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N.Y. / Region
Review: Local and Fresh Without the Pretense at Mill Street Bar & Table
Chef Geoff Lazlo, who has worked in prestigious restaurants from California to Manhattan, builds a daily menu that varies based on the local produce.I will let you choose the food.
This looks good to me.
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N.Y. / Region
Homeless Young People of New York, Overlooked and Underserved
They are included in the head count.
All the street homeless are underserved.
Most of them by their choice.
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Health
Unicef Report Finds Female Genital Cutting to Be Common in Indonesia
A study by the agency found that the practice, long known as a ritual in Africa and parts of the Middle East, included almost half the women of Indonesia.The salafi must learn that female genital mutilation is a Coptic Christian practice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salafi_movement
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N.Y. / Region
Federal Specialist to Inspect Elevated Radiation at Indian Point
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending its specialist to join the investigation of radioactive groundwater at the power plant, about 45 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.Grandstanding.
Entergy will object to the costs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entergy
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U.S.
West Virginia: Fine Is Levied for Spill; It’s Unlikely to Be Paid
Freedom Industries, a bankrupt chemical company responsible for a spill that contaminated the Elk River, was fined $900,000 on pollution charges.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_7,_Title_11,_United_States_Code
Hold an auction.
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The Upshot
The Big Problem With High Health Care Deductibles
Research shows higher deductibles reduce spending, but it does not show that they lead workers to compare prices or make wise choices on where to cut.Deductibles are the wrong way to go.
They do make Healthcare acceptable to healthy conservatives.
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U.S.
Built Up by Oil Boom, North Dakota Now Has an Emptier Feeling
The boom is paused.
The boom camps are emptying.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia
Salman would like Iran.
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N.Y. / Region
Hoping, and Waiting, for a Bronx School’s Fresh Start to Pay Off
At Urban Scholars Community School, part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $400 million renewal program, small gains are seen, but the problems children face are unchanged.If four million dollars per school will correct a century of intentional abuse it is a bargain price.
If progress can be demonstrated more money must be found.
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N.Y. / Region
De Blasio Announces New Safety Measures After Fatal Crane Collapse
Starting Monday, crawler cranes are required to stop operating when forecasts or readings for steady wind speeds reach 20 miles per hour or higher or gusts of at least 30 m.p.h.A good temporary measure.
The city should install an high level anemometer.
A correction factor on forecast winds is needed.
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U.S.
Regulatory Gaps Leave Unsafe Lead Levels in Water Nationwide
Contamination has turned up in scores of communities in recent years, and experts cite holes in the safety net of rules and procedures.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_water_purification#Ozone_water_disinfection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone
Silver is one of the few methods of removing the chloride ion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_water_purification#Bleach
Chloride is a problem with lead.
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World
North Korea Moves Up Rocket Launching Plan
The Koreans say they now plan to launch a long-range rocket as early as this Sunday. The U.S. and its allies have condemned the plan.It was a successful launch.
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Education
Learning to Live Small (in a Dumpster)
Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Tex., has set a curriculum around a trash bin.Back packers do with less.
Living is easier in a shipping container.
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World
To Build a Ski Resort Under U.N. Sanctions, North Korea Turned to China
China told a United Nations panel that sanctions barring the sale of luxury goods did not apply because skiing is a “normal activity” in North Korea.China insists that North Korea continue to exist.
They require a buffer between South Korea and their population.
China fears for the stability of their regime.
They have reason to fear.
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Opinion
Real Compassion in College Admissions
A Harvard report that promotes “meaningful” community service misses the point.Harvard exists to produce an elite.
The only question it faces is the composition of that elite.
Originally the elite was broadly literate Congregational ministers.
Its charter does not require it to train the disenfranchised.
That is the task of community colleges.
The transition to graduate school is a problem.
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Opinion
Getting to the Root Causes of Drug Shortages
The American Hospital Association and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists discuss solutions.A simple solution would be to remove patent and copyright protection from any drug that goes into shortage.
Such protections could be restored if it can be proven that the shortage was not willful.
Shortages might continue but gaming the market would cease.
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Science
Hoping to Lead Great Lakes Lampreys to Demise by the Nose
Scientists are looking to pheromones to trick the parasites into voluntarily corralling themselves in designated areas, to be trapped or poisoned.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_pie#Royal_fish_pie
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Business Day
Northern Ireland Government Will Sell a Blastproof Bunker
The government of Northern Ireland has put a Cold War-era fixer-upper on the market, an underground bunker with room for 235 beds.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Mountain_Incorporated
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Fashion & Style
A Valentine’s Day Dinner You Can Make at Home
Our fearless food editor advises home cooks on gender stereotypes, an easy steak dinner and how to stock a beginner’s kitchen.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Science
Scientists Seek Answers on Zika in Other Viruses
Researchers found clues about how infections like rubella injure fetuses. That can aid research into the potential link between Zika and microcephaly.Generous grants are always popular.
They are a small price to pay for the control of disease.
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N.Y. / Region
New Jersey Man Is Arrested After Drone Hits Empire State Building
The man, who the police said accidentally flew the drone into the famed skyscraper, was arrested on Thursday after asking security guards for help retrieving the device from a ledge on the 36th floor.Another problem.
U.S.
Obama to Propose $11 Billion to Combat Family Homelessness
While veteran homelessness has decreased, family homelessness has proved more persistent as wages fail to keep pace with skyrocketing housing costs in many cities, including New York.More of the same.
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Sports
U.S. Advances in Fed Cup
Venus Williams clinched victory for the United States Fed Cup team against Poland in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, in Group II’s first round, advancing her team to the World Group Playoff in April.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/sports/tennis/gasquet-reaches-semifinals.html?ref=tennis
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/tennis
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Science
Cockroaches: Indestructible, and Instructive to Robot Makers
The pests could offer a new model for devices that crawl through rubble to look for survivors or gather information after disasters, scientists say.A solution in search of a problem.
Fun for the builder.
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Opinion
Trade and the Displaced
A reader calls for major corporate tax reform to help the jobless and small businesses.Capitalism takes no notice of the displaced.
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World
Migrant Group’s Desperate March Through Mexico
Two days with 10 men who left Central America in early November to embark on an exhausting journey, made riskier by the Mexican authorities’ crackdown on migrants.Conditions are bad in Central America.
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Opinion
The Renewable Fuel Standard
The National Biodiesel Board says the standard is working, “diversifying a fuel supply dangerously reliant on fossil fuels.”Liars do figure.
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The Upshot
What the Science Says About Long-Term Damage From Lead
Exposure to lead has been linked to reduced reading scores, oppositional behavior and increased rates of teen pregnancy.A warning is sounded again.
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World
Chinese Who Violated One-Child Policy Remain Wary of Relaxed Rules
China’s cabinet has ordered that the registration document called a hukou be available to everyone, but many fear it will be used to levy steep fines on prior offenders.Some people are cruel.
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World
Neighbors Had Doubts About Complex That Collapsed in Taiwan Quake
People living near Tainan’s Wei-Guan Golden Dragon complex say that locals avoided buying condominiums there and that its 17 stories far exceed what would be allowed today.The violation has been removed.
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Sports
No. 1 Sooners and the No. 2 Tar Heels Fall
Both lost on the road to unranked teams: Oklahoma was surprised by Kansas State, and North Carolina was upset by Notre Dame.http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/scoreboard.asp
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World
Tianjin Explosions Were Result of Mismanagement, China Finds
Citing dereliction of duty, Chinese cabinet officials vowed to punish 123 government workers in connection with the blasts in August, which killed 165 people.Yes
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Health
C.D.C. Defends Adv"ice to Women on Drinking and Pregnancy
After much criticism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defended its recommendation to refrain from drinking alcohol if women are not using birth control.There are caviats.
"Drinking
during pregnancy has long been linked to the disorders, which can stunt
children’s growth and cause lifelong disabilities. In October, a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics said that “no amount of alcohol should be considered safe to drink during any trimester of pregnancy.”
The
C.D.C. report said that, although 90 percent of women stop drinking
alcohol once they know they are pregnant, three in four women who intend
to get pregnant do not stop drinking when they stop using birth
control. That would suggest people think less about the effects of
alcohol in the early parts of the first trimester — when they may be
unaware of the pregnancy — a time during which developing children are
already at risk, according to the C.D.C." |
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