Monday, April 16, 2018

@18:30, 4/15/18

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Business Day

More Than 200 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears

An egg farm in Hyde County, N.C., is the likely source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 22 people. Eggs from the farm may have reached nine states, officials said.

I will check the box.

p-1129,  p-1251  not the suspect plant; p-1065.

2
World

Catalan Protesters Demand Release of Jailed Separatist Leaders

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Barcelona to demand to call for their leaders’ release from pretrial detention.

Civil war is in the air.

https://wilpf.org/what-we-do/disarmament/arms-trade/arms-trade-the-current-situation/

http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/weapons-and-markets/transfers/illicit-trafficking.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/world/europe/catalonia-independence-referendum-eu.html

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N.Y. / Region

Even Newer Subway Signals Cause Headaches on F Train

The M.T.A. is investigating the signal system at a subway stop in Brooklyn after a series of delays.

Taking the low bid for critical equipment is never a good idea.

Often the high bid is by real experts.

Often the low bid is from the unskilled and hungry.

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U.S.

A Drug to End Addiction? Scientists Are Working on It.

Researchers are studying a promising drug that could block the delivery of opioids from blood to brain, giving addicts a path to recovery.

It might work.

The conservatives will insist on trying the vaccine.
Chemists are very clever.
I remember "Bath Salts".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_salts_%28drug%29

5
Opinion

The Real Next War in Syria: Iran vs. Israel

Iran’s elite Quds Force is trying to use Syria as a base to pressure Israel. Israel is not going to stand for it.

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

Has problems with the Islamic palistinians.
They come in two flavors, Shia and Suny.
The Shia faction is supported by Iran.
The Suny faction is supported by the Saudis

I have been trying to go to "informed comment" without success.

6
Business Day

Wall Street Titan Takes Aim at Law That Tripped Him Up

Maurice R. Greenberg wants to curb the Martin Act, the regulation that led to his ouster at A.I.G., as well as other state securities rules.

An enthusiast for Trump.

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Fashion & Style

Jennifer Zeckendorf, Michael Tannenbaum

The couple met in 2014 at a mutual friend’s Halloween party.

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

8
Fashion & Style

Courtney Walker, Bobby Garcia

The couple met in 2016 through the League, a dating app.

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

9
Fashion & Style

Rebecca Weiler, Bret Sohn

The couple were married at Disney’s Wedding Pavilion in Orlando, Fla.

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

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Fashion & Style

Sara Hokin, Jonah Rubin

The couple met in November 2015 in Chicago through the dating app JSwipe.

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



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1
U.S.

Barbara Bush, Seriously Ill, Says She Won’t Seek Further Treatment

Mrs. Bush, 92, the popular wife and mother of presidents, “will instead focus on comfort care,” according to a statement.

Hospice care.

2
Opinion

Closing That College Affluence Gap


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Fashion & Style

Jennifer Zeckendorf, Michael Tannenbaum

The couple met in 2014 at a mutual friend’s Halloween party.

Sooner is better.      As soon as you can is best. 
Fashion & Style

Rebecca Weiler, Bret Sohn

The couple were married at Disney’s Wedding Pavilion in Orlando, Fla.

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


Fashion & Style

Sara Hokin, Jonah Rubin

Fashion & Style
 

Courtney Walker, Bobby Garcia

The couple met in 2016 through the League, a dating app.

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

A YouTuber Brings Tarot to the People

Amber Khan read tarot for decades but really found an audience when she started a YouTube channel, the Quietest Revolution.

Random numbers.
U.S.

Starbucks C.E.O. Apologizes After Arrests of 2 Black Men

A video of two African-American men being arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks for suspicion of trespassing drew quick outrage. The company’s chief executive called it “reprehensible.”

Ok
N.Y. / Region

Cynthia Nixon, Battling Cuomo, Wins Endorsement of Progressive Die-Hards

The vote to back Ms. Nixon marks a big moment in her nascent campaign and a deepening philosophical and political fissure in New York’s liberal electorate.

False.  Get the political process right.

 There is a primary to decide these problems.
World

Kim Jong-un of North Korea Fetes Chinese Envoy as Ties Warm

Seeking to mend fences with Beijing, Mr. Kim offered a warm welcome to the same senior Chinese envoy whom he had snubbed five months earlier.

Donald Trump does not play well with others.

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