Friday, October 18, 2013

@11:00, 10/17/13

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N.Y. / Region

Morning on the PATH Train

Metropolitan Diary: A New Jersey commuter’s poem about the subterranean underground that separates suburb and city.
Commuting; Suburbs; 

Northern New Jersey is part of the port of New York.
It is no more a suburb than Brooklyn or Astoria.
It is a true zombi in parts.
 
2
World

Between Big Cities, a Road Passes the Russia Left Behind

Along the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg — a 12-hour trip by car — one sees great neglected stretches of land that seem drawn backward in time.
Roads and Traffic; Infrastructure (Public Works); Rural Areas; 

I-95 is depressing but much of the surface is good. 

The price of fuel is not so high as to collapse the suburbs yet.
We have stopped talking about company towns 
by changing the name to suburb.
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Business Day

Why Don't More Owners Open Their Books?

The two objections I hear most often from owners are these: I don’t want to share salary information, and I don’t want to reveal my profits.
Small Business; Workers' Compensation Insurance; 

Competitive advantage.
Competing businesses should not know ones margins.
 
4
World

Japan: Many Dead or Missing After Typhoon

A powerful typhoon struck eastern Japan on Wednesday, causing landslides and floods that left at least 17 people dead and 43 missing, the police said.
Typhoons; Deaths (Fatalities); Landslides and Mudslides; Floods; 

It is the only thing they could do.
 
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Business Day

Russians and Belarus Ease Strains in a Dispute

Russia has opened a criminal investigation into the chief executive of the potash producer Uralkali, and will request his extradition from Belarus.
Potash; Extradition; Embezzlement; 

People do not like to be nationalized.
 
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Booming

Advice About Sleep Deficiency in Midlife, Part 3

Orfeu Marcello Buxton, a neuroscientist, addresses questions about the effects of sleep deprivation, whether damage can be reversed, sleep apnea and the impact of alcohol.
Sleep; Apnea (Sleep Disorder); Caffeine; Biorhythms; Alcoholic Beverages; Insomnia; 

Good advice.
 
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N.Y. / Region

In Times Square, a Friendly Jab at Atheists

A Christian group is perhaps getting an early start on the billboard wars between believers and nonbelievers that often pop up during the holidays.
Atheism; Advertising and Marketing; Evangelical Movement; Outdoor Advertising; 

My right to privacy weighed against another persons freedom of religion.

8
Dining & Wine

For Some, an Appliance; for Others, Art

Whether for nostalgia, utility or aesthetic appeal, vintage mixers are widely admired and obsessively acquired.
Collectors and Collections; Antiques; Home Appliances; 

Every designer my age or older did a mixer.
 
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Business Day

Settlement Report Finds Banks Giving Timely Mortgage Relief

Under the $25 billion national mortgage settlement intended to help at-risk homeowners, more gave up their homes in short sales than stayed in their homes through debt reduction.
Mortgages; Banking and Financial Institutions; Foreclosures; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Credit and Debt; Subprime Mortgage Crisis; 

The mortgage mess is getting cleared.
 
10
World

Greece’s Parliament Clears Way for More Charges Against 6 Right-Wing Lawmakers

The move paves the way for prosecution of members of the Golden Dawn, an anti-immigrant party that prosecutors have called a criminal organization.
Legislatures and Parliaments; Murders and Attempted Murders; Assaults;

Greek politics continue.
There will be an election soon.
 
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Opinion

It’s Not Only Mothers and Children

Anti-poverty programs unfairly shortchange childless adults.
Poverty; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Medicaid; Food Stamps; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; 

Yes
 
12
Opinion

Conjuring Up Our Own Gods

Knowing God intimately is hard, and maybe hard-wired, too.
Religion and Belief; Evangelical Movement; Psychology and Psychologists; Meditation; Prayers and Prayer Books; Brain; 

yes

Human contact is better.
 
13
Movies

The Blood and Tears, Not the Magnolias

Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” based on the true story of Solomon Northup, drives straight to the heart of the cruelties of oppression.
Movies; Slavery; 

Educational.
 
14
World

As Drilling Practice Takes Off in U.S., Europe Proves Hesitant

The temptation to follow the United States in extracting shale gas from rock presents Europeans with contentious trade-offs.
Hydraulic Fracturing; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Shale; Coal; Natural Gas; 

There is an inelastic demand for energy.  
The politics of supply are changing.
 
15
Opinion

Africa’s Trauma Epidemic

Billions of dollars have poured into the continent to fight killer diseases. But the most basic killer, injury, is neglected.
Emergency Medical Treatment; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Disasters and Emergencies; 

"The healer with the knife" is still the way of Africa.

People are in surplus.
 
16
Style

A Little Bit Pregnant: The Numbers Game

They say you can’t be a little pregnant, but in I.V.F. it’s different. The embryo may implant – but it may be a bad embryo.
In Vitro Fertilization; Miscarriages; Parenting; Pregnancy and Childbirth; 

Read and perhaps understood.
 
17
Multimedia

Anonymous Men, Made Real

An exhibition seeks to restore the humanity and immediacy of the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Army, the first black regiment raised in the North during the Civil War.
Art; Blacks; Civil War (US) (1861-65); Monuments and Memorials (Structures); Photography; Race and Ethnicity; 

Remember.
 
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N.Y. / Region

In Brooklyn, Questioning Violent Death Near Capitol

Friends and family shared memories and impassioned defenses of Miriam Carey, the woman shot and killed in a car chase in Washington, at her wake on Monday.
Funerals and Memorials; Attacks on Police; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; 

The right has no monopoly on crazy.
 
19
Opinion

Shrinking Hours

How did a “one hour” psychotherapy session get to be 50 minutes?
Therapy and Rehabilitation; Psychology and Psychologists; Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; 

Short changed.
 
20
World

Japan’s Leader Rejects Visit to War Shrine

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refused calls to visit a controversial Tokyo war shrine, in an apparent effort to avoid angering Asian neighbors including China.
International Relations; World War II (1939-45); 

Diplomacy is a better way.

Dealing with the aftermath is never easy.




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