Wednesday, August 10, 2016

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1
Science

A Warning for Dogs, and Their Best Friends, in Study of Fertility

Decreased sperm quality and other effects could be related to environmental causes, and further declines could harm the dogs’ ability to reproduce.

It is better to know.

2
Health

A 500-Square-Foot Area in Miami Is Ground Zero for the Zika Virus

Health officials are investigating 17 homegrown cases of the virus, including 13 in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami.

Early days.  Florida is doing what it can.

3
N.Y. / Region

Why, in One Case, the de Blasio Administration Opposes Affordable Housing

Civic groups argue that a Manhattan condominium project should fall under the mandatory inclusionary housing program, but city officials are wary of an overly onerous interpretation of the rules.

The project is a bad idea that needs to die.

Affordable housing has not the power to kill a dream of wealth. 

4
Opinion

Hillary Clinton’s Economic Policies

A reader urges Hillary Clinton to stick with a “socialist-lite” platform.

Hillary Clinton will do what she can.
Her goals are good.

5
Opinion

Let’s Push for Fair Housing

A writer laments that decades after passage of the Fair Housing Act, discriminatory policies still exist.

The programs are federal because the states could not pass them.

6
Real Estate

The Smell of Cat Urine From Next Door

A hygiene problem, damage from a contractor, and tracking work on a co-op’s exterior.

There is no good way to deal with cat stink after the fact.

7
N.Y. / Region

New York Health Dept. Expands Zika-Testing Guidelines

Officials had said only those who traveled to an affected region or their sexual partners should be tested, but they now recommend testing for anyone with the virus’s most-common symptoms.

The next step with Zika virus is a vaccine.
There are stopgaps while the work gets done.
The threat to the next generation is politically hot.

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N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Church, Over a Century Old, Likely to Make Way for Affordable Housing

After a series of clashes with preservationists, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn filed an application to demolish a church built in 1908 by Italian immigrants.

Click bait.
A church without parishioners is realestate.


Opinion

A Message to a Stingy Governor

Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri, by slashing the budget for public defenders, has turned a blind eye to a pressing need in his state.

Gov. Jay Nixon has informed Missouri of his position on justice.
The voters of Missouri should remove him.

10
Travel

When Your Child Is the Travel Agent

Do you trust your child enough to help plan a family vacation? Maybe you should.

It can work. 
The child must understand the objective.

11
World

Put One Foot Wrong in This Town and You’ve Left the Country

Borders dating to the 12th century carve Baarle into a crazy patchwork, splitting sidewalks, shops and houses between Belgium and the Netherlands.

As long as the border remains open it mostly matters to tax accountants.

12
Opinion

Moving Beyond Bratton

The departing police commissioner William J. Bratton brought important innovations to New York. But the time has come to try new ideas.

William J. Bratton did not get the support of the New York police.
When the department backs his ideas they will work. 

13
The Upshot

Obamacare Appears to Be Making People Healthier

A new survey of low-income people isn’t perfect, but it suggests that new health insurance options have improved people’s health.

OK
There are no surprises in the report.

14
U.S.

Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Economic Speech

We examined some of the assertions Mr. Trump made in a speech on Monday in Detroit that he says support his economic platform.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

15
Fashion & Style

Emily Dull, Patrick Somers

The couple met in 2014 through Match.com.

Civil is good.

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

16
Fashion & Style

Sara Feldenkris, Joseph Cohen

The couple met at the University of Virginia, from which they received law degrees.

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

17
N.Y. / Region

Teacher Out at Fordham Prep After School Says ’84 Sexual Abuse Claim Is Credible

A former student, Michael Meenan, said he told the Bronx school’s headmaster about the episode not long after it happened. A repeated complaint this year produced action.

Some things are not forgotten.

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N.Y. / Region

Jury Trials Vanish, and Justice Is Served Behind Closed Doors

Far fewer cases in recent decades are going to jury trials, as prosecutors are increasingly negotiating plea deals, a trend that some say disrupts a foundation of the American justice system.

There are not enough public defenders.

19
Books

Michael Ian Black Reviews 2 Books About the Male Physique

William Giraldi’s “The Hero’s Body” and Daniel Kunitz’s “Lift” examine the culture and history of bodybuilding and fitness.

Moderation.

20
World

Sudden Rainfall Left Little Time to Flee Mudslides in Mexico

Dozens of people have died in landslides in the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz amid torrential rainstorms from Tropical Storm Earl.

Debris flows are the way of steep bare hillsides.
California will suffer if the drought ends.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debris_flow


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