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N.Y. / Region
Lead Tests on New York City Schools’ Water May Have Masked Scope of Risk
Officials said that fewer than 1 percent of samples taken had elevated lead levels. But a review of how the tests were conducted raises questions about the accuracy of the results.The city saves money where it can.
The toxic nature of lead pipe became common knowledge less than a generation ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_(fluid_conveyance)#Materials
"Lead piping is still found in old domestic and other water distribution systems, but it is no longer permitted for new potable water piping installations due to its toxicity. Many building codes now require that lead piping in residential or institutional installations be replaced with non-toxic piping or that the tubes' interiors be treated with phosphoric acid. According to a senior researcher and lead expert with the Canadian Environmental Law Association, "...there is no safe level of lead [for human exposure]".[3] In 1991 the US EPA issued the Lead and Copper Rule, it is a federal regulation which limits the concentration of lead and copper allowed in public drinking water, as well as the permissible amount of pipe corrosion occurring due to the water itself. In the US it's estimated that 6.5 million lead pipes installed before the 1930s are still in use.[4]"
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N.Y. / Region
New York Court Expands Definition of Parenthood
The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a non-adoptive, non-biological caretaker of a child could be allowed to ask for custody and visitation rights.Necessary.
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Magazine
Should a Teacher at a Sketchy College Help Recruit Students?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether the deceptions of your employer implicate you, when to tell your boss that a co-worker is a serial sex harasser and what to do about the swindler in the family.Each person is individually responsible for individual behavior.
We have no direct control of others. We control only ourselves.
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N.Y. / Region
A Valet Who Parks Dogs
Watching a driver leave both his S.U.V. and his schnauzer in a Midtown garage.The dog and the S.U.V. can be retrieved from their separate pounds.
That relationship is over.
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World
Video: South African Schoolgirls Hold Anti-Racism Protests
Students at Pretoria High School for Girls are demonstrating against what they call racist school policies. They say they are not allowed to speak their native languages or wear their hair naturally.Pretoria is trying to save money __
Money is either spent or stolen.
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Opinion
Back to School With Budgets Still Tight
In several states where school budgets have still not recovered from the recession, lawmakers — not the economy — are largely to blame."But in states with the biggest school-budget cuts, much of the pain is self-inflicted, because they have cut income taxes in recent years, creating budget shortfalls that make it impossible to adequately finance their schools. Kansas is the most notorious for such counterproductive tax cuts; other offenders include Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Oklahoma, in particular, is vying with its neighbor Kansas for the title of most fiscally reckless."
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U.S.
As Brock Turner Is Set to Be Freed Friday, California Bill Aims for Harsher Penalties for Sexual Assault
Critics planned a rally on the day the former Stanford swimmer is scheduled to be released, and the judge in the case has spoken out.Ex post facto law is unconstitutional.
Chemistry can be an offensive weapon.
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Magazine
Whoopi Goldberg Wants to Make You Feel Better
The entertainer on menstrual-pain relief, staying single and the notion of “innocent until proven guilty.”OK.
Square holes are easy. So are square pegs.
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Real Estate
$900,000 Homes in Maryland, Arkansas and Idaho
A brick townhouse in Baltimore, Md., a house in Little Rock, Ark. and a cabin in Hailey, Idaho.The server is busy. The price point is popular.
Pool free. Big interiors in appearance.
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Real Estate
House Hunting in ... the Bahamas
The luxury housing market in the Bahamas is segmented, with different islands, neighborhoods and developments all fetching various prices.Household help must be cheap.
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Opinion
How Abortion Pill Laws Hurt Women
Onerous, unnecessary requirements on doctors and patients serve one purpose: to limit a woman’s right to choose.Abortion should be recognized as a civil matter and protected.
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Science
World’s Oldest Fossils Found in Greenland
The find, thought to be layers of sediment packed together by microbial communities living in shallow water, could alter our understanding of how life evolved.
"If
life on Earth did not begin until after the Late Heavy Bombardment,
then it had a mere 100 million years in which to evolve to the quite
advanced stage seen in the new fossils.
If
so, Dr. Allwood wrote, then “life is not a fussy, reluctant and
unlikely thing.” It will emerge whenever there’s an opportunity."
All life is hungry. The niche was quickly filled.
Magazine
Making House: Notes on Domesticity
A home is something both looked at and lived in, but that duality can be difficult to reconcile.Well done!
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World
Corpses, Pythons, Sleep Deprivation: Meditation Rituals in Thailand Can Be Intense
At some Buddhist temples, methods include meditating beside a dead body, to learn about selflessness, or in total darkness, to enhance concentration.nirvana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana
My effort is to"be here now"
A total immersion in the world as a way toward understanding of the world.
Buddhists would find me a horror.
I will do what I can.
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U.S.
Creepy Clown Sightings in South Carolina Cause a Frenzy
Sightings in South Carolina are spooking children and adults. How do clowns — supposedly agents of humor and good fun — cause such chaos?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHuVxLbcCWI
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N.Y. / Region
Daniel Z. Nelson, Who Put Classrooms in High-Rises, Dies at 86
Mr. Nelson presided over the New York City Educational Construction Fund, a public benefit corporation that helped create classrooms in partnership with developers.People try.
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U.S.
Investigation Finds Phillips Faculty Engaged in Sexual Misconduct With Students
Three former faculty members were named by the head of the elite prep school after an investigation by a law firm, which examined cases from the 1970s and ’80s.Be aware.
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T Magazine
This Is a Chef’s Chef (Not to Be Confused With a Celebrity One)
William Bradley is resolutely uncool, focused on what goes on in the kitchen — like making some of the best food in the country.OK
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N.Y. / Region
De Blasio Donor Violated City Rules, Conflicts Board Says
A birthday fund-raiser sponsored by a member of the New York City Water Board, who donated the maximum to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s election campaign, was “an honest mistake,” the mayor said.Each rule records an incident. None of them were trivial.
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Fashion & Style
Ursula Bailey, William Hagaman
The couple met at Connecticut College, from which both graduated.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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