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Opinion
In Australia, Don’t Tip
A travel agent explains that waiters, tour guides, bellhops and taxi drivers receive fair wages and don’t expect tips.It took me years to learn the wait staff is not paid a good wage.
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Opinion
The New Orleans Jails, 10 Years Later
Since Katrina, the city, remarkably, is making real progress toward a smaller, more humane jail system.New Orleans is doing better.
They can do better still.
Bars and clubs could be required to support public restrooms.
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Books
Inside the List
Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list. Sort of.I have not been tempted by Proust.
I know more of Berlin's world than I like.
"But even in these lonely, gritty places, there is humor — and Proust. A story about long-lost love, told from the point of view of a hospital clerk, is titled “Temps Perdu.” What reunites the pair, however, is perfectly, pungently Berlin: It’s a full colostomy bag."
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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N.Y. / Region
Video: Queens: The Next Tourist Destination
Lonely Planet named Queens the No. 1 United States tourist destination of 2015. Residents and business owners wonder if the borough can become more than just a day trip from Manhattan.The hip has a tropism for dense low rent.
The bicycle and trolley car made Queens.
Queens is pining for the trolley.
Before there was aluminum siding there was asbestos cement.
Al Smith and Robert Moses made Queens what it is today.
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Food
A Corn Gratin Welcomes Chard Into the Fold
Blanched and chopped, the hardy and versatile summer green jumps into the mix.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017637-chard-and-sweet-corn-gratin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratin
I have been cooking for myself.
My problem has been getting the quantities small.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Relies on Housing Program It Deplores as Homeless Ranks Swell
Mayor Bill de Blasio has not delivered on his pledge to end the city’s use of an emergency form of housing that officials have deemed abhorrent and ineffective.Slum housing is the shelter of the poor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum
Rent control nearly killed the landlords.
Market rents have increased the number of the homeless.
I have no fix for market economics.
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Sports
Kenyan Wins in Javelin
The javelin thrower Julius Yego won the first world championships gold medal in a field event for Kenya, a country known for distance running."The gold came on a day when two Kenyan runners were suspended for positive doping tests, raising questions about the country’s dominance at the meet, in Beijing."
A sad day.
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Travel
From Chicago to Mackinac Island, a Tour of Lake Michigan
The area around this Great Lake offers more variety than many people expect, from the skyscrapers of Chicago to the sandy beaches across the water.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
I know of it. It is not my home.
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Opinion
Paying Men but Not Women for Pope Preparations
A writer objects to paying men to craft a chair for the pope but expecting women to volunteer their sewing skills.I do not expect the Roman Church to be other than it is.
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Sports
U.S. Open Draw Unveils Serena Williams’s Grand Slam Path
Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams and Madison Keys could all get a shot at knocking off Serena Williams in the United States Open.http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp?meta=true
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T Magazine
A New Mexican Restaurant That Doesn’t Skimp on the Spice
To celebrate the opening of the Mexican chain’s fifth location, Tacombi West Village, its chef shares a recipe for sopa de lima.
Sopa de Lima
Yield: 6-8 generous servings.
For stock:
1 2.5-to-3-pound whole chicken trimmed of any excess fat
2 white onions cut in quarters
3 plum tomatoes, cut in half
1 habañero chile, cut in half (seeding optional)
1 head of garlic, cut in half (no need to peel)
6 quarts cold water
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1 teaspoon cumin
2 whole cloves
2 allspice berries
1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
4 limas, cut in half: These are special limes from the Yucatán peninsula that are incredibly fragrant and take on a completely different flavor than traditional limes — a little sweeter, sour but not bitter. If you can’t find limas, which are very hard to come by in the States, substitute 3 limes and the juice of one orange.
2 white onions cut in quarters
3 plum tomatoes, cut in half
1 habañero chile, cut in half (seeding optional)
1 head of garlic, cut in half (no need to peel)
6 quarts cold water
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1 teaspoon cumin
2 whole cloves
2 allspice berries
1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
4 limas, cut in half: These are special limes from the Yucatán peninsula that are incredibly fragrant and take on a completely different flavor than traditional limes — a little sweeter, sour but not bitter. If you can’t find limas, which are very hard to come by in the States, substitute 3 limes and the juice of one orange.
1.
In a pot large enough to hold the chicken, add it whole, cover with
water and add all the vegetables, garlic and spices. (Do not add the
citrus; that will be added at the end of the cooking process.)
2.
Bring the pot to a simmer over medium-high heat — do not let it boil,
which will make your stock cloudy and muddle the flavors. Cook until the
chicken is cooked through, which should take about 45–60 minutes.
3.
During the last 15 minutes, give the limas (or limes and orange) a
little squeeze, then drop them in whole. Turn off heat. Remove chicken
and allow to cool.
4. Let stock cool for about 15 mins, then pass through a fine sieve and set aside. Discard vegetables.
5. While stock is cooling, reinforce the stock using the same pot.
To reinforce the stock:
1 white onion, julienned
3 plum tomatoes, roasted on a plancha or grill until skins are lightly blackened, then roughly chopped
2 poblano chiles, roasted until lightly blackened and seeded (no need to peel), roughly chopped
2 tablespoons grape seed oil or manteca (rendered pork lard)About 1 tablespoon kosher salt
3 plum tomatoes, roasted on a plancha or grill until skins are lightly blackened, then roughly chopped
2 poblano chiles, roasted until lightly blackened and seeded (no need to peel), roughly chopped
2 tablespoons grape seed oil or manteca (rendered pork lard)About 1 tablespoon kosher salt
1.
Over medium heat, add onions, tomatoes and poblanos. Cook about 5
minutes, stirring regularly, then add the salt. When the onions are
soft, add the stock made in the previous steps. Allow this to come to
simmer.
2.
Reduce heat to low and season with salt. You can also add more lima (or
lime and orange) juice at this point to achieve desired acidity.
3. While soup is cooking, shred chicken and add back into soup.
4. Check seasoning for salt and acidity.
5.
Garnish soup with fried tortilla strips or fresh corn tortilla and
sliced rounds of lima. And of course, to kick it up a bit, add a little
fresh habañero (diced), salt and a little fresh lime juice.
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U.S.
Mississippi: Judge Halts Executions
A federal judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order blocking Mississippi from using two drugs in executions, shutting down the death penalty in the state for now.Use an ax. Anesthetics are available.
A stay is only a pause.
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Sports
Jess’s Dream Aces His Debut at Saratoga
The horse, the first foal out of the 2009 horse of the year, Rachel Alexandra, swept past six rivals to win in a mile and an eighth.Tomorrow is the race.
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U.S.
Ferguson Announces an Amnesty on Warrants
The efforts are a response to the sharp criticism of the court system in the Missouri city that emerged after the killing of Michael Brown last year.An amnesty will help.
An end to applying fines to the general fund is required.
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Books
Do We Mistake Inaccessibility for Brilliance?
Zoë Heller and Leslie Jamison discuss whether we overvalue difficulty in literature.For me reading fiction is primarily entertainment.
If I want to work intellectually there is design and technology and ultimately creation.
There is no question that the best setters of crossword puzzles are brilliant.
They are intentionally inaccessible.
The question fails.
There is no mistake.
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World
South Africa: Pistorius Meant to Shoot His Girlfriend, Her Parents Assert
Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend deliberately, her parents, Barry and June Steenkamp, said in their first public comments against a South African court ruling.The parents lost their daughter to mistakes.
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U.S.
California Beats Water Conservation Goal for 2nd Straight Month
The state used 31 percent less water last month than in July 2013, surpassing the target of 25 percent in the second month of mandatory statewide cutbacks.California is still in drought.
Water is a "common" resource.
In our culture its use should be regulated by market pressures.
The conservation goal is probably mistaken.
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N.Y. / Region
U.S. to Join Inquiry Into Death of New York Prisoner
The United States attorney in Manhattan will investigate the death of Samuel Harrell, a prisoner at the Fishkill Correctional Facility who inmates say was beaten severely by guards.The Eighth Amendment is getting attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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N.Y. / Region
From the Bench, a New Look at Punishment
Some federal judges are questioning minimum sentences and giving fresh consideration to expunging convictions that they say are holding defendants back.The Eighth Amendment is getting attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Opinion
Why Vouchers Won’t Fix Vegas Schools
Paying families to leave the school system won’t help low-income students, or their struggling families.Las Vegas has a First Amendment Problem.
Much of the voucher money will go to the support of religious schooling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Governor Andrew Cuomo has the same problem.
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