Saturday, August 20, 2016

@11:30, 8/20/16

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N.Y. / Region

Review: At Lugano Wine Bar in Old Stamford, a Long List of Fresh Offerings

With tapas, 13 salads and 24 entrees to consider, just reading the restaurant’s menu takes time.

As convenient.

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Sports

Sebastian Coe Seeks to Rebuild Trust in Track and Field

With some of the smallest crowds in Olympic history at Rio, Coe, president of the I.A.A.F., is looking afresh at ways to save the sport.

At an Olympics there is rarely a single lead story.
Every sport deserves its own lead.
Event management is as much a lead as any other sport.
Real time presentation must become broadband.

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Fashion & Style

Working Through Their Issues, One Lake at a Time

The couple’s romance proceeded in fits and starts as she worked through some issues and he accepted that they don’t need to like the same things.

Let us begin.

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

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Science

New Cluster of Zika Cases Is Reported in Miami Beach

A health official confirmed that the newly identified infections were contracted through suspected local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus.

Travel warnings have been initiated.

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N.Y. / Region

Dispassionate Yet Sympathetic: Queens Prosecutor Faces Balance in Imam’s Death

After the killing of an imam and his assistant, District Attorney Richard A. Brown had to file defensible charges while also addressing the anxieties and fears of the Muslim community.

The Queens prosecutor, Richard A. Brown, is doing his job.

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Magazine

How to Pass a C.I.A. Background Check

Reveal everything. Keep your romantic interests American.

Bring on the comfy chair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnS49c9KZw8

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Science

Bird Song Found to Somehow Protect Babies From High Temperatures

Their parents sing for Australian finches when they are about to hatch, and it somehow helps them thrive in high temperatures.

I would like to see more evidence.
It is a good trick if real.

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Fashion & Style

Christina Zhang and Eric Yeung: An Appointment Worth the (Annoying) Wait

The groom knew the bride’s brother, which is why the couple met in New York in 2009.

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

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Opinion

Babies Watching People Eat

Even 1-year-olds know that our food choices depend on our social or cultural group.

Babies are learning culture at early ages.
A question is: Does Pre-K start early enough?

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U.S.

When Police Don’t Live in the City They Serve

African-Americans in Milwaukee worry that the elimination of a residency requirement for police officers will worsen a long-strained relationship with the community.

The Wisconsin legislature has been acting strategically to remove the black population.

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Opinion

The Flood Brings Us Together. Let’s Not Forget the Divides.

It’s difficult to see what “I’ve lost everything” looks like in person.

There is no real racial divide to community.
The costs of flooding are costs to the whole.

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey

This week’s properties include a ranch in Montgomery, N.J., and a 1914 house in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Housekeeping would be a burden with these.

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Magazine

The Plum Eater

A chance conversation about love in Melbourne.

People are social and observant.

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N.Y. / Region

Law Bans the Use of Unclaimed Dead as Cadavers Without Consent

The law ends a 162-year-old system that has required New York City officials to appropriate unclaimed bodies on behalf of medical schools and mortuary schools.

The effect should be to force the reduction of the number of unclaimed cadavers.
The law as written is in error.
The city has no duty to salve the consciences of estranged relatives.
The matter is one of the separation of church and state.

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Travel

In Slovakia, a Wine Region Waiting for the Spotlight

In the little-known Slovak Tokaj region, they have been making wine since Roman times.

Yet another language.

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Health

The Zika Virus in South Florida

Thirty-six people have caught the Zika virus in southern Florida, but no one knows how large an area is affected or how long the danger will last.

Eventually all of south Florida will be infectious all year long.

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N.Y. / Region

Killed by a Stranger: A Rare Event, but a Rising Fear

Homicides by attackers unknown to their victims may be uncommon, but they occupy a prominent place in the public imagination.

Stranger killings are harder problems.

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Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Invite a few people over for drinks, brownies, cheese puffs and more.

Tasks intrude.

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Opinion

Another Shake-Up of Trump’s Campaign Staff

Readers discuss the hiring of Stephen K. Bannon of Breitbart News.

Trump is guilty.

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Science

Exxon Mobil Fraud Inquiry Said to Focus More on Future Than Past

Eric T. Schneiderman of New York said the investigation was concentrating on issues like the value the company puts on oil still in the ground.

Exxon Mobil has the best corporate lawyers money can buy.
Eric Schneiderman will make them earn their money.
The use of fossil carbon must end.


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