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U.S.
California: Snowpack Level Falls Short of Water Needs
A three-week winter dry spell left the state’s snowpack at just 83 percent of average, snow surveyors found, a setback as California tries to break out of record drought.http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/home/regionaldroughtmonitor.aspx?west
Better than last year.
The emergency continues.
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Fashion & Style
Where Intrigue Lies: The Story at Dries Van Noten and Maison Margiela
Multiple choice at the opening of the season’s final women’s wear shows.This will be a year of "buyer's choice".
These shows are of multiple themes in each house's presentation.
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T Magazine
Three’s a Trend: Vibrant Graphic Prints
Emilio Pucci, Marni and Salvatore Ferragamo featured zigzags of every color and stripe.Few people like their shape.
This graphic surface has impact without form.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dazzle+paint&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiti_at6aPLAhVBuIMKHdLNCAAQsAQIKg&biw=1253&bih=700#imgrc=sAqOThxfLmINeM%3A
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World
Statistics From China Say Coal Consumption Continues to Drop
The data lends further support to the view that the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide may be reaching a peak in coal consumption."BEIJING — China has released new statistics indicating that it used less coal last year than in 2014, lending support to the view that the country, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, may have reached a peak in coal consumption."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_soup_fog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_quality_law
Global warming is a less pressing problem.
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N.Y. / Region
Judge Grants Delay of Sodium Warnings for New York City Restaurants
Franchised joints have lawyers.
Change costs.
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N.Y. / Region
Queens Man Sentenced to 55 Years to Life for Shooting Officer in Legs
John F. Thomas, 28, received the maximum sentence for shooting Sgt. Craig Bier as he was being pursued by the police in 2012.There is a large political element in this charge and sentence.
Order rather than justice dominates it.
John F. Thomas did not intend to kill the officer.
Ten years to life would be a better result.
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Business Day
Toyota Adds 331,000 Vehicles to Takata Airbag Recall
Toyota is recalling 198,000 more vehicles because the airbag inflater produced by Takata could rupture.The recalls will continue until all the amonium nitrate inflators are replaced.
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Science
The Giving Tree, Giving Year After Year After ...
Fructose is toxic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_sugar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_sugar#Preparation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose
"Sucrose is a common, naturally occurring carbohydrate found in many plants and plant parts. Saccharose is an obsolete name for sugars in general, especially sucrose.[4] The molecule is a disaccharide combination of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose with the formula C12H22O11."
I would happily live in a maple woods.
I would lease out the sugaring rights for the taxes.
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World
Hong Kong Bookseller Confesses on TV to Evading Rules on Shipping to Mainland
Gui Minhai was shown on Sunday night saying that he had circumvented China’s strict rules on importing books, in part by placing shipments in bags that could not be X-rayed.China is not an open society.
The U.S. must remain an open society.
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Food
Cabbage and Potato Gratin Makes a Rich Vegetarian Meal
The cabbage becomes meltingly tender and sweet when given enough time in the oven (or in a frying pan), and the potato supplies the bulk.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018004-cabbage-and-potato-gratin
It will be delicious.
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U.S.
South Dakota Governor Vetoes Restriction on Transgender Bathroom Access
The measure was pushed by conservative legislators in the Midwestern state who said that it was an effort to protect the privacy of all students.Better but not good enough.
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Sports
French Track and Field Corruption Inquiry Extended
The investigation has been expanded to look into the bidding and voting processes for the hosting of the 2016 and 2020 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo."Fish rots from the head."
The I.O.C. is corrupt.
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Fashion & Style
Beyond the Red Carpet, at Giorgio Armani and Missoni
Milan Fashion Week closes with Salvatore Ferragamo, Marco di Vincenzo, Stella Jean and others.Armani showed wearable clothes.
"At MSGM, Massimo Giorgetti requested that attendees refrain from posting any pictures on social media. This, according to a representative, was so that “the audience is actually encouraged to look at the clothes”"
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N.Y. / Region
A Botanical Garden on a Queens Street
An arborist on a tree-service crew admired the diversity of species in Fresh Meadows, and how the pruner appreciated their shape and feel.Button woods are much the same.
Most people do not know trees have identities and shapes.
Street trees are bonsais and thus works of artifice.
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N.Y. / Region
Public Comment on New Jersey Casino Referendum
A State Senate committee held a hearing on a plan to bring two new casinos to the northern part of the state; the Assembly has one planned for next week.Gambling around New York Harbor is the property of
Wall Street.
Camden has never understood that.
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Real Estate
$3,000,000 Homes in Massachusetts, Wyoming and Georgia
A contemporary in Weston, Mass., a ski house in Wilson, Wyo., and a house on a lake in Richmond Hill, Ga.No to all of these.
Art Deco in Massachusetts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_deco
Movie set in Wyoming.
Georgia great house.
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Fashion & Style
Oscars Red Carpet: Updates on the 2016 Looks
Hollywood’s biggest night is here. Who’s wearing what? See our slideshow of red carpet looks.http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/02/28/fashion/2016-oscars-red-carpet-photos/s/oscars-red-carpet-833-alicia-vikander.html
You tell me.
Costume tells us about image.
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World
Italy Moves to Toughen Penalties for Olive Oil Fraud
The Italian Parliament passed decrees ordering the government to strengthen penalties beyond fines in an effort to bolster the “made in Italy” brand.Italy is losing its olive trees.
Regulation will not save the trees.
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World
Q. and A.: Minxin Pei on the Future of Communist Rule in China
In an interview, Mr. Pei discussed why he believes the one-party system in China is unsustainable.Illegitimate governments can last for centuries.
The Tsarists went 400 years. Imperial China lasted 3,000 years with gaps.
The Communists may learn economics.
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U.S.
G.O.P. and Democrats at Odds Over Dismissal of Perry Indictment in Texas
Republicans attacked the charges against the former governor as partisan, while Democrats attacked their dismissal on the same grounds.Texas is insane.
Crime is not a partisan matter.
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