Friday, September 9, 2016

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They Also Have Lessons to Teach


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Magazine

When a Food Craving Won’t Let Go


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World

China Censors Critic’s Discussion of Family Planning Policies

Fuxian Yi, a Chinese scientist and demographer, said half a dozen accounts, including on Weibo and his blogs, were shuttered a month ago.

The family planning policy has frightened some ministers.

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N.Y. / Region

The Title: Parent Coordinator. The Job: Whatever Needs to Be Done


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Your Money

How to Assess Private Flood Insurance


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Well

Writing a ‘Last Letter’ When You’re Healthy


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World

American Is Hospitalized in Thailand After Sexual Assault

A 23-year-old English teacher from New York is partly paralyzed after falling off a cliff trying to escape her assailant in southern Thailand.

Tourism is destructive.  Thailand has seen it as Vietnam war R&R.

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N.Y. / Region

Prosecutors Describe Bungled Robbery in Killing of Hasidic Landlord


A silly fiction.

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Business Day

Workers Paid by Card Will Gain Protections in New York State

Well

Jay Leno’s Advice for My Dyslexic Son

World

French Prime Minister Faults Times Article Giving Voice to Muslim Women

Prime Minister Manuel Valls wrote that the piece, in which French Muslim women described being discriminated against, painted an “unacceptable image of France because it is false.”

The Times Asked for comment and printed the response.

It is all that can be known from a "snap shot".

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Science

Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Winner for Use of Glowing Proteins, Dies at 64

The biochemist at the University of California, San Diego, transformed a green fluorescent protein from jellyfish into a ubiquitous biological tool.

The Nobel committee is careful.

Working minds are treasures.

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U.S.

Chicago’s Plan to Toughen Oversight of Police Is Under Fire


World

India Charges Doctor in Murder of Anti-Mysticism Activist

A Hindu nationalist, held since June, has been charged with conspiring to silence a man dedicated to curbing practitioners of superstition.

Indian courts are noted for their corruption.
Fraud and faith are easily confused.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War

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Real Estate

A Bed-Stuy Two-Family, With Bird Song


Food

A Wave of Japanese Restaurants With a Twist

New York’s latest crop will have a narrow focus: on solitude, speed and special noodles.

Ok.

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Magazine

For Gay and Transgender Teens, Will It Get Better?


N.Y. / Region

New York City’s Firefighting Arsenal Will Soon Include Drones

The Fire Department is ready to launch an $85,000 drone that will deliver high-definition images in real time as commanders decide how to respond to major fires and other emergencies.

A drone is cheaper than a person.
There is room on the equipment.

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The Upshot

Relatively Few People Are Partisan News Consumers, but They’re Influential

New research finds that the great majority of people learn about political news from mainstream media sources.

The main stream media will never surprise.

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Business Day

Workers Paid by Card Will Gain Protections in New York State

New rules will require that free withdrawals be allowed from at least one A.T.M., restrict fees and let employees choose other forms of payment.

Closer to cash.   Bank debit cards are free.

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Real Estate

A Bed-Stuy Two-Family, With Bird Song

Stephanie Robb Alexander wanted to buy a two-family house in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Yes but no.

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Magazine

When a Food Craving Won’t Let Go

Cochinita Pibil — pork made aromatic with citrus, cumin and allspice — will be a dish you want to eat on repeat.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018283-cochinita-pibil

Yes.

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Food

Snacks of Nepal Are a High Point at Woodside Cafe in Queens

A family started out with Italian food, then turned to the dishes of its Himalayan homeland.

I can find it.

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Magazine

They Also Have Lessons to Teach

Meet some of the other school figures who help students find their way.

The children will be there as we leave.
I would have them know more of history
and of the history of economy.

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Well

The Woolly Wisdom in the ‘Llama Llama’ Books

In her series of children’s books about llamas, Anna Dewdney wrote with a deceptive brilliance that spoke to parents and children alike.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash
http://www.poemhunter.com/ogden-nash/

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Your Money

How to Assess Private Flood Insurance

As rates for federal flood insurance increased, some insurers saw a market for private policies. But consumers should weigh how the policies compare.

Private flood insurance has been a bad deal.
That bad deal is the reason there is a federal plan.

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Well

Writing a ‘Last Letter’ When You’re Healthy

A Stanford University project guides people — healthy or not — to write a letter to their loved ones so they won’t have regrets at the end of life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_and_testament

A good idea.

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N.Y. / Region

The Title: Parent Coordinator. The Job: Whatever Needs to Be Done

From checking for lice to reassuring anxious families, the roles of parent coordinators are as varied as the New York City public schools they serve.

There is no statement of sallery.

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U.S.

‘I Want to Win Someday’: Tribes Make Stand Against Pipeline

Some of the Native Americans protesting in North Dakota speak of lost lands and broken treaties. They hope this fight will have a happier outcome.

History is against the tribes.

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U.S.

Chicago’s Plan to Toughen Oversight of Police Is Under Fire

Some activists say that Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan lacks teeth and that more must be done to guarantee that two new oversight agencies are given enough money and influence.

The police like being the power in Chicago.

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Magazine

For Gay and Transgender Teens, Will It Get Better?

School life can be hell for teenagers who don’t identify as straight. One refuge? The internet.

"It gets better" never promised now.
The "better" follows independence.

People must realize some things can't be fixed.

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T Magazine

One-Thing Shop: Tinned Fish, Lisbon

The 86-year-old Conserveira de Lisboa sells over 130 types — including squid in ink, smoked octopus and a variety of fish eggs.

Specialists know their markets.  Canning can be done at sea.

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U.S.

Yosemite Park Announces Largest Expansion in 67 Years

The added parcel is small in the scheme of things, but ecologically important.

I would like to get the Tuolomi back
Sanfrancisco can put the damn lower down.
Restoring the trolly into the Yosemite valley would also please me.
Make people walk.

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U.S.

Bill Cosby to Stand Trial in Sexual Assault Case in June

A Pennsylvania judge set June 5, 2017, for the start of the criminal trial against Mr. Cosby on charges that he drugged and molested Andrea Constand at his home more than a decade ago.

The case is bad, so is Bill Cosby.
He will be convicted of something.

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Well

Jay Leno’s Advice for My Dyslexic Son

Successful people with dyslexia told my son that there was no secret to success — except persistence, humor, improvisation and grit.

Dyslexia does not show and was not recognized.
"Researchers have been trying to find the neurobiological basis of dyslexia since the condition was first identified in 1881.[44][45] "

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U.S.

Lucrative Book Deals Might Finance the Obamas’ Post-White House Life

Though the president has only hinted at what his next step might be, major publishers say the Obamas could earn millions from book contracts.

Good.

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Business Day

Lawsuits Over ITT Shutdown Are Just Starting

ITT has already been sued for violations of the federal WARN Act, and it has telegraphed its intent to sue the Department of Education.

Fraud deserves destruction.

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U.S.

Oregon Police Look for People Who Wrecked Popular ‘Duckbill’ Formation

Park officials first thought the sandstone had fallen naturally. But a video shows people toppling it.

Grafiti.

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Well

The Hunger in Our Heads

How physical activity might quell the eating binges that follow intense mental activity.

Glucose is also a sugar.  It works better than sucrose.

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