Thursday, April 21, 2016

20:00, 4/20/16

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1
The Upshot

How to Use Tax Credits to Increase College Attendance

Researchers found tax credits did not increase attendance, but eliminating paperwork and delivering dollars at the right time could work.

Correct.
It does not work.

2
Sports

Champion Felix Sturm Tests Positive for Steroid

Sturm, the world super middleweight champion, announced that he had tested positive for an anabolic steroid after his win over Fedor Chudinov on Feb. 20.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/15230440/super-middleweight-titleholder-felix-sturm-tests-positive-stanozolol

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

No report on the "B"sample yet.

3
N.Y. / Region

Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Beating Death of Transgender Woman

James Dixon, 25, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter, admitting that he attacked Islan Nettles in 2013 on a street in Harlem.

I would not have allowed James Dixon to plead guilty.
The act was murder II at least.

4
Food

Noshing at the Columbus Circle Subway Station

Take some dumplings or doughnuts along for the ride.

Food in the subway is a bad idea.
There is inevitably garbage and the associated vermin.

5
Travel

In Los Angeles, Ditching the Car for an Eco-Friendly Trip

Contrary to reputation, it’s possible to escape the routines of the typical visitor in the name of environmental friendliness.

We could do that for a few weeks.

I would like shop facilities and local suppliers.

6
Magazine

A New Leaf

That lettuce in your fridge — why not try cooking it?

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018071-braised-lettuce-on-anchovy-toast

I could do that.

7
Fashion & Style

Want a Shaman With That Massage?


I would like the Shaman without the hotel and its stars.
If I were to travel to a shaman it is the magic I would want.

8
Science

Letters to the Editor

Readers react to articles in Science Times.

This link has been broken.
Try a more specific reference.
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/letters+to+the+editor/7days/allresults/1/allauthors/newest/

9
Real Estate

$900,000 Homes in Maryland, Ohio and Boston

An 1815 house in Arnold, Maryland, a contemporary in Indian Hill, Ohio and a condo in Boston.

I can't find the joy in these palaces.
I would need a domestic staff.

10
Fashion & Style

The Royal (Clothes) Tour of India

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, ups the ante in the art of diplomatic fashion tradecraft.

You chose good colors and shapes.
That has not changed.
If it pleases you it will please me.

11
N.Y. / Region

Connecticut Chooses to Cut Jobs Over Increased Taxes in Budget Crisis

Starting with a wave of layoffs last Monday, and despite union advertising, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has focused on trimming overhead as taxable personal income has declined.

If the shortfall is short term, borrow.
If it is long term the choice is tax or cut.
Cutting essential services is destructive.
Taxing high incomes drives off leaches the state is better off without.
People who need the skills of the state will remain.

12
Science

Do Honeybees Feel? Scientists Are Entertaining the Idea

An Australian scientist and a philosopher propose that the structure of insect brains suggests they have the capacity for basic awareness.

I will ignore the debate.
Feeling without self awareness is a quality of an automaton.

13
Magazine

Chicago After Laquan McDonald

In the wake of a shocking video that showed a black teenager shot 16 times by a police officer, the city is rocked by revelations of police brutality and misconduct — and by activists determined to upend the political order.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_Skelter_%28Manson_scenario%29

Our nation does not need this disaster.

There appears to have been no healing.

Sending in the Cossacks will not help.

14
Arts

Bill Cosby’s Wife Testifies Again in Civil Suit Against Him

Camille O. Cosby was deposed for five and a half hours on Tuesday in a defamation case filed by seven women in Massachusetts who accused the star of sexual assault.

Bill Cosby should have known better.
There will be trials.

15
Times Insider

Sex Abuse and the Catholic Church: Why Is It Still a Story?

The national religion correspondent Laurie Goodstein provides insight into her recent reporting on grand jury revelations about a Pennsylvania diocese.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/us/pennsylvania-clergy-sex-abuse.html

I don't want to know these stories.
I don't see how I can avoid knowing.
Punishment will not stop the abuse.
Prisons have an abrupt way with "short eyes".
They die soon.
A cassock does not change a monster.
No cloth covering changes a monster.
Can a "monster" change itself?
Can a "monster" change?

Gay is only gay.
It does not change.

I have no answer.

16
Travel

In Northwest Colombia, Whales, Waves and a Dancing Bird

The Chocó region of Colombia is remote and mostly roadless. Beaches are empty but there’s no shortage of sailfish, poison dart frogs or parrots.

I would visit.
I could not stay.

17
N.Y. / Region

Zika Virus Campaign Planned by New York City

The $21 million effort against the disease will include expanded mosquito surveillance and testing services for pregnant women.

I see corvids but no crows.
I see crows sixty miles up the Hudson.

18
T Magazine

A ‘Happiness’ Cocktail From San Fran’s Newest Chinese Restaurant

Mister Jiu’s shares how to make a jasmine-infused gin drink that pairs with the spot’s locally sourced and organic menu.

I avoid ethanol. I am not pure.

19
Opinion

States Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave

A crucial measure of success is the actual use of paid leave by those at the bottom and middle of the income ladder.

It should be there.

20
Magazine

Iceland’s Water Cure

Can the secret to the country’s happiness be found in its communal pools?

The flat distribution of wealth helps.


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