Sunday, September 8, 2013

@22:00, 9/7/13

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1
Travel

In Dallas, a Garden Designed for Children

The Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden at the Dallas Arboretum will focus on teaching young visitors about the natural world.
Flowers and Plants; Gardens and Gardening; Travel and Vacations; 

The human world is a sad place without children.
We have removed children from the world we live in.
We have consigned them to reservations.  
 
2
Opinion

To Protect Voting Rights

Representative Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, responds to an editorial.
Voting Rights Act (1965); Voter Registration and Requirements; Voting and Voters; Editorials; States (US); Blacks; Discrimination; Identification Devices; 

The franchise has always been limited.
Making the limitations fair is a challenge.
 
3
Opinion

From Flooded Homes to Saltwater Marsh

One shoreline community in New York is the only one so far to embrace an ambitious post-Sandy plan.
Hurricane Sandy (2012); Real Estate and Housing (Residential); 

We will have to retreat from the lowest areas soon.
This retreat will be progressive moving with the rise in sea level.
 
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Science

Research Cites Role of Warming in Extremes

In examining a dozen extreme weather events last year, scientists found evidence that human activity was a partial culprit in about half.
Global Warming; Research; Drought; Hurricane Sandy (2012); Weather; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Carbon Dioxide; 

The noise of natural variability in the weather is much larger than the
change in the base line of climate.  
The changes are not apparent without statistical analysis.  
Some people find this confusing.
 
5
Sports

Positive Drug Tests Confirmed for Jamaican Athletes

The backup doping tests have come back positive for the former 100-meter world-record holder Asafa Powell, his teammate Sherone Simpson and three other Jamaican athletes.
Doping (Sports); Tests (Drug Use); Track and Field; 

"Say it aint so Joe" is credited to a young fan of the Chicago Black Sox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeless_Joe_Jackson
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Arts

At Toronto Film Festival, an Emphasis on Justice

Filmmakers make the case that their movies can help show the way through problematic issues.
Adoptions; Festivals; Movies; Toronto International Film Festival; 

Most of the Russian birth mothers love their children.
To have them adopted into a strange and very foreign distant culture is more traumatic than their accidental death.  
The ban on external adoption is several kinds of political pandering.

7
Opinion

Fighting Poverty, and Critics

Jeffrey Sachs is trying to help villages in Africa, but is his work making a difference?
Humanitarian Aid; Poverty; Books and Literature; 

There is no question that the work has made a difference to Jeffrey Sachs.
That is what is easy to know.
The learning in the process was the goal.
I will be interested to see how things change as the knowledge is applied.
 
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U.S.

New Inquiry for Bachmann on Her Presidential Race

A federal inquiry is seeking to determine whether an outside “super PAC” coordinated strategy with Representative Michele Bachmann’s campaign staff in violation of election laws.
Campaign Finance; Political Action Committees; Ethics (Institutional); United States Politics and Government; 

Michele Bachmann is considered to be certifiably insane by the left.
The G.O.P. appears to agree.
 
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Business Day

The Old Are Working, but Not the Young

People over 60 are more likely to have jobs than at any time in at least three decades. But younger workers are still having trouble finding jobs.
Age, Chronological; Labor and Jobs; Men and Boys; Recession and Depression; Unemployment; United States Economy; Women and Girls; 

Yes
 
10
Opinion

Betting on the Apocalypse

What can we learn from Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich’s famous wager over the earth’s carrying capacity?
Metals and Minerals; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Environment; Global Warming; 

Malthus won.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Malthus
 
11
World

China Debates Effect of Trial’s Rare Transparency

There are competing arguments about whether the trial of Bo Xilai, the former official charged with bribetaking, has contributed to progress in establishing rule of law.
Courts and the Judiciary; 

The trial had the desired effect or it did not.  The verdict is not the result of the trial.
 
12
U.S.

A New Law Gives Hope to an Inmate on Death Row

Texas lawmakers approved a law, the first of its kind in the nation, that allows courts to grant defendants like Robert Avila new trials in cases in which forensic science has evolved.
Forensic Science; Law and Legislation; Prisons and Prisoners; Capital Punishment;

He has earned his new trial.
 
13
Style

E-Cigarette Marketers Have an Eye on Teens

With sports sponsorships, celebrity pitchmen and flavors like cola and cherry crush, e-cigarette marketers look to be aiming their product squarely at teens — and new numbers suggest that it’s working.
Advertising and Marketing; Parenting; Smoking and Tobacco; Teenagers and Adolescence; Youth; 

Nicotine is an addictive drug.  It does not matter how it is ingested.
 
14
Sports

Bolt to Quit After 2016 Olympics

Usain Bolt said he planned to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Olympic Games; Olympic Games (2016); Track and Field; 

ok
 
15
Business Day

Judge Sets Restrictions for Apple on E-Books

Apple will face restrictions in its agreements with publishers, but not the extensive government oversight sought by the Justice Department.
Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; E-Books and Readers; Book Trade and Publishing; 

A Pyrrhic victory.
 
16
World

Investing in a Future for Asia’s Young Women

Wedu aims to help women in Southeast Asia gain access to higher education through microfinancing, mentoring and counseling.
Education; Women and Girls; Microfinance; 

I wish them well.
 
17
World

Israel Backs Limited Strike Against Syria

Israel sees the enforcement of President Obama’s “red line” as essential to halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and seems to prefer an attack that would maintain the status quo without strengthening either side.
Biological and Chemical Warfare; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); International Relations; United States Defense and Military Forces; 

A rap on the knuckles.
 
18
Real Estate

For Cheaper Homes, Skip Manhattan

Real estate in the other boroughs is a comparative steal. And you might even get a tree or a backyard.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); 

One can pay as much as one wishes.
Transportation is still the problem.
 
19
Education

Harvard Business School Case Study: Gender Equity

An aggressive program intended to foster female success brought improvements, but also resentment and uncertainty.
Women and Girls; Gender; Labor and Jobs; 

An "old boys club".
 
20
World

Rodman, Leaving North Korea, Assails Obama on U.S. Captive

The former basketball star Dennis Rodman on Saturday professed his admiration for North Korea’s dictator while angrily rejecting calls that he use his pull to help a detained American.

Everything has a price.




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