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World

India's Doubting Fathers and Sons Embrace DNA Paternity Tests

By ANJALI THOMAS | Aug 16, 2013

An increasing number of Indians is taking DNA paternity tests to overcome doubts about their parents and children.

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Forensic Science; Laboratories and Scientific Equipment; Law and Legislation; Tests (Medical); 

Why the Rabbinate defines a Jew as the child of a Jewish mother.

 

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Booming

After 45 Years, They’ve Proved the Doubters Wrong

By ERIKA ALLEN | Aug 16, 2013

Rebecca and Jerome Walker, who met and married as students, kept up their determination to make their lives work.

Marriages; Love (Emotion); Families and Family Life; United States Defense and Military Forces; Blacks; Therapy and Rehabilitation; Divorce, Separations and Annulments; 

It has been a test of time.

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Opinion

A Nuclear Submariner Challenges a Pro-Nuclear Film

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Aug 16, 2013

A former Navy nuclear engineering officer criticizes a film defending nuclear power.

Alternative and Renewable Energy; Documentary Films and Programs; Electric Light and Power; Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011); Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Weapons; Physics; Plutonium; Radiation; Submarines and Submersibles; 

The Navy probably spiced their training of nuclear watch officers with fear.

John Dudley Miller presents an emotional argument against a proposed approach to a larger problem.

We must continue with the design process.

Future designs must be tested and considered on their own merits.

There is an element of contingency in the film Dr. Miller ignores.

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Technology

Adjusting the OS X Security Settings

By J. D. BIERSDORFER | Aug 16, 2013

Help for computer users who want to download programs on to their Mac without the overzealous security questions.

Mac OS (Operating System); Computer Security; Software; Computers and the Internet; 

"To install a blocked program manually from the Mac’s desktop, right-click (or hold down the Control key and click) the program’s icon. In the drop-down menu that appears, choose Open and then click the Open button in the alert box to proceed with the installation."

The Skype instructions are direct.  I have not installed Skype.  

You can dial a phone number from Skype.

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Opinion

The Tarzans of Vietnam

By LIEN HOANG | Aug 16, 2013

The discovery of two men who have lived in the wild for 40 years exposes the trappings of modern life in Vietnam.

Agriculture and Farming; Food Contamination and Poisoning; Land Use Policies; Luxury Goods; Privatization; Urban Areas; Vietnam War; 

Real hermits are not that common.  People need some social life.

Two is a very minimal unit.

 

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Opinion

How to Really End Mass Incarceration

By VANITA GUPTA | Aug 15, 2013

Holder’s announcement is only a first step.

Prisons and Prisoners; Crime and Criminals; Mandatory Sentencing; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Sentences (Criminal); Minorities; States (US); 

Unwilling education is the best punishment.

The "curse" of the Buddha:

"Things will never again be as once they were".

 

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Opinion

Muslim Malaise

By HUMA YUSUF | Aug 15, 2013

Muslims in Britain fear that the killing of a British soldier by Muslim men may bring broad Islamophobia.

Assaults; Defense and Military Forces; Discrimination; Mosques; Murders and Attempted Murders; Muslims and Islam; Ramadan; September 11 (2001); Vandalism; 

Getting some hostility was the object of the murder.

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Opinion

Libertarian Populism and Its Critics

By ROSS DOUTHAT | Aug 16, 2013

How critics underestimate the hot new right-of-center idea, and how they get its weaknesses right.

Homosexuality; Liberalism (US Politics); Libertarianism (US Politics); Marijuana; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships; Taxation; 

All I can find is obfuscation.

 

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U.S.

Custody Battle Continues Despite Ruling by Justices

By DAN FROSCH | Aug 14, 2013

A case that has become a focus for debate about adoptions of American Indian children in addition to being emotionally wrenching for the parents involved.

Adoptions; Native Americans; Child Custody and Support; 

Let us dodge this kind of political fight if we can.

 

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Style

Becoming the Parent With the Child in the Wheelchair

By SANDRA JOY STEIN | Aug 16, 2013

When your child is suddenly stricken with a devastating illness, you learn to navigate encounters with families who knew you before your lives changed.

Disabilities; Encephalitis; Hospitals; Parenting; 

Not what I want to do with the rest of my life.

Then it was not a choice.

 

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Opinion

Marco Rubio's Un-American Dream

By THOMAS B. EDSALL | Aug 14, 2013

No.

 

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Health

A Powerful Tool in the Doctor's Toolkit

By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D. | Aug 15, 2013

How caregivers present and administer treatments has a powerful effect on clinical outcomes.

Doctors; Medicine and Health; Nursing and Nurses; Placebos; 

I do what I can.

 

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Opinion

'Liberated Carbon, It'll Turn Your Night to Day'

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Aug 16, 2013

Andy Revkin performs his song about humanity’s love affair with fossil fuels for a room full of climate scientists and communicators.

Coal; Energy and Power; Global Warming; Music; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Persian Gulf War; 

Japanese usurpation - "let me do that for you".

 

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Business Day

Vermont Sisters With Roots in News Embrace Small-Town Papers

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Aug 16, 2013

Three twenty-something daughters of a 5th-generation newspaper family have thrown themselves into the business, and the papers they run have thrived.

Newspapers; Hiring and Promotion; News and News Media; Advertising and Marketing; 

Community is important.

 

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Health

Heart Stents Still Overused, Experts Say

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR | Aug 15, 2013

Some experts say that part of the problem is simply that many patients, and even some doctors, incorrectly regard coronary artery disease as a plumbing problem.

Angioplasty; Doctors; Heart; Stents (Medical Devices); 

Probable.  I should get checked . . .

 

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Home & Garden

The Passive House: Sealed for Freshness

By SANDY KEENAN | Aug 15, 2013

Passive houses are tentatively taking root in the United States. But their environmental benefits may cost too much to make a movement.

Energy Efficiency; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Sustainable Living; Architecture;

First cost is very important to commercial builders.

Operating cost is the buyer's problem not the builder's.

 

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Business Day

Fearing Obsolescence, a Company Charts Its Reinvention

By STACY PERMAN | Aug 15, 2013

When a Web marketing and communications company discovered its hardware system was out-of-date, it set out on the giant — and ultimately successful — task of remaking the company.

Computers and the Internet; Advertising and Marketing; Small Business; E-Mail; 

Microsoft marketing.

 

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U.S.

Businesses Back Greenhouse Gas Emissions Law

By NEENA SATIJA | Aug 16, 2013

The Texas law, which orders the state to regulate greenhouse gases, had the support of many of the companies that will need new permits to expand or construct facilities.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Law and Legislation; Corporations; State Legislatures;

Limits to competition.

 

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Business Day

BP Sues U.S. Over Contract Suspensions

By STANLEY REED | Aug 15, 2013

The lawsuit seeks to overturn a ban that was imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010); United States Politics and Government; Suits and Litigation (Civil); 

Another cost of business.   

 

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Opinion

Wildlife Services’ Mission

Aug 15, 2013

An Agriculture Department official objects to an editorial criticizing one of its programs.

Animals; Agriculture and Farming; 

Animal pests can be a problem.  

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