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Bill Cunningham | Garden Party
The Women’s Committee of Central Park Conservancy hosted the 34th annual luncheon in the garden at 105th Street. Here is a look at the fanciful fashion.More costume.
It is a joy to see.
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World
China May Release Last Known Tiananmen Prisoner in October
The man, Miao Deshun, was convicted of arson for throwing a basket onto a burning tank and received a reduction in his sentence in March."Mr. Miao was convicted of arson for throwing a basket onto a burning tank and was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in August 1989. He was one of more than 1,500 people sentenced to prison after the crackdown in June 1989 on protesters in Beijing and other cities left hundreds, possibly thousands, of people dead."
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World
25 Seconds That Could Save a Firefighter’s Life (or Not)
A fire shelter is mandatory equipment when fighting a wildfire in the United States, but in Canada, firefighters stopped carrying them in 2005.A slow fire will kill in spite of the shelter.
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World
Inside the Fort McMurray Scorch Zone, Signs of Hasty Retreat and Nature’s Cruelty
Times photographer Tyler Hicks walked the streets of Fort McMurray, empty save for crews fighting the remaining flames and hundreds of melted homes.Nature is incapable of cruelty.
The oil boom town was illconsidered.
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N.Y. / Region
Pilot in Long Island Plane Crash Had Called for Help
David Berube was flying home to Connecticut after his son’s wedding in South Carolina when he lost control of his plane, relatives and officials said."At a news conference near the scene, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board said that investigators had not determined what caused the seven-passenger plane to break apart, but that there was no evidence of an explosion."
Structural failure in level flight is not permitted.
The aircraft industry has a problem.
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Opinion
How Safe Is Home Birth?
Doctors, a midwife, a mother and a doula offer their views.The safety of home birth is not a matter of opinion.
The state cannot forbid it or demand it.
The government can demand assistants who advertise be skillful.
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U.S.
In Deeply Divided Chicago, Most Agree: City Is Off Course
Residents of the nation’s third-largest city, especially blacks and Latinos, have lost faith in many of its essential institutions, a survey finds.The mayor though responsible is not in control.
If mayor Rahm Immanuel does not publicly establish control the city will burn.
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Opinion
How New York Can Put an End to the Plastic Bag
Measures that discourage the use of disposable bags, like a fee being considered by the New York City Council, are needed.The beverage can is almost gone from the garbage stream.
The five cent deposit makes it worth collecting.
Put a deposit on the plastic bags.
The scavengers will get them too.
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Business Day
Midday Report: Wall St. Rises, Helped by Oil Prices
Shares of Discovery Communications and Allstate rose after the companies beat earnings estimates.Wall street prices are a dependent variable.
They are driven by both the domestic and the world economies.
Failure to understand leads to general failure in finance, in reportage, in politics and in industry.
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The Upshot
The Economy Is Rigged, and Other Presidential Campaign Myths
This year’s candidates have been particularly egregious in spreading unreliable information about the economy, often portraying themselves as the only cure.The economy is rigged.
The politicians are not in control.
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Science
Leopards Are More Vulnerable Than Believed, Study Finds
The big cats have lost up to 75 percent of their historic range over the last three centuries, a study found, indicating that they are more threatened than biologists thought.People do not tolerate being hunted and eaten.
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Opinion
Rome’s Public Housing
A former mayor of Rome says the investigation of housing files was begun in his administration.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini
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Real Estate
What Can I Do About Feral Cats?
Dealing with a cat nuisance, the need for extra keys, and preventing thefts in a building.The population of feral cats seems to be down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies
I have not seen the deer or the foxes.
The opossums are present.
After market key less entry devices are available.
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World
Video: Canada Wildfire Prompts Mass Evacuations
Thousands of people were forced to leave Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Tuesday as a large fire that started this weekend shifted toward the city.Fort McMurray was not prepared.
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Business Day
Jimmy Dunne III: Delivering the Truth Without Novocain
Mr. Dunne, an investment bank executive, says bosses do a disservice to their employees by sugarcoating the facts and not being brutally honest.The straw boss is a useful person.
The definition of success is always in question.
Organizations do not pay people for considering the definition of success.
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World
Nairobi Demolition Starts as Death Toll Rises in Collapse
Emergency workers retrieved four bodies, raising the number of dead to 41 as hundreds of residents were evicted from nearby buildings.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_code
The code reflects millenia of experience.
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Opinion
A Second Chance and the Right to Vote
Republicans threaten to sue Gov. Terry McAuliffe for restoring the voting rights of 200,000 people with felony convictions. They have no case.Yes.
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Magazine
Kimchi Fried Rice, Korean Comfort Food
How to make a cross-cultural classic, with or without Spam.Yes.
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U.S.
Arizona Doesn’t Restore Federal Child Health Care Program
The state is still the only one to not participate in a program for the working poor, after a reinstatement effort stalled in the Legislature.Arizona's Republicans do not seem to object to killing people for cash.
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World
Death Sentences in India Usually End in Question Marks, Study Finds
A review by the National Law University found over 1,800 death sentences were issued in a 14-year span, but only four people have been executed.India does not have a government.
It has many governments.
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