Sunday, October 30, 2016

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Fashion & Style

Tess Golden, Dimitri Wohns

The bride owns a design company, and the groom is pursuing an M.B.A.

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


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Magazine

Spirited Away

A cocktail can help tap into our more indecorous desires.

Halloween is addictive.

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Fashion & Style

Rebecca Fromer, Kevin Olson

The couple are to be married at the Willard Intercontinental hotel in Washington.

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


4
U.S.

Health Law Tax Penalty? I’ll Take It, Millions Say

A lot of healthy people are defying predictions by the Affordable Care Act architects and refusing to enroll, throwing off the math behind the system.

The number is small.

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Fashion & Style

Gregory Colon, Jeremy Eggleston

The couple, a clinical psychologist and an employee of WebMD, were married at the Princeton University Chapel.

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


6
Real Estate

Camille Becerra Finds a Home via Instagram

The chef found her Chinatown apartment with help from her 76,600 followers.

A nice place for a high rent. 

7
Well

Why Couldn’t I Give My Child My Last Name?

My grandfather’s family was all but wiped out in the Holocaust and I was the last person in my line to hold my family’s name.

Children are their own people.


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Fashion & Style

Emily Polsby, Christopher Mullin

She is a director of a public relations agency, and he is a job coach and travel trainer for disabled people.

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


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N.Y. / Region

Courtesy and Homesickness on the E

Feeling awkward after a polite gesture is declined, but only for a few minutes.

The subway works.

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Fashion & Style

Peggy Yu, Christopher Tierney

The couple met eight years ago while working together in San Francisco.

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

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1
Business Day

A Deadly Car’s Winding Road

The Honda Civic whose airbag killed Delia Robles was resold three times at used-car auctions before it was bought by her son.

Buying a deeply used car is a desperate act.

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N.Y. / Region

Coastal Jointweed Brings Fall Blooms to City’s Barrens

Autumn is the perfect time to seek out this hearty, elegant plant, a natural anomaly whose blooms bring a stark beauty to the city’s driest landscapes.

I will look for coastal jointweed.

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Science

Flying for 10 Months Without a Layover


Clever investigators.

I have not been seeing swifts in recent years.

They spend more time in the air than people should.

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Opinion

Seeing What the Wildfires Took, and What They Left Behind


People are messy.

5
Travel

Escaping a New Dominican Cruise Port

Spending time, and not much money, off the beaten path, in and around Puerto Plata.

A packaged adventure.

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N.Y. / Region

In Bridge Trial, Prosecutors Portray Ex-Christie Aide as Eager Warrior

Prosecutors used texts and emails to show how Bridge Anne Kelly, a former aide to Gov. Chris Christie, modeled herself after him and iced out his political foes.

The government of New Jersey has been intensely partisan.

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N.Y. / Region

Police Shoot Armed Man at Queens Housing Complex

The authorities said that two officers fired after a man ignored orders to drop his gun, wounding the suspect in the leg.

Early reports have a low information content.

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N.Y. / Region

In Closing Words at Bridge Trial, Prosecution Returns to a Familiar Email

The email, sent by a former aide to Gov. Chris Christie before the lane closings in 2013, was magnified on a screen in the courtroom: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”

The traffic problems in Fort Lee were planned in the governors office.

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Books

Their Inner Beasts: ‘Lord of the Flies’ Six Decades Later

Rereading William Golding’s classic, Lois Lowry finds herself despairing that circumstances led the children to such a hell.

I think I read it.
I may not have finished it.

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Food

At the Beatrice Inn, Cuisine for Animals

Angie Mar, the chef and owner of this West Village restaurant, mines history for forgotten indulgences that satisfy innate cravings.

I do not need the Beatrice Inn.
I will go if taken.

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Saturday, October 29, 2016

@0:10, 10/30/16

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1
Opinion

Husbands With Guns

In the South, we have a story about a witch, and the man who kills her.

A haunting story for a haunting season.

2
The Learning Network

Questions for: ‘The Funfetti Explosion’

Do you think rainbow sprinkles deserve the attention and devotion that bakers and chefs have lately been lavishing on them?

Anything for color.
I have no use for sprinkles.

3
U.S.

Chelsea Clinton’s Frustrations and Devotion Shown in Hacked Emails

The emails paint a detailed portrait of Ms. Clinton as she set about her goal of “protecting my father and the nonprofit status” of the Clinton Foundation.

Dirty tricks are standard in politics.

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Opinion

Poverty in Unexpected Places

By one intriguing measure, the West, not the South, has the highest poverty rate in the United States.

A better solution than a subsidy is increasing the negotiating power of the low wage workers.

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Opinion

The Simple Fix for Obamacare

The recent spike in premiums is a problem that could be easily solved by a functioning Congress.

Health care is not an insurable risk.
A public option is good.
Single payer is better.

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Opinion

Pashtana’s Lesson

A teenage girl resists her arranged marriage so she can stay in school.

The education of girls is doing better in Pakistan.
It is still fighting tradition.
Progress is much slower than I could wish. 

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N.Y. / Region

In Line for Blessings and Sweets at Hindu Temple Canteen

The annual Diwali holiday attracts thousands to a temple in Queens, where people wait up to an hour to try dosas, tamarind rice and other savory and sweet snacks.

Everyone loves the food of home.

As convenient.

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Food

Pork Stew Gets a Chile Kick

Coconut milk, garam masala and cayenne make for a luscious, fragrant pork stew.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018372-coconut-pork-stew-with-garam-masala

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Science

Susan Lindquist, Scientist Who Made Genetic Discoveries Using Yeast, Dies at 67

The conceptually daring work of Dr. Lindquist, a National Medal of Science recipient, opened new paths to understanding Parkinson’s and other diseases.

The world needs more of her kind.

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U.S.

Health Law Tax Penalty? I’ll Take It, Millions Say

A lot of healthy people are defying predictions by the Affordable Care Act architects and refusing to enroll, throwing off the math behind the system.

Single Payer is the solution I would like.
The number electing to pay the penalty is not significant.


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U.S.

Flint, and Michigan, Brace for More Charges in Water Inquiry

There are growing signs that investigators are focusing on bigger targets and looking more intently on the deaths of 12 people from Legionnaires’ disease.

"“What most Flint people worry about is that the people who are held liable, personally liable, they’re worried that it will just be people who are following directions,” said Representative Dan Kildee, a Democrat who represents the city. “In other words, that there will be some sort of sacrificial lambs and that the people who were behind these decisions might not be held accountable.”"

2
Science

No More Data From Pluto

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made more than 400 scientific observations of the dwarf planet. Now scientists can analyze them all.

Mission accomplished.
The work is not done.

3
Health

First Baby in Puerto Rico With Zika-Related Microcephaly Born

The mosquito-borne virus has swept the island, and many pregnant women have been infected.

The information has a high cost.

4
Opinion

Why Dakota Is the New Keystone

The Standing Rock protest against a new oil pipeline is about safeguarding clean water and a safe climate for all.

The use of fossil carbon must end.

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N.Y. / Region

For 22 Unclaimed Bodies in New York, a Grim Path From Death to Burial

Without consent from relatives, the bodies were “lent” to a medical school and then left in a bureaucratic limbo by the medical examiner’s office, revealing continuing problems with the city’s mortuary system.

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U.S.

Missouri Voters to Weigh Ban on Expanding Sales Tax to Services

The state will vote on an amendment prohibiting the collection of sales tax on a range of services, including car repairs, haircuts and legal work.
U.S.

Election May Be a Turning Point for Legal Marijuana

Opinion polls point to the possibility that voters in California and four other states will legalize marijuana in what some call a vast experiment in public health.
U.S.

Tension Between Police and Standing Rock Protesters Reaches Boiling Point

The tension had been building for months, with Native Americans who had camped out saying that the Dakota Access pipeline threatens the region’s water supply.
World

‘Coffee Murder’ Case That Gripped Indonesia Ends With a Guilty Verdict

Jessica Kumala Wongso was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for poisoning her friend’s iced coffee with cyanide at a cafe in Jakarta.
N.Y. / Region

A Sculptor Reaps the Rewards of Art Deals Brokered in the Bedroom

Five years ago, the artist Skye Ferrante found a direct line to wealthy clients through a few new business partners: models who also worked as high-end prostitutes.
Opinion

Mental Illness Is Not a Horror Show

I was unnerved to discover I was someone else’s idea of a ghoul or a zombie.
World

8 Nursing Home Killings Leave Ontario Asking: Why?

New details emerged about a nurse charged with eight counts of murder over a seven-year period, but a possible motive for the killings remained unclear.
Science

A Wider-Eyed Watchdog of the Clutter Surrounding Earth

A new telescope that will be operated by the Air Force could change the way astronomical telescopes are built in the future.
Business Day

Food Industry Goes Beyond Looks to Fight Waste

In the U.S. and Europe, consumers snap up tasty fruits and vegetables that have physical imperfections, but also come with lower prices.
Opinion

Our Precious Urban Lives

Many Sydney neighborhoods, once diverse melting pots, have become shiny, wealthy and inward-looking.
Real Estate

New Condos and Rentals on East Houston Street

In the last few years, a spate of rental and condominium projects have appeared up and down the once-ignored East Houston Street.
World

Australia Climate Report Predicts More Hot Days and Harsher Fire Seasons

Sea levels are also rising as ocean temperatures warm, leading to higher chances of coastal flooding, according to a report by government scientists.
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for $1 Million and Above

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
Arts

Bill Murray Gets a Cubs Win and the Mark Twain Prize

David Letterman and others pay tribute to him at a ceremony the actor says he might have skipped if Chicago hadn’t clinched the pennant.
Business Day

As Europe and Asia Hoard Cash, Economists See Echoes of Crisis

Foreign investors are rushing to plow cash into the United States bond market, recalling a wave of investment in mortgage-backed securities in the 2000s.

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Sorry,  I got distracted.

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The Upshot

A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges

How Congress and the Department of Education can fix an increasingly important system in which graduation rates are low and default rates are high.

Their goal is extracting money.
Education is just an excuse.


U.S.

What Else Is on the Ballot? Minimum Wage, Death Penalty and Guns

Election Day measures include initiatives to raise the minimum wage, impose background checks on gun purchases and reinstate the death penalty.

Remember to read the whole ballot.
Vote your interest.
Look at California where taxes are high and business is doing well.

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World

Germany Confronts, in Unique Exhibit, Its ‘Holocaust of the Bullets’

A new display in Berlin is the first in Germany to focus solely on the executions of more than two million people after the invasion of the Soviet Union.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler%27s_Willing_Executioners

There is no true confrontation as yet.

Show the children the records.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik

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Travel

13 Essential Barbecue Stops (and What to Order)

From Harrisburg, Pa., to Memphis, Tenn., the brisket, sausage, pulled and chopped pork, and fried okra you should put on your plate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory#Route_problems

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N.Y. / Region

Roommate in Tyler Clementi Case Pleads Guilty to Attempted Invasion of Privacy

Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers student who used a webcam to spy on Mr. Clementi while he was having sex, accepted a deal with prosecutors to drop all other charges.

It is an end to the matter.

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Science

First Fossilized Dinosaur Brain Found

An amateur fossil hunter found something that looked like a pebble more than 10 years ago. Turns out, it was a dinosaur brain.

"“It’s uniquely remarkable,” Dr. Norman said, “but it’s not going to change the way we think.”"

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Sports

Gymnast Alleges U.S. Team Leaders Allowed Sexual Abuse


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Opinion

Don’t Use Girls as Props to Fight Trans Rights

All students are at risk if schools embrace too narrow a vision of what a woman is supposed to be.

American culture is untangling gender, sexuality and sex.
The process is not a smooth one.
People go to war for orthodoxy.


U.S.

Case of Former N.S.A. Contractor Escalates as Espionage Act Charges Loom

A new filing said prosecutors plan to charge Harold T. Martin III with committing felonies, crimes that could put him in prison for decades if he is convicted.

The prosecutors must prove their charges.

It is unproven Harold T. Martin committed espionage. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage
The judge will have to  decide.


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N.Y. / Region

Merciless End for a Long Island Cop Killer

John MacKenzie, who murdered Officer Matthew Giglio in 1975, repented and became a model inmate, but was repeatedly denied parole. It was too much for him to bear.

The prison system believes in punishment.
It should oppose the death penalty.

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N.Y. / Region

In Bid to Build Trust, New York City Adds Victims’ Allies in All Precincts

Advocates for crime victims would open a door to therapeutic and financial services that people in poor, minority neighborhoods have lacked, the department said.

Social services needs to be more active.
Getting the agency into the precincts will be useful.
Attaching social services to the police is a matter of practical politics.

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Opinion

Seeing What the Wildfires Took, and What They Left Behind

Once the fire in Fort McMurray died, we came back to find neighborhoods reduced to ashes but our house untouched. How do we live now?

The oil business continues.  Winter is there.
The town has survived.

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Business Day

Plan to Bail Out ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Raises Skepticism

There is something odd about adding yet another legal entity to the already complex corporate structure of banks.

The plan is not explained.

http://ww2.cfo.com/regulation/2015/07/bankruptcy-bill-replace-bank-bailouts/

"Under Chapter 14, a failed bank would go bankrupt, leaving its owners and unsecured creditors on the hook for its bad decisions, not taxpayers, say the bill’s co-sponsors.
To avoid systemic risk to the financial system, which is what has led the government to use bailouts in the past, Chapter 14 would enable all the failed bank’s assets and the liabilities that pose systemic risk to be transferred to a new “bridge” company. This new, solvent, company would go on meeting the failed bank’s obligations, while all losses would be incurred by the owners of the failed bank."

The plan is not acceptable.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_company

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/business/dealbook/banks-living-wills-are-murky-guides.html

The stocks held by the bank are an asset that would be auctioned in bankruptcy.

http://ww2.cfo.com/regulation/2015/07/bankruptcy-bill-replace-bank-bailouts/


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Business Day

An EpiPen Rival Is About to Return to the Shelves

The Auvi-Q, which drew an ardent fan base, was taken off the market in 2015. It is unclear whether its comeback next year will help lower the price of the EpiPen.

The price of automatic injectors should quickly fall.

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Travel

TripAdvisor to Start Booking Travel to Cuba

Travelers will soon be able to book through one of the world’s largest travel websites, the latest development in an American travel industry that is slowly normalizing tourism to Cuba.

The Republican party has not forgiven Cuba.

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Science

Flying for 10 Months Without a Layover

Researchers attached tiny logging devices to common swifts to confirm that the birds stay aloft when they aren’t nesting.

Clever investigators.

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Business Day

Why Wait a Month for a Sofa That’s Not Even What You Wanted?

Start-ups are trying to break off pieces of the furniture market by offering custom sizes and colors, or more affordable prices, and quicker turnaround.

People need furniture.

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Science

Dark Spot in Mars Photo Is Probably Wreckage of European Spacecraft

The remnants of the Schiaparelli lander seemed to appear on Mars in photos taken by a NASA orbiter, the European Space Agency said Friday.

Automated equipment is tricky.

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World

Mexico Arrests Ex-Chief of Police in City Where 43 Students Disappeared

The former chief, Felipe Flores Velázquez, was in charge of the police force in Iguala, where the students vanished in 2014.

When he is convicted Felipe Flores Velázquez can tell us his story.

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Style

Do I Fight for Child Visitation, or Pick a Job Transfer?

Also, loyalty to an accountant, and a daughter who drives too ... slowly?

Good advice.

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