Monday, October 10, 2016

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World

Seeing ‘Nothing to Live For’ as Haiti Seeks a Body Count After Hurricane Matthew

Nearly 900 have been reported dead, but the toll is difficult to determine as the country struggles to recover from the devastating storm.

Population of Haiti: 2015 estimate 10,604,000

Traumatic.

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Business Day

The Supreme Court Plays Goldilocks on Insider Trading

In oral arguments on Wednesday, the justices appeared to search for a middle ground in deciding what constitutes a benefit to a tipper.

The traders on Wall Street want impunity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impunity

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N.Y. / Region

New York Burial Plots Will Now Allow Four-Legged Companions

A new law in New York State allows pets to be buried alongside their owners in cemeteries meant for people. Pet cemeteries had been the only legal option for such interments.

I have no objection.

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Food

The Chinese Club Cuts a Culinary Path Through India

Nostalgia helps at a new restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But ketchup, not so much.

Let this one learn for a bit.

The kitchen needs to tune.

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N.Y. / Region

Transcript: Mayor Bill de Blasio on The New York Post

The mayor discussed his views on the newspaper and his refusal to acknowledge its City Hall bureau chief during a news conference on Thursday.

Murdoch media are deplorable.

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U.S.

Ammon Bundy Case as Inkblot Test: What Will Jurors See in His Words?

What the jury makes of him, and whether his steadfast beliefs come across as arrogance or sincerity, could decide his fate when deliberations start this month.

Ammon Bundy is a crazed person.

The jury will decide his guilt or innocence.

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N.Y. / Region

Queens Prosecutor Releases 71-Page Report on a Fatal Police Shooting

An announcement that no charges would be filed against officers involved in George Tillman’s death came with a detailed account of the investigation.

The officer escapes prosecution.

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Science

Six Scientists, 1,000 Miles, One Prize: The Arctic Bumblebee

A team of researchers scours the wilds of northern Alaska for Bombus polaris, the ‘panda of the insect world.’

Both the work and the fooling get done.

I am glad research continues.


Fashion & Style

Julia Merrill, Matthew Himler

The bride and groom met at Amherst College.

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

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Opinion

The Lost Cultures of Whales

Conservation isn’t just about numbers; it’s also about species’ knowledge and traditions.

People need to help.

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Food

Why Stews Always Beat Steaks

A fish stew offers extraordinary flavor for minimal effort.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018346-italian-style-fish-stew

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N.Y. / Region

Bertrand M. Bell, Who Strove to Reduce Medical Trainees’ Grueling Shifts, Dies at 86

Dr. Bell was a key voice in limiting medical school graduates’ workloads after an 18-year-old’s death at a Manhattan hospital in 1984 led to calls for reform.

A good man and a good doctor.

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Fashion & Style

Erin Geismar, Michael Bolan

The bride works for Newsday; the groom is with EY, the accounting firm.

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

14
Opinion

Send Your Brain Back in Time

We assumed neurological development was a one-way street. What if it isn’t?

More study is needed.
There may be a treatment for addiction in this.

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World

Early Book Praising Hitler May Have Been Written by Hitler

Documents about a biography published two years before “Mein Kampf” and credited to an aristocrat suggest that Hitler had designs on power earlier than historians have thought.

It would not surprise me.

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Fashion & Style

Kathryn Sugar, Julia Cohen

The couple met via OkCupid in 2012; they were married in Manhattan.

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

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U.S.

How to Get People to Evacuate? Try Fear

Emergency managers trying to get residents to leave an area in the path of a storm can be like parents cajoling their children to do something.

Fewer will evacuate next time.

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Fashion & Style

An Affair to Forget

A conflicted best man, unwanted gifts and different parenting styles.

Keeping confidences confidential is necessary.

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U.S.

Scenes From Hurricane Matthew’s Capricious Path

In Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida, the storm left behind stories of disaster and disaster narrowly averted. Here are some of them.

Messy.

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Fashion & Style

Anne-Marie Henderson, Alexander Cabot

The couple met at a party in 2009 and were married in Montecito, Calif.

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


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