Tuesday, May 31, 2016

@8:30, 5/31/16

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1
Fashion & Style

Angel Hsu, Carlin Rosengarten

The bride and groom have graduate degrees from Yale.

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

2
World

Drought and ‘Rice First’ Policy Imperil Vietnamese Farmers

The Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s premier rice growing region, is suffering its worst drought since at least 1926, and saline water has swept farther up the delta than ever.

"A 2010 study commissioned by the Mekong River Commission warned against the building of 11 dams in Laos and Cambodia because they would trap valuable sediment and stop it from reaching the delta. The report was ignored, two of the dams are under construction, and the rest are scheduled to go ahead."

Global warming is the immediate cause.

3
N.Y. / Region

Disparate Visions for a Park: Dismantle Industrial Ruins, or Preserve Them

While New York City struggles to make good on a promise to develop a park along the Bushwick Inlet, a competing proposal has arisen as an alternative to a conventional green space.

Give Norman Brodsky his price.
The oil refineries should be removed along with the spilled oil.
The city was slow to move.

4
Opinion

New York’s Outdated Knife Law

Thousands of law-abiding people a year are arrested for carrying a type of knife that is openly available in countless stores for legitimate purposes.

Give the police their batons.

5
Opinion

Veterans Deserve a Chance in College, Not a Free Pass

Guidelines that allow former service members to transfer college credit are intended to help. They be may hurting.

"The A.C.E. should significantly reform its transfer credit recommendations, and the military community must recognize that shortcuts to a degree can be more harmful to veterans than beneficial. Veteran organizations and lawmakers should pressure the A.C.E. to stop abetting the exploitation of veterans by predatory colleges. The first and most important way a college can be veteran-friendly is to provide an excellent, unabridged education."

"There is no royal road to mathematics."

"The Haskell Road to Logic, Maths and Programming. Second Edition ...

www.amazon.com › ... › Mathematics
Amazon.com, Inc.
... Alexander the Great asked the mathematician Menaechmus for a crash course in geometry, he got the famous reply ``There is no royal road to mathematics."

6
Fashion & Style

Jane Gray, Trace Henderson

The bride and groom met in a political science class at the University of North Carolina.

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

7
Food

Four Seasons Restaurant Is Headed for New Space on Park Ave.

The restaurant, which opened in 1959 on Park Avenue and East 52nd Street, will close in July and move to a new, redesigned space at 280 Park Avenue in late 2017.

The building is important.
The restaurant is less important.

8
Science

Review: ‘Pit Bull’ Traces Path From Fighter to Pet to Demon

An exhaustively researched work on the much maligned dog breed concludes that they are more victims than monsters.

The pit bulls I have met are lovely dogs.
Any creature can be driven insane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-baiting

9
U.S.

Iowa Court Rejects Life Without Parole for Juveniles


Yes.

10
U.S.

Chicago and Race: Perception, Polling and Reality

Examining the country’s third largest city, and the challenges of polling about race and racism.

The map is informative

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/18/us/chicago-murder-problem.htm

I am off to another day in Brooklyn.
I will be back this evening.

11
N.Y. / Region

Dining Review: A Waterfront View at Pearl Restaurant and Bar in Conneticut

On the Long Island Sound, Pearl Restaurant and Bar serves all-American dishes on the grounds of the Longshore Club Park in Westport.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Westport,+CT/@41.1703955,-73.3740064,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e81bc1a36b8ff1:0x5d57e5fea037e3fa!8m2!3d41.1414717!4d-73.3579049

It must be on the way to someplace.

12
N.Y. / Region

Queens Man Arrested in J’ouvert Killing of Cuomo Aide in 2015

Micah Alleyne was charged with murder in the death of Carey Gabay, a lawyer in Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration, before a festival in Brooklyn last September, officials said.

A stray bullet from a gun fight.

13
Fashion & Style

Jenna Levy, Andrew Keller

The couple met in sixth grade but didn’t begin dating until college.

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

14
U.S.

Old and on the Street: The Graying of America’s Homeless

The emergence of an older homeless population is creating daunting challenges for social service agencies and governments already struggling to fight poverty.

Social Security was supposed to solve this problem.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pauper
Welfare was poisoned.

The old poor end at Heart Island.

15
Opinion

Bangladesh Banking Clarification

Salman F. Rahman responds to an article about banking scandals in Bangladesh.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/opinion/bangladeshs-other-banking-scam.html

Salman F. Rahman does not want to be included.

16
Travel

The Beguiling Charm of a Return Visit to Sicily

The author traveled with three generations of family to one of her favorite places on earth and wondered: Can you ever go back again?

The stones remain.
The ferment of culture is ever changing.

One can revisit the stones and the entire culture.

17
World

First Arrest Made in Gang Rape Case in Brazil

A 16-year-old girl told the authorities that she had been attacked by more than 30 men, prompting outrage as the government vowed to combat crimes against women.

The crimes will continue.
The "usual suspects" will be arrested.

18
Fashion & Style

Ashley Nathanson, Michael Czin

The couple met in 2007 while working on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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

19
N.Y. / Region

Lake George, in Need of Off-Season Visitors, Puts Hopes in a Hotel


Income is important.

20
Sports

Historian Is at Heart of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Home

Pursuing his fascination with the Indianapolis 500, Donald Davidson moved in 1964 to Speedway, Ind., a town envisioned as an experiment.

He lives there.
The 500 is his life.

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