Wednesday, September 7, 2016

@22:00, 9/6/16

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U.S.

In Puzzle of Oklahoma’s Earthquakes, New Data May Provide Clues

The state has had “thousands of years of earthquake activity in a short period of time,” a geologist says.

As long as injection continues there will be earthquakes.

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Travel

Riding the Rails to the Summer of Love

Nina Burleigh retraces her family’s rail adventure across half the continent to Haight-Ashbury, the epicenter of the counterculture movement in 1967.

I did not go for another two years.
I found the ashes of the attempt.
The dream had failed.
I did not need the labor that would be required.

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N.Y. / Region

New York City Will Change Lead Testing Methods at Its Schools


Testing is needless delay.

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Opinion

Long-Term Parking

An airport parking lot in Los Angeles has become an improvised village of airline workers.

A camp for air and ground crew.

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Fashion & Style

You Are Going to Want to Bake Those Pork Chops, My Friend

Pan confusion, tomato-peeling and the secret to good brisket. Our readers have questions. Our resident Food editor has the answers.

I do have a small All-Clad.  It works beautifully.

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Food

La Newyorkina to Open Its First Shop for Mexican Sweets

Fany Gerson, known for her dessert stands, gets a full-service store.

As convenient.

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Business Day

Treasury Auctions Set for the Week of Sept. 5

The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.

There will be no rise in interest rates soon.
The risk premium on these bonds will be small.

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Business Day

G.M. Settles 2 Cases Claiming Faulty Ignition Switches

The cases were the last of the so-called bellwether cases intended to help define settlement options after the recall of 2.6 million vehicles in 2014.

G.M. is behaving itself.

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Food

The Hard-Cider Craze Will Get a Hard-Core Pub

The drink will be pressed and aged at Brooklyn Cider House, opening this fall in Bushwick.

As convenient.

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Food

Dan Kluger Steps Out on His Own

The chef makes a play for autonomy after years working for Jean-Georges Vongerichten at the ABC restaurants.

Ok

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Opinion

L.B.J. and Mexican Immigrants

The 1965 Immigration Act is routinely mischaracterized as having “opened the door” to Latin American immigration, a history professor writes.

The Republican Party does not read.

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U.S.

Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults

Many orientation programs now cover “microaggressions” in addition to addressing issues of diversity and sexual consent.

Think. The instructors think.

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U.S.

Police Officer Is Fired a Year After Fatal Shooting of South Carolina Teenager

Lt. Mark Tiller had opened fire during a drug sting in Seneca, killing Zachary Hammond, an unarmed white teenager, in 2015.

As much as can be had this year.

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Food

At Cassia in Los Angeles, Asian Food of Balance, Not Extremes

The restaurant serves up large flavors with delicacy and a pointed lack of interest in being confrontational.

Table for four.

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N.Y. / Region

22 Migrant Women Held in Pennsylvania Start a Hunger Strike to Protest Detention

A group at an immigration detention center is hoping to draw attention to policies for families seeking asylum from violence in Central America.

Bush era policies persist.

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Business Day

The Crumbling Case for a Mexican Border Wall

Even looking at a best-case scenario, Donald Trump’s immigration proposals aren’t worth the economic cost.

Cheap labor is welcomed by management.

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Opinion

The Cost of Keeping Companies in the United States

Our attempts to stop corporations from moving overseas only hurt long-term shareholders in favor of insiders and foreign investors.

Share holders should vote their shares.

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Opinion

What We Can Do to Reduce Opioid Overuse

Hospitals are at fault for overprescribing opioids, and doctors are not being properly educated on pain management, readers say.

Take the money out of opioids.
Force their sale at less than cost.

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Business Day

ITT Educational Services Closes Its Campuses

The move by the for-profit educational company — which cited strict new federal rules — leaves thousands of students and employees with few options.

Cancel the debts.
Return tuition paid for untransferable credits until funds are exhausted.

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Fashion & Style

Jessica Barr, Joel Albers

The couple met at N.Y.U., from which they received master’s degrees in sports business.

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


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Opinion

Filling In the Retirement Gap, From Coast to Coast

New York City’s public advocate writes that too few working Americans have access to retirement savings plans.

Only the working benefit.
Business Day

S.E.C. Whistle-Blower Program’s First Chief Joins Law Firm

Sean McKessy, who left the agency in July, will be an advocate at Phillips & Cohen for people who come forward about fraud or improprieties in their workplaces.

Privatize the fees generated by whistle-blower suits.
Travel

Riding the Rails to the Summer of Love


Food

Happy Labor Day!

Patty melts, ice cream cake and more for a day of celebration.

yes
Business Day

ITT Educational Services Closes Its Campuses


Fashion & Style

Melissa Hoppert, Michael Lucci

The bride and groom met as teenagers through a mutual friend, and reconnected at a 2009 conference in Boston.

I did not want to receive a restraining order.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
N.Y. / Region

New York City Will Change Lead Testing Methods at Its Schools


Change the pipes and fittings.
Fashion & Style

Dayo Olopade, Walter Lamberson

The couple, who met in Nairobi, were married in Santa Fe, N.M.

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

At 21st Century Fox, the Price of Poor Governance Adds Up

The settlement with the former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is another example of the perils of letting one shareholder control the operation.

Breaking the law costs. 
One or many does not matter.
N.Y. / Region

11 Books Worth Reading About the World Trade Center’s Redevelopment

David W. Dunlap, who has covered the rebuilding of ground zero for the past 13 years, offers his go-to list of books on the topic.

Not of interest.
U.S.

F.B.I. Arrests Florida Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Gays

A party promoter in Wilton Manors, which has a large gay population, is accused of posting threats on Facebook, including saying he was planning an attack on Labor Day.

Made his day.
U.S.

Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults


Business Day

Fox Settles With Gretchen Carlson Over Roger Ailes Sex Harassment Claims

In a separate development, Fox News announced that Greta Van Susteren was leaving the network, effective immediately.

Fire sale time.
Fashion & Style

Mari Armstrong-Hough, Jacob Remes

The couple met at Duke, where they have four degrees between them.

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

No Sailors Needed: Robot Sailboats Scour the Oceans for Data

Richard Jenkins created Saildrone’s autonomous boats to assess fish populations, study the oceans and more, but his grander vision concerns climate change.

It would be better as a mono-hull.
Multi-hulls are bistable.
They are not self righting.
World

Thousands Crowd Vatican for Chance to See Mother Teresa Made a Saint

The canonization on Sunday morning honors a lifetime working with “the poorest of the poor,” first in the slums of Kolkata, India, and then in other parts of the world.

Ok
Business Day

Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Online Security Specialist

The law firm said it had hired Nicole Friedlander, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who had overseen online crime prosecutions.

I hope she learns quickly.
Business Day

G.M. Settles 2 Cases Claiming Faulty Ignition Switches

The cases were the last of the so-called bellwether cases intended to help define settlement options after the recall of 2.6 million vehicles in 2014.

Progress.

















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