Tuesday, September 5, 2017

@13:50, 9/5/19

|



1
Travel

A Toronto Restaurant Both Simple and Iconoclastic

By DAN SALTZSTEIN | Sep 3rd 2017
The food at Brothers Food & Wine, which opened last October in a slim, plain space just above the Bay Street subway station, is richly complex and utterly satisfying.

As convenient.

2
Well

Relationship Problems? Try Getting More Sleep

By TARA PARKER-POPE | Sep 5th 2017
Sleep problems not only create relationship problems, they can also make fighting with your partner particularly toxic to your health.

Working on the problem.

3
Opinion

In Defense of the Truth

By CHARLES M. BLOW | Sep 4th 2017
How can a liar negotiate treaties or navigate international disputes?

Reality builds from physical facts.

4
U.S.

Obama’s Letter to President Trump on Inauguration Day

By CHRISTINA CARON | Sep 3rd 2017
Mr. Obama’s letter, obtained by CNN, urged the incoming president to guard democratic institutions and traditions.

Obama is always graceful.

5
Style

Haunted by a Father’s Affairs

By STEVE ALMOND and CHERYL STRAYED | Sep 5th 2017
A reader’s romantic life is hampered by the fear that a partner, who won’t cut ties with his ex, will be unfaithful.

Marla is an ex that wont go away.  She is absolutely loyal to her husband.

Staying together "for the children" is abusive to those children.

6
Food

Happy Labor Day

By SAM SIFTON | Sep 4th 2017
Today is for cookouts and barbecue, hot dogs and watermelon lemonade. Dig in!

yes

7
Opinion

The Real Campus Scourge

By FRANK BRUNI | Sep 2nd 2017
No safe space or trigger warning lifts the sting of a cold new world.

Drinking

8
Opinion

What if I Bombed at My Own Wedding?

By JOSH GONDELMAN | Sep 1st 2017
We were writing our own vows. I needed to make sure I got some laughs.

I want to finish with a solid contract.

9
Crosswords & Games

United Kingdom

By DEB AMLEN | Sep 2nd 2017
In which Andrew Zhou puts things together, two by two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKnmseXSWnM

10
Crosswords & Games

Ready for One’s Star Turn

By DEB AMLEN | Sep 3rd 2017
Tracy Gray fires things up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Iz56prGBiS8


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1
Technology

Juicero, Start-Up With a $700 Juicer and Top Investors, Shuts Down

By DAVID GELLES | Sep 1st 2017
Juicero stood out — even in Silicon Valley — for raising enormous sums of money despite an unproven business plan.
U.S.

Obama’s Letter to President Trump on Inauguration Day

By CHRISTINA CARON | Sep 3rd 2017
Mr. Obama’s letter, obtained by CNN, urged the incoming president to guard democratic institutions and traditions.
Travel

A Toronto Restaurant Both Simple and Iconoclastic

By DAN SALTZSTEIN | Sep 3rd 2017
The food at Brothers Food & Wine, which opened last October in a slim, plain space just above the Bay Street subway station, is richly complex and utterly satisfying.
Well

Relationship Problems? Try Getting More Sleep

By TARA PARKER-POPE | Sep 5th 2017
Sleep problems not only create relationship problems, they can also make fighting with your partner particularly toxic to your health.
Opinion

In Defense of the Truth

By CHARLES M. BLOW | Sep 4th 2017
How can a liar negotiate treaties or navigate international disputes?
Opinion

The Real Campus Scourge

By FRANK BRUNI | Sep 2nd 2017
No safe space or trigger warning lifts the sting of a cold new world.
Style

Haunted by a Father’s Affairs

By STEVE ALMOND and CHERYL STRAYED | Sep 5th 2017
A reader’s romantic life is hampered by the fear that a partner, who won’t cut ties with his ex, will be unfaithful.
Crosswords & Games

Ready for One’s Star Turn

By DEB AMLEN | Sep 3rd 2017
Tracy Gray fires things up.
Opinion

How to Regulate Artificial Intelligence

By OREN ETZIONI | Sep 2nd 2017
Three rules for ensuring that A.I. systems don’t run roughshod over humans.
Food

A Taste of Indian Nostalgia Finds an Eager Audience

By PRIYA KRISHNA | Sep 1st 2017
A take on Kwality, a beloved brand, in the United States is inspiring childlike elation among those who missed its wide-ranging flavors.






|
Posted by at No comments:

@13:13, 9/5/17

|


1
Opinion

‘Pence Would Be No Relief’

Sep 4th 2017

Never Pence.

2
Crosswords & Games

Variety: Acrostic

By DEB AMLEN | Sep 2nd 2017
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

When the Delphic Oricle got it right it was historic.

3
U.S.

Obama’s Letter to President Trump on Inauguration Day

By CHRISTINA CARON | Sep 3rd 2017
Mr. Obama’s letter, obtained by CNN, urged the incoming president to guard democratic institutions and traditions.

Barak Obama was graceful to a boor.

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

4
Food

Happy Labor Day

By SAM SIFTON | Sep 4th 2017
Today is for cookouts and barbecue, hot dogs and watermelon lemonade. Dig in!

Thank You.

5
Science

Retrieving Gold, and More, From Wastewater

By C. CLAIBORNE RAY | Sep 1st 2017
Scientists are eager to find better ways to extract heavy metals from industrial wastewater.

Ultimately the best source of heavy metals may be sea water.

6
Crosswords & Games

United Kingdom

By DEB AMLEN | Sep 2nd 2017
In which Andrew Zhou puts things together, two by two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKnmseXSWnM

I clean up well.

7
Well

Relationship Problems? Try Getting More Sleep

By TARA PARKER-POPE | Sep 5th 2017
Sleep problems not only create relationship problems, they can also make fighting with your partner particularly toxic to your health.

I have taken action.

8
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for Around $1 Million

Compiled by C. J. HUGHES | Sep 3rd 2017
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

I want a different life.

People rent interiors.  People own buildings.

9
Opinion

Waiting for a Perfect Protest?

By MICHAEL MCBRIDE, TRACI BLACKMON, FRANK REID and BARBARA WILLIAMS SKINNER | Sep 2nd 2017
Well-intended moderates have used unrealistic standards to judge anti-racism activism. But this is nothing new — just ask Martin Luther King Jr.

Do what works.

10
Business Day

‘American Horror Story’ Sets Scares in Postelection America

By JOHN KOBLIN | Sep 4th 2017
Killer clowns provide some mayhem, but this season, titled ‘Cult,’ finds its terror in the fear and anger of a fragmented citizenry.

We should all be "very afraid" in the present political climate.


|
Posted by at No comments:

@1:00, 9/5/17

|


1
Opinion

‘Pence Would Be No Relief’

Sep 4th 2017
An Indiana resident says Mr. Pence was divisive as that state’s governor and would be no better than President Trump.

I do not want a president Pence.

2
Science

A Baby Wails, and the Adult World Comes Running

By NATALIE ANGIER | Sep 4th 2017
In almost every mammal species, an infant’s cry has a primal impact on nearby adults. Scientists are beginning to figure out why.

yes.

3
World

New Zealand’s Election Had Been Predictable. Then ‘Jacindamania’ Hit.

By ISABELLA KWAI | Sep 5th 2017
After becoming the Labour Party’s youngest leader last month, Jacinda Ardern is disrupting New Zealand’s political status quo – and may even be the next Prime Minister

Jacinda Ardern has a better hold on reality than many.

A durable health-care proxy is a good reason to marry.

4
World

Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Expecting 3rd Child

By SEWELL CHAN | Sep 4th 2017
The couple already have two children, George, 4, and Charlotte, 2.

Beyond "an heir and a spare" there is love.
I wish them good luck.

5
Well

Opioids Aren’t the Only Pain Drugs to Fear

By JANE E. BRODY | Sep 4th 2017
They are only one of many drug-related problems associated with pain management.

Pain management has not been a problem.
Consider me warned.

6
Food

What to Cook This Week

By SAM SIFTON | Sep 3rd 2017
You have one last hurrah before the end of summer: Make Melissa Clark’s mashed potato salad, some grilled corn, or fried chicken.

The crops will go on to frost.
Then there are "winter vegetables" and  imports.

7
N.Y. / Region

Body Tied to Cinder Block Washes Ashore in Brooklyn

By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ | Sep 3rd 2017
The police said a passer-by noticed the body of a man wrapped in a tarp floating in the water.

He is a project for the cold case squad.

8
Well

Relationship Problems? Try Getting More Sleep

By TARA PARKER-POPE | Sep 5th 2017
Sleep problems not only create relationship problems, they can also make fighting with your partner particularly toxic to your health.

More sleep is a wonderful thought.

9
Opinion

In Defense of the Truth

By CHARLES M. BLOW | Sep 4th 2017
How can a liar negotiate treaties or navigate international disputes?

Reality is based on facts.
To deal with reality start with facts.

10
Opinion

Clinton’s Choices When Trump Stalked Her at Debate

Sep 3rd 2017
Readers discuss Mrs. Clinton’s regrets over not confronting Mr. Trump.

The organizers abdicated their responsibilities.


|
Posted by at No comments:

23:05, 9/5/17

|

1
Opinion

Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

By PAUL KRUGMAN | Sep 4th 2017
Caught between rampant development and NIMBYism.

Company towns set the organization of modern cities.

2
The Upshot

To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now

By NEIL IRWIN | Sep 3rd 2017
Focusing on core competence and outsourcing the rest has made U.S. companies lean, nimble and productive. It has also left lots of people worse off.

Modern management has not been good for the broad economy.

3
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for Around $1 Million

Compiled by C. J. HUGHES | Sep 3rd 2017
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

I do not want to live in the city.
We can visit.

Capital expenses and operating costs are less than capital expenses, operating costs and other peoples profits.

4
Science

Ruined ‘Apartments’ May Hold Clues to Native American History

By JON HURDLE | Sep 4th 2017
In Colorado, archaeologists have begun excavating two “great houses” in what once was a northern settlement of the ancient Chaco civilization.

The ruins tell much about the people who lived in them.
The story is all we can know about the dead.

5
Opinion

You’ll Never Be Famous — And That’s O.K.

By EMILY ESFAHANI SMITH | Sep 4th 2017
Social media make it seem as if meaningful lives are the extraordinary and attention-grabbing ones. That’s rarely the case.

Yes.
Community is the way we live.
My ambition is to understand more of how community interacts with objects.

6
Fashion & Style

Emily Hughes, Amit Mukherjee

Sep 3rd 2017
She was an Olympic skater and he is with a venture capital firm. They met through a mutual friend, and hit it off on their first date.

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

7
Theater

Dating 6 Men at 68: The Woman Behind the Musical ‘Curvy Widow’

By ISAAC OLIVER | Sep 3rd 2017
Bobby Goldman, who wrote the book for the new show, is having a ball talking about sex.

I will deal with what I must.

8
Opinion

In Defense of the Truth

By CHARLES M. BLOW | Sep 4th 2017
How can a liar negotiate treaties or navigate international disputes?

"Trump is quite literally overwhelming our human capacities with his mendacity. It is not only hard to imagine that any person could lie this much — let alone the leader of the free world — it is also impossible for us to keep pace."

9
Opinion

Right-Wing Books, Wrong Answers

By ROSS DOUTHAT | Sep 2nd 2017
A professional deceiver and a high-minded conservative reach the same dead end.

Ross Douthat is not evil.
He is a conservative faced with changed circumstances.

10
Food

What to Cook This Week

By SAM SIFTON | Sep 3rd 2017
You have one last hurrah before the end of summer: Make Melissa Clark’s mashed potato salad, some grilled corn, or fried chicken.


Ok.




----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1
N.Y. / Region

Body Tied to Cinder Block Washes Ashore in Brooklyn

By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ | Sep 3rd 2017
The police said a passer-by noticed the body of a man wrapped in a tarp floating in the water.

He may remain nameless.

2
Opinion

Stephen Miller Is the Enemy of My Dreams

By MAEVE HIGGINS | Sep 2nd 2017
Sometimes what you’re looking for has been right there all along, shouting over women on cable news shows.

Yes;  Stephen Miller should not hold public office.

3
Opinion

Goodbye, Yosemite. Hello, What?

By DANIEL DUANE | Sep 2nd 2017
Confederate statues are not our only monuments to self-delusion.

Only the names and behavior should change.

4
World

For India, Toilets Are a (Mostly) Serious Issue

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Sep 3rd 2017
A new movie, ‘Toilet, a Love Story,’ has charmed audiences at a time when the government is trying to bring plumbing to the half a billion Indians without it.

Fashion wins another encounter.

Population density needs plumbing.

5
Business Day

L’Oréal Drops Transgender Model Over Comments on Race

By JACEY FORTIN | Sep 2nd 2017
Munroe Bergdorf posted on social media about “the racial violence of white people” and was dropped from a makeup advertising campaign.

Market share is the whole corporate game.

6
Fashion & Style

Robin Wright, Richard Cleary Jr.

Sep 3rd 2017
The couple, both 30, met at Washington & Lee University, from which they graduated, the bride magna cum laude and the groom summa cum laude.

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

7
Opinion

In El Salvador, ‘Girls Are a Problem’

By CATALINA LOBO-GUERRERO | Sep 2nd 2017
Salvadoran woman are facing an epidemic of violence fueled by impunity and a culture that normalizes machismo.

El Salvador has decided to limit its population.

8
Fashion & Style

Aditi Ahlawat, Vinay Rathi

Sep 3rd 2017
The couple met in 2013 at a charity auction in Worcester, Mass.

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

9
Sports

A Crude Rant Gets Fognini Booted From the Open — and Good Riddance

By JULIET MACUR | Sep 2nd 2017
It may take awhile for officials to decide the long-term fate of this foul-mouthed player. Based on his past behavior, though, it should be a no-brainer.

The officials must be respected.

10
Fashion & Style

Sara Danitz, Noah Steinhardt

Sep 3rd 2017
The couple met at Camp Ramah in New England, where they spent six summers together as campers and counselors.

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


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)