Wednesday, July 13, 2016

@8:50, 7/13/16

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1
Fashion & Style

Clare Saunders, Alessandro Colavecchio

He is a landscape architect and she is a candidate for a Ph.D. in physics.

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

2
Books

Review: In ‘Hot Milk,’ by Deborah Levy, a Broken Life and a Frayed Maternal Bond

Ms. Levy has set a seemingly simple story against a backdrop thrumming with low-key menace and sly, dry humor, sometimes in the same paragraph.

OK

3
U.S.

After Outcry, University of California Increases In-State Admission Offers

The growth will probably help defuse a controversy sparked by accusations that the school has pursued nonresidents, who pay higher tuition.

U.C. admissions policy looks wrong.

4
Fashion & Style

Amelia Kiely, Evan Libby

In 2007, the couple worked at a grocery store in Maine. She is now a teacher, and he is a bank examiner.

Main is good

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

5
Science

Police Try to Lower Racial Bias, but Under Pressure, It Isn’t So Easy

Whether bias-reduction programs can lead to lasting change in policing is an unanswered question. And experts say some programs may even backfire.

They must try.

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N.Y. / Region

Too Old for Sex? Not at This Nursing Home


7
Sports

Joe Paterno Knew of Sandusky Abuse in 1976, According to Court Testimony

Court documents released on Tuesday show that a man testifying in 2014 said that Sandusky abused him in the shower in 1976 when he was 14 and that Mr. Paterno was told about it.

Winning is not the only thing we want from coaches.

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Opinion

Academia’s Tilt to the Left

Why do professors, especially in New England, tend to be liberal? Does it affect their teaching? As one reader asks, is there a “left-wing geology”?

Some questions do not have acceptable answers.
 Education is not about faith in the East and the West.

9
U.S.

Escalating Discord Between Police and Protesters Strains Baton Rouge

Officials say outsiders have made the city especially volatile as protests continue and arrests mount, but demonstrators say it is the excessive tactics of the police.

Discord is the object of protest.

10
Fashion & Style

Prachee Gujarathi, Alexander Cheriyan

He advises financial advisers and she will work at a management consulting firm.

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

11
Opinion

Epidurals in Childbirth: I’ll Do It My Way

Readers say there is no wrong way or right way to give birth.

Yes.

12
U.S.

In the Turmoil Over Race and Policing, Children Pay a Steep Emotional Price

Young people are reeling from their losses and harboring pent-up depression that often comes pouring out in panic attacks and breakdowns, relatives say.

Most individuals are not sadistic.

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N.Y. / Region

33 Suspected of Overdosing on Synthetic Marijuana in Brooklyn

On the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick, a longstanding problem became a local crisis. “It’s like a scene out of a zombie movie,” one resident said.

The Bowery has moved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowery

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The Upshot

Roland Fryer Answers Reader Questions About His Police Force Study

A finding that there was no bias against black civilians in police shootings provoked debate, mostly about the volume of police encounters and the scope of the data used.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399

I have attempted to understand what was measured.
I do not feel successful.

Perhaps two samples separated by race  degenerated to shootings by police at the same rate.

15
Business Day

U.S. Deepens Investigation of Tesla in Fatal Autopilot Collision

The request from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration comes as the government is increasing its scrutiny after a Model S owner died in May.

Turn it off.

16
Science

Tiny Coral on the Seafloor, Ready for Its Close-Up

Researchers built the first microscope that can be used to see, in a natural state, the details of coral polyps a fraction of the width of a human hair.

There is nothing very innovative in the development.  Pressure cases with windows.
 The controls needed some cleverness.

17
U.S.

United We Stand. Under Threat, We Divide Into Groups.

When a social group perceives a threat, its members tend to shift how they see themselves, one another and, especially, outsiders.

News editors sell drama.
"Man bites dog" is news.  "Dog bites man" does not make the paper.

Similarly "Cop tickets speeder" is not news.  "Cop shoots motorist" is news.
Positive feedback is unstable.

18
Travel

On This Caribbean Island, It Doesn’t Take Long to Feel Local

Once you’ve been on Saba, in the northeastern Caribbean, for a few days, faces and places start to become familiar.

Enjoy

19
U.S.

San Francisco Police Disproportionately Search African-Americans, Report Says

A panel formed by the city’s district attorney’s office found that African-Americans were subject to a host of actions that appear discriminatory.

Gentrification.

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U.S.

Philando Castile’s Family Calls for Special Prosecutor in Minnesota Case

“He didn’t deserve to die like that,” said the mother of Mr. Castile, who was fatally shot by a police officer. Mr. Castile’s funeral will be held Thursday.

We do what we can.

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