Monday, August 22, 2016

@2:30 8/22/16

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1
Opinion

How Garbage Trucks Can Drive a Green Future

New York should power its sanitation fleet with renewable natural gas.

The bio-methane resource is big enough to fuel the trucks.

2
Sports

Ryan Lochte’s Evolving Story Faced Little Resistance From NBC

Reporters gave Lochte, the U.S. swimmer who invented a story about being robbed in Rio, unfettered airtime instead of trying to confirm details.

The news editors will buy a drama.

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N.Y. / Region

How Carlos Varella and Andressa Junqueira, Rockaways Restaurateurs, Spend Their Sundays

Mr. Varella and Ms. Junqueira spend some time relaxing with their two sons, but most of their day is devoted to running their Brazilian eatery, Beach Bistro 96.

A life on the beach.

4
Fashion & Style

Bridget Deiters, Matthew Ince

The bride and groom, who both work in Chicago, met in 2013 at a bar in London.

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

5
Job Market

Putting John Deere Mowers to the Test

Terry Reed, a field test manager at John Deere, tests grounds equipment, including residential and commercial riding lawn mowers.

It is good that equipment is tested.

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Fashion & Style

Nicole Blumenkehl, Andrew Ligon

The couple met in 2013 at Duke, from which they received law degrees.

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

7
U.S.

As Homeless Find Refuge in Forests, ‘Anger Is Palpable’ in Nearby Towns

A growing homeless population on public lands has brought with it increases in emergency calls, drug overdoses, illegal fires and trash, which have put nearby residents on edge.

Trying to treat a national problem locally is frustrating.
Poor people improvise.

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Fashion & Style

Lindsay Sher, Mark Frenkel

The couple, both doctors, met at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where they work.

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

9
Books

In Emma Rathbone’s New Novel, a 26-Year-Old Virgin Seeks Sex

Emma Rathbone’s “Losing It” is about carnal pleasure (the idea of it, anyway), dating and a discriminating young woman.

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

10
World

After Olympics, Rio Is Altered if Not Reborn

There have been cost overruns and many other complaints. But the criticism aside, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio have profoundly changed this city of six million.

"“No one ever said the Olympics were going to solve all of the city’s problems,” Mr. Paes said in an interview. “But we used the Games as a good excuse to get a lot of things done, things that have been the dream of mayors for 50 years.”"

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Fashion & Style

Michelle Behrens, Geoffrey Brown

The couple met at a 2013 Fourth of July bonfire in Montauk, N.Y.

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

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N.Y. / Region

The Mediterranean Makings of a Young Chef, Greg Grossman, at Oreya in Southampton

At 21 years old, Greg Grossman, brings a lot of experience to his restaurant, which opened in June.

As convenient.

13
Real Estate

In Newark, a New Chapter Unfolding

About $2 billion in development is underway in the city, with 1,500 units of housing under construction and another 4,000 planned.

It was cheap space for the builders.

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N.Y. / Region

Know English? For New York Cabdrivers, That’s No Longer Required

New rules have gone into effect eliminating a mandatory English proficiency exam for taxi drivers. Now, the test for a license is available in several languages.

Just pay the fare.

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U.S.

Condemnation of Charter Schools Exposes a Rift Over Black Students

Long championed as a lifeline for poor black children, the schools have recently been denounced by two civil rights organizations, which called for a moratorium on charters.

The public schools must be fully funded.

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Fashion & Style

Geraldine Prasuhn, Harker Rhodes

The bride, a management consultant, and the groom, a former Supreme Court clerk, met at Harvard.

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

17
N.Y. / Region

Déjà Vu at the World Trade Center

A woman, nervous about a job interview and doubly nervous that it is taking place near ground zero, suddenly gets a familiar, and reassuring, feeling.

The fanatics have not been back.

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N.Y. / Region

13 Are Wounded in Shooting at a Connecticut House Party

The police believe two gunmen opened fire on about 100 partygoers from behind hedges surrounding the backyard of a house in Bridgeport.

The police are baffled.

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N.Y. / Region

Debate in New Jersey: Is Bear That Walks Upright Suffering, or Thriving?

Pedals, an American black bear that walks upright, has stirred passions in northern New Jersey, where some want him put in a sanctuary and others think he should remain free.

Call him Chris Christi.

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N.Y. / Region

John Timoney Had the Gall to Change Minds, One Police Department at a Time

Mr. Timoney, a police official in New York, Philadelphia and Miami who died this week, sought to remind officers that they weren’t hired “to be the toughest guy on the block.”

Reformers do happen.
I am grateful.


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