Tuesday, May 12, 2015

@11:45, 5/12/15

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The Upshot

How to Eat Healthy Meals at Restaurants

Most meals at American restaurants are packed with processed food and enough calories to cover two or three sensible meals. Yet it’s entirely possible to eat healthy, tasty restaurant meals. Every meal here stays under 750 calories, and every breakfast is under 500. We’ll start with some good news...
FOOD; RESTAURANTS; DIET AND NUTRITION; FAST FOOD INDUSTRY; CALORIES

I avoid sucrose and other sources of fructose.
I find I don't need to worry about portion size.

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The Upshot

More Consensus on Coffee’s Benefits Than You Might Think

A review of studies shows that coffee’s reputation as being unhealthy is undeserved, with the potential health benefits surprisingly large.
COFFEE; MEDICINE AND HEALTH; RESEARCH

I agree.

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The Upshot

The Best and Worst Places to Grow Up: How Your Area Compares

Children growing up in some places go on to earn more than they would if they had grown up elsewhere.
INCOME INEQUALITY; GEOGRAPHY; INCOME

East central Dutchess County is not the best place to raise poor children.
My confidence in the map is not great.

http://www.greatschools.org/new-york/dover-plains/698-Dover-High-School/
http://www.greatschools.org/new-york/dover-plains/698-Dover-High-School/quality/#Test_scores

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N.Y. / Region

Cuomo Orders Emergency Measures to Protect Workers at Nail Salons



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U.S.

U.S. Will Allow Drilling for Oil in Arctic Ocean

The move is a major victory for Shell, but environmentalists say a possible accident there could have far-reaching consequences.
OFFSHORE DRILLING AND EXPLORATION; OIL (PETROLEUM) AND GASOLINE

We will have to leave ending the effort to Hillary.

6
Sports

Patriots’ Tom Brady Suspended for Four Games in Deflation Case

The N.F.L. also fined the Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks because of their use of deflated footballs in the A.F.C. championship game.
FOOTBALL; CHEATING

A trivial distraction.

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World

A Grisly Find Under a Supermarket Illuminates France’s Medieval History

A mass grave, thought to be part of a hospital cemetery, bears witness to the lives of ordinary Parisians during the Middle Ages.
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGES (HISTORICAL PERIOD); CEMETERIES

No light as yet.  Wait for the scholarly articles. 

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Opinion

Wall Street Vampires

The plot against financial reform continues, despite the fact that one important measure is actually working.
DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (2010); BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; REGULATION AND DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES ECONOMY

The efforts of the undead continue.
"Does this mean that all is well on the financial front? Of course not. Dodd-Frank is much better than nothing, but far from being all we need. And the vampires are still lurking in their coffins, waiting to strike again.
But things could be worse."

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U.S.

Tony Rodham’s Ties Invite Scrutiny for Hillary and Bill Clinton

As he has cycled through various ventures, Mr. Rodham has leveraged his connections to his sister and brother-in-law.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Billy Beer II

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World

Muslims Flee to Malaysia and Indonesia by the Hundreds

More than 1,000 refugees, a mix of Bangladeshis and ethnic Rohingya, landed Monday, a day after nearly 600 landed in Indonesia.
ROHINGYA (ETHNIC GROUP); ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION; SMUGGLING

The civil war in Islam will continue.

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N.Y. / Region

The Price of Nice Nails

Manicurists are routinely underpaid and exploited, and endure ethnic bias and other abuse, The New York Times has found.
BEAUTY SALONS; LABOR AND JOBS; WAGES AND SALARIES; NAILS (BODY PART); IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION; CHINESE-AMERICANS; HISPANIC-AMERICANS

The work should be paid.

12
World

Nepal Rattled by Powerful New Earthquake East of Capital

Dozens of deaths and more than a thousand injuries were reported in the quake, which came just weeks after the devastating April 25 temblor.
EARTHQUAKES

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/world/asia/nepal-earthquake-east-of-kathmandu.html

We know the places.  We never know the times.

13
Opinion

What’s the Point of a Professor?

We used to be mentors and moral authorities. Now we just hand out A’s.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; TEACHERS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND TRENDS

In many cases there is not much point in a professor at the present state of curricula.

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The Upshot

Big Drop in Share of Americans Calling Themselves Christian

One reason is that many former Christians, of all ages, have joined the rapidly growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated.
RELIGION AND BELIEF; POLLS AND PUBLIC OPINION

I think it a good thing.

I note that the change in college attendance has a similar curve.

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U.S.

@_FloridaMan Beguiles With the Hapless and Harebrained

A beguilingly anonymous Twitter author with the mug shot of an Indiana man unspools, tweet by tweet, a composite of Florida’s nuttiness.
CRIME AND CRIMINALS; DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC

The thin stew floats things.

16
Science

Jennifer Doudna, a Pioneer Who Helped Simplify Genome Editing

The biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, helped make a monumental discovery: a relatively simple way to alter any organism’s DNA. But she is stuck in a patent fight over it.
GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS AND HEREDITY

Form a patent pool and get the work done.
Let Grants Management fight about the split.

17
Sports

Tom Brady’s Punishment Is a Matter of Perspective

Fans in the Boston area were indignant over the penalties issued to Tom Brady and the Patriots. Fans elsewhere were applauding the N.F.L. and Commissioner Roger Goodell.
FOOTBALL; FINES (PENALTIES)

I will not defend football.

18
Arts

Picasso and Giacometti Artworks Top $120 Million Each at Christie’s Sale

Picasso’s 1955 painting “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’) (Women of Algiers)” sold for nearly $180 million, and Giacometti’s gaunt bronze sculpture “L’homme au doigt (Pointing Man)” went for $141 million.
ART; AUCTIONS; SCULPTURE

I will have to give Picasso more attention.
Collectors are crazy.

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U.S.

A Navy Pilot’s Death Reflects the Everyday Hazards of the Job

An investigation into the crash that killed Lt. Nathan Poloski assigned no blame but concluded that it might have been prevented by more “situational awareness.”
AVIATION ACCIDENTS, SAFETY AND DISASTERS; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; PILOTS

I have nothing to add.

20
Opinion

Italian Curves, Italian Cures

People return to Italy for its beauty, of course, but also for a refuge from relentlessness.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND TRENDS

A strait road is just as dangerous as a curve.

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