Monday, May 2, 2016

@18:40, 5/1/16

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1
Opinion

A Summer Vacation That Lasts a Lifetime

The Fresh Air Fund offers New York City children a chance to get away. Here’s how you can help.

I would take their money.

2
Travel

In Ancient Athens, a Most Modern Hotel

This stylish design hotel is a contemporary urban oasis amid the ancient sites in the Plaka, Athens’s historic center.

The scholarship on ancient Greece centers in Oxford.
The Greek government objects.
I look to see how events are progressing in Europe.

I don't know where art and design are to be found. 

3
N.Y. / Region

Tarot Cards in the Age of Yelp: What Psychics See in Those Stars

The online review site is a clearinghouse for complaints from unhappy customers, but fortunetellers say bad reviews mean little in their business.

P. T. Barnum claimed there was a sucker born every minute.
The population has more than doubled since that claim was made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_a_sucker_born_every_minute

4
U.S.

Friend of Dylann Roof Pleads Guilty in Charleston Case

Joseph C. Meek Jr. pleaded guilty on Friday to withholding his knowledge of Dylann S. Roof’s involvement in the attack on a Charleston church last June.

Often we do what works.
I try to learn.

5
Opinion

Trump Plays the Man’s Card

Now he’s attacking Clinton and misses the point about a woman’s card: It’s less than worthless.

Donald Trump whines.

6
World

Rescuers in Guatemala Search for Survivors After Trash Heap Collapses

At least four people were killed and at least five were missing after a large slope of trash collapsed at a dump in Guatemala City, the national disaster response agency said.

There is no cheaper way to sort trash than "volunteers."

7
Fashion & Style

Hope Yates, Manu Nathan

The couple met at Brooklyn Law School, from which they graduated.

I can find a minister if one is required.

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

8
N.Y. / Region

White Powder Is Mailed to Donald Trump’s Campaign Office

Six people were being evaluated by emergency medical crews after a staff member opened the envelope at Trump Tower, which is also the home of Mr. Trump.

It is good there are no martyrs to Donald Trump's ambition.

9
N.Y. / Region

Federal Inquiry Into Cuomo Project in Buffalo Focuses on Ex-Senior Aide

The investigation into a former top aide, Joseph Percoco, strikes particularly close to Mr. Cuomo, who once described him as “my father’s third son.”

I hope it is a fishing expedition.
Political enemies are hostile to individuals.

10
Fashion & Style

A Lonely Walk in the Rain Leads to Love, Finally

The couple, whose paths kept crossing, realized they could overcome stormy weather.

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

11
N.Y. / Region

Officer Convicted of Assault for Stomping on Suspect’s Head

Officer Joel Edouard faces up to a year in jail on misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a July 2014 arrest in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

The facts were not in doubt.
Neither was the law.
The judge only had to decide the sentence.

12
N.Y. / Region

From Albany to Prison: Ex-Lawmakers on Life Behind Bars

Coping in isolation. Sleeping when there is no silence. Getting enough protein. As three lawmakers face sentencing, former politicians who have served offer their advice.

Corruption must not be tolerated.

13
Fashion & Style

Bill Cunningham | All Aswirl

The springtime return of colorful pleated skirts.

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2016/05/01/fashion/01STREET.html

Permanent press puts the pleated skirt in reach of a woman with a job.

I expect to see it on the runways as ready to wear.

A print that takes advantage of the pleats would be new.

14
U.S.

Ted Cruz’s Father Worked With Supplements Maker Sued by Investors

The elder Cruz was a salesman for Mannatech, a religiously inspired company whose history of questionable health claims has already popped up in the presidential race.

Bring this material forward when Cruz campaigns for senate.
At the moment I am more interested in fomenting a bitter split in the Republican Party.

15
U.S.

At Small Colleges, Harsh Lessons About Cash Flow

In the last few years, small liberal arts colleges struggling under financial siege have been forced to re-examine their missions and justify their existence.

A small liberal arts college needs a patron or patrons.
Affordable fees will not support the necessary staff.

Ingenuity can help with lab courses.
Computer literacy does not require bleeding edge technology.
Science courses need knowledgeable instructors.  Graduate students do the jobs.
The same with mathematics.  The students are trying to learn the basics.
Leading researchers are not interested in the basics but in their research.

16
World

Nepal’s Earthquake Recovery Remains in Disarray a Year Later

The government, hampered by red tape and political turmoil, is unable to take full advantage of $4.1 billion in aid, and some donors are growing restless.

The government of Nepal can't give money away effectively.
Give the temples what they ask for.
Give the home owners what they need to repair their houses.
Loan borrowed money to the landlords.

17
Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Take on a monster of a sandwich, just don’t leave out the mayonnaise.

I can dream of when I will have enough people to make a whole recipe.

One egg crepes I eat as fast as I can make.

I am tired of throwing out lettuce.

18
Times Insider

‘Becoming Irrelevant’: My Recent Adventures With Trump

Two planes, three helicopters and three phone conversations tell us quite a bit about Donald J. Trump.

Donald is a trivial person.

19
Your Money

Economic Gravity in the Oil Industry: What Goes Up Comes Down

People who remember that boom industries will eventually go bust tend to experience fewer jolts to their income.

The world must give up fossil carbon.
"Money now" will be most of the money that can be had from fossil carbon. 

20
Opinion

Don’t Treat Young Adults as Teenagers


Maturity and mutability are qualities of individuals.
Parole should always be a possibility.
The sentence should end at the judgment of a board.

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