Sunday, June 12, 2016

@9:30, 6/12/16

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Opinion

Should I Make My Daughter Clean Her Room?

I assumed that raising her to be tidy would give her a happier, better life.

I am not the one to ask.
Things can be clean but not orderly.
They can be orderly but not clean.

Clean, yes.   Orderly, not so much.
Open shelves are recommended.
Editing will be necessary.

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Fashion & Style

Finding Common Ground in Interfaith Marriage

With the growth of mixed-religion couples in the United States has come new counseling options for couples seeking to work it out.

Exclusivity is fundamental to religion.
http://biblehub.com/john/14-6.htm

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N.Y. / Region

Pastrami Is the Priority at These Old-School New Jersey Delis

Three Jewish delicatessens focus on preparing the ideal spicy meat sandwich.

I cannot eat more than half a pound of pastrami at a sitting.
Nova lox is a wonder.

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Magazine

A Delicate Matter in the Examination Room

For medical interpreters, the right word can sometimes seem wrong.

Cultural limits enter the examining room with the people.

I do not have "short fingers".

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N.Y. / Region

Review: At Guilford Mooring, Smooth Sailing After Weathering Storms

Hurricanes Irene and Sandy were not kind to Guilford Mooring, but it is nothing if not resilient.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Guilford,+CT/@41.3590321,-72.6110786,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e62cdcb42e44ef:0xe84723be04b2d639!8m2!3d41.288906!4d-72.674364

As convenient.

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N.Y. / Region

In Lawsuit, U.S. Says Queens School Discriminated Against 3 Black Teachers

The lawsuit made it clear that the government believes that the principal of Pan American International High School targeted the teachers with the goal of having them removed from their jobs.

A racist has been located.

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Books

‘Goodnight, Beautiful Women,’ by Anna Noyes

The girls and women in this debut collection of stories confront the bleak realities of their lives.

https://www.amazon.com/Goodnight-Beautiful-Women-Anna-Noyes/dp/0802124844/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465756943&sr=8-1&keywords=Goodnight%2C+Beautiful+Women%2C

I will get it from a library.

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U.S.

In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs

Where others see only a swamp with alligators and mosquitoes, the dwindling number of airboat operators in Everglades National Park see only beauty.

The everglades is not a wilderness. 
It is a park.

The children will have to poll pirogues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirogue

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Fashion & Style

Meghan Dubyak, Timothy Belknap

The press secretary for Vice President Biden marries an associate at a Washington law firm.

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Health

An ER Kicks the Habit of Opioids for Pain

Instead of opioids, an ER in New Jersey now treats many pain patients with alternatives like laughing gas, trigger-point injections and even a therapy harp.

Paterson is making an effort to avoid opioids.
They are about 50% effective. 
It is helping.

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U.S.

Freddie Gray Died From ‘Rough Ride,’ Prosecutors Assert


It was not murder.  There was no intention to kill.
The judge will tell us the conclusion.

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Fashion & Style

Julie Karaba, Peter Siegal

The couple met in 2012 at Northwestern University, from which they both received law degrees.

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

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Fashion & Style

Jeffrey Behrens, Oussama Zahr

The couple met when a mutual friend invited them to a brunch in Manhattan.

Love is.

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

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Job Market

Ready to Settle a Cubicle Cold War, and Looking for a Strategy

An employee’s co-worker has been giving her the silent treatment for a month over a critical email she sent. Now she wants to mend fences but isn’t sure how.

"Talk helps."

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

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Books

‘The End of American Childhood,’ by Paula S. Fass

Current practices mark a break with 200 years of child rearing, a historian writes.

Judith Warner did not find the instruction manual she wanted.

Children learn.
Those that do not are named "Developmentally Disabeled". 
The problem is to get them learning what the culture insists they know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End

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Books

‘The Big Picture,’ by Sean Carroll

Assessing the nature of human existence as our knowledge of the world’s workings grows.

There is no reason life should have a meaning beyond what people assign it.

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N.Y. / Region

Police Seek Arsonist After Attacks on 2 Staten Island Churches

The evidence from fires in the borough’s Stapleton neighborhood is nearly identical, the authorities said, and they believe the person is responsible for both.

We do not yet live in a goldfish bowl.

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N.Y. / Region

At Westchester Airport, Bald Eagles (and Their Friends) Dare

As the birds and other wildlife have become more common at airports, the potential for collisions has also increased.

The USDA is doing what it can.

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Fashion & Style

Jennifer Wong, Joseph Liu

The bride works for the Harvard endowment, and the groom in his family’s real estate business.

Official recognition is required.
The rest is optional.

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

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Books

Morton White, Philosopher of Holistic Pragmatism, Dies at 99

Professor White said his intellect awoke in college. Before that he was a “child of the streets” more conversant with baseball players than books.

Eventually I will have to try to read him through his formalism.


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