Friday, April 29, 2016

23:15, 4/28/16

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1
Science

Lizards, Too, May Sleep in Stages

The bearded dragon shows stages of sleep similar to those in humans and other mammals, suggesting that the stages evolved earlier than scientists thought.

"The stages of sleep that characterize human slumber had until now been documented only in mammals and birds."

Birds are the survivors of the dinosaurs.

2
Real Estate

When an Expansion Dream Fizzles, Brooklyn Calls

Alex Tavis and Ava Volandes Tavantzis wanted to annex the neighbor’s one-bedroom. But he had similar plans.

Why people moved.

3
T Magazine

A Cult Brand for Moms-to-Be Heads to the Beach

The designer Ariane Goldman debuts a Morocco-inspired and -made collection for her clothing label, Hatch.

She has found a market.

4
Fashion & Style

Wedding and Mother’s Day Gifts for Pet Owners

Cat- and dog-related gifts could please just as much as a toaster. Maybe more.

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

5
Food

Chocolates from France for Mother’s Day

Mendiants with dried berries, nuts and other fruit.

Probably delicious.

6
N.Y. / Region

New York Attorney General Sues Over Police Shooting Case in Troy

Eric T. Schneiderman says the Rensselaer County district attorney violated an executive order giving the attorney general powers to investigate and prosecute fatal police shootings of unarmed civilians.

The resolution is not in question.
The power to render it is the subject.

7
The Upshot

Donald Trump Doesn’t Need Indiana Anymore

After strong showings in the Northeast, the state no longer looks like a must-win to capture the Republican nomination without a contested convention.

It looks like the Republicans will lose the general election with Trump.

8
Real Estate

House Hunting in ... Portugal

Home prices in northern Portugal fell by as much as 35 percent after the global real estate crisis of 2008, but have held steady in recent years.

Not now.

9
N.Y. / Region

Yale Defies Calls to Rename Calhoun College

The residential college, which is named for the white supremacist John C. Calhoun, will keep its name, and the university will open two new residential colleges next year.

The internal reasoning of the Yale Administration is not clear to me.

The colonists brought racism here.

10
U.S.

Baltimore Officer Shoots Boy Who Police Say Had Replica Gun


A replica gun is intended to be mistaken for a functional weapon.

11
Health

Colombia Confirms More Birth Defects Linked to Zika

Both mothers had the Zika virus during pregnancy, but Colombian health officials said overall cases of the mosquito-borne virus were decreasing there.

Haiti does not appear to suffer from microcephaly caused by their version of the Zika virus.

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The Upshot

Cruz-Kasich Deal Means a Much Better Chance to Stop Trump

Ted Cruz has a greater opportunity to consolidate the anti-Trump vote in all-important Indiana, the way he did in Wisconsin.

Rescuing the Republican party is a threat to the republic.

13
Opinion

Saturated Fat Is Bad

The American Heart Association writes that “clear scientific evidence has shown that saturated fat can raise LDL (bad) cholesterol.”

Cardiac health has become political.
I would like footnotes and a bibliography.

I am not in cardiac trouble.

14
U.S.

A Brother’s Mental Illness Influenced John Kasich’s Views

Mr. Kasich’s brother, Richard, has struggled with depression for decades, influencing the candidate’s views though at times fraying family ties.

Politically the matter is probably moot.

We must talk.

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

15 
Health

British Medical Group Urges Smokers to Switch to E-Cigarettes

The Royal College of Physicians summarized the growing body of science on e-cigarettes and found that their benefits far outweigh the potential harms.

Maintenance does not cure addiction.

16
U.S.

Lured by Early Warm Weather, Scorpions Emerge to Swarm Arizona Homes

As temperatures soared in February, the scorpions awoke from their winter slumber, ahead of their usual late March arrival.

Another reason to avoid the South West.

17
Business Day

U.S. Economy Grew 0.5% in First Quarter, the Slowest Pace of Growth in Two Years

The trajectory of the economic recovery remains frustratingly uneven, nearly seven years after it began — but plenty is also going right at the same time.

Wages are not rising.

18
Food

Video: Taste Makers: Nigerian Food, Crash-and-Burn Style

The chef Tunde Wey, 32, set out to make egusi and jollof rice from his native Nigeria a hit in New Orleans. But it's more difficult to change people's tastes than he'd originally thought.

It is the way of innovation as life.
Sometimes it works.
Silicon Valley wants others to try to innovate.

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N.Y. / Region

In More Backyards, the Chicken Comes First

New York City’s growing army of chicks and hens (no roosters by law) numbers in the thousands, supplying fresh eggs, occasional dinners and a taste of farm life.

Back yard access is rare in the city.

20
Opinion

Candidates, Let’s Talk About Women’s Health

A crucial issue — a matter of life or death — is missing from the presidential race.

The Republican Party can not support the Democrats.








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1
Sports

Video Offers Proof That Disqualified Triathlete Cut Course

Video from a fixed camera along the marathon course at the 2015 Ironman Canada shows Julie Miller, the first finisher in her age group, passing by only once on a two-lap course.

She cheated.

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N.Y. / Region

With Psychic Jailed, Her Family Kept Telling Fortunes

Christine Evans, who was arrested on Sunday, bilked clients at a Manhattan fortunetelling parlor, according to a criminal complaint.

The Fortune Telling is the family business.
Christine Evans was the face on it.

3
Opinion

Candidates, Let’s Talk About Women’s Health


4
Real Estate

House Hunting in ... Portugal


Not in the E.U.

5
Travel

Where to Watch the America’s Cup in New York

There are excellent vantage points for America’s Cup race viewing in New York City and New Jersey, and hotels are offering packages and nautical cocktails.

There will be television coverage.

These boats cannot be sailed for pleasure.

6
Food

Growing Organics ‘Sin Fronteras’

Eduardo Rivera is a young farmer who is striving to provide organic produce for low-income Latino communities.

"It is difficult work, and not simply because farming is hard labor. Organics are expensive to grow, and he wants to keep prices low. A community-supported agriculture program helps bring Mr. Rivera’s peppers and tomatillos to market at an affordable rate, but price fluctuations, and weather, provide great challenges."

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018058-tomatillo-pineapple-salsa

7
World

Taiwan Party Organizer Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Water Park Fire

Fifteen people were killed and hundreds badly injured in June after flammable color powder ignited at the party, causing an explosion.

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

Inexperience.

8
Opinion

Candidates, Let’s Talk About Women’s Health


The issues belong to the Democrats.

9
Opinion

A Burst of Energy in Bangladesh

The government has made great strides in increasing energy capacity. But it needs to give power to the people, too.

Power politics.

10
Business Day

U.S. Economy Grew 0.5% in First Quarter, the Slowest Pace of Growth in Two Years

The trajectory of the economic recovery remains frustratingly uneven, nearly seven years after it began — but plenty is also going right at the same time.

Wages are not rising.

11
U.S.

A Brother’s Mental Illness Influenced John Kasich’s Views


Moot.

12
Health

Colombia Confirms More Birth Defects Linked to Zika


13
N.Y. / Region

In More Backyards, the Chicken Comes First


Out of town is easier.

14
N.Y. / Region

Yale Defies Calls to Rename Calhoun College


In 1933 it was racism.

15
U.S.

Lured by Early Warm Weather, Scorpions Emerge to Swarm Arizona Homes


Less open water helps.

16
Science

Makemake, the Moonless Dwarf Planet, Has a Moon, After All

Astronomers found the moon, nicknamed MK2, in an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

ok

17
Opinion

Police in Public Housing: A View From the N.Y.P.D.

The chief of the New York Police Department’s Housing Bureau argues against ending police patrols in public housing.

There is a maximum building size size.
In larger buildings communities do not form or are unstable.
Small buildings clump into neighborhoods.
Again there is a maximum stable size.
A minimum size supports an active street life and a full resident retail group.
Disruption is easy and profitable.
The subject is a doctoral project that is not yet mine.

The police have little place in stable communities and are unable to produce a community.

A city is usually not a community.

18
T Magazine

Glasgow’s Elegant Ingram Street

The writer Andrew O’Hagan revisits the stylish Scottish road that dazzled him in his youth — and still, today.

Ruins of another civilization inhabited by oil money.

The shipping and ship building are gone.
The shells remain.
There are not enough people on the street.

If money were to be had there would be hordes seeking a share.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh is dead in the 1918 flue.
He did not join the August 1914 panic.
He, like Antonio Gaudi, ends the gothic revival.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sullivan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

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N.Y. / Region

New York Attorney General Sues Over Police Shooting Case in Troy


Jurisdictional dispute.

19
Food

Video: Beer-Brined Roast Chicken

Adrienne Cheatham, an executive chef at Red Rooster restaurant in New York, makes roast chicken that's marinated in beer.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018059-beer-brined-roast-chicken

20
Business Day

Start-Up Airline Idles on a California Runway, Stymied by Bureaucracy

California Pacific Airlines has been waiting for years for Federal Aviation Administration certification. Its 95-year-old owner is getting impatient.

Monopolies hate competition.
 

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