Sunday, June 2, 2013

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Opinion

Experts Foresee No Detectable Health Impact from Fukushima Radiation

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | May 31, 2013
A new international assessment of the Fukushima nuclear disaster foresees no discernable rise in health risks in Japan.
Accidents and Safety; Cancer; Energy and Power; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan); Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011); Nuclear Energy; Radiation; 

Yes.
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Booming

Different in Many Ways, Both Know Compromise Is Not a Weakness

By ERIKA ALLEN | May 31, 2013

Let us begin.

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World

Myanmar: Concern Over 2-Child Limit

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 28, 2013 

Upsetting Buddhists requires concerted effort.
 
4
Technology

Q&A: Choosing a Windows Tablet

By J.D. BIERSDORFER | May 31, 2013 

I hate touch screens for most things.
 
5
Opinion

Take Back the Asphalt

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | May 31, 2013 


Good idea.  The methods are questionable.
 
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Dining & Wine

Make Peace With Meat

By MARK BITTMAN | May 29, 2013
Yes.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Prosecutor’s Office Is Accused of Detaining Trial Witnesses

By MOSI SECRET | May 30, 2013
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Business Day

Little Cause for Inflation Worries

By CATHERINE RAMPELL | May 31, 2013
The price index favored by the Federal Reserve, focusing on so-called “core inflation,” shows its lowest year-over-year rise since the government started keeping track more than five decades ago.
Consumer Behavior; Inflation (Economics); United States Economy;

Forcing spending cuts will do that.
Her reasoning is specious.
 
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N.Y. / Region

A Second Democrat Calls for Silver to Resign

By JESSE MCKINLEY | May 29, 2013
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Theater

Can’t Smell or Breathe, but Checks Keep Coming

By ANITA GATES | May 31, 2013
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Home & Garden

Namaste, My Little Chickadee

By RIMA SUQI | May 30, 2013
Michele Quan’s handpainted ceramic houses are designed for small birds.
Birds; Interior Design and Furnishings; Ceramics and Pottery;

A very nice price!
 
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World

King Gives Up Royal Yacht, but Donors Want It Back

By RAPHAEL MINDER | May 28, 2013
The businesspeople who gave the $27 million, 136-foot yacht to King Juan Carlos of Spain 13 years ago want him to return it rather than give it to the government.
Boats and Boating; Gifts;

Spain is broke.
 
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Sports

M.L.S. Club Owner Has Latinos-Only Policy, Suit Says

By SAM BORDEN | May 31, 2013
Dan Calichman and Ted Chronopoulos charge in a lawsuit that they were fired by an M.L.S. club, Chivas USA, because they are not Latino.
Soccer; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Hispanic-Americans; Discrimination; Coaches and Managers; Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations;

They will have a hard time proving their contention to me.
Not so hard in Southern California.
 
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Business Day

China’s Food Deal Extends Its Reach, Already Mighty

By STEPHANIE STROM | May 30, 2013
A Chinese takeover of a large American pork producer has prompted concern about China’s expanding role in the American food supply and the implications that might have for food safety.
Pork; Food Contamination and Poisoning; International Trade and World Market; Food;

Fear mongering.

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U.S.

Is ‘No Fun’ Sign Next? California Beach Bonfires May Be Doused

By IAN LOVETT | May 31, 2013
Air quality regulators, citing pollution and health risks, have proposed removing more than 800 fire pits that dot the coastline of Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Beaches; Air Pollution; Law and Legislation;

The fires were there before the houses.
The whiners can close their windows or join the party.  Possibly both.
 
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Real Estate

Transactions

By ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY | May 29, 2013
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Renting and Leasing (Real Estate); Real Estate (Commercial);

Your choice.
 
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Health

Sorghum Salad With Cucumbers, Avocado and Cherry Tomatoes

By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN | May 28, 2013
Cooking the grains until they splay helps them absorb the dressing.
Medicine and Health; Diet and Nutrition; Recipes; Salads;

Simple and easy.
 
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World

With Few Clues, Afghan Pathologists Try to Put Names to Torture Victims

By ROD NORDLAND | May 29, 2013
Using outdated equipment and sometimes faced with mangled remains, doctors seek to identify Afghans who were detained by a Special Forces team and disappeared.
Torture; Deaths (Fatalities); Missing Persons; United States International Relations; Forensic Science; Afghanistan War (2001- );

C.S.I. is fiction.
Rod Nordland needs a better chain of evidence.
 
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World

Grim Task of Identifying Factories’ Dead Overwhelms Bangladeshi Lab

By JIM YARDLEY | May 31, 2013
Anger over the Rana Plaza collapse has intensified the pressure on a small lab struggling to make DNA matches with the remains of about 300 unidentified victims.
Rana Plaza Building Collapse, Bangladesh (2013); Deaths (Fatalities); DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Accidents and Safety; Factories and Manufacturing; Fashion and Apparel;

Desperate people  and free money.  A riot every time.
 
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Health

Understanding Hoarding

By JAN HOFFMAN | May 28, 2013
In the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, hoarding is now defined as a distinct disorder.
Hoarding; Mental Health and Disorders;

I fight the impulse.  Stuff piles up,  Most of it is just opportunity.

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U.S.

On Victory Day, Rabbi Honors Red Army’s Jewish Veterans

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN | Jun 1, 2013
They defeated Hitler, but they did so on behalf of the Soviet Union, whose own anti-Semitism led millions of its Jews to flee once they were able.
Jews and Judaism; Veterans; Holocaust and the Nazi Era; World War II (1939-45); Anti-Semitism; 

Earned honors.
The Russians have not learned.  Past events are facts.  Edits of history make no changes there.

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Opinion

The Impending Deluge

By BRIAN FAGAN | Jun 1, 2013
Rising sea levels in a warming world threaten us with ever more sudden cataclysms.
Global Warming; Floods; Oceans and Seas; Disasters and Emergencies; Weather; Refugees and Displaced Persons;

I dispute the detail.  Brian Fagan is excessively hopeful.
The seas will rise and the low coasts will be abandoned.
The populations that leave will have to find homes.
We will fight a  long depressing losing battle with storm surge.
 
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Booming

On Path to Priesthood, and Then He Fell for Her

By ERIKA ALLEN | May 31, 2013 

As soon as you can is best.
 
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Business Day

China’s Food Deal Extends Its Reach, Already Mighty

By STEPHANIE STROM | May 30, 2013
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Opinion

Is Force-Feeding Torture?

By JOE NOCERA | Jun 1, 2013
President Obama could put an end to the practice in Guantánamo Bay with a phone call. Why won’t he?
Detainees; Torture; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Hunger Strikes;

Yes, force feeding is torture.
Death by self starvation would be politically unbearable.
Release has been made impossible by congress.
I will assume that this is the best available path and grit my teeth.
 
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Opinion

Take Back the Asphalt

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | May 31, 2013
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Health

Weight Loss May Ease Psoriasis

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR | May 30, 2013
Losing weight may help to allay the red, scaly skin patches of psoriasis, a new study shows.
Obesity; Psoriasis; Skin; Weight;

Interesting.
 
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World

Concern Grows as Group Disappears in Mexico

By KARLA ZABLUDOVSKY | Jun 1, 2013
Eleven young people — seven men and four women — never made it home after a night out in the trendy Zona Rosa neighborhood of the capital.
Missing Persons; Youth; Bars and Nightclubs; Kidnapping;

No ransom demand.  Think gang war.
 
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U.S.

Surpluses Help, but Fiscal Woes for States Go On

By MICHAEL COOPER and MARY WILLIAMS WALSH | Jun 1, 2013
Many states are expecting surpluses this year, and while they are welcome, the surpluses are not as robust as they appear because states put off costs during the economic downturn.
States (US); Pensions and Retirement Plans; Recession and Depression; Economic Conditions and Trends;

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/we-are-not-having-a-serious-discussion-obamacare-edition/
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We Are Not Having A Serious Discussion, Obamacare Edition

I fairly often receive mail pleading with me to take a more even tone, to have a respectful discussion with people on the other side rather than calling them fools and knaves. And you know, I do when I can. But the truth is that on most of the big issues confronting us, there just isn’t anyone to have a serious discussion with. Ezra Klein offers a nice illustration of this point today, in his takedown of Avik Roy on Obamacare in California.
The thing you want to bear in mind is that Roy is widely considered a good example of a reformist conservative, not to mention a health policy wonk. So what does this reform-minded wonk have to say about Obamacare?
Klein tries really hard to keep his temper even; too hard, I think, because I wonder how many readers will stay with him all the way through. But to cut to the chase, Roy claims that Obamacare will cause soaring insurance rates, using a comparison that is completely fraudulent — and I say fraudulent, not wrong, because he is indeed enough of a policy wonk here to know that he is pulling a fast one.
So here’s the comparison Roy uses: he points out that the insurance premiums that will apparently be charged on the California exchange will be higher than the lowest rates being offered by some insurers in California right now.
As Klein says, this isn’t just comparing apples and oranges; it’s comparing apples with oranges you can’t even buy.
Right now, California has a basically unregulated individual market, in which insurers are free to reject whoever they choose, and charge whatever rates they choose. This means that a few young, healthy people with no record of prior medical problems can get cheap plans; these are, of course, precisely the people who need insurance least, and these plans are cheap not just because they’re only available to the very healthy but because they don’t provide much insurance. If you’re not healthy or wealthy enough to get by with this kind of insurance, too bad.
So looking at these rates tells you nothing at all about the success of a program that offers insurance to everyone, regardless of medical history, and sets fairly high minimum standards for the quality of that insurance.
What’s more, this isn’t some obscure issue. When people try to explain the logic of ObamaRomneyCare — certainly when I try to explain it — they often start from precisely this point, pointing out that unregulated insurance markets give the healthy and wealthy a pretty good deal but leave everyone else out in the cold, then work from that point toward the “three-legged stool” of community rating, mandates,and subsidies that supports reform. So Roy has to know that he’s making an essentially fraudulent argument — and does it anyway.
And Roy is about as good as you get in this stuff: his tone is even, he actually knows something. Nonetheless, he goes for the cheap, misleading shot.
I know that a lot of people wish we lived in a country where debates about things like health care policy were serious, honest discussions of debatable points. I like to hope that by the time I retire I’ll actually live in a country like that. But right now, and surely for years to come, it’s basically facts versus fraud."
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Your Money

Fired for Being Gay? Protections Are Piecemeal

By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD | Jun 1, 2013
Workplace protections for L.G.B.T. people amount to a patchwork of state and local laws and judicial decisions.
Discrimination; Homosexuality; Transgender and Transsexual; Civil Rights and Liberties; Workplace Environment; Law and Legislation;

The dam is broken.  We are waiting for the flood.
The conservatives will fight the change at every step.

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Opinion

An Elizabethan Cyberwar

By JORDAN CHANDLER HIRSCH and SAM ADELSBERG | Jun 1, 2013
In confronting today’s cyberbattles, the United States should think less about Soviets and more about pirates.
United States Defense and Military Forces; Cyberwarfare; Computers and the Internet; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Computer Security; United States International Relations;

We cannot defend cyberspace and we do not want to. 
The attempt to exert control of the traffic would destroy the effect. 
Each node must defend itself.
That is passive defense. 
Denial of service attacks will remain possible.
Such attacks require bot nets.
Each reported such attack reveals a group of subverted machines which can be cleaned and fortified. 

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N.Y. / Region

Jury Convicts Officer Over False Claim of Drug Deal

By CHANNING JOSEPH | May 30, 2013
Isaias Alicea was convicted of 10 felony counts of filing a false document, after claiming he saw two men conducting a drug deal in West Harlem last year.
Police; Decisions and Verdicts; Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments;

A first conviction with more to follow.
 
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Technology

Q&A: Choosing a Windows Tablet

By J.D. BIERSDORFER | May 31, 2013
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N.Y. / Region

Amid Protests Over Free Tuition, Mayor Urges Graduates to Donate

By VIVIAN YEE | May 30, 2013
Speaking at Cooper Union’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg urged the new alumni to give back to their school.
Tuition; Colleges and Universities; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Philanthropy;

The students at Cooper lay out plenty in fees and other charges.
Tuition should remain at zero.
 
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World

Grim Task of Identifying Factories’ Dead Overwhelms Bangladeshi Lab

By JIM YARDLEY | May 31, 2013

Call for help.

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Technology

Why Big Data Is Not Truth

By QUENTIN HARDY | Jun 1, 2013
Don’t let the rhetoric fool you, a Microsoft researcher says: Big Data is a human tool, which means it is subject to all kinds of miscollection, misapplication and abuse. While it is being promoted as a kind of data-driven truth, it is not and it poses a threat to privacy.
Advertising and Marketing; Computers and the Internet; Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Privacy;

We know some of the problems.
With clever interpretation data sets can be useful.
Data sets can easily be very destructive.
I will have to clear the cookie jar on this machine.
I rebuilt my Microsoft system a few days ago.

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Technology

Roam the World and Keep the Cellphone on a Budget

By ERIC A. TAUB | May 30, 2013
After years of criticism, American mobile carriers now offer overseas calling packages at a small fraction of what they once cost.
Cellular Telephones; Travel and Vacations; Wireless Communications; Budget Travel;

Use Skype at Wi-Fi hot spots.  Put the pictures on a card or other hard file.
They can wait.  Real emergencies can be dealt with.
Read the article.  Make a plan.
 
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Opinion

Help China's Women and Girls

Jun 1, 2013
China’s one-child policy must be ended.
Population; Women and Girls; Birth Control and Family Planning;

Continuing the one child policy is the best thing that can be done for women
and girls in China.

Within a generation or two it will end the preference for boys.
I can think of nothing else that will so effectively do so. 
They will go from dowry to bride price very rapidly.
 
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World

Germany Counts Heads and Finds 1.5 Million Fewer Residents Than It Expected

By NICHOLAS KULISH and CHRIS COTTRELL | Jun 1, 2013
Already deeply concerned about its rapidly dwindling population, Germany found 1.5 million fewer inhabitants than previously assumed.
Population; Census;

Inflation would help with this problem.
 
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Opinion

Belief Is the Least Part of Faith

By T. M. LUHRMANN | May 30, 2013
It is more helpful to think about faith as the questions people choose to focus on, rather than the propositions observers think they must hold.
Religion and Belief; Christians and Christianity; Evangelical Movement; 

Sophistry.  There is joy all around us and none of it involves a god.

Why would the universe be so limited as it was conceived in the earlier ages.

I am with William of Occam.  One is far too big a multiplier.





There is no need for a tornado shelter to be habitable space.

Time to sleep.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

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Arts

The Artist’s Force Field, Frozen in Time

By ROBERTA SMITH | May 31, 2013
The cast-iron building in SoHo where Donald Judd lived and worked has been restored and will be open to public tours, starting on Monday.
Art; Sculpture; Restoration and Renovation; Architecture; Historic Buildings and Sites; 

This moves the work from creation to collection.  
I don't want to visit.  I want to do.

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Technology

Self-Driving Cars for Testing Are Supported by U.S.

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and MATTHEW L. WALD | May 31, 2013
The Transportation Department said that driverless cars should not yet be allowed, except for testing, but noted that some safety features could save lives.
Automobiles; New Models, Design and Products; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Computers and the Internet; Roads and Traffic; 

A self-driving car would solve the "car at the bar" problem.
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N.Y. / Region

New Summer for Shore Residents, but Not as Before

By PETER APPLEBOME | May 28, 2013
The first Memorial Day Weekend in Ortley Beach, N.J., since Hurricane Sandy was unusual: no drinks at Joey Harrison’s Surf Club, no arcade games at Barnacle Bill’s, and construction sites at best where some houses had stood.
Memorial Day; Hurricane Sandy (2012); Summer (Season); Series; 

The season comes at its appointed time. 
The sea and the sand are there as are the people.
The built environment is not there.
yet
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Education

Colleges Show Uneven Effort to Enroll Poor

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | May 31, 2013
Colleges say they are eager to find and enroll low-income students, but with the cost high, some do a lot more than others.
Colleges and Universities; Affirmative Action; Poverty; Income Inequality;

Racial equality is the object.  
I don't know when diversity was substituted for equality.
There is nothing wonderful about poverty.
Brilliant scholars look to be evenly distributed through the population.

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World

South Korea Shuts 2 Reactors Over Faked Certificates

By CHOE SANG-HUN | May 29, 2013
A series of forced shutdowns and other problems have raised questions about whether nuclear plants can supply South Korea’s power needs.
Nuclear Energy; Shutdowns (Institutional); Frauds and Swindling; Electric Light and Power; Corruption (Institutional);

Dot the i-s and cross the t-s.
Let us move on.
 
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World

Myanmar: Concern Over 2-Child Limit

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 28, 2013
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups and Islamic leaders expressed dismay over plans in Rakhine State to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists.
Muslims and Islam; Rohingya (Ethnic Group); Children and Childhood; Birth Control and Family Planning; Discrimination; 

Islam "does not play well with others".
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Home & Garden

Houses for Dreamers (and Kids)

By STEVEN KURUTZ | May 31, 2013
Pete Nelson, who builds treehouses that can cost six figures, says it’s all about plugging into the energy of the tree.
Trees and Shrubs; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Architecture; Reality Television; 

I am not responsible for the failure of others' imagination.
Greek temples have an even number of columns in the front.

Fire towers are better structurally.  I like looking at the upper branches of trees.  Plumbing is a problem.

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Opinion

The Suicide Debate, Revisited

By ROSS DOUTHAT | May 28, 2013
God, guns and state-by-state suicide rates.
Families and Family Life; Gun Control; Religion and Belief; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; 

So religion makes a .06% difference
Douthat assumes that suicide is a bad thing.
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Opinion

Caution and the Common Core

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 28, 2013
States should have some flexibility as they move to the new and more demanding curriculum.
Tests and Examinations; Education (K-12); Reading and Writing Skills (Education); Editorials; States (US); 

My guess is that this project will be much more difficult than the right believes.
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N.Y. / Region

Man Killed in the Village Is Remembered as Outgoing and Private

By JOHN LELAND | May 30, 2013
Mark Carson, fatally shot in what the police say was a hate crime, was described as both private and outgoing by friends and relatives who attended his memorial service.
Funerals and Memorials; Murders and Attempted Murders; Hate Crimes; Homosexuality;

He was out.  For some that is a killing offense. 
We are trying to fix that. Our success is not total.

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Booming

Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 1

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | May 29, 2013
Bertram Lyons, an archivist at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress in Washington, answers questions about preserving audio materials.
Baby Boomers; Archives and Records; History (Academic Subject); Families and Family Life; Digital Audio Players; Recording Equipment; Audio Recordings and Downloads; 

I have a decent turntable.  A to Ds are found on most computer sound cards.
External units exist.  I can get one if required.
I have not paid much attention to the details.
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Opinion

From the Mouths of Babes

By PAUL KRUGMAN | May 31, 2013
The ugly and destructive war on food stamps, which do good for both families and the economy, doesn’t make sense.
Food Stamps; Federal Budget (US); Children and Childhood; United States Politics and Government; 

The G.O.P. is "a danger to self and to others".
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Science

Mountain Populations Offer Clues to Human Evolution

By CARL ZIMMER | May 30, 2013
When people moved to high altitudes, they experienced natural selection that has reworked their biology and allowed them to cope with low oxygen levels.
Evolution (Biology); Mountains; Genetics and Heredity; Oxygen; Research; 

OK
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Science

Tasting Words; DNA Art; Neuroscience on the Small Screen

By JASCHA HOFFMAN | May 28, 2013
A look at coming events at the intersection of science and culture.
Art; Science and Technology; Mars (Planet); DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); 

A cabinet of wonders.
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World

Globalization Creates a New Worry: Enemy Convergence

By THOM SHANKER | May 30, 2013
Adm. James G. Stavridis, who stepped down this month as NATO’s supreme commander, is concerned about previously unrelated adversaries, who not only might combine in operations, but also share resources, know-how, weapons and technology and personnel.
Defense and Military Forces; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Smuggling; United States International Relations; 

Terrorists tend to build their systems locally.
I am not much worried about smuggling.
 
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Business Day

Europe Moves to Overhaul Fishing Policies

By DAVID JOLLY | May 31, 2013
Officials hailed the deal as a landmark agreement, but environmentalists said it might not be ambitious enough.
Fishing, Commercial; Legislatures and Parliaments; Environment; 

I wish them success.  
There is very little fin-fish in the market.
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Business Day

Federal Program for Distressed Homeowners Is Extended

By JACKIE CALMES | May 31, 2013
The Making Home Affordable program and its related initiatives, set to expire at the end of this year, will continue through 2015.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan; Mortgages; United States Economy; Federal Aid (US); 

There is a great deal of money running away from the rest of the world.
It has been supporting the housing market with cash sales.
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N.Y. / Region

New Jersey Sent Welfare Checks to Prisoners

By KATE ZERNIKE | May 30, 2013
A lack of internal controls at state agencies is blamed for nearly $24 million in various benefits going to 20,000 people behind bars.
Prisons and Prisoners; Frauds and Swindling; Welfare (US); 

New Jersey again.
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Theater

Can’t Smell or Breathe, but Checks Keep Coming

By ANITA GATES | May 31, 2013
In “Marcellus Shale,” townspeople of Rock Valley (site of fracking) try just to sit back and enjoy the monthly checks from the gas company, but that isn’t always easy.
Theater; Hydraulic Fracturing; Shale; 

The propaganda load overcomes the drama in this piece of political theater.

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Science

Data Point to Radiation Risk for Travelers to Mars

By KENNETH CHANG | May 31, 2013
The NASA findings could lead to a search for better shields to block radiation, measures to shorten the trip or a recalibration of allowable risks.
Mars (Planet); Radiation; Cancer; 

A volunteer can be found.

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Opinion

The Suicide Debate, Revisited

By ROSS DOUTHAT | May 28, 2013
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N.Y. / Region

New Summer for Shore Residents, but Not as Before

By PETER APPLEBOME | May 28, 2013
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World

South Korea Shuts 2 Reactors Over Faked Certificates

By CHOE SANG-HUN | May 29, 2013
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Education

Colleges Show Uneven Effort to Enroll Poor

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | May 31, 2013
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World

Myanmar: Concern Over 2-Child Limit

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 28, 2013
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N.Y. / Region

Man Killed in the Village Is Remembered as Outgoing and Private

By JOHN LELAND | May 30, 2013
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Opinion

Caution and the Common Core

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 28, 2013

Booming

Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 1

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | May 29, 2013
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Opinion

From the Mouths of Babes

By PAUL KRUGMAN | May 31, 2013

Dining & Wine

Make Peace With Meat

By MARK BITTMAN | May 29, 2013
With a focus on better selection and preparation, you can eat less and enjoy it more.
Cooking and Cookbooks; Meat; Local Food; 

Wholehearted agreement.
  
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Technology

Self-Driving Cars for Testing Are Supported by U.S.

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and MATTHEW L. WALD | May 31, 2013
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Science

Mountain Populations Offer Clues to Human Evolution

By CARL ZIMMER | May 30, 2013
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N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Prosecutor’s Office Is Accused of Detaining Trial Witnesses

By MOSI SECRET | May 30, 2013
The claims were made in depositions as part of a lawsuit against the city by Jabbar Collins, whose murder conviction was recently tossed out after he spent 16 years in prison.
False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Civil Rights and Liberties;

These events cannot be tolerated.

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Business Day

European Officials Move to Curb Overfishing

By DAVID JOLLY | May 31, 2013 

Not good enough.
 
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World

Globalization Creates a New Worry: Enemy Convergence

By THOM SHANKER | May 30, 2013

Power play.

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Science

Tasting Words; DNA Art; Neuroscience on the Small Screen

By JASCHA HOFFMAN | May 28, 2013


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N.Y. / Region

New Jersey Sent Welfare Checks to Prisoners

By KATE ZERNIKE | May 30, 2013
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Business Day

Federal Program for Distressed Homeowners Is Extended

By JACKIE CALMES | May 31, 2013

I wish it worked.

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N.Y. / Region

A Second Democrat Calls for Silver to Resign

By JESSE MCKINLEY | May 29, 2013
Assemblywoman Inez D. Barron of Brooklyn is the first Democratic woman to call for Sheldon Silver’s resignation over his handling of Vito Lopez’s sexual harassment case.
Sexual Harassment; State Legislatures;

Sexual politics in the legislature.
 
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Theater

Can’t Smell or Breathe, but Checks Keep Coming

By ANITA GATES | May 31, 2013


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Booming

Different in Many Ways, Both Know Compromise Is Not a Weakness

By ERIKA ALLEN | May 31, 2013
Over 30 years of marriage, Lynn Casmier-Paz and Augustine Paz have learned to split domestic duties and accept their differences.
Baby Boomers; Marriages; Race and Ethnicity; Cuban-Americans; Blacks; Love (Emotion);

Something keeps me looking in your direction.
 
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Opinion

The Suicide Debate, Revisited

By ROSS DOUTHAT | May 28, 2013
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N.Y. / Region

New Summer for Shore Residents, but Not as Before

By PETER APPLEBOME | May 28, 2013
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World

South Korea Shuts 2 Reactors Over Faked Certificates

By CHOE SANG-HUN | May 29, 2013
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Education

Colleges Show Uneven Effort to Enroll Poor

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | May 31, 2013

Racial equality . . .
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World

Myanmar: Concern Over 2-Child Limit

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 28, 2013
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Technology

Q&A: Choosing a Windows Tablet

By J.D. BIERSDORFER | May 31, 2013
Microsoft has two versions of Windows that can run on tablet computers, but Windows 8 is more generally versatile than the more mobile-oriented Windows RT.
Computers and the Internet; Software; Tablet Computers; Windows (Operating System);

I find I really dislike the touch screen.
Windows 8 does not help.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Man Killed in the Village Is Remembered as Outgoing and Private

By JOHN LELAND | May 30, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k
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Opinion

Caution and the Common Core

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | May 28, 2013
10
Opinion

Take Back the Asphalt

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | May 31, 2013
Cities find that when space reserved for cars is given over to other uses, lots of great things happen.
Area Planning and Renewal; Parking; Parks and Other Recreation Areas; Roads and Traffic; Urban Areas;

The idea is good.  I wonder about the methods.
 
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Booming

Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 1

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | May 29, 2013
12
Opinion

From the Mouths of Babes

By PAUL KRUGMAN | May 31, 2013 

The G.O.P. is suicidal.
 
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Dining & Wine

Make Peace With Meat

By MARK BITTMAN | May 29, 2013

Yes!

14
Science

Mountain Populations Offer Clues to Human Evolution

By CARL ZIMMER | May 30, 2013
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N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Prosecutor’s Office Is Accused of Detaining Trial Witnesses

By MOSI SECRET | May 30, 2013

Fix it.

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Business Day

European Officials Move to Curb Overfishing

By DAVID JOLLY | May 31, 2013

Not enough.

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World

Globalization Creates a New Worry: Enemy Convergence

By THOM SHANKER | May 30, 2013 
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Science

Tasting Words; DNA Art; Neuroscience on the Small Screen

By JASCHA HOFFMAN | May 28, 2013

The aesthetic is . . .

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N.Y. / Region

New Jersey Sent Welfare Checks to Prisoners

By KATE ZERNIKE | May 30, 2013
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N.Y. / Region

A Second Democrat Calls for Silver to Resign

By JESSE MCKINLEY | May 29, 2013

Sexual politics.







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