Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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Business Day

McDonald’s Opens in Vietnam, Bringing Big Mac to Fans of Banh Mi

The fast-food giant is opening its first restaurant in the country, which some see as one of Asia’s last consumer markets with significant untapped potential.
Fast Food Industry 

It is so sad that the food is not healthy for people.
 
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U.S.

Arizona: Man Gets 30 Years in Case Tied to Fast and Furious

Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, who is from the Mexican state of Sinaloa, was convicted in the 2010 killing of the agent, Brian Terry, near the Arizona-Mexico border.
Firearms 

The G.O.P. finds the success of Fast and Furious inexcusable.
 
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1914: Barnyard Gaiety at the Paris Poultry Show

The fifteenth Paris Poultry show opened in the Grand Palais in 1914 with many technological novelties, as The New York Herald reported.
Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows; Poultry 

"To judge from the hundreds of models of incubators at the show, one might imagine for a moment that all life was a mechanical affair, depending upon a box with heat in it — not too much and not too little. And everything is done automatically."

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World

Canada: Healthy Baby Is Delivered by Woman Declared Brain-Dead

The child was born over the weekend to Robyn Benson in Victoria, British Columbia, after she was declared brain-dead because of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Pregnancy and Childbirth; Babies and Infants; Medicine and Health 

"To judge from the hundreds of models of incubators at the show, one might imagine for a moment that all life was a mechanical affair, depending upon a box with heat in it — not too much and not too little. And everything is done automatically."

Postmortem gestation worked this time.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza_virus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H7N9#Human_to_human_transfer_of_virus

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Automobiles

Child Crash Deaths Decline 43%

More than 9,000 children 12 or younger died in car crashes during the decade covered by a federal report.
Automobiles; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Children and Childhood 

We could design adjustable four point restraint for the front passenger seat.  Five point would be only a bit harder.
That would require holes or slots in the seat back.
 
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U.S.

West Virginia: Doctors Still Warning Some About Water

A county health official said doctors were advising some patients not to drink tap water, weeks, after it was deemed safe from a chemical contamination.
Water; Water Pollution; Hazardous and Toxic Substances 

At a guess the water in Charleston has not been safe to drink for decades.
 
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Dining & Wine

Video: Wine-Braised Oxtail

Melissa Clark braises oxtail with red wine, carrots and celery root for flavorful, fork-tender meat.
Meat; Recipes

Lovely idea.

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Dining & Wine

Ode to a Slow-Cooked Oxtail

This meat is best eaten by picking the pieces up in your hands, then gnawing the bones.
Cooking and Cookbooks; Meat 

A dish for the season.
 
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T:Style

Food Matters | A Pilgrimage to a Plate

With his Michelin-starred restaurant, In De Wulf, Kobe Desramaults is the latest innovative chef to turn a remote corner of Belgium — into a culinary somewhere.
Chefs; Cooking and Cookbooks; Meat; Restaurants 

It might be good to own a cafe.
I do not want to cook in or manage one.
If the chef is enthusiastic the food will be good.

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U.S.

Panel Won’t Change Naproxen Labels

A panel convened by the Food and Drug Administration concluded that naproxen, the active ingredient in Aleve, did not pose a lower risk of cardiovascular problems than ibuprofen and similar pain drugs.
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Labeling and Labels 

Use aspirin if you can.
 
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Health

Drug Shortages Continue to Vex Doctors

Most common are shortages of sterile injectable drugs, partly because the factories that make them are aging and prone to quality problems.
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Shortages 

A shortage is guaranteed to raise the profit margin.
 
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Magazine

Add a Little Turf to the Surf

Meat gives an extra shot of flavor to fish stew.
Seafood; Cooking and Cookbooks; Meat; Recipes 

The meat will offend the vegetarians among us.
It does not offend me.
 
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U.S.

Is It Unethical for a Zoo to Kill a Healthy Giraffe?

Do zoos have a responsibility to try to ensure that all animals under their care live a long and healthy life? Or, do zoos have a different mission?
Ethics (Institutional); Zoos 

I think the Zoo was excessively sensitive.
 
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U.S.

Ethics Panel to Review Lawmaker’s Spending

At issue is how Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington paid for her campaign to become chairwoman of the Republican Conference.
Ethics (Institutional); Campaign Finance 

A falling out among the G.O.P. is welcome.
"Tempest in a teapot"
 
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U.S.

Ex-Mayor Confronts List of Transactions at His Corruption Trial in New Orleans

A prosecutor confronted C. Ray Nagin, who is facing 21 federal charges, with a lengthy series of financial records.
Corruption (Institutional); Ethics (Institutional) 

A stupid set of actions.

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World

Preserving Routine Amid Rising Violence

Bombings have ebbed but have never retreated over the years in the working-class Shaab area of Baghdad.
Terrorism; Iraq War (2003-11); Bombs and Explosives 

This is not our problem until the Iraqi government asks for help.

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Automobiles

Vehicle Dependability Declines Significantly in J.D. Power Study

In its annual study, J.D. Power found that engine and transmission problems topped the list of reliability concerns.
Automobiles 

They are shaving too much off material costs.

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U.S.

Florida Man Is Denied Bail in Killing at a Movie Theater

Curtis J. Reeves Jr., a retired Tampa police captain, was denied bail on charges of second-degree murder. He shot Chad Oulson, a man who was texting in a theater.
Murders and Attempted Murders; Bail; Self-Defense; Text Messaging 

I doubt we will get gun control in Florida soon.
 
19
Sports

North Carolina Beats Duke

The Tar Heels snapped a three-game overall losing streak, a seven-game slide against their fiercest rivals and claimed their first win at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2008.
Basketball (College) 

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/02/12/sports/ncaabasketball/ap-bkc-t25-south-florida-uconn.html?ref=ncaabasketball

"HARTFORD, Conn. — DeAndre Daniels scored 12 points to lead a balanced UConn offense in an 83-40 rout of South Florida on Wednesday night.
Freshman Kentan Facey added 10 points for the 24th-ranked Huskies (19-5, 7-4 American Athletic Conference), who held the Bulls to just 12 baskets and 24 percent shooting.
Musa Abdul-Aleem had eight points for South Florida (12-13, 3-9) which has lost three of its last four games.
They were never in this one."

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U.S.

Ethics Panel to Review Lawmaker’s Spending

At issue is how Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington paid for her campaign to become chairwoman of the Republican Conference.
Ethics (Institutional); Campaign Finance 

Witch hunting.  "A tempest in a teapot."

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