Monday, June 17, 2013

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Your Money

Suddenly, Retiree Nest Eggs Look More Fragile

The world of low interest rates has caused many readers to worry about their financial futures. And a big-picture look at the underlying issues is especially troubling.
Retirement; Pensions and Retirement Plans; Individual Retirement Accounts; Savings; Asset Allocation (Personal Finances); Interest Rates; 

I suspect this is not a real concern.  
It assumes that that money will be in secure bonds.
 
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Magazine

The Cough That Wouldn’t Stop

An otherwise-healthy 75-year-old’s symptoms stump her doctor — for a while.
Coughs; Respiratory System; Lungs; 

. . . "Lady Windermere Syndrome, a lung infection that affects mostly older women — in particular slender, healthy women. I suddenly realized that my patient probably had this disease too. First described in 1992, this cough is caused by a bacterium related to tuberculosis called Mycobacterium avium intracellulare, or M.A.I. This bacterium is found everywhere, but it’s not very aggressive and rarely causes illness; it’s usually killed off by the body’s immune system."
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Style

The Home-Cooked Challenge: A Week Without Prepared Foods

Our family won’t eat any prepared foods or restaurant meals next week. What does that mean?
Cooking and Cookbooks; Families and Family Life; Food; Obesity; Parenting; 

I do not eat out at home.  I bake bread.  I buy canned tomatoes out of season.  I buy crackers and dry pasta.  
 
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Business Day

Helping Older Americans Avoid Swindles

A new educational tool from the F.D.I.C., called Money Smart for Older Americans, aims to help people protect themselves against financial abuses.
Consumer Protection; Elder Care; Elderly; Frauds and Swindling; 

Active prosecution is probably the best we can do.
If people need keepers they should not be abandoned.
 
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Opinion

The Storm, Next Time

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposals to buttress New York City gives his successor a good starting point.
Hurricane Sandy (2012); Area Planning and Renewal; Floods; Global Warming; Editorials; 

The sea will visit several more times before it comes to stay.

It is not if but when the sea wins.
 
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Fashion & Style

A Modern Immigrant Finds the Spotlight

The story of the actress and author Dagmara Dominczyk is, in some ways, a classic immigrant tale of bootstrap success and fame.
Actors and Actresses; Books and Literature; Celebrities; 

ok.
 
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Opinion

Racially Biased Arrests for Pot

The “war on marijuana” has become a war on minorities.
Marijuana; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Blacks; Minorities; Racial Profiling; 

There is a need to examine law enforcement in general and the drug laws 
in particular. 
It appears that we can't stop the use of drugs.
We can stop the flow of money.
 
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Magazine

Can a Juror Ever Fudge the Truth?

The ethics of disclosing or masking bias during jury selection.
Capital Punishment; Ethics (Personal); Jury System; 

Yes, the answer is no.
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U.S.

Justices, 9-0, Bar Patenting Human Genes

The ruling will shape the course of research and testing, and it may alter the willingness of businesses to invest in understanding genetic material.
Genetics and Heredity; Inventions and Patents; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Breast Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Tests (Medical); 

It is an important ruling.  We may get some others.

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U.S.

Texas: Town of West Won’t Get More FEMA Aid

The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected a request for aid to replace infrastructure destroyed near West by a fertilizer plant explosion, Gov. Rick Perry’s office said Wednesday.
Explosions; Factories and Manufacturing; Fertilizer; 

Texas is being skint.
 
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Magazine

The Sippy Cup 1%

The more expensive strollers and cribs and organic diapers become, the better it is for everyone else.
Babies and Infants; Consumer Behavior; Parenting; Commodities; Shopping and Retail; 

Baby equipment scares me.  Liability is a big problem.

The differences in price can be the difference between good and better.
 
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Education

Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools

A review of federal data found that technology investments in schools had not changed the nature of education.
E-Learning; Education (K-12); Computers and the Internet; National Assessment of Educational Progress; Mathematics; Tests and Examinations; 

I learn that the machines do not yet help the learning process at the elementary level.
 
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Business Day

In Countrywide Case, Watchdogs Without Any Bark

The mortgage-pool case now in a New York court is putting trustee banks under the microscope.
Mortgage-Backed Securities; Mortgages; Banking and Financial Institutions; 

These parties just want the failures to fade away.
 
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World

News Finds New Ways to Flow as Greek State Broadcaster Is Shut

The government said ERT and would reopen later with far fewer employees to satisfy the demands of Greece’s creditors because the news outlet had become corrupt and bloated.
European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Shutdowns (Institutional); Social Networking (Internet); News and News Media; 

The news will out.
I do not expect the Greek coalition government to last the summer.
I have been surprised before.
 
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Opinion

Keep the Women’s Rights Bill Intact

State Legislators are trying to chip away at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s excellent bill that strives for equality for women in New York.
Women and Girls; Women's Rights; Law and Legislation; Prostitution; Abortion; Editorials; 

Pass the bill as written.
 
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Your Money

How to Avoid an Estate Battle After You Die

Battles over two wills signed by Huguette Clark, the heiress to a copper fortune who died in 2011 at 104, offer lessons even for people who don’t have $300 million estates.
Wills and Estates; Personal Finances; Philanthropy; 

Her second will is solid.  This is all just noise.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Bloomberg Seeks to Redo Building Code in Sandy’s Wake

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is urging some of the most extensive revisions to New York’s building rules in years, a response to the deficiencies exposed by Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Sandy (2012); Real Estate (Commercial); Real Estate and Housing (Residential); 

This will help.  
These measures may cover the next twenty years.  Not much longer.
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Technology

A Workout for Your Brain, on Your Smartphone

Android and Apple apps allow you to play games to help improve your memory and brain plasticity, and track your performance.
Mobile Applications; Brain; Computer and Video Games; Memory; 

Plenty of work now.
 
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Opinion

Locust Moon

On a cloudy late spring night, the dim glow of a tree’s fading white blossoms.
Moon; Trees and Shrubs; Insects; 

Yes.  A bit early but yes.
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Health

Study Shows Pill Prevents H.I.V. Among Drug Addicts

Drug-injecting addicts who took an antiretroviral pill were half as likely to become infected with H.I.V. as those who did not, completing a body of evidence that such treatments can prevent AIDS in every group at risk.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Medicine and Health; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Research; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); 

I hope we can just cheer for the results.

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Opinion

Sunday Dialogue: How the Court Decides

Should the justices take the effects on society into account?
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); Law and Legislation; Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships; Social Conditions and Trends; 

The faithful do not learn.

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Business Day

In Countrywide Case, Watchdogs Without Any Bark

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World

News Finds New Ways to Flow as Greek State Broadcaster Is Shut

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Opinion

Keep the Women’s Rights Bill Intact

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Your Money

How to Avoid an Estate Battle After You Die

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N.Y. / Region

Bloomberg Seeks to Redo Building Code in Sandy’s Wake

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Technology

A Workout for Your Brain, on Your Smartphone

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Opinion

Locust Moon

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Health

Study Shows Pill Prevents H.I.V. Among Drug Addicts

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Health

A Fat Dad Father's Day

Father’s Day was not only about spoiling my dad but also about coming together as a family — using the recipes that had conjured fond memories from my parents’ past and creating new ones together.
Children and Childhood; Cooking and Cookbooks; Father's Day; Grandparents; Recipes; Weight; 

They wont help with weight.
They do please.
 
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World

Pope Is Quoted Referring to a Vatican ‘Gay Lobby’

The remarks appeared to be part of an effort by Pope Francis to take on the entrenched interests in the Vatican.
Priests; Homosexuality; Extortion and Blackmail; Lobbying and Lobbyists; 

All is not well.
 
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Autos

Recall Roundup: Honda, Chrysler, G.M., Mercedes and Yakima Issue Recalls

The companies issues recalls for minor safety problems, none of which have generated crash or injury reports.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Automobiles; Recalls and Bans of Products;
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N.Y. / Region

At a Mayoral Forum, Salgado Delivers a Fiery Performance

The Rev. Erick J. Salgado, a Democratic candidate who often finds himself on the margins of debates, verbally jousted with his rivals in an animated showing during a discussion of issues deemed important to Latino voters.
Debates (Political); Elections, Mayors; Illegal Immigration; Waste Materials and Disposal;
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Business Day

Nuclear Plants, Old and Uncompetitive, Are Closing Earlier Than Expected

Even reactors still licensed to operate may close, because the price of the electricity they generate doesn’t warrant costly repairs and maintenance.
Nuclear Energy; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Longevity;
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Business Day

In Utah, a Local Hero Accused

A wealthy Web marketer was known for acts of generosity. But the government, which has charged him with defrauding customers, sees him in a different light.
E-Commerce; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Philanthropy; Computers and the Internet;
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Education

Chicago Public School System Lays Off 850 in Move to Cut Budget

The layoffs included about 550 teachers — from schools that are closing and struggling academically — along with teacher assistants, bus aides, custodians and others.
Layoffs and Job Reductions; Education (K-12); Teachers and School Employees; Budgets and Budgeting;
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Education

Private Preschools See More Public Funds as Classes Grow

Across the country, states and districts are increasingly funneling public funds to religious schools, private nursery schools and a variety of nonprofit organizations that conduct classes.
Education (Pre-School); Education (K-12); Private and Sectarian Schools; Budgets and Budgeting;
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Health

Medicare Panel Urges Cuts to Hospital Payments for Services Doctors Offer for Less

A Medicare payment-advisory panel said Friday that Congress should move to cut payments to hospitals for many services that can be provided at lower cost in doctors’ offices.
Medicare; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Hospitals; Doctors;
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Opinion

Million-Anecdote Baby

If Obamacare works, the game will be over for those doomsayers who oppose the most significant change in American life in a generation’s time.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Reform and Reorganization;
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Health

Life, Interrupted: The Cost of Cancer

When I blow out my birthday candles next month, I’ll celebrate being alive. But my 25th birthday will also mark a countdown to the date when I will no longer be eligible to stay on my parents’ insurance.
Cancer; Doctors; Finances; Health Insurance and Managed Care;






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