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Fashion & Style
The Best of Front Rows at New York Fashion Week
The Kardashians, Zoë Kravitz, Lady Gaga and more familiar faces from the front rows of New York Fashion Week.I suppose I should care.
Fashionable people must attend the corpse of fashion.
http://www.nytimes.com/news-event/fashion-week
The dance can go on without me.
I do want to solve the core problems of aesthetics.
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World
India: Protests Spread After an Arrest
Students and teachers in at least 10 cities demanded the release of a student leader arrested on sedition charges and accused of being anti-Indian.It does not favor the B.J.P.
I await further developments.
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World
Fiji Declares a State of Natural Disaster in the Wake of a Fierce Cyclone
The storm, which had gusts up to 202 miles per hour, left villages destroyed and, reports say, at least one man dead in the east of the country.http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/winstons-185-mph-winds-in-fiji-southern-hemispheres-strongest-storm
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/02/21/world/asia/21reuters-cyclone-fiji.html
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Science
Zika Outbreak Could Be an Omen of the Global Warming Threat
No, it is a new disease in South America.
It has been present in Africa and South Asia.
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Sports
Cavaliers Handle Bulls
The Cleveland Cavaliers looked refreshed from the All-Star break with a 106-95 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Thursday.| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot |
| Boston | 35 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 121 |
| Denver | 17 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 101 |
| Preview | Box | Recap |
| Leaders | Boston | Denver |
| Points | I. Thomas 22 | N. Jokic 23 |
| Rebounds | J. Sullinger 11 | N. Jokic 13 |
| Assists | I. Thomas 12 | 2 tied with 4 |
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World
Ghana: Dozens Killed in Road Accident
A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck killed at least 61 people in the deadliest road accident in recent memory in the country, officials and witnesses said Thursday.Two weeks worth of dead.
Traffic police are important.
Pay them a living wage.
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Sports
A Shocker Helps Set Up an All-American Final in Delray Beach
Rajeev Ram of the United States upset fourth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, and Sam Querrey beat Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina.http://www.boston.com/sports?p1=Levelone_Nav_sports_hp
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox?p1=menu_sports_more_redsox
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World
Ontario Farmers Fight to Send a Herd of Ex-Cons Back to the Pen
Livestock owners, locals and a few celebrities have spent over five years trying to reopen the farm at the Collins Bay Institution, a prison complex.The usual problem is a prison farm competes with friends of the authorities. The property now has value as city lots.
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Fashion & Style
This Palm Beach Philanthropist Is All About Fur, Fringe and Fun
Michele Herbert, a former talk-show host and actress, loves “fun and sexy” Naeem Khan dresses.There is a joy in costume.
Costume may rise to art.
Science fiction conventions always have costumes.
There is no respect for zombies in the group.
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T Magazine
The Young British Designer Mentored by Marc Jacobs
Amie Robertson, of A.V. Robertson, showed her first collection at London Fashion Week yesterday.I am more interested in her second act.
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Business Day
Delta, in Alliance With Danny Meyer, Aims to Elevate Airline Food
Creaming the market.
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World
India to Change Its Decades-Old Reliance on Female Sterilization
For decades, India has relied on female sterilization as its primary mode of contraception, funding about four million tubal ligations every year.Misogyny?
Mostly political infighting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_conflict#Intragroup_conflict_.28infighting.29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_conflict#Political
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intragroup_conflict
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N.Y. / Region
Study Investigates Proliferation of Plastic in Waterways Around New York
At any given time, an estimated 165 million plastic particles are floating in the estuaries that stretch from the Tappan Zee Bridge to Sandy Hook Bay, in New Jersey, a study finds.If bits of petrochemical plastic can be sampled they can be removed from the waters.
It is not obvious how plastic is macerated at sea.
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Health
Scalia Autopsy Decision Divides Pathologists
Two forensic pathologists said Justice Scalia’s death was handled appropriately, but a third said it was “almost unbelievable” that the body of a divisive public figure was not examined.The Republican Party has become paranoid.
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Health
W.H.O. Recommends Contraception in Countries With Zika Virus
The agency also called for access to emergency contraception and pregnancy counseling, potentially opening a conflict with the Roman Catholic Church.Bishops can panic.
Panic is pervasive.
Southern Asia has Zika virus without birth defects.
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U.S.
States Make New Push to Curb Child Marriage
Fearing current laws “are not protecting children,” states including New York are looking at making it harder for those younger than 18 to get married.There is a cultural conflict around child rearing.
I can find no resolution.
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N.Y. / Region
Second Avenue Subway Could Revive the W Line, Officials Say
The W subway line, created in 2001, was discontinued in 2010 amid budget cuts at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html
The M.T.A. is not crying poverty.
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U.S.
Charges for 5 in Nevada Case That Gave Rise to Oregon Standoff
The Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons, Ammon and Ryan, were among those indicted over a 2014 standoff involving cattle.The prosecutors dragged their feet as long as they could.
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Business Day
Venezuela Devalues Currency and Raises Price of Gasoline
Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, on Wednesday devalued the currency by 37 percent and raised fuel prices for the first time in 17 years.The Venezuelan economy must be self sufficient.
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U.S.
Michigan: More MoGov. Rick Snyder ney on Way for Flint Crisis
To help city deal with lead-contaminated water, the State House approved $30 million to help pay residents’ water bills and Gov. Rick Snyder announced a $2 million grant to help city replace pipes.Gov. Rick Snyder is trying to buy peace.
He cannot afford the price.
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