Friday, April 8, 2016

@11:00, 4/7/16

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T Magazine

The Underrated Pleasure of Wearing Jewelry Made Just for You

Hanya Yanagihara, T’s deputy editor and the author of “A Little Life,” on the importance of custom pieces.

Designed experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconography

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

2
Fashion & Style

Azzedine Alaïa’s (Long-Germinating) Cornucopia for Fall

Everyone else may be debating when to show and when to sell, but the designer set his own schedule.

There is very little season in these clothes.

3
N.Y. / Region

New York Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Sale of Nursing Home to Developer

The investigation into the lifting of a deed restriction on Rivington House follows two other reviews by New York City’s Investigation Department and comptroller.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/nyregion/nursing-homes-sale-to-condo-developer-raises

There is no"smoking gun".
The deal stinks.

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N.Y. / Region

Mayor de Blasio Adding Money for Water Tunnel in Brooklyn and Queens

The $305 million is to pay for construction of two deep shafts that will connect with the supply tunnel.

The de Blasio administration needs a check list.

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N.Y. / Region

Newtown Teacher Charged With Bringing Gun to Middle School

Jason Adams’s arrest came in the town where a gunman shot and killed 20 pupils and six educators at an elementary school.

His mind was not working.

6
Times Insider

College Admissions: Stop the Madness!

Columnist Frank Bruni says you do NOT have to go to a college with less than a 10 percent acceptance rate to succeed or have the destiny you want.

"It gets better."

7
Opinion

MetLife and Dodd-Frank

MetLife’s general counsel takes issue with an editorial.

Opinions differ.
There are facts that can be established.

8
T Magazine

A Writer’s Room: Mark Haddon

The novelist on his basement office in Oxford, England, where he wrote some of his forthcoming collection, “The Pier Falls and Other Stories.”

I will have to look at his work.
It is half to two thirds of my intended studio space.

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U.S.

Helicopter Crash Kills Five in Tennessee

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in east Tennessee on Monday afternoon, and was destroyed by a fire.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sevierville,+TN/@35.9175604,-83.4627785,10z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x885bf8239b031e79:0x33e2f2dba2cfeb56

10
Food

At Le Turtle, a French New Wave You Can Eat

A modern Lower East Side bistro bids au revoir to antique chic.

If you wish.

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Business Day

Despite Fears, Affordable Care Act Has Not Uprooted Employer Coverage

Employer-based insurance has held firm for the last five years, and federal officials predict it will continue to remain strong.

Health coverage is still a benefit.

12
Opinion

The Border Patrol’s Bizarre Choice

In endorsing Donald Trump, the border agents’ union reveals cruel attitudes toward immigrants.

Think job security.

13
World

Brazil’s Congress Must Consider Impeaching Vice President

A justice on Brazil’s high court ruled that an impeachment request made against Michel Temer must be considered by Congress while it holds hearings about removing the president.

The old rich of Brazil may be trying to corrupt the government again.

14
U.S.

Why Parental Leave Policies Are Changing

Three reporters for The New York Times discuss why they think the parental leave issue has taken hold so strongly and quickly.

Parental Leave is a desired benefit among the empowered employed.

15
Books

Love in the Time of Monogamy

What happens when scholars take on the morally controversial question of polygamy?

The Chinese ideogram for domestic strife is two women under one roof.

16
U.S.

Florida Agrees to Improve Poor Children’s Access to Health Care, Settling Suit

A long-running class action lawsuit had accused the state of shortchanging doctors and leaving low-income families to trek long distances to visit specialists.

I do not like political Florida.

17
Magazine

Should a Nephew Be Told Who His Real Father Is?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on passing off your child with someone else as your husband’s, buyer honesty and the costs of long-odds surgery.

Reasonable advice.

18
Your Money

When Feelings of Comfort Trump Spreadsheet Math

Which one is truly better? The paid-off mortgage or the growing stock portfolio backed by a spreadsheet proving you are better off investing the money?

Living is a matter of balancing risks.
The borrow and save strategy assumes minimally income stability..

19
Food

Nothing Smells Rotten in Leslie B. Vosshall’s Compost Pail

The Rockefeller University molecular neurobiologist believes all smells are great, even those from her decomposing food.

Her daughter is almost certainly bothered.

There are two different and mutually exclusive composting rituals presented.

20
Science

Before Eagles Fly, They Must Hatch

When do hatching eaglets start to breathe? Is there air in the egg before they energetically work their way out?

I am not sorry I read the piece.


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