Tuesday, September 13, 2016

@18:30, 9/13/16

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Travel

This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It.

The Maah Daah Hey Trail is the longest and arguably most grueling single-track mountain biking route in the United States.

Rushing through the Bad Lands of North Dakota is not a good idea.
These two would have benefited from cooler weather.
If it were easier it would be cattle ranches.

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Food

The Best Pairing for Indian Food? It’s Not Beer.

More good Indian restaurants are offering excellent wine lists. The trick is in knowing how to pair it with the food.

There is no tradition of wine on the subcontinent in recent centuries.
Take advice or think.

3
Opinion

A Global Tax on Wealth

A reader writes that such a tax “would expose the amount of wealth hidden in tax havens and introduce real tax transparency.”

"Follow the money."
To tax wealth one must find it.

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N.Y. / Region

Bar Cars May Return to Metro-North Trains Serving Connecticut

Commuter advocates say the service on the New Haven line is intended to cushion the blow of approaching fare increases; the governor plans a news conference on Tuesday.

Drinks for those who do not drive themselves.

The rail line would do better with private club cars.

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U.S.

Neighbors Say North Dakota Pipeline Protests Disrupt Lives and Livelihoods

Ranchers and residents in the conservative, overwhelmingly white countryside view the demonstrations with a mix of frustration and fear, reflecting the deep cultural divides and racial attitudes.

That is the idea.

6
Business Day

Elon Musk Says Pending Tesla Updates Could Have Prevented Fatal Crash

Fashion & Style

Mary Burr, Ryan Salvatore

The bride and groom met at Yale, from which each received a master’s degree in architecture.

Any rite will do.

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

8
Science

Is Space Junk Creating Earth’s Own Ring?

From a certain point of view, all that stuff does look like a ring. But it’s a far cry from all the ice and rock ringing Saturn.

No.

9
Magazine

Margot Lee Shetterly Wants To Tell More Black Stories

The author of “Hidden Figures” on black excellence, visibility in STEM fields and why imagination is paramount to social progress.

A computer is also a person.
We think of the hardware because we don't know the world that was.

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Fashion & Style

Jeannette de Jesús, Jamey Bell

An executive for Fair Haven Community Health Center in New Haven and the executive director of Greater Hartford Legal Aid are married in Connecticut.

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

11
Well

Most Parents Give the Wrong Dose of Liquid Medication

More than 84 percent of parents made errors in measuring liquid pediatric medicines in a study.

I know people can't measure.

12
Business Day

As More Devices Board Planes, Travelers Are Playing With Fire


A big battery is a slow bomb.

13
Style

The Curious Case of Susan Estrich

The legal scholar puzzles feminists with her staunch defense of her onetime political opponent Roger Ailes.

She is a lawyer earning a fee.

14
U.S.

Pregnant Women Anxious as Florida’s Zika Test Results Take Weeks

The state offers free tests to pregnant women, but a lack of resources has contributed to a backlog that has left hundreds waiting a long time.

Early termination is better.

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Fashion & Style

Kate Taylor, Jeremy Faust

The couple knew each other in high school in San Francisco, but weren’t friends. The reconnected, through OkCupid, when both lived in New York.

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

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N.Y. / Region

Period for Ground Zero Workers to Seek Compensation Is Extended

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation that reopens the claims period; it will now run until Sept. 11, 2018.

The time limit allows another bite at credit for charity.

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Fashion & Style

Andrea Jue, Darryl Chiang

The bride graduated from Brown, and the groom from Princeton and Harvard.

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

18
Food

What to Cook This Week

On a somber date, a beef stew helps us slow down and reflect. Then, back to the seasonal larder with a creamy corn pasta, spicy shrimp and more.

Lead on.

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Technology

Apple Offers Free App to Teach Children Coding (iPads Sold Separately)

The educational program is aimed at middle school students, but critics say the fact it requires a tablet makes it unavailable to lower-income families.

The corporate goal is to lock as many as possible into the "walled Garden" of copyright code.

20
Opinion

Suing Journalists in Mexico

The impact of Mexico’s new anticorruption law depends on the ability of journalists to do critical work without facing specious lawsuits.

The U.S. has such law. 
Public figures may not sue for libel.
They may blacklist journalists.

Slapp suit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation


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