Monday, June 13, 2016

@10:25, 6/13/16

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1
Opinion

Helping Children Thrive

Readers offer their suggestions, from reading programs to stable housing to better child care options.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thrive

Children thrive with support.

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U.S.

Court Papers Give Insight Into Stanford Sex Assault

In a case that legal experts say was unusual, the newly released court documents outline the intense national debate over Brock Turner’s sentencing.

Brock Turner will spend his life on the sex criminals list.
No place, no job, no family.

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N.Y. / Region

Far From Campus, a Different Kind of Violence Against Women

Those who commandeer the cultural conversation online are more apt to know someone who has experienced a traumatic sexual encounter in a dorm then someone who has been beaten by a disgruntled ex-boyfriend.

Domestic violence is a bigger problem.
It may include most rape.

4
Fashion & Style

Elizabeth Schrott, Adam Abel

The bride and groom, who met at Tufts, were married on Shelter Island, N.Y.

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/fashion/weddings/mothers-and-daughters-whose-wedding-is-it-anyway.html

5
World

A London Subway Experiment: Please Don’t Walk Up the Escalator

Officials seeking to address overcrowding have asked people at one station to stand side by side on escalators, instead of leaving room for walking, which causes backups.

The authorities seem to have done their homework.
The climbers do not add as much capacity as enabling them costs.

6
Books

‘First Dads,’ by Joshua Kendall

An assessment of all 43 presidents, as dads.

Fluff.
 
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U.S.

2nd Amendment Does Not Guarantee Right to Carry Concealed Guns, Court Rules

A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld a California law that imposes stringent conditions on who may be granted a concealed-carry permit.

It is a small victory for gun control.
Militias are not effective. 
The second amendment should be withdrawn.

8
Technology

In Silicon Valley Suburbs, Calls to Limit the Soaring Rents

Bay Area towns that tech made rich as considering rent control, an urban tactic, to save a middle class squeezed by years of punishing rent increases.

The rent only goes down in ghost towns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_town
Rent rises to the point all people refuse to pay it for the specific property.

9
Opinion

Lenient Sentence for Rape at Stanford

“The unjustly light sentence speaks volumes about privilege and criminal justice.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/outrage-in-stanford-rape-case-over-dueling-statements-of-victim-and-attackers-father.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/judge-in-stanford-rape-case-is-being-threatened-who-is-aaron-persky.html

"Because of his conviction, Mr. Turner must register as a sex offender."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_offender_registry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_offender_registries_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_offender_registries_in_the_United_States#Impact_on_registrants_and_their_families

Mr. Turner received a life sentence. 

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Opinion

Reusable Shopping Bags

Rather than penalizing shoppers for using plastic bags, reward them for bring their own bag, a reader suggests.

Apply a deposit system
Reusables are not charged the deposit.

11
Food

Video: Soft Serve Ice Cream


Honey is sucrose.
Sucrose is half fructose.
I will make it but not eat it.

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N.Y. / Region

In 6 Hours, 4 Are Killed in Separate Shootings in New York City

The attacks in the Bronx and Brooklyn late Saturday and early Sunday were a reminder that violent pockets remain in the city, even as it has grown safer.

Competition among drug dealers is murderous.

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Fashion & Style

Elizabeth Brodsky, Zachary Portin

Luggage that didn’t show up helped bring the bride and groom together.

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

14
Magazine

The American Way of Drinking

Can a look back at our country’s historic beverages tell us something about who we are?

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018172-rum-flip

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018173-rum-sour

None for me.

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N.Y. / Region

Small Relics of a Colossal Disaster

The New-York Historical Society is exhibiting artifacts related to the 1904 burning of the ship General Slocum, in which over a thousand people died.

I am aware of the disaster.

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Fashion & Style

Shannon Mattingly, Jon Nathanson

The bride works at Facebook, and the groom for Whipclip, a technology company.

Any ceremony you can get.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

The license must get filed.

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Fashion & Style

Kyle Gallary, Michael Leahy

The couple have M.B.A.s, she from Harvard and he from New York University.

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

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Fashion & Style

Rebecca Kaden, Scott Friedman

The bride is a venture capitalist; the groom works for Google.

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

19
U.S.

Student Body President Can Graduate, University of Chicago Says

Tyler Kissinger had faced expulsion from the college on charges of misconduct for using his position to help protesters gain access to an administration building for a sit-in.

A decision for resolution.

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Opinion

A Challenge to New York’s Broken Parole Board

A state court has held the board in contempt for refusing to follow the law and give a meaningful chance of release to an obviously qualified inmate.

The present parole board believes in punishment.


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