Monday, October 17, 2016

@8:20, 10/17/16

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1
Real Estate

New York’s Secret Doors and Hidden Rooms

Everyone loves a mystery, and some buildings have secret spaces tucked inside them.

Hidden doors and secret passages are favorite elements of fantasy writing.

2
Opinion

The Beauty of Big Books

A law professor takes a swing at the mother of all questions.

David Brooks does not agree.

3
Business Day

A Streamlined Test to Determine Insider Trading

A sensible rule would be to distinguish tips to close friends and family from disclosures to work colleagues, social acquaintances and others.

Insider trading stinks.
The attempt to further regulate it is probably futile.

4
Fashion & Style

The Art of Making (and Not Making) Plans

If technology has made canceling plans too easy, how about a radically different approach? Make fewer to begin with.

Over scheduling is trivially easy.  Planning time is demanding. 

5
U.S.

Death Sentences Require Unanimous Jury, Florida Supreme Court Rules

The State Supreme Court reached the decision after an earlier law requiring the assent of 10 of 12 jurors was ruled unconstitutional.

The Legislature may try to nullify the court's decision.

6
Opinion

Victims of Priests’ Abuse Face a Choice

Survivors should feel no shame if they decide to accept a mediator’s offer, and they should not feel intimidated.

If money is enough, the deal is good.
If more is necessary avoid the deal.

Justice is more than weregild.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weregild

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N.Y. / Region

Amid a Sunken Forest, Fire Island Reveals its Wild Side

When the summer parties end and the crowds thin out, the island’s flora and fauna take center stage in a centuries-old forest.

Going by boat is better.  

http://www.amc-ny.org/committees/fire-island#.WAWdk_Rodki

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Atlantique,+Fire+Island,+NY+11706/@40.6373527,-73.1576083,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e9cb7a01911ce5:0x6306d8a7e4722e21!8m2!3d40.6417665!4d-73.1706705

I would rather be over by Old Inlet,  the recent breach.


Opinion

Help Teachers Before They Get to Class

Teacher-training programs in the United States are woefully inadequate.

True.
The proposed program may help.

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U.S.

A Signature Dish by Mario Batali

Mr. Batali shared his recipe of sweet corn crema with cornmeal zeppole and blackberries before he hosts the Obamas’ last state dinner.

I could do that.  I could serve buttered sweet corn in season.

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N.Y. / Region

Prosecutors Rest Case Against 2 Ex-Christie Aides in Lane-Closing Trial

Jurors were shown testimony that Bill Baroni, a defendant along with Bridget Anne Kelly, gave to the State Legislature months after the lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge were shut.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/10/17/us/ap-us-christie-traffic-jams-the-latest.html

11
Fashion & Style

Brittany Watts, Eric Swalwell

The bride is a director of sales for a Ritz-Carlton, and the groom is a member of Congress.

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

12
Travel

I Crossed the World

How an accidental circumnavigation — with stops in Japan and Germany — awakened the spirit of exploration in me.

Yes, He did.

13
Opinion

‘Only White People,’ Said the Little Girl

I have to model for my children ways for them to confront racism with dignity.

I have no better solution.

14
Well

Prostate Cancer Treatment Can Raise Dementia Risk

Reducing testosterone levels with androgen deprivation therapy, or A.D.T., more than doubles the risk of dementia.

"“Whether or not to use A.D.T. is still a risk-benefit discussion with a physician,” said the lead author, Dr. Kevin T. Nead, a resident at the University of Pennsylvania’s school of medicine. “This study is important and urges us toward future research, but I don’t think it should impact clinical practice.”"

I will worry about side effects when I have a diagnosis.

15
Opinion

Is It Time to Desegregate the Sexes?

The fiercest battleground between gender inclusivity and bodily privacy is the locker room, not the bathroom.

False claims of transition should be easily dealt with. 
The kids will know.  Listen to them.

16
Fashion & Style

Anne Weiss, Jack Delaporte

The couple met at a Connecticut boarding school but did not start dating until a decade later.

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

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Opinion

My Syllabus, My Self

It’s more than a reading list. It’s a personal and political statement.

I am not able to write a syllabus.
The texts are unknown to me.

18
Fashion & Style

Marie Nelson, Gerard Hanlon

The couple met in 2013 through OkCupid and were married in Adelphi, Md.

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

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Fashion & Style

Taylor DiGravina, Adam Sagot

The bride is a postdoctoral fellow in clinical neuropsychology. The groom is a second-year resident in psychiatry

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

20
T Magazine

A Six-Day Walk Through the Alps, Inspired by Simone de Beauvoir

The feminist philosopher pursued hiking as intellectual enlightenment. In Provence, 77 years later, one writer retraces her steps.

A way of a solitary hiker.
The hut system is a great advantage.


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