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Technology

Intuit Statement on Tax Policy

Apr 15th 2015

In response to questions, David Williams, Intuit’s chief tax officer, sent a statement outlining the company’s positions on debates over tax policy.

Tax Preparers and Preparation; Federal Taxes (US) 

The management of Intuit likes their incomes.

There is a moral tangle at the root of the income tax that I did not bother to learn.

The tax has been tested in court and survives.

Personal reporting is required for that survival.

Until our congress can agree on a new tax code the kludge serves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax 

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005921.html#ixzz0x3i3fPTZ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

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Magazine

Breakfast Gets New Life at Jessica Koslow’s Sqirl

By MARK BITTMAN | Apr 15th 2015

In a gritty corner of Los Angeles, a young chef is putting bright twists on old classics.

Cooking and Cookbooks; Eggs 

The cooking is not a problem.

Planing meals ahead and portion control for one is my difficulty.

Far more than I would like perishes in my refrigerator.

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Technology

Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes?

By FARHAD MANJOO | Apr 15th 2015

The maker of the TurboTax tax preparation program opposes return-free filing, a system that might eliminate the use of its software.

Tax Preparers and Preparation; Federal Taxes (US) 

I would like to run my life out of my back pocket.

I find I cannot do so.

I would like to have the society I live in operate without social engineering.

It cannot do so.

I will prepare my taxes.

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Opinion

Shaming Those Who Skip Out on Taxes

By RICARDO PEREZ-TRUGLIA and UGO TROIANO | Apr 15th 2015

What if your neighbors and co-workers knew you hadn’t paid?

Taxation; Tax Evasion; Privacy 

Conviction without trial should not be permitted in the U.S.

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Business Day

Study Finds Broad Rise in Medication Use by Those Newly Joining Medicaid

By KATIE THOMAS | Apr 14th 2015

In the IMS study, patients with Medicaid in states that expanded access to the program filled 25.4 percent more prescriptions than in the previous year.

Medicaid; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Health Insurance and Managed Care 

The change is the intended effect.

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Science

Easy Solution for Shrimpers and Smelt Alike

By INGFEI CHEN | Apr 13th 2015

In a surprisingly effective conservation measure, inexpensive LEDs keep threatened fish from shrimp trawling nets in Oregon.

Shrimp; Fishing, Commercial; Endangered and Extinct Species; Light-Emitting Diodes 

Regulation is viewed as the problem by the fishermen.

The large bycatch  is the problem for the fishery.

The regulations should be applied.  

They will make the lights and excluders mandatory.

Everyone wants the fishery to survive.

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Real Estate

House Hunting in ... Mexico

By MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER | Apr 15th 2015

Puerto Escondido, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, is less commercialized and developed than better-known beach resorts like Cancun or Puerto Vallarta, and home prices there have remained fairly consistent.

My problem is social contact.
I do not do it automatically.
Patent law assumes individual efforts.
Copyright assumes the same.
Adding a language barrier only adds to the problem.

There is a broader conflict between society and novelty I need to consider.

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Education

Corinthian Colleges Fined for Bogus Job-Placement Claims

By TAMAR LEWIN | Apr 14th 2015

The Education Department has fined Corinthian Colleges $30 million for misrepresenting the job placement rates at its Heald College.

Colleges and Universities; Labor and Jobs 

This is the first news I have had of this action.

The need was well publicized.

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N.Y. / Region

New York State Erases Fees Seen as Nuisances to Business

By JESSE McKINLEY | Apr 14th 2015

Some 300,000 individuals and entities in New York State no longer have to make the nuisance payments, which were eliminated by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Budgets and Budgeting; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) 

Antique survivals that should have been raised long ago if the state is to run on user fees.  

The Democrats won this round.

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Travel

Customizing Your Own Blend at Wineries and Hotels

By SHIVANI VORA | Apr 15th 2015

Wine is no longer limited to imbibing; properties and vineyards around the world are offering winemaking workshops.

Travel and Vacations; Wines; Champagne (Wine); Hotels and Travel Lodgings 

I do not have an educated palate.

I have only a limited interest in getting one.

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The Upshot

Why Survival Rate Is Not the Best Way to Judge Cancer Spending

By AARON E. CARROLL | Apr 13th 2015

For many cancers in the United States, we’ve made little headway in mortality rates, which is a different measure altogether.

Cancer; Preventive Medicine; Research; Prostate Cancer; Breast Cancer 

"I am sure there are many people who believe that $400,000 isn’t too much money to give a woman with breast cancer an additional year of quality adjusted life. But this is money we can’t then spend on other treatments or other therapies that might do more good for more people."

Aaron Carroll assumes that funds are limited.

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Opinion

Keep Patients Healthy, and Doctors Sane

By CAROL W. CASSELLA | Apr 15th 2015

The new Medicare bill will help us focus on the quality, not quantity, of care.

Health Insurance and Managed Care; Medicare; Doctors 

Yes.

The Republican Party has not properly modeled society.

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Science

Juvenile Sea Turtles Are No Slackers

By SINDYA N. BHANOO | Apr 13th 2015

Contrary to the notion that the young turtles merely drift with ocean currents, they work hard to find favorable habitats, a study found.

Oceans and Seas; Turtles and Tortoises; Science and Technology 

If the turtles' diet is jelly fish they must work hard.  

Jellies do not appear to be dense food. 

Constant eating looks like the only way for them to survive.

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World

China Limits Neighbors’ Visits to Hong Kong After Smuggling Complaints

By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG | Apr 13th 2015

Residents of Shenzhen, the mainland city just across the border, will be allowed just one trip per week, the ministry that issues visas has announced.

Smuggling

The complaints may be fiction.

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Business Day

Experimenting at Home With Air Quality Monitors

By KATE GALBRAITH | Apr 15th 2015

More people are tinkering with personal devices to measure pollution, but experts caution that the technology is not always reliable or user-friendly.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Air Pollution

Fix your air.

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U.S.

Doctor in Menendez Case Is Indicted on Medicare Fraud Charges

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 14th 2015

Dr. Salomon Melgen of Florida was accused of a fraud that the government says brought him more than $105 million, charges that are separate from those he faces in the corruption case of Senator Robert Menendez.

Medicare; Frauds and Swindling

Same man, different action.

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Opinion

Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth?

By THOMAS B. EDSALL | Apr 15th 2015

Redistribution is in trouble, and that is likely to tie American politics in knots for many years to come.

Health Insurance and Managed Care; Income Inequality

Thomas B. Edsall is wrong.

If he is not I may be at odds with the federal government.
The threat of civil disorder will be great.
I am not pleased at the prospect of civil war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Saez 
https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/ikuziemko/papers/kuziemko-norton-saez-stantchevaNBER13.pdf
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Mechanical_Turk
https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome

http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/11/poq.nft025.abstract
Matthew Luttig is not in the Wikipedia.
https://www.google.com/search?q=+matthew+luttig&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Edsall has found deeply biased studies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman

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U.S.

Federal Judge Keeps Marijuana on List of Most Dangerous Drugs

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 15th 2015

The decision came in a case in California in response to a motion by defense lawyers to dismiss charges over an alleged cannabis growing operation.

Marijuana; Hashish; Medical Marijuana

yes.

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Technology

Creating a Windows Recovery Drive

By J. D. BIERSDORFER | Apr 13th 2015

For owners of computers without floppy or CD drives, they can use a pocket flash as a start-up device instead.

Computers and the Internet; Windows (Operating System); Web Browsers; Mobile Applications

I run Firefox 37.01 and will update.
Click "open menu" at the right end of the Firefox task bar.
At the bottom there is a question mark on a black dot. Click it to open the help menu.
Click "About Firefox".  The update should run automatically.
Alternatively click the help menu on the task bar or type alt H, click About Firefox.
One can always download a new copy if one can get to Mozilla.org.
Loading the stub onto a thumb drive works to get XP on line initially.

I have dvd drives and "live disk" systems. 

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Food

Restaurant Review: Meat Hook Sandwich in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

By PETE WELLS | Apr 14th 2015

Big letters and bold flavors at Meat Hook Sandwich in Brooklyn.

Restaurants; Sandwiches

On reading, I am enthusiastic.

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