Thursday, August 18, 2016

@9:00, 8/17/16

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Business Day

When the Pilot Is Mom: Accommodating New Motherhood at 30,000 Feet

Female airline pilots are pushing for paid maternity leave and private spaces to pump breast milk, as opponents point to added costs and safety issues.

The best accommodation I find is assigning nursing mothers to short flights of under four hours. 

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Opinion

Don’t Give Away Our Wildlife Refuges

Extremists in Congress want to give away our federal lands.

The givaways must not be allowed.
Resource extraction on these lands must end.


3
Real Estate

Marine Park, Brooklyn: Block Parties, Bocce and Salt Air

In Marine Park, many residents are members of families that have lived in the Brooklyn neighborhood for generations.

I would not be happy.

4
Fashion & Style

Carley Freese, Robert Waters III

The couple, who work in advertising, met at the University of South Carolina, from which they graduated.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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Opinion

How Community Networks Stem Childhood Traumas

In different parts of Washington state, working together on local agendas was a key to chipping away at social ills.

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/about.html

A result will be tales of "nanny state".

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Sports

Sole Russian Track and Field Athlete Cleared for Rio

Darya Klishina, a long jumper, won a legal battle on Monday.

"Cleared on a technicality."

Samples more than three years old were found to be corrupt.

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Food

The Movement to Define Native American Cuisine

A veteran chef forages, researches and cooks as part of a larger movement to revitalize indigenous food traditions.

https://www.amazon.com/Bradford-Angier/e/B000APKD5M/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1471452235&sr=8-2-ent

The knowledge is written.

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Sports

A Secret Soviet Doping Plan From 1983 Reverberates in Rio

New evidence obtained exclusively by The Times shows how far back Russia’s state-sponsored doping stretches.

It should. 
The recent revelations place the records of ten Olympiads in doubt.
The IOC is unwilling to place asterisks on so much of the record book.

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N.Y. / Region

Deal Aims to Keep a Former Welfare Hotel in Manhattan Affordable

The Prince George, once an eyesore in the Madison Square Park neighborhood, is selling its air rights to raise money for improvements and to keep rents low.

Keeping rents affordable for people living on fixed incomes is a losing battle.
The Prince George has a waiting list. 

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Magazine

Anthony Weiner Thinks He’s Pretty Good at Giving Advice

The former congressman on if Donald Trump Jr. ran for mayor of New York, life after the documentary and what, exactly, he’s up to now.

"Advice is worth what was paid for it."

Let Anthony Weiner practice law in obscurity.

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U.S.

Death Toll Rises as Louisiana Faces ‘Very Large Disaster’ in Flooding

Gov. John Bel Edwards said that at least eight people had died and that more than 20,000 had been rescued after a storm system dumped more than 20 inches of rain in two days.

Gradients count.
https://www.wunderground.com/news/gulf-coast-deadly-flooding-thousands-rescued-evacuated-latest-news

https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/td-6-continues-to-develop-where-were-news-media-during-louisiana-floo

Do not build in the valley.

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N.Y. / Region

A Familiar Walk With Eyes Wide Open

Taking the same short stroll from garage to office on the Upper East Side over 15 years, and marveling at how much there is to see.

It does not much matter how one is absent.
If one is disengaged one is a zero.

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Technology

Is That Real Tuna in Your Sushi? Now, a Way to Track That Fish

Seafood-tracking software lets customers be more sure of what they’re eating and helps small fish sellers compete by cutting down on cumbersome paperwork.

Track it.   I will have to trust the retailer to get it done.

14
Opinion

The Secret of Jamaica’s Runners

How does this island nation dominate track and field? It’s about culture, not genetics.

OK

15
Opinion

The Pull of Racial Patronage

Breaking the cycle of identity politics.

"The writing is on the wall"

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Business Day

New Rules Require Heavy-Duty Trucks to Reduce Emissions by 25% Over the Next Decade

Officials said the new rules for heavy trucks issued by the Obama administration would cut 1.1 billion tons of carbon emission, representing a benchmark for reducing pollutants linked to climate change.

It will make the drivers nervous.

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Magazine

David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue

My obsession with the flaws, reproductions and potential collapse of Michelangelo’s masterpiece.

I like the notion of a collection allowed to die as it must.

http://www.gardnermuseum.org/home

Art must be seen to be known.

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N.Y. / Region

Ex-Detective’s New Assignment: Investigating the Science of the Brain

In a few weeks, Christian Saffran will turn 46, which means it is not a minute too soon for him to be starting studies this week that will lead to doctorates in both neuroscience and medicine.

Sometimes there is a straight path.

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Opinion

Comparing Test Scores of Public and Charter Schools

A reader explains why charter schools are likely to have fewer struggling students.

YES.

20
World

Gunmen in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Kidnap Up to Dozen People

The authorities said they believe that both kidnappers and victims were members of criminal organizations.

We may learn more than the reporter was told.

There are witnesses.  There was a reservation. There are vehicles.

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Business Day

When the Pilot Is Mom: Accommodating New Motherhood at 30,000 Feet


Short trips.

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U.S.

Trump Casinos’ Tax Debt Was $30 Million. Then Christie Took Office.

Under Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey agreed to accept just $5 million in the bankruptcy cases of casinos founded by his friend Donald J. Trump, raising questions of special treatment.

There is no slander in the matter.

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Health

A Better (Smelly) Mosquito Trap, but With Caveats

A new, expensive device running on solar power and using human odor as bait cut mosquito populations by 70 percent on a malaria-ridden island in Kenya.

There is plenty of time to trap mosquitoes.

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U.S.

Number of Women in Jail Has Grown Far Faster Than That of Men, Study Says

It found that the total of those held for misdemeanor crimes or who are awaiting trial or sentencing had increased to about 110,000 in 2014 from fewer than 8,000 in 1970.

The men are already in prison or dead.

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U.S.

Reshaping Lives, Without Congress

The Obama White House has issued hundreds of major regulations in an effort to reshape aspects of American life.

The Obama administration has many successes requiring congressional affirmation.

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Books

Human Cells Make Up Only Half Our Bodies. A New Book Explains What Else Lies Inside.

Ed Yong’s “I Contain Multitudes” says microbes are a larger part of us than once thought, helping to shape and maintain our bodies.

It is good to know more.

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U.S.

Nicholas Dirks Resigns as Chancellor of University of California, Berkeley

His plans to depart came amid criticism over how he had handled sexual harassment cases involving high-profile faculty members and the university’s budget.

A virtual vote of "no confidence" stands against him.

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N.Y. / Region

Searching for a Great White Shark, in the Waters Off Long Island

A team of scientists and researchers is hoping to prove that a swath of the New York coast serves as a great white breeding ground.

Early days.

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U.S.

Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts

The state’s top prosecutor was accused of leaking secret grand jury information in an effort to discredit a political rival, then lying to cover it up.

It is not politic to prosecute the Arch Bishop.

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N.Y. / Region

Ex-Detective’s New Assignment: Investigating the Science of the Brain


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N.Y. / Region

Deal Aims to Keep a Former Welfare Hotel in Manhattan Affordable


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U.S.

Death Toll Rises as Louisiana Faces ‘Very Large Disaster’ in Flooding

Gov. John Bel Edwards said that at least eight people had died and that more than 20,000 had been rescued after a storm system dumped more than 20 inches of rain in two days.

11 dead.

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Food

The Movement to Define Native American Cuisine


"Eat food.  Mostly plants."

14
World

Police in South Africa Struggle to Gain Trust After Apartheid

Forces now mirror a largely black population, but are seen by many as not focused on keeping it safe as killings of and by officers occur at higher rates than in the United States.

Truth and reconciliation work some. 

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Sports

Sole Russian Track and Field Athlete Cleared for Rio

Darya Klishina, a long jumper, won a legal battle on Monday.

I don't have a vote.

16
Food

Belgian Chocolate in a Pudding Cup

Fresh chocolate mousse in white or dark chocolate now available in the dairy case.

Enjoy.

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Business Day

New Rules Require Heavy-Duty Trucks to Reduce Emissions by 25% Over the Next Decade


The operators will be nervous.

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N.Y. / Region

First-Degree Murder Charge Added in Killing of Queens Imam and Aide

The man accused in the shootings, Oscar Morel, already faced four counts in the case. Investigators said they had not determined the motive for the attack.

I would like to see a conviction.

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U.S.

Once Skeptical of Executive Power, Obama Has Come to Embrace It

Mr. Obama will leave the White House as one of the most prolific authors of major regulations in presidential history.

Do what works.

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N.Y. / Region

New York City to Pay $4.1 Million to Family of Akai Gurley

Mr. Gurley, who was unarmed, was fatally shot by a police officer in a Brooklyn housing project in 2014, setting off a wave of protests.

New York City is in no position to bargain.

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