Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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World

Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back

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Opinion

As Comics Say, 'These Kids Today! I Tell Ya!'

Those less-liberated college days of long ago look pretty bad from here.
Colleges and Universities; Sex; 

We were very ignorant.  I know I was.
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N.Y. / Region

Building Blocs, Not Lofts

It was evident in two City Council districts in Brooklyn that New York’s immigrant communities helped shape the results of the primary elections.
Voting and Voters; Gentrification; Hispanic-Americans; 

Community is important.
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Home & Garden

A Passion and Then a Solace


Neither for me just now.

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Theater

Taking the Reins, Then Hanging On


Colorado will need some help.

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N.Y. / Region

Water, Now Fire, and Shore Nightmare Goes On


Just a fire.  Insurance should pay.
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U.S.

Administration Rejects Union Pleas on Health Law


Management already has the subsidy.

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Opinion

Collusion in the Potash Market

Trust busting proposed.
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U.S.

Michigan: Governor to Be Questioned

Gov. Rick Snyder is a questionable person.
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N.Y. / Region

After Blaze, a Two-Carousel Boardwalk Comes Full Circle

A fire that tore through six blocks in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Thursday left the Boardwalk with just one carousel.
Carousels; Fires and Firefighters; Antiques; 

Nothing that cannot be replaced was destroyed.
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U.S.

GTT ★

Our quirky, discerning picks for the most interesting things to do around the state this week.
Art; Rap and Hip-Hop; Horses; Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows; Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations; Music; 

Horses.
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N.Y. / Region

Stringer Defeats Spitzer in Comptroller Primary

Eliot Spitzer lost his bid for political redemption on Tuesday when he was defeated in the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller by Scott M. Stringer.
Elections; Primaries and Caucuses; 

Yes.
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Business Day

A Reinvented Condé Nast Traveler Sets a New Course

A print and social media campaign for the revised magazine will carry the theme “I am a Traveler” with the subtheme, “Every Journey Begins Here.”
Advertising and Marketing; Magazines; Travel and Vacations; 

Some work to do first.
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Technology

From Myspace’s Ashes, Silicon Start-Ups Rise

Almost every member of Myspace’s founding team has begun a new venture, and many are among the leaders of Los Angeles’s blossoming start-up industry, Silicon Beach.
Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Computers and the Internet; Start-ups; 

Money helps.
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U.S.

Texas: Cartel Leaders’ Brother Sentenced in Money Laundering

The brother of two Mexican cartel leaders was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a money laundering operation from a horse ranch in Lexington, Okla., for his brothers.
Drug Cartels; Sentences (Criminal); Money Laundering; 

Whack-a-mole.
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Opinion

It’s Not ‘Mess.’ It’s Creativity.

Need inspiration? Make a mess.
Organization; Creativity; Research; Psychology and Psychologists; 

There is an optimum level of mess. 
Extreme mess blocks the next project.
Extreme neatness also slows progress.  

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Arts

Hip-Hop, Tolerance and a D.J.’s Bared Soul: He’s Tired of Denial

Mister Cee discussed some of the particulars of his indiscretions with a frankness that has virtually been unheard of in the genre.
Music; 

ok
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N.Y. / Region

Water, Now Fire, and Shore Nightmare Goes On

The day after a beachfront blaze destroyed dozens of businesses on the Jersey Shore, owners struggled to summon what it would take to start over so soon after starting over.
Fires and Firefighters; Hurricane Sandy (2012); 

This is what insurance is for.
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Business Day

New Metric for Colleges: Graduates’ Salaries

PayScale offers an alternative to the U.S News rankings of universities, listing them by the average earnings of their graduates. Not everyone agrees with that approach.
Colleges and Universities; Graduation Rates; Wages and Salaries; Labor and Jobs; 

A job, a career or a vocation.  Majors matter.
   
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World

Syria Talks Yield Plan to Discuss Peace Conference

Friday’s talks followed Secretary of State John Kerry’s insistence that Syria quickly disclose data about its chemical arsenal and that Russia show its seriousness about securing the weapons.
Biological and Chemical Warfare; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); United States International Relations; 

looks good so far.

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World

Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back

A proposal by the United States and New Zealand to create a huge ocean reserve in Antarctic waters has been sharply reduced after opposition from Russia and other nations with large fishing industries.
Oceans and Seas; Fishing, Commercial; Conservation of Resources; 

Just a bad idea.  There are not plenty of fish in the sea.

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Opinion

As Comics Say, 'These Kids Today! I Tell Ya!'

Those less-liberated college days of long ago look pretty bad from here.
Colleges and Universities; Sex; 

 We, as a nation, are still learning.
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Home & Garden

A Passion and Then a Solace

Advertisement
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Theater

Taking the Reins, Then Hanging On

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N.Y. / Region

Water, Now Fire, and Shore Nightmare Goes On

6
U.S.

Administration Rejects Union Pleas on Health Law

7
Opinion

Collusion in the Potash Market

8
U.S.

Michigan: Governor to Be Questioned

9
U.S.

GTT ★

Our quirky, discerning picks for the most interesting things to do around the state this week.
Art; Rap and Hip-Hop; Horses; Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows; Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations; Music; 

Horses.
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N.Y. / Region

Stringer Defeats Spitzer in Comptroller Primary

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Business Day

A Reinvented Condé Nast Traveler Sets a New Course

A print and social media campaign for the revised magazine will carry the theme “I am a Traveler” with the subtheme, “Every Journey Begins Here.”
Advertising and Marketing; Magazines; Travel and Vacations; 

Good luck with that.
12
Technology

From Myspace’s Ashes, Silicon Start-Ups Rise

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Opinion

It’s Not ‘Mess.’ It’s Creativity.


N.Y. / Region

Building Blocs, Not Lofts

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Business Day

At Labor Group, a Sense of a Broader Movement

After decades of decline, the energy and focus at this week’s A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention signaled, as one union president put it, “our need to put some movement back in the labor movement.”
Labor and Jobs; Organized Labor; Immigration and Emigration; Collective Bargaining; 
It is time to get busy.
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N.Y. / Region

Water, Now Fire, and Shore Nightmare Goes On

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U.S.

Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies

Rebecca Ann Sedwick, 12, leaped to her death from a platform at an abandoned cement plant near her home in Florida, in a case that highlights the growing use of cellphone apps for cyberbullying.
Bullies; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Computers and the Internet; Text Messaging; Children and Childhood; Cellular Telephones; Social Media; 

The world of an adolescent is very small.  The virtual world is smaller still.
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World

U.S. and Russia Reach Deal to Secure Syria’s Chemical Arms

Under a “framework” agreement, international inspectors must be on the ground in Syria by November, Secretary of State John Kerry said, at a news conference with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov.
Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); United States Defense and Military Forces; Biological and Chemical Warfare; United States International Relations; 

Good.
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Business Day

New Metric for Colleges: Graduates’ Salaries



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Opinion

Are Depression’s Causes Biological?

Mental health professionals respond to a Sunday Review article by the Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel.
Mental Health and Disorders; Psychology and Psychologists; Depression (Mental); Genetics and Heredity; 

Sometimes.
2
Technology

The Many Mysteries of Air Travel

Air turbulence won’t crash a plane, and nothing happens when lightning hits a plane. A pilot and blogger answers the questions that many fliers have.
Airlines and Airplanes; Airport Security; Aviation Accidents and Safety; 

Thank Pogue for the quick review.
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World

Brazil: Answers Are Sought on N.S.A. Spying

President Dilma Rousseff said Monday that Brazil would seek an explanation over a news report that the National Security Agency had spied on the national oil company.
Espionage and Intelligence Services; 

The NSA looks at everything!

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N.Y. / Region

Christie Pledges Support for Fire-Ravaged Towns

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Sports

Days Are Numbered for 2 Soccer Goal Records

Miroslav Klose of Germany and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal are close to breaking longstanding standards for their national teams, proving again that records are made to be broken.
World Cup 2014 (Soccer); 

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U.S.

In State Records, Little Evidence to Back Stricter Abortion Law

Proponents of the legislation have argued that it was necessary to make clinics safer. But a review of state inspections before the law was passed did not find a significant safety issue.
Abortion; Accidents and Safety; Law and Legislation; 

Just an excuse.
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Opinion

As Comics Say, 'These Kids Today! I Tell Ya!'

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N.Y. / Region

Voter Voices: Stop-and-Frisk Policing

Voters in New York share their views on stop-and-frisk policing.
Elections, Mayors; Search and Seizure; Racial Profiling; 

End it.
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Opinion

Civil Rights Justice on the Cheap

The 50th anniversary of a church in Birmingham, Ala., offered an opportunity for truth and reconciliation. But it has ended up a ceremonial affair.
Reparations; Civil Rights and Liberties; Blacks; Segregation; Terrorism; 

The compensation and reward is victory.  
It is not conquest and loot.
It is an end to systematic oppression and exploitation.

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Autos

Radnor Hunt Concours Attracts Top-Shelf Samples of Automotive History

Held outside Philadelphia last weekend, the Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance featured a rich assortment of racecars, Art Deco vehicles and motorcycles.
Antique and Classic Cars; Art Deco; Automobiles; Le Mans Auto Race; 

All toy cars.   Expensive toy cars.
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Health

A Family Says 'Enough'

The long, unlikely struggle to get a pacemaker disconnected.
Dementia; Elder Care; Pacemakers; 

The policy has changed.
We have not installed a pacemaker.
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U.S.

Police Question Zimmerman About a Domestic Dispute

George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who was cleared of charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, was said to have threatened his wife and his father-in-law.
Assaults; Domestic Violence; 

I will celebrate when Zimmerman is sentenced to at least a year and a day.
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N.Y. / Region

Puzzlement Outside the Mouse House

Metropolitan Diary: A visitor to the Bronx Zoo is overheard wondering why the visitor’s companion is interested in mice.
Mice; 

One could run an L.E.D. off a hamster wheel.  Use a battery for load leveling.
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Autos

Frankfurt Motor Show: Nismo Introduces Smart Watch to Monitor Vehicle and Driver

Although it is still a concept, Nissan’s motorsports-inspired wristwatch measures driver parameters and vehicle performance characteristics.
Automobiles; Wearable Computing; 

No.
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Health

Camels Linked to Spread of Fatal Virus

The animals are the most likely intermediary in the transmission from bats to humans of the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
MERS (Middle Middle East Respiratory Syndrome); Camels; Bats; Viruses; 

Another plague for Peru.  This is an early report.  
The link between the bats and the camels is unreported.  Guano in the forage is a possibility.  Pets kept in a shed.
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Opinion

Late-Summer Links

A reading selection to mark the season’s end.
Agriculture and Farming; Deaths (Obituaries); Diet and Nutrition; Food Contamination and Poisoning; Genetic Engineering; Irrigation; Labeling and Labels; Lunch and Breakfast Programs; Poultry; Salmonella (Bacteria);

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_controversies
No perceptible health effects specifically linked to
Genetic Modification.
The World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the British Royal Society, and every other respected organization that has examined the evidence has come to the same conclusion: consuming foods containing ingredients derived from GM crops is no riskier than consuming the same foods containing ingredients from crop plants modified by conventional plant improvement techniques.
American Association for the Advancement of Science[1]

 
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Magazine

The Fear That Dare Not Speak Its Name

“Blue Jasmine” touches on an aging woman’s clammiest fear: You’ll wind up as a bag lady. Now, which female filmmaker will step up and make the definitive bag-lady movie?
Movies; Women and Girls; Longevity;

We will figure out  ways to keep you off the streets.
 
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Business Day

Why Labor's Share of Income Is Falling

A loss of workers’ bargaining power at a time of high unemployment explains the decline in labor’s share of income far more than globalization, technology or the financial sector’s rise, an economist writes.
Income Inequality; Labor and Jobs; Organized Labor; Productivity; United States Economy; Wages and Salaries;

When supply exceeds demand the price falls.
There are a plethora of reasons most of labor is in surplus.

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Magazine

A Young Gymnast’s Body Is Mysteriously Transformed

A painful, protruding belly bewilders all the specialists.
Medicine and Health; Athletics and Sports;

Messy.
 
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U.S.

Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies

Rebecca Ann Sedwick, 12, leaped to her death from a platform at an abandoned cement plant near her home in Florida, in a case that highlights the growing use of cellphone apps for cyberbullying.
Bullies; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Computers and the Internet; Text Messaging; Children and Childhood; Cellular Telephones; Social Media; 

Socialization is a critical period.  Middle School  7 - 9  13 - 15 years old.
Most people survive. 
There is no escape on line.
It must be effectively taught that there is life without the internet.

Social life can be all of life. 
Social life does not have to include all of public life.

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