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Opinion
Sleep Needs of Students
A reader writes that too many school districts “persist in working against the physical needs of their students.”School exists as a boon to working parents.
"a diller a dollar
a nine o'clock scholar
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at ten o'clock
And now you come at noon."
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N.Y. / Region
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Plan in the South Bronx Stirs Anxiety and Hope
Residents and community leaders are asking whether it will provide an economic boost to the Hunts Point neighborhood or become a magnet for trouble.Yes.
Sleaze draws sleaze.
It will be a boon and trouble.
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World
Possible Tie to Mystery of Flight 370 Puts Tiny Réunion in World’s Spotlight
Ever since what could be a part from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was found, just about every piece of flotsam on the island has attracted scrutiny.The report will come out of Toulouse.
It was a long wet drift to Réunion.
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U.S.
Threat to Tiny Golden-Cheeked Warbler Is Disputed in Texas
A showdown over a songbird’s status is part of a continuing national dialogue about the Endangered Species ActAssess the population again in five years.
There is no need to rush to development.
Other people can make fortunes when the restrictions are eventually relaxed.
Texas bought Fort Hood. It can live with the consequences.
When there is enough water Austin can develop more.
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N.Y. / Region
9 Injured in Shooting in Brooklyn
The violence came after a week of relative calm in New York in which shootings were sharply down in some precincts compared with the same period last year.Hot weather comes almost every year.
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U.S.
Dylann Roof, Suspect in Charleston Killings, Indicates Desire to Plead Guilty
Mr. Roof’s lawyer said he wanted to know whether the death penalty would be sought before advising his client how to plead.Dylann Roof was living a childish dream.
He would be foolish to plead guilty without a deal.
He wood be foolish to add another death to his total.
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U.S.
Montana Couple Killed After Helping Stranded Motorist
The husband and wife were killed, and their daughter injured, when the driver they were trying to help shot them, the authorities said.To my shame I understand all of them.
Unless there is more to know I would vote to convict.
Life with parole to be served in a mental hospital.
With the staff's permission he can work.
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Travel
In Indonesia, a Region Where Death Is a Lure
The death rituals of the Torajan people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, are unusual and elaborate, and seeing the Torajan culture close-up is affordable.Leave them alone.
My missionary relatives were good by their lights.
I do not need to teach that material.
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N.Y. / Region
A Legacy for Cuomo? It May Be Big New York Projects
With efforts like replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge and rebuilding La Guardia Airport, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has seemingly adopted the strategy that voters will remember big-ticket items.Andrew Cuomo would like to be president after Hillary.
He should not try to be elected.
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U.S.
Texas Trooper’s Behavior Called ‘Catalyst’ in Sandra Bland’s Death
Trooper Brian T. Encinia behaved rudely and failed to de-escalate a confrontation with Ms. Bland, the head of the state police told lawmakers."The committee chairman, Garnet Coleman, who like Ms. Bland is black, criticized the Texas Department of Public Safety for what he called a pattern of racial intolerance and described the behavior of the trooper who arrested her, Brian T. Encinia, who is white, as a “catalyst” for Ms. Bland’s death."
Texas is insane.
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World
France and Britain Seek Help on Migrants From E.U.
The interior ministers called on Sunday for other European Union countries to help solve the root causes of the migrant crisis at the port of Calais.The root cause is the Eurpean Union and its open borders policy.
The refugees are blocked by the fares for crossing the English Channel.
Pay their fares and the immediate crisis is over.
The English will have to find another way to exercise their racism.
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N.Y. / Region
Video: Melting in Central Park
I like Fort Tilden and Breezy Point.
It is insular.
I would not try to move there.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+Tilden/@40.5579281,-73.9248562,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c243c01e7ae0fd:0x8f7c531de37fa763
Take the subway to Rockaway Park Station
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rockaway+Beach,+Queens,+NY+11693/@40.5775655,-73.8417117,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c26876363711a3:0xe5c433c345d63995
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U.S.
Video: Ferguson Resident’s Video of Shooting
Residents in the Ferguson, Mo., neighborhood where Michael Brown was shot by the police on Aug. 9 have posted video and photos of the aftermath to social media.I don't feel a need to get involved as yet.
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Sports
Shark Stops Man’s Attempt at Record
A great white shark thwarted a Northern California man’s quest to become the first person to swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands.His daughter felt better.
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World
Prisoners on Hunger Strikes in Israel May Be Force-Fed Under New Law
Legislators voted to allow the force-feeding in extreme cases, a move that seemed to be aimed at preventing Palestinian inmates from using fasts to win their release.It is a humanitarian gesture that is torture.
Israel will have to take the Palestinians in and give them justice.
Many will be executed. More will behave themselves.
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N.Y. / Region
‘Poster Child’ for New York’s Paid Sick Leave Law Failed to Follow It
After publicly embracing sick leave, the owner of Bombay Sandwich Company did not pay an ill employee for a missed workday in January."As for Mr. Puri, he said he has paid the required fines and restitution and is focusing on running his business. “I’m just trying to move on,” he said."
It is the silly season.
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Education
New Gear for the School Year
Snap, yak and stay on track: six smart toys for the essential collegian.The kids can buy these nuisances for themselves.
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Magazine
Jermaine Affonso Can’t Escape the Garbage, Either
The editor in chief of the satirical website ClickHole on why we love the weird, absurd content that goes viral online.Tabloid Journalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism
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Food
Chicks To Go Serves Chicken and Peruvian Pride in the Rockaways
At the takeout shop, spicy, smoky pollo à la brasa is best chased by gulps of sweet lemon-verbena soda.Take the subway. Fort Tilden is good if it is open. Breezy point park is a walk.
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Sports
Court Grants Stay in O’Bannon Case
The decision delays colleges from offering athletes compensation for the commercial use of their names and likenesses for now.The NCAA is not dead yet.
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Books
Review: ‘The Economics of Inequality,’ by Thomas Piketty
Mr. Piketty follows up “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” last year’s landmark economic analysis, with a slightly revised version of a book he wrote in 1997.Krugman points out more is known.
The Belknap press of Harvard did not do anyone a favor.
Read Thomas Piketty's previous book
" Capital in the Twenty-First Century Hardcover – April 15, 2014
"THE ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY
By Thomas Piketty
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. 142 pages. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. $22.95."N.Y. / Region
$30 Million Program to Help Low-Income New Yorkers Get Mental Health Care
Chirlane McCray, the wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio and the chairwoman of the fund that is heading the program, said one in four New Yorkers has a diagnosable mental health disorder.The program is "a drop in the bucket".
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U.S.
Video: Second Police Body Camera Video Released
The University of Cincinnati Police released video from an officer’s body camera that shows the scene moments after Officer Ray Tensing shot and killed Samuel Dubose.Not germane.
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Sunday Review
Protecting the Untamed Seas
Because no one or everyone is responsible for what happens on the high seas, it’s in many ways a free-for-all.The UN should get busy.
Britain did slavery suppression but gave it up.
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Education
Next Stop: Harvardland
What do Asian visitors want to see on vacation? Elite universities, of course.They all like money.
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Travel
Airports Get More Friendly for Parents With Young Children
Airports are offering more services for parents traveling with small children, including new automated kiosks to sell diapers.The planes are not flying empty.
I would like to be paid for my peace of mind.
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Education
Making Friends in New Places
At the start of freshman year, there’s a window of opportunity when rules about social interactions are suspended and it feels perfectly normal to talk to strangers. Do it.Good advice.
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Sports
A Struggling City Renovates Its Golf Course, Envisioning More Green
One of the best assets of East Orange, N.J., was shaggy and operating in the red, but leaders recognized its business potential given its proximity to Short Hills, a lush suburb."What the traffic will bear."
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U.S.
Copwatch vs. Cops: After Freddie Gray
A hybrid of media creation and activism may end up being one of the lasting legacies of Ferguson, but Times reporters want to know what else has changed over the past year.A new emphasis on putting the police on record is enough.
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Opinion
Specialty Pharmacies
The National Community Pharmacists Association writes to support a patient choice law like that in New York State.Pharmacy is a medical specialty and should be covered by single payer care.
I resent telephone sales reps pushing gadgets.
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N.Y. / Region
A Review of Clean Plate Kitchen in Clinton, Which Feeds Vegans and Meat-Eaters
The Clean Plate Kitchen, which opened in February, uses nothing processed and gives vegans and gluten-free customers a number of choices.I would give it a miss.
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Automobiles
As Americans Figure Out the Roundabout, It Spreads Across the U.S.
Navigating roundabouts can be confusing, but they tend to reduce congestion and accidents at intersections. One is coming to the Bronx.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_circle
Traffic engineers have spent seventy years getting rid of them.
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U.S.
Federal Judge Blocks Release of Videos by Anti-Abortion Group
A temporary restraining order was issued against the Center for Medical Progress, which had released secretly recorded meetings of the National Abortion Federation.Now sue the Center for Medical Progress for defamation.
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U.S.
New Orleans Hospital Is Replaced, With Hope of Preserving Its Mission
Charity Hospital, which was ruined by Hurricane Katrina, has been replaced with a $1.1 billion hospital, but there are concerns over whether it will continue its history of serving the poor.OK.
There must be a public hospital.
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Sports
Inbee Park Wins Women’s British Open for 7th Major Title
The top-ranked Park picked up seven shots in her last 12 holes to pass her fellow South Korean Jin-Young Ko at Turnberry.http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html
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Health
‘Sex Never Dies,’ but a Medicare Option for Older Men Does
On July 1, Medicare stopped covering vacuum erection pumps, the latest indication that sexual health among older adults is not taken seriously.AARP votes.
We are often silly and try to be fashionable.
If I can't get an erection we can try other things or not as you wish.
More salt is a thought.
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