Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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U.S.

Lead Levels in Flint Water Drop, but Residents Still Can’t Drink It

By LIAM STACK | Jan 25th 2017 

The water quality in Flint will be an emotional problem.
The residents will not trust the water.

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Opinion

A High School Defaced With ‘Trump’ and Swastikas

By ANNA NORTH | Jan 25th 2017

We will be told" boys will be boys".

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio and Cuomo Spar Over Cost of Affordable Housing Plan

By CHARLES V. BAGLI | Jan 27th 2017
The State Legislature is considering the governor’s new version of a program that offered tax incentives to encourage construction of apartments for low-income residents.

The landlords don't like the plan.

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N.Y. / Region

Will El Chapo Risk Trial? (Can He Afford Not To?)

By ALAN FEUER | Jan 25th 2017
Lawyers say there’s no downside to Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s fighting the government’s drug-trafficking charges, but how he might do that is a more complex matter.

Money has no value to Joaquín Guzmán Loera at the moment.
There is no down side to going to trial.
Presumed innocent is better than found guilty.

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U.S.

Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care

By DAVE PHILIPPS | Jan 28th 2017
Roughly 4,000 service members helped clean up the Enewetak Atoll from nuclear tests. Many now have ailments they think result from the work, but the government won’t provide health care.

The military is being cheap.
The Republican party encourages it.
Truman signed the G.I. Bill.

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Fashion & Style

A Son in Rehab, a Dying Parent: How to Bring Them Together?

By PHILIP GALANES | Jan 26th 2017
Also, advice on confronting a man-child whose mother packs his lunch, and how to respond to judge-y friends.

Mother is dead.
I have been doing for about two decades.

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Business Day

A Polluted Site, and a Potential Mess for the Trump Organization

By BARRY MEIER | Feb 1st 2017
The organization wants the State of South Carolina to limit its cleanup costs at an industrial site, but it may not be eligible for the program to which it applied.

The information should have been public last year.

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N.Y. / Region

Robert Garcia Dies at 84; Bronx Congressman Undone by Scandal

By JOSEPH P. FRIED | Jan 27th 2017
Mr. Garcia was an advocate for poor Hispanic and black people, but his political career was toppled in the Wedtech corruption case.

https://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.%20%2F%20Region&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=article#/Wedtech

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N.Y. / Region

Refugee Ban Endangers ‘Part of American Legacy’

By JIM DWYER | Jan 30th 2017
Christian leaders have strongly criticized President Trump’s executive orders, and a former New York district attorney has called the policy a “disgrace.”

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

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Business Day

The Dow Hit 20,000. Now What?

By LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Jan 25th 2017
In an industry that lives and dies by numbers, crossing the threshold was enough to give even the most hardened skeptic reason to smile.

The Dow will continue up while Trump appears successful.
When Trump fails the Dow will crash.
We will probably learn of the failure from the crash.

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Opinion

If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It

By DAVID BORNSTEIN | Jan 25th 2017
The science writer Gary Taubes says the evidence linking sugar to obesity and diabetes is inconclusive, but that doesn’t mean sugar is safe.

Yes.
Get the facts.  See "Sugar, the bitter truth".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&t=305s

Pay attention to the biochemistry.

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Well

Travelers With Nut Allergies Clash With Airlines

By RONI CARYN RABIN | Jan 26th 2017

The airlines do not want the liability.

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World

The Little-Known Role of Western Economists in Building a Post-Mao China

By EDWARD WONG | Jan 25th 2017
The reform period ushered in by Deng Xiaoping also drew on the wisdom of foreign advisers, according to the Oxford scholar Julian Gewirtz.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/13/business/james-tobin-nobel-laureate-in-economics-and-an-adviser-to-kennedy-is-dead-at-84.html

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

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

Friedman continues to mislead.

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The Upshot

Pressure From Trump May Delay a Factory’s Exit, but It Won’t Stop It

By JUSTIN WOLFERS | Jan 27th 2017
The president has pressured companies to keep jobs in the United States. Though it may seem to be working, it is an illusion and might undermine manufacturing.

"But bad economics can be good politics. We may see some spectacular short-run effects, even if Mr. Trump undermines the long-run competitiveness of America’s factories. The political upside will be obvious in the monthly employment numbers, while the economic downside will be difficult to disentangle from the decades-long trend of declining factory jobs. Yet we shouldn’t be deluded. C.E.O.s will ultimately move jobs abroad if that’s what it takes to churn out profits."

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Well

Get Up and Move. It May Make You Happier.

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Jan 25th 2017
Even a gentle walk can lift your mood and improve life satisfaction.

Yes.

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Business Day

Trump’s Economic Vows May Be Harder to Hit After a Slow 2016

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ | Jan 27th 2017
The economic expansion of only 1.6 percent in 2016 could bolster the case for infrastructure spending but complicate the president’s plans.

People know when their pockets are empty.

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Well

Hugs and Hard Labor on an Indiana Farm

By LAIRD HUNT | Jan 27th 2017

Yes.

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Opinion

Drilling and Dirty Air in Los Angeles

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 30th 2017

Yes

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N.Y. / Region

M.T.A. Chief’s Departure Leaves Void at Top of Agency at a Critical Time

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS | Jan 25th 2017

Trivial.

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N.Y. / Region

Breakaway Democrats in New York Senate Add Another to Their Ranks

By JESSE McKINLEY | Jan 25th 2017
The Independent Democratic Conference, whose collaboration with Republicans has allowed that party to control the State Senate despite a numeric disadvantage, picked up an eighth member on Wednesday.

Political power is attractive.

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  1. What's Selling Now

    Homes That Sold for $450,000 and Under 

     Yes


  2. Editorial

    Protecting Birth Control Access in Oregon 

    Yes 


  3. Ask Real Estate

    A New Building Blocks a Window. Now What? 

    Fix the blank spot.
     
     

  4. How Trump’s Court Pick Will Tilt Abortion, Unions and Affirmative Action 

    The wrong way.

     

  5. In Private, Republican Lawmakers Agonize Over Health Law Repeal

  6. Letter

    Health Savings Accounts 

    They are not a winner 


  7. Op-Ed Contributor

    The Court Needs Another Clarence Thomas, Not a Scalia

    The constitution is a living and changing document. 


  8. Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Psychologists in C.I.A. Torture Case 

    Properly. 


  9. Editorial

    Drilling and Dirty Air in Los Angeles 

     They are causally connected. 


  10. In a Divided Wisconsin County, Many Choose Political Silence 

    The wrong things are happening.

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  1. Editorial

    Protecting Birth Control Access in Oregon 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/opinion/protecting-birth-control-access-in-oregon.html

    "The bill, which is expected to come up for debate in March, may serve as a model for other states. New York is already moving in the right direction, with regulations announced this month to require insurers to provide co-pay-free coverage of contraceptives and abortions deemed medically necessary by a doctor.
    Oregon’s bill is a powerful defense, at the state level, of necessary reproductive health care."

  2. Trilobites

    Ice That Sparkles Like Diamonds Washes Onto Japanese Shores 

    OK 


  3. Trump’s Vision of ‘Carnage’ Misses Complex Reality of Many Cities 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/trump-carnage-cities-reality.html
    Gun control would help.

  4. How Republicans Will Try to Roll Back Obama Regulations 

    The Republicans will try a temper tantrum. 


  5. On the Market

    Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan 

    Gramercy is the best of the group. 

  6. One-Man Traffic Jam Will Hit City When Trump Visits 

    The attention will please agent orange. 


  7. How Trump’s Court Pick Will Tilt Abortion, Unions and Affirmative Action 

    Trump will do his best to politicize the Supreme Court. 


  8. Top a Steaming Beverage With Artful Chocolate 

    You could do that. 
    Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best. 


  9. In Private, Republican Lawmakers Agonize Over Health Law Repeal 

    The A.C.A. probably will survive. 


  10. Ask Real Estate

    A New Building Blocks a Window. Now What? 

    The board must remove the window.
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The Upshot

A Republican Plan for Medicare Gets a Revival

By AARON E. CARROLL and AUSTIN FRAKT | Jan 30th 2017
An idea to control costs relies on the power of market innovation, but there are risks to this approach.

Part D is a disaster.
Medicare Pays for required care. 
There is no market choice when all care is unaffordable. 

2
Fashion & Style

Veronique Valcu, Jonathan Morales

Jan 29th 2017
The couple met through Tinder in 2013.

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

3
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for $450,000 and Under

Compiled by C.J. HUGHES | Jan 29th 2017
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

Realistic

Building would get us closer to what I desire.

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Your Money

Sign Up for Health Care Coverage? ‘Absolutely,’ Experts Say

By ANN CARRNS | Jan 27th 2017
Though the Affordable Care Act faces an uncertain future, advocates say consumers should still sign up for coverage if they need it.

The Republican party hates Obama care.
They have not found a way to end it.
It is the best available deal with the exception of Medicare.

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Real Estate

The Best and the Worst States for Families

By MICHAEL KOLOMATSKY | Jan 27th 2017
Geography makes a difference in raising the quality of family life, according to new rankings based on data.

Look at the data.  Our criteria are not theirs.

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-raise-a-family/31065/

I fear the winter in Minnesota.

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Science

Gazing Into Danakil Depression’s Mirror, and Seeing Mars Stare Back

By AMY YEE | Jan 30th 2017
Scientists are studying this area in a remote region of Ethiopia — one of the hottest places on Earth — to understand the possibilities of life on other planets and moons.

Learning is always good.
This is some of the better learning.

The graduate students suffer.

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Opinion

Sorry, Rules Don’t Dissolve by Decree

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 29th 2017
There’s less to Donald Trump’s assault on bureaucracy than he pretends.

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Well

After Mastectomies, an Unexpected Blow: Numb New Breasts

By RONI CARYN RABIN | Jan 29th 2017
Reconstructive surgery is billed as being better than ever, but most women lose sensation in their chest, which can be devastating and even dangerous. They wish they had been warned.

Some are never happy.

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World

Duterte’s Free Birth-Control Order Is Latest Skirmish With Catholic Church

By AURORA ALMENDRAL | Jan 27th 2017
The Philippine president’s demand gives clear guidance to local officials, after challenges by the church and others kept a 2012 law from taking full effect.

The religious wars continue.

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World

Taliban, Collecting Bills for Afghan Utilities, Tap New Revenue Sources

By MUJIB MASHAL and NAJIM RAHIM | Jan 28th 2017
As militants have taken over increasingly large areas in the past two years, they have found ways beyond the illicit drug trade to make money.

The act is theft.
Sharia law provides a draconian penalty for theft.

The right hand is taken for a first offense.
Mercifully the head is the price of a second offense. 


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Monday, January 30, 2017

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1
Science

Advances Made Toward Growing Organs in ‘Chimera’ Animals

By NICHOLAS WADE | Jan 26th 2017
One research team demonstrated that human cells can help form pig tissues; another used mouse pancreases grown in rats to reverse diabetes in mice.

Early days.

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U.S.

Days Before a Deadline, Trump Team Cancels Ads for Obama Health Plan

By ROBERT PEAR | Jan 27th 2017
The ads would have run in the final days of the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period, which ends Tuesday. Many consumers tend to sign up just before the deadline.

The Trump administration does not want Obama care to grow.

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Opinion

Drilling and Dirty Air in Los Angeles

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 30th 2017
The continued reliance on nonrenewable sources of energy like oil and natural gas is a health hazard.

The oil companies were there first.
Usually there is a reason when space is cheap.

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N.Y. / Region

Child Welfare Unit Tied to Toddler’s Death Is Understaffed and Poorly Trained, Report Says

By NIKITA STEWART | Jan 27th 2017

Children do not vote or pay taxes.

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Job Market

Healing the Health Professional

By PATRICIA R. OLSEN | Jan 27th 2017
An addiction counselor at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation says her job allows for creativity and spontaneity.

It is important to close the door on work every working day.

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U.S.

In Private, Republican Lawmakers Agonize Over Health Law Repeal

By ROBERT PEAR and THOMAS KAPLAN | Jan 28th 2017
An audio recording of a closed-door meeting reveals concerns that contrast with the confidence party leaders and President Trump express in public.

There is no acceptable substitute for Obama care.

Twenty million newly uninsured is not acceptable.

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan

By MICHELLE HIGGINS | Jan 27th 2017
This week’s properties are in the East Village, the Gramercy area and Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.

Make the children happy if you can.
We should please ourselves.

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Technology

Generation X More Addicted to Social Media Than Millennials, Report Finds

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH | Jan 27th 2017
Adults from the ages of 35 to 49 were found to spend an average of six hours and 58 minutes on social media per week, compared with six hours and 19 minutes for their younger counterparts.

The difference is small.

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U.S.

Nearly 8 Decades Later, an Apology for a Lynching in Georgia

By ALAN BLINDER and RICHARD FAUSSET | Jan 26th 2017
The police chief in LaGrange, Ga., who is white, says he will apologize for the death of a young black man by a white mob in 1940.

Late, an apology by a man who was not there.

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U.S.

After Months of Care and Hope, a Woman Shot in Chicago Dies

By MITCH SMITH | Jan 30th 2017
Precious Land, a young mother who was shot in May, had been tended to by medical workers and her mother ever since being shot. In January, she died, adding to the city’s grim toll.

There is not much to do about a random event.
Gun control would help.

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