Wednesday, August 30, 2017

@10:30, 8/28/17

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U.S.

California Today: Courting First-Generation Students at U.C.

Tuesday: A helping hand at the University of California, a potentially far-reaching tax ruling, and helping out in southeast Texas.

Emergency services are fully engaged.

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U.S.

Behind the Photo of the Older Women in Waist-High Water in Texas

A picture of residents partly submerged at an assisted-living center in Dickinson, Tex., prompted an outcry on social media.

Houston is going to need a levee and some big pumps.

https://www.google.com/search?nfpr=1&tbm=nws&q=galveston&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjokNee8vzVAhWl7YMKHfx6C5AQBQglKAA&biw=1920&bih=943&dpr=1


Opinion

Houston’s Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate

We didn’t have the capacity to transport and house millions of evacuees.

The failure to build adequate storm drains should be publicized.

This is a rain event.  

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Business Day

Day Trading in Wall Street’s Complex ‘Fear Gauge’ Proliferates

This explosion in interest is prompting concerns that investors may not be truly aware of what they are getting into.

The market is in a bubble.
It will go down violently.
The question is when the ceash will happen.
I am trying to time the market.
Timing the market is thought to be impossible.
That is probably correct.

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Opinion

White ‘Power’ and the Fear of Replacement

The marcher’s chant in Charlottesville really meant, “You will not take away our historical right to exclude.”

Fighting a religion is like fighting fog.

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Opinion

On Hurricane Harvey

“As Houstonians pick up the pieces, as they will, politicians and planners need to look ahead,” writes the Editorial Board.

The problem is recursive.

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World

In Kenya, Selling or Importing Plastic Bags Will Cost You $19,000 — or Jail

New rules that went into effect on Monday forbid the use of plastic grocery bags and call for prison and steep fines for anyone manufacturing or importing them.

Here is a new source of graft.

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Food

In Brooklyn, a Chance to Enjoy Factory-Fresh Ice Cream

Ample Hills and OddFellows are opening plants where fans can sample the wares and see how the good stuff is made.

Paid promotional material.

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Food

Chelsea Market Expands With a Food-Focused Floor

Chelsea Local opens on the lower level of the building, a new food market comes to Brooklyn and quick pastas from a Del Posto chef.

Ok

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Fashion & Style

At the V.M.A.s, Is the Game of Costumes Over?

The good, the ridiculous, and the resonant on the red carpet and stage at this year’s award show

I hope so though I doubt it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoop_skirt

https://www.google.com/search?q=hoop+skirt&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip2L6i9_7VAhWK6YMKHUCCBSAQsAQIRA
https://www.google.com/search?q=bustle&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxv8aH-P7VAhXI1IMKHUQFAI4Q_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=943

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frock_coat

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N.Y. / Region

New York Today: A 101-Year-Old’s Advice for New Yorkers

Tuesday: Civic engagement in the city, Michael Jackson’s birthday, and help for Hurricane Harvey.

Yes,  the fight continues.

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World

German Nurse Is Thought to Have Killed at Least 86, Officials Say

Niels Högel was convicted of killing two patients. An investigation has found at least 84 more are likely to have died from his injections.

It is an old nightmare that recurs every few years.

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Opinion

Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause

Storms are more damaging than in the past, and climate change is at least partly to blame.

The article is necessary.

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T Magazine

6 Men’s Flannel Shirts for Fall

Lively checks and plaids, inspired by the actor Timothée Chalamet.

Knock them off.

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Opinion

Swimming in Houston

Hurricane Harvey has us wading from house to house in our Texas suburb to see what nature and humanity have wrought.

Houston was unprepared.

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Arts

What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Wonder Woman’ and Some Erotic Thrillers

Gal Gadot charges onto streaming platforms in Patty Jenkins’s superhero blockbuster. And you can spice up your week with a global array of erotic thrillers.

I will watch whatever you want when I am not working.

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Food

Putting Fresh Spins on the Steakhouse

Greek or Turkish, vegetable-loving or pork-proud, this fall’s new houses of beef are a motley lot.

Whatever you want.

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Movies

Venice Film Festival Opening Stars Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig

Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing” is among the most-anticipated films this year.

A lack of immagination is displayed.

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Arts

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Finale: A Night for Family Reunions

Sunday’s episode offered plenty of enjoyable moments, spectacle and setup for next season, but not much surprise.

Season eight is coming.

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Opinion

The Cold War and America’s Delusion of Victory

The collapse of Soviet Communism led the United States into triumphalist error about its destiny as the global superpower.

Odd Arne Westad displays a lack of curiosity.

The struggle against socialism has dominated western politics since Labor was invented.  I would date that to the Luddites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

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