Thursday, August 1, 2013

@20:33, 7/31/13

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N.Y. / Region

Free Legal Advice

Metropolitan Diary: Free legal advice bounced back when a tailor used it on the customer who had provided it.
Corporations; Landlords; Law and Legislation; Renting and Leasing (Real Estate); 

We have the rule of law still.
2
Opinion

The Silent Partner Behind the Shale Energy Boom - Taxpayers

A closer look at the public investments behind the private success of a shale-fracking pioneer.
Drilling and Boring; Energy and Power; Hydraulic Fracturing; Inventions and Patents; Natural Gas; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Shale; 

I will have to find flow histories on fractured wells.
3
Health

Making the Case for Eating Fruit

Fresh fruit should not become a casualty in the sugar wars, many nutrition experts say.
Diabetes; Diet and Nutrition; Fruit; Obesity; Sugar; Weight; 

Fresh fruit is luxury.
4
N.Y. / Region

Beauty School Students Left With Broken Promises and Large Debts


Welcome good work.

5
Style

I Do Not Want My Daughter to Be 'Nice'

My daughter is kind and compassionate, but she will not smile unless either she is genuinely glad to see you or you’re telling her a joke that has a scatological punch line.
Customs, Etiquette and Manners; Gender; Parenting; Toys; Women and Girls; 

Ok by me.
6
Business Day

U.S. Financial Firm Courts Start-Ups in Brazil

In recent months, one of SVB Financial Group’s subsidiaries, Silicon Valley Bank, has added venture capital firms and young companies in Brazil as clients. And SVB Capital, another subsidiary, expects to make new investments in South American venture capital firms.
Economic Conditions and Trends; Start-ups; Venture Capital; 

A puff piece for SVB Financial.
7
Style

Choking Still Sends Too Many Children to the E.R.

What food item is most likely to cause children to choke? Candy.
Children and Childhood; Emergency Medical Treatment; Food; Parenting; Research; 

Chewing helps.
8
Business Day

Help! I'm Not a Numbers Person!

In debt and and barely breaking even, the owner of a small business goes looking for help: “I just want out!”
Accounting and Accountants; Beauty Salons; Entrepreneurship; Small Business; 

Jay Goltz is being intentionally confusing.  There is getting the units to match which he is skipping over. Mostly multiplying monthlies by twelve to get yearlies.
Do the arithmetic and it is much clearer.

9
Magazine

Uncovering the Truth Behind a Twisted Anti-Abortion Tale


Acceptance on faith.

10
N.Y. / Region

Bronx Courts Trim Big Backlog, With Outside Judge at the Helm

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Your Money

In Search of Romance, and Maybe a Refund


I can try to provide romance on demand.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/fashion/02Small.html?_r=1&src=tp

12
World

Debate Over Controversial Delhi "Encounter" Continues

Debate over the controversial 2008 gun battle in Batla House area of Delhi continues.
Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Murders and Attempted Murders; Police; Sentences (Criminal); Terrorism;

All opinion, no facts.
 
13
World

House Weighs Iran Measure Amid Doubts on Timing

14
Technology

Daily Report: Cellphone Tracking Without Warrant Is Upheld

16
Technology

Apps That Know What You Want, Before You Do

Technology companies are rushing into predictive search, developing apps like Google Now that process digital clues to anticipate what users want to know.
Mobile Applications; Privacy; Artificial Intelligence;

No.
 
17
N.Y. / Region

Fight Over Plan for Natural Gas Port Off Long Island

Supporters say the port would create jobs and lower energy costs, but opponents worry that it could be exploited as an export business.
Natural Gas; Environment;

Not a great idea.
A heavily trafficked area of open sea.
18
World

13th-Century Alleyways and a Modern Plague of Illegal Renovations

Beijing is losing many of its hutongs, the traditional Chinese alleyways that date to the 13th century, and gaining a bevy of illegal, outsize construction in their places.
Building (Construction); Historic Buildings and Sites;

whine.
 
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N.Y. / Region

A Summer Internship at a Place Where Most People Stay for Good

Woodlawn has enlisted four University of Pennsylvania graduate students to help clean and restore some of its 1,316 mausoleums and 150,000 monuments and gravestones.
Cemeteries; Death and Dying; Historic Buildings and Sites;
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Opinion

The Brutality of ‘Corrective Rape’

South Africa has one of the world’s highest rates of sexual assault, and particularly insidious is “corrective rape” — the rape of gay men and lesbians to “cure” them of their sexual orientation.
Homosexuality; Sex Crimes; Constitutions;

Constant agitation.  
The problem is real.
There is no easy solution. 
Eventually people learn.

sleep.

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