Saturday, July 13, 2013

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N.Y. / Region

Ready Access to Plan B Pills in City Schools

Through a patchwork of nurses’ offices and independent clinics at New York City schools, girls can get free emergency contraceptives.
Plan B (Contraceptive); Women and Girls; Birth Control and Family Planning; Education (K-12); 

The best we can do just now.
 
2
Fashion & Style

A Masculine Silhouette, Tailored for Her

More untraditional fashion brands and style blogs are catering to female customers who dress and act in ways traditionally associated with men.
Suits (Apparel); Fashion and Apparel; Women and Girls; Homosexuality; Weddings and Engagements; Transgender and Transsexual; 

Why not?
 
3
Health

Anxiety Lingers Long After Cancer

A new analysis finds that within two years of a cancer diagnosis, the pervasiveness of depression in patients and their spouses tends to drop back to roughly the same levels as in the general population, only to be replaced by another mind-demon: anxiety, which can even intensify as time passes.
Anxiety and Stress; Cancer; Depression (Mental); Emotions; Mental Health and Disorders; 

I am glad of every day.  Giving up anxiety was easy.  
 
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World

Step Right Up, Kids, the Predator Is Ready

In Russia, land of the risk taker, circuses routinely allow children to have their picture taken with dangerous animals.
Circuses; Children and Childhood; Animals; Photography; Tigers; Accidents and Safety; 

A very strange set of values.  
5
World

Differences on Cybertheft Complicate China Talks

The Obama administration’s hopes of persuading Chinese leaders to crack down on the daily barrage of theft and espionage over the Internet are likely to be difficult.
United States International Relations; Computers and the Internet; Industrial Espionage; Intellectual Property; Surveillance of Citizens by Government; Cyberattacks and Hackers; 

It is difficult to ask others to behave better than we behave.
 
6
U.S.

Racial Makeup of Red and Blue America

In the House of Representative, districts represented by Democrats are, together, only slightly more than half white and nearly one quarter Hispanic. Republican districts are roughly three-quarters white, and only one in nine residents is Hispanic.
Immigration and Emigration; Law and Legislation; Race and Ethnicity; Redistricting and Reapportionment; United States Politics and Government; 

Damning.
 
7
Business Day

Computer Snag Limits Insurance Penalties on Smokers

A software glitch involving the new health care law may mean that some smokers won’t bear the full brunt of tobacco-user penalties that could have made their premiums much higher, at least for the first year.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Smoking and Tobacco; 

Just noise.
Put the smokers in the pool.  They are a known bad risk.
 
8
World

Brazil’s Workers Take to Streets in One-Day Strike

The “National Day of Struggle,” organized by labor unions and focusing on issues like wages and benefits, disrupted ports and blocked some highways essential to commerce.
Strikes; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Organized Labor; 

Better to have a fair deal.
 
9
Health

Blaming the Patient, Then Asking Forgiveness

In a TED talk that has struck a chord with many, Dr. Peter Attia admitted to something he believes many doctors may be guilty of. The compassion for overweight patients often may not be as deep as it is for those who are sick for other reasons.
Diabetes; Doctors; Empathy; Obesity; TED Conference; Weight; 

Interesting that there is no reference to fructose.
I have been using the assumption that complex carbs are not the problem.
I think avoiding fructose is working.
 
10
U.S.

Mayor of San Diego Apologizes Over Treatment of Women

Mayor Bob Filner refused to resign in response to sexual harassment accusations leveled by prominent allies.
Sexual Harassment; Women and Girls; Apologies; 

There will be a special election soon.
 
11
Business Day

Law Spoils Tobacco’s Taste, Australians Say

Sales figures are not available to help determine the effectiveness of an Australian law requiring graphic images on cigarette packages. But some smokers swear there has been a change in the tobacco.
Smoking and Tobacco; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Advertising and Marketing; Labeling and Labels; 

Prejudice is perception.
 
12
Health

Depression Alters Young Brains

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, researchers have found brain changes in preschool-age children with depression that are not apparent in their nondepressed peers.
Brain; Children and Childhood; Depression (Mental); Mental Health and Disorders; 

An early step.   Sometimes  the world is depressing.

13
U.S.

Missouri Set Aside Too Much to Cover Cost of Disasters in 2011

Disasters cost the state $36 million, a lot less than the $150 million that Gov. Jay Nixon set aside. Legislative budget leaders said that the money was an unnecessary budget manipulation.
Budgets and Budgeting; Disasters and Emergencies; 

The tea party will never be happy.
 
14
Multimedia

The Sweet Sounds of Endangered Birds

Pivoting from combat photography to photographing song birds, David Guttenfelder contends that other species need a voice too.
Animal Migration; Birds; Cruelty to Animals; Photography; 

Where is the Audobon Society?  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audobon_Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BirdLife_International
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BirdLife_International#Regional_work
A sad table:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Birdlife_International_national_partner_organisations

15
Science

Genetic Differences That Let Octopods Flourish

Hemocyanin, a protein that delivers oxygen to the tissues of octopods, has different genetic properties in different climates, researchers find.
Octopus; Research; Evolution (Biology); Genetics and Heredity; 

I see no statement that the hemocyanin is different in different climates.
Early days.
 
16
Opinion

My Life, Post Exposure

If the drugs worked, I would never know if I might have been infected with H.I.V. or not.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Sex; 

Very scarey.  

17
Arts

Tower and Cell, Signifying Much More Than a Prison

The new National African American Museum for History and Culture has acquired two relics of the Angola penitentiary in Louisiana, which has historical roots in slavery.
Museums; Blacks; Prisons and Prisoners; Slavery; 

We know some of the history.
 
18
U.S.

Young Immigrants Stage Citizenship Ceremony at the Capitol

Four hundred young immigrants held their own version of a citizenship ceremony, as part of a campaign to push legislation through the House that would offer citizenship to millions of undocumented immigrants.
Illegal Immigration; Immigration and Emigration; United States Politics and Government; Youth; 

Still just noise.  
19
Business Day

Diverging Debate at Fed on When to End Stimulus

Although more Fed officials want the bond-buying program to end sooner, Ben S. Bernanke, the central bank’s chairman, said the overall policy would remain unchanged.
United States Economy; Quantitative Easing; Interest Rates; 

Not at any time soon.  Bernanke probably will be continued.
 
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Opinion

Questions for the F.B.I. Nominee

Is James B. Comey as independent as he’s been made out to be?
Surveillance of Citizens by Government; Torture; Interrogations; Civil Rights and Liberties; 

Is there a better person?








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