Thursday, July 13, 2017

@1:30, 7/13/17

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Fashion & Style

The East Village Cocktail Bar Elsa Reopens in Cobble Hill

Closed three years ago in the East Village, the bright and airy bar and its patrons are back, now on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

A bar is the counter where drinks are composed and served

The room can be changed by moving the counter to another building.

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International Home

Jon Underwood, Founder of Death Cafe Movement, Dies at 44

Mr. Underwood encouraged Britons to discuss, over tea and cake, their fear of death, and his efforts have spread to more than a dozen countries.

The dead do not have to cope.
All their decisions are made.

The living must deal with the fact death is coming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
https://www.google.com/search?q=memento+mori&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

https://www.google.com/search?q=memento+mori&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimp72WyYXVAhWKWT4KHR8GDcgQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=943#imgrc=_

Image result for memento mori

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim
"L'Chaim in Hebrew is a toast meaning "to life". When a couple becomes engaged, they get together with friends and family to celebrate. Since they drink l'chaim ("to life"), the celebration is also called a l'chaim."
 
Sooner is better.        As soon as you can is best.

3
Technology

See How Tech Companies Got Together for a Day of Online Protest

Hundreds of companies coordinated a huge online protest on Wednesday against the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to scrap net neutrality rules.

I can hope the Trump administration hears.

4
N.Y. / Region

More Than One Way Out

An annoying end to a date proves to be the start of something else.

yes.

I spent those years exhausted.

5
Business Day

R.B.S. to Pay $5.5 Billion to Settle Toxic Mortgage Claims in U.S.

The agreement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency partially clears a longtime cloud over the bank.

Getting off lightly.

6
Climate

U.S. Cities, States and Businesses Pledge to Measure Emissions

The coalition, led by Gov. Jerry Brown of California and Michael Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York, said it will work with experts to try to meet the targets of the Paris climate deal.

The obligation is to the federal government.
Even an effective effort by state and local governments will not meet the federal obligation.

7
World

India’s Supreme Court Suspends Ban on Sale of Cows for Slaughter

The court said a ban intended to protect cows, which Hindus consider sacred, imposed hardships on the beef and leather industries, largely run by Muslims.

The religious war will not continue this year.

8
Sports

The Exciting Life and Lonely Death of a Basketball Vagabond

Jackson Vroman traveled the world, playing ball, partying and drawing friends into his circle. Yet his death at 34 cast a lonely light across his life.

He lived.

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Business Day

How Trump Jr.’s ‘Transparency’ Erodes Trust With the Media

The New York Times informed Donald Trump Jr. about its plans to publish a series of private emails. Shortly thereafter, he published them on Twitter himself.

The pit keeps getting deeper.

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U.S.

Security Officers to Shed ‘Police’ Label After United Airlines Dragging Episode

A report on the April treatment of Dr. David Dao says that new measures will limit the authority of Chicago’s airport security officers to board airplanes.

United Airlines is in public relations hell.

It has not found an exit.

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