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The Upshot
Why College Students Drop Out: Follow the Dollars
Those who need federal loans graduate at abysmally low rates.Accreditation does not look at graduation rate.
This starts as an apples and oranges discussion.
A degree is necessary but not sufficient for employment in a depressed market.
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Science
Triplet and Higher-Order Births in U.S. Down 41%
The decline, which comes after a rapid rise in the 1980s and ’90s, occurred between 1998 and 2014, according to a new report.
"“We
think the decline is likely largely related to changes in fertility
therapies, particularly assisted reproductive technology,” she added.
Fertility centers now are urged, for example, not to implant multiple embryos in women receiving treatment."
Better control.
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N.Y. / Region
New Freedom to Advance for a New York Teacher Born Abroad
Many undocumented New Yorkers who arrived as children may now apply for teaching certificates and licenses in medicine, nursing, architecture and other professions.Progress against immigration over regulation.
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Fashion & Style
The Suit Maker Whose Clients Include Jay Z and LeBron James
Guy Wood, the custom tailor, also runs his own men’s clothing shop, Harlem Haberdashery.He knows his market.
The Zoot Suit may be back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit
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Business Day
Countries Must Spend to Escape ‘Low-Growth Trap,’ O.E.C.D. Says
The global economy is expected to grow this year at its slowest pace since the financial crisis, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported.It is called a depression.
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Opinion
An Ultimatum to Russia on Olympic Doping
A reader praises an Op-Ed writer’s suggestion for cleaning up the Olympics.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/opinion/come-clean-russia-or-no-rio.html
Russia will fight the idea.
It should lose that fight.
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Real Estate
Rockaway Beach: City Life With Sand and Surf
The Queens community is a surfer’s paradise and an artist’s retreat, and offers homes for those priced out of other neighborhoods.I would live there under protest.
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Science
Red Wolves Need Emergency Protection, Conservationists Say
A petition has been submitted to the Fish and Wildlife Service to increase protection for the only wild population of the animals left.Good.
Do it.
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Food
A Leaf for the Tea Obsessive
A seasonal Japanese tea arrives in New York for a limited engagement.I drink Lipton.
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Travel
What Makes Berlin a Playground Paradise
Berlin has some of the most imaginative, physically challenging and ambitious playgrounds around. And they spring up where you least expect them.Getting liability out of play helps.
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Health
American Death Rate Rises for First Time in a Decade
The rare increase was driven in part by more people dying from drug overdoses, suicide and Alzheimer’s disease, preliminary federal data shows.It is an achievement of the Republican Party.
I must get on with other projects
I will return this evening.
I have canceled Pratt for the day.
The bicycle business is not ready to go forward.
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Health
Emmanuelle Charpentier’s Still-Busy Life After Crispr
One of the scientists credited with starting the gene editing revolution discusses her landmark discovery and how science has driven her.Universities have driven her.
Let us get the master of the situation right.
She has made her discoveries in spite of administration demands.
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Business Day
Why a Universal Basic Income Will Not Solve Poverty
In this world where work remains an important social, psychological and economic anchor, there are better tools to help than giving every American a monthly check.Businesses would lose a whip.
They would have to pay enough to make up for the time lost from living.
The specter of inflation and the necessary taxes frightens business men.
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U.S.
Old and on the Street: The Graying of America’s Homeless
People get old.
The old often do not earn enough for shelter.
Los Angeles does not kill the unsheltered quickly.
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Opinion
Hope for Fixing Manhattan Congestion
The Manhattan borough president and others discuss a pressing problem.Congestion pricing is an idea who's time has come.
Let the exceptions fall by the wayside.
Rail freight is required in Brooklyn and Queens.
The M.T.A. must build its own tracks, express and local in both directions.
It will probably need to keep the single fare. Bottle necks will form exiting the system if a surcharge is demanded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh994JcEfkI
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/opinion/how-to-save-new-yorks-overwhelmed-subways.html
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Opinion
Make Family Policy Great Again
Let’s pretend that the presidential candidates could have a serious debate."Some of us thought the Republican nominee might offer a detailed right-of-center agenda to counter Hillary Clinton’s liberal laundry list.
Some of us were delusional."
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Business Day
The Paranoid Survive, but They Burn Out. Take a Break.
Don’t think that every moment, ounce of energy and extra cent needs to be maximized. Cut some slack and get used to having a little excess instead."Sounds like a plan."
Then"Yes, I'm paranoid. Am I paranoid enough?"
Sometimes we need to step back and look at the whole situation.
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Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Germany
The supply of available homes in Germany is low, which has sent prices soaring, particularly in the big cities.I am not fond of the house.
We can think about it's features.
It looks difficult to heat and to clean.
I did not see a picture of the kitchen or a work space.
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Travel
In Search of Lost Me Time
The promise of travel and of not being home and on duty seduced the writer, a new father. His trip became a stand-in for everything he had lost.There must be an addictive pheromone in children.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pheromone#English
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Opinion
Who Bears the Most Risk From Fracking?
Drilling companies are suspected of picking sites that disproportionately affect low-income and minority residents.Money drives much behavior.
Poor areas are inhabited by the poor because land is cheap there.
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