Wednesday, August 24, 2016

@20:00, 8/23/16

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1
Opinion

Putting the Power of Self-Knowledge to Work

A person’s understanding of their own early trauma can lead to transformative change.

Do what works.

2
Fashion & Style

Geraldine Prasuhn, Harker Rhodes

The bride, a management consultant, and the groom, a former Supreme Court clerk, met at Harvard.

One religion is as satisfactory as another.

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

3
Food

Sweet Summer Peaches, Made Even Sweeter

Even less-than-perfect peaches can be wonderful with the heat of the oven, a bit of sugar or a swirl through a river of freshly whipped cream.

I will search for good peaches.

4
Business Day

Graduate Students Clear Hurdle in Effort to Form Union

A ruling by the National Labor Relations Board involving students at Columbia opens the door for teaching assistants at private universities to organize.

Organization yields a better power balance.

5
U.S.

Segregation, the Neighbor That Won’t Leave

Why well-off black families end up living in poorer areas than white families with similar or even lower incomes.

The segregated system has been in place since the first settlement.

6
Health

Got a Thyroid Tumor? Most Should Be Left Alone.

A new report in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms what many cancer researchers have known — that an “epidemic” can be traced to overdiagnosis.

Panic is destructive.

7
Opinion

Handwriting Just Doesn’t Matter

Cursive is a useless practice, and someday all printing may be, too.

The skill needs constant practice.
I do not get enough.  I am stuck between worlds.

8
U.S.

Whose Lives Should Be Saved? To Help Shape Policy, Researchers in Maryland Ask the Public

For the past few years, researchers have been holding forums to see how people would ration limited medical resources during disasters or pandemics.

Educating the public is important.

Start with triage.
Once a patient makes it to treatment the treatment must continue.
When spaces run out the deathrate will rise.
Transport to other centers will be available. 

9
Food

From a Liqueur, a Vegetal Aroma and a Sweet Heat

This amber spirit is made from chiles that are not quite ripe.

We can stock it at need.

10
N.Y. / Region

New York Police Struggle to Generate Leads in Murder of Queens Jogger


He will try again. 

11
Business Day

An Insider Trading Case That Pit Father Against Son

Sean Stewart is likely to go to jail after his father, who made $150,000 from trading on tips passed by his son, refused to testify in his defense.

I was not there.

12
Opinion

A Rare Agreement on Climate Rules

New rules on heavy-truck emissions show that regulators and industry can, in fact, produce a mutually acceptable result.

Best practices.
Freight costs will rise some.

13
U.S.

Pasco Police Need More Training After Shooting, Justice Department Finds

A yearlong review after the shooting death in 2015 of an unarmed Hispanic man in Pasco, in southeastern Washington State, also urged more community outreach efforts.

We will see if there is a repeat.

14
Health

That Cloth Mask for Smoggy Days? A Paper One Works Better.

Air pollution is rapidly increasing in Asian cities and not all masks protect equally.

Crude studies are a good place to start.

15
Books

How to Raise a Mensch

In “Mamaleh Knows Best,” Marjorie Ingall says the values of Jewish mothers produce good children.

I have trouble with revealed truth from any source.

16
Business Day

Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Harassment Complaints

The former host charged that top executives at the network punished her for complaining about sexual harassment by Roger Ailes.

I will welcome the demise of Faux news.

17
Opinion

Who Wants to Marry an Emperor?

Enough with 2,600 years of tradition. Japan needs to let women rule.

Fear not.  There will be volunteers.

Japan is not ready for an Elizabeth Rex I.

18 
Magazine

Turning Instagram Into a Radically Unfiltered Travel Guide

Exploring the app’s geolocation tags can transform it into an innovative and frenetic sort of tourism map — one tailored just for you.

I will let you be the expert.

19
Opinion

I Criticized the Olympics. That Doesn’t Make Me a Traitor.

In Brazil, many of us are so obsessed with how the outside world sees us that we won’t recognize our own faults.

It was a splendid party.
Cleaning up is the host's problem.

20
Sports

Rio Games Highlight Problems With the Olympic Model

The problems that cities face in hosting the Olympics, like being left with immediately obsolete venues, call for organizers to develop a more sustainable approach.

Bidding for the games solves most of the problems.


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