Friday, April 24, 2015

@15:45, 4/23/15

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Business Day

Blue Bell Recalls All Products After Listeria Outbreak

Tests indicated that products from the ice cream maker Blue Bell Creameries were the source of an infection that has killed three, the C.D.C. said.
Food Contamination and Poisoning; Listeriosis; Recalls and Bans of Products 

Listeria is sometimes found in raw eggs.

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Business Day

Video: Blue Bell C.E.O. Apologizes for Recall

In a video message on Monday, Paul Kruse, Blue Bell’s chief executive and president, apologized for recalling products on the market after two samples of ice cream tested positive for listeria.
Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts; Food Contamination and Poisoning 

"“We’re committed to doing the 100 percent right thing, and the best way to do that is to take all of our products off the market until we can be confident that they are all safe,” Mr. Kruse said in a news release."

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Business Day

Blue Bell Issues Recall for All Its Ice Cream

Two samplings of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeriosis, a food-borne illness.
Listeriosis; Food Contamination and Poisoning 

I have had no ice cream since Christmas. 
I will not eat any soon.

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Travel

Restaurant Report: Athlete Eats in St. Louis

In a world torn between 1,200-calorie entrees and 200-calorie energy bars, Athlete Eats makes a bid for the middle.
Travel and Vacations; Restaurants 
  
I have no fear of grain. 

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Travel

For Visitors to the Florida Keys, More Hotel Choices

The room capacity of the Florida Keys has been on the rise, with nine new or substantially renovated hotels spread along the 125-mile island chain.
Travel and Vacations; Hotels and Travel Lodgings 

When I have gone there I was working.

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World

Trial Starts for Members of Neo-Fascist Golden Dawn Party in Greece

The proceeding on charges including membership in a criminal organization and murder will decide the fate of the third-largest party in the Parliament.
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides 

Another distraction suppressed.

http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2015/04/24/a-new-deal-for-greece-a-project-syndicate-op-ed/#more-7767

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Business Day

Troubling Interdependency of Water and Power

As the climate changes and populations grow, resource managers and environmental advocates warn that scarcity of either water or power could mean shortages and rising costs of both.
Hydroelectric Power; Water; Drought 

Get the numbers right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot
325,851 37 U.S. gal or ≈ 325,853.383688 U.S. gal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower
"The mechanical horsepower, also known as imperial horsepower, of exactly 550 foot-pounds per second is approximately equivalent to 745.7 watts."
 550/745.7 = .7376 ftlb/sec per watt or1.356 watt seconds/foot pound
about 2,655,360 ft.lb. per kilowatt hour or 331,920 gallon feet per kilowatt hour.

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World

Denmark: Bestiality Is Banned Amid Concerns of Sex Tourism

The bill amends a previous ban on intercourse that harms animals.
Sex; Law and Legislation; Animals 

Ok

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U.S.

Promising Full College Credit, Arizona State University Offers Online Freshman Program

The university, working with the online course provider edX, will begin a low-cost program that will be available worldwide with no admissions process and full credit.
E-Learning; Colleges and Universities 

The completion rate will stay low.
Schools must offer the preparatory work on line 
or offer courses that start from low levels.  

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Opinion

Wind Energy’s Role

Michael Goggin of the American Wind Energy Association responds to an Economic Scene column.
Wind Power 

We come to the question of why there are no wind farms in cities.
Turbulence, noise and dead birds to start.

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World

Niger: Meningitis Closes Schools

Niger has begun a campaign to vaccinate children aged 2 to 15 in an effort to halt a meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 85 since January.
Meningitis; Vaccination and Immunization; Meningococcal Meningitis; Education (K-12) 

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/niger/index.html

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Opinion

Farming Sunshine by the Megawatt

An ambitious array of more than 50 large-scale solar energy farms is in the works across five Long Island towns.
Solar Energy; Land Use Policies 

Development continues.

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Business Day

A Challenge From Climate Change Regulations

Utility companies say that blackouts may be generated as they try to remake the electrical power system.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Power Failures and Blackouts 

Do the engineering now.

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Opinion

Double the N.I.H. Budget

It’s insane that we spend so much on health care and so little on research.
Alzheimer's Disease; Federal Budget (US); United States Politics and Government; Research; Dementia 

Fine by me. 
I want to see it happen without a trade off.
The price that was asked for the "doc fix" was "no federal money for abortions". 

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Business Day

Catching Waves and Turning Them Into Electricity

Ocean waves seem a promising source of renewable energy but remain largely experimental, though companies have developed various designs over the last two decades.
Tidal and Wave Power 

The feasibility study is not  presented here.

Wave energy is important to beaches.
Reduce it and get unexpected sand bars.

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Opinion

Eat Up. You’ll Be Happier.

The French discourage picky eaters, as a threat to the social bond.
Food; Diet and Nutrition; Vegetarianism; Social Conditions and Trends 

Yes

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Business Day

Liquid Batteries for Solar and Wind Power

So-called flow batteries can provide energy steadily over time and last much longer than other types of storage.
Batteries; Alternative and Renewable Energy 

OK, a new one to me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery

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Business Day

Listeria Leads to Major Ice Cream Recall

In a rare move, Blue Bell recalled all its ice cream and other products after a succession of smaller recalls failed.
Food Contamination and Poisoning; Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts; Listeriosis; Recalls and Bans of Products 

Blue Bell is working on the problem.

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The Upshot

Why Workers Without Much Education Are Being Hammered

Employers’ bargaining power and practices, and the forces of automation and globalization — a double whammy — are sending salaries sinking.
Labor and Jobs; Wages and Salaries; Education; Factories and Manufacturing; Minimum Wage 

Depression.   There is no demand.
U.S.

Research Suggests Pest

 

 

icide Is Alluring and Harmful to Bees

Bees apparently preferred to consume sugar that contained a type of pesticide because the nicotine-like substance affected their brains.
Bees; Pesticides 

ok

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