Thursday, August 22, 2013

@10:10, 8/21/13

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Health

Doctors Who Profit From Radiation Prescribe It More Often, Study Finds

The Government Accountability Office found that many doctors who recommended a common prostate cancer therapy had financial relationships with treatment providers.
Radiation; Prostate Cancer; Doctors; Conflicts of Interest; Cancer; Medicare; 

Many people including doctors are in it for the money.
When faith becomes fraud remains uncertain.
The legal system tries to resolve the uncertainty.
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Booming

Coffin Shopping for Mom

With Mom in an assisted-living facility, I recently planned and prepaid her funeral, keeping in mind what she chose for my Dad’s 12 years earlier.
Funerals and Memorials; Death and Dying; Baby Boomers; Parenting; 

Her money thus her decision.
3
Opinion

Other Voices: Sturgeon Moon

A river, a full moon, and memories of an endangered leviathan.
Endangered and Extinct Species; Environment; Sturgeon (Fish); Sustainable Living; 

I can live well without killing sturgeon.
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Opinion

Learn to Talk in Beggars’ Cant

In a time when speech is subjected to unprecedented scrutiny, the safest way to express a subversive thought is to clothe it in unfamiliar garb.
Language and Languages; Cryptography, Codes and Ciphers; Surveillance of Citizens by Government; Freedom of Speech and Expression; Privacy; 

Cant requires conspiracy.
Real knowledge is far more satisfying than guessing in a fog of uncertainty.
5
World

A Bangalore Ambulance Driver's Battle with Traffic

Breaking traffic rules to save lives in Bangalore.
Ambulances; Emergency Medical Treatment; Hospitals; Police; Roads and Traffic; Traffic Accidents and Safety; 

Let the price of motor fuel rise.
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Business Day

Privatization Chief Quits After Another Misstep in Sales of Greek Assets

A vacation ride on the private jet of an oil magnate leads to an ouster, but the government in Athens insists that large sell-offs are still on track.
Privatization; European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- );

Growing instability.
7
Science

160-Million-Year-Old Fossil of an Omnivore

The fossil, found in China, was of a fast-running, agile omnivore that resembles the modern-day African dormouse.
Fossils; Paleontology; Mammals; 

The habit of eating most things started early.
8
Opinion

Tech Love Isn’t Forever

So, you think you and your iPhone are inseparable?
Computers and the Internet; Consumer Behavior; Blackberry (Handheld Device); iPhone; 

As what we do changes our devices change.
The iPhone is an entertainment device.
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Opinion

Target Practice With Mr. Lincoln

Why was the president shooting guns on the Washington Mall?
Civil War (US) (1861-65); Firearms; Inventions and Patents; 

Because procurement wanted to sleep.
 
10
Books

Scholar Saw a Multicolored American Culture

Mr. Murray, whose prose style was influenced by jazz and the blues, wrote about black culture as inextricable from American culture.
Writing and Writers; Jazz; Deaths (Obituaries); Music; Blacks; Books and Literature; Civil Rights and Liberties; 

A man and a subject I do not know.
I agree that there is an American culture though it has branches.
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Business Day

Coming Full Circle in Energy, to Nuclear

In the post-oil embargo quest for energy alternatives, nuclear power stumbled and coal surged. It may be time to reverse that.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Nuclear Energy; Coal; Alternative and Renewable Energy; 

The least bad alternative.
"If nuclear power is to play a leading role combating climate change, it should start now."
The design process should be running.
12
Opinion

The Real Costs of Policing the Police

Taxpayers should understand that stop-and-frisk reforms will cost millions of dollars and may ultimately not be needed.
Search and Seizure; Racial Profiling; Police; 

John Timoney does not admit that his is a lost cause.
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Business Day

Europe Set to Impose Sanctions on Faroe Islands Over Herring

The European Commission said it would enact sanctions against the North Atlantic territory in a growing dispute over fishing quotas.
Embargoes and Economic Sanctions; Fishing, Commercial; Fish and Other Marine Life; International Trade and World Market; 

I will wait for the UN decision.
The Faroes may have a case.
The EU has been self serving in the past.
14
U.S.

Suicides Worry Experts at Big Jail in Capital

Four inmate suicides at the District of Columbia’s jail since November have mental health experts concerned about what they say is a lack of supervision.
Prisons and Prisoners; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Mental Health and Disorders; 

They should worry.  These people were not sentenced to death.
 
15
Sports

Out of Track’s Doping Scandal, Redemption and Progress

Kelli White’s positive test 10 years ago began a new era in track and field because she decided to help anti-doping organizations in their fight.
Doping (Sports); Tests (Drug Use); Steroids; 

Confession followed by retirement works for the athlete.
The sport is left with a problem; the record book.
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Business Day

Court Gives Kodak Approval to Leave Bankruptcy

The ruling means Eastman Kodak Company is on track to emerge as a much smaller digital imaging company as early as Sept. 3.
Bankruptcies; Inventions and Patents; Cameras; Stocks and Bonds; 

I just don't care.  
Management has saved little that mattered to me.
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Autos

Petersen Automotive Museum Announces Exterior Redesign

The Petersen Automotive Museum announced that its building would get a striking new facade by early 2015.
Antique and Classic Cars; Architecture; Automobiles; Museums; Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance (Car Show); 

Yuck.
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Opinion

The Debate Over School Standards

Readers react to an article about opposition to national education standards.
Tests and Examinations; Education (K-12); Teachers and School Employees; 

Skills first.
When the children have some skills they can learn to think.
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N.Y. / Region

In a Cab, a Pre-Bloomberg New York

Metropolitan Diary: A cigarette user had several unkind observations about some of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s rules on smoking and bicycling.
Bicycles and Bicycling; Elderly; Smoking and Tobacco; Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; 

The cab industry would not pay for powered doors.
I no longer smoke.  I am glad of the general ban on the practice.
I hope we get as good a mayor next time.  It does not look promising.
 
20
Science

The Wild Past of Domestic Cats

Domestic cats’ genetic profiles resemble those of the Near Eastern wildcat, and researchers theorize that domestication occurred in a region where there was a need for rodent control.
Cats; Genetics and Heredity; 

OK.


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@15:30

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Opinion

Cannabis Country

Uruguay may soon become the first country in the world to fully regulate the production, sale and distribution of marijuana.
Black Markets; Consumer Behavior; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Foreign Investments; Law and Legislation; Marijuana; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Third World and Developing Countries; Women's Rights; 

Uruguay is recognizing facts.
2
Booming

Coffin Shopping for Mom

With Mom in an assisted-living facility, I recently planned and prepaid her funeral, keeping in mind what she chose for my Dad’s 12 years earlier.
Funerals and Memorials; Death and Dying; Baby Boomers; Parenting; 

If she is Jewish, do Jewish unless she has made other plans.
3
Books

Scholar Saw a Multicolored American Culture

Mr. Murray, whose prose style was influenced by jazz and the blues, wrote about black culture as inextricable from American culture.
Writing and Writers; Jazz; Deaths (Obituaries); Music; Blacks; Books and Literature; Civil Rights and Liberties;
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4
Business Day

Coming Full Circle in Energy, to Nuclear

5
Business Day

Europe Set to Impose Sanctions on Faroe Islands Over Herring

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U.S.

Suicides Worry Experts at Big Jail in Capital

7
Sports

Out of Track’s Doping Scandal, Redemption and Progress

8
Business Day

Court Gives Kodak Approval to Leave Bankruptcy

9
N.Y. / Region

In a Cab, a Pre-Bloomberg New York

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Health

How Exercise Can Help Us Sleep Better

If you habitually experience insomnia, exercise can help you sleep better, a new study found. But it can take up to four months before you see results, and you may sleep worse on days you exercise.
Exercise; Insomnia; Sleep;

Keep running.
 
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Science

The Wild Past of Domestic Cats

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Magazine

The Hard Life of Celebrity Elephants

Being a star elephant in Kerala, India, is not as glamorous as you’d think.
Elephants; Cruelty to Animals; Corruption (Institutional);

Te shows are endangered.  That just means more pressure to perform.
 
13
World

Image of the Day: August 21

A man working on environmentally friendly models of Hindu god Lord Ganesh in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Hinduism; Sustainable Living;

The patron god of bankers.
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World

As Divers Find Sixth Body, Mumbai Firefighters Recall a Burning Waterfront

Divers have found six bodies of Indian sailors killed in Mumbai submarine explosion.
Fires and Firefighters; Maritime Accidents and Safety; Rescues; Submarines and Submersibles;

One third done.
 Bad procedure to have free hydrogen in a closed chamber.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Stringer’s Claim of ‘Money Laundering’ by Spitzer Starts a Legal Debate

Scott M. Stringer has made the accusation against Eliot Spitzer, his rival in the Democratic primary for city comptroller, but legal experts say he didn’t misuse funds to pay for prostitutes.
Elections, Comptrollers; Money Laundering; Prostitution;

Mud slinging.
 
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Autos

Petersen Automotive Museum Announces Exterior Redesign

The Petersen Automotive Museum announced that its building would get a striking new facade by early 2015.
Antique and Classic Cars; Architecture; Automobiles; Museums; Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance (Car Show);

Ugly building.
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N.Y. / Region

Empty Prison in Chelsea Is Now a Valuable Piece of Real Estate

The state is proceeding with its plans to sell or lease the Bayview Correctional Facility, a medium-security women’s prison, and differing visions for the building have already emerged.
Hurricane Sandy (2012); Prisons and Prisoners; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Shutdowns (Institutional);

Flop house?
 
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Business Day

Treasury Auctions Set for the Week of Aug. 19

The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
Stocks and Bonds; Credit and Debt; States (US); Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions;

Buy common stock of solid businesses.
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Opinion

The Debate Over School Standards

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World

A Call for Aid, Not Laws, to Help Women in Italy

Attacks in the wake of an announcement of measures to counter domestic abuse have bolstered criticism from some who say stiffer penalties alone are not enough to protect women.
Women and Girls; Domestic Violence; Murders and Attempted Murders;

These are ordinary crimes.
There is no need for special laws.
Marriage  or partnership implies no special immunity from prosecution.
 


Time to sleep again.

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