| The FDA Shouldn’t Silence Kim Kardashian |
[14 Aug 2015|03:56pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/08/fda_warned_kim_kardashian_for_promoting_diclegis_on_instagram_that_s_wrong.html Kim Kardashian has a long history of social media notoriety. But her most serious transgression yet didn’t violate Instagram’s terms of service—it violated federal law. After Kardashian promoted prescription morning sickness pills on her Instagram account, the Food and Drug Administration sent her a stern warning demanding she take the post down immediately. Kardashian is paid by Duchesnay USA to promote the drug, called Diclegis—but her Instagram post touted its benefits without mentioning its associated risks. As it turns out, advertising prescription drugs without noting their side effects is against the law, even when a reality star does it. Kardashian promptly removed the offending post.
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| Vroom for Improvement |
[14 Aug 2015|05:48pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_juice/2015/08/start_stop_technology_it_shuts_down_car_engines_to_save_gas_and_it_s_coming.html When you drive a manual-shift car after a long period of driving only automatics, stalling is part of the territory. But the last few times I’ve done so, while renting cars in Europe, it seems that virtually every time I stopped for a light, the engine shut down, only to chug back to life when I re-engaged the gears. After enduring a series of withering looks from my passengers, I finally spoke up in my defense. Yes, some of the stalls could be chalked up to my incompetence. But most were due to the vehicle’s “start-stop” feature—a quietly revolutionary step toward energy efficiency that is becoming standard in Europe, and may come soon to a new American car near you.
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| Vroom for Improvement |
[14 Aug 2015|05:48pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_juice/2015/08/start_stop_technology_it_shuts_down_car_engines_to_save_gas_and_it_s_coming.html When you drive a manual-shift car after a long period of driving only automatics, stalling is part of the territory. But the last few times I’ve done so, while renting cars in Europe, it seems that virtually every time I stopped for a light, the engine shut down, only to chug back to life when I re-engaged the gears. After enduring a series of withering looks from my passengers, I finally spoke up in my defense. Yes, some of the stalls could be chalked up to my incompetence. But most were due to the vehicle’s “start-stop” feature—a quietly revolutionary step toward energy efficiency that is becoming standard in Europe, and may come soon to a new American car near you.
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| Why Is Stolen Art So Hard to Find? |
[14 Aug 2015|10:16pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/08/isabella_stewart_gardner_museum_video_why_is_stolen_art_so_hard_to_find.html Twenty-five years ago, two thieves dressed as police officers bluffed their way into Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and made away with $500 million of artwork by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, and others. The thieves didn’t cover their faces, and they apparently didn’t know much about what they were stealing: They roughly cut the paintings from their frames and left more valuable works hanging on the walls. Despite the thieves’ apparent inexpertise and the ensuing media attention, no suspects were ever arrested and the art was never recovered. Authorities believe the robbers were regional gangsters, but nobody really knows where the art has been stashed, or if it’s even still intact. The Gardner robbery is the biggest and most frustrating art heist in American history—and it’s as cold as cold cases come.
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