Saturday, August 27, 2016

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Magazine

How to Sleep in a Tree

Learn to climb safely. Always remain harnessed.

Good advice.

It works for one.  Two is more of a problem.

2
Magazine

Familiar Dish, Familiar Friend

Finding solace in Patna, India, after a personal loss.

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Your Money

Document Flood and Fire Damage to Ease Insurance Claims


So much is not easily replaceable.  Documentation helps.

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N.Y. / Region

Silver, Like Skelos, Can Remain Free While Appealing Graft Conviction

Sheldon Silver, the former State Assembly speaker, and Dean G. Skelos, the former Senate majority leader, have moved aggressively to stave off the day they had to begin serving their sentences.

I expect that the appeals will not be successful.

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U.S.

Seattle’s Potential Solution for Heroin Epidemic: Places for Legal Drug Use

A city task force endorsed the idea of safe consumption facilities, which would allow addicts to take drugs without fear of being arrested.

Let them try it.

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Travel

Tips for Women Traveling Solo

Kelly Lewis, the founder of the Go! Girl Guides, on how women travel differently from men, staying safe and more.

Good preparation.

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Opinion

How Airbnb Can Fight Racial Discrimination

For one thing, it should stop using profile pictures before booking.

Ok

8
Technology

Turn Your Smartphone Into a Pocket Scanner

If your mobile gadget has a good camera and you have the right app, you do not need anything more to make quick digital copies of documents.

The operating system is designed to record documents.
Just follow the instructions given.

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Science

The Known: Cancer Is Really, Really Old. The Unknown: How Common It Was.

A fossilized bone tumor in South Africa is the oldest known case of cancer, researchers say. The extent of the disease so long ago remains elusive.

What we do know is the incidence of bone cancers is not high now.
.9 per hundred thousand.
The bones of about a thousand hominid individuals have been found.
The chance of finding a bone tumor in this small sample is about .00009.
Luck plays a large role.

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Your Money

7 Essential Money Questions Sure to Start a Conversation

Questions that focus on family, feelings and the future we plan for ourselves.

What lessons about money did you learn from your parents?
Debt is a tool.  Use it with great care.
What does the word “money” conjure up for you?
Opportunity.
How many children would you like to have when you retire?
I can borrow children short term for their pleasure. 
I prefer to rent youths when I can't do for myself. 
How do you think your children feel about that?
Not applicable.  
Tell me about your financial situation when you first met.
Broke with no real hope.  
What are the most important things in your life?
Design and company  
What does retirement look like to you?
Distant.  

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Business Day

Lloyd Carney: Think You’re Irreplaceable? Take the Bucket Test

Mr. Carney, C.E.O. of Brocade, says he learned about building teams by watching his grandfather, who used a bucket of water to make his point to workers.

Credit is just another way to pay other people.

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The Upshot

Today’s Inequality Could Easily Become Tomorrow’s Catastrophe

The poor and middle class might end up living in a nightmare world of joblessness and danger unless we act to address the growing wealth gap.

Capitalism places the interests of the owners first.
There is no second.
Go for regulated capitalism.

13
Opinion

The Women Who Won’t Wear Swimsuits

It was a summer to celebrate Olympic bodies and everyone’s beach bodies, too.

Go get wet.

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U.S.

Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief, Stephen Bannon, Faced Domestic Violence Charges in 1996

Mr. Bannon’s wife claimed that he attacked her at their home and then warned her not to testify. The charges were eventually dismissed.

Donald Trump has a campaign chief.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo 

15
Food

A Couscous for the (Not Quite) End of Summer

The markets are still teeming with glorious summer vegetables. But the changing weather demands something a little different.

I would make it for you.

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U.S.

Video: Students Protest Gun Law With Sex Toys


Tere is no other way.

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Technology

Flash Card, Math and Organizer Apps for the 21st Century Student

StudyBlue, Symbolab and Google Keep are just a few of the apps that revolutionize tasks once done with pen and paper.

I don't do distance running either.

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U.S.

Georgia Man Gets 40 Years in Prison for Hot-Water Attack on Gay Men

Martin Blackwell had objected to the couple sleeping together in the apartment of his girlfriend.

A resolution.

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Real Estate

The Plain-Jane Hamptons

The boldface, gilt-edge Hamptons are to the east of the Shinnecock Canal. But some buyers are refusing to cross over.

Look in November.

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Opinion

Apple’s Gun Emoji

Readers discuss Apple’s decision to replace a pistol emoji with a squirt gun.

Just take it off the phone.



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1
Magazine

How to Sleep in a Tree


Magazine

Familiar Dish, Familiar Friend


Your Money

Document Flood and Fire Damage to Ease Insurance Claims


N.Y. / Region

Silver, Like Skelos, Can Remain Free While Appealing Graft Conviction


Travel

Tips for Women Traveling Solo


Opinion

How Airbnb Can Fight Racial Discrimination


Technology

Turn Your Smartphone Into a Pocket Scanner


Your Money

7 Essential Money Questions Sure to Start a Conversation


Business Day

Lloyd Carney: Think You’re Irreplaceable? Take the Bucket Test


The Upshot

Today’s Inequality Could Easily Become Tomorrow’s Catastrophe


Opinion

The Women Who Won’t Wear Swimsuits


Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief, Stephen Bannon, Faced Domestic Violence Charges in 1996


Food

A Couscous for the (Not Quite) End of Summer


U.S.

Video: Students Protest Gun Law With Sex Toys


Real Estate

The Plain-Jane Hamptons


Opinion

Apple’s Gun Emoji



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