Wednesday, June 21, 2017

@1:00, 6/21/17

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1
Arts

Daniel Day-Lewis Announces Retirement From Acting

The reclusive actor, who has taken long breaks from acting before, officially announced his retirement for the first time.

He has a right to retire.

2
U.S.

‘I’m Right Here!’ Sean Spicer Says While Toiling to Find Successor

After weeks of efforts to sell a job that for decades people plotted to get, no one has jumped at the chance to become President Trump’s press secretary.

There is usually a "greater fool".

3
U.S.

Man Charged With Killing Muslim Teenager Entered United States Illegally, Authorities Say

Darwin Martinez Torres, who is accused of killing Nabra Hassanen on Sunday in Virginia, is from El Salvador, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

I can conclude nothing from this statement.

4
Style

What 9 Fashionable Fans Wore to Veuve Clicquot’s Charity Polo Match

The polo match in Liberty State Park has become an annual occasion to dress up for summer.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Veuve+Clicquot&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Liberty+State+Park/@40.703332,-74.063182,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250934b02cba3:0xbd6035c2e0daafcc!
8m2!3d40.703332!4d-74.0544273

The social register is observed.

5
Books

In ‘The Retreat of Western Liberalism,’ How Democracy Is Defeating Itself

The Financial Times columnist Edward Luce finds that Trumpism and other nationalist movements are symptoms, not causes, of larger trends threatening democratic collapse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Times#Audience

6
Sports

After U.S. Open Breakthrough, Brooks Koepka Thanks a Calming Force

Trey Jones, the golf coach at Florida State, says his former player’s great strength is accepting any criticism that will improve his game.

Each finds a path to enlightenment.

7
Opinion

The Alanis Morissette Album From the ’90s America Needs Now

The “Jagged Little Pill” musical can’t come soon enough.

Production values drive the video.
Getting this personal relation to a larger venue will be demanding.

The next step is necessary.

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

8
N.Y. / Region

A Streamlined Way to Build Projects Runs Into New York Politics

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have embraced an integrated approach to building bridges and highways, but they failed to worked together to push it through Albany.

https://www.dbia.org/about/Pages/What-is-Design-Build.aspx

The design-build approach to project contracting is inherently less stable than the traditional serial approach.
The lack of stability leads inevitably to escalating costs for the contracted services.
The legislature is wise to resist this enthusiasm.
Design projects before construction begins.

9
Times Insider

‘Our Phones Are Being Monitored’: How a Hacking Story Unfurled


The government of Mexico does not function.

10
Sports

76ers Get No. 1 Overall Pick From Celtics

Philadelphia will select first for the second straight year and is expected to take Markelle Fultz. Boston slid down to the No. 3 pick.

Dramatic pictures.


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