Monday, August 22, 2016

@1:30, 8/21/16

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N.Y. / Region

Law Bans the Use of Unclaimed Dead as Cadavers Without Consent


Separation of church and state is the rule.
Do not abandon the old if your religious duty is their burial.

2
Magazine

Judge John Hodgman on What to Call a Trench Coat

Why quibble when there’s clearly a dastardly villain in front of you? Just run.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Blade_Runner_characters#Roy_Batty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)

I can make better pictures in my head than movie producers can imagine.

3
Opinion

Rare Chance for Mercy on Texas’ Death Row

An inmate faces execution under a law that blames accomplices as much as actual killers.

"When it comes to capital punishment, there is not much official mercy to be found in the state of Texas."

4
Opinion

Conquering the Freshman Fear of Failure

Students, especially poor ones, arrive at college feeling overwhelmed academically and socially. A few simple nudges can help them thrive.

The problem has become the extraction of cash with the minimum investment of effort.

Some schools are trying to give value for tuition. They deserve encouragement.

Almost all children have the same inherent capability.
The schools true problem is the selection of the nascent elite.
Cash flow is a poor axis for selection.

5
U.S.

Milwaukee’s Divide Runs Right Through Me

The author, a New York Times editor, grew up in the city’s predominantly black North Side and went to school on the East Side, where he saw an obliviousness to matters of race.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/2016/05/24/how-highway-construction-has-affected-listeners-lives

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Milwaukee,+WI/@43.0578061,-88.1075138,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880502d7578b47e7:0x445f1922b5417b84!8m2!3d43.0389025!4d-87.9064736

What the planners saw for I94 is plain.
It does what the Cross Bronx Expressway did to New York.

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N.Y. / Region

Review: Park & Orchard Reopens With Seasonal Fare and Biscuits Galore

A longtime East Rutherford restaurant is back with new ownership and a mix of vegetarian and not-so-vegetarian dishes.

No special effort.

7
Opinion

Becoming Disabled

Roughly one in five Americans lives with a disability. So where is our pride movement?

The question remains how much should the general culture bend for the disabled and how much should the disabled yield to the general culture?

Wheel chair accessible wilderness trails are not.
Visual art is not accessible to the blind.
Disability is learned as ability is learned.

Should we have a bipedal pride day?

8
Opinion

Zika: The Millennials’ S.T.D.?

Zika could threaten my generation’s ability to have healthy children.

Yes.

Brought to us by the Republican party among others.

9
Fashion & Style

Samantha Wolf and Adrian Cohn: A Relationship Built While Rebuilding Stormy New Orleans

The couple met in 2013 while working with the St. Bernard Project, a group that rebuilds homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

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

10
Sports

In the Shadow of the Olympic Park, Women’s Sports Lag Behind

Women’s sports, even at the youth level, remain heavily stigmatized in Brazil. U.N. Women is trying to change that for a group of girls from Rio’s favelas.

Anything that works to break the misogyny of  Iberia.

11
Science

Some Turtles See Red Better Than You Do

A “red gene” that originated from dinosaurs gives some birds and turtles special color vision, allowing them to see differences in shades that aren’t detectable to humans.

OK.

12
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.

Zika will spread to the range of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoe.
Eventually it will spread as an S.T.D. to the entire continent.

13
N.Y. / Region

5 Neglected New York City Parks to Get $150 Million for Upgrades

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the spending was an effort to combat an unequal system in which parks in poorer neighborhoods were disregarded.

Most parks do not need more hardware.

Grass and trees are a prime requirement.
Those cannot be found in the street.

Dog fountains are a good idea as a bubblers  for people.

14
U.S.

Reeling From Effects of Climate Change, Alaskan Village Votes to Relocate

Residents voted to move Shishmaref from a barrier island that has been disappearing because of erosion and flooding attributed to global warming.

From the look of the pictures graves would not last long in Shishmaref.
They will build another barge dock.  Town services are easy to construct.

15
Magazine

Letter of Recommendation: Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles

A heavily processed food that embodies our conquest of nature.

Soylent Green!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green

16
Sports

Video: Timeline of Ryan Lochte's Long Night in Rio

Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers claimed they were held up at gunpoint while taking a late-night taxi at the Rio Games, but the police said they lied. We retraced their steps that night.

Enough.

17
U.S.

7 Chicago Officers Face Firing Over Laquan McDonald Cover-Up

The decision by Superintendent Eddie Johnson comes nearly two years after Officer Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots at Laquan McDonald.

This will not end the matter.

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Sports

Brazil’s Economic Crisis Forces Cuts to Paralympics in Rio

The Paralympic Games, set to start Sept. 7, are in a precarious financial position, with budget cuts affecting the number of workers, transportation options and sports venues.

Fighting over the check.

19
Opinion

A Natural Cure for Lyme Disease

Infections have surged, and an out-of-whack ecosystem may be to blame.

Large predators may help.
The hunters will object.

20
Real Estate

A Day Care Center Draws Noise Complaints

Working at home with noise, renting out a co-op and waterproofing a shower.vvv

Small children seem to spend their time screaming.
Daycare ends about five in the afternoon.
Renting a quiet office seems a good solution.

 Realestate is a tale of boom and bust.
Buy in the busts.  Sell into the booms.

The only defense against flipping is due diligence.
Just fix the shower.
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