Monday, September 26, 2016

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Opinion

Why Obama Is Right on Clean Energy

Two former E.P.A. administrators under Republican presidents support the president’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

Yes.

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U.S.

Obama Climate Plan, Now in Court, May Hinge on Error in 1990 Law

A failure to resolve conflicting amendments in the Clean Air Act about 26 years ago could imperil the president’s signature climate change policy.

At worst the court will deadlock and leave the Obama regulations in place.
Coal is over.

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Opinion

Where Ice Once Crushed Ships, Open Water Beckons


The seas are warmer.

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Fashion & Style

Audrey Starkebaum, Jesse Bragg

The couple were married at the wheat and cattle farm of the bride’s parents in Haxtun, Colo.

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

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World

Rural Indian Girls Chase Big-City Dreams

Experiments like one in Bangalore, luring migrants to fill factory jobs, collide with an old way of life that keeps women and girls in seclusion until an arranged marriage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

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N.Y. / Region

Cuomo’s Silver Lining in New Albany Graft Case: No Sign He Did Wrong

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo makes only cameo appearances in a federal complaint announced on Thursday that outlines a corruption scheme involving an ally, a former close aide and donors of his.

The state government is preoccupied.

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Fashion & Style

Abra Metz-Dworkin, Evan Gogel

The couple, who met at Yale, were married at Riverside Farm in Pittsfield, Vt.

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

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Fashion & Style

Logan McClellan, Robert Eshleman

The couple, who met at the University of Virginia, were married at the Bryant Park Grill in New York.

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

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Food

What to Cook This Week

Cook big tonight and sensible the rest of the week.

I need an audience.

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Books

Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to recent reviews of Julia Leigh’s “Avalanche,” Belle Boggs’s “The Art of Waiting” and more.

I have no need for a child of my body.

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Technology

Phone Makers Could Cut Off Drivers. So Why Don’t They?

Apple and digital giants have developed potentially lifesaving technology to block texting while driving, but it’s still not being deployed.

The customers would not like it.

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Fashion & Style

Tracy Dansker, Timothy Sacks

The bride and groom both went to Riverdale Country School, and met years later while working there.

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

13
Opinion

Pronoun Privilege

At some colleges students introduce themselves by name, followed by a string of preferred pronouns. But the ritual is discomfiting.

Be gentle with uncertain identities.

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N.Y. / Region

Hunt Continues for Two Men Who Found Suitcase Containing Bomb in Chelsea

Two days after releasing an image of two men who found a suitcase holding an unexploded bomb in Manhattan, the authorities said on Friday that the men’s identities and whereabouts remained unknown.

This does not bother me.

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Fashion & Style

Rui Cheng, Scott Huang

The couple met at Princeton and were married in the university chapel.

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

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Business Day

Edward Davis, ‘World’s Grumpiest Boss,’ Dies at 85

The Houston oil and gas magnate, who owned Tiger Oil, gained notoriety as the author of blunt office memos that earned him the unofficial title.

The work got done.

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Automobiles

Can Tesla’s Autopilot Be Trusted? Not Always

A reporter tests the company’s old self-driving software and its updated one, finding an exhilarating system that he still needed to override for self-preservation.

Not yet.

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Fashion & Style

Hibah Hussain, Timothy Grayson

The bride works for Google, the groom for the law firm Skadden Arps.

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

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Fashion & Style

Tyler Infinger, Peter Ryan

The couple met at a bar watching the 2011 N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship game.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
N.Y. / Region

Unpopular Portion Cut From Entry Test for New York’s Elite High Schools

The portion called “scrambled paragraphs” was often criticized as having little relation to what students were taught in schools. Before it disappears, test yourself with two sample questions.

1:  S,R,Q,U,T.
The answer key is too close to question two.


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Opinion

Why Obama Is Right on Clean Energy


Opinion

Pronoun Privilege

At some colleges students introduce themselves by name, followed by a string of preferred pronouns. But the ritual is discomfiting.

Give oneself a name.
World

Rural Indian Girls Chase Big-City Dreams

Experiments like one in Bangalore, luring migrants to fill factory jobs, collide with an old way of life that keeps women and girls in seclusion until an arranged marriage.

Rural people have been moving to cities for centuries.
Fashion & Style

Abra Metz-Dworkin, Evan Gogel

The couple, who met at Yale, were married at Riverside Farm in Pittsfield, Vt.

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

Where Ice Once Crushed Ships, Open Water Beckons


There is less ice.
Crosswords & Games

A Little Variety

A place to discuss the “A Little Variety” suite of puzzles.

Maybe.
Fashion & Style

Logan McClellan, Robert Eshleman

The couple, who met at the University of Virginia, were married at the Bryant Park Grill in New York.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best. 
Fashion & Style

Tracy Dansker, Timothy Sacks

The bride and groom both went to Riverdale Country School, and met years later while working there.

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

Police Videos, Kept Private, Fuel Tensions in Charlotte

A police chief’s decision to show dashboard and body camera videos from the killing of Keith L. Scott only to Mr. Scott’s family raised questions about North Carolina’s policies.

These videos are uninformative.
N.Y. / Region

Cuomo’s Silver Lining in New Albany Graft Case: No Sign He Did Wrong


The hunt continues.
N.Y. / Region

You Need an Armed Guard to Plant These Seeds

A farm in upstate New York is growing the state’s first legal crop of industrial hemp in 80 years, but getting the plants into the ground was not easy.

A blue sky project.

Hemp makes rope, cloth.and twine.
U.S.

Police Hunt Gunman Who Killed 5 at a Mall in Washington State

The police were searching for a man who killed four women and a man at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, about 65 miles north of Seattle.

"The authorities, speaking at a news conference on Saturday night, identified the suspect as Arcan Cetin of Oak Harbor, Wash. He was taken into custody without incident around 6:30 p.m."
U.S.

Fire at Power Plant Leaves Puerto Rico in the Dark

The power failure disrupted service to 1.5 million utility customers, created massive traffic jams, and prompted the early closings of businesses

"Gov. Alejandro GarcĂ­a Padilla said at a news conference that the power failure could last 24 hours. The Electric Power Authority, Puerto Rico’s ailing utility, said on Twitter that the fire had occurred at a substation of the Aguirre power plant in the southeastern part of the island."
Fashion & Style

Audrey Starkebaum, Jesse Bragg

The couple were married at the wheat and cattle farm of the bride’s parents in Haxtun, Colo.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
N.Y. / Region

Sharing a Breeze With a Baby

A mother is grateful when a stranger puts an iPhone-powered fan to good use on a hot day.

Small kindnesses.
N.Y. / Region

Unpopular Portion Cut From Entry Test for New York’s Elite High Schools


The question is easy if the student reads.
Fashion & Style

Rui Cheng, Scott Huang

The couple met at Princeton and were married in the university chapel.

Any ceremony you can get.

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

As Their Numbers Grow, Home Care Aides Are Stuck at $10.11

That’s the median hourly wage for the workers, mostly minority women, caring for older adults. Not surprisingly, the annual turnover rate is 40 percent to 60 percent.

The old do not earn.
Your Money

A New Cost at College: Digital Access Codes

The required purchase of online materials may require a digital access code, costing around $100. There is no buying a used copy, sharing or opting out.

Just another cost like books, paper and ink.


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