachment; News and News Media;





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