Monday, July 18, 2016

@17:00, 7/18/16

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Food

Salmon Tales

Notes from Alaska, a few recipes and some suggested reading.
Food

What to Cook This Week

Today, take it easy and cook a few ears of summer corn.
Fashion & Style

Sara Weaver, Jonathan Jager

The couple met in the Columbia University Marching Band.
Sports

Pat Summitt Honored by Long List of Admirers in Public Ceremony

Summitt, who led Tennessee to eight national titles in women’s basketball, died on June 28 after a fight with Alzheimer’s disease.
Opinion

A Step Forward for Fair Pay at McDonald’s

The granting of class-action status for a lawsuit is another step toward establishing fair pay practices for employees of the fast-food giant.
Fashion & Style

Fiona Reeves, Chris Liddell-Westefeld

The couple met at the White House while reading and organizing heaps of mail sent to President Obama in the correspondence office.
Opinion

What Makes Brazilians Sick

For local residents, “Olympic legacy” means living with Rio’s filthy water for decades after the athletes have left.
Health

Confronting a Lingering Question About Zika: How It Enters the Womb

Zika, unlike most viruses that infect pregnant women, is able to cross from the bloodstream through the placenta, and scientists think they are closer to finding out why.
Opinion

Why You Don’t Know Your Own Mind

Experiments in cognitive science, neuroimaging and social psychology are overturning a trope of philosophy.
Travel

A London Outpost of a Paris Trendsetter

Despite its name, Frenchie’s accent is as British as it is French.
Books

The Dark History of the Olympics

A survey of the modern Olympic Games recalls unflattering aspects long before doping and gender testing.
Real Estate

Wanted: 2BR, Near Bars and Restaurants

Cafes, restaurants and bars play a major role in the often arduous and angst-ridden drama of home hunting.
N.Y. / Region

At the Seagram Building, the Past Is Still Very Present

The building may have lost the celebrated Four Seasons restaurant, but millions have been spent to preserve the landmark’s design features.
Science

An Unintended Summer Morsel

If the ants that infest my kitchen in summer are inadvertently swallowed, are they likely to be harmful?
N.Y. / Region

Precious Scents on Father’s Day

A woman at a garden in Greenwich Village received a gift from a stranger that reminded her of her parents.
Sports

Pat Summitt’s Public Fight Spurs Research Support

The former Tennessee women’s basketball coach’s high-profile battle has brought new awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and an outpouring of donations.

The support is minimal.
The article is advertising for the foundation which is not funded.

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Opinion

Funding for Internships

We should leverage the power of social media to make these opportunities more accessible, a university provost says.

Government does not do charity.
The corporations must obey the labor laws.

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Fashion & Style

For Obama’s Speechwriting Team, the Message Finally Got Through

A White House wordsmith was instantly smitten with a new arrival, but the word he kept hearing was “no.”

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

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Arts

False Alarm: Damien Hirst’s Formaldehyde Fumes Weren’t Dangerous

A scientific paper that said a 2012 exhibition at Tate Modern had high levels of fumes will be retracted.

The Damien Hirst works would have been a small loss.

Shocking.   Peer review failed.

It appears the instrument was faulty.
Manual analytical methods  should have detected the problem. 

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U.S.

How the Poll Was Conducted

The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll is based on telephone interviews with 1,600 adults throughout the United States.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

Trump is still losing the general election.

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